Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-17
MILITARY HENS.


Owing to the request from those in military
authority we shall henceforth refrain from publish
ing any military news except such as we reeeiveby
telegraph and such is purely local or general
in its nature
1T is reported that a heavy game of swind-
ling has been carried on in Kansas, connected
with military operations by Republican officials.
This game has been played successfully in almost
every State where they have had the power.
Colonel Owen, whose regiment, the 6Oth,
is embarrassing at Evansville, is in this city
seeking to make arrangements for consOlida
ton with one or more of the other regiments now
forming in this State, whereby he and the men
may be speedily in the field.
How sleep the brave who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest;
When spring with dewy finger cold,
Returns to deck their hallowed mould.
She there shall dress a sweeter sod,
Than fancy's feet have ever trOd.
By fairy hands their knell is rung,
BY forms unseen their dirge is sung;
There honor comes pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their clay,
And freedom shall awhile repair
To dwell weeping hermit there.
"A special correspondent of the Missouri
Democrat, writing from Fort Henry, under a
recent date, SAYS:
The CoNFIEMATIos or GENERAL SMITH
In regard to which last telegraphed you, has
been DELAYED The action of the Senate in re-
fnsing 70 confirm bis nomination, is to oil our
military men here most inexplieable. His ser
vices az this time, when directly in front Of the
enemy and ~ almost the only officer here of a
adj fudi 10,
This is well known. and that Generals Grant and
McClernaBd duly appreciate bic services, as the
kilograms 20 Washington fully show. In addition
TO those, the copies Of which I sent you yester
day, Colonel Webster has also telegraphed Sen
zt0r Trumhull % by all means have the matter
immediStelg attended To- There Is not the least
doubt as 20 General Smiths loyalty, and all talk
to the contrary is nothing more nor less than
the merest nonsense Of the most unadulterated
sort.
General Lew. Wallace, as the next in com.
mand has charge Of matters on the west bank Of
the river. This places Colonel Morgan L. Smith
OF the cth Missouri, in command OF General
Wailace's brigade. The brigade consists of the
9Th Missouri, 1lth Indisna, Odd Indiana. 2oth
Hlin0is. and Willard's Chicago battery, a. hne a
body of men can be produced, search the army
over ~ Ma nsrr
-THE HoosIEE GExERAL.-GeDeral Burnside,
who has won the most important Federal victory
Of the war, by the capture Of Roanoke Island,
Is a native HOOsier. having been born az Liberty,
Union county, in the year fs24. Gen Burnside's
frther was fOv many years Clerk Of the Court
OF Union county. and the General himself lived
there ill after he reached mans estate. He is a
graduate Of West Point. and although he has not
resided in the State for some years. Indiana may
we'll feel prOua that she gave birth TO an officer
whose deeds have shed so much lustre upon the
Union cause. When the history Of this war Is
written. the name Of Indiana win shine in re-
spIendent lus,re among its most brilliant pages.
= IL is announced tfat John s. Williams, Of
Lafayette. Is 70 made Colonel Of the sSd regi-
meBt