Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-01
All Sorts of Paragraphs.

"A newspaper says the popularity of the
Merrimac, battery, is in having her ram
parts under water.
The national tax BILL as it stands will re-
quire the appointment of about twenty six thou
sand collectors What an army of Office hold
ersl
-EScoURAGIYG-Corn the Italian, was
jolly boy. and fast, until he was forty years old !;
then repented, became abstemous and lived sixty
years more.
The Abolition detractors of Gen Mcclellan
seem to have morbid anxiety to see Major
Generals military funeral, without running the
risk OF being in the fight themselves.
While Cameron was Secretary of War he
wrote a private note to the telegraph censor d-
recting that all of the Tribunes special dis
patches should be sent as they were written.
Such partiaIity is characteristic.
-Yancey circulated the report that he was on
board of one schooner and then took passage
for Mobile in another. The false scent permitted
him to arrive safely in the rebel States He "ho
cussed" US all.
"A tax on bachelors is suggested for the ben
eft of the Governmeut-Frankiia Woman
Men might stand being taxed into matrimony
but for the prospect of being taxed worse after
they get into-Lou. jour.
-LeotArd. the gymnast, has just concluded an
engagement for two years. in England, by which
he binds himself To give eight performances a
week. For this he is to receive his expenses
namely: suitable "bed and board f500 week
or no less than 5000 year, equal TO $780,
600
Sir" said the Doctor to the Judge, "the
conduct of England toward our Government is
infamous. and never will be forgiven. She has
completely destroyed all our affections for our
mother county-she has cut the mbcal cord
True" replied the Judge. land thereby lost her
naval supremacy"
With mortar paixhan and pe,ard
We tender old Abe ouT Beau regard
These lines were gotten up by newspaper
wags on the occasion of the surrender of Fort
Sumter. The Kentucky Banner gives retort
which is good, though We have waited long for il,
as follows:
With Rebels all routed and flying in fear.
We tender JEFF Davis our Foot TO his rear.
-GEN SnlELps The wound of Gen Shields
was doing we'll Yesterday. He thinks he will be
able to ride in a buggy in few days. when he will
az ain appear at the head of his command. Sens
tors Howe and Doolittle voted against this brave
Generals confirmation, because of his secession
Observation-Disclosures Netrs.
-SuPrREss HosrIIIry 1t becomes all good
men who love this Union and the greatness OF
Its achievements and the grandeur of its promises
in the future TO speak words Of Cancellation. Let
ms bear in mind the words OF Crttenden, in the de
bate where Hickman SO disgraced his privileges
and position, that "our object is not only to sup
press Instruction, but 10 suppress hostility, add
then reunte the different sections Of this country
4 in one harmonious whole-Bosfon Post.
The list of vessels already contracted for by
the Government. or proposed. Is as follows
/ The Monitor; the Galena. built At Mystic; the
powerful vessel at Philadelphia: the Adirondack
the Stevens battery: the Naugatuck; twent!
ron-clad gunboats ordered by Congress; twenty
iron clad frigates recommended by the Senate
Naval Committee; the iron ram, do: two gun
boats ordered by Massachusetts; the Roanoke e
be plated: six Monitors; total. 30.
-Beauregard seems to have been great Ia
| vorite with the rebel soldiery on the Potomac
I Many anecdotes are told Of his kindness 10 the
men under his command. distributing comforts
among them from his own private stores, and
CARING for the sick as though they were ms
brothers. "Joe Johnston" on the contrary, sue
ceeied eminently in acquiring the hearty hatret
and detes,ation Of the whole army. CarlcatuTe'
ofhim abound in the ly leaves OF books found u
camp: his name, coupled with opproorious ep
the,s i written over the walls OF the huts I'm
sentence a.Gen. Joe Johnston Is no gentleman
and incapable OF appreciating the feelings o
one " i written on the blank side OF an army OF
der. and signel by several members OF an Ala
/ bsma regiment.