Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-08
NEWS ITEMS, ANECDOTES, &C.

The official vote for Governor of New Jersey
gives Parker IA ,599 majority
Gen. Grant is taking very effective way to
prev emf piundering. He stops the pay of those
engaged Ill it.
Naomi, the daughter of Enoch, was Eve hun
dred and eighty years old when she was married.
Courage, ladies.
The DIFFERENcE-Whatever Midas touched
turned to gold. Whatever Secretary Chase man
ipulates is metamorphosed into paper.
The Robinson arms manufactory, at Rich
mond, is at work night aud day, casting cannon
manufacturing Shapes rifles and other arms,
large and small
An ammunition train on the Opelousas railroad
louisiana recently blew up, killing and wound
ing eighteen United States officers. and number
of passengers.
On Thanksgiving Pierre Soule, Of Louisiana,
was released from Fort Lafayette, and Marshal
Kane, OF Baltimore, from Fort Warren. All the
political prisoners in the former fortress and
twelve of the inmates of the latter were set free
Washington letters say the White House, it is
expected, will be the scene of many brilliant as
semblHges during the God help the gay
ones at such time; they must out Tapley
Tapey.
The Detroit Free Press saws: .sThe first great
duty of the Legislature of Michigan this winter
should be to repeal the personal liberty laws, as
the pro niger statutes styled by the Aboli
tiOnists.
A U. s. TUN-The Treasury Department has
decided that the measure of a tun, in making as
seSsmentS for the Internal Revenue. shall be two
thousand two hundred and forty pounds, in all
cases under the excise law, unless the contrary
is specified.
The Emancipation Commissioners for the Dis
trict of Columbia have nearly concluded their la
bors. Claims for the payment Of 3,I00 slaves
have been presented, and free papers have been
given to about 100 slaves whose owners were
known to be disloyal The blessed boon of W hat
Is called freedom has been obtained but the poor
miserable darkies are 300 per cent worse off to-
day than they two years ago; and yet
negresses are the most splendidy dressed women
who crowd YOU on Pennsylvania avenue.
An Iron EGG.-In Dresden there is an iron
egg, the history OF which is something like this:
a young prince this iron egg to q lady to
whom he was betrothed She received it in her
hand, and looked at it with disdain. In her in
dignation that he should send her such Gift she
cast it to the earth. When it touched the ground
spring cunnngly hidden in the egg opened, and
a silver yoke rolled out She touched a secret
spring in the yoke. and golden chicken re
yealed she touched spring in the chicken, and
ruby crown was found within; she touched a
spring in the crown, and within was a diamond
marriage ring. There is moral to the story.
The LESSONS OF THE " 4R-The Buffalo Cou-
rier discOurses as follows:
War is great teacher and enlightener, and
the people of the South must, however slowly,
come the terrible mistake they have made
or into which they have been forced, and to see,
TOO. as clearly a. do the conservative men of the
North. that return to first principles is the only
possible solution to the national problem. The
North, on the other hand, will emerge from the
with the reformation OF sentiment now be-
gun, complete 1t will be de aboini0nized, and
the lesson Of social. political, and moral tolera
tion-of " mind your own business will be
SO craven upon its memory that second civil
war will be impossible