Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-08
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, MONDAY,

We hear nothing of Carl Schurz since the
battle. He has a sword and epaulettes to let
louisville Journal. .,sst .f.at
Three car loads of paroled exchanged SOL
diers, from Camp Chase, left Columbus, Ohio,
the lst instant, for Winchester. Va. TO join
their regiments. -r
Capt s. r. Hornbrook. 65th Indiana. has
been dismissed the service for the publication of
an article in the Evansville Journal. rejecting
on Lieutenant Colonel Johnston, his superior
officer. ta.f
Gen Lew. Wallace is to be court=marii lied
for conduct at Shiloh. under charges preferred by
Gems Grant and Mcpherson; and il is said, will
demand an investigation into Gen. Grants con-
duct on the same occasion. i.sr
"A SINGULAR STATUE.-Col. Zadock Pratt is
erecting a scaffold and machinery against the
rocks, above Prattsville, New York, for the pur
pose of having chiseled thereon the statue Of his
son-the late Col. @. W Pratt.
"A NOVEL PARADE.-In Camden. N. j., on
the 22d of May. twenty-eight soldiers. under
command of Capt Louis Leech. all of whom had
lost leg in battle. paraded through the stteets
on crutchcs 0thersaecompanied: Them who had
lost an arm aud were otherwise wounded.
QUARTERMksTERs DEPARTMKSTs-We under
stand that Colonel Swords has been appointed
Chief QuaItermaster of the Departments Of the
Ohio and Cumberland, and will establish his
headqeai tiers I'm Cincinnati. AS Col. Swords out
ranks Cant Dckerson that officer will be relieved
of the position he now holds, but will still re-
main under Col. Swords.
UNIFORM OF TIE INVALID CoRPs--An order
from the War Department announces that the
following uniform has been adopted for the in
valid corps:
Jacket-sky blue kersey, with dark blue trim
mings cut like the Jacket for United States cav
alry to come we'll down on the loins and abdo-
men.
Trowsers-present reguatiou-sky blue.
Forage cap-present regulation.
While the national heart is throbbing with
anxiety to hear the news of the final tall of the
great Rebel stronghold on the Mississippi, it is
worthy of remembrance that the first Rebel shot
was fired. at Vicksburg early in January of 1861
three months before the attack on Fort Sumter.
The shot fred TO bring to The steamer A. o.
Tylor, by the Quitman Battery. which was or
dered to Vicksburg by Gen. Pettus. on the 18th
of January, "to hail and bring to all passing
boats" The A. o. Tylor was soon after trans
formed into Union gunboat, and has avenged
herself hundred times over upon the Mississippi
Rebels Louisville Journal.
-MoRE GovERSMENr FRAuD-Col Olcott,
the Government agent for the investigation of
army frauds, has a batch of new cases on hand.
One of the charges is against the Colonel of a
New ork cavalry regiment for alleged frauds
in the purchase of horses aud arms; aud another
duplicates no less than Major General now in
active service.
By his unraveling of several ingenious frauds
against the Government, and the impartial and
fearless manner in which he has conducted these
Investigations, Col Olcott is doing much to check
this fragrant species of swindling.
LIEUT. DIETz Among those killed in the
battle of Ray mond, was Lieut.. Henry @. Dietz
of Company J., 23d Indiana. Lieut. d. was from
ClMk county, and more estimable young man
we never knew. He started out as Orderly Ser
geant of his company, and was but recently pro-
NOTED to Second Lieutenancy. Many of our
city readers will remember him as having been
recruiting service here about year ago
Modest, faithful, brave, strictly moral in all bis
habits, he was a model soldier. None knew him
but TO love. He was "a universal favorite in his
company Hundreds will hear Of the death oil
this excellent young man with the deepest sorrow
and shed tear to his memory. And yet it ID
such he that this dreadful is daily carry
ing to premature graves by the hundred.-[N. A
Ledger.
"A SENTENCE DisAPPRovED Much surprise
is excited by the proceedings Of a military com
mission i'm the Army of the Potomac, of which
Gen SickleS Swas President. The nature of the
three cases referred to is apparent from the
charge and specihcatinn as follows:
Charge-Treason.
Specfcaiion--ln this that James B. Oliver
being citizen OF Maryland Was taken prisoner
while hi arms. a. ,he ranks and uniform of the
Rebel army az Rappahannock Ferd, February
25 1868
The accused plead guilty to specification. but
not guilty to the charge hel with the commits
sion, which set forth that in April. 1862. ht
went TO Richmond, inten'ling 60 make his home
there. and enlisted in the course of the same
month Upon this case of facts, the court founC
the accused guilty, and sentenced him to b'
hanged
General Hooker forwarded the proceedings
endorsed Strongly approved" but the Presiden
dsapproved, adding that the men in question
were prisoners of war, and were enttledto be ex
changed.
ALI Boston seems to have turned out oil
Thursday to do honor to the negro regiment
which embarked in the course of the day, OF
board the steamer De Molay, for General Depart
ment. The Boston Transcript (Republican) ha
the following account of the affair:
The march was perfectly triumphal. Ladie
lined the balconies and windows OF the houses
while the streets were densely thronged with spec
tators of both sexes. The welcomes in the form
of repeated cheers, and the waving of handker
chiefs, we're of the most emphatic character
Thousands of persons viewed the spectacle will
immense satisfaction. liz State street the 54tl
was greeted in the most enthusiastic manner. th
long files of people Oh the sidewalks, the steps o
the buildings, or in other available places, clap
ping and cheering very vehemently. The wheel
ing of the companies they moved around tn
parade ground, and the general precision attend
ing their evolutions. elected great cheering fror
the vast crowd of witnesses. Military men VIII
have observed our regiments as they have bee
sent, with imperfect drill and discipline, to tn
seat of war; say that few would compare, in thes
respects. tn the 54th-
Complimentary, that. to the Massachuseti
white soldiers.
Brave Indiana soldiers Rewarded