Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-21

orders at Poughkespsie. N. Y.
"A series Of festivals have been held at
CentrevilIe at which over $500 was collected.
-LAMB's distillery in Lafayette paid $1,000 to
Uncle Sam last month on manufactured whisky
JOIN PURDUE. Esq, of Lafayette, subscribed
81 600 to the bounty fund now being raised by
the young men Of that city.
The Commissioners of Spencer county have
appropriated fifty dollars additional bounty to
volunteers
The Warren county Republican HOSTS the
name of Abraham Lincoln and BENJAMIN +.
Butler for President and Vice President
The citizens of New Castle. by subscription,
have raised sl5625 for uniforming the New
Castle Guards"
The President has reconsidered his accepta-
ton Of General HARRow's resignation, and or
dered him to duty.
Two deserters were arrested in New Albany
and two in Jacksonville, Wednesday, and taken
to. Louisville.
There is considerable sickness among the
children of Greencastle. The malady is dipthe-
ria, ard in several cases it has resulted fatally
The Democracy Of Vigo county will meet
in Terre Haute on Saturday, January 2. 1854,
to appoint delegates to the Congressional Con
vention.
The Board of Commissioners of Monroe
county, at its session last week, increased the
additional bounty from that county from $50 to
500.
The ladies Of Lafayette are to give big
dinner to those who make donations on Curist-
mas day for the poor. Both the donations and
dinner promise 10 be on magnificent scale.
The New Albany Ledger saws: lone hun
dred and six thousand hogs were slaughtered in
the cities around the falls of the Ohio the past
season. The season G.. sed last week"
The Jeffersonian says the sanitary fair in
Ri:hmsnd was an immense success The gross
receipts were about $4,000, and the net profits
about S. 500.
The Democracy of Monroe county will meet
in convention on Saturday the 18th inst to
select delegates to the Congressional Convention
for selecting delegates to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention.
One of MoRGAN's men, who escaped from
Camp Douglas, in Chicago, with the party that
tunneled out was arrested last week in LAFAYETTE
and returned to his old quarters. About thirty
of the forty who escaped have been retaken.
The Board of Commissioners of Lawrence
county, at its last session, appropriated 500 for
each volunteer for Lawrence county. which. if
the full quota is made up by volunteering. will
amount to $4,000.
SEVENTH DisrRIcr-The Democracy of the
Seventh Congressional District will meet in
Terre Haute on the 9Th day of January. 1864,
for the purpose of selecting two delegates and
two alternate delegates to the Democratic Ma
tonal Convention.
"A man by the name of WILLIAM WALKER
4. = -
tective, was bound over by rhe Mayor Of Vim
cennes in the sum of 81 900 for shooting one
GEORGE VAN BLASIeAN at a saloon in a drunken
brawl.
Sly SARCAsM-The Anderson Standard gets
off the following;
We will take great pleasure in mentioning
with credit the name of any member of the An
derson Home Guards, or loyal league, who will
enlist under the last call. Send in the names
THE DRAFr.-Orders have been issued by
Col. BAKER, Assistant Provost Marshal General
to make the necessary preparations for the draft
which we are advised, from official quarters, will
certainly take place if the quota of Indiana is not
raised by volunteering by the 5th Of January.
The Lafayette Courier says that the second
war meeting held in that city on Saturday might
last, narrowly escaped grand fizzle in point of
numbers" 1t further states that ''the spirit of
the meeting, however, compensated in part for
for the beggarly array of empty benches" No
recruits.
Three recruits were raised at a war meeting
i'm Lafayette on Tuesday night last. Forty five
dollars was offered and raised by those present in
addition to all other bountes for the first recruit
fifty dollars for the second and fifty dollars for
the third. The propositions were promptly ac-
cepted.
-ELEvESrH DISTRICT The Democracy of
the several counties composing the 18th Con-
gressional District of Indiana, will meet in mass
convention at Huntington on Friday the 9Th day
of January, 1864, for the purpose Of selecting
delegates and alternates to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention.
The Commissioners of Miami county have
made provision for 'indigeut families of Miami
, volunteers" Every wife or widow Of a soldier,
and every child under IA years of age, is allowed
81 per month; the pay to widows to when
they have drawn the back pay and the bounty of
the deceased.
The Commissioners of Miami county adver-
tise for loan of S25, 900 at per cent. payable
in one, two and three years, for which they pro-
pose to issue bonds. The object of the loan is to
meet the payment of that amount of railroad
bonds, issued some years ago at 10 per cent,
which will soon become due.
ON Tuesday last the Board of Control.ot
the Northern Indiana Prison, at Michigan City,
/ presented 9 splendid gold-headed cane to Mr.. A.
b. Culver, Superintendent OF the Louisville,
New Albany and Chicago Railroad, as a slight
testimonial of their regard for him as liberal,
heightened gentleman, and for the numerous
courticies extended to them.
Col. Richard Owen has recently resigned his
> commission in the army, to accept chair in the
State University at Boomingt on, as Professor of
: Natural Science The reputation of Col. Owen
! as scholar is world wide, and since the war
. broke out, he has added to this reputation that
of the brave aud gallant soldier and the sagacious
and efficient commander.-[ Evansville Journal
Colonel DuNHAx and Colonel JOHN NJ Will
, son addressed a war meeting at Corydon the
} other day. The Democrat says of the speeches
Neither OF the gentlemen pretended to defend
the Administration in any of its radical measures
but both commended that Old Abe and his Cabinet
had blundered egregiously, yet their blunders
. were no excuse for refusing to support the gov
eminent in its hour of trial" -
The donations made by the citizens of Vigo
: county for the benefit of the needy families Of
absent soldiers, on the 25th of November, were
most liberal The names of the donors and the
amount of each contribution occupy some six
columns of the Terre Haute Express The sum
total contributed was S5022 73-S4495 20 in
! cash, $l42753 in. supplies, and 2i2 loads Of
r wood.
3 The Commissioners of Delaware county, al
their late session, authorized the payment of q
e bounty Of SOD to each volunteer under the late
call, payable in a county bond, due in fifteen
!. mon tbs, with six per cent interest from date
: The capitalists OF Muncie have decided to cash
4 he hon hair <uoo To- all h.,