Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-11
MATE ITEMS.

The City Council OF Evansville offers an adj
ditional bounty Of 500 to volunteers from that
township.
The pork packing season has closed at New
Albany There have been packed At that point
10 800 hogs, about 600 les than last year.
The vincennes sun say- the hog cholera Is
prevailing to an alarming extent on Ali. on
Prairie. opposite that city.
The Evansville Journal SAYS: 1T seems to
be understood that Governor aoErox will make
the run for Governor, if the Union Republican,
men desire it."
The dwelling Of Isaac SnrySExAS. Of Co
lumbia City. was burgIarously entered. and abou,
g. 900 in money, besides some notes and other
valuable papers. stolen.
The Democracy of johnson county will
meet in convention ut Franklin on the last Sat-
urday of December to select delegates to the
District Congressional Convention. to be held in
this city on the 9Th Of January next.
The Democracy of the Third Congressional
District meet in convention at Columbus, January
g. 1864. for the purpose of selecting delegates to
the National Democratic Convention and trans
acting such other business as may be brought be-
fore it.
-BouNrY IN NOBLE CouxTY.-The Noble
county Commissioners have authorized bounty
of $50 to each soldier existing frem that county,
and s. a month to their wives, and 81 per month
for each child.
The Rushyille Jacksonian fav0rs the holding
of the Congressional Convention of the 4th dis
trct to select delegates to the National Demo-
cratic Convention on the lever memorable" 9Th
of January and names Greensburg as the point
MIR. JAMES SALYERs. Go years Of age. and
who had lived in Fayette county 40 years step
ped accidentally off the platform of the Court
House in Logansport. The fall of six feet
on a stone tagging caused conclusion Of the
brain from which he died in sc hours, without
being restored to Consciousness
SMALLPOX At THE PRIsox-Two cases Of
smallpox have occurred ut the jefferson
vile State Prison, which are now under treat
ment. There is much alarm among the prison
ers in consequence of the breaking out of the
fearful d'sease.-[N. a. Ledger
The Yincennes Gazette proposes the name
of THOMAS MoCARrY. of Wabash county, for
Auditor of State. aud W II H. TERRELL. "the
accommodating Military Secretary of his Excel
lcncy. Governor MORToN, and the energetic, Elf
cient Financial Secretary OF the Governor" fo
Secretary of State, on the Republican State
ticket.
The Fort Wayne Sentinel says:
I've have conversed with Democrats from sew
eral counties in this district, the l0th,) who al
express preference for Fort Wayne as the plac,
for the Democratic District Convention, to b,
held on the approaching Sth of January. Al
soon hear from the District Committee W.
will issue call for the Convention"
The total loss of the 18th Indiana at Chatta
nooga was as follows:
Number of commissioned officers taken into action. II
Number Of enlisted men taken into action.
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 30
Commissioned officers killed. .......-............
Total. ...-............ ....................... ,
Commissioned officers wounded. ....................
Missing
Total loss. ................... ...............l9
"A correspondent gives the followingIhstor,
and present condition of the 10th regiment: "Th
total number of officers and enlisted men tina
have belonged to the regiment is one thousant
and sixty one Officers killed. died of wound
and disease four. Officers resigned and dis
missed-thirty six Enlisted men killed. died o
wounds aud disease-two hundred and fourteen
Enlisted men discharged--two hundred and sixty
six. Deserted-twenty six Officers and mer
tunsfeued--6hecn. Total loss to the regimen
in the aboye-fve hundred and sixty one. Off
GERS remainiug-twenty six. Enlisted men re-
maining--four hundred and seventy four. Tota
remanng-ive hundred.
"One officer and twenty seven men were kle,
in battle. One officer and twenty eight men die,
of wounds; two officers and one hundred and ity
eight men died of disease; and only one Office
deserted. he being afterwards court martaled an,
dismissed from the service.
There are number of men who are on DC
tached duty. and small number absent sick; bu
the majority of those still remaining in goo,
health are worth more than any one thou sant
new recruits.
-Kxox CouxrY The Democracy of thi
county met on the 5th inst and selected dele
gates to the district Congressional convention. t
be hereafter held for the purpose of selecting
delegates TO represent the Democracy of the Is
Congressional district of Indiana, in the mex
Democratic national eonventioa Vinoenne
Was suggested as the most suitable place 70
holding the convention. Capt CuTLER S DoB
BINS. of Martin county, being called upon, deliv
cred 4 short and effective speech:
He urged upon the Democracy the neccSsit
OF thorough organization lie said We hav
an enemy to meet in the approaching politica
struggle who would not hesitate 10 use the mos
INSCRIPTIONS means TO defeat The voice OF tn
people He hoped our next Democratic y ltiona
Convention would adopt platform national i
It's character and opposed to the unjust and parti
san legislation OF the last two year.-oue i
every line of which would glow the hight Of Just
ice and truth--to be defeated ou such platform
would be better than u succeed bv pan3eIing {
false patriotism. or hy sacrificing principle in
mere scramble for office
tie knew no difference between War Demo
crat and an Aboilionsi, except that a War Dem
ocrat was. IL anything, the meansst. The Va
Democrat proieSsed conservatism for the purpos
of decevng the people into the supper, OF IN
Administration under the belief that they wer
supporting the Government He did not believ