Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-29
ALI SORTS or PARAGRAPHS.


IA terrible 'oinrd1 occurred IN " isconsn on
Friiry evula-e OF Buen yi~ta com
D efes Destroyed. cuns. Siderable number vi peo-
pie being killed and wounded.
"A negro preacher referring to the judgment,
day In his sermon. said:
''Breddern and sisters. in dat day de Lord shall
divide de sheep from de goats. and. Dress de Lord.
we know Who wears de WOOL
Gen Sigel has been relieved from his duties
in Penusy lvania and his staff mustered out 81 the
service IL j. also rumored that all the uuem
poyed volunteer Generals to be Immediately /
mustered out OF the service.
vIcKsBuRo-The ..terraced city," as Mr. Fill !
more called Nicksburg. derived its name from /
Mr. hewitt VIek. deceased and was originally |
incorporated by act OF the Legislature OF Mis- 1
sis.ippi passed January %. ls25 It's rapid |
growth up TO the passage of the act of secession /
bv VI ssissipp Is attributable to the cotton trade.
which was nearly 300 900 bales per annum.
Every drafted man at Sufield. Connecticut.
has been released from duty-the town furnishing
substitute or paying his $500.
The Government will hereafter furnish all
regimental flags that are needed. and the public
is relieved entirely of calls for funds for such
purpose.
An English MIME bullet and a Springh
rifle ball met in the air during the siege Of
Vcksbrrg. were welded by the impact. and tel
harmlessly TO the ground. They are now hrm
friends, sticking each 10 the other closer than
brother a lover.
The discovery OF extensive lead mines IN
Missouri is established fact. In Franklin
and Washington counties the deposits are very
rich. and workingmen are already earning SO
per day in its extraction Large bodies oil the
lands can be bought for from FIVE to ten dollars
per acre and il is estimated that one acre viii
Yield 81 900 worth of lead.
WAR THE NExr ELECTIONS INvoLvE-
The Boston Courier in referring 10 the coming
fall elections well says there is only one real
question before the people of this country which
compartments the rebellion. As we'll as every point
of future public interest and that is whether the
sincere friends OF the Constitution shall have the
i control of the Government for the maintenance
/ of our free Institutions. a. our fathers Intended,
4 and rs we have eijoved them: the anarchists
aud radicals shalt complete the work they have
begun and show such decided disposition to
carry out.
-woMKS IN THE FIrLDs-A correspondent of
the Cleveland Herald. who has been travelling IN
the West. says:
IL lisa very common affair To sec bright ey ed
/ Young woman seated ON the reaper driving four
horse team But not only thus women use
full for have frequently seen them using the
hoe. but what I saw coupe OF weeks ago, M
the suburbs of Madison. Like county. caps all
the scenes in that line within my know ledge To
appearances u rain storm coming up, and
there WIS one woman in the field dcx,rousiy
raking up the hay while the double team and hay
wagon was being driven into the field by two
other women. Raker, pitcher and loader were
all women.
"A MONSTER CLAM BAKE-The Cleveland
Leader publishes an extract from private letter
written at Portland. Maine. which describes a
monster clam bake, gotten mp Tor the benefit oil
the Chicago and Western Boards of Trade whose
excursion have already spoken of Ii says;
II WIS held on one Of the islands in Portland
harbor. The followin. constituted the bake. y
according ~ the letter: 90 bushels of clans
500 oysters, $50 HOLSTERS, g. fresh Goldfish, III
bushels OF potatoes. 600 ears of corn, 81 dozen oil
eggs and bushels Of onions all baked nj once
A place Tor the oven was selected on the beach
where bed of fit rocks was laid for iounda
: ton A fire was built upon the rocks with chips
and wood until the rocks were very hot, wheI
the fire was brushed off A layer of seaweed wa,
, then placed upon tho rocks. then the clans, &c.
and the whole closely covered up with seaweed
In about twenty minutes the bake was complete
-UyIox FEELING IN MIssIsslPPI.-Mr CASEY
ex member of Congress from Kentucky. has jus
reached Washington from Nicksburg. He re
ports that the people of Mississippi ate in mos
wretched condition and ready To accept union OF
any terms Numbers of what were formerly
families of vast wealth now receive ratons iron
our commissaries.
The Constitution Of the United Se,te
unouestiouably intended TO secure to the people
> a circulating medium OF gold and silver
Il am and ever have been opposed to all kind
of Government paper currency. let 1t be derve t
from exchequer or otherwise.
"A national paper currency is a great curs'
to the laborer Of the country, for its deprecia
ton always falls upon the lahorer - Andrew
Jackson.
"A Lazy DRAFTED The Boston Travele
says:
One of the conscripts drawn recently in Boston
4 is Mrs - Slack. who SAYS she has no wis.,
> to furnish a substitute Since the draft she ha
o visited Gettysburg, where, guided by soldier
: and some OF the rebel soldiers. she spent weel
: in examining the battle ground. hospitals, &c
. Mrs. Slack is now ready TO don the uniform an'
4 take position in line She deserves and sh0ut
= receive Majors commission. The manner II
: which Mrs Slack was enrolled was peculiar
She has her name. Slack" with her initial,
. upon the door OF her residence. The enrollin.
. officer went 10 the house, and finding none of ih
occupants within. took down the name on tn
. door plate, enrolling it in the first class
e The once powerful tribe OF Montank Ind
> ans on Long Island has dwndled down to hv
persons, and their present King is SylveSte
Is Pharo His subjects are Elisha, Bill, David an
" Stephen.
}, The man who elected Charles Sumner t
y the United States Senate was among the prise
+, ners captured BY Gen Banks at Port Hudson
. Captain Lewis. formerly of Lanesb0rO. IN Mas
.e sachu~ett>, but at the time IN command OF
South Carolina rife company. WAS native &
South Carolina but resided some yeiIs a-O i
Massachusetts, He was a member ol the Lesi-
lature of the State. together with Gen Btns'
and the two east their votes tor Charles Sumnt
a for United States Senator. The General reco.
n nized his fellow laborer among the prisoner
&c What was equity curious IS the fact that bat 70
} the vote Of Mr. Lewis no Senator could hav
e been chosen.
A street convers atom overheard by our n
! porter is IA follows:
D Good morning, c., ready for I'll
= drshi"
II c. Ready. II nv distracted country need
, me-f she requires the sacrifice of my ie-if Oh
u toutering ediice OF our glorious Union needs
be cemented With my hearts blood-if il is M
ces>arv tor her pre>ervaiiOn that she strides o
90 victory over NV dead body-then. sir. the vi,
tim is ready Nth heart prepared for an
&c fate and with firm trust in Divine Providence
shall. with a lively feeling of doing my dut,
march boldly Onto the Collectors office, an