Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-08
ITEMS.

Tom Wood, Warden of the Northern Indi
ana Prison. is still confined to his bed, and his
friends despair of his covery.-[Lafayette Cour-
Ter.
The following officers have resigned their
commissions on account of disability: Lieut.. Col.
Jasper NJ. Dresser, Seth Indiana: Lieut. Col. Ben
jamin @. Shaw, 6Sth Indiana; Capt. j. B. Cox,
10th Indiana Battery. s
-GESERAL Fremont AND THE Co1oREp TRooPs.
The President has formally communicated to
Senator Simmer his conclusions respecting Ere
mont and the colored troops, to wit: "1hat he
cae command them if he will" No doubt is
entertained of his acceptance.
-THEC CAPTURE OF THE INDIANoLA.-Lieuten-
ant Commander Brown, who is among the re
turned prisoners, in person delivered to the Navy
Department his circumstantial report of the cap
ture of the lndianOla, of which he at that time
commanded.
-"NoBoDY HURT 1T is estimated that
from the commencement of the war, 50 1874 Fed
erals have been killed. liz 900 wounded, 73,2lS
made prisoners. and $50. 900 died from disease
and wounds: that so. 1893 Confederates have been
killed. ll9. 6l5 wounded. 50. 1853 made prisoners,
and $50 900 died from disease and wounds.
When the movement was made in Congress
to refund General Jackson's fine. the old patriot,
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Senator a letter on the subject, in which he said:
al will be the last man on earth to do any act
which would invalidate the principle that the
military should always be subject to the civil
power.
GENERAL BURNSIDE General Burnside leaves
the city to day for Hickman's Bridge. a point
twenty six miles beyond Lexington, Kentucky.
From there ne will direct in person military opera
tons in his department. General Cox will be in
command here for the District of Ohio, subject to
the orders of General Burnside as commander in
chief. Some of our New York contemporaries.
who have been INDUCING in criticism upon the
G neral for not taking the field, will now perceive
that they have been entirely wrong. Gen Burn
sides character in he war has been ANYTHING but
that. He never shrinks from responsibilities. and
least of all from labors in the feld.-[Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Col. Hawkins. alias Huckins, OF whom we
gave a little sketch a short time since, recently
made S speech in Decatur. ard denounced Gen.
Grant as a druDkard and General Halleck as a
traitor. The Colonel is a favorite among Leag-
uers, and on his appearance here was greeted by
a large. sympathetic. and paying audience at
Bryan Hall. He is not by any means original in
his remarks, and his denunciations of Halleck
and Grant were borrowed from the Administra-
ton newspapers General Burnside, no doubt, is
now closely watching him and them.-[Chicago
Times.
THE CHARLESTON PROJECT ABANDONED
The project of taking Charleston, for which two
years have been spent in preparations, has un-
doubtedly been abandoned, for an indefinite peri
cd, by the Government. The report that a con
siderable number of Hunters troops have gone to
New Orleans, is probably true. The New York
Times saws, There is no prospect that anything
will be attempted. this season, in the Department
of the South. Orders have been sent there to
give f~urloughs to FIVE per cent Of the men. and
these instructions are to be carried out forth
with"
Those simpleton journalists VINO, after the de
feat of our iron clads in Charleston harbor, in
sisted that the movement was only a "reconnois
sance." and that "the battle" was speedily to
come off. and who in the excess of their wisdom
denounced the Post for taking a different view,
will probably cease, for n while. from giving mis-
information to their i~ndulgeut readers. about 1.-The
coming attack on Charleston. "-tChicago Post.