Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-23
STATE ITEMS.

The New Albany Ledger says that drove
of 1850 OF the poorest cattle ever driven to
market passed through that city yesterday. They
purchased BY contractors for the army of
The Cumberland Ii will take good teeth to
mastcate the carcasses of the aforesaid
-FoUNrAN COUNTY The Democracy of this
county will meet in convention Oh Saturday the
18th of December To appoint delegates to the
State Convention 10 be held on the 9Th of Jsnu-
airy next.
The Versailles Dispatch. Republican
paper thus refers to the back wardness of the so
called "Unon" men in volunteering
We are sorry to say that some of our citizens
who have made as loud professions of loyalty as
any. and who have tas they had a pei feet right
to do condemned treason sympathizers upon our
streets, day after day, and week after week. are
now found with these men that they have So
loudly denounced, in opposition to the effort that
Is being made 10 raise the quota OF RIPLEY
county. under the recent call for volunteers by
the President.
Pause THE LEGION Major Stearns Fish
ers, the State paymasjer, was in this place last
Friday and SATURDAY paving off the legion who
Morgan raid The ply rolls for the service in
the Morgan raid has not vet heen made out The
paw received i -rlall-onv 81 40 for the privates
and sos or $50 for the officers = Corydon
Democrat.
SAMUEL r HAMILL Eso.-The friends of
the above named gentleman will urge his name
as a candidate for Clerk of the Supreme Court
on the next State ticket Sullivan county hav-
ing been strongly and uniformly Democratic,
we thiuk the position due to her. The qnali6ca
tions Of Mr Hamil for this office are Of the high
est order, and his straightforward. untinchng
advocacy OF the cause of Democracy in veal and
through woe. warmly commend him 10 the De-
mocracy of Indiana. In the approaching con
test which will he of the fierceSt political
battles ever fought in our State. the interests of
the Democratic party demand that the State
ticket should tie composed, much rs possible,
of men who are able to stump the State As a
public speaker Dir Hamill has but few superiors
in the State. He is not of the timid sort, but Is
bold and manly. speaking out the honest convic-
tons of his judgment.
Should he be favored with nomination. we
would predict that no man in Indiana would labor
more efficiently on the stump for the success of
the ticket than he would. We trust that the con-
veution will honor "Old Sullivan" by giving To
Mr u. the position desired on the next State
ticket Sullivan Democrat
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION has
been time honored custom OF the Democracy
of Indiana to hold n State Convention on the
9Th of January and the nominations for State
officers. we believe. have usually been made
upon that day. We certainly think that this year
demands of the Democracy an observance of the
usual custom, and we hope TO see Mass Con
vention assemble at the Capitol OF the State on
that day, that will express the sentiments aud
cheer the hearts of patriotic and conservative men
through the whole land But 1t seems to US i'm
proper in the highest degree. that the nomina
tons for State officers to be elected in the fall o:
1861. should then be made Events are succeed
ing each other rapidly. and issues changing in
such quick succession. that We think il would be
very impolite We should much prefer e. see "a
delegate Convention held some time next sum
mer for the purpose of making nominations. The
press ought TO discuss this matter, in order that
the sentiment OF the people might be known and
obeyed : Goshen Democrat.