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

shin. Marion county. Indiana, are requested to
meet in indianapolis, in Military Hall, at ten
O'Clock A NJ, on the 26th inst, 50 appoint Is
delegates to attend the Democratic COMPRESSION
al Convention of the 9Th District, to be held in
indianapolis on the sth of January next
HENRY III. NELSON, Chairman
December 18th, 1868
The State Sentinel Office is nc- the finest
printing establishment in the West, having lately
| been removed to It's new and splendid quarters on
| Meridian street. Printers visiting Indianapolis
should not fail to call at the Sentinel mot only to
see the Improvements in the art preservative, but
because they will find everybody in connection
Herewith Jolly fellow, from the devil down to
Mr.. Bingham himself Anderson Standard
| "A MIsrAKE-we find that quite number
OF persons, usually well informed are under the
| impression thst Gen. Meredith, who is Commits
| sioner for the Exchange of Prisoners on the side
of our Government, is Gen. Sol. Meredith of
Indiana This is great, though not very IN
reasonable mistake. fhe Commissioners is
Pennsylvania officer. The Hooser Gen Mere
dith commands the gallant Iron Brigade and
has always been with it when bis wounds didn't
compel him 70 return home go into hospital.
Louisville Journal.
The Democracy of Addison township. Shelby
county. have organized Democratic Union
Club. We are happy to record this movement.
and we hope the example will be followed by the
Democrats of every township in Indiana. The
Volunteer i'm publishing call for meeting of
the Club. remarks: .s M s
1t is evident that the Democratic party alone
can rescue the country from the anarchy and
FUN to which it is now travelling the downward
road so rapidly under the mad and fanatical rule
/ of imbecile and reasonable aboitionism- 1t is
time that the only conservative and national aud
constitutional law abiding party in existence
should commence organizing for the great cam
paign of 1864.
The indianapolis telegraphic correspondent
of the Cincinnati Gazette, who is posted from
headquarters, thus comments upon the prospects
of recruiting hereabouts:
The total bounty in this county is $3.50, and if
that don't bring up the patriots. lecture on
strategy from General Darlington undoubtedly
will. Strategy means a safe distance from the
battle field, with diagrams and lectures on war
maps.
The colored people are falling in CALAMITY.
Every colored man loses caste who don't go to
the war.
LADIES ESLTsTISa The Lafayette Courier
thus notices an enthusiastic war meeting held at
Clark's Hill, in Tippecanoe county: Esquire
RosEBERRY delivered a powerful exhortation. but
still the young men couldn't see it, and nobody
had enlisted when three ladies came forward and
put down their names If the young men of the
feather-bed brigade would not go. the country
must be saved in some manner, and they were
| ready to go They could at least take charge OF
hospital, and send that many soldiers to the
front The example was contagious, and before
the meeting closed four recruits were mustered
in"
The NORTHERN INDIANA PRIsoN-We visited
this institution recently and found it in FIRST rate
condition. The buildings were neat and clean,
the prisoners apparently we'll cared for and under
good controI. We could but congratulate those
who have the management of the prison, the
different appearances it presents now, from what
it presented under the former administration.
The work turned out is of the best quality
and finds ready sale at fair prices, whereas un
der the old regime il was hard to sell at all
owing to its inferior quality. The prisoners now
are securely locked up at night instead of being
permitted formerly to roam about the streets
and visit drinking saloons and dsreputabe place:
in the city Plymouth Democrat.
| How INDIANA SOLDIERS REGARD THE IxyA-
LID CoRPs.-Wm. Nance member of the SIS
Indiana regiment, was recently taken sick anC
sent to one of hospitals. Yesterday, the
Examining Board declared him unfit for field duty
and assigned him to the Invalid Corps where
upon the gallant HOosier entered protest, decar
ing that he would not submit to such treatment
facing the enemy. He declared himself able &C
do duty in the field; that he sound to thu
core, but not the Invalid Corps. Nance caleC
upon Col. Hanson yesterday to ascertain if h
could not return to his veteran regiment. HI
will be forwarded to the front in compliance will
his wsh.-[ Louisville Journal.
MARTIN CoUNrr.-The Democracy of thi
county at a meeting held on the 9Th inst ap
pointed delegates to attend the Congressional
Convention of the First District.
The following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
ResoIred. That the Democracy of Marti,
county are in favor of the Constitution as it is
and the Union as it was"-against the world.
2 That the Democracy of Martin county ear
nestly recommend to the District Convention tn
Hon. C.. S. Dobbins of Martin county for tn
nomination for Representative to Congress from
the First Congressional District of Indiana.
8. That we instruct the delegates from the va
rious townships, who attend the District Conven
ton, to support men for delegates to the Nationa
Democratic Convention, who will endeavor +
secure the nominations of Major General Gcorg
B. Mcclellan for President and Major Genera
Ulysses S. Grant for Vice President in 1864.
THE HoMIcIDE AT SHELBYvILLE.-A col
respondent at Shelbyville writes as follows i
reference to the recent terrible homicide in tina
place:
Editor of Sentinel: An article which appeare
in your daily of the 18th inst, in relation to
very melancholy affair that took place in GU
city on Friday night last, is well calculated t
mislead the public mind, inasmuch as it impute
criminality where there was none in the leas
The facts in the case are these:
The man Bennett who committed the HON
eide, was found, by an inquest, TO be insane, i
which both the evidence and the certificate of tn
attending physician showed him to be entirel
harmless. 1t was necessary to confine him unit
we could get an order from the Asylum. II
was therefore committed to an empty jail, where b
remained over one night. On the next day ESQ
Moberly, in Union township, found the boys
Bates and Shoclley, guilty Of petit larceny, he'll
them to bail in the sum of sloo, and sent Their
to the county Jail. The Sheriff himself wa
absent, and he procured the keys from the Shel
iff-s wife, unlocked the doors, turned the boys in
and returned to his home without the leas
thought of doing any wrong. The Sheriff di
not return until late at night, without any know
edge of what was going on, to arise in the morn
ing and find the two boys dead inside of th
jail.
Your statements in regard to the attempts {
hang the insane man Bennett are very correct
Bennett has since been convened to the Asylur