Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-23
STATE ITEMS.

The New Albany Ledger says that drove
of O50 of the poorest cattle ever seen driven to
market passed through that city yesterday. They
were purchased BY contractors for the army of
the Cumberland. 1t will take good teeth to
masticate the carcasses of the aforesaid
-FouSrA1S CousrY.-The Democracy Of this
county will meet in convention on Saturday the
18th of December to appoint delegates to the
State Convention to be held on the 9Th of Janu-
AIRY next.
The Versailles Dispatch, Republican
paper, thus refers to the backwardness of the So
called Union men in volunteering
We are sorry to say that some of our citizens
who have made rs loud professions OF loyalty as
any. and who have las they had pen feet right
to do) condemned treason sympathlzers 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 to raise the quota of Ripley
county, under the recent call for volunteers by
the President.
-PAYINe THE LEGION Major Stearns Fish,
ers, the State paymaster, was in this place last
Friday and Saturday paying off the legion who
were engaged in border defense previous to the
Morgan raid. The pay rolls for the service in
the Morgan raid has not yet been made out. The
pay received is small-only 81 40 for the privates
and S25 or $50 for the officers Il Corydon
Democrat.
The Democracy of Clay county meet on
Wednesday the 25th inst to select delegates to
the State Convention.
-CLERK OF TIE SUPaENE CouRr.-We are
advised by Samuel R Hamill of Sullivan county,
that he will be candidate for Clerk of the Su-
preme Court before the Democratic State Con-
veniion. The Democracy of gallant old Sullivan
will have great weight in making the selection OF
the State ticket. Mr.. Hamll is live Democrat
and will make vigorous canvass, If he is the
nominee Clay County 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 think the position due to her. The qualifca
tons OF Mr. Hamill for this Office are of the high
est order, and his straightforward, unhinching
advocacy of the cause of Democracy, In veal and
through woe. warmly commend him to the De-
mocracy of Indiana. Ia the approaching con-
test, which will be one of the tiercest political
battles ever fought in State, the interests of
the Democratic party demand that the State
ticket should be composed. as much as possible,
of men who are able to stump the State As a
public speaker. Mr. Hamill has but few superiors
in the State. He is not OF the tisid 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 10 Indiana would labor
more efficiently on the stump for the success of
the ticket than he would. We trust that the con-
vention will honor "Old Sullivan bv giving to
Mr.. II. the position desired oil the next State
ticket Sullivan Democrat
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CoSvESrioS-It has
been n lime -hUnored custom OF the Democracy
Of Indiana to hold 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 a Mass Con
vention assemble at the Capitol of the State on
that day. that will express the sentiments and
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
tions for State officers be elected in the fall os
1864, should then be made. Events are succeed
ing each other so rapidly, and issues changing in
such quick succession that we think il would be
very impoite We should much prefer to
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 -lGoshen Democrat