Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-07
WHOLE NO. 1,26O


ter has been much injured, and l. probably un-
tenable-
81 .-GeneraI Grant saws the soldiers from Iowa
shall have fair opportunity to vote for whom
they please
The New York Herald persists in the state
ment that General Fremont win be brought out
anti Cabinet Republican candidate for the
Presidency. ~ W AID ferla
An eminent divine preached. Sunday morn
ing frnm the text: are children OF the devil.
and in the afternoon. by funny coincidence,
"Children. obey your parents
The Richmond Sentinel thinks that it win
take one hundred thousand men and two hundred
millions every wear for the Federal Government
to keep the Mississippi river open -
1t was beautiful expression Of Burke's up
the death of his son, that his child in this
world should be his ancestor in the skies. Elder
born in glory-the junior of the household is the
senior IN heaven .sss sr g .srasrlt sdf
enrolment has been completed through
out Illinois. but all the returus have not as yet
reached Springfield. The probabilities are that .
draft will soon take place.
We see it stated that the rate Of taxation in
New York this year will be SO 40 10 on the
dollar of valuation, or fraction less thautw
per cent -rs ~ Ca ~'-.sr ed -
Gen. Granger, are required to furnish Surgeons
certificates OF health and procure license. Four
hundred dollars have been received since the
l4th, for such licenses. .ir,ffa IaFci"
r-The Marshal for the District of Columbia
advertises for sale. under the con6scafon act. Of
the lite eslate of sixteen owners of numerous
parcels of land. +,- 49,. ...-.
The Lancaster (Pa.) Iutelligeneer says
hat Of draf of nd m IA
county only about two hundred soldiers was the
product. p
A dancer once said to Spartan, you can
not stand on one leg long as CAM f7-ol
Perhaps not, said the Spartan. ''but any
goose can" -fu rftH orsf.t e4-.s',
II hold that this Government was made on a
white basis, by white men, for the benefit of
white men and their posterity forever.-[ Doug
las.
1t is whispered that Gen. McClellan's report
is passing under critical examination, and that
contemporaneous with its publication viii ap-
pear comments 70 break It's force upon the pub
lie mind. -, ,--..
Hon. Reyerdy Johnson's reply 10 Mr.. Holt
on the Fiu John Porter case has appeared. IL
occupies eighty pamphlet pages, and is an ugly
exposure of the partisanship that sought to de-
stroy the good name of brave soldier.
The first district in Kentucky was almost
entirely controlled by the military. The vote for
Wickliffe was given at five or six precincts, and
the judges Of The election were arrested for al
lowing the vote to be cast. h rr l
Jones complained of bad smell about the
post Office, and asked Brown what il could BEL
Brown didn't know, but suggested that il might
be caused by the dead letters. II Norwalk
Gazette.
81 Hsffan.. - rr -
"A "WAR DENocRAr."-The Republicans in
the West are holding conventions and exhibit
ing General McClernands as specimen "War
Democrat ?" General McClernand was dismissed
from his command by General Grant only few
days ago. .,ft..3
In Washington, d. c., among ,he conseripts
were two gentlemen, who, having greater taste
for lighting the tiger" than for shoudering
weapon, sat down to a quiet game of euchre to
decide who should pay the Communication for both.
The looser handed over the $500 with the greatest
sang frod
The Evening Post pays the following neat
compliment TO Secretaries Stanton and Chase:
There two things earth that rest
quite entirely on sufferance, ty, amy and paper
money" ras... $50 s-ir rlsci
This, for Government organ" must be con-
sidered slightly revolutionary.
-PRAcrrcAL WORKINGS OF CosscRIPrroS-
In Rhode Island the draft is completed, aud the
work of examining the drafted men il nearly
through. We have found. says the Providence
Post, some able bodied men. but they nearly ell
pay their commutation fee get substitutes
Thus far only nineteen drafted men in this State
have put on the Federal uniform. @ ~
s-"Mrs Nor rMosEYs-REspoxsEo OF SswaRpis
HoME-The following statement Of the Auburn
Advertiser shows how Stewards home responds
IN he of ssmen not uonpv."
Collector Halsey has deposited sixty thousand
dollars, the avails of the exemption fee for the
Twenty Fourth District for the week ending
August %. The amount of last week : exemp9
tons was thirty thousand three hundred dollars" I"
The Government" contemplates making a
trip TO New England in August. accompanied by
the Governments" wife, to visit the Govern
ment's" boy, who is in colege at Cambridge.
The "Government's" wife has got her new dresses
shout ready for the journey. II she stops at
Parker's this time. she will have the Govern
ment along to settle her Bills New Haven
Register.
--ARcaDuKE MACMILLAN -Archduke Max
imian Of Austria has sent the Pope copy OF the
Emperor NapoIeon's letter. requesting him 10
accept the throne Of Mexico, IL chosen by popular
suffrage The Archduke has informed the Pope
that he is greatly disposed 70 accept the Offer and
that in going 20 Mexico religious interests will
is well satisfied with the prospect. sT
The Albany Statesman is Republican pa
per. but il talks saucy. We think il is disloyal
and ought to be talked 10. il says: t..ir
"The Government can and should close up the
rebellion by the 1st of November. If il fails 10
do this, the blame should fall on Seward, Weed
Co., who wish to carry the war into the next
Presidential election. in order 10 make capital
that may inure to the benefit of the army and
navy contractors. pet suffers and other specuia-
tors /" ~. s. ..f--.
The advance of Rosecrans' army arrived in )
front of Chattanooga on the 2lst inst, and
opened FIRE on the rebel position. One dispatch
states that there were two rebel divisions in the
place, and another that Rosecrans forces were
expected TO occupy the town the following day.
Bragg is said to have been superseded by John
ston 1t is conjectured thar Rosecrans and
Burnside will combine in East Tennessee and
make flank movement uoon Richmond
Tile War Department has organized mp 70
; this time, seventy five companies OF invalds, who
are to do garrison and other duties that may not
REQUIRE too great exposure in the held- They ,
are all men who bave received wounds, some OF
them severe. and none Of them are men who
would now pass the Surgeons inspection for
active duty in the held. f....l.lH 1s.t.f ,f
! A GovrRsxExr Cosrskcron Govern.
ment contractor in Philadelphia was arrested
lately and tried for swindling hundred poor
girls out of their wages. He put them of every
SATURDAY. night for many weeks. and finally closed
his Office and fed with the plumber he bad Sc
cured. but be was caught. tried, and put under
81 900 bail. His name Is Benjamin James War
den, and he is, Of course. a furious advocate for
the vigorous prosecution Of the war" and q de-
nonncer of Democrats as ''ccpperheads and tr>is-