Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-12-19
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ton OF oeneral hAERoNe Fesighauon' Ano OF
dered him 10 duty.
Two deser,ers were arrested in New Albany
and two IN Jacksonville. Wednesday. aud taken
to Louisville.
The Democracy Of vigo county will meet
in Tcre Hsuts on Saturday. January 2, lc64.
TO appoint delegates to the Congressional Con
venton.
The ladies Of Lafayette to give big
dinner to those who make donations on Christ
mas day for the poor. Both the donations and
dinner promise TO be on magnificent scale.
-SEvENrH DisrHicr The Democracy Of the
Seventh Congressional District will meet in
Terre Hau,e OH the 9Th day Of January. 1864
for The purpose OF selecting two delegates aud
two alternate delegates to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention.
The Board of Commissioners OF Lawrence
county. its last session. appropriated 500 for
each volunteer for Lawrence county. which il
the full quota il made up by volunteering. will
amount tn $4,000
-ELrvrSrH DIsrR.cr The Democracy Of
the several counties composing the llth Con
gressional District OF Indiana. will meet in mass
convention at Huntington on Friday the eth day
OF January. le64. for the purpose Of selecting
delegates and alternates to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention.
SLY SARcAsM-The Anderson Standard gets
off the following;
We will take great pleasure in mentioning
with credit the name OF any member OF the an
dersOn Home Guards. or loyal league. Who will
enlist under The last call Send in the names.
The Commissioners of Miami county have
made provision for "indigent families of Miami
volunteers. Every wife or widow OF a soldier
and every child under IA years of age. is allowed
81 per month; the pay To widows to cease when
they have drawn the back pay and the bounty of
the deceased
The Commissioners of Miami county adver-
tse for loan of sos 900 At per cent payable
in one, two aud three years. for which they pro
pose 10 issue bonds The object OF tho loan is O.
meet the payment of that amour, Of railroad
bonds. issued some years ago at 10 per cent ,
which will soon become due.
The Commissioners of Delaware county, at
their late session. authorized the pay ment Of
bounty Of 500 to each volunteer under the late
call. payable in county bond. due in fifteen
months, with six per cent interest from date
The capitalists OF Muncie have decided to cash
the bonds at their face for all parties who need
the money, 50 there will be no discount, upon
them
"A railroad l. being built from Connersville
in Fsye.te county TO Newcastle in Henry county q.
to be called the Connersvillc and Newcastle
Railroad IL connects at Connersville with the
Junction railroad from Cincinnati which il now
completed The building of this road would
make Connersville one Of the most prosperous
and IL is now one of the most beautiful towns in
Eastern Indiana
~ The Commissioners of Shelby county
have increased the bounty for volunteers to 5000.
excepting 10 such ma have received township
bounties. The volunteer will receive one hun
dred dollars in cash and county bond for one
hundred dollars. bearing 8 per cent. interest
The Commissioners also offer county bonds for
sale to the amount Of sos 900. payable in one
year, at per cent interest. TO pay the bounties
offered by the county TO volunteers.
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 in publishing call for meeting Of
the Club remarks:
Ii is evident that the Democratic party alone
can rescue the country from the anarchy aud
ruin to which il l. nov travelling the downward
road rapidly under the mad and fanatiC rule
of imbecie aud reasonable abolitionism II is
time that the only conservative ami national and
constitutional law abiding party in existence
should commence organizing for the great cat
ptign of lcbf
The indianapolis telegrsphc 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 1852, and it
that don't brng up the patriots. lecture on
strategy from General Burlington undoubtedly
will Simtegv means safe distance from the
battle field. with diagrams aud lectures war
maps.
The colored people are falling in gallantly
Every colored man loses caste Who don't 20 to
the war
-RENovAL.-Our neighbors of the Sentinel
have removed from their dingv old Office to their
new aud commodous building on Merid m
street. where everything Is arranged or such q
liberal scale. So convenient and comfortable that
their friends hardly know them They have a
good building and good facilities for business. and
IL their issues and utterances shall hereafter be aS
truthful ~ their building i respectable, we shall
have no f'u't to find with them Il Journal
The State Sentinel Office is now the fines,
printing establishment in the West. having lately
been removed 10 it, new and splendid quarters ON
Meridian street. Printers visiting Indianapolis
should not fail Tn call 1T the Sentinel mot only 20
see the mrrov ements in the art pre~ervative. bu,
because they viii find everybody ia connection
therew tn a Jolly fellow, from the devil down 10
Mr. Bingham himself - Anderson Standard
A MISTAKE We fud that quite number
OF persons. Usually well Informed. are under the
impression that Gen. Meredith. Who is Commits
sioner Tor the Exchange of Prisoners on the side
of our Government, is Gen. Sol Meredith OF
Indiana THIS i great, though very un
reasonable mistake The Commissioner i A
Pennsylvsn officer The Hoo-ier Gen Mere
dith commands the gallant Iron Brigade" and
has always been With il ~hen his wounds didn Z
compel him 10 return home or 60 into hospital
Louisville Journal.