Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-01
STATE ITEMS.

The corner stone Of new English Lutheran
church was laid in Fort Wayne on Thursday last
II will be a beautiful Gothic structure. 81 by 100
feet. walls 20 feet high. surmpunted bv beauti.
ful taperng spire. pointing heavenward $50 feet
high.
The wheat crop in this county has been sc
cured From all We can gather from our worthy
farmers. there never has been n better crop.
Corn Is promising fair yield. should We have
the necessary rain in the next six weeks i Hunt.
ington Democrat.
"A grand mass meeting Of the Democracy Of
Sullivan county will take place on Thursday the
9th OF August. Hons ID w Voorhees,. James
G. Robinson. James c. Allen aud David Turpe
have been invited and will be present to address
the people \ cordial invitation Is extended to
all TO attend. Ii will be grand demonstration.
Mr. Joseph Faulkconer left here last ednes-
day with the hardest looking set OF horses that
was ever collected together. They were broken
down horses abandoned in this county by "hOn-
est" John and his followers, and they stole good
in their place Washington county lost in
the neiehborhood of 900 horses by the Morgan
rad-[Sa Democrat.
Says the Washington County Democrat:
Corn is suffering verv much from drouth in
this county. IL is becoming parched and dried
up. and unless We get rain soon there will be a
general failure in that crop, and mary" cob
will we get TO gnaw.
Several companies OF the Legion of Indiana
are being organized in Washington county
Push them ahead. as we may need them for
State defense. and you not compelled 70
leave the State
What the Journal means by "copperhead pa
il nannar.fio 10
Democrat. Cannetoh Reporter, Rockport Demo
crat. Paoli Eagle, Salem Democrat, Brownstowr
Uuion. Owen County Journal, Versailles Demo
crat, and Lawrenceburg Register, all what the
Journal terms "copperhead papers," made tn,
apology the Journal mentions The Journals
venom, rattle snake like. has got into its eyes
IL cannot either see or tell the truth whe1 speak
ing about Democrats New Albany Ledger.
Senator WOLFE, of Corydon thus gives an
account of his losses:
Several stories being in circulation about our
losses by Morgan's raid. we will state that We
lost Henry rife. a revolver and watch, be
sides other property taken from our residence
and as nearly a. we can ascertain fully $500 in
cash taken from our pocket book-in all abou,
800 in value. When the money was first taken
we not aware there that much OF IL
but by reference TO books and counting mp
TIE AMOUNTS We Dtu Itceifcu lOf lllIee OF IOur
weeks before the robbery, now certain our
loss in cash was not less than the amount stated
-RELEAsED The men arrested in Whitley
county by Provost Marshal Hiram Iddngs on
Friday morning. the 18th uit. and transported TO
kendalvile. hand-cuited. uner strong military
guard and from thence TO indianapolis. have been
discharged for the want of evidence against them
We cav not see any propriety in arrestng and
dischargng men in this manner. I he principle
is wrong No man ought to be subjected to the
Inconvenience and suferings of an arrest without
strong and conclusive proof against him; nor
should any man be discharged without a trial
The arrests made in Whitley county have been
productive of no good; they have only and with
perfect business, brought down upon the inStigl-
tors thereof the contempt Of every honest man
IL the men had been guilty of any violation OF
the laws they deserved punishment and ought 70
have been made an example Of; and IT, on the
other hand. they were not guilty, which their
discharge proves. their arrest vas an outrage up
them. their families and their neighbors. and
they ought to be reimbursed by the Government
for the loss of time and money expended We
have no respect whatever for the authorities Win
commit such ouirages. willingly and knowingly
upon the people. for 10 other reason than politi
cal animosiiv II this be treason the cowardy
Abolitonists pu. il in their pipes and smoke
it al hbitum i Columbia City News
ENROLMENT FoR THE Firm DisrRIcr.-The
following table shows the number of persons
enrolled in the diheren, counties in the Fifth Dis