Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-25


on Saturday night. in which several persons were
seriously hurt and a bar room was completely
Quilted by crew Of one Of the gunbOats
The clerks Office, at the courthouse. in
Huntingdon was broken into on Tuesday night
and in the neighbOrhood of $40 in money stolen
tberefrom.
Owen and Sullivan. two of the strongest
Democratic counties ia the State, are among the
irst TO respond to the call tor FL months volun
teers. They each last week sent compapy TO
the var. +a fAAeI = .la
-Four companies OF six months men are
organizing in Clay county. bat none Of them are
full yet Bully for Clayl
The Owen County Journal says: "Corn il
suffering with drouth Unless there is good
rain soon. the corn crop will he almost a Total
failure. The stalks are growing finely, and that
10 the best that can be said about il.
The Terre Haute Express says
Hon. John G. Davis, We learn has purchased
the fine property Of Mr. Hill. on the Blooming
ton road, aud will soon become a resident OF this
county.
Our energetic Governor" o. p Morton. i
on a visit to Cincinnati for the osfensible obiect
Of having his portrait paintesl. which i to adorn
some of the public buildings Of that city. Ii is
to he hoped this portrait will be more pleasing TO
the Governor than the one recently drawn of him
by CoIoneI John q. Walker Ii can not be more
truthful i Shelby Volunteer.
Amongst other stories told OF the Rebels nm
der Morgan, whilst in Indiana one is quite good
enough 20 publish Ii is said that one OF the
gang took from widow woman four dollars in
postage currency. Another Of the gang hearing
oil it became indignant ut such an outrage upon a
~ afo hp m no
took two bolts Of calicC. gallopped back to the
widows house. and threw them down TO her to
make up her loss
TOBACCO CRoP-we conversed Yesterday
with = gentleman who has lately been travelling
for an extensive New York tobacco house through
the tobacco growing regions Of Kentucky and
Indiana. He Informs Us that the prospect for \
very large tobacco crop is most encoura ging.
Nearly every farmer IN Southern and Western
Kentucky has more or less ground under cutiva
ton IN this great staple. while in Indiana tie area
of ground planted in it sat least one halt greater
than in any previous season The plants look
healthy and vigorous. and are growing thriitily -
IN. A Ledger.
Thar "PlcrKR."-Slys the Cincinnati En-
quirer:
Ii was a most ridiculous performance that of
our CITY Council obtaining Gov Mortons picture
for our Council Chamber, and II il so generally
regarded in this city What great thing has he
done to meri. the honorg Wherein does his emf
hence consist "a a national man7 What has he
ever done. especially for Cincinnati that his por
trait should hang in Our Council Chamber, an
honor that has not been paid to many of the best
and greatest men Of our own city and State?
Morton has been smart IN having men about him
To write To tie press, magnifying his attention to
army matters. and when affairs are investigated
that will be found 10 be about the only difference
between him and other State Executives He i.
hot distinguished for talent. and his reputation
for public aud private morals is notorOu,ly un
enviable in Indiana. What does our Council
therefore. want OF his picuref
-NEw ALBANY AND THE MoRGAS RAID UPON
CoRyDoy I'VE had neither time nor space last
week to chronicle the chyalrous conduct of the
authorities of New Albany in connection with
the late raid upon this place We desire to do so
now. aud 10 return to them the unfegned thanks
OF the entire community for the alacrty with
which they came TO our assistance. We hope the
authorities aforesaid will excuse US for not adu
lsting them sooner: if they will, we'll promise
next time TO insure an extra for the express pnr
pose OF laying before an admiring world their
gallant deeds. Aud to make all the amends we
caDin the premises. we intend TO send copy OF
this paper to Abbott and have him insert this
article in the second edition OF his history of the
Rebellion. We have no doubt il will be inst ~
truthful as any chapter he has written But TO
the work
IL IL great mistake to suppose the citizens of
New Albany were in n stec over the raid-they
were only Boyled and Fryed, and that "a we nre
Informed, without their fault With about {. 00b
we'll armed troops, we are informed Bowie and
Fay marched up aud down each of the streets
sixteen times. travelling over seventy miles inside
the city limits in search OF Morgan Ii was
rub dub dub "right.abOut face"-"break
ranks stack armand n stump speech every
half hour for three days. la one OF the speeches
We understand the gallant Doctor said he was
glad the raid took place. for. said he, at will
smoke out the butiernuts" Yea verify. Il did
smoke out the butternuis. but IL didn't quite
smoke out d. FRY But IN spite of the nuthori
ties We are informed that 200 OF the citizens dill
get ~ far OF the roid 10 Corydpn NJ the top a.
the knobs. The intention of these was good
aud We canddy thank then,
But in justice to Boyle. FRY & Co, We will
state that the reason they did send more troops
toward Cprydon was thtt Morgan had sent al
army of 100 men with loaded mu.kets in their
hands from Bandeuhutg undeI Captain ID wis "a
capture Louisville. New Albany snd Jefferson
Vile They wisely concluded that IL would nev er
begin to do to have the Falls Cities captured, at
leave them exposed 10 such fearful army IN T.
proximity Forty five Of Capt, DVis' men
crossed nj Twelve Mile Island. and II WIS fenor
tel were marching thorrible torelstel unau Nea
Albany hy Way - "Silysr Creek Bridge" This
smoked out" DE Fry He snw the dread crisis
had arrived and something must be- lid Soon
two negro women Who had been blackhcrr,ing
mot hut,ing black IN the vicinity ct Silver
creek. heard fisherman drop his sirne ia thlf
nov classical and historic stream They ilhe
female contrshahd-l reported ~ "headauartcis e"
and part Of the 6.nOn were mlrchci - the f,ied
bridge with orders 10 chop 10 down A. though il
was Morgan himself. while another rart advanced
to the field soon TO be stained red with--bl,ck
berry juice The Geld briald with The euen,
The charge was holly made belly deep thrnue ~
the swampS and into the thorn, chsparal, until
every porens Rebel Vas squc ding for dear lie :
The victory Was completed
without recording the further ohligation OF our
people toward the aforesaid culinary Generals.
BOYLE and Fry Afsr the bdile ~ Cut,don was
over they kindly remembered a.. and seut down
few carbon crows, or glue makers ageui.. We
don't know exactly Win ~ pick M the hnrsr
frames that the Rebels hsd lett our farmers IN
the place ct good. hne. fht horses stolen from
them, This, We say. was very Kind ia them. Tor
our people only had sense enough u feht the
Rebels. but not enough to know What Ia do with
the scraps they LETT
Upon the whole. our people are vastly pleased
With the authorities NJ New Albany, and " a
slight memeuto of their esteem and regard they