Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-08
nILIrARY ITEMS.

in New Jersey it is said 20 be the Intention
of about two thirds of the returned volunteers &c
enlist for the war.
The male contrahands near Alexandra have
been put to work on entertainments The Pro-
vost Marshal bad busy day on Sunday in catch
ing them
The Augusta (Ga) eonsttutionalst says
that the number of married men who have died
in the service Of the State and the Confederacy,
leaving widows still living. is 3.62s.
The pickets near the Rappahannock have
been Withdrawn to a considerable distance from
either shore OF the river, on account of their too
free communication with each other.
"A great MANY Maine women are working in
the fields planting, sowing, &c 1t is not that
the menial labor belonging to the other sex is
put upon them, but because sons and husbands
are in the army.
Rebel deserters from Fredericksburg state
that they are now supplied with rations of fish
caught from the Rappahannock. instead of meat
Gen. Grant, last winter, was on the eve of be
ing removed for want Of capacity, and but for the
personal exertions of Washburne, of Illinois,
would have been sacrificed
The suggestion is again revived among the
radicals of making Ben Wade a Lieutenant Gen
eral Whenever he appears the ground he at
once assumes a bold and commanding position.
In that character he is recognized and admired.
The most violent supporters of the present
political policies of the war are the men who for
twenty years past have denounced the Constitu
ton as a covenant with hell. They are the
"loyal' men Of these times.
GONE BACK TO THE WAR-A splendid reg
ment from New Hampshire, having gone home
and recruited, return to the war The men were
quite willing to go back after a sojourn of a
month or two among their friends.
"A refugee from Richmond says man named
Delosier has become quite renowned there for his
services to the Confederate States as an overland
blockade runner hardly month passes but he
arrives laden with articles scarce at Richmond,
and valuable information OF a military character.
"A ViGoRous PROSECUTION OF THE War
The N. Y. Evening Post says: "a rich young
woman of Baltimore who lately bOasted of PUT
ting on Grape for StOnewall Jackson, was sent
South on Monday. She positively refused taking
the OATH"
-BRIGAAM Brigham Young, in a speech in
his Salt Lake Tabernace. recently, said: % 1t the
United States asked for battalion of soldiers for
the war-he would see il in hell first.
Officers who have it reached here from Suf-
folk state that the Rebel notifications on the
Blackwater were temporarily abandoned when
Stoneman neared Richmond. They are described
as extensive ana perfect IN all forms.
Our National Capital has had its already
huge gathering swollen by the arrival of boat
load OF contrabands, who we're safely delivered or
Thursday. They of all ages sexes and
conditions. A correspondent of the Times says
that they will be turned over to the new Govern
ment Agricultural Department recently estab-
lshed just outside of the city.
The New Orleans Era of Nav 5 saws: 1--WE
,oxr rroI- tl,fo t.Nfl
the forces under General Hunter. and most of the
iron clads recently engaged at Charleston. are on
their way to this department. We believe that in
twenty days. both Galveston and Mobile will be
in our possession.
Among the Rebel dead are Albert Sidney
Johnson. Il S. GaTnett, Bernard Z. Bee Felix X.
Zolicoffer, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jack
son, Obadiah Jennings Wise, Ben. McCuoch.
Earl Van Dorm, Robert E. Garland. Lawrence
o Brien Branch. Phillip St George Cooke. and
number of other Major Generals and Brigadier
Generals who held less prominent positions when
the rebellion broke out.
in Connecticut, enrolling officers encounter
more difficulty among the colored people than
they do with the white populate They are
stubborn, and in many instances pugBacious. In
one case where an officer had called upon col
ored lady to get the name of her husband she
buntly refused 20 give it, and attacked the official
in'-you cant make soger out of ngger, any
how"
In the Rebel service, there are five full Gen
erals ranking as follows:
l-Samuel Cooper. 2-Robert Lee 3-Jos
E. Johl ston. 4-P. G. 7 Beauregard. s.
Braxton Bragg.
There are six Lieutenant Generals who stand,
according to rank, in the following order:
l-James Longstreet. 2-Leonidas Polk. g.
IL - C....el A IL
Pemberion. 6-Theo. N. Holmes.
There over two hundred Major and Brga-
dier Generals.
Among the visitors in Grants army at pres
ent, is the Hon. Sherrard Clemens. the Virginia
Congressman who settled point of honor with
o. Jennings Wise. Esq, about four years ago,
according TO the code duellO. He Gowns panta-
tion, a short distance from Milliken's Bend. La
which the Rebels have entirely desDoed and
plundered. He claims to have lost $50 600 by /
the rebellion, in one way and another. He has |
letters from the President, authorizing him to buy
and ship cotton to any amount, in order to com
pensate him for his loss.
In the Washington telegrams of the st.
Louis Democrat, VIC find the following:
The opinion of the Buell. Commission is brief
and conclusive, and is believed to be mild. The |
Commissioners were authorized to recommend |
the deposition of officers implicated as well as to
publication will be made oft at present, if at all
General Halleck is said not to be well pleased
with the finding. Buell. was stopped la the publ
Gallon of his defense by order of the Court
"A CoAsr OF 3,54g STATUTE MLEs Prof
Bacbe in an offcial letter from the IT, s. Coast
Survey Office. says:
First: The length of the coast Of the United
States under blockade by naval forces,
beginning at Alexandria, Virginia, going down
the Potomac River aud Chesapeake Bay to Cape
Henry, and continuing along the outer line of
the sea coast around the peninsula OF Florida ms
far the Rio Grande; this line to cross the rivers
and harbors IN direction Of the coast. This line
thus measured is 3.549 statute miles.
The MosT POWERFUL Gun YET FoUND--
Experiments in gunnery have been in progress
for several months at the Washington Navy
Yard The most powerful gun tested recently,
is that of Mr.. Atwater. of Chicago. IL is a rifed
"a FOUNDER, and threw a Hotchkiss shell 800
yards, the degree Of elevation being 25. At
% the shot made the astonishing fight of 800
, yards which IL 900 yards further than the Arm
3 strong guns can accomplish with the same degree
5 of elevation. The additional velocity is acquired
by the application OF a principle which relieves
: the ball Of atmospheric pressure in front.
Better yeti In computing the bounty which
the new drafted soldier will get. If towns pay
$500 each, we overlooked that of 500 which is
provided for payment by the Federal Government,
in the l7th section of the Conscrpton Act. The
bounty will stand therefore, 500 from the State,
i $500 from the town, and 500 from the United
i States Government-S $500 total.
I THIS ought to command the needful forces