Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-02
STATE ITEMS.

to 500 hogs daily.
Esq MORGAN. who had been a resident Of
Rockport for about fifty years. died on wednes
day last of diptheria.
-FuLroS County The Democracy of Full
ton county have again elected their entire ticket,
Recorder, Commissioner. Appraiser Of Real Es
tate, Surveyor and Coroner, by majority of 1870
-SUIcIoE.-A young man named JOSEPH
CLARK. residing in Harrison county. committed
suicide on Thursday last by hanging himself in
his fathers stable The deceased was worthy
young man, but in delicate health-his disease
being consumption.
Hon A. G PORTER, of this city, addressed
the people of New Albany last evening ION the
subject of enlistments, in order to avoid the
draft, if possible" Mr.. PORTER, as the Ledger
says, is "good speaker" but he is more anxious
that Others should go TO the war than himself.
PATENTS GRASrED.-The following patents
to lndianians. have been issued during the two
weeks ending the Doth inst:
To David Beasley of Boone county, assignor to
Montgomery county, and by them assigned to
Thompson Bartle of Independence. Iowa, for
improved sugar evapOrator
To james F. Watson of Richmond, assignor
to him seii and Charles " Wooden of the same
place, for improvement in gate hinges
Two DEsERTERs KILLED The Lafayette
Courier saws two deserters, brothers. by the
name OF KNIGHT. we're killed near Walton, eight
miles east of Logansport. OH the Kokomo road
on Monday last They had up to that time sue
cessfuIly eluded arrest. The Lafayette Courier
of Wednesday gives the following particulars nj
reference to the affair:
Mr.. Lucas, of Laporte. an attache of the Pro
vost Marsha's Office i'm the 9Th District got into
the neighborhood unsuspected on Monday last
and proceeded to make the arrest Both of the
brothers were armed, and one drawing a revolver
shot Mr. Lucas through the thigh The officer
then fred upon them. shooting one through the
heart and the other through the breast. Both
deserters were buried Yesterday.
Gen. NEW and Capt WIN WALLACE. both oil
this city, have been commissioned by Gov Mon.
to visit the Eighth Congressional District "tc
confer with leading men relative to the approach
OTdlt, anu III 10 StltDutdI6 volunteer
ing so to insure the organization of the eleven
new regiments which have been authorized in
Indiana" These distinguished gentlemen have
set out upon their patriotic mission. They were
ut Lafayette Wednesday, consulting with
leading citizens about sending men to the war
Gen New for several years served his country
most dsinterestedly as Clerk of Marion county
and Capt. WALLACE is now engaged in the SAINT
self-denying and self sacrificing position. Nethe
Gen. NEW, or Capt WALLACE, or Lieut. Gov
MORTON will ever shoulder their muskets anC
| face the enemy. That is not those gallant anC
intensely patriotic gentlemens' occupation Thei
business is to stimulate volunteering" not t.
volunteer themselves.
We understand that His Excelency has sent
similar committee to each of the Cougressioua
districts OF the State If the members of thi
commission are able bodied men, their iufiuenc
would be hundred fold greater if they woulc
practically illustrate the advice they give Il
others.
-HoN. DAVID p. HOLLOWAY, COMMISSIONS
OF PATENTs-''Thisd distinguished gentleman an,
efficient officer was in our city Yesterday on
brief visit, after two years of uninterrupted alb
sence and devotion to his duties. The Paten
! Office has never been more faithfully administer
ed than since he took charge of it, and Indian
has no more creditable representative in the gov
| eminent.
We clip the abo, from the Indianapolis Jour
nal. The official misconduct of Mr.. Holloway
as our readers well know, required a Commute
of Investigation to be raised in his case last win
ter by Congress, composed of good dIsintereste
| men from various sections OF the Union, VIII
found him guilty of most of the charges allege
against him, several of which were of a yer
serious nature. Among other things, he wa
| found BY said committee to have lost to the gov
eminent by his incompetency or rascalty the sur
of Thirty Eight Thousand Fire Hundred Dol
lars In view of these facts, what can intelligent
honest men think of leading public journa
which will publish such puff" as the above
Is it any wonder that the venality of the Amer
can press has become a By word throughou
Christendom?-[C entreville Republican.
| Gov. Moron has issued an address to IN
people of Indiana instructing them to thei
duty in regard to providing for the families o
soldiers The Governor in his excessive vanit
and desire to appear as the special friend of sol
diers and soldiers families, seems to regard th
people entirely under his tutorage, and treat
them though they were not possessed of sufi
cient sense and humanity to discharge patriot
duty without being instructed by him. We sup
pose the people know their duty in reference t
providing for soldiers families without instruC
lions from his Excellency. 1t is a very chea
effort TO obtain applause i Richmond Jeffer
sonian.
-HoRRIBLE MURDER.-Saturday morning las
Henry Whtesides, an old and esteemed either
and recently elected and for many years past tn
coroner of this county, was shot down and in
stantly killed in his own stable. He went on
about daylight TO feed his horses, and not return
ing TO breakfast, the mily became uneasy, wer
in search of him. and found him in the stable
bleeding corpse, with "A bullet hole in bis head
Measures were taken to ascertain the perpetrato
OF the foul crime, and suspicion fastened upon
boy about l6 years of age. mai med Rufus Orchard
who had been raised by Mr. ID Whitesides, a so
of the deceased This hoy had been theving an
committing other depredations in the neighbor
borhood, and he tracked from that locat
on Saturday Mr. John Tilson was sent i
search of him and succeeded in arresting him j
Louisville yesterday. He was brought to thi
place and confined in the county Jail IL is tn
almost universal belief that the hoy is guilty
When arrested. he was passing under the nam
of Johnson.-[Jo johnson County Herald.