Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-03


"A revival of religion is in Progress at the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Evansville.
- On W ednesday $50 sick and wounded sol
diers arrived at Evansville, from below Nash
vile
- The 18th Congressional district has SIX Dem.
ocrstic to four Republican members Of the State
Legislature
Colonel Marsh B TAYLOR. Of the old 10Th
Indiana IEfAntry, gallant and worthy officer,
has taken unto himself one OF kentuckys fair
daughters as a bride He was united in wedlock
TO Miss Sue W Bishop, Of Bardstown. at her
home in that beautiful little city. on Monday
night last We wish the Colonel aud his young
bride much happiness an life IN. A. Ledger.
The PiquA and Columbus Railroad Com
Pany has been consolidated with the Indiana
Central Railroad Company under the name OF
the Columbus and Indiana polls Central Railroad
Company This makes direct line between
Columbus and indianapolis. OF lS6 miles. The
funded debt, with the capital stock. makes a to
tai Of s. 500 600. Mr. B f. Smith, OF Colum.
bus, is the President of the new company.
On IN PERRY COUNTY The interest felt
upon the subject of oil in this vicinity is steadily
increasing. Some gentlemen. who have passed
/ three years in the Pennsylvanis oil country, and
who are thoroughly intimate with every feature
of the oil bearing districts. who have bad long
practical experience in making and working the
machinery OF the wells, and who at present
engaged 10 boring in the neighborhOod OF Clio
verport, were in town a day two since. They
report that they find multitude of favorable in
dications The great attraction of the Glover
port locality is that oil has been found in small
quantities. From one well about six barrels per
day ~ being obtained
In all scientific respects Perry county gives the
I highest promise Of being the ultimately success
full oil field. Presumng that Perry and Harri-
son ere equal in other regards. we must reach
oil here much earlier than there. Oil wells are
already sunk in Harrison much beyond the aver
age depth of the Pennsylvania wells. If, in the
county above they can obtain oil from wells eve
thousand feet deep, the slope Of the rock is SC
much 10 our favor that We may expect to find /
in Perry not much beyond four hundred feet
Canneton Reporter.
- The Chicago Times thus comments upor
the enterprise for constructing barbOr az Mich
gan City
1t is reported that AN extensive joint stool
company has been formed in Michigan City, In
diana. for the purpose of constructing harboi
there The enterprise is one which, ii carried {,
successful completion, will require An enormou.
expenditure, but u 10 one which viii heartily eE
gage the good will OF all interested in shippin.
on lake Michigan In gale from the north
vessels which fail in making Chicago harbo
find no port south Of here, and there is nothin.
left for them to RELY upon, if the gale be violent
but their anchors. We do not remember to hav
seen statement of the losses in life and proper
~ resulting from this cause. but the wreck
| strewn around the head of the lake from here Il
! st Joseph will testify TO It's magnitude
IL is no: improbable that a good harbor a
z Michigan City, easy of access in all weathets
would detatch in time. a large amount of trad
from Chicago which is now transacted here an,
prevent much from coming here that woult
otherwise come Especially would this be TN
case if our own barbOr be permitted 60 remail
blocked. as il has been for several years past
Ia a northern gale. which i here the most dan
gerous for shipping, vessels of deep iraught ar
{ shut out, because the channel runs so far TO tn
southwark that TO enter the barbor vessels arr
, brought directly in the face of the gale A
such time, vessel owners and insurance officers
, as well captains aud crews, would be glad t
know that safe and easily made harbor coul
be reached Michigan City