Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-02

our armies. or more greatly damage the cause hy
engeBdering dstrust. jealousies and domestic
divisions. We confidently anticipate the most
glorious results Tor the coming campaign.
rFrOm the Richmond wbig. FEB. TO-
SALT IN ALABAMA.
The Montgomery Mail congratulates the citi-
gems OF Alabama upon the prospect of an abund-
ance Of salt during this rear. Al very low rates.
lsrge stock is now on hand. with the sailing
season closed, some Of il purchased on specula-
ton nj higher prices than those now ruling. In
addition 70 this stock. contracts being en-
tered into between parties aud the Governor
nearly every day for the manufacture Of salt At
as low as four and even three dollars per bnshel.
From the Richmond whlg. Feb. IL
oUR CAVALRY.
Gen Forrest we learn. will soon have a force
OF ten thousand men well armed and mounted.
Gen Morgan will soon be upon the war path
again, at the head of large force, all handsome
ly equipped.
BURNT BY THE YANKEES
A correspondent Of the Bristol Gazette gives
an account of the burning Of negro man IN an
out house, by the Yankees. because he bad the
smallpox. The horrible affair occurred near
Washington, Rhea county. about the 18Th of No
vember. and was perpetrated by some OF Colonel
Lyons Illinois regiment. The negro had been
stolen by the Yankees from mis- master, and con-
tracted the disease in their company, and this Is
the tender care he got at their hands
NOBLE LITTLE GIRL.
Miss Rebecca Cox, of Amite county. Miss. a
little girl about thirteen years of age. has sent to
our soldiers within the past two years, over two
hundred yards orleans, several home made blan-
kets and many pairs of socks, mostly the work of
her own fair hands
WORTHY EXAMPLE.
The Sanderville Georgian publishes a list of
fifty six planters OF Washington county who
have pledged themselves TO sell corn at two dol
lars per bushel to the wives and children of in
digent soldiers in the service. and the wi lows
and children OF INDECENT soldiers who have died
or been killed in the service. or any disabled sol
dier.
oNE FOR TWELVE.
A person advertises in the Lynchburg Republi-
can for xix thousand dollars in Confederate money
for which he offers to pay in gold at the rate OF
one for twelve.
, From the Richmond whig February Is
A LIBERAL PROPOSITION
Gen Howell Cobb. planter of Georgia has
proposed TO sell the Government %. 600 pounds
of bacon and 10000 bushels OF corn, at any
price it is disposed to pay him; and. if it could
paw nothing. then he'd give it. He also agreed
TO let the Interior Court Of Sumter county have
10000 pounds of bacon AZ % cents pound, and
10000 bushels of corn at 80 cents a bushel, fol-
soldiers families
MIN CAPABLE SERVICE
Ii is estimated that sheie are in the Confeder-
acv eleven hundred thousand men between The
ages OF Is and As, able to bear arms and -four
hundred thousand under and above those ages
who are capable for service. There is no possibl,
chance for the Yankees to subjugate US, if eacf
man but does his duty in whatever sphere he ma,
be-
PARTIES.
One of the last hopeful "sgns of the times" is
the prevailing mania for parties aud frivOlty il
this city. There has never been "A gayer white
in Richmond Balls and parties every night
One night last week, there were screen PARTIES, a
each of which, doubt. there display o
extravaganza rarely seen in the hacyon days o