Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-06

N''eN e'Ne3s s"o ke@f " H''tiok
on Friday last
Three children Of Mr. zIxStasAs. OF Terra /
Hso'e, died within one hopr. ,wo from scarlet
fever
The Commissioner OF Clinton county have
made an appropriation fer pascha-las llar- aud !
banners FOE the 10Th aud s6sh regiments Indiana T
volunteers
--cIrHx 90 rsr SrrHrxs covnr- From an
exchange We lean that h ilbben, OF Rush
county, wili be scanddats before the Democratic
state Von'enton ior Clerk OF the supreme
Voutl Ito will receive The entire vote OF this
section. a. he - welt known 10 be fully quail. (
He'd Franklin Democrat,
The rorre Hauie EEpro.. Of Tuesday morn
ing saysi
Mt Hiram Weaiai. engineer on the ~ Louis
road, Was bfoush, home yesterday badly frozen
about tie feet hands aud lace Ito represents
the suffering of the people aud severity ct the
weather along the road very great Numbers
OF persons were fuTen % death, and trusted leel,
hands, ears. &c. we're 10 be seen on every hand.
The New Albany Ledger OF Saturday even
Ing says the small pox continues Ia spread 10
Jacksonville aud that there are not less than
80 or ~ eases n town. number Of citizens,
irom dread Of tho terrible m,lady. have ded to
Louisville and other places. II was lniogmed on
Friday that there eighteen eases Ia the
penlIcnllary Vaccination should be attended TO
everywhere
The Laporte Democrat SAYS there il no
doubt but the Cincinnati. Peru aud Chicago
Pail al De-.
north this year Ii Is of the opinion that the
counties through which the route p,sse, wilt vote
"all the men aud money" to complete The enter
prize SAYS that paper:
II would be To their own pecuuary advantage
10 DO 80. even should they receive nothing in the
WAY OF dividends Fulton county - more e.
pecially interested in the completion at the road
than any other along the liue; and we believe her
citizens haveat all times evnced \ disposition 70
do the fair thing in the matter ot material aid
Our handsome friend. Col X. n HuDsoS.
who has accumulated fortune since he quit
editing the Terre Hauto Express. some three
years ago. aud went into the pubic service both
State and Federal, even accomplishing the feat
of riding both horses at one time. il in the city.
The editor of the Evansville Journal. writing
from Cincinnati. thus develops the present mission
OF that elegant gentleman. He says:
Our cherished and handsome friend Col Hud-
son We found away up early 20 the skv IN Shorts
massive block OH Fourth street. enjoying that
Otiura cum dignifdfe So characteristic oi young
gentleman of elegant leisure, whose fortune j.
made
The Colonel leaves here for Indiana on New
Yeir's morning, 10 take par; in the work ot or
ganzinc the great Union phnl.uxcs Tor the APP
preaching political campaign. AMI his well known
energy and ab lily will be great auxiliary to the
Union hosts.
-REBEL PRISONERS Five hundred and fliy-
nine rebel prsOners--a part OF L0nssireei's army
and captured in the retreat from Knoxville
mostly GooFcians- arrived in this CITY on a de-
layed snow-bound train Saturday night They
were in suffering condition well from the
extreme cold ami insuiliciency of clothing a.
short ratons. Our ctizenS with a promptness
which does them honor, promptly relieved their
necessities. and this morning they wen. on their
way rejoicing. The following note. in pencil, On
the back OF n hardware bill head printed at Al
bany, Georgia Was sent Us for pubIicl'iou:
The Confederate prisoners IN. This car return
their thanks To the citizens OF Lafayette Tor their
hospitab,e treatment since our arrival in the cit.
and would reciprocate the s,me under the same
circumstances. Respectfully
Your obi serv's"
LAFAYETTE Courier
"A BIG SALE or CoAL-The well know coel
mines belonging 10 John Stevenson. Esq near
this place. purchased bv q couple of gentle,
men from the East. OH last Monday for lart,-
five thousand dollars. The Stevenson mines
compose but a small portion OF the coal distric,
in this locality On TIE one hundred and sixty
acres OF land, Just sold by Mr.. Stevenson there
are probably from from fifteen 10 twenty acres oi
coal. K l.. Crosley. Esq has Just orene
coal mine his land. just beyond and ali lining
the Stevenson tract. containing .irum ivrlv h
fifty acres OF coal, equally as good az the Ste
venson coal. but lutte farther from the river.
Col. john W Crooks has just oielci a coal
mine. some four miles south Of Rorkport and
within two miles Of the river. which j. thong ut
by many 20 contain one hundred acres OF soii.
coal. So that 1t will be seen that although the
Stevenson mines value a preity round
sum, they are but drop in the huckei, in com
parson to the value of the cool interest in this
locality Il Rockport Democrat.
-RAiLRoAD ExrERrRI>E-- are glad 20
notice increased interest among the citizens
ot our town and county in the project OF con-
siructng srailroad running eastward to Indianap-
oils and westward To- tie coal re- ,ions
The route has long been ivori'e one which
shall connect the great railroad interests of Indi-
annapolis with the centre OF liuois. and thence
westward to Hannibal and s; Jose H. 30 and
then Onward bv the lines Which are spring
Ing into lie hy the fostering band OF the general
government toward The Pacific Ocean
The portion 81 this - eat thor'u ghGiFe in which
our people are equally interested j, from Indi
annapolis via Charlottesville aud C0yington to
State Line. which is The eastern terminus Of the
Great Western Railroad
The present seems = favorable time 10 discuss
the subject. and the object Of tins article is TO ask
every citizen OF Montgomery county what he
thinks OF IL. and What he can and will DO in ref
erence to this important matter. Ia order to
arrive at prefer conclusions We ask special atten
ton 10 severa items
First. There has been much work already done
between this place aal Coyington. together with
the RICH, of way secured for nelFls the entire
way. All this my De obtained for nominal
sum from tue Receiver of the Newc,slle and
Danvilie railroad IL the organic ,tOn can be ell
fected before the last settlement Of this Company
i made or IL gpes into final liquidation t. Sc
cure this important advantage action must re i'm
mediaiely taken
Second The importance q; the connecting
link il 20 crest il is confidently believed It stock
enough can De pleisei 70 construct the bed and
bridges ready for the irOn that the Indiana poi q
interest Al the eastern end and the Illinois railroad
nteres, at the western end will guarantee the
complexion Of the road
Third. In order 70 secure complete confidence
in the enterprise. it : proposed open the stock
subscription on an eutirely new and perfectly Sc
cure bIss
This o,ss Is that the stock excer, scout two