Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-11-29

thirteen negroes holding clerkships in the New
York Custom House at salaries of $500 each,
one of whom has charg of Invoices 10 the 70
tunda of the Custom House
Richmond papers advertise a reading room
containing all the latest Northern papers: admis-
sion s. for one day. All the leading Democratic
and Abolition journals are on file daily.
The fees of lecturers have risen this year
The SlO0 men like Beecher and Cough must
have $3.50 night now, and those who have been
content with sou night heretofore, now de
mand SIS, or perhaps creep up to the coveted
800
"A coroneT's jury IA Boston Te,uFDed as yer
diet, in the case OF woman who died suddenly.
that she died from congestion Of the brain,
caused by oyertipulation.f
Surgeon Charlton Of the Florida who was
taken to Boston on the Kearsarge. estimates that
the Florida has steamed about 40 600 miles since
she lett Brest She had not been in port during
nine months. in which time she had captured 40
American vessels.
-"Tme at last sets all thugs even,
And If do bat watch the hour,
There never yetwas human power
Which c0ufd evade if uni0rgiyen,
The patient search aud vigil long
OF those who treasure up wrong
-benetc Juaiez, the leader OF the Mexican
liberals. Is uO~ hity tour years OF age. de has
no Spanish blood IN Els veins, but Is of pure ab
original stock, and was born in very humble cir
cumstances.
The landlady Of the Silver House" al the
apital OF South Carolina. announces TO the
members OF the Legislature about 70 assemble.
thai bacon, hams. lard, butter, eggs. corn meal,
molas-e-. beei pork, chicsets. etc will DE Ia
ken Ia payment tor hoard bills al full market
rates
"A friend OF MIR. Lincoln remarked at tke
White House, a few evenings SINCE that there
were two patent reasons Tor the transfer OF Mr
5 anton from the War Office TO the Supreme
Bench. VIZ: IL would improve the Cabinet, aud
il would check litigation President laughed but
said nothing.
Old Father Bushnell, of Vermont, used 10
say that the Dest cItcisuthe ever received On his
preaching. Vas from little boy who sat at his
leet. looking up into his lace, he Vas preach
iug ~ crowded house. As he was going on
yery earnestly, tue httle Toy spoke ont, you
said that sivre
"A young lady recently eloped FROM London,
and would have got clear OF England AID her
guardians IL she had not beep SO anxious
sOout the Welfare o, her pet canary, which she
man would say, .'Csn cry bird ne 80 vexa,ious as
thisf"
"A celebrated New York doctor prescribed
for old lady patient, syrup OF buck thorn" aud
wrote his prescription IN the usual cabalistlc char
acters. 'S,r. kham Cath" On inquiring is she d
taken the medicine, thunder cloud darkened
her eyes, and she exclaimed, "Noi amt going
to take your syrup OF ram cats tor any body under
heaven"
Among the attractions at the National Sailors
Fair. IN Boston, is u book called the . Life OF
Christ" the gilt OF State Prison convict. Its
author Is serving out term OF fifteen years i'm
prisonment for forgery. He has worked on the
book after labor hours for two years. Ii is writ
ten AT considerable length, in the prisoners own
style, exquisitely printed with pen and neatly
bound by the author.
"A Washington correspondent of the New
York Commercial Advertiser writes :: E" Fears
are entertained that the enormous prices charged
here tor board aud lodging will prevent many
Congressman from bringing the ladies of their
families here during the coming short season.
At Wiiiards they charge 81 30 per day for
board. and private parlors or the larger rooms
are proportionably high
Some idea of the immense amount of tobac-
CO smoked in the world may be formed from the
fact that one OF the Brazilian mail steamers
recently brought to England six million cigars
and that al American mail steamer which left
Southampton lately, landed, before her departure,
ten Thousand bales of manufactured tobacco
She had brough. il from New York, took it on
TO Bremen ana without landing it there brought
II 10 Southampton, fsoin whence il was sent TO
London 10 DC shipped TO the Peninsula.
Fort LafaJ cite has recently received large
accession TO the numOer OF It's occupants, aud is
now crowded Fifty officers and non commits
stoned officers, IN addition to the seventy FIVE
rebels formerly there have been received Among
them are General Paige and staff. captured at
Foit Morgan. Mobile Bay. Some of the minor
oiie,r in chSrg ae said TO be quite agreeable o
8 me vi the older PRISONERS.
"A Memphis paper tells story of a gentle
man Who nd led gay lie during protrac;ed
sb-ence Of hts spouse The evening ut her re-
turn. he requested for some reason to be called
early the next morning, which she complied with
when the hour wed, 10y shaking him sOundly
anu sscaimng John, get up, IL Is daylight. =
Is II replied Ter husband With a frightened
air. good gracious. people will see me going
away from here"
A party of tWes.ty one persons. including
one lady. dIued me dsy lei week uppn the top
IL chimney l2l tees IL he. hf. shich has Jus
Ell hni-heI D, he ETie k Also.1 Company at
Sdsqu-hanut. Pa the pirfy we're draSn up
o. h4r~e poWer aud spread their reps~t upon
he top Of the chimney. oceun,ing The scstuld
-Iounc the top their dining riom. Speeches.
t,'st~. singing. a.. Concluded the entertain
meut
On the dav Of election while the voting sss
proceeding quietly word came that Governor
Medary vas dead While the Democrats gener-
ally expressed sentiments of profound sorrow, \
liule crowd Oi Gholitou-ts manifested feelings
OF overwhelming JOY; aud one q them called
tor three cheers" loud enough 10 DC heard ~
all the byst,uder- The man sh0 called for
the cheers. We understand. j. = very psOus
member OF one Of our Christian Churches q
tsmpora' o morts'-Mvunt Vernon Oh
BaLner