Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-29
STATE ITEMS.

who has seen goO1 many OF the Sheat heid- IN
the northern and eastern parts Of the county.
SAYS that wheat looks fully A. promising IN those
regions as !; did this time lat year Others
report u frozen out badly IN many place.: bur,
on the Whole, We cannot saw but that the pros-
pect tor crop Is : good il Was last spring
Wheat that was sowed early, in deep. mellow
soil. Is said 70 DE standing the winter vel. and
promises an abundant Yield Hendricks Led
ger
-RowDIEs on The RAxPAGE-ARREsr or A
SoS OF GOVERNOR MORTOS AND SoN ~ >ECKE
TAEY WILLIS III New York on Thursday last
Welles, Young soldier. twenty-ape wears
OF ace, claiming 20 he son of the Seci -iarv o.
the Navy. and Samuel Morton. also Older
who said his father the Governor OF Indiana.
were arrested oy the police for being drunk and
dlsorderly, breaking into private house. fright
ening the ladies and generally behaving them
selves like unseemly lag-breakers. NOsWith.
standing their indignant protests, they were
locked up in the 29ih precinct station house for
the night but IN the morning were allowed by
the officer IN charge To depart. The gentleman
upon whose premises they had committed the
depreciation subsequently appeared and made an
affidavit against them, and also against the police
officer who allowed them 70 20 without authority.
= Chicago Post.
AN OUTRASE-Last Saturday night. at a
late hour, as DR. Milburn. of Colfax, returned
from the country from visiting a patient, law
less and unprovoked attack made upon him
self and family, by party of returned soldiers
swearing they intended To kill him, and making
demonstration. TO that effect. besides Mrs. VI
being grossly nsulted We understand the
Doctor was compelled to quit his house I'M
armed. and three shots were fired at him while
making his escape. none, however, taking ef-
feet
a. 1T e fh
gagged in the assault on the Armstrong family,
near Berlin few nights previous.
Such conduct cannot be otherwise considered
than reprehensible. anu We earnestly hope that
such occurrences will not often take place. The
vocation OF n soldier is honorable one. but
such conduct furnishes the fair fame of the Union
soldier, and results in no substantial good to any
class of ctizens.-[ Frankfort Crescent.
Mis-. ApALiyE Parker RlcKs-A painful
rumor reached our town some weeks ago of the
probable death OF Mrs Kicks, daughter of orr
townsman,J Parker. Esq. We gave no cur
rency To il at the time in the hope that il might
prove groundless. There seems now no reason
TO DOUBT it, sad truth A j. well known to many
! of our readers Miss AIDA married on the
25th of last June 10 Mr.. Thomas Kicks. of
Eureka, Humboldt county. California. On the
the lst OF October they sailed from New Pork
and reached Sanfrancisco in safety. Eureka. the
former residence OF Mr. Kicks. and their future
/ home. l. seaport some distance above San
Francisco They embarked tor that point on
the 9Th OF November, OF the schoOnoy Dasha-
way, Captain Kelsey who had OIL board bis wife
and child The vessel is supposed to have been
seen November 18th ty the Golden Gate, near
Eureka, driven by adverse winds. On the lst Of
January the wreck driven ashore some -
miles south of Cane Mendocino which lies some
distance below Eureka.
And this is all But where so little is known,
ina ginaton is ever busy and 1t requires little
effort to bring before the mind the scenes OF those
last DAYS ana hours.
/ Ii l. the last stage of their long journey, and
they are looking forward with eager expectation
to its termination At length the expected port
is in sight Bur now the wind Is contrary, and
each succeeding hour finds them farther and far
ther from home. Still no danger apprehended.
but they must be resigned to wait I'LL the wind
changes Gradually comes upon them the dan
ger impending them; doubts, fears, the GER
tilnty that they are los And in those last bitter
moments, mingled with prayers and cries of
agony how 90 thoughts and memories throng the
mind, of father mother. brothers and sistersl All
in vaiul
They sink into the depths with bubbling groan.
With put grave, unkneed, uncofined and unknown.
i Charleston (Ind Democrat.
MEREDITH vs. JULIAs-The war between
the contending Republican factions in the Fifth
items in the last Randolph County Journal, q
Julian Republican organ. Referring to the APP
proaching nominating elections, it says:
There is an obvious determination on the part
of Meredith and hi friends 20 carry this election
10 matter what means NAY be necessary for that
end. They will effect a. much as possible b,
hi lHs
p would be willing to help his cause along by tb,
demolition of few OF the editors VINO oppose
D his nomination; hut in this, or other occa
sOus he lacks the nerve
Again:
We have been acqu intel with this town fol
. many wears ana We are certain that violenc,
4 and mpbs have never been threatened or encOur
aged by our citizens IL WAS lett for Brigade
. General Meredith be the first to favor sucl
proceedings here. and TO shake the whip and ga
IN the aces OF the freemen of th, county. threat
eniug To- put down opposition with bis hand
: it did not cease nj once
o The same paper contains a report of a speec
delivered in Winchester few DAYS ago. from
which We extract the following illusions to tn
e aspirations of General Meredith
: The speaker had made NJ sacrifices particular
e ", and had no achieve msut~ 10 boast of What
= ever honor he had received was in reality due &
@ the soldiers OF his regiment and .ior whateve
= service he had rendered the Govern ment PAL
O him a large salary
+. He did NOT suppose the people sent their boy
out with him. or shat he was commissioned mere
e " that he might acquire some military reputatiO
j. and then hasten home - claim political ward
n in advance. before TIE work upon which he ha
% entered VAS half performed He had been urge
q bv letters from friends in various parts OF TIL
Y district 10 be candidate Tor COn.ress. blt
n would be time enough to think of that when tn
Il war i over. Until thlt time officers place
d at the head ot h. men
81 The speech striking csntrast 10 that q
T. Gen Meredith on the evening before ami il
h dignifed sodierls character mace their General
incoheFent staggering seem more ridiculous tina
e any direct opposition could have done.
The Delaware County Free Press. snoth,
in Julian organ in its last issue. contains a length
10 report of the speech OF General Mereiith,
le Muucie. a few DAYS ago. We have only spaC
, for Il tev elegant extracts. Ii saws:
' The disring ui~hei soldier from the front
= (about eight months ago, though complann
" of severe disability tmO,tS IN ihe heai) spot
~ his piece written ont bv Bill BicAle under tt
orrS-nrr of !. colurnu al ssrel eve fWn inches.