Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-13
STATE ITEM.

Democrat - 10 De started DF the sterling De
nocraey of that county abou, the frs. Of June
next. Success to The enterprise.
-DUBoIs COUNTY The Democracy Of Du-
bois will NEE in mass convention at Jasper. on
Tuesday. June Z. 1864. at o'clock. for the pur
pose OF appointing delegates to the State and
Congressional conventions.
The Democrats of Rochester. at the corpo-
ration election on the first Monday 10 this month
elected FIVE Of the seven candidates on the
ticket. Last year the Democratic ticket was
entirely defeated Straws. &c
The Teue Hsute Express says that E. B
Allen surrendered the Auditors Office to B. II
Cornwell, Esq on Thursday last. majority OF
Mr.. Allen's attorneys advised him TO do 90. as
the action could not longer be successfully de
Tended. Right will triumph in the end
General Meredith. we understand was. re
lieved from arrest by giving his parole OF honor
that he had never received official notification 10
report at Cairo. He returned home from Wash
ington. had several private consultations with hi.
friends in relation to the Congressional nomns
ton, and has since reported At Cairo, as ordered
We have not heard what conclusion arrived
at in regard TO the Congressional matter Rich
mond Jefersonian
j B. Maynard. Esq. formerly of the Can
Melton Reporter. and more recently of the Louis
vile Democrat. has purchased Mr. Ben. Stinsous
interest in the Evansville Times, and has become
joint editor and proprietor with Mr. Sproule.
Mr. Maynard will be a valuable acquisition to the
Times. He is racy paragraphist and has had
considerable experience in the newspaper bust
ness
-TRAGEDY IN FOUNTAIN CoUNTY-THE LIZ
CLIMATE CONSCIOUSNESS We were shocked this
morning by the receipt OF intelligence of another
of those frightfuI occurrences that have become
so frequent of late
Two men, residents of the southeast pat of
Fountain county. had occasion 10 90 SONG dis
lance from their homes. and in a short time after
their departure, their horses came back rderess.
Search being made. one of them. named Haw-
kins was found dead by the side of the road and
the other. by the name of Crawley. MORALLY
wounded by rifle ball through the neck
No clue to the perpetrators Of these deeds has
yet been discovered, and our informant states
that but little excitement has been aroused, and
but little sympathy has been manifested for the
victims. They were both active participants in
in the recent disturbances in that quarter, and
their assassination was most likely in conse
quence of private hatred. Crawley. in particu-
lar, is represented as quarrelsome. bullying dis
turber of the peace who, matter of course.
had many and bitter enemies.
1t may he necessary for to recur to this sub
ject in future issue and we will only say now
that the prevailing lawlessness. and the almost
universal disregard of human lite and human suf-
fering, are the legitimate. the logical sequences
of Abolition precept and example, Lafayette
Argus
-THE EXCITEMENT At Brazil Some ex-
element has existed throughou the country
this week on account OF reports concerning a
military display at Brazil. We had intended
pass il bv without notice. and should have done
so had not glib tongned scandal mongers for
partisan purposes attempted give it a false col
Orlng and greater magnitude than the facts will
warrant. The TIT tn, have heard IL, is
this:
A military drill of the people, for common
purpose. be prepared resist a common
my, was publicly announced to come off nc that
place on Tuesday. As soon as the notice became
public il was denounced As ..butternut drill
and the Leagues" and Home Guards refused
TO participate. and set about irving to break IN
to the arrangement
Col Streight, whose name il was thought
clothed with "A sublime degree of terror. owing
to the daring exploit ana unenviabe fame which
he achieved in his celebrated raid" upon de-
fenseless women and children, "a la Quantrill.
at Lawrence) was requested to he present and
speak The time arrived, and a number OF citi-
Zens came TO meet the appointment, and the OPP
position which had been arrayed against the
ercises created some little excitement. but moth
ing worthy of special note, had not partisan
mrce endeavored TO make a great bear out OF
the bug
Had nobody "hew out of the traces" the
Leaguers and the Guards the citizens and .he
soldiers could all have engaged and been bene-
flied. and all might have went "merry as mar
rilge bell F" and pleasant the musters of the
olden time. but the opportunity TO display II little
cheap patriotism and make little party capital,
WAS too good to be lost Clay County Demo
GRAFT.
-MoRToS AND THE SENTINEL Gov Morton
IN speech last week at indianapolis, after com
menting on some editorials that criticised his
official course, announced that be had saved the
Sentinel office from being destroyed bv a mob
once, and he did not think he should ever DO
again Here is direct invitation by the chief
Executive OF the State. whose duty il is TO pro-
tect the persons and property of the citizens OF
the State. to the hullies and rowdies To down
and destroy the State Sentinel office at Indianap.
oils. The Governor, before he took his seat,
swOre that he would support the Constitution of
anu faithfully discharge the duties OF his office
Governor
The lSt section of Article Y of the Consttu-
ton provides that 1.-The executive power of the
State shall te vested in "a Governor and the
10th section provides that ''he shall take care
that the laws be faithfully executed" The DO
ject OF the law - 10 protection to the cit
zen in his person and property, aud the Governor
!. placed in his position to accomplish these pur-
poses.
In defiance of his oath of office, and the origi-
nal objects OF government like another Pnntus
Plate. he gives the rrbble the person and
property of citizen of the State to he cruched
and destroyed l. the right of the people be
secure in their persons aud effects against
reasonable seizures 10 be abandoned! Are the
laws against riots aud malicious trespasses to he
suspended fur the execution OF executive malice
against tho Sentinel office and It's editorg Why
is il that the Governor swells with spleen At this
period of timer Has he attained 10 such pitch
OF royal grandeur that what he does IN the per
Torrance OF his official duties i by divine right.
and that King Morton can do wrong? Is it
possible that this badge of European servltude Is
tran-planted in American soil to Ike root and
spread its branches Is not newspaper
to be allowed ~ canvass the official conduct Of
Governor Morton? Are the people TO be kept liz
norant of his conduct and misconduct when he
l. presented 10 their consideration as candidate
for Governor, TO determine Of the propriety of