Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-21

Que dist.llery IN Lffaye.te paid govern
tax. Monday last. of s6.O0' 70 on the
return Of whisky manufactured sud sald within
the srevious ten days
General D1mont. member Of Congress from
Indiana. is the father OF nineteen children. ten OF
whom came into the world in couples He sits
alongside Of bachelor Thad Stevens i n. A.
Ledger
Our distinguished Congressman should be
placed on the retired list He has done his
country some service.
"A new paper has been started at Anderson.
in this State, called THE Kingdom Of Heaven"
The editor. (Mr THox.s CooK.l h his intro
ductory. says "it will be The purpose of his hun
bic little sheet 70 establish the Kingdom of
Heaven" We thought that that work was done
long ago-that it coeval with the King
Eternal Immortal and Invisible. but Mr. Cook
proposes to enliehten the world and dispel the
delusion OF mankind, since and including Adam.
on that point. The sentiment of the poet will
apply with great force to Brother CoOk's new
light--"Whcn ignorance is bliss. it is folly to be
wise" The following is the motto of 'The
Kingdom of Heaven"
It's said:
Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel Just.
We say:
Better tar is ne. who doth not in quarreling
trust
Terms: Fifty cents a year.
Gen. GRESHAM is in command of the. mill
tary district at Natchez His administrative
ability is highly commended The New Albany
Ledger says:
Gen. Gresham is exceedingly strict in his dis
cipliue, and the absence of all complaints of
steaings, burLines. murders and oulrages in his
district are accounted tor from the untiring per
ssnal supervision wt:ich he gives to the admins
tration of aff,irs
As an officer he Is highly esteemed. not only
by his oEn command but by the cirzens of his
district tor the impartial manner IN which he adj
ministers justice; and as a result OF this policy
there is not a military district in the South ex-
empt from rebel raids AMI violence. 1t the
Government had more such Commandants as
Gen. Gresham, pursuing honest policy
and faithfully dscharging their duties to the
Government as well as to the conquered inhibt
ants OF the Southern districts held by our
armies, il would rot be long before the good ef-
fects WOULD be apparent in the return OF thous-
ands to their old allegiance who are now held off
by different policy.
The Evansville Times advocates tie nomi
nation of General McCLELLAS as the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency In late issue il
thus refers to his qualifications for that high 20
sition:
The peoples candidate aud the peerless
| soldier, Geo Mcclellan. moderate. conserva-
! tive, patriotic. standing between the extremes of
I both sie<, endorsing none of their ultra views,
and yielding TO the demands of neither. but
/ clueng with nnwavering fidelity To the Consti-
tuition and the Union. and with hands clean and
unspotted from oifc, corruptiOn--wiIl be the
next President OF the United States The people
/ intent alone on a restoration OF the Union and
not the freedom OF the negro, disguised with the
! peculaIiOus and expressions of Government Off
cias, and sick OF tile party trickereS and frauds
OF the past three Years, have determined 20 put
into the Presidential chair an honest soldier. who
has proved bis patriotism. his fidelity and his in
! tegriiy, by wears OF ardu0us service Neither
the greenbacks nor the howl OF the office holders
can stay the mighty current that on lis tOpmost
wave. will carry Geo 3 Mcclellan into the
| Presidential chair The people have confidence
! in his ability, honesty aud fidelity; the soldiers
love him because he has shared with them the
privatiOns of the march and the periis of the
battle field. and on every occasion has proven
/ hmielf their steadaSi friend have confidence
that he alone. BY his moderation and wisdom
can rescue our bleeding country from it, perilous
/ situation, and can restore union and peace once
/ more .