Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-08
STATE rrEus.


Captain ] J WrLLrR. 18th Indiana Voluu
teers. va discharged i'r having LEFT columbus,
Ohio. contrary to orders Of the President Of the
Board for examination OF sick officers
The steam distillery Of JoHS BLorrs. in
Harrison county with it, entire contents. vas de-
stroyed by IRE on the 23d OF December.
-RECRuIuNG Recruiting still goes forward
notwithstanding the-5th Of January has expired.
There seems % be a general expectation that the
government will extend the bounties 70 February
lst. aud the recruiting officers are guaranteeing
the large bOunties TO all recruits. In the event
Of the refusal on the part OF Congress 70 make
the extension, the recruiting officers, like the
squire With the newly nlaTried couple, vail date
back the enlistment, Ito cover accidents - La
iayette Courier
The hat in the foregoing item might be i'm
proved By oil the recruiting officers IN the State.
provided Congress does not extend the time OF
volunteering until the LIST of February.
"A deaf and dumb woman walking on the
track of the Wabash Valley Road near the pas
senger Station IN Lafayette. was run over acct
dentally and crushed to death The Courier
says
The engine was p1shng car forward toward
one OF the side tracks. when Mr. Dodse he en-
gineer one ef the most careful and iudicous men
on the road, observed the woman walking in
front He supposed, as that portion Of the road
is much used by pedestrians, THAT she would step
aside, but took the precautiOn to blow the wills
tie and ring the bell. Several of the railroad
employees At work abou, the yard observed her
danger and called to her. but she moved on
straight forward until the end of the car struck
her, and she fell with her head on the track the
wheels passing over aud crushing her skull like
the shell OF an egg, and before the quick reverse
OF the engine took effect she Law a quiyering and
mangled mass under the COW catcher One hand
which bad escaped the terrible mutilation was
extended through the cross pieces of the COW
catcher AMI added to the CHASTITY horror.
-THE lOTH INDIANA BArrERY-The 10Th
battery has Il wide reputation ia the ARMY of the
Cumberland. with which it has been connected
and in the field since Buel's advance into Ten
nessee. lt was the first FEEDER Il battery landed
in Nashville after the fall of Fort Donelson and
was in the advance brigade of Bueil's army in
the march to Shiloh Since then it has been
with the army in all its movements and rendered
etieetual service at Chaplin Hills and Stone
River During the long season in which the
i Army OF the Cumberland was Threatened by the
overwhelming forces of the enemy nj Chattanoo-
ga. The 10Th battery was stationed ut MoccoSin
\ Point opposite Lookout Mountain, and was daily
engaged with The enemys batteries stationed
/ there. In the assault upon Lookout Mountain,
from is position. the l0ih was enabled IL render
effective assistance to Rockers forces Captain
| NaylOr, commanding the battery, is deservcdly
one OF the most popular officers in the service
and by his excellent management the bGttery, al
though having seen much service, Is in highly
| flourishing condition.