Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-16
STATE ITEM.
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Boston. April 81.

ticket. LAST year the Democratic ticket was
entirely defeated. Straws, &c.
The Terre Haute Express says that E. B.
Allen surrendered the Auditors Office TO B. H.
Cornwell, Esq on Thursday last. A majority Of
Mr.. Aliens attorneys advised him to do so, az
the action could not longer be successfully de-
Tended. Right will triumph in the end.
-TRAGEDr IN Fountain CouSrY-THE LIZ
CLIMATE CoSsEoUKNcEs-We were shocked this
morning by the receipt OF intelligence Of another
of those frightful occurrences that have become
so frequent of late.
Two men, residents of the southeast part of
Fountain county, had occasion to go some dis
lance from their homes. and in a short time after
their departure, their horses came back riderless.
Search being made, one of them. named Haw-
kins. was found dead by the side of the road. snd
the other. By the name of Crawley, MORALLY
wounded by a rife 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 we're both active participants in
in the recent disturbances in that quarter, and
their assassination was most likely in coBse-
Quence of private hatred. Crawley, in %paTticu-
lar. is represented ne a quarrelsome. bullying dis
turber of the peace who. as a matter of course.
had many and bitter enemies.
1t may be necessary for Us to reeur to this sub
ject in a 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 BkAzIL-Some ex-
>sfarno,f h. axistod fhronohouf tho rnunfrw
this week on account Of reports concerning a
military display at Brazil. We had intended 10
pass il by without notice, and should have done
so had not glib tongued scandal mOngers for
partisan purposes attempted to give il a false col
oring and greater magnitude than the facts will
warrant. The truth. as we have heard il, 10
this:
A military drill of the people, for a common
purpose. to be prepared 10 resist a common enc
my, was publicly announced to come off at that
place on Tuesday. As soon as the notice became
public il was denounced as a "butternut drill"
and the "Leaguers" and Home Guards" refused
to participate, and set about trying to break in
to the arrangement.
Col. Streight, whose name il was thought was
clothed with a sublime degree of terror, owing
TO The daring exploit ana unenviable fame which
be achieved in his celebrated "raid" upon de-
fenseless women and children, Ia Ia Quautrill,
at LawreDce) was requested to be present and
speak. The time arrived, and a number Of ciIi-
zens came to meet the appointment, and the OPP
position which had been arrayed against the ex-
ercises created some little excitement, but moth
ing worthy of special note, had not partisan
mvlice endeavored to make a great bear out of
the bug
Had nobody "Aew out of the traces" the
Leaguers and the Guards. the citizens and the
soldiers could all have engaged and been bene-
fitted. and all might have went "merry as a mar
rage bell )" aud pleasant "a the musters Of the
olden time, but the opportunity TO display a little
cheap patriotism and make a little party capital,
was too good to be lost.-[Clay County Demo
crat.
SHORT LINE RAILROAD FROM LAFAYETTE TO
CHICAGO A meeting was held in Lafayette on
Wednesday last, fully attended by the leading
men Of that city, and citizens living along the
proposed route. 1t was sisted by the Presiden'
of the meeting that he was authorized to say that
all needful funds we're ready to build the road
without delay. All that is now necessary is
action on the part Of those interested along the
line and its termini.
Great interest in the success Of the undertak-
ing was manifested by every person present. The
meeting adjourned. to meet at Chicago. May &c.
for further consultation and action.
- GOVERNOR MoRroS AND THE NEw ALBANY
LEDGER The Led1er thus responds to q recent
attack upon il by His Excellency o. p. NJ.
A few DAYS ago there appeared in the local
columns of the Ledger a short article, published
upon the authority and at the request OF q gen
tlemsn who, having raised R company for one Of
the late regiments, com planned that Gov Morton
had refused TO commission him. The Governor
makes this paragraph the pretext for a violent
assault upon the Ledger. through the columns
OF his indianapolis orgau;-fOr. though the ar
ticle assumes the editorial form, it was evidently
inspired, If not actually written. by His Excel
lency himself The gist OF Governor MortOn's
article is that one OF the 'prOTrietors" of The
Ledger was an applicant for a field Office under
Governor Morton. which the Governor refused
to give him because he was assured by "Uuion
men of New Albany" that the Ledger was rotten
and treacherous. If the Union men of New
Albany" were aware of the ''treachery" Of the
Ledger, we should like to know who there was
to be BETRAYED Certainly not the Union men"
d. e., Republicans) in question, because IL they
were aware of its t~reachery in advance, it was
impossible to betray them.
The Governor says the proprietor" to whom
he alludes made the application for a field sp-
pointment himself. The proprietor" in question
is not in the city when this is written, but We are
sure the Governor is mistaken. Ia fact, the
proprietor" was told 10y some of the Governors
confidential friends in this city that if he would
make the application 10 person he would be sure
to get it. His Excellency, We suppose, takes a
delight in having applicants for his fayors lawn
ing at his feet. But 10 personal application was
made, and the appointment was withheld. We
were not before aware that the Governor regard
ed it as a crime for a man to desire to serve his
e
sion of the rebellion. But so it seems in this
case.
The Governor, as is usual in such cases, speaks
of the Ledger as opposing 1.-THE Government"
the only ground for which charge is that our
local complained. at the request Of a friend, st
the manner in which certain appointments were
made This is contemplate. 20 say the least of
it. The Governor knows that the Madison Cou-
rier. a leading Republican journal, has said more
and harder things abou: him than the Ledger
ever did. We suppose most OF our readers have
heard of the story Of the Pennsylvania constable
who, getting into a bit of q fight with . chap
who was a little too much for him, beloved
out, as the blows were falling thich and fast on
bis 'nog," Remember, when you strike me,
you strike the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania." "
So when We give His Excellency a eight re-
hinder of bis delinquencies. he. like a great calf,
bellows out, Remember, when you strike at me,
you strike at the Government" This balderdash
is about played ont" Ii became so common
that even decent Administration men have be-
come utterly ashamed Of using it. IL was the
common resort OF delinquent provost msrshals,
commissaries and o-uartermastets, when their
escapades were pointed out. Why. it Is not two
months since Governor Morton took credit 70
himself for opposing "tbe government" in one
OF les decisions relating to the filing up of quotas
by delinquent counties and townships. Let the
Governor hold himself responsible for his own
| acfs and mot Like a friehIened chicken rh;.h