Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-04


can counties IN the sth D.slrict-uilh County
Board entirely Republican-refuses or nesiects
10 pay county bounty. We see no denuncation
Of their course in he Republican papers
Democratic counties paw bounties. and Demo
Gratis see proper 70 refer to such fact going to
disprove the fAisehoois of abolition leaders The
action OF Democratic counties and Democrats
will compare favorably with The action OF Re
publican counties and Republicans.
GALLANT MEN-In the heat Of the SIGHT at
Chattanooga, the rebels were thought BY Gen.
Thomas to be making movement which his
scouts could not explain to him Tire General
being near where the 3sth Indiana stationed,
rode up to Col. Griffin and explained his appre
tensions, aud asked the Colonel for detail OF
four men,.to act as scout, and give the required
Information. The word was passed along the
line by Col O., and volunteers asked for. For a
few moments not man moved. Finally, how
ever. Strgeants Coffee and Wood of company u. /
Sergeant Fucker OF company F. and Sergeant /
OF company A, whose name We cannot remember, /
stepped out and said they would undertake the
dangerous dnty. They accomplished il success
fully. amid perfect storm of bullets. For Their
gallantry Gen Thomas gave them furlough for
thirty days. and they yesterday passed through
this city on their way to their homes, where they
will spend the holidays--(N. i Ledger.
"A DouBLg MURDER IN ST JOSEPH COUNTY
The ST Joseph Valley Register gives the follow
ing account of terrible double murder in that
county:
Jacob Sehriner and Adam Snowberger, both
myIied men. lived near neighbors, aud it is said
that Schriner has been living in criminal iDtima-
cy with Snowbergers wife, Agnes. About three
weeks ago Snowberger suddenly disappeared and
on inquiries being made as 20 his whereabouts,
SchriDer replied that he supposed he had gone to
~ I'll n
day of last week Schriner's wife, Elizabeth, died
very suddenly anu was buried the next day Sus-
picions of foul play aroused among the
neighbors, and Schriner arrested Search
was made and Snowbergel's body was found in
brush heap twenty thirty rods from Schriner's
house, his head solit open with the sharp edge OF
an axe.
Schriner confeSses that he killed Snowberger
while working together, without ans quarrel or
prOvocation whatever He says he was nut IN
to il by Snowbergers wife; that he was 10 kill
Snowberger and she u sill his fSchriuer's) wife.
Mrs Snowberger has been arrested on the charge
/ OF poisoning Schriner's wife, and both she and
4 Schrner were brought here on Tuesday evening
/ and lodged in the county Jail We have not
! learned whether Mrs Schriner's BODY has been
disinterred and examined, Altogether it is one
! of the most horrible affairs that ever occurred in
this county.
ID.
We rejoced to be able to announce that
there is now fair prospect of the completion of
this road Connecting Louisville bv an almost
direct route with the lakes, aud shortening the
I distance To Cincinnati by about twenty miles and
by easier grade and straiEhter line than any
now in Operations, it is a work in which orr city
is vitality interested Eastern capitalists abund-
antly able To complete the work. have undertaken
it upon the condition that certain membranes of
no great amount are cleared eff and a contribu
ton of two THOUSAND dollars per mile secured. 10
be paid when the road is completed aud the cars
actually running upon it. We understand that
the farmers along the route are subscribing lib
orally to this contribution fund. In fact il is a
much more satisfactory mode to them of aiding
in the work than il would be TO subscribe stock
in the road
The stock subscriber may pay out his money
and yet fail to the road completed Blu; IL
this case he is not required to pay unit the cars
are actually running by his door. No road. nc
paw We cannot doubt that our own citizens
who are so deeply interested in the success of th,
enterprise, will subscribe literally to this contri
button. A glance At any railroad map will sat
isy the most careful observer of the vast impor
lance To Louisville of the various connections Sc
cured by the completion of this road 10 For
Wayne, 20 say nothing of the extensive line O
new country along the route opened to our trade
Il Louisville Journal.
The article to which Mr. HAxrLL alludes il
the following note should have been credited tc
the Jennings instead CT the Sullivan Democrat
1t was credited in the copy. and of course til,
error was entirely unintentiona on our part W,
COPY Mr.. HAMILL's note, calling our attention t
the error, as a matter OF justice to him:
J BINGHAM, ESQ Dear Sir: noticed il
the Daily Sentinel Of the 29ih inst IN Il you pub
! lished article in reference To Of NV com
A petit0rS tor the nomination of Clerk of the Su
prems Court. the Hon. ID II Long of jackson
county, who is worthy gentleman and tru,
and tried DemOcrat) which was credited, doubt
less unintentionally to the sullivan Democrat
Will YOU do me the kindness to correct the error
, in Justice to myself a well AS to the editor of th
Sullivan DemOcratg Ii such an ariicle hao
! Appeared e,.ilorally in the Sullivan Democrat
which is the organ of the Democracy Of thi
county. and II reflects their sentiments I car
assure you that | would not be candidate TO
| the Office 10 which | aspire Nv identification
, with the sterling Democracy OF "Od sullivan
for the past twelve years ,bles me to know
that without dissenting voice they desire {,
secure tor me position ON the next State ticket
D Yours, very respectfully,
K. HAMILL.
Sullivan, Dec. 80. 1863