Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-21

or continues favorable up TO the time of harvest
ing Good judges. who have been pretty well
over the country, intimate that the crop Will be
about half. and probably two-thlrds OF an aver
age one. Grass is generally dong well aud
promises fair Shelby Volunteer
-THRp CONGRESSIONAL DIsrRIcT THE De-
mocracy of this district met in convention at
North Vernon. on Monday, the 18th inst. 1t
was largely attended. and the proceedings we're
harmonious. Hon H W Harrington was re-
nominated as the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress
At the same time a Judicial Convention was
held at which Jep,ha D. New, ESQ was nom
mated for Common Pleas Judge. and W. L. Bane.
ESQ, for Prosecutor.
The following is partial list of the Indiana
officers killed and wounded at the battle near
Resaca. Georgia, May IA:
Brigader General Which, both lungs, NOR
tallv
M,ior Bood. s4th Indiana. wounded.
Lieut. Swank. 63i. killed
Adjutapt Hunter. SOD. slight.
Capt. Abram Chandler, Co ID, SOth arm, am
putated
Lieut. Stevenson, 37th. slight.
Capt Gleason eOth wounded.
Lieut. Charles F. Benford. Co B. 30th, slight.
Lieut. Joseph Roddv, Co. G. 3lst. slight
MansOas brigaue, of Cox's division, Odd corps.
lost 6l5 killed and wounded, of whom about 50
or 80 are killed.
outrage on LOYAL" MAN-We are told
that the loyal citizens of the loyal town of
Meroa were thrown into excitement by
curfence in that usually quiet aud moral village,
last Saturday An effort being made there to
raise COMPANY of under Lieutenant Gen
eral Governor o. p MOrton's late call for one
days men. Among the recruits the son of
the President OF the College. and probably one
or two other scions of wealthy and aristocratc
parents. Mr. Heath. the Treasurer of the Col
lege, made some remark derOgatory to the char
acter of the men with whom these Young volnn-
teers were going. which excited the ire of the
boys in The company, and they pelted him with
eggsl Ii was not a Copperhead riot Mr.
Heath-we understand to be a loyal man-so
are they all, All loyal men. II was truly an
unfortunate affair Merom still remains, how
ever, as heretofore. pleasant rural village. sit
uated on the bluff and atfOrding rare educa
tional facilities TOR the youth of oar land Sui
livan Democrat
The Lafayette Courier publishes the follow
irg letter from Father Kilioy:
BELLE PLAIN,
Saturday. May Ia, "a
Ed. CouRIER:-We have four nurses here and
thirteen in front Our delegation has fed nearly
AL the surgeons here DR.. Ayler. the Surgeon
General. gives us great praise. Eleven thousand
wounded have gone through Belle Plain since
Friday Yesterday evening over four hundred
rebel officers were sent on toward Washington.
Major Gen Ed Johnson is a fine looking, mid
die aged man. Gen. Stosar, Infantry is by no
means prepossessing in his manners. We have
5000 prisoners here waiting transhipment They
well clad 4 desperate battle was fought
on Thursday night Ii lasted from Z NJ w
to daylight on Friday We are burying the rebel
dead. Our wounded amount to Al 600
The roads are in terrible condition have
slept for two nights iu the mud We are having
a Kilkenny cat fight of it. Reinforcements are
rushing on We have the longest tail shall
mark the Indiana graves E b KILRoY
Father Kilroy, of Lafayette. writes as fol-
lows from the Virginia battle field:
Wilkinson. the celebrated Tribune correspond
ent, begged some whisky of me. and got it,
Greeley ought to send the Tsibune TO our Agen-
cy for one year free.
The Morton organ in the Fifth Congressiou-
al District the Richmond Palladium, keeps hy-
ing at its masthead. FOR Congress. Sol Mere
dth." We find the following extract from a
contemporary in the last number of that paper:
THREATENING GOV. MORTON.
Mr.. Julians corps of gallant office holders
threaten TO open war upon Soy. Morton and turn
their Influence against the whole State ticket in
case the Union party of this District refuse to
he
Randolph county at the recent nominating cleo
ton. Let them open that style of warfare If
they dare Let Mr.. Julian raise that flag and
start out in the canvass OF this District uhder it,
It he wants his fingers scorched effectually. He
opposed the election of Gov Morton in 1856, and
the same comprehend venom that distilled from
his pen ia that memorable Campaign begins to
show itself again But slight change from the
condition of things that obtained At that day has
been brought about by the mu>kets of our sol
diers. and if Geo W Julian feels like renewing
the old contest. let him try it on.
The partisAns of Mr. Julian are, to man, the
secret and iusidious foes of Gov Morton, but
they well know that il thev dared TO utter their
real sentiments. breath of indignation from the
Unconditional Union men OF this district would
smte, with the slaughter of Semecherb. the en-
tire bevy OF parasites of office that now disgrace
the district and fOmdle for existence beneath the
unclean garments OF their master.
Open upon Governor Morton if you dare,
Telegram
To which the Palladium adds the following
comments:
That game tried at the last gubernato-
rial election. and il had its effect then; but its
charm will be lost this time The plea that
Julian was then the regular nominee suffi-
cent sugar coating for the bitter dose. That can
not now be urged. A friend told us an anecdote
that illustrates the situation:
When Archie E:teb kept tavern in Liberty, he
kept bis liquor in cupboard under lock and
kew One day customer came in and called
for smile" Archie unlocked the cupboard -
took down a bottle of "bsld-face, got a glass
ant poured out much as his patron needed
The customer looked at the quantity and At the
landlord very intently for about two minutes be
fore he swallowed the contents of the glass, and
exclaimed: Arch I'll take this now. but if you
undertake again TO allowance me. I'll be
- if submit to IT, The congressional cal
lowance' is again being poured out in the shape
OF - JuIirn lisbstion-the people swallowed it be-
fore-they will not submit TO it again.
We have indeed fallen upon evil times when
LOYAL" papers and loyal ci.izeus thus question
the integrity OF each other