Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-18

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DrATH o. AZ Ex- CoSeREssxAS Mr.. Mitch
Ell. who represented The Tensh District, ia The
9Th Congress. died In Macon, Georgia. on III.
18th inst lie va sick only few days. His
remains were broagh, back to Ksndall,ills.
where they were inferred
0m--It IL said that Bolsch 4 D1ons well. IN
Vernon, has sat Indications. a never falling sign
Of oil in the Pennsylvania oil region. Their well
in Perry county has been sunk six huDdred
feet, and the superintendent writes that the iadl
cations for oil are id strobg-rather a strong
expression, The oil rehaers in Philadelphia say
that the oil obtained in Perry county At forty
fee. depth is the best they have We, seen from
any quarter They say one barrel ia equal to
about ten OF ordinary oil. and that yield of a
barrel day would pay handsomely. Its the
intention Of the company to sink more wells of
the depth that the product was obiained-some
forty feet--and experiment upon the yield.
TIKI INDIANA CoSTKREscE-THr soLpIrRs'
HoxE The following proceedings took place
in the Indiana Conference last Thursday, in
reference to the Soldiers Home project The
Conference Is body OF Methodist clergymen,
aud We suppose they are all loyal" citizens Il
appears from the discussion that the Home"
was regarded BY large number Of the Confer
enco as an impracticsble affair. intended more
for the benefit Of q set of pensioners like Loxisr
and company than the soldiers. who prefer some
other evidence of public Appreciation:
Rev Hiram Gilmore. from the Committee on
the Soldiers Home, presented the following re
port:
Whereas, We understand that an effort il
being made by the benevolent people of our
State TO erect a comfortable home for our dis.
sbled soldiers, not otherwise provided for. and
also for the orphans OF those who have fallen in
the defence OF our country; therefore,
Resolved That hereby heartily approve of
this laudable enterprise, aud will extend TO those
Who laboring therein wsrmest sympathy
and cordial CO. operation.
Rev N. p Heath moved TO strike out all OF
the resolution after the word enterprise
Rev J II Noble seconded the amend ment.
Rev John Klger opposed the report. because
il was asking too much of the church. The
church had enough to 90; let the people take the
matter In hand aud not burden the church with il
Rev. j. Green was in favor OF the report as
| u came from the COMMITTEE Ii was time the
| church vas taking action in this matter
Rev j. o Smith hoped the amendment
would not prevail. Ii would look Is though this
Conference was not in sympathy with the
| soldiers
Rev. ~ 7. Heath hoped the amendment
would prevail, as he did not wish this Confer
ence, by its action. to give license to the fnan
| cial agents OF the Home TO be boring him aud
his congregation during the year.
Rev. j II. Noble said it was too late for the
charge to be brought against the Methodist Epis-
| copal Church that shO not in sympathy with
the soldiers. The records o! the war showed
where the sons and fathers of Methoesm stood
on this question. 1t Islander 20 intimate
that we did not sympathi=e with them because
we choose not to take Up with every proposition
that was brought forward touching their in
| forests.
Rev ID McIntire said that we sympathize
with the enterprise while we may not think 1t
best to endorse the propositio n
Rev w. NJ. Hester sympsthixed with all his
heart in what pertained to the good of the sol
| der. He took up the report and showed tha
this enterprise was neither laudable nor ought il
| to command our sympathes. IL was a Stat,
scheme. in which it was sought to invsige th,
| church. This enterprise looked 10 the future
and he warned the members o. Conference to bC
| careful how they gave il their Endorsement. II.
| was opposed &c g union Of Church and State, and
this ENTERPRISE sought to f.sten by State enact
ment a Protestant orphan asylum upon the PEG
pie. lie showed that it would cost the people o
the State two millions Of dollars, and that il
would entail upon the tax payers OF the State al
enormous burden OF debt. that they would hay,
to pay these Enancial agents, who would trave
about the country gathering subscriptions, at leas
5000 per month. The soldiers of the State die
not demand IT, They preferred to have homo
of their own in their own neighborhoods. He die
not doubt that the two millions proposed to b,
| raised could be divided among the soldiers wht
would need assistance. SO that each could have
81 500 with which to purchase home that would
suit him best He showed that the offering o
the institution would always be bone Of politica
contention, and altogether be an undesirable in
| sttution.
Rev. II. Gilmore said that the Committee haC
| lsbored so TO amend the report 10 satisfy all
| The Committee were not tenacious about tn,
wording of the report at all.
Rev. ". +. Harmed opposed the whole repoi
| preamble, resolution and smendmenr-and
| moved that the matter be laid upon the table.
Here Chaplain Lozier asked permission to eI
plain. He said that it was not the intention tC
visit the churches and solicit the use OF the
palplts OF preachers TO aid 10 this enterprise
| That il had not been done.
Rev. s. L. Gillett favored the enterprise
while be did not think it the best that could bt
devised. He was merely in favor OF extending
sympathy.
Rev. + Heuring. soldier, feelingly and
| pointedy condemned the whole scheme a. no
demanded by the soldier or the soldiers family a
all.
Rev. B. F Rawlins took the floor, and de
nounced the scheme unworthy the attention
of the Conference liz Was not laudable enter
prise. Tor that enterprise cannot be laudable
bearing hypocrisy upon It's face, and for one, IL
could not get his sympathy or CO operation, MOI
could he be charged with want of sympathy TO
the soldier HIS position as AL abolltionist. b,
said, well understood throughout the war
yet he could DOT be brought TO believe every
thing meant for the good of the soldier tina
was brought forward coupled with his name
Wewere told yesterday in plain words that tht
Soldiers Home scheme was ultimately TO b.
converted into a State Protestant Orphan Asy
lum. With this hypocritical profession in ID;
very proposition itself, it could not comment
itself 10 him as laudsble, and therefore be op
posed it.
Rev N p Heath then offered the following
as a substitute Tor the resolution:
Resolved. That We hereby approve of snS
| sympathize With this lsudable enterprise.
The question being put by the Bi.hop, it va
adopted. one third of the Conference votn
againstits adoption
We are informed by the rndertskers tha
their business vas never better than 80 this time
/ One in this city, told, has been compeliee
| IN ono mr. two occasions 10 work nelrly or pute