Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-17
ALL SORTS Of PARAGRAPHS.

The government hospitals of Philadelp hia
have nearly 10000 inmates.
The W Washington correspondent of The Gin
cinnati Commercial says Charles Sumner is the
poorest exiempore speaker in the Senate.
The California papers publish births
marriages" divorces" and deaths F" in reg
ular order This Is systematizing the thing
The Connecticut Democratic State Conven-
ton is to meet al Middletown on the 9Th OF Feb !,
TO nominate state officers to be supported at the
spring election.
has been fixed at Sl2,500 for the present year.
This, of course, does not include perqusites in
the form of costly presents
Hon Edward Hammond, Of Middebury,
Vermont, recently sold his celebrated ram " For
tune" to three gentlemen Of Pennsylvania for
the large SUN of So, 900. This ram has no con.
neciion with ex Governor Wrgh,'s hydraulic
breed.
-Sala says, "In all seriousness and sincerity.
render to the young ladies of America the trb-
ute of being the most accomplished takers in the
world. Their readiness of diction, their facile
flow of ideas, their quckness of apprehension.
are really and truly astonishing"
During mass at church in Paris, a woman
dressed up in mans clothes fired pistol at the
cure, who was officiating at the altar, and
wounded him severely She was at once ar
rested. The cure had frequently given her
money, and his neglect to answer recent begging
letters was the cause Of the crime.
Here is something for our radical brethren
to cut out and paste in their hats
1t is an unfaing rule of national life that the
a.
Gates Office when il is ended, and the other party
comes IN In lo6S or 1872 the democracy are to
presidesst the White House w endell Phillips
The Gazette de France, arguing against the
unity of France, asserts that square countries
like France or Spain, or triangular kingdoms like
England, may admit of central authority but
the peninsula, being oblong parallelogram, is
debarred by its shape from enjoying any such
advantage"
The New YORK correspondent of the Bos-
ton journal communicates doubtful piece OF
information, as follC VS.:
Brooklyn is the city of churches aud the par
adise of ministers. Here are found the largest
congregations, the latest salaries, and the
hugest presents, / mentioned some time ago
that one of the pastors of Brooklyn realized a
fortune of SS0,U00 by a little speculation in
stocks. Another pastor in the same city has
been more fortunate He has "struck lie -
He sent down to the oil region $4,000 by an of
hcer of his church The officer returned with
$3.50 600, as the result of the Investment
Grateful for his sudden wealth he has offered to
his denomination $4,000 for theological in
struction
An elderly rebel. extensively dressed in jeans
and bearing gold headed cane, came to Gen.
Sherman's headquarters one evening during the
to hat was N III W. frpat cd WI
aud took his misfortune in losing negroes and
stock very philosophically. and seemed to com
fort himself with saying that things is going to
the devil anyhow. and it didn't make much diff
ference how soon - As he was taking his leave
he asked, Z" Whar yer guine from har, Ginralr'
Sherman looked at the old fellow quizzically for
"a moment. and replied. :" Why. pretty much
where we damn please - With this comforting
assurance the gold headed cane retired.