Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-08

The Detroit papers say that from careful
estimate 10 10 believed full half OF last years.
crop is In the hands of farmers in Michigsp and
Illinois, who have no disposition to sell at the
present reduced prices.
-AboIitionism is a singular institution. II
deifes John Brown. and recognizes the hand Of
Providence in the removal Of Mr.. Lincoln. II
the one case. il makes a god of an assassin, and
in the other IL makes sn assassin df God.
-Somstime ago a merchant of San Francisco
lost bis wife, and invited his clerks 10 attend her
funeral. They did so, and were not a little as
tonisbed when pay day arrived. to find that they
had not only been "docked" for the lost day
but charged for the carriage they rode inl
"A composi,or employed on a daily newspa-
per in Glasgow. Scotland. has been denied the
privilege Of membership in the Free Church, OF
which he and his wife have long been members,
on account of the fact that he is employe ed for a
short time on Sundays.
New York IS the largest market for sole
leather in the world. more being bought and sold
in that CITY than In Liverpool. London and Paris
combined. 1t is estimated that 10 1000 900 hides
Are tanned in this country, annually requiring
about 400. 600 cords Of bark for the operation.
"A California correspondent of the Missouri
Republican tells Of seeing on exhibition in the
sanitary fair in San Francisco, forty eight Bart
lett pears on a single stem, eight inches long
They we're OF average Bartlett size, and stood
out at RICH: angles to the stem. completely en-
v~eloping it
The New York Herald says: among the
passengers yesterday in the Fulton, for Hilton
Head ). c., was Associate Justice WAYNE, OF
the United States supreme court. who returns to
his home in Savannah, for ihe FIRST time in foar
years. Since the rebellion be has stood firm for
the prion and the government. and visits his
home again under the old flag"
The stallion George NJ. Fatchen. ir, made
remarkable time at the Riverside park, Boston,
on Thursday, considering that he has been used
as a family horse for the last six months. The
quarter mile was made in 3s15 seconds. and the
half mile in | minute IL seconds, and his driver
promised that be would do it two seconds quicker
by next Saturday. Patchen, jr, was sired by
Geo. NJ Patchen, and has a pedigree longer than
English Earl's.
"A good story is told Of a scrub headed boy
having been brought before a court as a witness,
when the following ~colloquy ensued: " Where do
you live 2 asked the Judge. Live with nv
mother z" Where does your mother live 2"
'She lives with father" Where does he liver
He lives with the old folks Where do they
liver" said the judge. getting very red, as an su
dibIe smoker goes round the room. They live
at home" Where in thunder is there homer
roars the Judge. That's where I'm from"
says the boy, sticking his tongue in the corner OF
his cheek, and slowly closing one eye on the
judge. Here Mr.. Constable" says the court,
- take the witness out and tell him to travel; be
evidently does not understand the nature of an
oath "You would think different says the
boy, going toward the doorway, +" if was once
TO give you a cussinI"