Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-14


There are supposed TO exist in Great Britain
oO.oOO idiots and inbeciles
There viii be three Roman Catholic mem
oers OF the new British Parliament
They sell milk BY the glass in Springfield.
Massachusetts. The business IS popular and
profitable
Robert Ould. the late rebel Commissioner of
exchange Of prisoners. has resumed the practice
of law 10 Richmond
"A new use for Confederate money has been
found lady in Texas stuffed mattress with
hSe hundred thousand dollars worth Of il,
-WHAT'sIS NAxEl The town OF Lincoln
10 New Hampshire, has not furnished a soldier in
the late war. nor raised cent 10 the prosecu
ton of t.
Mr.. p. c. Wright. formerly of the News-
recently released from Fort Warren without fur
ther charges on espionage. is at the Astor- place
Hotel. He Is we'll and cheerful.
Il. IS stated that President johnson has no
intention Of running the churches" and that
Southern Bishops may pray for whom they please,
or no, pray al all il they prefer.
One dodge" Of the match manufacturers so
avoid the internal revenue tax Is 10 make long
matches and DID both ends in the brimstone
They must then be broken in two before they
are used.
II mourn for my bleeding country" said
certain army contractor TO General Sheridan
80 you ought, you. scounGrci," replied Sheri-
dan, "for nobody has hled her more than you
have"
"A simple mode OF keeping butter 10 warn,
weather. where ice is not handy-invert a con-
mon flower pot over the butter, with some wa
ter 10 the dish 10 which the butter is laid The
orifice at the bottom may be cork ed or not The
porousness Of the esrthenware will keep the bot
ter cool.
The Northern Lights must have made a
splendid appearance in Massac husetts, the other
night. for it is suggested in the Newburoo4t
Herald. that the factory watcbmen be allowed to
ring the bell whenever such celestial phenomena
are again presented, that the citizens ma =
enjoy the spectacle.
The midnight meeting" movement in Lon
don, for the purpose Of retaining "unfortu
mates" is proving highly successful At ore
meeting nearly so poor unfortunates were pre-
sent, aud seemed deeply affected BY the addresses
given. Fourteen girls were sent to Homes fro IN
the meeting the same night.
An Irish glszier was putting pane of glass
into window, when groom, who was standing
by, began joking him. telling him to mind and
put in plenty OF putty. The lrishman bore the
banter for some time. but at last senced bis
tormenter by: /" Arrah now, be off wild We, or
else I'll put a pain ia yer head without any
putty
"A Richmond correspondent saws: at il
| am told. remarkable fact, that the Israelites
in this city knew every defeat victory twelve
hours before any other people-getting il through
! BeDjamia. He knew of The tall of Fort Fisher
fho pfrhf - oil hor
hours before the public knew it. They made
immense fortunes"
The Bangor Advertiser tells good story
of a Yankee who was refused dinner ct one oil
the taverns down East until he showed the land.
lord bis pewter" Boniface then did his bes,
and at the sound Of the bell, in walked the an
kee. and, taking general survey Of the table
turned TO the host and said. Mister. you've
seed my money, and I've seed your dinner
| good bye
Matt ers evidently coming TO a crisis 10
Prussia Not only has the King superseded The
action Of the popular branch of the Legislature
10 that country BY becoming his own Prime
Minister, and voting whatever sums for
the army and navy he thinks proper, without
reference to the Chambers, but he has gone still
further, and now prohibits the Deputies iron
meeting in public and talking about their griev-
| ances
DE- Prtchard, the Glasgow DOCTOR who ha.
just expated terrible crime. is thus described
by the London Standard I" The desperate by
pocrisy OF this egregious sinner is one of IL.
most painful features of his So ready e
fall on his knees, so outrageous in his ceptious
ness, so moBstrousy cool in his method of muir
dering In this Glasgow doctor we seem u
have sort Of Scottish thug, who kept rel
gious diary, and who duly entered the decease o.
his lambs coupled with pious annotatons or
their amiable deaths. He was man of gentle
| phrases and tender manners ready with all pos
sible terms of endearment, and capable of poi
soning wife. mother in-law, servant, in tn,
graceful and elegant style. There is certain
beauty about the boa constructor and other mem
bers of the serpent tribe, and Milton is at no loss
for splendid imagery in his description of Ewes
temptation The charm Of the serpent seems e
have attached itself to this deprsve and absolute
specimen of humanity. His madness was of SC
much method that he smote his doomed ones
| right and left while he seemed to embrace them
Yet. after ALL this species of adrotness is of the
lowest possible order We are surprised by it.
and feel at the same time Disguised. Cunning
deceit and reachery scarcely deserve the nam,
OF skill. and common sense makes small account
of the cleverness which leads a man to the gal
lows"