The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-09-21
State itsms.


The oil well at Vernon was seven han
dred and seventy feet deep on Tuesday
last, and the drill ssll & going down. The
indications are constantly improving.
Nine dollars and fifty cents per thou
sand is the price of brick in Terre Haute.
The Terre Hsute JoxrsoI reports ty-
phoid fever prevalent there.
The Sunday law against selling liquor
is being vigorously enforced at Indianap-
oils and Fort Wayne.
Provost Marshal General Fry reports
TO the State officers. that from the 18th
of April. 1851. To the S0th of April,
1865, Indiana furnished the General Gov
eminent 1913. .337 men. What State has
done better
destructive fire occurred in Peru on
Saturday last The loss is estimated At
about tw elve thousand dollars. The ori-
gin of the fire Is a mystery.
The Thirteenth Annual Indiana State
Fair will be held at Fort Wayne, October
I'd to 18th, inclusive. We understand the
railroad companies have agreed to carry
passengers and freight at full rates going
to, to be returned free. All passenger
tickets and freight receipts must be
stamped at the Secretary's office to be
good for the return trip Tickets good
from Monday, October I'd to Monday.
October 9th inclusive
Hon. VIM Mitchell, ex-member OF
Congress of the 10th Indiana district
died at Macon, Ca, on the llth inst.
General Pitcher in the command At In
dianapolis.
The Mayor of indianapolis estimates
that there are fifteen hundred drinking
houses in that city. and he has notified
them all that hereafter he will rigidly
enforce the law requiring them to close
their doors ON Sunday.
Joseph NJ kemper a fugitive from the
daft of September, tried by court mar
tial at Indianapolis last week, was sen.
fenced TO he dishonorsbly discharged the
service ofthe United States. to be disfran-
chised and rendered incapable Of hold
ing any Office of trust or profit under the
United States, and to pay fine Of 900,
and TO he imprisoned at such place as
the commanding General shall direct un-
Ill the fine is paid General Hovcy has
approved the sentence. and designated
the Penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, as
tilt piACt Oh tuc uuIALlOu
of which is limited to six months, but To
cease at any time previous when the fine
is paid.
Auditor of State McCarty has issued
circular to his subordinates, stating
that assessors have no right to exempt
greenbacks from taxation. The same
circular calls attention to the law OF last
session requiring assessors to report the
number of dogs for taxation, which, not
having been done by assessors, the coun-
ty treasurer is authorized to assess all
dogs and enter the tax on the duplicate.
The tax is one dollar on . male and two
dollars on female dog. and for every
dog additional double that amount.
The Vincennes Sun. dirty rebel sheet
copies the following slander from the
Covington Friend, another dirty 2x4 Cop
perhead concern
among the distinguished adulators,
boot blacks, and lickspittles in the en-
ploy of Morton, was the Rev. Lozier,
who first distinguished himself in being
associated in some way with q murder
committed over in Rush county, about
two wears ago
And this is the ''same way" in which
Lozier was ''associated'' in that murder
He went to church one Sabbath eve
ming to preach a sermon, and take up -
collection for the sick and wounded sol
diers. A few Copperheads determined
to prevent the meeting, and went to the
church armed to prevent the opening OF
the meeting house. One of them, in
most brutal manner, ripped open the
bowels OF a young soldier boy, only about
sixteen years of age, who had brought
the Chaplain to the place Of meeting
The boy after the fatal stroke, ran toward
the Chaplain, and, falling into his arms,
expired in a few moments. While he was
dying, the Chaplain, the stricken friends
(the murderers had fed,) krelt around
the murdered soldier and offered q fer
vent prayer to heaven for the repose OF
the soul of the murdered lad, and for
comfort TO the bereaved friends. Thatis
the way he was associated in that mur-
der, of Mr.. Green. Now, will you in
form the public what kind of party
manRurving cleared" the murderer in
the face of positive convictin9 testimony,
at the last term Of the Rush county
criminal court?
Such terms as boot black" and slick
spittle," when applied to Chaplain Lozier.
are simply ludicreus. If there ever was
such person as = walking Declaration
of Independence" every body knows
that Chaplain Lozier ID that individual
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