Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-19
VERY LATEST.
THREE O'CLOCK, A. N
INTERESTING ITEMS OF NEWS.
TIE roRGER STILL AT LARGE.

FoRGER STILL LARGE.
NV YoRK, August l5.-No reward has been
offered Tor tue apprehension of Ketchum, the
iorger. Policemen have been seny Ia various
quarters 10 watch Tor aIm. but no vigorous pur
suit Is being .de. No trace OF the direction OF
his H. ht hes yet been discovered. Several ssl
Iug vessels ccsred Tor foreign ports Oh Tuesday.
aud il ID thought he may have gone in one OF
then.
la contradiction of a statement made by Nor
ris ketchum that his house has not done any ou-
sIness With Graham 4 Co since July last, Mr..
Grahsm's p,rner stated that they did busl ness
Tor Kstchum, Son Co as late as April, and af
ter tass time their operations were Tor Edward
n rhum.
.oLDiERs' BuRrAU KNrLoYNKsT.
The Bureau Of Enploy ment for Discharged
Soldiers aud Sailors has begun an organize
IIon OF public aud licensed messsngere similar 10
that established in London alter the Crimeau
war. Messengers were stationed in some vi the
public buildings 10 day
IxAnIxAIos or ASSISTANT sURGEoSY-
The Tribune's Washington special says: The
Surgeon General hss appointed Surgeons c. s.
rrIpler II r Weriz. aud Antnony Hsgen,
Unltsd States Army.es board of officers, with
Assistant Surgeon q g Lee, U. 8. A. to con
vene at New ork, on the 20lh of Ssptsnosr
Tor the examination OF Assistant Surgeons, for
promotion, and tor applicants tor admission lato
the medical staff OF the United States Army
PACIFIC RAILROAD LANDS.
The General Land Office has just submitted to
the Secretary OF the Interior a lst OF lands now
owned by the Central Pscl6c Railroad, embrac-
ing IS $50 .O54 acres in Aarysville. California.
which are secured TO the Company pursuant 10
acts of Congress. approved July |, 1862. and
July 2, 1861 20 aid in the construction of the
railroad AID telegraph line from The Missouri
river to the Pacific ocean ami TO secure the Gov
erument the use OF same Tor postal, military and
other purposes, il is proposed that the approval
shall be followed by early issue of patent
costing lee in said Company tor the lands above
mcnlluned
FoRTRKss MONROE,
FoRrKIss MONROE, August i8-Five thousand
troops are TO be mustered out of service ia
tnis department. The Fourteenth Psnnsy lvsnia
Regiment will soon leave for home.
Gen Torbett will next week succeed TO the
command at Norfolk, under Gen. Naur, the Ter
mer ranking the latter. Gen. Msur has given
universal satisfaction.
The steamer Charles G. Levy, from New Or
leans on the 9Th, put into Hampton RJsds for
coal aud water She reports head wind all the
way On the 18Th she passed.. OF Key West, the
steamer Thetls. bound TO New Orleans. The
health OF that city was never better, though Ihs
weather WAS exceedingly warm
VIRGINIA AFTAIRs.
Nav Yo.x. August ls.-Ths Tribuns's
Richmond special saws: the disposition OF she
authorities to peremptory refuse qualifying any
and every officer chosen IN the recent elections,
putting out hose Who have been connected With
the rebellion. General or State. 10 working
wholeso me reforms throughout the State Rich
nond being made an example, will ultimately
prove an un wise one. increasing the influence.
So tar as heard from, the Confederate repre-
sentatives have been successful 10 Mecklsnberg,
HALIFAX and Pousvlvsnia counties. In the lar
gest districts in Virginia has this especial els-
ment been triumphant From our prisons North
Z large portion of the Virginisns pardened be-
longed 10 this section They have taken the
ground that TO provide for the pay ment of any
debt created in the State BY the Confederate au-
tborittes would not be in pursuance OF the spirit
OF their parole. A general amnesty 10 rendered
10 all officers who have not hitherto been politl-
clans
The wheat crop will no, be heavy one. but
corn aud Data promise to Dc the largest ever
known here aud there is not q planter, Who &C
cepts the sudden shit OF labor. but 10 10 rssping
a larger harvest than was presumed the soil
would produce. The spirit VI snmlty toward
negroes is not so bitter with large land holders
.s anon The poor whites on Virginia Peninsula
It is estimated there are ~ OO0 negroes, repre-
sentstives IRON every SIutherD State, congre-
gated there by following the armies aud cross
/ lug the lines They have supported themselves
chiefly by fishing. living in little log huu left
there bv our soldiers, but in winter, unless great
.nnrts are made, the suffering among them will
bs immense The Freedmens Bureau 10 doing
all ia its power for these people. but the atten-
ton OF some Of our grss, charities should DC
directed TO this locality
The harmonious results Of the late elections
have satisfied Gen. Terry that the troops re-
qaired in this department are only sufhcisni to
prevent vagrancy and msintsn Official rule
The Christian Con- mission In Richmond has
been broken up.