Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-29

The Wabash Is unusually stocked with hsh
Ibis season

The Fort Wayne Sentinel of Thursday last
says that visitors 70 the State Fair bad already
commenced arriving
DEARBoRx CousrY PAIE General Sherman.
according 10 his promise. attended the Dearborn
County Fair, on Wednesday, and vas introdseed
to the immense crowd in attendance upon the
Fair Grounds, by Gen. Ben spooner. in a speech
OF Welcome. which ~ss mainly complimentary
of President johnson and the distinguished
guest, referring at length 20 The military cAree-
of the latter. Gen. Sherman responded in a
neat and characteri.ic speech, during which be
took occasion to eulogzs Gen Spooner and Gen
George p Buell. for their gallant services in the
field. He also referred to the glorious result OF
The war, in establishing durable Government,
and, he trusted. . permanent peace--a var which
be declared to be necessary to accomplish these
ends, and be though; that all would rejOiee that
the present generation had fought Il out, and had
noSleft il legacy for our children, for whom
We should have other uses Gen. Burnside was
present, and made brief speech. Senator John
Sherman. of Ohio. also delivered an address, in
which there was good deal more OF politics
than agriculture.
FoRr wIYsE AND SoururRs RAILEoAD.-J G.
Parker, Esq the President. i, travelling over the
line of this road to awaken interest in the enter
prise In consideration of subscription of
s., 900 a mile, he proposes to guarantee the
prompt construction Of the road--the subscrip-
tons not to be paid until the completion of the
road The portion for Decatur county, the
Greensburg Chronicle thinks, can be easily
raised That paper remarks as to the impOT-
t,nce oil the road:
THE project is clearly one of the most i'm
portabt of any which the people of this county,
as we'll as others along the line have ever had TO
deal. To convince any one of the advantages
of this route, be has only 70 suspend a string on
any good map of the State from Fort Wayne to
Louisville. be will be surprised at the number
OF county seats on the direct line of road, while
il will open up to market a vast amount of as
excellent land as can be found in the West
Look then At the market north and east by lakes
south by Louisville, and the vast forests of pine
opening up in Michigan by roads in course OF
construction there. Let this project fail, and
this county loses more than the entire cost Of con
struction throughit"
| PUTNAM CoUsrr DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
mass Convention of the Democrats and con.
servatiyes Of Putnam county, was held at Green
CASTLE ON the 23l Melvin Mckee was called
to the Chair, and Howard Briggs appointed Sec
Rotary. The Convention nominated John II
Herod. of Floyd township. for Commissioners, and
John Lynch. of Greencastle. for Coroner The
| "
NJ Puttt, Ed Barnett. Samuel Gardner and j. B
Henry-reported the following which were unani
mously adopted:
| Wereas This is the fret Democratic Conver.
| ton that has been held in PUtasm county since
the close OF the war; and, whereas, we deem il
| right and proper to deiine position the new
and living issues thst the American people arr
called upon to decide. We, the Democrats snc
Conservative of Putnam county in mass con-
venton assembled, do adopt the following plat
form:
| Resolved. l. That we are now as we alwsv.
have been, in favor Of perpetuating the Amer
| lean Union 10 accordance with the Constitution
of the United States, and defending il from al
attacks from within or without the Government
2 That We are opposed to negro suffrage, be
| eving, we do, that il will be the best for both
races to leave the government of the American
people in the hand of the white race. where our
| fathers placed il.
3 That we heartily approve of the polcv oil
! President johnson in recognizing the States
lately in rebellion against the Government. and
we regard the same as a beacon light that will
lead back the American people to a perpetual
union, not only of territory, but of heart and
mind upon the principles of the American Con-
stitution, and we pledge him our earnest and
hearty support in carrying out said policy.
That we are in favor of equal taxation, and
will use our influence in every legal mode 10
our power to cause the Government bonds to be
taxed as other property.
| 5. That we are in favor Of Congress granting
lands or bounties to our soldiers who have onlv
received one hundred dollars bounty making
them equal as regards bounties to those that have
received three and four hundred dollars, believ-
ing that Justice TO our brave veteran soldiers,
who enlisted at fret for small bounties, requires
that il should be done.
s That we regard the resolutions passed by
the politicians OF the Republican party, at its
Cow eution in this county on last Saturday, con-
demning the Board OF County Commissioners
for issuing bonds TO volunteers and other persons
who furnished money to procure volunteers TO fill
the quota of Putnam county, as unjust and an
act OF bad faith, they having received the same
benefits from said bonds other citizens, and
after some Of our citizens had volunteered to
help fill our quota and received some of aids
bonds "a bounty. believing. as they had a right
to do, that they would not be repudiated.
T. That we welcome home our brave soldiers.
and mourn with them the loss Of their departed
comrades, and pledge them helping hand in
taking care Of the widows and children Of those
that have lost their lives in their couptry's ser
vice, and ask them to stand by President John
son and give him helping hand in recognizing
the States lately in rebellion. in which they so
nobly helped to suppress armed resistance to
law
g. That we brand as fslse the charge made by
the Republican politicians that We were or ever
have been the soldiers enemy. We often diff
tered with the Republicans 10 their policy but
the soldiers always had our warmest sympathes
. That we are in favor Of enforcing The pro-
vision OF the Constitution of Indiana, which
prohibits negroes moving into this State, and
also prohibits their employ ment.
Msjor Puett in response to repeated calls ad-
dressed the Convention in bis usually able and
felictous style.
SANDSTONE We were shown yesterday speci
mems Of sand stone lately discovered in Chsuncey
over tie river The quality of the stone vas
good, and the present indications are that large
and valuable quarry exists there. This would
be very valuable and convenient to the city
Lafayette Journal.
1t is understood that work will commence in
short time on the Logsusport and Marion Rail
road which Is to be butt under the patronage of
the Pennsylvania Central The connection of
this wealthy corporation With the ENTERPRISE