Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-09


The income OF Edwin Forrest. last year.
was s2s.7s4
The salary Of Queen victoris is about
s.. OOO, 900.
A Connecticut oyster dealer insists on II
that August Is spelled "orgust." he wants -
get an T in.
"A negro woman who "a. baptized a few
Sundays ago a, Huntsville. Ala. came forth
from the water shouting. Freed from slavery.
freed from ain. bless God and General Grant. -
1T Is stated that The Hon L. N. 7. Hunter.
OF Virginia. nov conhutd as a state prisoner la
Fort Pulaski. asks for his release, with the priv
ilegc Of leaving the country forever.
During the war numbsr Of insane men
were enlisted as seamen ia the United States
service. their bounties secured by sbarpeFs, and
themselves left without anything. The most
prolific source OF supply vas from Canada
The employees 10 the shops Of the New Jer-
ser Railroad Company, upon receiving their paw
FOR July, were notified that the pay OF all except
'oremen and engineers would be reduced 10
the old price--about ID Per cent--on aud after
the present month
The American Watch Compiuy have pur-
chased some forty acres Of land az West End,
Hudson City, New Jersey near the New jersey
Railroad track. where they purpose erecting a
lasge mandatory and afty cottages, az resi- =
dences Tor their employees
| A GENTLEMAN writes from Texas TO the Phil
adelphis Enquirer that Col Bryant. OF the fhir
teenth Corps. was lately killed by a shark. while
/ bathing on the coast of Brazos. aud a negro had
Lex taken Off Gen. Weitzel has ordered. 10
consequence. that the men shall not battle on
the coast where sharks abound.
Hartford ranks next TO New York 10 the
insurance business. IL has an aggregate capital
Of 81 800 QUO Invested in fire insurance divided
between ten companies. and these companies have
surplus of So Gil 900, making total OF
81. 900 900. Besides this, there are five lite
insurance companies in that city.
"A New Orleans correspondent says the pro
| perty OF John Sdell comprising SAP lots aud
squares OF ground, with stores. dwelling houses
aud banking house. were sold for 500 4l0
Before the war 1t was estimated at $500. 900
| Had the war not taken place IL Is estimated that
Mr. Sldell would have been worth $4,000, 900
/ The Ames family. at E.ston, Massschu
sets, shovel manufacturers, report incomes 10
the aggregate of S525. 900. as follows: Oakes
Ames. (member OF Copgrcss,) 1881 AIS; Oliver
Ames, S2OO 1853, aud their three sons $50 .00C
each. Horatio Ames another brother of the
family, isa maker OF wrought iron cannon NJ
Windsor Locke. Coun
The words Of Alber Stark weather, the Man.
chester double murderer. in confessing bis guilt
were: 81 did IL. Mr. Campbell, out of love foi
your daughter, and nothing else felt | must
have that money. for without Il she wouldnl
marry me; aud got the money" The defense
10 this case intend 10 put in the plea OF insanity
No doubt IL will be proved There are no sane
murderers now n DAYS.
"A singular and painful incident happened
recently at the Royal Theatre in Berlin Anew
ballet by Taglioni, named Sardanapalus was re.
presented. In the last scene of which all The
dancers appear aud arrange themselves around
Sardanapalus TO die with him in the flames To
produce the necessary smoke, stones we're heated
and water was TO he thrown upon them The
stones we're laid between the seats but the
dancers, instead of sitting upon the seats, sal
down on the burning stones scream of pain
followed. which was not IN the play. Nearly al
OF them were badly burned.
A remarkable fatality has attended many oil
the leading secessionst- of Virginia The Pc
tersburg Index thus states 10 AT the begin
ming OF secession, Virginia had one representa-
tive in the Cabinet at Washington who was 4 sc
cessionist-John Floyd lie is dead She
had two foreign ministers who were secession
sts-Hons. X. X. Meade and John NJ Daniel
Both are dead Both of her Senators in Con
gress were Observation-Disclosures and Mason
One is prisoner. the other an exile She had
} three newspapers conspicuously devoted to seces
sion-The Richmond Enquirer. the Examiner
and the Norfolk Argus. These journals are ex
tinct aud all unrevived. and the leading spirits oil
all-Wise Daniel and Lamb-sre dead. H,i
Oldest aud most persistent among her most IL
huenial citizens who had supported secession
} was Edmund RufIin He il dead The recog-
nized leaders OF the secessonists 10 the State
} Convention George w Randolph and FIX
President Tyler. Randolph is dying abroad
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