Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-13
STATE ITEMS.

-REsIGNED.-Col. Robert r. Stewart return.
ed home yesterday. having resigned his position
as commander of the llth Indiana regiment OF
cavalry. Col. Stewart has served his country
well. having entered the service early in the
spring of 1861. a. captain of an independent
company OF cavalry raised in this city. and has
remained in the field from that period up to the
day of his resignation, passing through many
hard fought battles, and performing his duty as
a brave and skillful officer.
The colonel informs US that he returns home
with the intention OF making this bis permanent
place of residence. He will be welcomed back
by many admiring friends and acquaintances =
Terre Haute Journal.
The democrats of Sullivan county will hold
a primary election on Saturday, August the 18th,
for the nomination of candidates for county off
ces, to be filled at the October election.
Willie Grant, a boy aged about six or seven
years, fell into a cistern at his fathers house al
Evansville. and was drowned.
Three divorces were granted at the last ter m
of the Dubois common pleas court.
The Corydon Democrat says: "Crops OF
all kinds never looked so promising in this coun-
ty as at the present. Fruit ditto. From pres
ent indications harvest will be at least two weeks
earlier than usual"
The Salem Advocate has the following:
On Saturday last we counted twenty three
drunken men and boys in Salem; most OF them
lived GU. of town. In this respect our little city
is improving very rapidly, and will, we think,
soon be able TO compete with any city in the
state. w e heard OF no arre,ts. nor of Rny aeri0us
disturbance
The RELIGIOUS AwAKENTNG.-The revival
which commenced in the Christian Church. in
this place. some FIVE weeks ago, still continues.
We believe over fifty have joined that church.
During the past week meetings have been held
every night at the methodist and presbyterian
churches. and at the latter several have made
public profession of their faith Sullivan Dem.
ocrat.
-LAFAYF7TE & CHICAGO RArLRoAD.-Messrs.
Griffin and Stackhouse, directors, and Cromer,
secretary of the Cincinnati. Lafayette & Chicago
Railroad, are in town for the purpose of opening
books for the subscription of stock and to secure
the right of way. They report that Jasper
county will subscribe stock sufficient to grade and
tie the road through that county and give the
right OF way; that the people of Lake county
will do the same; that they have parties at work
III Nnlte county VINO report faNOraOly; That 10
will cost one hundred thousand dollars TO bridge
the river and grade the road through this county;
that the people of this city and county ought at
least to subscribe sufficient stock TO grade the
road for the first ten miles.
The road will be built from this place through
Rensselaer, and Crown Point to Chicago. Thus
making the shortest possible time from Indianap
oils to Chicago. as well as from Louisville, JET
fSrsonviile, and all southern towns-it would be
also able to compete with the Great Eastern from
Cincinnati to Chicago: that it would be forty miles
shorter than any route from Indianapolis The
road would be of incalculGble benefit to the
place by giving lafayette a connection with
Chicago, and at the same time opening a vast
country to improvement which now lies wild and
idle. and which would be tributary to this place.
Lafayette Journal.