Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-29

figure these four unilscipllnsi rsn would cut ct
ne head OF squad Of guerrillss Ito overposef
the regiment and surrender IL 70 the rebels T"
When sou, Mr. Lane shall have eliminated out
of the regiment all the members Of the "old
3ofh. . who are mostly Irish. thea you nav dream
AZ "a Surrender of the regiment TO the rebels"
Bet dream not Of il. as long as that old element
remains which voluntarily left their homes 70
carry the stars aud stripes" wherever the rebels
are thickest-ihat element which never quailed
IL the storm OF every battle of the Army Of the
Gu nberland, from the humiliation OF Bragg At
Stone River 10 the humiliation Of Hood on the
bloody field OF Nashyille--ihat brave band which
on two different occasions ELECTED and received
3 special e0comium on the very fields upon which
they stood victors-one by the commander of the
army and the other BY the commander of the
corps.
The presen. gallant commander of the de-
partment Of the Cumberland. who does not draw
conclusions from hearsay. did not think as you
do when be ordered the 35th 70 be placed in
charge Of the pontOon train Of the army OF the
Cumberland, than which. as every one knows, a
more responsible position does not exist IN the
army; and he did this at q tune when. perhaps,
more than any day OF his life. he felt the neces-
sity OF the pontoons, viz az Duck river, where
he was delayed three days. srd Hood and his
shattered army escaped.
But enough | will conclude by asking why
it IS that one and only one OF all the nAtiOnali
ties IL the United States is continually the object
Of scurrility and calumny, let them do ever so
veil IA nationality which fires the hearts not
| only of great portion of the rank and file OF
our brlvest armies bit also of many OF our ablest
generals, from Corcoran. the martyr, TO Sheri
dan. the nvncible.
Wthou, any fault Of yours. Mr.. Editor. you
have done the 35,h an injustice by publishing
hat i frfcr vrfrfrr oil kFn
zeal for justice. therefore. is assurance TO NE
that you will give this reftation place in your
columns, and oblige
Your humble servant.
An OFFICER or THE 35TH I'm.
INDIANAPOLIS, March -, 1865.
The Huntington Democrat says:
We are informed BY Mr.. Kocber, who re-
| turned from indianapolis on Tuesday, that this
county has furnished an excess, over and above
all quotas demanded, of l24 men, This discOV-
! cry was made by an Indiana lawyer at Wash
| ington a week ago. These men had by some no
Gus pocus, and with the knowledge of Gov Nor
ton been sold 10 Massachusetts,, together with
hundreds Of others from other counties, and
probably, il some OF the ether counties had not
sent an agent to Washington TO investigate the
cause of the heavy drafts on this state, the trick
would never have been discovered Gov Nor
ton was placed in rather an awkward position by
these developments. and repaired to Washington
at once for the purpose of having the records re
vised, and proper distribution Of the credits
Says the Evansville Dispatch:
lone j W johnson (iatal name : clainins
to be United States detective has been creatius
quite an excitement in Princeton and Owens
vile, recently. He knocked an old woman
down, beat boy because the latter demanded
the proceeds OF hide which Johnson had stoleE
from bis mother and sold; placed irons upon one
Mr.. Wilson. and warned many other prominent
citizens that they might expect the same treat
ment il they did not walk very circumspectly
The good citizens Of Gibson. thinking this kind
of treatment considerably too much Of the mil
itary,' reported the case 10 Provost Marsha
Alvah Johnson, who very promptls had the mar
arrested and brought to this city He must hav;
been either crazy or " inaugarated
AN EXTRA SESSION Says The Terrc Haul,
Express. whose editor is member of the Iegis
lature, and supposed 10 be in the confidence o
o. PM
We learn that Governor Morton will call
special session of the legislature in very few
days Perhaps a session OF four or FIVE week
will suffice for the completion Of all the unfnsh
ed business of the regular session.
The North Vernon Plaindealer says tia
nearly every farmer in tina, vicinity has discOv
cred running stream OF pure petroleum on hi
farm