Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-07


Tho crOcusses are IN bloom n Tsshisg'ou.
So are other "casses."
Mr.. Greeley's book. The American Con-
has been translated into German.
Why IS the skating park ike Niagara! Il
IS good place to see tails. -
-vsccin.tion'is proposed TO be made e%Ompul-
sorry By the New York legislature
The Phiiadelpbia navy yard svlntiers have
made TO oisgorge $4,000.
-Jackson's birthday was celebrated in
Charleston. Massachusetts,. by toe ringing OF
bells. etc.
Bishop Potter. Of Pennsylvania, has gone 70
California for the recovery Of his health.
An old topper says the two most precious
things nos iacluded in hoops are girls and kegs
Of whisky.
iiteness OF a thief who took Of his hat At a party
the other night.
The late Duke OF Northumberland owned
49,. 500 acres of land He occupies bat a small
quantity of it GOV.
A printer Who took n composing drsught Of
Bourbon thought that be had done his days
work when he found himself "set up" instead of
bis copy.
Not less than thirteen breseries we're seir-
ed in aud about Allegheny City. Pennsylvania a
fes days ago for alleged fraud in returns of Pro
hts on the part Of the proprieiors
The Christian Commission has a new na
chine in the shape of a large coffee boiler on
wheels, with boxes for sugar. milk and other
supplies attached, which is very convenient in
distributing supplies TO the army.
A further innovation has been made IN
the presbyterian church. In the Iron e-tab-
lishedl church in Edinburgh. the Rev. Mr.. Mich
olson has introduced the practice OF chanting
part OF the service.
To dance or not 20 darce is the all absorb
ing question at ST. Johnsbury, Vermont, nov
The inhabitants are all by the ears over II. A
hotel has been closed on account of it. aud
there il a prospect that n church will be broken
up.
On one occasion a colonel was asked by
some ladies Il il was not worse for the gentlemen
to drink than for ladies to use snuff? The col
onel replied that both were very bad, and that il
his wife should ever take snuff, he'd Ticker GER
tain.
The Lyons Republican says: III The en-
listment of one man for ;tree years is equivalent
(as Gen. Fry declsIes) to the enlistment OF three
men tor one year, would not the easiest way 20
ill LYONS quota Of fifty nine men have been ,C
enlist one man Tor 6ity-nine years?--We sppes
to Gen. Fry
"A Philadelphia paper Gays the ladies Of tina
city have introduced a new custom likely to b.
popular. They are sending anonymously tc
their gentlemen acquaintance small pies snC
tarts, enyeloped in white tissue paper. like wed
ding cake. The meaning Of this..curious innova
ton is ye, q mystery
The ball given by General Mcdowell in Sal
Francisco vas q splendid affair. The costume
of some OF the ladies were exceedingly rich, ans
would have graced 4 roysl court Mrs Bacon
Of Virginia City, wore nearly 500, 900 worth o
jewels. Mrs. Hensley. OF San Jose. was also re
spleudent with Jewels The LADY of the Freuc'
consul, Mrs. 1andewaier. and Mrs. Dewey, ap
pesred in cour. dresses. The foreign consul
and Their wives, all appeared in court costume.
An Englishman has invented a match whio.
is unlike any other. Upon the side Of each ooI
is a chemically prepared piece OF friction paper
When struck upon this the match instantly ig
mites. hen struck upon snything e.se whatev
er Il obstinstely refuses 70 fame. You may la
il upon q red hot stove. and the wood of tn
match will calciue before the end Of il icnites
-"Dennis, my boy. 4" ssid an English school
master TO biz Hibernian pupil, g" l fear l shaI
make nothing Of you; you have no application. .
IAN sure enough. sir, said the quick witted lad
isn't il myself that's always being tould there
no occasion for il. Don't | see every day in II
newspapers that no Irish need apply. at all. q
all7"-Puneh.
The congressional excursion 10 Savanna
and Charleston did not cost the government owe
SIS. 600, il is said: and the excursion of Assistan
Naval Secretary Fox and party to Savannah an
Charleston will not probably cost any more
Other excursions are said 10 be projected. Will
the government is doing the liberal thing. an,
has plenty OF money 10 spend, why should no
the loyal editors be treated TO a pleasure tri
somewhere-say 10 Charleston, for the celebra
ton of April Ia? The government owes mucI
more to them than TO the congressman, If thes
trips are given in acknowledgment of obliga
ton for services rendered. Springfield Republi
can.
1t you present yourself as a subject you ar
asked the preliminary question: How yo'
Likely? You Likely handsome, or you Likely likeyf'
You naturally reply that you wish the portal
TO be like you; but woe beiidc you if. after tia
announcement, you otiect to the picture on th
score o. {, ugliness. IL Is said that a site
once yentured TO do 30; the aggrieved arts
turned round to the collected audience, and. wit
appraised hands, exclaimed in expostulatory tone
" Suppose no have handsome, how canf' Grea
was the sympathy eyinced for the sggrieved ar
tist. and overwhelming the confusion of the carl
catured sitter.
The records of court martial, saws = lette
from Washington, show that one Lieutenant col
onel. two majors, one surgeon, two captains an,
sixteen lieutensnts were recently convicted O
various offenses. and neatly all Of them dismiss
e3 the service. The lieutenan, colonel (of a CO..
ored regiment) appropriated TO himself th'
bounties of seventeen recruits. Eight were found
guilty Of drunkenness: aud one, tor aiding a sol
der in an sttemp, to escape, was cashlered, to bt
incapacitsted from holding any Office of trust
profit or honor. under the Uoi'ed States govern
ment. and confined at bard labor in a penitentiar,
for two years.
The Uebet GEN. Biil Killed.
The report that the reoel MsjOr General Am