Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-11
STATE ITEMS.

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The Madison Courier says tba. "pauperisn
IS she natural product of evil legislation" II
this position be accepted what is 10 proven. the
people of the United States from becoming pau
perez Never We sny eOuBIry "a eted with evil /
legislation to a greater extent than our own has
been during the past four years.
TESrz Dis7,IcT The following IS the Inter
nernal Revenus assessment TO be collected in |
bis district during the present year: Allen |
county. s33. $50 IS; E,khart. S44 .307 81; Noble,
sl3 SIS IS; La Grange. $40 $50 80; Kosciusko.
50 026 10; DeKalb. Sc 345 20; whitley. 81.
6l6 a. Steuben. s.. Oe6 20. Total, $685. 80 Sc
OSR MoRK We are in receipt of the first
nlmber Of the Rochester Standard, r NJ
Hathaway publisher and editor; who has jus,
returned from a three years service 10 the army,
Eighty Seventh Indiana Volunteers). The
Standard i. neat looking paper geographically
aud is ably edited. We wish il abundant sue
cess. The politics OF the paper can be judged
from the following extract from the editors
salutatory:
Being strictly of the Jefferson and Jackson
school of politics and having the most abiding
faith in the eternal truth and Americanized bar
mopy and utility OF Democratic principles, We
would be recresnt 10 the common cause OF our
country, and TO ourselves, il We did not, on all
needful and proper occasions, stand for, and
honorably defend the principles of our hope. In
the honest advocacy, however. OF these principles,
a stuffed care shall be observed not to unneces
sariIy or intentionally wound, nor irritate the
feelings OF any-earnestly and calmly submitting
our own reasoning and arguments, aud Ia like
spirit, receiving those Of our opponents never
STOPPING ourselves 10 low personal. no mere par
tisan slang. nor needing it in Others"
MUSTERED OR Some five hundred team
ster-. belonging TO Slerman's wagon train,
mostly negroes, mustered out of service in
this city this morning and furnished tr4nsi orta-
ton To W ,shington tor final discharge-New AL
bsny Ledger
DRovSEp negro tea MISTER belonging to
the Government wagon train which has been in
, course oil transportation from this city TO Fort
. Leaven worth for several DAYS, fell from a barge
at the foot Of Pearl street this forenoon, and
was drowned His body was not recovered An
other teamster. also negro. fell from one Of
, the bsrges near the same pier. last night. and
was drowned New Albany Ledger.
FoRr WAYNE NATIONAL BANK The Fort
Wayne branch of the Bank OF the Safe OF H.
diana has passed out of existence, aud is sue
{ ceeded by the First National Bank The new
institution will be controlled by the mana
gers who conducted the affairs of the old bank
The high character OF these gentlemen as regards
D business capacity and integrity, affords ample
e guarantee of the proper management OF the
affairs OF the institution Fort Wayne Senti-
mol
DIsoRDERLr CoSDUcT The locality known
: the Railroad JUNCTION. near Greencastle. il
fast acquiring unenvsble reputation. Roo
Z berries assaults, aud drunken b-awls constitute
the principle incidents IN the ordinary routine of
every day life Only week or two since We re-
corded the bloody assault that vas peIpetrated
upon Dir. Thomas Stillwagon. which came near
e having fatal result On Wednesday OF last
r week, party of soldiers surrounded the tavern
stand OF W. T. Sandusky, and broke in the win
dows. 10 avenge the treatment OF of their
u number who had been caught in disreputable
e company. Sheriff Burrow sought to arrest the
4 ringlesders but was overpowered, and the riot
ers lett for Indianapolis. He arrested four of
y them on their re urn. however. and the offenders
i were mulcted in fines OF SIS and upwards by
his Honor the Mayor.
Two soldiers were up before the Mayor last
week, charged with extortDg money from the
proprietor of the Junct on Brewery. They were
t inuuceT 10 try their luck alta game of chance
' the aforesaid proprietor holding the stakes-and
- the gamblers winning, made of With 500 of the
soldiers money The latter sought out Win
chell, captured and held him in 'durance vile
until be paid over Sis ransom money. The
soldiers arrested. tried, and acquitted of the
j. charge OF robbery -Greencaste Press.
s A Mystery 1t is an old saying, but true
! one that run is stranger than fiction; and an
o incident has recently come to our know eds 20
which torciOly illustrates the fact. Most of the
residents in that portion of the city will recog-
q nize the house TO which reference is IN ide n the
II following narrative, which We give substantially
J.. ss related to as by a gentleman residing in the
, neighbOrhood:
There is in the north eastern portion of the
city, we'll known building, about which hangs
q an air Of mystery The fences are down, the
yard utterly neglected, aud, save for the single
light which may at all hours Of the night be seen
: burning. the house might be supposed to De un-
q Inhabited. The house ia marked; an air of utter
. desoatOn and solitude broods over the entire
premises, and persons, as they pass, point II out
and speak 10 whispers. as of some evil, though in
J. what exactly the evil consists they themselves
would be puzzled to tell
The sole occupant oi the house. the story
O goes lies in one room. chained on bed OF straw
!, Around him are all the chickering's of wealth
and refinement. Books n almost every Ian
guage are there, and the nah himself speaks
fourteen different tongues Musical instru-
y ments OF every kind are lying about the room,
j. ana THIS singular mtn plays On every one with
skill. Pic ures which would delight the eve OF
cOnnosseur adorn the walls, and this man, sp-
parently the owner and master of all, lies there
uncOmpainlngl Y In chains,
n At certain times during the week an awkward.
gauky boy NAV oe seen to enter the house, with
basket under his arm. and silently depart again;
vet this ung4inly looking lad speaks four or five
languages, with Auencv These Two, oov aud
man, are the only inhabitants OF the house, so
far as ANY one has seen The owner of the
house has sought several times 10 txpel his ten
ants. but he eau end no grounds for complaint,
for the rent is promptly paid according to agree
ment
He has again and again raised the rent. bu;
his increased demands have been paid without
word of dissent. always in advance, aud always
in gold This was during the time when gold
: was ST its hig hest point of appreciation.
: That there is some dark secret here is certain.
! and that all suspicion of crime should at once
be removed BY investigation is equally certain
r Lafayette Courier.
. soldiers Outrage Upon Negro Boy
From .-e Cine iLnat Gazette.
I passenger who came up on the Steamer