Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-01-21
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The amount of bills allowed by the county
commissioners at their December session; in aid
soldiers families in Laporte county was four
thousand ak hundred and five. dollars and eighty
four cents. This was for the three months i'm
mediateIy preceding the session.
The Sullivan Democrat says there is con
siderable sickness prevailing at Carlisle at this
time. Several persons have recently died in that
vicinity.
A great revival of religion is in progress in
Rockport. Over seventy persons had united
with the church, aud many proiessed 10 have
found pardon.
The commissioners of Huntington have
voted a bounty of $500 to each volunteer credited
10 that county.
&C W. Henkle, Esq of Rensselaer,, jasper
county. saws in a letter under date Of the 18Th
inst.
Our 6ne court house burnt down last night
about midnight. IL vas fired inside at both ends
or entrances. Most all the records in the record
er's Office we're saved. In the clerks office but
few books were saved. In the auditors and
treasurer's Office nothing was saved. In the
curiin , III LObDAhs "~5
Dr.. Schuntermann. of Ferdinand. relates
that on last night. about III o'clock, while be was
on the State road, about three miles west OF
Ferdinand. he was stopped by three men, forci-
bly dragged from his horse, and robbed OF about
sl25 in money. This was u very bold robbery
and the ~rascals should be caught In the mean
time. our citizens who have money cannot be 100
careful Jasper Courier
WoLF HUST-A number OF the citizens OF
Columbia township, in this county, whose sheep
have been a prey to the wolves in that section
for several months. have been enjoying a big
hunt for the . varmints," and on last Saturday
succeeded in killing seven well grown cubs, and
capturing one alive. The last we heard from
there the fight was still kept up, with a determi.
nation to exterminate the beasts IL possible
Jasper Courier.
MURDER Samuel :. stevens, a young man
about twenty five years of age, q cooper by
trade. was arrested in Lafayette O. WEDNESDAY
last and committed. without bail. % answer on a
charge of murder in the first degree. for killing
John Kelly, near the depot of the Louisville
New Albany K Chicago railroad, in that city, OIL
the morning OF the Let of January. Kelly was
yard master at the depot. and was a quiet, peace
able man. He came into John Geary's house
about a square distance from the Revere Hotel
about 3 o'clock in the morning, with his head
bruised aud some of his teeth knocked loose, saw
ing that he had been badly beaten and hurt. liz
soon became insensible and died from the effects
of his injuries on the Friday night following
Writes a correspondent in Martin county
I" Petroleum is a. the rage now. Fortunes ar,
being made in a few months on lands heretofor,
not worth the taxes on them. We have Otter
heard of the pocket Of Indiana, but never hearC
what was in IT till recently. 1t is now currentl,
reported that it is full of petroleum. No wondel
The people in that locality are an enlightenet
people.
j." Large companies in Louisville, Cincinnati
New Albany and other cities, are being formet
of wealthy and influential men. and their engi
neers are now in the field prospecting, with
view to locating sites for wells.
If Providence dispenses His gifts and bles
sings equally it is thought that something rict
lies concealed in this locality, as the surface cal
boast no more than the laws of the land allow
it. A large portion Of Perry, Crawford and Mar
tin counties have been leased or bought. and tn,
ensuing summer will satisfy parties concerned
whether the pocket has anything in it or not"
Bore deep while sluggards sleep,
And you shall have oil to sell and keep.
How SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS Losr -
Our readers will remember that soon after ex
Gov. Wright of this State in his adhesion to the
present administration, Mr.. Lincoln appointed
him as a Commissions to a great German Fail
held at Hamburg A few days ago a bill Of
expenses for this trip, amounting to the snug
little sum of six thousand dollars, was presented
TO the Senate. The proposition to pay MI
Wright's bill was at once assaulted by Mr.. Sumner
who declared that it was a little less than ar
outrage to ask Congress to paw this money. He
said Gov. Wright was appointed to this position
without any authority Of law, which. of itself
was bad enough. but when Congress was asked
TO appropriate money to pay for it, he scarcely
had words in which to express his opinion of lis
impudence. The upshot of the matter was thai
the appropriation Was lost and Gov. Wrighl
doesn't get the ak thousand dollars. Perhsp.
the President will pay him out OF the "contin
gent war fund ~. A. Ledger.