Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-25


and Fred. Killed al the b.5-
The forests II Harrison county promise an
abundan; yield Oi mast, aud the fields not other
wise appropriated will yield luxuriant crop of
bl4ckoerries.
A suitable monument Is 60 be erected 10
Greeuesstle. in honor Of the soldiers from Put
nam county. VINO have died ia the Government
service duriug the existing var
--GRIrF.-says the BrownstoWn Union
While passing tba Clerks Office one day las:
week heard woman crying very bitterly.
We thought perhaps she had recently heard of
the loss OF near relative, but found, upon in
quiry, she had failed TO Get divorce This had
almost broken her heart
OH PEorLE-The Vincenues Sun gives
the following list OF old citizens residing in that
venerable place: Dominck Page. - years; An
thOny Carrie, % years; John Decker, "a years
Geo Gait, 70 years; John Vsnkirk, y years;
Geo. Leatch, q years; jacob Pea, 40 years;
John Westfall, 20 years ESQ X. G. Mcclure
is IS years old, and has lived in the county over
% years Aggregate age of the party nine in
number) GA years
Coal AT HENRYvILLE Z B. Guernsey,
a citizen of Henryvile in this county, informed
US a day or two since, that Mr.. John Stewart,
while boring for coal oil at that place, had struck
aud passed through a vein of stone coal of excel
lent quality. of over six feet in thickness, at q
distance of some fifty feet below the surface A
company has been organized. and the work OF
sinking pit for mining the coal has already been
commenced. We snxously await further de
yelopments in the progress of this important en-
terprise, of which we shall endeavor to keep our
readers correctly posted. -Jeffersonville Ledger
Col BowLEs' WEALrH-The Indianapolis
correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
writes:
Father Bessonies, a Catholic priest of this
city, waited upon Bowles yesterday. and received
from him a deed of the French Lick Springs
for the Catholic Church Bowles is said TO pos
sess property to the amount of $500 900"
This correspondent is mistaken doubtless. by
about $3.50 600. Col. b was never worth over
$50 900 or $50 900, and much Of bis available
means have been expended since his arrest. trial
and conviction. His interest in the French Lick
Springs (in Orange county, is not probably over
$50 900 -Nincennes Sun.
-HAKRIsoN CoUNrY-WHEAT AND Flour
According to the last report of agricultural sta
tstics taken by the State. three or four years
ago, il appeared that Harrison county was the
third largest wheat producing county in the
State Since that time our farmers have still
farther extended the production of that cereal,
and We believe she stands at the head of the
list Her SOIL in its chemical composition, is
well suited to the production of a large quantity
and the best quality OF wheat Her convent
ence to the best markets at the Falls, and being
we'll supplied with the best Touring mile at home
have tended TO make wheat raising, on an aver
age, more profitable than any other farm CROP
Corydon Democrat.
e. r. Kercheyal. ESQ., has been appointed
Postmaster of Greencastle The Press, in
commenting Upon the appointment, remarks:
Mr. Kercheval is not without experience in
the Office to which be has been called, having
filed it ably and acceptably under the Admins
tration of Mr.. Buchanan. His political life has
been somewhat varied and checkesed-so much
so that the stay-at-home patriots were con
strained to distrust his party LOYALTY" notwith-
standing he bears an ever living evidence of his
fidelity TO the Union. They accordingly IN ct in
caucus and decreed in favor of one of their sort
of men-the late Republican elector for this dis
trict also claimed the appointing power in the
absence OF u Republican Congressmen-but the
civims OF both the gallant Colonel and King
Caucus were dsregarded at Washing ton 1t
would seem that President johnson still has
Democratic instincts
-BuRNING or THE MADISON HorEL-The
Madison Courier, OF Monday evening, says:
It is with profound sorrow that we have to an
nouBce that the fayorite Madison Hotel, the
pride OF or citizens, and one of the finest and
most commodous institutions of the kind 10 the
West took fire, by some means. in the kitchen
roof, about IL O'Clock this forenoon, and, I'D to
the time OF our going to press with the outside
of our paper this afternoon the flames were still
raging; but our noble fTemen have the upper
hand of the devonring element. and will probably
save three of the lower stories in a da maged con
dition The entire contents were saved by the
exertons of the citizens, who Wed with the Fire
Department in heroic exertons TO save the
property of Mr.. nrehner. the proprietor, and
that of his guests.
Says the Courier of Tuesday:
The hotel originally cost S45 600 built when
times we're good OF course the erection of such
a house in these days would require a much
greater sum Of money. The fire originated &C
cidentslly, from a defective tlue and was not the
work OF an incendiary, some at first supposed.
The hotel was insured IN several companies, as
follows: City Insurance Company, Cincinnati,
50 500; Madison Insurance Company, $4,000;
international 81 500; Lorillard, s. 900; Secu-
ri,y, 81. 500; Underwriters, 81 500 Total
amount of insurance. S24 600. of which SIS 500
was on the building itself, 81 900 on the liquors
in the bar ROOM and the remaining $500 on
the furniture The whole concern-house con
tents, &c. belonged to the landlord, VIM kirch
ner, ESQ The insurance companies have al
ready commenced to adjust the loss, and We are
happy to add the hotel is 10 De rebuilt immedia-
tely.
Coz BOWLS New Albany Ledger,
in speaking of the part that Col. Bowles and HE
regiment, the 81 Indiana, took at Buens Vista,
saws.
"The story that Col. Bowles seized his muskes
and fought IN the ranks of the Mississippi regi-
ment is of course all fol de roll"
The Ledger is mistaken. We we're not there,
but we have il from a man who was, that Col
Bowles did fight with musket, as a common
soldier, in the ranks of JEFF DAVIS regiment
Such also was the testimony OF Davis before the
court martial that tried Col. Bowles on the
charges OF eOwardiee aud incOmpetency The
Court sustained the charge OF Incompetence but
not of cowardice If We are not mistaken, Gen
Taylor spoke highly of Col Bowles IL his report
of that battle.
We know that il is question OF veracity be
tween Colonel BOwles aud his accusers, as 10
whether he ever gave the order 70 retreat or not.
We do not accuse either party of fal.ehood, and
content ourself with saying that Borles has as
theirs.
The truth is that Bowles was political
Colonel. and unfit for the place be held he il
not coward: and he was not the only incompe-
tent officer 10 that war.