Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-06
STATE ITEMS.


A CASE OF HARDsslp. We are told by q
just previous to The reception. at the provost
marsnais once 10 Terre Haute. Of the order
stopping drafting and recuIting, q drafted man
paid SSOO Tor an acceptable recruit, who was re
leased N q halt an hour after beng mustered isi
Sullivan Democrat.
The largest inco tar PAYER in Gibson
county up to this tine. il Me-. Alfred Mauck.
sho pas The sam OF three thousand ixo- hun
dred and sixty four dollars on bis clear income
Tor ls64-Princeton Clarion.
The pro,racted meeting at the Christian
church in Sullivan. still continues, and Is attend
ed sith undi niuished interest. Numbers ioip
the church daily. nm
A LFGIsLATIrg EsooRr "A very large
amount o: indigestion sss exhibited by the mem
bers OF the Indiana legislature, on account of the
bad arrsugementsin e~scorting the funeral train
OF President Lincoln from Richmond, Indiana.
70 Indianapolis. Is was announced that the mem
bers of The state Legislature would &C, as an es-
cort, but, owing TO orders, the train which had
been chartered specially for the occasion vas or.
dered foreman az Richmond until the lunersl
train bad gone one hour: this would put a die
lance between the two trains of twenty miles.
- ~ iNAl-ialltt LFslD arrived At TIC
Union Depot the body of the president had been
removed from the Car and Land in state Mt the
capitol building. "a We do DOT know whether Gov.
Morton WAS ashamed OF the members OF the leg
i%slsiure or not. He left that body to holt the
Big at Richmond until be got an hour the start
Of sthem'-New oistle Courier Rep
-On.-Petroleun has been discovered erud
ing from the earth in large quantities in the
county OF Lagrange, 1t proves TO be genuine
oil when submitted No the test of burning, and
experienced men from the oil region so pro
nounce it.-Goshen Democrat.
The Abingdon MuRpERERs.-Frsncis and
Daniel Heller. whose arrest ir Nebraska ~e
mentioned last week. were brought back IN ifons
on Friday last by Sheriff Psx-on, aud lodged in
Jail. They went in on n double quick, apparent
~ apprehending danger OF being lynched. Ii
will be remembered that they waylaid Nathaniel
Iiooetts. in Abingdon, a night or two after the
presidential election. and killed bin by beating
him With stones ana clubs -Ricbmond Republi-
can.
-DEFUScT GREATNESS The Terre Haute
Express, in noticing she abolition of the provost
marsbsl's Office in that city. AMI the former i'm
portanre and authority of the functionsries con.
nected with that ins,itution. remarks:
a. The war dies out, ana as a necessary copse.
kFA|A
quenee. It's various accessories die with il VIA,
has become of that army Of clerks, who were
wont ID look SO important, and to swell with 50
much dignity, amid their orders and rolls. and
enrolment lists? Alasi they have gone the ~ay
OF all provost marshal clerks They are no
where TO be seen. The chairs and desks tbs,
knew them so long and so well, know them no
longer. They have gone home sfor good. " some
TO the shop, some to the pillow. and Others TO the
various avocaiions OF civilized. peaceful lie
May we never have use for such as they again,
But the provost marshsl's Office IL NOT entirely
deserted, for the marshal and q few clerks are
stiI there. But how changed The awe aud
majesty that authority and Office threw
around them have departed. aud in place of sol.
eInn. dignihed officials. We have a plain congo.
niai gentleman; and il is the easiest thing in the
world TO approach them now. The Office is rs
quiet As a one horse tailor shop. in striking con-
trast TO the days OF yore. when il resoundsd with,
You do %solemnly swear &c, and "Orierlv,
take this man to the guard house." and, Iii YOU
have no business with me. clear out T. and = w ell,
cir: what have you TO say? Speak outl"
Yes, a great metamorphose has taken place
in the provost msrshal's Office; official impor-
lance. and authority, and power have all taken
unto themselves legs and run away. leaving the
provost marshal a plain, private citizen, with liz.
tie employment. and his office a thing that vac,
but is not.