Daily State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 3602, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 April 1862 — Page 2
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Democratic Union State Ticket. ro skckctabt or ptatc, . JAMES S. ATHON. Of Marion County, ro acorro or rraT, J03EMI IilSTINE. OT Fountain (bounty, ro TfAst t or rrTt. MATTHEW L. BRETT. Of Davie Count. ro ATTOtMEY 6E9tEAL, OSCAR B. HORD, Of Decatur Count. roa si;riti.TKDtrr or rtitic i.hticctio, MILTON B. HOPKINS. Of Clinton, County.
Whit Cochtt. The Democrat gires tho majorities for the ondiJAtw elected Truste in ich towojMp in White count y. nl it foots up aa ollova: Majorities for the Democratic candidate 3C3 for the Republican. 61. rail mt Pitlnkl-bolr Killed. The telejrrapli inform us that the garrison at Fort rulaski hare urrendcrel unconditionally to the Federal forte. The bombardment u repre enteil to bare been terrific by the defenders of the Fort, hut like Sumter and Inland 10, ftrarjge t'j relate, nobody was killed and but four woundel. Thi m tlie culminating rnt in the science of war the object accotDplijlied without the lo&s of life.
regard
. "The JIarch of freedom."
S' fling the New York Tribune. It
the legis! ation of Conre of little or no Taloe, onleu the negro 'u both the subject and the beneficiary. While he radical Republicans are thus intoxicated over the abstract iIe of freedom to the nero, and gloating over it at an enormous CHt to the public treasury, there i great danger thuin the operation, the overiiei! white citizen, nominally free, my reilly become a mere vassal to the (oTernmeiil through the burden of taxation. Thi h the abolitiun idea of "the march of freedom."
The Hantle at l'l tttburff. The special correspondent of the Chicago Tinu$ telegraplw xa follows from Cairo, under d.Ue of 14th: "Every arrival from Tennessee onfinus our worst apprehension.'. Our loss wa terrible. Not lea than 10,000 of out- gallant men are either killed, wounded or taken prisoners. An awful responsibility rests somewhere; but we mu-t wait for the fictj to be developed. Such an army to be surprised in an enemy's country by an overwhelming force indicates clearly that one or more of our com minders mu-jt speedily be removed. Had not den. Ik ell come up on Sunday, Grast' army would have been totally destroyed or captured. As it was, the terrible fire from our gunboats on the enemy prevented them Irom getting: within our lines on the left. The enemy are entrenched only eight mile from 1'itt-burg, ready apparently for another battle. Thank Ood, Gen. II a lu ck will now command in person."
Power of Cong re over Slavery. We publish tills morning an extract from the Ker. Dr. Francis Watland's treatise on "llu man Responsibilities," published in 183S, which presents a very fair statement of the rights of the States under the Federal Constitution. Dr. Watland is a Baptist clergyman. President of Brown University, Rhode Island, and one of the most eminent logicians of the country. His views of the constitutional powers of Congress over the institution of slavery are eminently worthy of consideration at the present time, and if heeded, with the patriotic endeavor to do right, would go far to direct the ship of State in the safe and right channel, from which couroe blind and perverse counsels are now endeavoring to direct her. The responsibilities of the citizens of the free States for the toleration of slavery in the States where it is permitted are imperfectly understood by many who are eveu disposed to do right, and to this cla.s we commend the sentiment of one of the ablest and most conscientious divines of the North, and who is, also, sincerely opposed to the institution of slavery. He discusses the pjestion, however, in view of hi responsibiliiicj ad a Christian and citizen of both a free State and the national Government, and In so doing he le irly demonstrates that neither Congress or the people of the free States have any constitutional right to interfere with or abolish the institution of slavery within the States that have determined to tolerate it. A misconception of the theory of the Constitution the relation of the States to
the Federal Government has done much to j bring about and continue our national troubles, j We do not know as any eulightuient ujhii this ! matter will now be of avail in restoring the Union aa it was a Government witli inure practical; fieedotn and fewer burdens than anr know n in i history but it is none the !e,-s the duty of all patriotic citizens, ol all national men, to use eve- j ry endeavor to accomplish s desirable a result, i To this end we therefore inv.-te cery person who j d--ires to cc the Constitution once more the suprcnte law of the land and a restoration of the ! I'liitia under it to carefully reruse the very able argument of Dr. Watland upon the responsibilities if the citizen and thus his duties in the present tri-i of the nation. J
they were all subject to the same King and all acknowledged the ultima'. authority of the constitutional laws of the eopire. When the independence of thee colorre?! was established, this link, which lound each of them to the mother country, arvl thus indirectly to each other, wa severed." They became independent Stat, having, each one for itself, js er to a.tke peice or war, or to fUrm alliance, offensive or defensive, with wht foreign States oe er they severally cloe. While in this condition, il i
mMfet th it no Slate had any power whatever over any other State. Any one might have establ'rsht! slavery or abolislied, and no other one would have imagined that, in so doing, it was under any control from any other, r r from all the rest, any more than from Austria, Russia, or the Sandwich Islands. Under these circumstances they chose, of their own sovereign will, to form a Confederate Government. In the formttion of this government, each Sute or the people of each State, mutually agree! to commit certain powers to the whole, and to submit the ultimate decision of certain questions to the majority of the whole people represented by their Senators and Representatives in Congress. What they have thus submit'ed to the decision of the majority, and nothing else can be decided by the majority. What has not been f ubmitted remains precisely as it was before, in the power of the citizens of the several States; and the citizens of the Unit el Sute have no more to do with it, than they have w ith the affairs of Iceland. The principle in this cue, Is the ?ime as that which governs partnership. If twenty men put into common stock, each a thousand dollars, on
condition that the whole, for certain purposes.
shall be controlled by a majority of the proprie
tors, or ofm:h persons as they may appoint, then a majority has a conceded right to control that property for those purposes. Hut that is all their power. They have no control over another dollar of the property of any proprietor, nor have they a right to control it for any other purposes than those for which it was contributed. Still less have they a right to control the political opinions of a proprietor, or direct in what manner he feball educate bis children or govern his fsmily. The principle in both cases is the same, and is a Tery obvious one. It is simply this. No man U bound by any compact, any further than he has bound himself. In forming any society, thete are, of necessity, certain individual rights, which n man submits to the decision of the majority. But the surrender of these involves the surrender of i other, and, in everything else, he is as perfectly independent of the power of the majority rts he was before. As we have, therefore, as citizens, no power over this enhject, we have, as citizens, no ropoiifübilij. The guilt, if guilt exist, will not rest Um us as citizens of the United States. Whoever supposes himself guilty because Congress did not pass a law abolishing slavery in the United States? But this is the oidy manner in w hich, as tit zens of t!:e United States, we hare any power to act in this, or in any other case. If, then, w e are not responsible, w e have, as citizens.
no obligations to discharge in the premises. Whether slavery be bad or k1, we wa.-h our hands of it, inasmuch, as it is a nutter which the providence of God has not placed within our ju risdiction. But this is not quite all. As citizens of the United States, wc have solemnly promised to let it alone. We have declared that we leave to the States respectively .and to the people of the States, whatever thev have not conceded to us. This is.
by universal consent, acknowledged to be one of the powers thus left. We have, therefore, prom ised as citizens of the United States to let this alone. The concession has been made by both parties, and we hold the other party to it. Should the majority in Congress undertake to es tablish slavery in one of the free States, we should i!ead this very article us a bar to their usurpation. But, the shiveholding Slates have precisely the same right to plead it against us, should we attempt any legislation in the case. Both parties have pledged themselves to abstain, and neither can interfere in the matter without the violation of a solemn compact. In this refpect, therefore, the IVovidence of Ood, ami our own solemn obligations to each other, precluded any action whatever, f But I go still further. I hold that a compact j is binding, in its spirit, as well as in its letter. I The spirit of the compact, I suppose, imposes ! upon me the obligation not to do any thing for the purpose ol changing the relation of master and slave, except with the consent vi' the master. I have no right to declare the abolition of slavery in another State; I have conceded that this is to be left to the free choice of the citizens of that State. I have no right to do anything to interfere with that free choice. I have, therefore, no right to excite such a state of feeling among the s'aves that the master shallVe obliged, from physical necessity, to liberate his slaves, whrther he believes it to be right and wise, or whether he believes the contrary. This is as much a violation of the spirit of the compact, ns arbitrary act of legislation. The compact concedes that it is to be left to the free will of the States, and I oblige them to act in accordance with my will, and not in accordance with their own. This is a violation of clear and solemn obligation. I have no control over the manner in which my neighbor shall educate his children; and to interfere by physical force, in order to oblige him to educate hL children as I please, would be infamous.. But if 1 stir up such a feeling in his family, that he is obliged to follow in v suggestions in order to save t t himself from being fioisoned. I am equally infamous. The violation of right is as great in the one case as in the other. 1 1 a question has been left to mv decision, I claim the privilege of de
ciding it lor mvse'f. and I thank no one for de
ciding it for me; mm tlL'ltlir t 1 I. . ! i-l.?Vttl Jalll
il by plasical force. And it matters nothing to me, whether this physical force be exerted by my neighbor himself, or whether bestir up another man to exert it. In both cases, it is a palpable ami inso'ent violation of riirht.
lUit it may be said, granting all this, vet Con- I
cress hat a rulitt!) abolish slavery 1:1 the District i
Columbia, lleie we arc. therefoie, ie-ion- j
as this latter is the !ject I think it unconstitutional, because we have by the spirit of the compact bound ourselves to leave it to their own free will. Tint fret will we bare no right, either by ourselves or by others, to control; and we have no right to ue our owe.-, either of one kind or another, for this purpose. I th nk, therefore, we hnve ao riht to exercise the power which weposes for the accomplishment of this object.
j I ask, in the next place, was the power over the riTntrict of Colnmbii ceded to Congress for th;s
purpose? Did Maryland and Virginia ever anticipate that without their consent this ue wotld be made of it? Did the Southern States generally, when they became parties to this contract, suppose that this power would be claimed and used by Congress? 1 think that all thesr questions must be answered in the negative. If so, the right has not in fact been unconditionally given. It is a thing oat of the contract, so far as the animn$ of both parties were concerned. If it be so, although it may be granted by the letter, it is not granted by the spirit of the instrument,
and the right can not, without the consent of the
other party, be justly and honorably exercised. If I make a contract with my neighbor and by
the letter of that contract obtain a power to do
some act, which power he never intended to convev, I can not, as an honest man, avail my
self of it. To oo so j an act of knavery, and
every man of eound pnuciples would bo con Bider it.
Now, if it be so, it matters not what may be
the purpose, for the sake of which we propose to
take an unfair advantage. I have no more right
to impose upon ray neighbor, when I intend to use the proceeds of my trickery for the purpose
of benevolence, than when I luteud to use them
for the purpose of usury. The real question t
is it right for me to interpret the contract in this manner? If it be, I may ho interpret it, let me
do what I will with the gain. If it be not right.
I may not so interpet it, let my intention be what
it may in regard to the proceeds. That it would not be right for ns thus to interpret the contract, I think may be clearlv shown
by the results of an extension of the principle
contended for. It must be granted that the pow
er to abolish and the power V) establish, are the same. Now, Congress possesses precisely the
same power over navy yards, fortification?, ar jienals, lie, belonging to the General Government, that it ttossertses over the District of Co
lumbia. Many of these have been ceded to the
United States bv the free States, and are still
einlxisomed within them. Congress has precise ly the same right to abolish as tj establish slave
ry in all these, as it has to abolish or establish it
in the District. But would it be a just, fit and
proper exercise of this right, were Congress to establish slavery in all these little portions of ter
ritory? ere such a thing attempted, I ask any
candid man. whether we should not at once ex
claim that this power was never conferred for
this purpose; and that the contract could not be
thus interpreted, without overreaching and trick cry? Now I do not see that anv principleis involv
ed in the one case, that is not involved in the other. I say, therefore, that although the power
is con fei red by the letter of the contract, it is
not conferred by the spirit; and, therefore, we cannot use it honorably; that is, we cannot use
il at all.
t But if the riht to use this power he contin
gent, it may be a-ked, when will the contingency
arise in which we can rightfully use it? Ian wer: it mav ari?e in several ways. First, when
ever the Southern States agree to it, it will bo
proper to use it. Secondly, whenever Maryland
or Virginia, or either of them, shall abolish tlave-
ry, it will, I think, be perfectly right to use it.
The history of slavery in this country shows, that the line of demarcation between slave and free
labor has an ii resistible tendency to move south
ward. Right has a natural power over wrong,
and the advantages which it confers upon all par ties tend, of themselves to extend its boundaries
Maryland, but for untoward reasons to which I
will not here allude, would by this time, I believe,
have nearly freed herself from the evils of slave
ry. There can be no reason why Congress should
oppo.-e anv obstacle to the natural course of events in respect to this or any other change of
opinion. heuever the District would have be
come free, if it had remained a part of the
States by which it was originally ceded, then it
will not onlv be the right but the dutvof Con
gress to abolish slavery. Then we can abolish it
without anv infringement of right, and then, the
whole country, both North and South, must re joice in the act.
?ocial correspondence iT the Chicago Times. 1'roiu tVulim;toii.
ol'
t tie, and of course, under
proceed and calmly examine this question.
obligation.
Let us
U lint arr the f'tttilitf ionnl Ioter. of tons res Over (lie Institution of Slirr! I think it evident that, as citizens of the United State, we have no power whatever, either to abohsh slavery in the Southern States, or to do anything of Ii the direct intention is to aUI i-!i it. Whitoer power we ssess, as citizens of the United States, is conferred upon us by the Constitution. This power i.s not cenfeiTed upon u- t .v lh.it iusti tuneiit, and therefore it does not exist. Bat this instrumcjt has not only a positive, it has also a reg.itive pwcr. It not only grants certain powers, but iteipresdy declares (hat tho.-e ' not enumerated aic not granted. Thus il enacts tint all " I he mwcis i,. it delegated to the United States by the CoiistituiMji, itor pi ohil.iled bv it, to the Slates, are resened to the State, respectively . or to the people." Now. the abolition of laery being a power not confeircl. it is, by this article, f xprtvdv itl.Uld. Whatever power we may therefoie hae ucr slavtrv. a citizens of the neveral Slates, within our on limits rcsect . ivelv, we have bor.e, as citizens of the Timed States,. The majority of the e de f the I'r.ited States haw. in this respect, no pot-r ov r the ui.ia.rilv; r the nnnoiity In no er com t'.ed to ii.-i. tW.s ptoaer. Should all the Slates in the U'iU'ti but or.e, and that one the very smallest, ; abo'ih slavery; should the majority of one huu : died to oue ot the people of the United States ; l in 1'jror of its alKihtion,?till it would not alter i the case. That Sute would be as free to alx.'.ish j it or not aUli?b Ks it is now. This is a question , which ha never been sutmitted to the msjoritv j of the citizens tif the Un. ted State, and there-! fore tLe citizens of lüe United SiaUs. as citizens. ' have t.oih.i.g to d with it. j The nie tidng is o 'd-i,t. from the iui cur ! ory view of the cirvunisl it.t es under which the (.sutitutio:t was formed. lVoious to the rev... j lulioii, eaiu of lLe?e Siule waj4 tut iudrpvndcnt ; colony, constituted into a dtmct Gowti.tnent ! by charter from the British crow u. Kach colony was a (rovernmeut as dUncl from every other 1
ui though il had been a ti.otsauJ miles di-t.tt from all the ret; as distinct, in . 'act, as are the several West India I!.iid,s Iro-r the colony of Can uia, of Ne Zealand, or of a,bav. They all h!d of th Brilli crown, but 11 indej i.Joi.'t ' of each other, and the onlv bond of union by which thev were connected together was that
Vrogrr$ of Xrgro Worship at Yahinjton iYryrors tn be Unlisted in the Army a Soldiers How the litbch at Richmond gtt their AVirs of our Military Mocnnents General Joseph E. Jnhutton and KM), (KM) Rthd Troops at York town Stmujth and Extent of the Ixrfid Works there Progress of the Siege of Yorktovn up to April 10. Washington, April 12. ' It might be thought that enough had been done for the negro here by this time. But not so think the negroe's friends in Congress. They have set him free in the District of Columbia (so far as they can); they have a committee in session devising means to set him free in all the States; tliey provide bim with meat, drink and raiment, cotton handkerchiefs with the Declaration ot Independence printed fTicrcon, woolen shirts and straw hats; they invite them to the lectures at the Smithsonian Institute, und to come into
, inj i iii.miv one ii'i oc- 4. i . i . -.i .1 .i , , i i .i ii- f fGautier s and eat ice cream with them; the? ennicii less do I thank him for .t t t u i i "i r , , ii couraire them in shirking all kinds ol woik, in out of my hands, and settling f. . . , . " , i
Kiiiwe-s, in i in j '.IWI.-IH. e, in miu.w nisuiis to i.iuai in the streets; and now to crown all, they are going to mike soldiers of them. These negroworshipping philanthropists have suddenly discovered that down at Memphis and N'ew Orleans, at Mobile at Savannah, and in all the Southern States, it w ill be hot this summer! Their bowels of compassion yearn over our brave Yankee bovs accustomed to the cool breezes of Lake Michigan and of New England, now to be exposed to the ferv id heats of a torrid clime. Aud so they would have the negroes of the South enlisted, to fight
grant that Confess has j . . . o ....m ti : .i . :..
A. .i t- . , I i ni-r ii is not ai nie oouiu. i ileitis mi iiive in the same power oer the District as the Leisla- ' . ;,i , , . i , . Ti . , .. . :. ,. ,,' , ... . , . .n this, although it looks like one. I he measuie is tuie ot the several l5ates have over their own i . , , . . u- T, . .
iK iii tiM oe.ng pressen me ar uiu luiciu, and the pressure is greater th m that which caused officers of the army to be forbidden to return fugitive slaves, or that which caused slavery to be abolished in the District. Let not the country he surj rised, tl.rieloic, to le.un that the negro
wj.l soon be eligible to military honors. If tuch ' a measure should be jidopted it requires no j prophet to foretell the result. The white men of; the Noitliern Stdes who are fighting the battles j ot the Uniou will never consent to be so dc-1 graded. The absurd restrictions which have been pi iced ! upon the transmission and publication of war rews have not de; ried the rebels, in u single in- ; stance, of the speedy knowledge of our military movements. The rebels at Richmond get the . New York pipers regulativ on the third day af- ; ter their publication, and this they have done du- j ring the war without missing a single day. Thev S fs . . m-ike, id" course, copious extracts from them, parii'.u! irly tf the foreign news. But they do ' i ot and never did depend upon the newspapers for tin news of our military movements. Not a word was said in ai y of the Xerthern newspapers rtgarding the nio cinent to Fortress Monroe of j the greater part of the Union army of the Foto- ; hue until the actual operations against York-j town had commenced. Yet the movement ol the I army from Washington to Fortress Monroe w as ; known at Richmond from the very day it com- ' menced. The principal part of the Union army I
i Lrani In a tue
urn e-tnctive legislative con
trol ov er the District of Columbia h is been ceded i
to tue i n n c i stares.
St ites re;si lively. Thev have, therefore, the I power to abolish slavery within that District. Nay, I am willing logo farther I am willing 1 to allow that Congress has a light to alxiüsh slavery in the District. By right, I mean that thev hive the power, and that no legil obstacle : exists to the exeu-i.-e of that power. There is ii'ithing in the Constitution to forbid it. These is noth.ng in the act of cession to foibid it. Thd e is nothing in the Constitution and laws of the Stale- which does or which can forbid it. The cession to Congress was absolute and unre-trict-sl. On these points lam disposed to raise no ' question whatever. ; Cut it is always to be remembered, that it is one thing to say that a man hasa rij.it to do a particular act, and a very dillertnt thing to say that it is riidit aiid jo-t for him to d that 'articular act. Ti e rilit to do the act may be absolute, but the
fitiies
ri-ht m iv ! e t
ex u t tl
his children dur.ng their nii::or:ly . that is, he may do il. and there i- n- law to prwent it; nay, in doing it, the law will protect him from iiitetlerence. lut the justice of his exerci-ing this riht. is ceitainly conditional. He may do it just'v if it be nev-esstry for their common support. But it sure'v would te an atroai-'Us violation of justice it' he houM live in in lolci.ee and splendor and demand that they should thus labor to ruain-
t i:n him. Ye: if he -hould d o this he might plead
and propriety
ind iu.-
It ion il.
Mce o! exerci-mg that
A
e j er-oii.tl l.ibor of h
ui in Ii .s ,i riglit to s wife and also of
1 1 n mm. l e. u ne ivu i u. hi s ue mi.iu oie.i'i , . . t .- - . . , . . , . . ii .1 ot the I otcm ic, having retraced their steps from that lie has i tu: I to do thus, an I r.oh.dv cou.d t, . i in- f- . . . . " , . . . . i i -i i Manas s to tr.e.r old camps around v ashinton g .m. iy it. A father has a right oturn l..s c.nld- ,,y h. f. M t ,a u len out of h..s house when they be.-ome of age. ,i.e 17th. A great numUr of vessels
had t'ceii provided by the Go vcrnniciit. and in
and it mvv. under some ein um.stir.ces, üe ex er
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' . w "-pneiy ; om mis oy no u.e.... c., , , . .rflrnno-.eonimande-I bv Gen
but wou.d berght for pucnts a wavs to doso. ; tSumnort Gm Heutt!m,n, (;tn. jWr .jGeii. ! A patent, worth an tndopoiideat fortune. hw' Ke,rtllWl! to:rtej tt Fortress Monroe, the r.ght to bind out his ch..d as an apprentice to the mQtumit Culililiuill tj ,v arltr LItlll U was most loathsome and degrading occupation; lwt is p(m leleiL An.j it W 4, uutiI tue 'end id March ! th:s a r.ght which it is Mt, and proper and just at that Ue ut o- lUe io, (,x ddicrs had left AI- i all times to exercise? exandria. On the lMh i f March the commence-; It is manifest, then, that, granting a right to ment of the movement was known at Richmond, ' evisi iu the signification ainjve kiven, the ques- und the protess of the movement thenceforth : tien stiil remains is it a right, fil and proper and day by d iv was minutely und accurately known j jusi to be exercised? In other wcrds, although at the rebel capital. Daring the first diys ofl
e bae the lilit to u it. jet would it bo right April, a-s the Uuioii tr.opsi began to advance to and just br us to do it! This i rc ill v the ward Yotklown, it w.is no loiter a matter i-f
point on which il seem to me the whole question doubt to the rebel leaders what olject they h.d h:.'!es ! in v lew. I ask. then, in the rl pi ie, what is the eh- j But they had not looked n in tilence. Their ject of the act of u!iilion? Is it ultimate within capital w.is threatenel was in dinner. (Jen. it-elt? 1 it merely because, as citizens of the M tgruder was at Yorktown with troops, j Tii'.'.e J State, we are opposed to slavery in any : but that was not enough to resist 125.000. There j territory orer whicli we eierci-e juriliction? ; was no longer any tear of a Union army advanc- j Or is it f.. ,-the sake of something ulterior, that frm M inasVis. Their scouts had asceris, f-r the sake of creating such a state of things ( tuned tfut there were not 50.000 Union troops iu the si4Ve'aolding States that the citizen of between the Ripoah ni ock and the Bolom tc. lti thoss Sutes will tie obliged, whether they ap- j w.u uo time therefore for their gmnd army ol the j prove of it or not, to abolish slaverv? In mi far ' Fotomac, with Gen. J. K Johnston at its bead, J
to be dalljing: away their time on the banks of the Rapidan. Sixty-five thousand men, therefore, were withdrawn from the line of the Rarpalianrock and
taken through Richmond to 1 orktown. This movement commenced on the 2ö:h of March, and continued fi.r fifteen dtvs. Bv the 9th inst. they hal at Yorktown fully 100KX) troops. Cien. Ji s. K. Jo!inton himself rrocteded there on the I:h, and assume-1 the chief command. He was in command, therefore, at the time the assault commenced on Saturday last. The artificial defences of the ptace on the land ?iIe extend for a distance of six miles, across the narrow part of the peninsula between Yorktown ani the James river. The erection of these intrenchmenu was commenced lefore the battle of Big; Bethel, on the 10th of June lat, but at that time they were merely immediately around Yorktown. Subsequently, during the'montbs of July and August, when it was thought that Gen. Butler and Gen. Wool were preparing to advance on Yorktown, they were considerably extended towards the west and southwest. But in September it was plainly seen that no demonstration on the part of the Union forces towards Yorktown would be made during the fall or winter, and nothinjr more was done on the fortifications. Late in the fall, how ever, and while the roads were jet pood, over a hundred pieces of the heaviest artillery were sent down from Richmond to Yorktown, and were mouDted on the works' nearest to the town. Before this there bad been nearly as many guns
mounted there, but they were mostly guns of
lighter caliber. But all that part of the intrench
ment beyond a point three miles southwest of
l orktown is of quite recent construction, having been thrown up during the last three weeks. These are the weakest part of the enemy's defenses therefore, and it is here, if anywhere, that an assault would be successful. These recently made Entrenchments are of the same height and thickness as the others, but they have been more hastily thrown together, and, what is of far greater consequence, the guns mounted here are far inferior in every respect to those on the work nearer Yoiktown, and the artillerists in charge of them are not near so experienced. The pro press of the siege will show the correctness, or otherwise, of this information. The latest intelligence from the Uiooti army before Yorktown is up to Wednesday evening, April 9. It represents the troops in good spirits, and as having unshaken confidence in their leader, but as having suffered greatly during the dreadful storm of the preceding two davs and tights.
This suffering w as unavoidable in consequence of
the want of the means to keep warm or even dry. but it was shared equally bv officers and
men Indeed, the heroism of our troops under
such circumstances is sublime. It was expected that active operations against the enemy's arorks
would be resumed on yesterday, the 10th. It had been impossible, of course, to do anything during the storm, w hich had been of unusual du
ration and severity. This intelligence is not
marke! "omcial, but it is, nevertheless quite as
anthentic as that which will be furnished by the
some davs hence relating to the same events.
As a specimen of governmental accuracy and re
liability, take the dispatch that was sent all over
the country by telegraph alter Gen. McClellan
had begun to move on Yorktown on Saturday, A pi il f. That dispatch tore. in so many w ords,
the assurance that our troops would not meet with many of the rebels, or encounter any great resistance on the way to Yorktown. It was
marked "official," and the information purported
to come from (ten. ool. At this time every o!
ficer in the army before Yorktown knew that Gen. Magruder had at least 40,000 troops, and
that heavy reinforcements were pouring in from
Richmond, and that his defensive works were
most formidable. Special Correspondence of th" Circinn.itl fJazett.
From littburff Landing IN'ews down
to lVedneiljiy I'venlna: Last. FlTTSBlUO LaMUNC, TkNN I.SSF.E, Wednesday Eve., April 0. OrtRATIOXS ON TL'LSDAY.
The days after the battle have been spent in
burying the dead and collecting the wounded
Meantime no operations of any importance have
been attempted against the enemy. Last night
their rear guard was still within eight miles of us
If cavalry is ever to be of any use to us, then was
the tune to let it out. but no pursuit has been
made. Several regiments were ordered out ves
terday, on what I stipose was intended as a re-
coniioi.ssance. Ihevcame up to the rebel rear
cu.ird. made a push at it, and came back
something the worse for wear. There were cer
tain! v no signs in the movements there that the
retreat was a rout. KL'TI RE MOVEMENTS.
There are no present indications that wesre to
follow up our victory with the vigor nianv w il
doubtless expect. The army has passed through
a very severe battle, in which some of its brigades and regiments, and nearly all its divisions w ere more or less disorganized. "Weeks will be required to put the army in as good shape as it was before the battle. The roads, too, just now, are impassable. And it is understood that Gen. (Irant is not permitted by his orders to pursue, or to move from his present positions. It is said he couldn't have moved out to attack Johnston if the l itter had even come and leisurely pitched his tents within three miles of our lines. We are expecting Gen. Halleck by Friday night, or Saturday morning:, to take the command in person. He may go into things with a dash, but I should doubt it yet. He is taking command of a somewhat disorganized army. He will hardly risk his first movement with it, till it is again in good condition to meet the enemy. It will take some time too for him to familiarize himself with the minuter details of his position, to learn his officers, and, in general, get his bearings. At any rate there is no possibility now of our moving till he comes. THE GUNBOATS. It is barely possible there may be some complaint? about the gunboats killing; our own men in the cannonade on Sunday niht. It is true. I believe, that they did. An officer of one of them informs me that he estimates the number thus killed at twenty; hut it was better to loe those twenty than to lose the cannonade. Firing in the dark, and in the general confusion of our lii es, and the advance and change ef positions during the night, it is only wonderful that they did not do more of this unavoidable damage than they did. WHAT IT ALL AMOUNTS TO. Johnston and Beauregard attempted to drive us into the river, and the matter ended in our driving them off the field. Certainly it was not a defeat. But was it a decisive victory? Yea:e yet without facts sufficient to form a satisfactory opinion. If they were defeated so badly on Monday, as to turn their retreat into a rout; or if the killing of Johnston, the repulse of the great army on which their la?t spasmodic efforts have been concentrated, and the defeat of the pet i'-ea u regard whom they looked upon as invincible, should produce discouragement and demoriliz ition enough in their ranks to prevent their making a firm staid at Corinth; then the victory was or mi jj be made the most decisive of the war. Bui if ( as is insisted by those w ho ought to kr.ow best, ard as seemed to me, judging Irom all I could see and lean, to be the case.) their retie.it was coi.d ictel in good order and without confusion, and if they are able to perfect their defen-es at Corinth, and prep-are for vigorous re-istmce before we attack them, the greatest bittle ot the wur, instead of deciding anyining. w ill become mainly a success in regaining; camps from which we had been driven by a surprise. As to the fighting, the case is greatly in our favor. The rebels selected their time and place of attack, pouncci upon a far interior force, and performed a feat that military writers declare is impossible in a well disciplined army -effected a complete surprise. A stronger combination of circumstances against us could hardly be imag u;ed. Yet we finally repu!ed tl e m. I OMPAR VTIVE tOs-l-The balance of prisoners 1 against u. They took at one swoop the chief joitii.ris of three regiments. At various other times they picked isolated fracments of companies and squads. Altogether they must have from three to four or five thousand of our men. And to bead the list, they have one of our division Generals. We, on the other hand, took comparatively few. We have no definite figures vet, but five hundred, I should think, would cover the whole number. We have, however, a I rge number of the;r wnundnl, who are doubtievs regarded as prisoners of war, though riot included iu this estimate. Thev carried off what wounded thcr could on Sunday, but on Monday they were forced to leave nianv to fall Into our hands.
A New Party. Senator Doclittle, of Wisconsin, in a tjeech id the Senate oq Friday last said:
He believed that that party who inscribed emancipation with colonization, free homesteads
for white men in the temrr ite zone and for col
ore! men in the tropic, and a railroad to the Pa
cific ocean would be the party that will role the
future destinies of the country.
Bring out your banners.
T lie Ireldrnt on IUcnlaveiiientf The Washington dispatches to the Cincinnati
Commercial thus represent the President:
I give the precise words of the President, at an
interview with the Committee on Freedman's Association: "I am entirely satisfied that no slave
who becomes for a time free, within American
liues will ever be re-enslaved; rather than have it so, I'd give up and resign."
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DIED.
VTA-KFI Vl-1n Anrilllth. IsO. John Alrert. n
f f Rv. J. a. sn l M. K. Kunktlraan, agel 4 Jfars, 5 mouth, and 5 dar. T, r.,nrat rill k rO- from th English Lutheran
Church thin afternoon, at 13i o'clock. Services by Kv.
Mr. Ittckman.
MEDICAL.
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.
fllO LAPIF.S OF DKLICATK HEALTH OR IUPAIKED 1 nnrmiiitlnn nr t.i those bv whom an increase of
family is from auy reason objectionable, the umlersiirned wuuld offer a prscrtptiou which is perfectly reliable and af mi .hirh hi lirn nrescribed In various part of
the 014 World for the pat century. Although this article
la very cheap and impie, yeiu n wen pniopm oni pintbotiies and sold very extensively at the exhorbitant price of 5p-r bottle, the unJersigned propose! to fur.i.(.n..ru.in.fnrii.hv th rwsenion of which everv
lady can upply herielf with perfect safeguard, at any
drucftoreior taetnnmirsuni oi socemsperjear. auy . .. ....... 3 t-
physician or droprKt wuiteiiyou n upeneciiy uirmini, thousand of u-Mimoniml can l procured of iu elTicacy. Sent to any part of the world on receipt of fl.by address.
np. ITt. J.U. UhVr.KAl i,
F. O. BOX, s.O.ZJäJ,w nTn,viiir.etinui. uly22-dAw'61
NOTICE.
To iriom it Jlny Concern,
f JV) those who wi.sh to honor the memory ft departed 1 worth I would y that I have jut ftnish-d and set up at my shop. No I'll hast Washinsrton street, a bandKme Italian Marble Monument, which I will trade or exchange for a Lot in Mme convenient part of tbe city. aj15-dlw M. POYVXET.
CANDIDATES.
tsTWE AHE AUTHORIZED TO ANBOUNCE the name of JAMKS K. PLUMMER, as a candidate to represent Marian county in the next legislature, subject to tbe decision of the Democratic Couoty Convention. MANY VOTERS.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. 4 SAfJENT, I HAVE A LARGE VARIETY OF PROPEKTY in this city for sle and exchange lands iu tins county, also in various part of this State also iu all of the Northwestern States. Call and Jude fr yourself. K.FERGUSON, Real Estate Aent, aprl0-d6t No 24 East Washington ureet.
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-WALL PAPER.
WALL PAPES IN EVERY VARIETY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, -AT-
OHT.r, STEUtIlT V COSS.
LIVERY STABLE.
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njK-vllf WM. WILKlsuN, I'roj.ri.-tor.
PATENTS.
PATENT
CURTAINED FOR NEW INVENTIONS OF EVERT ß !-rri-tifn. Feei cnt;riz-iit mi sne". N patent no pay. S-iid for Cirru' r, piviiie t-rr;is, directions, Ac. Ad.:res AMOS URDADNAX. TinlK-dly Patent Attorney. Wariiincton. 1). C.
ACENT.
CiScorgc F. AVorlluntoii, AGENT POP. MILITARY CLAIMS. NO. V.i THIRTEENTH STREET, (NE LVjK FROM F, Whirjrton Cuy.
Trial or AttiLLrar. Yesterday, tum!ers of our citizens were attracted to the prf-und focr milc-si uujli of the citv, to witn.v5 the ttial o'the utis belonliiir to b.itteries in this vicinity. Three ivut.d.s erc fired with three puns at a t irget 3') jards dL-uut, and the result waii etninentljr mILf actor y .
H AVING EF.EN ENGAGED FOR A NUMhFR OK yearr in the wttUiont of hucb CU.m in re of tbe lo eminent Offices (from which he ha withdraw cw offers to attend to claim of auy kind that ir.ay be entrusted to him, Mich as tho for Pensions BocV.y, Arrears of Pay, Subsistence, Tran;ortatiou. C'iotbin?, and partienlarly for hordes, and other property lft r d Mroyed n the United States including cae. i f iinrreiae!tt, TUST I ?1 OMAL. We are w-!l acquainted w ith Mr. Wi rtiiinirton, and cbf rful'.y tenttfy that we know no A?ent in Whir.gtoa on whom rli'muili ran tr.ore or.fi'tOBtty r!y l h?i n him to eond'irt tfceir bu-inss with intejnty, capacity and if al. Si,i.- l HON. JoHX I. McPHERSOX, "I A-.'-t. S..lic:t"r'f I.'. S. Court of Claim. ) - HON. CHAS. B. CALVERT, s,--
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I;KV. Sil ITH IINK, H. IL COL. W. It ItANDDLPH,
Chief Cl rk I. S.Treascrtr'
I fully imli-rse tL above t-itno:iiI, qJ cheerfaliy aiiI cotif.driitly record nu-i.d Mr. Wonhinjrton to my brother tfficers and cldierIa Ktntucky and eWwbere, and to all ethers harin claims araiwt the Government. rrobno man has a nvre thorourh kuowlejjof War ClaiaulLan Mr. W and forxeal and interrity he has not a fupertor. T. R. EVERETT, ajr7-rj!n Captain, A'tjt. General's Dept.
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$5 0,000 WORTH OF SFRXlsrO STJMLÄER XR,"5T GOODS OPETTINQ AT NO. 5 EAST WASHINGTON STREET,
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nt? invß att. TilP l.ATIC XOTFLTIES IN DRESS fiOOIrS ivrira ctit i- VOR THE 5ritIN(
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AM ENDLESS VARIETY OF HOSIERY, GLOVES, EMBROIDERIES AND NOTIONS,
CALL ATVX JUDGE FOlI VOUKSKLVKS
M, H, GOOD, Proprietor.
MEDICAL.
For the speedy and permanent cure of GONORRHEA, GLEET. URETHAL Dl.CHARGKS, SEMINAL WEAKNESS. NIGHTLY EMISSIONS, lNtXlNTtNANCE.C.ENITALIRRITAlUUTY, GraTel.Stricture.and ASectlons of the Kidneys and bladder wtiitU baa Iwru u.sul by upward of one hundred physicians IX THEIR TRIV ATE PRACTICE, WITH ENTIRE St'CCESS, nuMfrelinfC Culx-bs Copaiba, Capu!s. or any iiher compound hitherto known. BELIES SPECIFIC PII.I Are j-eedy In action, often effcting a cure In a few days, and when a cure is eflected it is permanent. They are prepared from vegetable extracts that are harrnlesa on the system and never nauseate the stomach, or impregnate the breath; and being ut;ar-coatcd, all naiwou taste is avoided. No change of diet is necessary whilt Usinntbein; nor does their action interfere with burinest pursuits. Each box contains Fix dozen Tills. PRICE ONE DOLLAR, And will be sent by mail, post-paid by any advertised Afcent, on receipt of the money. Sold by Druggists generally, i None genuine without mv signature on the wrapper. J. BRYAN, RocheMer, X. Y. General Agent. t& T0MUNS0N A COX, Agents for Indianapol Julyl9-dA w '61 LWORTAXTTO LADIES.
TAKE NOTICE.
DR. JOHN HARVEY, HAVING FOR UPWARD OF twenty 3'cars d oted his profi-Ksionnl time exclusively to thetreatmertof Feniulc Difff lcultiet and havlniTstirceed! In ihousands of cases in restoring tbe anik-ted to sound health, has now eDt ire conßdeiice n offering publicly his "(Xrcal .imcriemi Ilcmctty," DR. HARVET'S CHRONQ-THERMAL FEMALE PILLS Which have never yet failed (when the directions have been strictly followed,) in removing di acuities arising from OBSTRUCTION, OR STOPPAGE OF NATURE, Or in restoring the system to perfect health, w hen suffering from Spinal Affections, Prolapsus, Uteri, the Whites, or other weakness of the Uterine Organs. Also, in all case of Debility or Nerroas Prostration; Hysterics, Palpitations, Ac, w hieb are the forerunners of more serious di. ease. jV These pills are perfectly harmless on the. const! tution and may be taken by the mostdelicate female without causing distress, at the same time they act like a charm by strenxthening, invigorating and restoring the system to a Wealthy condition, and by brinrinn on tbe monthly period with regularity, no matter from what cause the obstructions may arise. They should, however, not be taken during the first three or four months of pregnancy, thouKb safe at any otber time, as miscarriage would be tLe result. Each box contains 60 nils. Price tl, and when desired will be sent by mail, pre-paid by any advertised Agnt, on receipt of the money. Sold by Druggists generally. J. BRYAN, Rochenter. New York, General A Rent. TOM LIN SON 4 COI, Agents for Indianapolis. julyl0-diw61
COIV FID E IV T I A I
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YOUNG MEN WHO nAVE IX-
i JUKEI) themselves ly certain secret habits, which unfit them for business, pleasure or the duties of married life;
jjtSP also, middle-aged and old men, who,
from the Collie of youth or other causes, feel a debility in ndvMii-e of their year, before placing themselves under the treatment of any one, bhould first read "THE SECRET FRIEND." Married ladies wi 1 learn something of importance by perusing "Tmic Sf.crkt Kairxn." S'nt to any address, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of Ten Cents. DK. STUART A CO. can be consulted on all diseases of a private or confidential nature, from 8 A. 31. to 9 T. if., (Sundays from 9 to 11 A. M.,) at th ir office, No. 13 East Third street, up-stnirs, between Main and Sycamore, opposite the Ilenrie House. Address DU. CHAS. A. STUART CO., mch2I-dAwly-is-'62 Cincinnati, Ohio.
flHF. UNDERSIGNED HAS THIS IAT rclX'HASFt) the SKckof Go.h1 owned by E. A. Hall, in the O-U Ftllows' pjiilding. No. 7, and will nftw keep a complete aortsent of tbe latest tj le of Good. a;d will keep r perienced workrm-n to suu a! I tbe old customers a eil as the iu w ones, w hom lismhcti U cive Lira a call h f rc purchasing lseber. 11 will aUo keep a goud assort -attent of Men's and Boys Clothing: ON HAND. AI n tjood Mock ot rurnitliiii); Don't forget the place, Odd IYIIoivn' Hall, IVo. 2, WASHINGTON STREET. Janl3-d3n
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Juki I'vhfinhed in a ial'd Knrslop. TRICE SIX CENTS. 4 LECTTRE on the Nature, Treatment and Radical Cure of SrMsnnatorrhea or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Emissions, Sexual Debility and Jmpcd.nunts to murriitpe gem-rally. Nervouness,Consumption, Epilepy and Fits; Mental and Phvsicnl IncaDacitv, resulting from St If-Abuse, Ac By ROBERT J. CULVERWKLL, M. D., Author of the Green L1-, fe. A Eoon to Thousands of Sufferers sent tinder seal in a plain envelope, to any address, post paid, on reeeipt of six cents or two posture rtanips, r y I)r. CIL J. C. KLINE, LV7 Bowf ry, New Ytric, rostofT.ee Itox 45S6. ipr3-lAw3ia is
AGENCY.
r. W. LKATUER (iKO. CA.RTKR ....... D. S. MKKaXAJ( iAttllurs, Carter llcliernan,
Being connected with a Military
iC?sV Acern-y at asLiipton City, are.
kJY able to give prompt attention to the
col lection and securing of Pensions "
B;rk Pay of deceased end dii-char:fd soldiers, and all the claims and demands a? a inst the Government. Iwns residing in any part of the State may have their claims secured by addressing them and station particulars fully. Oflire si Fast Washineton street, in tbe secou! building wfst of th Court House square, In-li.inapoii. Jnd. Rrrnr.MT.s Gov. Morton, Noble, JJsj. Gen. Wallace, Brig.fJen. Dunroiit, CiL John Coburn, Judge Perkins, Supreme Court. ap9-dly
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THE UNDERHILL BLOCK F0R SALE AT REOUCEO PRICES. D'-sirabie BaiHing Lots fronting onPeun-ylvauia, Ivlaware and Mirbiraa t..
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MICHIGAN STREET. miiK PRXB OKTHE ABOVE PIi)PKKTY OSaHCUI'iAX AM DKUW.IUK MUKKTS II IS LKKN U..C"a.D J from 1 45 per W to S per f ot- On rrnnsy lam from ti', to il per Uu aiiUtL-cheipea anJ m.t desirable vacar.t property la th dy, by 3 per cmt., north tt Wahiagt!i, between Ilhöi. I-Uwar and Snh sueel. wtkh U te center of lndMiiapuli. Partie wL-hii.g uior than 40 fet can have a part f the next lot. TERM S One fc rt h ea-h, balaicin 1, J and 3 y.ar. wiü at-nual interert. For furtaerluform-lioncaa at i-joS over Talb.t' Jewelry S:re. U. TsKklSH. Indianapolis, lo-Uana, February J, IpCI febl-dtfei