Daily State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 3802, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1862 — Page 2

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aM, who rrI for Mr. Linlrr, mi from wbrtrtT I Ian ' airva ry nuotrd, mw to this nrgumn: as foM-nrsr.1 ' .r Y7e an?"contiitiilin for the portMitat'tn tJTlV ?jesi ender tli coanhntV.n. : If not, 0 mjt be in r,o!stiori of It, m I wltl.oit cndioaiof law, in which ctnc JcfT. DariY gnyrmmnt" is jn.tt fw legitimate fis oars, and th? refI Stated art the Unit". 'States as much as the Northern Stated ' "Were I to make, this statement, it mi!t bet cwnideml a c!L.oyal; but corning a it does, from New England, I presume it will be received a ufTickjitly loyal. Sir, thee excue for direanliii;r, and trampling under foot, our constitution, are the darkest spots on the d.trket cloul which now hang over our Lacerated and bleeding country. I regret the diactmion of auch gubjects in Synod, but the remarks I have made have n"crsarily grown out of the disctision of the pajer before u. And now. Sir, in conclusion, I have only to say that, while I nmt, as a member of this jtiflicatory, vote against this paper, yet, a. a citizen, I shall ever lc found in favor of the reunion of States, with equal rights to all; but, as a church court, we have no authority to adopt the paper under discussion. The church is forbidden by her coatitution to intermeddle with civil affairs. She has a more glorious mission ; her work is to preach the gospel to every creature, that rebels everywhere may be won back to their allegiance to Go!. It is only while eriigeil in her appropriate work, she can claim the Divine presence anl blowing. Political actions and discussions Deliladike, shear her of her strength. It is only when free from u I alliance with Ct-zar, ami It-aninj for mpMrt only nn tho ami of her Divin Jxnl. that ah appear "fair o the moon, cKir as the sun, and terrible as an army 'Witii ianiiT. DAILY SENTINEL. TUE Ü.NIOJ5 fT UK I-IIKMKKVKI. Jirtxn. TIIUUSDAV MOHXINC.DKC. 11. Tiling to ( oniilr. The people of Indian and Illinois have en grahed in their Slate Constitution a clause which prohibit the entrance of free negroea from other State, and penalties are attached (or a violation of J liia cxclusiou. Thin the ;:'! e line decreed by m separate role at the ballot box, and the ma jorities id favor of it were large and overwhelm iiifj. In thi St-ite it was u,arl of ninety thou

N.fcind in Illinois ne.irlr as large. yi

The people meint that a free nero population wm not desirable in their States, and htve said so with an emphiMi.-. Their exclusion ia absolute, and not to le changed by anj legislative einctment. It ptand.4 till the Constitution iuelf ia changed. Now, if thia right ia ronceile! to the people of the free States, is it not hard to force upon the Southern Statea a population from which we ourselrci revolt? Mr. Lincoln's proclarmtion not onl? fon-es free ncgroSm upon the South, but it liberate a vervile population in the midst of the whites, and compels the whites there to submit to thai which LixcoLs'sown Slate (Illinois) rejects. In deriding in tavorof the policy of the proclama lion, do not Republican condemn their c wn State laws? Are they In favor of changing our State Constitution, and permitting free or emancipated negroea to come here, without let or hindrance? If not, why hould they decide for the people of Kentucky or Tenneee a policy which beloDgs to thone State alone? Christian roter should consider how far they

are acting on the "golden rule," in thus forcing . upon other communities that which they have re jected for thennelvc. Kvery man will judge of the humanity of a proclamation which gives to aixtreu State the right of excluüion, and denies the same right to fifteen others, equally entitled t a choice. The Democratic policy of the Union as it was is tie only one which will brin ptace. prosperity and stability to the Government. All tUc will end in national disgrace, continued civil war, and the bankruptcy of all elates of our people.

The utermedrillrtv ot KcclBiittlcwl Court wilt Civil Affair. The Syuod of InJiana, (Old School l'rebyterian.) met at tSrcenburg, this Stile, on the IGth of October lat. Immediately after the or gauization, the Rev. K. D. MücMaTkR offer eil a paper upou the subject of slavery, designed as an expression of the Synod in regrd to the civil affairs and political difficulties of the nation. It was adopted by a majority of thtt Kcclei mtical Court, and read as follow: The Synod of Indiana, in se.ion at (reenturg, tk-t. It?, ItW. reionizing the m.mitvdd and grievous evil of the civil ar, by which the ration is convubed, and it very cxNt-nce threatened, aa the righteous judgment of (5d upon it for its national sins, and especially lor its complicity with and support of the teiu of slavery eiLting in many of the States," for the instruction and guidance of the people under it own pastoral care, and all men to whom its voice mar come, deems it its duty to declare: That the nation has :io right to expect that God will turn away fron the nation his judgment until the nation shall have, w iih sincere and gUy repentance, turned from the sins by which the judgment has lwei provoked. That it is, theiefore, the imperative duty of the citizens of the nation, while humbling theiuelves under the mighty hand of (Jod, and confessing their own sins and the sin of the nation, supplfcating hi mercy upon it, tv urge upou the National Government the exertion of the whole power with which it is legitimately invested, whrtber under military law or otherwise, to wiih draw the nation from all complicity with and suppoitof slavery. That it is the aucred dutv of the whole not.l all the means in their possession and to the w hol extent of their power, to sustam and su'.'xrt the! oufrniinmi in an lawful and iut tuiir. f..r r the supjTcsion of the traitorous rebellion, which i his been originated and suuincd in the interot : rf slavery and daverj prrrv,gandism an-l dond i nation. i Against this action of the Svdk1 the following protest was entered and admitted to record: The undersigned are constmioed to nrote-t againit the action of Synod in adopting the pa per on slavery, prejenttl by the Rev. K. D. Mac-1 Master, D. I.. for the follow lu- reasons: I 1. We believe it is not the province of Svnod ! to determiue the special National sin whkli h is brought u;on us "the civil war bv which the n ! tion iacouvulsed." " I 2. We deny that Synod has any right to pre-' criov "ii ciiirens of tlie ntjun what they ought "to urge the National Gorrrnmect" either touo or to leave undone 3. This deli terance on the subject of slavery,, being, as we believe, a r!iticil nuestinn. U in i u.rect cor.tr i vention of the Constitution of our B I ."..-.-..f mr aurca. wrocn SMTS, (Clian. 31. J .s-co-is an 1 councils are to hand! m,b.,i. -- -.x ' VIA I 14 V4 V oUia.; but that which ia eccle-i -tic.il. r.d are not to mtn..l,!!t u t-,T, .flir,, wh j, rt, feres the ctnm.CLwe.tUh. 4. We believe it unwh its tendency being j to do.Uact our churches .nd create dlfLsSOtl iiaoog the raemtcn thereof. 1AVD STkVKtX, J- J. SutTHF, Host. M an a ll, HxsaT Dim ah c, Jsmls M Caitrsin., CuaELt A XTCLL. The spositloa of thnr. Mr. McMtTt

"c.tal arm atvl iitrrtrt:r.g tIiuM,w. not

on,J uPn f; jr. 01 r.n am nuty of an ecu ?ia?icii court to ititr;cre tr e cirii political aft'iir- which cr.ccra the Coai mo n wealth, ati-i e'pcia.Ijr iu jrouece to deteTmir.e what irtklar national tin had ineurifrithc Dirine dieutt ami truaght upn thccoautry th calamities il is cuSeria. The Ker. Datid Stti$o.i, of ihW cIiytooViTeci!l prrHjil against tJw actio of the SynoJ, an gv reuouf therefor ia a tjwch of uWh!l ability and force. lit request we publish the rem irks of Mr. Srrrtxwx, which will fotjr on the first p.ir of to-Jaj' piper, mi ivio eipresaioti to (he iera of the minority of the ÖtikxI aaint iu artion, and to correct the m:a.ifprh4riaiori which hare be?r in.Iij.trioualj circulated a to the motif es and reon which influence! them. However rauch the reier way differ with the ponhionü of Mr. Stcrjv.f, uo one can red hU argument without roneedinj; the Kilit? ( c'eriie and earnestness which chtracterizea it throughout. ltO.T3 XII K OL Til. TXie Urkfl View Prrkldcnt on b War A. II Stephens rotde a apeech at Crawford rille, (Ja., oaie weeks since, which we find reported in the Aiguta Chronicle. Tlie present war. he aaid, is emphatically the people's war. It is the effort of one people to blot another from existence, and it become. every man in the South to exercise every capacity in aiding the army which is preventing his becoming worse than a serf. In his appeal fur contributions he alluded to thoc whose pursuits, jofitious or opportunities hd enabled them to make money in thee times. Opportunitiea to realize unuual pro tits uj-on labar or capitil, in particular pursuits or trades. were incident of hII war, and this- tie was no exception. These were evils of war. They offered gret temptations to frail human nature. ThfM temptation tj everj one liouM be re-fi.-letl as the ippnwchw of tlie fuul licrnl. Ou the geueral sutject of our ireut conflict, involving, h it docs, our i'i'liviJunl i weil as national existence, he said all wars were calamitie t!i erejtet that can tfall a potIe. except. s perhaps, direct tisitntious from rruvider.ce, Jtich as fam:nc. plagues and pestilence. 1 hegieater the war, the cr5.ter the c.l inity. This war ia preitcalimitr. All ltd it. It is the greitest war, and wn(l on the gre.itet acale, of any aiuce the birth of Christ. The history of the wor'.J. not excepting" the cru.-udes, furnishes no parallel to it iu the prc.-ent. Tho repnibility and guilt of it must be fear ful somewhere. As great calamities ns wars are. they arc, however, oinelitiie. iiecejary. Often forced by the highest dictates of patriotism like "oflenscn" we ore to'.d of thev nometimes needs come. They are, however, never right or justifl able on both side. They mar be wrong on both aides, but can never be right on Ixjth sides. Un just wars, by the unanimous consent of civilized men, nie held, as they should be, in condemnation and leprob itioii. People, therefore, as well as their rulers, to whom such high trusts are con fided, should look well to it and cc that thev ure right oriole appealing to this I tst and mo.-l ter rihe arbitrament of arms. Some thought, on this subject, Mr. Stephens said, might notbe outof place, even liiere. These he dwelt upon at some length, showing the justice of our cause and the wanton aggression of the enemy, lie traced the history of the conti o rersy between the Southern and Northern States, the principles and uutureof our Government, the independence Hid sovereigntf of the States, and the right of each to control its own destinies nod act for itself in the last resort, us eacli Slate might think best for itself. It was wholly irauia terinl, he aaid, iu considering the question of riht and justice, now to look any further than the solemn act of the States of the South, after mature deliberation, ench acting for itself in its sorereign capacity. Each State had the right thus to act; and wheu each fcr itself had thus acted, no power on earth had the right jually to gainsay it. This was was waged by the North in denial of tuts right and for the purpose of conquer and subjugatiou. It was, therefore, aggressive, wan ton and unjust. Such must be the judgment of mankind, let its results be what they may. The responsibility, therefore, for all its sacrifices of treasure and blood heretofore, or hereafter to be made in its prosecution, rests not upon the ooum. Mr. Stephens said that soon after the first battle of Manassas, duty called him to our camps uear that point. He went over the ground on which that w'ontlict had taken place. The evidence of the late terrible strife were utill fredi and visible all around. The w ide spread desolation, the new made graves and the putrid animal rem tins, not et removed by the vultures, fully älteste! what n aceae of blood it had been. While surveying the hills and defiles over which the various "column of men ami the enemy passed, and were engaged on that memorable day. among many other things that crowded themselves upon his mind were two dtiug expressions rerted to h ive been uttered in the midst or the battle. One whs by a soldier on the side of the cnemv. who, fallen and weitet in in his blood, escl-nmcd: "My ud! what is all this lor?" The other was by tlie lamented Rartow, who aaid, Roys, they have killed me, but never give it up." These t'o exclamations were made at no peat distance apart, and jerhaps ne ir the "nine time. "What i all tlii for?" Mr. Stephens said he could hut think the quetion was pertinent to both side, .uid most pertinent from him who utlercd it, addressed to all hi invading' comrades, rind tho.-e wh ent them. Well might he there, in the agonies of death, in the din and dust of strife, in the clangor of arms nn 1 the thunder o artillery. k. "What is all this f r?" Why this array ofarmie? Why thi tierce meeting in mortal combat? What i all thi earn ige and slaughter for? The vme question is tili as pertinent to those who are waging this w.ir against us as it was then. The question, if replied to by the North, can have but one true answer. What is all this for on their part but to overrun the principle upon which their own Government, ns well as ours, is based to leverse the doctrine that Governments derive jut pow ers from the consent of the governed?" What is it for but to overturn the principles and practices of their own Government from the beginning? That Goteruaieut w is founded ami baed upon the political axiom that all States and people have the inalienable right to change their forms of Government at will. The principle was acted en in the recognition by the United States ot the South American Re publics. It was the principle acted on in the recog trtion of Mexico. It was acted on in the struggle of G.eece to overthrow the Ottoman rule On th t f jbe-tion the gre itcst constitutional expounder of the North, Mr. WeMer, gained hi first laurel as an American statesman. The principle w acted on in the recognition of the Govern'?enl . , IilU'J'. the overthrow of naries.. oi rrance. ami acam in trie ieo"totlouof the Lunartine Government, cn the overthrow or luis rhtllippe. in 4". At that time evf v man at tl. North in Congress, save one, Mr. Stephens believed, voted for the principle The same principle was acted upon, without dis rent, in lZI. in the recognition of the Govern n;ctit of Louis Napoleon. The same principle was acted on in the recognition of Texas, when he eceded or withdrew irom the Government of Meiico. It is asked on the side of the South. Whit is all tvis for? The reply from every breast i, that it is for home, for firesides, for our altars, for our birth rights, for propeity, for honor, for life iu a word, for everything for which freemen hould live, and fcr which all deserving ti be freemen should be willing, if need be. to die. In winterer trials and sacrifices this war tu tv brin upon us, when the thought of "What is all this l.r?" comr the mind, recollect th.it it is, on our ran, for everythim: most dear and sacred: nt;d - v.whatever reverses mar await us. in a tru?'-!e for such vtjefs, let the wathori of the lot rur tivorbe, "Never gitc it t.p:' Let the wi rid know, anil hl-torv record the iuct. if such -hfuM be our unhappy late, that, though our tut;trv mav be invadei'l, our lands laid wate. our cities sacked, our property desiroyel. the j-eople of the South could die in defense of their rights, but they could beter be conquered. FSfFoniey and the other parasites crack the pnrtv whip loudly. They say that every officer of the tiovemment who does not sustain all the acts of the Administration, emlr4-iug the pe culiar principles of the Kepublicaii party, will I required to walk the j link.

Ptilaaiter Osnerar Reprt The rport for this jeir exhibits a very healthy Cntncvl cooditi't of t! e Tot 'fne Department, arid show it U be tiioroughlr iut predated with the spirit of 5ci'ruTea,nl. TheeSliiriencT of the service Las been maintained at the higlie.-t point, accompanied by a great diminution of expenditure. - . ..... The gross revenue of this Dprtroent for this &ca.) . j er .including, the, Unding Treasury credit tor free mail matter, st.4 a small amount a rpo fritted for the relief of individuals, was $'J.QV2M3 13- - The ex9endtur for the same year amounted to $11.12: .31 1 13 The regular pxtal revenue for lbG2 is only $3.047,S4; les thin it was for the fiscal year l!CI. during a Urge put of which yeir revenue was paid in

from all the State ( the Union.' This fact shows a Urge increase in the corresndence of the toy At States. Whiie the rctenoe hare been sunetrly sustained at the hip he t .Uodi rd, the expenses have been largely icdured. For the iTecedingjeartLeexjnditurewiS 4Q,4?1(J1 93 gre iter than last year. The following comparison of Egures Is interesting: Kxprxliturea for 1S60 for rvk ia all S:.tr tl4.ftTI.T71 8 Reverse for th au year ls,nC7 iO Ifirlertcy Kipendit :rr fir 11 (errice Intermpttt In Groa revBti fur 1S1 (rrric iutfrruptet tnll) iVrOclrocy. ..................... . fl3.60S,7S9 11 a67.C3 Tl KxjjenJitnre f.r I3C2 Keretiao for 1-C2..... ,012,5 ca PcSfirtiCy f 2.U2.8U 57 Relartion f rxprtxliturt as ecmpared witii 10 M.TtMO 00 Reduction of ti pemliture as eompsrrd wHUlsei 2,431,391 00 The Department has not been, for many years, so nearly sell sustaining. Ti e result i largely owing to the suspension of postal expenditures in the South, which were greatly in fires of the po?ial tecripta there, but bot Alone to that. A revision ot ult Uiccrctiouai j expetie- ha been mide, .Uni large rcduttiuns unlered. The par of wem has been regrnded and einsitze jfconnmy haa been established in the hirger ofSces, where wa.te was fouml. It:cum,etency, wherever fouml in (T)c!al xjition. Ii been remnveJ, od an e.Toit made to adopt n stand i tU of merit and of administrative efficiency, in lieu of other and inferior motives for wppoii.ttneiit. The l'orttn?tcr General expresses his determination to adhere to this course. The number of po.-tse stamps issuetl to Pot-t-m.i.tcrs during tlie ye-r 25137.105: the numher oi vUmpeJ envelopes was 2 l.s-rIi.."(K. The value of these utamps was $7,07G,lr; the v:duc of the letter envelope as f.733 2Ü5 50. The value of the stamped newspuper wrapper is $'2.1,6-! W). The increase ot issue over 11 i Cl.14 l.K8 27, and the total value sold was $CJ 10,131 cJ. The increasing demand on the part of the public for the stamped newspaper wrappers shows that their introduction has satisfied a public demand ar.d promoted the convenience of coi rCfron!cnce. In the fin-t quarter of the current year, ending the 3Uth of September, the number of stamps issued to the Postmnaterfr was 104.tH)f ,000, their call being for about 200,000,01)0, which would have been nearly sufficient to mc-t the usual deinintl for a year. This extraordinary demand aroe freni the temporary use of these stamps as a currency, in view of the smillcr denominations of specie, and ceased w ith the introduction of the so called potal currency. The difference be tween the value of ft.imps o!d and stamp cancelel in the fiscal yejr, 102, show $73-?,.l79 96 as the amount iu the hands of Postmasters on the 1st of July, lbG'2. The whole number of devd letters received ar.d examined during the year was 2.22,0 1 H, which is 207,000 less than the rrcvious year. The whole number of valuable letters scut out by the dead letter office was 51 ,20. Many interesting details are given iu the report touching the operations of this oflu-e; but of 21, 401 cases wlieie the causes of non delivery weie ascertained, only 223 were attributable to the the fautt of Postmasters, aud b'22 letters had no address whatever. Congress, at its first session, passed nn act authorizing the employment of twenty-five additional clerks to facilitate the return of dead letters to the writers, with the expectation that the receipts of postage thereon would cover the appropriation or $20,000 made for their compensation. The result thus far shows ati excess of revcuue theictiom over the expenses, that has accrued, to the amount of beverul thousand dollars. The whu'e number of postofliccs in the United Stabs retnatninz established on the 30th of Juue, ltG2, was 2,75, of which thvrewerein the loyal States mid Districts 19.1)73, and in the insurrectionary State and Districts there were 8,1)02. The net increase in the established offices over last )ear was 121. The number of cases actel upon bv the appointment office during the year was 7,7?.V The total postage assumed on tha United States ur.d LurojxMii mails during the year amounts to $1,111.01)3 b2, being a reduction fioui the amount of the previous year of &217,1)1) 5d. Of the total amount collectetl, the excess collected in the United States was$212,o07, oU, which constitutes the balance paid to the several foreign departments, the cost of exchange being p aid by the United States. The Post mas ter General objects to the cost as inequitable, ami proposes to iclieve the Department from this burden. The mail le'tings, which went into operation on the first of July last on the Western division, were cffecied on such fat orabte terms, ns compi re I with the pievious letting, that n reduction of expenditures resulted to the amount of $331,000. At the same time the length of routes w.is increased bv G.IJ'J miles, with an annuil increase of transtiortation of 75-1.42 ; mile. The total annual cost of inland service in op eration on the 3Uth of June la-t was $3,."53,. 1, j to which add the cost of the v:iriois agencies. route, local messengers, c, $lW),b.i0 V2, and the cost of sen ice at that date is $(i,.'tl4,4n Ü2, which includes Jl.OOO.tHtO for the inland route, not before chirged on the revenue of this department. He discourse ihe use of the mail for transmitting tnonev, and i eaks favorably ot a limited money onier svstc m, ntul of an amendment to the registry sjstern, by which h reiutu leceipt hail be sent to the dispatching party as evidence of the fact and date of the delivery of his package. The public attention is called to the great importance of good postal officers lor a successful administration of the depart mint. If Postmasters and their tletk are selected without chief rcfeience to their efficiency and personal fitness, no amount of good legislation will secure public satisfaction. An energetic, faithful and efficient Postmaster, devoted to the interest of the service, should be sustained as long as he illustrates these qualities in the iidministrittion of his office. He attributes the success of the English system largely to the permanent character ol their officers, aud their peculiarity with law and regulations, and rcrrets the es tent to which other motives to appointment have prevailed ia this country. He u rires a return to tlie old standard of honety, capability and fidelity, and anticipates more public sati.-f ictiuii and administrative success fiotn the adoption of such a principle than from any other single act of reform. He uses the fob lowictc lai.uune: "It is my iuteution to adhere fully to lit tie termination to displace incompetency and indifference wherever fund in official position under my control, without any diciimitation in favor of apjK.intmeiiU which I m i v myself have made under misinformation of facts." A N'tr.Eo'sOpiNio or a Niogek WoaHirEa. -The Anglo African, a New York jxijer owned and eJited by negroes, is angry with Iiev. Henry Ward P.eecher for some rem irks, and pitches into him thus: Yet there is some allowance to be made in the cae of Mr. Heecher. He is a born rowdy; he is by nature a "subterranean" after the strictest sett of the Mike Walsh cbo.l,- he is linked with the proveür.ff instinct- of the Democr.irr by af fin'tt:es, which grae ha m-t vet overcome. Hence, when a nesro cimt- up before his ex ctel imagination, he only sec something to butt agaiitt, a the maddened bull iu Ihe Spanish arena, i hese peculiarities speak out in his gait and manner in the street, where we never meet him without the mental exclamation (bei ort- we htve recjgTiized him,) "There comes a stupendous rowdy, who must have been on a batter last nuht." GT It is calculated that at least 700.l0 hegt rill be cut up in t liicagn thi -easorv

rrora tb Wah!r.jrton Star.tw. 4. On mt eerrtairjr ütMiiton'a Vlrtlma

Mule I de mt Copt. i:ltvod. Xcsterdtv Burning at atwut 3 o'ebek, one of the attendant of tne prison in DulT Green's R-,w ! (tear Ut Old Capiud Pristm.) where prisoners arrested by order of the Secretary of War are confined, went to the room where Captain Johu Elwood. of the recuUr army, was kept, carrying the Utter 'a food, heu hs found Km lying on the fl or. dead, having two severe cuts on each side rBi throat, which were inflicted by an or-j dinar pocket-knife held srhtly In tn of his hands; the corpae was cold and stiff when found, ! " act having probably Ukeu place some injur before. The fact was at once reported to the War Department, and yesterday afternoon Col. Dostor, 1'rurost Marshal, iejes.led that the usul iu. quest be held. T he Coroner accordingly sumlaoned a jury, and last evening, after hearing the evi5ence of persons about the prison knowing anything of the circumstance of the affair, a verdict was returned saying that he came to his death from wouuds inflicted by his own hand. Car. El wood entered the rerular army from civil life, being appointed from Ohio. Up to six weeks ago, since the begirding of the war, he had bevu doing duty in connection with receiving, weiring in, and disposing of the recruits teaching here from time to time, including swearing in entire regiments not sworn in previous to reachin In the disc ha i re of the-e duties, about six week? before his death, he was arrested by an officer of the Provost Alaob.tl of the War Department, charged, it is said, (though no charge against him has, so far, been made public, that we have heard of,; with oeculation iu collusion with the claim agency firm of Hell & fSlisser one an old Paymaster' clerk, and the other an old Quartermaster's c!tk to defraud the Government ia nuking payments to them on Gov eminent acce tints. From the moment of his arrest, according to what is said to day around us, he was, bv order, placed in solitary confinement, and wis not permitted to tee any one up to the time of hi uiei'le, except the servant or Attendant earning him his meats. We do not, however, know whether this is true or not '1 he Iste Captain El wood was a man of great industry, of apparently niodet and retiring m mners nnd habits, iliougli br h mc.nia a persDii of fclmrp and 'juick, liittlict. Tl4 Ho knew liini well will le bth indeol to entertain the belief that he has been unfaithful to any trust imposed on him. though they will not wonder if it sh.tll turn out that he lu been defrnt ded in m tkini: . , o pavments on (overnment account. He wns certainly a person of seeming (!cliccv of M'htimcni, such as ciilit icducc him, without counsel, or the opportunity to make any effort to recue his reputation from the disgrace of the situation iu which he found him-elt, to resort, as he did, to suicide. Only three weeks ago we learned of his amvt. and then, for the first time, the fact ws made public, if we remember correctly, through the Star. i'. S Wc see it stated by the correspondent of a Philadelphia pajier tint the de eased confessed his guiit during his confinement. His friends, however, who et believe firmly in hi. innocence, utterly disci edit the i-tory. General Hanks' Ilxpcdiilon Itrenkirttf the (tuck bo ne. or tlie Itcbcllloii. We gave an account in our yesterdav's paper f the parting ovation m ule to General li inks on his departure from our chores at the heni of a great and formidable armament. Yesterday this great expedition, on which are founded so many hopes ami expectations, took its departure for, at present, p.irts unknown. It is singular, and we oVem it fortunate, that hith erto the destination of this expedition has been kept a profound secret. It has now t-et sail, cither for Richmond, or Charleston, or Mobile, or Texas; but to which ot th.se pluces no one can tell. Il can only be told wheic it is not ;o ing;. The remarks of Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, at the leave taking relened to, if not indicative of the desliiintioti of this expedition, re are at least significant and suggeive. He ob served that "to crush this rebellion it w as necessary to strike at the heart of their rebellious country, to purge the viper's uesl; or, in short, to take Richmond, the Capital of the so called Coiiledeiti,e States. An expedition to Texas could da no good at the .resent time, and until Richmond Was taken we could net hope to put an end to the rebellion or expect the lestoration of the Union. This is no trifling affair, and heretofore w e have f.oled because we have not as steadily and earnestly engaged in the work ns we should." For our own part, we have all along believed that its destination is Richmond. At all et i cuts, if it is r.ot, we think that it ought to be When Commodore Vandeibilt rose to speak, General Hanks is said to hate remarked: "He is the only mau who knows w here the expedition is going." Hut the mysterv will poon be cleared up. and we have confident hopes tint when the clouds which environ it are displaced it will be by the rising of a l iiliiaiit sun oi mccesslul exploits ami gre it results, bringing "glorious summer" to the dark horizon and wintry aspect of our political hemisphere. We entertain great hopes for the results of this expedition, ftoni the known and approved character of the General in command. It has been said of General Hanks, by those competent to judge, that be is the greatest gei eral oilicor that has been taken from the ranks of civil life He possesses, uIpo, what the Unmans, iu their superstition, deemed the highest and most necessary quality of a General "good luck " He h is been hitherto eminently ft-lix, or lucky, in all his undertakings. At Cedar Mountain, during the fhort and unfortunate campaign of General Pope, he successfully withstood with hi division the furious onslaught of the whole of Stonewall J.ick son's rebel army; and his prudent and successful retreat on u previous occasion along the valley of the Shenandoah, in which he brought oft his army safely, even to it? baggage, is worthy ot being compared with the famous retreat of Moreau, and is equal to that of Xenophen at;d his f amous ten thousand in ancient history. We heai tily join in the general feeling of the public in wishing unallowed auccess to this, the greatest expedition which ever left our Northern shore. We look for solid resulw from it action no less than the taking of Itic tnond, while Lee and his aimy are quietly detained at Fredericks bergno less than outflanking the euemv, taking them iu their tear, while llurnside is In their front, leaving them no chance of retreat or escape, and obli-ing them to surrender, and thu effectually bre iking the very backbone of the rebellion. Who can tell whether General Hinks may not turn out, after all, to be the Napoleon of the age. wnom the nation lias so Ion New York Herald, Cth. : Leen luukins for? DRY GOODS. FOR THE HOLIDAYS ! CIjOAKS, FHAWL8, MEKLNUKS, VCLOUHS, LKLAIXS, VALENCIAS, DUE SS OOOfH, CLOTH GLOVES. MSEXrOCKKT HDKFS. L.VCK COLLARS, V.U.E NCI ENXES LACE, LACE SETS, LACE HDKFS. KID GLOVES. HOODS, 5ÜBIAS. 50NTAGS, SCARFS, RALM0RAL SKIRTS, Hi KIP SKIRTS, LISLE THREAD G1)VES. FLt'CED HOSE. Wuoi. HOSE, COTTON HOSE, LA Dl ES 'UM E R W E A B, MISSES l5)ERWEAR, MEN'S UNDERWEAR. REDUCED 25 PEK CENT. VELVET BONNETS AT COST! I. J. 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m J"'c'' '", n,rr Tt0M' verm.t atrret, .t one 'c,ock r- U' Tl' trint-u of ,h fn1 ar vlted. Sn bj Iv. Mr. Ck-Uir. AMUSEMENTS. WKTUOrOLlTAX II AM,. Fvurtb tjg&t of tbf cbanrürig jvang Actress, MISS CHARLOTTE THOMPSON. Wbo, at the ri"Jxt of rainy cf hcraJmlrers, will appear luher ec;ebrat4 character of VICTOEINK. THURSDAY EVENING. DEC. II. 162, Wilt be presented th teantiful Tim entitled Working CJirlN Dream. Victor1. ViCliaMctteninnrKn. To conclude with the lju;hl I Farce entJiled Uoiijtimiii 1$ nzv.jt 12hi. )eJrTo-morrow rening beoeflt of M s Thompson. TRICES OF ADMISSION. Dre CircU and Farquette Lal j an t uVntlrman. " Kach .Mitii.nalla.1y nl ery Ir' viitr Ivixe. ............................ f.O cent. 75 " M 15 " f 4 OO 'oingle sat o!d ia Private IV jes. fgj Tit Door" open at 7 o'clork IVrttrmare commences at 7,',TI A .S O IV' I C II A I- la GOTTSCIIALK. public ara respectfully itifunuel ttal L. M. I IJO'ITK'IIALK, the eminent I ianiM n.t Cnmit -M r, wirl hive the huiur of giving in IuUia.upolu.1 U O lli-NL t'UM:t.KTS -n TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, DEC. 16 AND 17. When he wt'.l perform lome of hi latet compttlon, wbtch have caue4 o great a (-ewation in "rw ) rk, Rotn, rhiU1elphia and el-w here. A rraTig ri)eiitH hare bn ni-tHe with the crl-brated Pr-raa Dunn, llisw CAKIsOTTA PATTI, Tbe priiK-ipal tr of the Italian Opera, fr.'m the Ara letnirof Mudcof New Yo-k arid R'sto'i, to ippt arjojntlj ith Mr. L. M. (xt'ttxhak. The programme will he rn-tir-l j-clnerl e. h performance. Uu-ical Dlrtrtorsnd C - nductor, Mr HFIIKF.NS. Adnii.dii SO cet.ts. Ke.-rrvi-d eat 2T cent extra. Tickets may he purrli.vfl nnd rrvfd f.n s-ur. f r either rf the wu Ooncrrt at the Muic ?tor f -f M-sm. A. M lWr;h im Co , ct tumrncii z Saturdny, Pv. 13, at 9 A. M. Ir jen at 7'. Concert to commence at 8 o'clock. illO-ltd SOOI-A.X. 33 A. XjXi. yjf me l.'nrsanj iiotiliemen oi thlicity V f".? stil vii j:.ity re r ja'ctl'ully solicited to 4V y feiit a NHIA1. liVLU ti he diven at XJ y WasMiiirtoti Hall, on Ihuday Kveirnfr, IVceiid-erll. NOTICE. Improvrd Breeding Hogs and Tigs. riUK u?.crihvr I iiw inlirii? by express aud by JR. fr-iiht. well-hoxed and Miitahlv pr'id-d with food for a l.'t.g Journey, FiR an 1 Hot; of all a-je and of dif ferent a" the lu't import.itioii, info the most distant part of lllinoN, Iowa, AVii r.i;tii, Jlichian, Jlinue.Hota, Kau, Ni-nraka, Mi-.-.-url, Ac. Ihf.vcan he feen at tho S.m.mit Station, on the Chicnco and St. l.ouW Railroad, where peoj.le are invited to rail. lYrM'tis c-n he suppled with pair?, not at ail nd-itod to euch oth-r, as wc !1 .y wHfir.n a t-y ealün?. A-idre1- tho Mit-oriher, ran; of Hon. John Wentworth, t'hicai'o. f r a Circular. Friers to uit the times, nnd a'i-facti n pu.iranted. Our to k 1 ifcTd( I not only from the tir-t prlre anlin;il. of Knjjrm l. hut from tlihe tl the c"iiT rent tate and l"n tod States Fair of this country At the lt-t Illinois Stale t-'air, in addition to other prize., took that for the ho t bor of atiy o;;e or any treed. All Mock delivered at any of th'' Ivpots In Chirajo. ('IIA ULKS I.. UK KD. Chicago, Illinois, IVcemer, 1MW. dlI-dttAw3w u. s. MARSHAL'S NOTICES. (N'O. IRS.) OF AMKKICA, DIST1UCT OF IXUNITE P STATF DIANA Whert :, a lititl of information has liren B.ed in the D strict Court of t e Cniwd States, within and for the Seventh Circuit anlfStii-t of Indnr.n, on the ML day of IcriT!lT, 1V6J, ry John Hniinn, Kmj., Attorney of the I'n ted Statea, for the Di.-thet of In liana, aainst part of lot 29 la the original )d.i of the ci y of Kvasisville, commenci' r on Vine street, 01 feet 4 inches frcm the corner of Vine and Kirt tr-ef, extending thence on the line of Vine piret t toward the Ohio river 21 feet 4 it ches, thence across K.iid lot to the line of lot 30 in .sai l plm, thence aloiv fi I line toward First street 24 feet 4 in. hes, thence on a line parall. I wi.h Firt street t Vine Miect, to piece of beginning, in 'he city of Lvansville, and ajroiust all persons lawfully intervening for Ueir interest therein, and e pecially aitaiit one l'aul R. Mirrs, for a violation of the power of an act of Cormres, approved July 17, lsfi'2, entitled "An act to .suppress insurrection, to punish tre.ion and retjellion, to seize and confiscate the propt-rty of rebels and rr ther piirpf.se," and praying proceaa n.Tii.st Mtid realty, and that the same may be condemned and sold us enemies' property. Now, then fön-, in pursuance of the' monition Ui der the yt-l of said Point to me directed and delivered, I doli rcby give p'iM c notice ti all person claiming aid realty, or any p.ert thereof, or in any manner interested therein, that thev be an l app nr before the sn'it, the Iithct Court of the Cnitod State, to la held at the city of Indianapolis in mnt for the O-striet of Indiana, on the first Monday f January next, at ten o'clock of the forenoon ofthat day, then and there to intrrpo.se their claim and make their allegations in that b. lmlf. I. 1. Kl)sK. IT. S. Marshal, l'y J. S. J'.ti.:i.ow, l)'juty. At'est: Jon.- II. lit A, Clerk. dcclO-dUt (No. 1S1 ) UNITED S TATES Of A i:iC I V A 9 WlTKICT OF INDIANA, SS: 1V11RKK s, A libel of ialoniiatioti Las been filed in the Il.str-ct t'oort of the tL'nite.1 Stt--. wiihiii iiikI for tbe S'enth Circuit and District of Indi;ira, on tin ih day of Ief m'MT, bü.'.by Jul.n lUnna, I xj., Attorney of the I'nite.1 Vt.He for O-o Irt-triet of lieli.ni;, min-'t th" 1 f intentof one Ii L. Laycock, in ihe folion inj; d '-eut'ed propi rt, to-wit: The s e of ..t No. 27, in the orisitnl plan of the city of Kvansvilte. Vandrrbur? cunty, Ind.; also in ai d to th fcdb'Wing lands in the county of I'osey, in said State, to-wit: K of n w p- and w o' s e q'r, erMorl 13, toniiT, s of r 12 wes; also the following ceditsand ni ets, to wit: A balance on a certain ju'icmenf ml decree in the count v of I'osev. in a d Slate. against ene J dm Febas and in favor of him, said Lnyrock, ot about flhrf', for a violation of the powers of an Act of ComrresK approved July 17tb, IhC2 ttitld "An Act to mppress in.urre( ti'-n, to punidi treason and I ret'elüon, to feie and conti ca'e the property fT rebel, ' a' d f rother purposes," praying procrss a?ii!t a)d I property, ai d thet the sati.e may be c miemin-d nnd ohl as enemies" prop-rty. -ow, theref(;re, in jmrsimiK-e ef the Monition uinlcrtke peal of the said Court o uie di reeled and delivered, I do her ty pive putdic notice 10 all person c'aiinfng aid property, nr any part therec f, or in any manner interested thr'M", tint they be and :ipj car efore the saj.l, thel. trict Court of the Inited Stats, to be held at the ciiyof Indianap.ilis. in and for t lit District of li.dbna, on the lt Monday of January Tiet. t II o'ebtk of the forenoon of that day. and then and thereto interpose their claim and make their allegations in that behnlf. Ii. Ii. ROSE. U. S. Marvbal, Ey I. S. HicrLow, I puty, Attest: Jon II. Ria. Clerk. decl0-dl4t (NO. 179.) UXITF.il STATES Or' AMKKICA, DISTRICT OF INDIANA! Whereas, a1iblof information ba been filed in tlie District Court ef the I'uitod State, within and for tha Seventh Circuit and District of Indiana, on the 9th day e f Dec mher, 1M2, by John Kanna. Y.., Attorney of the United Mates for the Distiict of Indiana, apaiost the following desrribed credit and eflTts d 00 Kichard R. Jstevcn-on, to-iU On? proxlssory note, da'ed abrmt the 2.th of April. IsCö. due Ivo nibe r h, lsc.2, f,,r the sum ; of two bmrtre! ant fifty (2.Hi) dollars, said note irtvenhy ! one Hiram T. Ailen, and payable on ioface tonnrCh.trles I Thynipseu, for a vi. lati..u of the poarof an ict of Con- j res.-, approved July 17, !. eniiled "An act to aup-pre-s insurrcton, to puiiUh treas.,11 ai d r-te!lion, to seize and enfiscatf the property (,f rebl, and fur other ( purposa,"ati 1 prayina; prices azainst aid note, atid that ; the same mjy We Cond-tui.-d aud fc-ld a ru-iiue!' prfp- ' crtr. Sow, therefore, inpursn vnee of tbe monition uiS.tr the eal of said Court to me directed and d!iered, 1 dohere- . by pie public rotic 10 all prn claiming said r.ote. ; or any part there f, r in any m.u.M r int-rest-d i thfrcituthat they be and appeal for tlie v'il, the 1 ist riet Court f tbe foiled State, to bv h-ld a the city of ladiaiijipoü, in and ftr the Ii-:pet of Indiana, on tbe ' firlt Monday cf January vexl at 'fn o'c!fck f the fore. ,' noon of that da , then anJ therr to intetpooe tLt-ir claim j and m.ke thnr alRitions in that I lia f. j D fi.k05E, U.S. Marsha!, By J. S. fljr.iLow, Depnty. , Attest: j Jon H. IJca, Clerk. dccl0-dlt FRUITS. ORANGES, LEMON'S ID FIGS. 150 FOXES IEESII LKMO.VS. KiO ÜOXKA Oh NGE5. &Aiira!(E$ FRESH Fit., in paekac 2." RARKFLS CHET" IT. . wj m rjc jic ' tti m. m' jtz Mm BT Kilver A: Caldwell. drt.9 1 O , O O O COCOA-l'TS JUST RLCE1VED IiT

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PAF3I- BAGS, fob the est or Grocers, Draughts acd Rakers, ALL SIZES, AT B0WEN, STEWART & CO 'S derVtttw NOTICE. (Vrrra or t t.ii Ct mm. Pmir I' . Is.iAJir.ii, IirrcmUt ttta, 12. i f JTHF Srockhol 'rr In l.l Comrtr.T brrhy oi. I fleet (kit o l'ftjiai fur Itrevtoraia uiJ Cc-ra; cy, ill le t.el.t at tL: o". er. In Indianapolis tai larlay, ti e rigblU Jay of January let, (lVa.) ftr oricr of tt lard of Iwi"'. M-U ft AM. lUN.VAH.c'y. cnocEns. &i i tt oatr. üari ratixTc. OSRORXE & HRLETOX 5 M. 101 Wt tl'nalitnftnn street. (t;po 1 e the S: at Houe,) GEOCEE S . BUTTER. I.rti'.S. LskI), MiFSHi !XnL. 1c. ducr, lll-lfi, Tilts ai le,. d4-ei dljr AV .11 . Ci SK, 4 cV , Vllu1('Sit!( (2rocTs, :0nnd 72 Vltirlrr rl hrlwcf il Second nnd l"a r 1 Ktreef, CiiH'inmUl, OMc UJi: INVITF. TUT. ATTf.vno OF I'EMFni TO our lartfe a.ili ''. a.ortel flock of tJrexetiea, Conane. Wo.lrn.irr, 1c, hicb r o!Ter at rtoa rt stora-ti luj r. nT24-t3r FOR THE WAR. coirs iw ttkhn SELF - ACT1X; UKVOLVEUS! NAVY AN!) BKLT ItEVOLVERS, A lull supply New Fattern. Swords at Cost Prices, lWa ie, pocket, and Ta le Ki ivr; Fruit CaLa; Xaila; Il-lllpg RolK', and llinldn.jf llar.'.a are . At X. ill WVt WaslmiKton Su Je2S J. . VAJRX. PROPOSALS. Scaled Proposals. QCARTFRitASTFR'S DF.rAKTVF.NT.r . I Indianapolis, Ind., Iter. 6. IMI3. TSIK)kSID"rrop.-aU for Mu!e.Vill 1- rrrrlre4 11 at this office until ten e.'ciock A.M., Friday, lit h Lrvniler. 162. for Out Thousand .Tliilt-ix. T delivered at the Government Rtablea, In Indianapolis Indiana Said Mu'eatn l e -ound In all particulars; hi Ritd condition; sfju.ire t.ui't; not lrt lb an three (3; rear old, and fourteen (14) h.inds l.ib or upwards. I Ilveriea to te inade aa follow: H00 within five f5) d.iyafnmi date e.f contract. 3tMI " leu (III) " 4( " firteen (ir) " All Lid must Le accompanied ly a rtiaraiity for It fai'hful performatice. Form of Lid attd pasranty ran be had on application to this office. Bidders must le present at ihe opening of l,(d. When a M 1 i made hr a f rrn the proposal mut ra BiKtiol ly each me-tiiVr of tlie firm. Roods mut be fijod by tw o o'clox k tLe name day. Tartie w ill W required t rme up to the term of the contract, rr forfeit ihe aniottit of their b.d. The understcned reaenres tLe rtLt tt reject all lada deemed unreasonable. Two or more bid from the aame j-artlea n jll ji.stjra th rejection .f at 1 aije h bd. These term and Fperlflca'lnna will l strictly adliered to, ai.d rlidl) rnforced iu eery particular. Any other li.friut o,n wi! be e:iven on application to A. KKIX. rrQ-A'A A. g. M. f. X. A. DRY GOODS. C '

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