Daily State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 3811, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1862 — Page 2

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WEDXKSDAY -MORNING. IKCiM. Th Iftrniptrd Mvluiln If eui plac ey conSleocc ia rcrel tioat of th Washington correpon1nt of l!e Ctncmauti CattZ, arwl other oatgiflug in the ndicil pflnfj, there ctn b but Jit'I doubt that th rctt .T rt to Lreak tip th Cabinet, wan the riftelopoint of a ehern upon the. part o( tbe ultra. Republic-!) to force the President to tie' J the gorernment to their control, and compete ufreoief la their policy. It u aa tUrcpt at rawolutiou tt overthrow of tbe Institution un der hieb tVu gorcrtsent vti eublihei the destruction ot that complex but perfect ajsteai of Rorem merit üa der hielt oof Ire Iicptiblic wu taLT.ahei mod hma grow o mad atrcngthenevl The onl hojve of the conspirator is in the ccn tralizalion of power, and the destruction of Stde petiJetit Sute go ern men t, with their referred right, hch thus Ui' hare proveu a mflScient crierrk upon th-uf urpntioo of unwarranted and dentin powrr by the Federal authorities. Thi w iL iue In :Le adoption of the Constitu tion. .Tlif theu opponent of an orcrrulin crn trl rower triumphed. The Hue is spin before the country, perhaps more atroulj tn-uke-l tlnu it wav then. The aclieoes of the Abolition ft n lies T.nnot auecee! unless or a destruction of constitutional rights tvxj m re, the b ersloi of the Constitution itjdf. Whoever, then, h is any ycruples in that regard any res(ect for constitution 1 obücition the radical look upon a Harriett to the ucce of thr'r ichemrs This i the secret of their opposition to McCleltax to er er j rain in civil or military position who, while earnest! laboring to overthrow the reVllion, U eju.illj anxious to preserve and .jnainttiu constitutional liberty. Thi is probably the ctue of the recent outbre.ik aainat Mr Skwabd. It c.innot be denied that he ia thor oujh'y ntl pI.it er y, but he Ins probably enough of Ute-in mship to forewe that the emancipation of Uvery by the mens prop,, el by the ultra Republicans itirolrea the overthrow of our repub liean institution and the substitution of a strong cntr.il Oorernraent, like unto thore of the O World, where the will of one man is the lw to the people. Hut few of the purl? in power even profe-s re-pect fur the Constitution. They c ire not for the restoration of the Union under thvt chart of Oovi-rnmfnt. Loyalty with them is no longer fidelity to the Constitution, but a blind obedience to every behest, and to the policy, whatever it may be, of the ruling party. Fidelity to the Constitution is regarded by it as the evidence of disloyalty. Kvtry true citizen pronoun ed the crime of the rebels to te their di.reird or violation of their constitutional obligations, but now the leading representative of the Republican party proclaim that it is cvi .deuce of disloyalty to ini.-t that the Constitution is a luiti, binding instrument. The great struggle now before the country is the preservation of the Oov eminent under the Constitution, in the spirit and lor the purposes it was organ Ized. The Sutes have rights. It was intended they should have. Tliey parte! only with those which are enumerated in the Federal Con titution All others they possess equally now as before they entered the Union of the State. Strike these dowu, and justify the attempt to obliterate Stat liue aud destroy State Governments, theo our frew, conat'tmional Government will be at n end. If the people desire t preerre const! tutional liberty, tSej must insist upon the maintenance of the Government as it was constituted. They old Constitution and the old Union are the onl arks of iifetj. The arhetne to revolutionize, to change the Government, roust be blocked. If the conspirators who proclaim th it revoluiion is their object are permitted to sway the Government, if it is surrendered to them, unarchy will soon prevn.il throughout the land. Under the old doctrine of Sta'e rights, and a Fe I era I Govern tnent of limited snd specified powers, freedom was secured to the people and prosperity to the nation. The blessings of a tree Oorernment, m as ours has been, can only be perpetti teil by rikl adherence tu th principle upon which it w?.s found!. Tint his secured it in thepist, and it is the only hope in the future.

V ho ICeaponalble! TU Ciuciiinati GattUr, in an article upon "The Crisis of the Cabinet," thus places the reponsihUity of the present condition of public ., affairs upon the Administration: The Admmi-tr ition c.innot escape responsibility for the conduct of it officer, on the pie i th.it hey are Democrats whom it sought to hind to the government, or whom it found in office. It mutt be held responsible for failure in the war, and corruption in any department of public atfsirs Thet who hive fistened military failure upon it, and hive grown rich upon the public plunder, are mo oUenUtious in holding it to this responsibility. A reform i need-d in every department ot the Government. nh military and civil. The control of the army, the war expenditures, whose honest administration is so v'u.1 to the nations! eaUtence, and the whole Government should be in the hand of its friends. We but unite in the cry of those who h tve been helping the Govern tnent to ruin throu-h trusts con tided to thern, when we say that a change is needed; and if a revo'utiou of the Adrniuistratiou is reiuLsite to bring about this change, it is imperatively neces sarj. A "revolution of the Administration," in the .view of the Gazrtte. includes n t only the displacement of the Cabinet, but of the Proident and all iti authority. The revolutionists mean no half wv work.

Tlae rrrderickkbtirt? Diaaairr The tutu re The Cincinnati Commercial thus discourses upon the recent disaster of the Federal army upon I the Rappahannock: The country has caue for eonpntuhtion in the fact that our Generals were enabled to understand the nece.-sity of a retrograde movement to ae the army. It was in a mast critical jh)?!tion, and Gen. lturnside, Stturday nicht. orierel an attack to he m ide upon the enemy's bittcries at daylight Sunday morning, our troops to ad vaoce from the city in three columns. The dit'imous to be ens; i ted were assigned their pi ices I and duties in this enterprise, but (cn. Sumner Proteste! so strongly against the movement, sivit would be fatal to the army, thit liurnij yieided, and the country wits sji-ire-! jopelition on an enlarged scale of Sat unity's blunder and disaster. It is possible that if we go behind the mmage- . ment of our Generals on the Rapruhmnock, we will find thst there has been i.i the public nvnd an undue appreciation of mere fighting qualities in oöeera, and a depreciation ot the generalship that does not underrate the enemy, that d s; Ins foresight, is wie in precaution, and indifferent to the iioue of tho-e whose passions have the better of the r judgment. Concerning the future of the winter campaign irgit.ia, it is unlikely that anything important : can t immeliate!y, and r)ssible that nothing J decisive cm be even remotely, accomplished, on i the present line of operations. Uut the povtion of tbe enemy on the R ippilunnock cn be turned by the aosiidoaruent of Aquia Creek as a ba.e. tad isoTtment down the rnrr tj & poiat where j its shores are commanded by gunbosts.and where pplie can be landed from transports, which cm i tucend the Rapp.iUcDock as eai!y as the Poto ! mac. The true base of operations aiu?t Richmond is, however, on lbs? James river and the! more promptly the army of the lotomio is cent ; back u the niiioo Irom whk-li (eu. Htlieckl withdrew it in August hst. the more pcel ly It ! will lulhll it de-tiny in pse--iug Richmond, i The Ivgic of event, in our judgiaent. led to ' hi conclusion, irreisiitIy. , A

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Of flcml llrpwrt of the mwvtdr r. Itebcl t.oia IIr.Aio.cUTR. AanT or NrariiiRM Vibois f De-c;T.brrM.-l6"2 - J To Ihm. StcrttHry of War, UuhvionJ, la.: Siar On tbe nih. ot the I0ih insunt the enemv commeiicel to throw three tridges over the Rappahsnnot-k two at FreJerkkfcbur , and the third about a mile an l a rj nrter below, nesr the mo ithcf tho Dten Uuu. Tbe lain on wljch FreJerick?burg stands t to rosipietely com rotD led ty the hüls of Stafford, in poae';on of the enemy, thit no effectual cpition could be offered to th? construction of the bridges or the (.usage of the river without expo-inp our troopi to the destructive tire of his tiumeious bltct:es. Poaitions were therefor selected to opiose his advance after crossing. Tie narrowriess of tl.e Rip:ahannock, it windins coure and deep bed. afforded onwrtunitv for the construction of bridges at point beyond the reach of our artillery, and the banks h id to be watched by kirmiher. The latter, aheltcrir.g them-elves be hind the houses, drove back the working par lies of the enemy at the bridges opposite the city ; but at the lowet txiint of crossing, where no heiter could be hüd, our sliarphooter were tlemIres drireu oif, and the con, pletiuu of the bricle was etlecteil abjiit noon on tlie 11th. In the alternoon of that d -.y the enemy's batteries .pened py" the city, and by dark had so demoli-hed the oties on the river bank as to deprive our tkViaishers of shelter, and under cover of his gun, he effetel lodgment in the town. The troops which lud so gallantly held their position in the city under the vere can nonade duriusr the dav. resisting the advance of the enemy at every step, were withdrawn during the night, as were also those who, with ejual tenacity, had maintained their jsl at the lowest bridge. Under cover of darkness and a dense fog, on the 12th, a large force pied the river, and took position on the right bank, protected by the heavy guns on the left. ' On the morning of the 13th, his arrangements for attack being completed about 9 o'clock, the movement veilet! by a fog, he advanced boldly in large force against our right wing. General Jackson's corps occupied the right of our line, which rested on the railrond; General Longstreet's the left, extending along the heights to the Rapphanii'K.k, above Fredericksburg; Gen eral Stuart, with two brigade of cavalry, was posted in the extensive plain on our extreme right. As soon us the advance of the enemy was discovered through the fog. General Stuart, with his accustomed promptness, moved up i section of his horse artillery, which opened with effect upon his flank, and drew upon the gallant Pelham a heavy lire, which he sustained unflinchingly lor about two hour?. In the meantime the enemy whs fiercely en countered by General A. P. Hill's division, form ing General Jackson's riht, and after an obsti nate combat repuNed. During this attack, which was protracted and hotlv contested, two of (Jon. Hill a brigades were driven buck uron our hecond line. Gen. Uirly, with part of his division, being ordered to his oupport. drove the enemv back from the point of woods he had seized, und pur bucd hia. into the pluiir, until arreted by his ar tillerv. The rieht of the enemv's column, extending beyond Hill' front, encountered the right of (Jen Hood, of Longsireet's corps. The enemy took MisseKsion of n atnall cojwe in front of Hood, but were quickly dispossessed and r pulsed with Jos. During the attack on our right the enemy was crossing troops over his budges at Frederick burg, and massing them in front of Longsireet's line. Soon alter his repulse on our right he com tneoccd a series of attacks on our lift, with a view of obtaining posses-ion of the bights iiume diately overlooking the town. These repeated attacks weie repulsed in gallant etyle by the Washington Artillery, under Colonel Walton, and a portion of McLaw's division, which occu iic! thee bights. The lat assault was made after dark, when Colonel Alexander's battalion had relieved the Watiiigion Artillery, whos ammunition had be come exhausted, and ended the contest for the dav. The enemv was suDported in his attacks by the fire of strong batteries of artillery on the right bank of the river, na well as bv the nu melons heavy n itieries on the Stafford Hights. Our loss during the operations, j-ince the move meut of the enemy began, amounts to about l.HK) killed and wounded. Among the former I regret to report "the deith of the patriotic Bol dier and htaieman, Brig. Gen. Ttiomas R. R Cobb, who fell upon our left; and among the utter that brave soldier and accomplished gen ileman, Rrig. Gen. M. Gregg, who is very scri ousy,and, it is feared, mortally wounded, during the attack on our right The enemy to day h;s been apparently burying his dead. His troops are visible i.i their first position in line of battle, but. with the exception of some desultory cannonading and firing among frkirmi-hers, he lias not attempted to renew the aii.ica. About 5j0 prisoners were taken during the engagement, but the full extent of his loss is unknown. I have the honor to be, rerj respectfully, your ooeuieiu ervant, k. k L.KK.. General in Command IIr.ADQ.rARTi.RS NEAR FrEDI RICRSBIRG, December 16. As far as can be ascertained this stormy morning, the enemy h'vs disappeared in our immediate front, and has retrocd the R ippahannotk. I presume he is meditating it passage at some other R. K. Lr.E, (Jen. Cora. What Is to be DnnrJ ress truly represented the neot.l.If Con; nothing! The people hive done all, and more than all, their duty. They have elected an Executive; have supplied him with money and men beyond his call; h ive placed the armies an ! navy of the United States at his command; and h ive left to his ore their husbands, brothers und sons on the b ittle field. The flower of our whole country, and the whole contents of our national purs-e, have been Ireely given. And the result has been that the ruler of a greit people Ins selected for his advisers and managers., in finance, marine and war, the ultra partisans of a minority clique of the nation, who are carrying it headlong to destruction. These officials are 3d or 4th rate men. Even if sound headed, they are not long-headed. Even if they were not paltry politicians, they ate not statesmen. Even it practical men, they are weak and inefficient. Dut when proved to be both shallow headed and impractical, they thould be turned out of office as uumiarily as a disgraced military Generil. Negative qualitie.. will not answer now. Ii is not enough that these officials be not positively bad. They must be notedlygood We want firt class men for the crisis, and none other! Of all the Cabinet,, Seward alone has made the right mark. Stanton, et the Wr Department. i weak, fussy, and acra ty he ided fanatic; Chase, of the Treasury, is u visionary financial experimenter: Welles, of the Navv. is the Van Winkle of ages gone by; while Smith, of! the lutenor. is not of account enough to mention. If reports be true, he would not be toler ated in a mock auction shop. And the?e are the men in power them sits a Congress of the same ilk. D exierinn e the people know that radical measures are with that bo.Jy to be the successful issues of the day. We must arouse. We must lay our case directly before the President. He is honest. He his read the late election uright in some things, and wrong in others. The people must tell him wheiein his advisers have erred. It will be a strange spectacle, that of twenty millions of people rising to instruc t a Chief Magistrate, but it will be done. The occurrence is no more strange tuau the crisis. Both are the sttrtling events of the age. The best men of the times are wanted in the Cabinet, and the present officials out N. V. San. .-W.I FarsinssT LiscolVs New Cabi$et would Uk'get that to carry should call Secret arv I icasurv. Horace Greeley : of War. Rev. Henrr Ward Reevher; of the Xavv. Rev. Dr. Cheever: Postmaster General, Fred. .DjuIsss, (colored); j of the Interior, Wm. Llovd Garrison; Attorney f General, Gerrit Smith. Th i Cabinet would L t unit." and it would faithfully reflect the ideas j the President baa been acting upon for the last few months. Cincinnati Enquirer. j 3t We arw indebted to Hun. Hoar S. L? B for valutMe public documents.

1 resident Lincoln, in Order i and hiUrrsl in everv rar- hut

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X3T" The Uip carpeuieta in the Drooklyu navy yarl have tmck for $3 pr day.

A Pitiful Kpertnele. Iii trnly pitiful to fee a mm who hs had the al4i.lv to retch the position of Representative in C"r.grrs. Governor of ll;e Stile of Iraiiuna,

L I St tes Minister to Pi us; t and Senator in Cwi.grc.--?, fu'cii so low ns t eat dirt at the feel of A p. bah am Lm-oiTx, i.d t t ke up withpred the crumbs tint miy fall from the table of the (teaet.t Abolition Administration. Sacb is the condition of ex Governor Joslph A. Weight Without political influence wj'hout genuine lf-respect covered with the contempt of every true Democrat ia his own State this time serving old politician is uing tho brief, remaining hours of his political existence, in the Senatorial portion for which he sol ihi honor and manhood, la showing how effectually a demagogue can "Crook the preguint hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow f.twn!ng. In a debate iu theSeuateou the 1 1 th inst , on a resjlution of Mr. Sai'lsbi'ry, of Delaware, calling on Mr. Stastox, re SecreUry of War, for information as to the exusesand circumstances of the arre-t of two citizens of that Slate, Mr. Jo.-eph A. Wright, hopeful of the portfolio ol the Department of the Interior soon to be surrendered by Mr. Caleb Ii. Smith, waited pei fume U tbe despotic pride ot Lincoln and btanton, in the fob loanng latiuige, betler suited to an Asiatic despotism than to the preseuce of the American Seaate or4 ears of the Ameiicau people: "The President is the tepre.-euutive of the unity , the power and the Mret-Kth of this Repub tic. I hold him responsible, and wash ray hands of the uii Table doctrine too often inculcated here, that iu such a time as this there is buch a thing as loyalty to theGovertirueut and disloyalty to those in power. Sir, theie is but one true loyally, and that is unconditional adherence to and support of those who stand at the helm of the Government, placed there by the people to direct, whether iu calm or storm, the great affairs of Sute." "Unconditional adherence to, and support of (not the Constitution, not the laws made in ac cordance with the Constitution, not the rights and honor and welfare of the people, who are the nation and the Government,) but of "those w ho stand nt the hfl in of the Government," is, uc cording to ex Uovernor v tight, "the one true loyalty," and to hold otherwise is "miserable doctrine. Cany out this positiou to it logical results, and there is not a rigtit of citizens or States but what may be trampled upon and pet at defiance by "those iu power," and the m m who truest iort or opnoses their acts is disloyal, it traitor, whom those in power, may with impunity order to be ur rested sind shot or hung. Is it true, as taught by this renegade Democrat, that there can be no loyalty to the Government w ithout "unconditional adherence to, und suptHiit of, those in power If" Everv nun of t.ene knows better. Is it true that "the Piesi dent is the representative of the unitv, the power and the strength of this Republic?" Has the Con gress no part in the Government? Has the Supicme Court no part iu it? Are the Federal State Gov ernments no longer facts iu the lenub lie? If the President UsurjM the legislative or the judicial jiowcr of the Urn eminent if he wantonly or ignorantly violates or wantonly subverts State constitutions und Governments are we disloyal to denounce and oppose him? If the Supreme Court, iihiu their pioper sphere, command one tiling, und the President cotnm inds the contrary; if the Congress, in their proper sphere, bv law command one thing, and the President commands the contrary, am 1 disloyal to disobey him? If he aims the usurper's dagger at tho sovereignty of my State, am I disloval if I pta v his hand, or relu-e to give him "unconditional ad herence and mpnort?" Has the division of our Government into to ordinate branrhes, legisl.t live. judicial and executive, cease! to be a pub Manual constitutional entity, ana become a meie fiction? The folly of Gov. Wright's doctrine is only excelled by its impudence, and both lie and it de-erve the reprobation of every law-ubiding citizen. It is time for the people to understand, if thev do not a'ready understand, that the President of the uuited States is an executive, not a legisla tive, nor a judicial ntflcer. Except in Iiis con-ti-tutional power to disapprove by veto, or to ap .i i . i prove una sign, congressional acts, lie has no more power to make or prevent a law, than the humblest citizen. His duty is to preserve, pro tect and defend the Constitution, and to see that the laws are faithfully executed; and this he clearly cannot do, unle.-s he himself obeys them. . . . . ... lie is not above the law. His command, bv pro clamation orotherwi.se, is not a law, and it has no vitality, except as it is based on the Constitu tion, or on existing law. Every citizen has a right to judge of every command of the President, but that judgment must ne at the citizen s own risk, as the Presi dent's comm and and its execution must be at his risk. If he transcend his powers, he is rcstiousi bletotheliw; if a citizen transcend his, he is impeachable to the law. Every disobedience of law, much les.s ot executive command, is not disloyalty. Wanton disobedience of law is n moral otfense; not so with disobedience based on mist ken opinions, or erroneous convictions ot duty. If the PresiJent commands me to do an unlawful act, and I disobey him, I am justified before the law. If he lawfully commands me to do a lawful act, or forbear an unlawful one, and 1 disobey hin, I am liable to the penalty of disobetüetice defined by the law, and no other; and this whether I disobeyed wantonly, or through ignorance; for where legal accountability exists at all, the law cannot determine the question of guil or innocence, by the sum of a man's cajac'ty or intelligence. There is no such legal fact or offense in our system of government as disloyalty to "tho.-e in power." Disloyalty is infidelity to the Constitu tion the State the body politic the Government not to its temporary rulers. On the con trary, cases may arise in which hostility and even armed opposition to usurpers "in power" may be the highe-t expression of loyally to the Government. Resistance to usurping tyrants is obedience, not alone to God, but to the Constitution and laws. Why do we applaud the Union men of the South, who, on peril of life, liberty and estate, have resisted the disloyal State Governments, and the usurping Government of Jefferson D ivis? Because these Union men are loyal to Abraham Lincoln? Xo! for miny of them have little respect for the man, aud less for his policy and mode of administiation but because they are faithful to the Constitution and laws of the United States. That is the test and touchstone of loyalty, and there is no other. If. therefore, "those who stand at the helm of the Government" desire the adherence and sup port of the eop!e, let them see to it that they, as rulers, heed and obey the Constitution and laws of the land. History teaches that usurpation and oppression are more often the provocatives of disobedience, disloyalty and revolution than disloyalty the provocative of oppression. It has ever been more important to guard the people from usurping rulers than rulers from a disloyal peop!e. The tendency of power s from the mny to the few, l ot from the few to the mmy. It is quite us proper to spe.ik of the President's disloyalty to the Constitution and to the citizeu, in whom in part is the nation's sovereignty, as to speak of a citizen's dislovaltv to the President. whoe sphere is that of an agent and representative, not a m ater of the people or of the law. Very loose ideas prevail of the relative duties snd obligations ol rulers atd people. M mv good men are deterred by the cry aud threatened Stigma of disloyalty, from speaking and voting upon public men and affairs as judgment and conscience d elate, as is the right of e ery citizen, and as the rril of the times demsr.d License and despotism are co operating together to hide from view the good old constitutional land marks, and it therefore behooves the people to e.iqiiire after them diligently,, and to stand by them. Our Federal democratic system of government is a novel and complex one. but yet, to those who will carefully study it, oue easily understood. It is a system eminentlv free and whve. checked if persisted in, must destroy it. Fidelity to the' Constitution is our onlr safeguard. X. The Blood or tbe Piritavs Connecticut ba lhus fr lu""hed one hundred and thirty seven men under the draft. Iwo bundled and e'ghtcen have been mustered In, of which one 'hundred and forty two were substitutes, but 1

eignxy one nve oescried. Connecticut is too! bu-ilr engaged in makpi.' mui.ey out of con ! tracts to attend tj ucutid2ui tualtvrs a aeudiug troop to the ßel 1.

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The ItLvoLiTio at th t Capital Thk DiLVTio.t or the Cabinet Tut Ulximatim ok the Senati. Me. Skwabd's Ris.gation Tllk StVlEAoLiiirs. . . Washingtons, December Id. We are in the nndt of a revolution! lie foolish clamor ou the ctreeta of the n ttional c.p itil his been vexing the question whether Gen.' Halieck or Gen. Uumside were responsible for our late disaster. It was neithei! j The responsibdity tor therairder of our soldiers and for the horrib!e "deadlock in tbe campaign" went beyond the General commtnding in (he Meld or the General Commiiiding iti Chieli One or Other of them misfit have ordered the ÜI fated movement, but Abraham Lincoln was Commander in Ch. et of the army and navi! From that fad fact, and from its logical frequences, there was no escape. The movement on Fredericksburg was recog nized na the crowning criris of the war. With it wcie linked, almost iudiosolubly, the destinies of the Republic! If the nation conquered there, ! the rebellion was ended! It the nation failed the rebellion was not indeed finally successful, but it had demonstrated its ability to weather the ' ecoud winter of levolt, and had compelled the recognition of foreign powers. Henceforth we must fight to subjugate un independent country. not to reduce to obedience certain t evoked provinces. The issue was made up. Its momentous breadth was lully acknowledged, and te Com m ander in Chief could not evade the responsi liility of ordering his preparations accordingly. It mattered little, so far ns the eop!e were concerned or history was tonte: tied, whit Jluruside did, or what Ildleck did. Tbe Administration had in its hands the means to insure buccess. With those means iu us hands, it failed! We were repulsed, de eated! It was self-damnation! Again'aiid again the Administration had exhibited feebleness when the times demanded strength. It had now demon strated folly in council and imbecility in action! Rut one course w:as left. The President, during his official term, is like the King he t an do no wrong. Hut the Ministry was condemned. It must go out. The Senators, of the party to which alone the Administration could look for a single supporting vote, promptly recognized Hie necessity of the hour. They deliberated the matter, "gravely, cautiously, fully. Their concltisi a wan unanimous. The Administration, .is it then stood, could not be supported by the friends of . the country. 1 am wiiiing of nutter which has ben studi ously concealed, and of which none, save the Senators themselves, can tru'.hl'uily profess pre eise knowledge. Rut it is understood that they presented their ultimatum to the weak, wavering, honest, tine man, whom liie terrible exigencies of the crisis und the di-tncling anxieties of his high position had overwhelmed. He must reorganize his Cabinet; he must gather about him as counselors the strong, true friends of the couutrv ; the ablest minds the public men of the nation af' forded, must be summoned to the work of saving the almost ruined Republic; ti .itors, si mpithir ers with traitors, the cat el ess, wii on! y sought to swell their own fortunes by gorging on the vitals of the country, the imbeciies and the cowiitds must be turned ou; or he tnut ie-ign! Thetime has passed lor trilling with the nation's Iii; and no mere nun could be permitted longer to im peiil for whatever reason or in whatever way, the national existence. So much was known or understood by yester day noon. Toward evening the first public inti mations of thectisis began to leak out. Here a little and there a little came to light; and bv midnight, though still far from generally know n, it was common talk in the inner circle of well iu formed officials that the long expected Cabinet ciisishi.d come, and that Mr. Seward had tendered hia rer ig ii ition. At 10 o'clock last night so much was embodied in a dispatch to ihe Gazette and duly sent to the telrgmpli office; but I have no idea that, under the worse than Fittich esrionage of the press, which it has been one of the works of the now crumbling Cabinet to create,' the dispatch ever escaped the pencil of the Government censors. This rrorning thair w. thick with the rumor which, however baseless in themselves, are never without their significance to the practical Washington ot server. There was a general dissolution of the Cabinet; Mr. Seward had come to an open quanel with Mr. Stanton; both must go out; one hail gone out ; theie had been an altercation at the White House in Cabinet council; it had even come to personal violence; the whole Administration was breaking up; Stanton had to go; Halleck had to go; in the whole Administration there was but one man royally toweling above them all, who stood by ihe principles he h;id protested, and who still com m inded the confidence the country h id ever re posed in him; Seward's private papers were all p icked upat the State Department, preparatory to abdicating; so were Assistant Secietury Fied. SewardV; the nomination for succesorslnp to the Department ot the Interior was suspended; everv thing was in a transition state; the very materials for a coup d'etat were prep tied; where the end nrght fie no mud could tell. So ran the hunied whispers on the corners of the avenue, in the Departments, the committee rooms and the lobbies. Member drew euh other aside and eaerlv inquired wh it truth there was in all ihis. The President's Private Secretary appeared on the floor of the House, and to the sc-ore ol questions tht assailed him, sua reel v pretended to conceal that the crisis had come, und that the whole Administration seemed undergoing a revolution. Democrats and border State men uneasily hovered about their Renublican friends, and hoped Mr. Seward had not been sacrificed. Everybody was on the rack of ex pectation. At this writing fföur P. M .) it is well under ptoou mat .vir. reward a resignation has been tendered; and there are reasons lor believing that Secretary tanton. Secretary Blair ami Generil Halleck, at least, w ill also be compelled to foliow Mr. Seward's example. It scarcelt stofs even mere. ten. .Meigs is almost certain to be dis missed. The intimate friend of Jeff. Davis can no longer control the immense interests of th whole Quartermaster' depattment of the United States army. Other heads cf bureaus are likely to follow him. It is not known or probable that Messrs. Welles and Rates are to go out, but in the whole Cabi net Salmon P. Chase alone commands that confi deuce that the people and their representatives in ivongress demand. As yet all is confusion. Reyond Mr. Seward f 1 1 Or-A m i X rrA 1 1 1 . 1 . I... . L . . ...... jp-iwi j no cnances, nut it is hardly probable. The President has been warned, by those whose warning he must heed. mat one removal will not cure the disease that has eaten out the strength of his Administra tion. 1 lie knife must go deeper. It remains to see whether it will go by his direction or without itOf the new men whom the President must call around nun, little has as yet been said. Senator Fessemien seems foremost in the minds of all for the Secretaryship of State; Senator Sumner is also talked of, but there is a general agreement that he is better where he is. Jude Holt is mentioned, but the tendencies of the times are not to Roider State men. And Thos. Ewing of Ohio, ex Seu itnr and ex Secretary, haa also been sug gested. This only, however, has been settled, thutbe day of fourth rate lawyets and politithns in the Cabinet of the nation, at a time like this, has pissed. The results of this revolution will be far-reaching. The Piesident rmyitterapt to stop hört, but it Ls liardly possible that he can succeed. Never were such immense resources so -ecklessly squandered, while the nation was perishing. Now at least w e have f aith th-t they w ill be husbanded and employed. Give us such an Administration as it ii now trusted that we frhall have, and with the enemy at th- Capital conquered, the enemy in the field will scatter like sheep before the tread of our advancing legiows. Agatc. DIED. H0WFtt.-.t 3 o'cloek p. M.. en the ?3-l In Unt. Mr. Margaret llowcll, moitr of Mr. John Pvle, aged 63 year. Tbe funertl ernces wTd ta'se place this (Wf-dnedaj) afienoca a! half pat 3 'eW i, i t tbe I-yle Hooxs. Tb friend of tbe family are invited to alter d. WANTED. 0AM WAyTKDia acentral part of the city. f .r a (enUeman and Bialt fannlr- Addrea tfi 1562. SAFE WANTED. 4 LAlalK-SlZKICOXD-HANDlktiX-IKlKlFyAlE,'

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PROPOSALS. Scaled Proposals Q U A UT F. R M A S T F. It ' S UErAKTMF.KT, U f. luJianpolis, Ind., l)rc.22, lwi. SEAT.KI) PKOI'OS M.S WILL HF. lit CL1VK Ü AT THIS ollice UTitd 10 o'cl k, A. M., cn a.U'UJ, 27th DecruihiT, lC. fr l,r( Cavalry fIor, and 1'00 'vrlillerj- Horse, All to b lt livi'Trd at the (Juvernment Stables, In Indianapolis, In.! -an a. iH'livrriesof Cavalry Nor- to he a follows: U5 within eiirlit (S) day from Ute of contract. V."0 tiitcn (15) " J5 ' twenty-'wi (.'.') " " 2Ö0 ' thirty (3n) " " 44 44 SaM h.or-ios to 1 M-mi'l In all particular. ii"t ls than six (!) nor m ir? t'ian 'iht (s) yer from IS to 16 liana liisth; dirk ritlrs, (n jr.t.v,) kkmI miuhto trottt-r, bridle-w i-c, un-U f u- ruiüca-i.t 1t cvulr urpof. SIT.Cd IC.TKNS OF AL1ILLKHY I1()UI j!. (1 )2"2 Whi i-I llnroe-. In pair-, hays, brow ns or M.icks, 16 h nuls l.i.'h, it tij w r!, htrui: anl ac ie, Ironi G : 9 yp.ir l.l, ctihi rly furnl, dl lrLoii, and (tuare trctt'r"s in hana-ss. (2.) .'04 Hwi-, !u jmir, bays, browns or Mck, hanl h i k h r upwarls, troiiii, uuiel ;n l active, u iicly sound, Irom 5 to 3 yeaiKold, well brckeii and uare t rt Ifri in harness. (a.) 244 llores, in pair, bays, brown or Macks, entin ly sound, frcm 5 to il )t-ars o'd, H.PH Miitable for exhain;ei in in two tirt naun-d li--s, wtll broken an 1 Miiarc Teller in I arn-. Kach lior t wiigu t.ot lesa than elf ven hundred (l,IoU) jxu.inl. Ieliv ri-s of Artillery IIoreso be as follows: SO Hoie of the fird tnmf'd liO Hores of the 2n 1 n in 300 Hor.-cs, Cii H're .f the 3rd named d, Wiih"n ten (lo) days from date of contract. The Fame number (3in) ot 'aine rl.ies reiettivi ly. w thin twenty (20) lav tri'tn the d it- of contract, and lü- reddue (100) within thiily (30) dysfr m d.ne of contract. No bid will be eircrUiin-d un!es accompanied by a guar.r ty for It- fai'liful rformance. Form of bid and guaranty can be had on application to this llice. I idders nr.i't be nreeiit at the opening of the bid or their bids will be reacted. When bilis in.ide by a firm the proposal must be tinned by euch nictir-i r of Ihe firm. Itouda in it -1 be td-d ty two oibtk the fame day. Partie- w dl be required to come up to ihe terms of the contract, or n-reit 'he iiniouiit of th Ir bonds. 'Ihe u' d rvined resi-m-s tli rigid to reject all bids deemed i)iireaoiiAMc. Two or more bids from the same priies will imair the rej.-cti' n .f nil Mich bids. Mo bid will be entertained forle than lo! Horses. I'ropoali will ! endorsed 4I'r po-aU f.r Cavalry Ilor. M s, ' and rron. .-al.- f r Artillery llor-e." Any other inform iii"ii will be promptly Riven on application to the undersigned, perM-nallv. or bv lett-r. JiMh.'a A. KK1N. 'ec23-Ud A. y. M. r. S. A. CROCERIEG. 3STEW HOUSE. A SEW I3R00M SWFEfS CLKAN." 500 Hhds Sunr. 1,00(1 tg? CotT.-e. 5 0 O Barrels Syrup. 500 Cheats Tea. faldirrll&.Urord WHOLESALE GROCERS l,oro p.rlj of Brandy. 50a Pipe Gin .ot) hum l.t-00 Pack -agei Wine. 68 i i East Wash. St., 1 INDIANAPOLIS, IND., i j 10,000 Cocoa u s. i 200 Boxes In.ons. I 200 Boxes Oranpe. j 50.' Boxes' Rjisins. , rive Door F.nit of Odd relloavw' Hall. I I I I SELECTED X diSZ jlnpton St., .... .... .. wn, lllUltti MUlh n TT finn nmn r.t- Miiiiii OF GROCERIES. $20.0. 0 To-! bacco. 500 Mctii Pice. ! 2,000 Barre. 1,0!0 Barrels' Whi'ky. .Selling' Chcaperj THAN ANT WESTERM HOUSE J (n.f..r.s N. Y. PRICES. i 1 "V1 KW ML IC Bf K "The MlverCbord," coinpa i loto4,TbUomCin.U,"at

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OTTICH A WS CIIOSC12, The Chitktrinsr I'iano. At WILLI RD k STOWF.LL'S. No. 4 Bate Hnaae. Jec23 COFFEE. 353 RUBIA MILLS 355 353 AND WAJUISGTjN STRPET, N". T. CITT. (;ovkUi.iii;,t COFFEE, Pat up in tin foil Pound paper, 43 ia a box, and la bulk. Our prices range from S to 3 centa. Wr put ip tbe follow. ng kind: JAVA, .1AIIA:.IIIO, M l. ItIO, ItIO und MPrmou rornx. We believe oarCofTV-e to te f'r thin any ground C'ofTee now in use. All order ad.lres to us or t cur Agent, Messra. Puacb A Toino. 1S3 Chambers atreet, corner Wahinpton treet. New t rk C ity, will receive prompt attention. The retail trade supplied by first data JoShing bousaa in the various cities. dtr.2-d.1ni TAH I It A; IM.ACIlt BOWLING SALOON. raunrs howling salooa, ON UFOUCIV STICK KT, NOIiTII SMiE. BF.TWKKX lllmoi an 1 Meridian street. This etah-li-hnifiit U fitted ti in mpenor le. and the let i.i older Is treTved at all times. Grntleinen ri-itlnif the city, as well a the jutron reidintr here, will nl it it ha hi-reto ore Le- u, a ilea.itit and ar e.ihle place d rert for rreat ion. The S l.mn ha- r cnttv Wen refittel thr uxh..nt. T. C. WK.'tillT, Pr.t'"'-,or. lecls d !ni FRUITS. 10,000 COCOA-.WT JUST HKCK1VKI) UT ZZL Iltirrt f'uldttrll A: Alvord. der9 OIUXIIHS. LEMONS JXDFICS. Xi,0 m,x,:s KKKSU ii:mons10(1 l'.OXKS FKKSII OI.ANOF.S. 500 BOXKS HCKSII I'll "i S, In lackajrea. 23 B vi:iu i rum NUTS. j w 'u? uc mi ? nz u. u-z BT lluirrr, C'uldttoll A Alvnrd. dec9 DRY COODS. FOR THE HOLIDAYS! o. H V.ust iiliin;lmi street. CLOAKS, SH AWLS, MK KINO KS, VLLOUKS, I'KLA NS, VALENCIAS, DliCsS (ioniiS, CLOTH GI-OVKS. LINEN I0CKK.T I1DKI S, LVCK COLL I t1, VALKNCIFNX1 SLACK, Lvct: SUTS. LACK IlItKKS. KID IjOVLS. IIOODS, NUBIAS, SONlAGS, SCAR KS, BVL.M0UAL IltTS, llOUp SKIRTS, LISLK Til UK AD fJLOVKS. F LUC K.I) HOSF. wool host:, corroN itosF, LAIULS' UN DfKW F.Alt, M1SSKS I'MJKUWKAft. MKN'S UNKKKWEAR. REDUCED 25 PER CENT. VELVET IIOXXEIS AT COST. I. ;AIaIaItA,. FropT. decll-dlm-TAXES. rrtHK CITIZENS OK THE SIXTH ASSKSSMEST M5J. TLICT of the State or Imliatit are hereby rtiti-l that wc have d:siftied with a fiortion of the A.i-t.1rit Asst-s-ors f-.r th- .nn.-. bt.til th" l.-t f May next, wh-n tlie pent-rl aeÄ-ll,tlll will l- rufl. The f..:!. wins jrr.ns in each county he been retained, who trill a'tend to a'l l.us uev relative lo asseysaients in their rr-jM-ctivi-ouiii r. There are many ctt'e l-roVer. horse dealer, ruddier. inaiiuLcturers and others who have ti' t jit tak-n lirenve, and many who are do ng a wholesale .j-ines nnder a retail liw n-e. Ix m uf iurer-. aucti- n-Ts, j ed'ih r and I'Utrhers, who do i i-t rerrt nromr.ilv evrr month We resrcfully ark all uth person to como forward at nce, and ue the memt to .-ave tl.rru trouMe and expen-e. MA LION COUNTY. John B. Stutsph. . Indianapolis. .. .Greenfield. .. Shelby vill. HANCOCK COUNTY. A. T Hart. SHELBY COUNTY. JOHNSON COUNTY. Willis Wills. L. W. Fletcher. .... Franklin. MOliGAN COUNTY. HEMjKICKS COUNTT. W. H. Craig. VartinsTille. Allen IJesa... .... Danvi!l. WlLLlt'l A. lilt Willi tV. Aescr S.xth Ih-trkt of Indiana. dlS-dAw1w GROCERS. JiMtS X. CAlLtTOÄ OWE & WRLETOX, 'o. oi Vet Valiingloii Street. (Opposjt the Stve liou-e,) G- n O CJE JEl s. BCTTEP., EGGS, LAkI), LRESED FOWLS, c alwycn band, litt b;h,t price paid fcr ho Uuce, Uides, PelU aid lU;i. dec4-'62 JIj CROCERIES. Groceries ! Groceries!! rilHF 5F.W ADDITIONS TO MY STOCK OF GROJ CKKIKS make u CMripleU-, cotnnsir.j rfrytLirg t-i ie found In a well regulated C r ocery I N I a h I i li in cn t . I am prepared to terre my fnefl aud the pnbl.e gen rally, witi : articl-s needed for famüy e. particular attenti' 1 mven to tLe purchase of produ'. Frica low a., the lowest. J. B thXAllI). ctl-t3irt-ia Suth Meridian street. STRAYED OR STOLEN. Light Sorrel Horsr $2J Itrward.

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SPECIAL SALB, ruR TI1K AT THS Tra de Palace, or 5 ii i: S S S I I, K 5$ . SC at? OF r.f.rci nm:ss silks TKOM AUCTION AT t LOM SO CENTS TO 11 PIR TAED. iress mmz lOO PIECES OF Dress Goods -1 TKOM IS CENTS Pr Ii YARD UP. CLOAKS. IM Till ltr Wt HCIL ALL OTU1M, OTU IM STTLK AND f-BUC. 400 Balmoral Skirts. mis: rtitst KUSS1A, IIUI ;ON P. VT, AM) AMKKICtH S tM.C, nOUr.HT KALL Y AM) POH SAlJI L0h'. MEN'S WOOL SHIRTS AND 0 RA WEBS: .;lrf:, noons, sk.itm.yu C11V ..TJ f'aTJI'OKT.V; L u e o G o o (1 h i 11 S c t m -FOK HOLIDAIT SAXES. I!. A. IMK III:R Ai CO., 28 AND WEST WAMUNUIOX ST., ISDIANAr-OLI, IXDIAXA. decC2-dlm HOLIDAY DOOICS. G-IFT BOOKS AND PHOTOflltlPII ALBUMS, I.Ü HVIJUY VAKIKTV, Bowen, Sttswart & Co's. derC?-d2w DRY COODS. 0 m b CO h f3 Z 0 m a -03 O EH 0 0 Ph O o o 02 et 31 K 0 a GQ Z CO Ö 6 ! a U 0 at e 9 ts H H A a P H 0 H o tt u ti 4