Daily State Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 4162, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1864 — Page 2

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TM R CNIOX-IT XCST BK fKKiF.RrrO. Jacaao WED.NE3DAT MOK.MNO. FEBRUARY 17. Thf I(rprt f Ike Auditor of Malr-Tlie-(iruinbllnv ff O. 1. .n. A plejr rrrepnlenc( Iii Excellency, io the Journal of e?tenltT, complaint that the report of the Auditor of the State is fr from beir. a truthful c.ßk-ial Ute ment of he affair of the State," but without ingle pedScsiion to utiin the cWj:e. What are the dniiei of the Au-litor of State, a iefined by law? The act prrvcrihin:; hi iwer nl dutten may be fourxl in (. IH.I.p.lH Under that Uw hi made bi duty, amonj other, to "keep ar,l Ulc all account between the State of Indiana and the United State, or any St-te or Territory, or anr fndiridu.il, or public olSctr! of tbi State, indebted to the Sute, or intrusted with tie collection, i!iburement, of management of any money, fund, or intere-t arising therefrom, belonging to the Sute, A every character and description what-oeirer, when the ame are derir.ib!e from, or payable into, the State Tieury," idU "superintend the E:cl concern of ihr Sute, ami their intmment in the rancer refjiiirc-J by Uw." Ilm the Atlitor In LU rrpirt etepped beyond the line of duty in nuking bU atiteuient, aj rerjaireJ by Uw. of the conrJitiou of the "public reTenne., futd and incomes of the State," anil the operation of his department during the fitcil j ear ending the3lt day of October lost? I cot ITh report, in fact, just auch a the law contemplate! he should make? If unable for want of information from the proper parties to keep and Hate all account between "any iudividu-1, or public officer of the State" who ha received arjj dih.red moneys belonging to the State, is it not r roper, nay doe it not becooe hi 'iuty to gire the rea-ins why lie U umMf to do ? Tbi he h done in this instance This probably U the offense against whirh Iii Excellency take fucIi urnbrape and which induce him to pronounce the report an untruthful statement of the alTiir- of the S-ate. The report exhibits the financial condition and accouii' in pred-ely the aime mmner u did Mr. Laset:, hi Republican predecessor in oIicc, au ) at Inve all his pre Jece;TS in tdlke -if;ce the adoption of the pfect.t Constitution; yet O I', iloarj aaya it lia'no honest claim to the character of au official piper"! Hah! and eo will every eeuib!e nran respond. The (urernor take. exception again bec.tuso ths rejrort wa n;l made on the tti rat day nf Aottmb'T, as required by liw. Notl.tr Auditor has yet mtde hi rert on that diy. . It U a mitter of impossibility to do hi. The fiscal year end) the dir preriou. and any man with a jjrain of aerise can ee that it would be out ol hi power to balance and täte all the account the day alter tint are embraced in Ii reHrt. The Gnertior ala ot-jecU to the note which accom panies the report, dated November 2, It-fil, ad-dre-'ed to Um EuelletiCT, and state that at the time of its date the repott wan not in existerceThi i a mere matter of form, and the Governor well know it. A similar note and date id on every Auditor's report which his been nude, and yet the reports were not in existence at the time, and w ere not perhaps for months af terwards. This the Governor pronounces with very virtuou. indignation, "au utter and alnmelens fabrication," "an oßic-! fl-ooo I t' deceive the public," and as being "a little if any bolter than an official forcery." In thus condemning Mr. Ki-TiNK,the Governor condemns equally every one who has held the office of Auditor of State. Mr. Lange made hi annual report under prcci.-ely the p.tme circumstance a did the present Auditor. Appen led to that officer's report for the year 1661 ia the following note: Office or the Aimtor or StatiJ Indianapolis, Xov. 1, ltr'61. To Itist Excellency, O. I. Morton, Governor of the State of Indiana: Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith to your Excellency my annuni report br th G-cal year end' tc October III , 1 i I , agreeably to the art of February 3, lb.VI. to provide fur the annual rejwrta of S'.ate officers and others. Your, very rtpectfully. Albfbt La.nuil. Auilitur of State. Thetioveinor knows that the report was not made on November 1, lc6l . He knows that it was not made for mouth alterward., par in April or May succeeding. In fact be knows that "no $urh letter trat tter sent or erer rretired", yet according t O. I. Mokton "this IctUr was in every part an utter and han.e!e-s fabrication", an official lalehod to deceive the public", little if any better thin an t Ciul forgery." If lhe charges ale applicable to Mr. RijTINK they are equally so to Mr. Lanul. We only allude to thepu'ject to how the little, contemptible, miserable subterfuges to which His Excellency is compelled t report to find an ot.jcc:ion U the report of Mr. liisriv:, ai d we any say that it is emiiientlv worthv t!ie source from which it emanates. Whit a mtl! quibble to raie against an offid il d ciiuicul Tbe Governor rai.-es auot'aer objection. He tys: "TheUw declares th it the Auditor shall ro tke hi annual report lAe Garernor, on the l"t day of November in each year, and provides that the Gorrrmor mv caue the same to te printed. 11 rot. Gttin i llonl' Stat . pige .' J ' Thw law declares no auch thin. It says the fereraor "$haU cau" the strae to be printed. He has no option in the matter He hs no con trol whatever over the rejort of the Auditor. No power is delegated to him to reise it. His only duty in the matter is to receive the report and cause it to be printed. Its being addressed to bitn is a mere matter of official courtesy. It has not been the custom to sen I the report to the Governor in manuscript. It has gone direct from the Auditor's office to the public Printer as soon a it was ready for publication. Mr. Lan:cV report, if we are not mistaken, was .ent from his oJüee to the Printer And wh it difference d.es it mke if it did go from the Auditor to ti e Printer when the Governor hs no right to reue or change it, and has uo o'her duccti.in in Jlie nutter but to cause it tobe printed? It U oi.lv a little man who stands more uprii his .ßk-ial dig nity thin giMxl ftise wou'levtr think of qutstiotia,; a d.H-untent becue it was tvl it udel to him before il was to the Printer. And the law des not even iay whether the rejsrt shall be presented to the Governor in piint or in mauu acript. Tbe Journil also chrges that the Governor made several demauds vf the Au 1 i t r fr Iii re port. This is untrue. No ilcmtnd was ever made ?if him fjt the report by the Governor. At an interview with tbe Governor in his office, he aiked the privilege of seeing the report before it waa printed. The Auditor replied that he could have tbat privilege, but th it it was t ot then ready. N j detnatid was nuie to have the report etit to the Governor iu matiucript. It was full a week after thi inteniew lefore the report wa aent to lha Printer, aud the Auditor felt under ko obligation to csrry the manuscript up ti the Governor' room forthein-pec'.i jnuf Hia Excellency. It was mote conveniet.t for the Utter to go to the Auditor's office and inspect it, if he desired t do o, where all the ducumeufs were to be found from which it was made up. Hut what difference did even that make when he had no

riht wha'ever to alter a syllable in it. and his otdv dutv as to eaut it t' be prin'el. and even his orl r to do that w a mere matter ot form, for wl.ich there is no precedent.. According to a cutom Mnt ti.T.ed by cvety lAz'AivTe, the Auditor b the riht to caue his rejrt to be printed, and eery Auditor hai done so. It is the ftcu detailed in the report thit hurt. The Journal's article ahowa that such is the cae. And io this connection we give the correspondence between O. P. Morton and J. IJistisf, which Iikw;ie howi that the "galled jide wince." We de-ire to call sj;tl attention to the letter of O. P. MoaTo. Its lark v( courtey and iu bad temper cannot fail to strike every reider. And His ExceUetsCT 'i riot ns jharp as he intended to be. Unwittingly he ackbow ledges the rectiftof the rerort of the Auditor of the State. It makes no difference what he miy think of the character of the report, and his protest in that regnd" amounts to nothing, but while protesting be concedes that the document has been presented to hirn in dae form. If the report h id been complimentary to His Excellence if it h ad alluded to hi ID as the ' soldiers' friend," and spoken of his "ciantic effrts," Lc , not one word would have teen heard from him, even if it had not been furnUhed to him until it was in print. Hut because the facts stated, taken frota the record too, are unpalatable to His Excellency, hence the charge that the report is a "political document," and cannot by htm be regarded as nn "ofTu-isl paper." It makes no difference, however, what he thinks of it, and neither his opinions or denunci itiotis can chance its "official character." While the reply of Mr. Ki.stim: is somewhat sarcastic and cutting, we cannot but compliment that gentleman upon his forbearance and moderation. Some individuals place! in the same cir- - cum-itaficrs, with lc5s generosity of nature, and les regard for offiel I courtesy, would hive taken the opportunity, to use a vulgar expression, to have fkinned His Excellency, but Mr. Kistine only administers a gentle rebuke to the assurnption and impertinence of "O. P. Morton." We congratulate His Excellency upon having fallen into the hands of one so well known for his good ness of he rt We h ive no doubt th it His Excellency lias sought this controversy to create sympathy in his behtlf and m ike it the cltirn fr an

tin inioious nomination fr Governor' from the Union" State Convention. The following is the correspondence: LtTTKR rEOM O F MORTON TO JOSt.PH BISTINK, .MJ Indiana!' lis, Feb. 13, lbGl. Joforn I'istini.. Eq , Sir: I received this morning by the hands of your messenger a print ed political document, purporting to be the of ficial report of the Auditor of State. It has no houe.-t claim to the character of an oßicial paper and cannot be regarded as fuch. O. P. Morton. RLI LY Or J RISTINK TO OLIVER V. MORTON, .SQ. Indianapolis, Indiana, Feb 13, lrG4. $ OnvKk P. Morton, Esq , Sir: I have ju.t received your auforaph note of 'this date, in which you inform me that you hive received by the h-inds of my messenger "a printed olitical doc ument, purrxirting to be the olücinl report of the Auditor of Sute " Vou ulso inform me that "it has no honest claim to the character of au otlicial p iper and cannot be regarded as such' The statute requires that my report f-hall be made "to the Governor of State," and having noticed in the morning papers that you chimed, and had ecured the opinions of eminent counsel to the effect that you are not tfovernor, I was doubtful as to my duty, but having ascertained by the examination ol various public documents thit you have aince the ICth day of January, It'b'l. claimed the title and exercised all the power and authority pertaining to the of face, and much that is not annexed to it by law, I regard ed it my duty to overlook your present repudiation of official character and send you my rcpoit. I did it as an act of otlicial duty, and not as a mark of respect to which you are entitled as au individual, or because I s uppo?ed it would be gratifying to you to know that the tinaucul affiirs of the State were being conducted in accordance with legal requirements. The rcpoit was prepared with reference to my obligations to the I iw nud public interests. The facts are taken from public records snd authentic documents. Whether the conclusions drawn from the facts stated are legitimate, etch candid reader will determine for himself. I did t:ot expect that their presentation to the public would be agreeable to vou, nor did I t-i poe it my duty to teek your aid in the selection of the material for the report, or your advice as to the manner of its arrangement. It became my duty to call your attention t:) the cotiuitiuu of various funds, upon which, under different pietexts. ai.d with a species of legerdemain not often exhibited in positions so exalted as tint you fill, you hid drawn without reference to tour own power or the rights of the State I als. died your attention to the "Arsenal," an institution built up by you without legal au thority, onied on with the money of the State, and the profit, which aie reported to be lare, passing into the pockets of private individuals. A, all events not one cent of either the principal or increase thereof, has been by you, or your agents, or pirtticrs, paid i:.to the Stite Tieisury fince I hae been Auditor of State. With reference to the interest on the funded debt of the S'ate, fur the payment of which vou have exhibited such zeal, 1 .vhow that you appToml an act ol the Le;ilatuie by which the tax levied fir the express i urpoe of pijing the fun del debt wa diverted fr m that purpose, ar.d appropriated to the paymtii; of thenar bonds, and which i rovided that no portion of the tax ahould bo paid on the de!t l.r the payment of which it was levied, until the war londs were paid, thus leaving no means with which to piv either the principal or interest of the funded debt unless money raised for other purposcj should be misapplied. The facts are clearly stated in the report. The tax-payers of the State have a right to demand information s to the financial condition of their public treasury. To have cnnceuled them would have bee.i an act o( official uUhonesty. I have stated no fact that docs not legitimately connect itself with the financiil condition of the State I have not stepped beyond the limits of my official duties in any portion of the report; and though the spectacle of official delinquency mo I humiliating to the people of the State, its rxfxtture better Mibserves public interests thau its conetalmeut The eh r;e th it tbe report is a "political document," under ordinary circumstances would be contemptible, but coming from the source it d-s it is purely ridiculous The j eople alone are imperial in all nutters connected with the r rub lie senant Undei the requirements of the law. for their benefit arid inform uion. I furnished you the statement of the condition of the "public revenue. lur:ds and incomes of the State " Your attempted subterfuge to supres thereout w ill not avail you for your purp-es. The j ubhc ill see i:. In conclusion permit me to siy that I have a tolerably clear en f j t.rn of my duties as Auditor of Stite, anl tint I do not recoiiiie in you either the me:.t l and in.r l qu iliiics, or the le.'al r-ht.to dictate ihe manner ot their erformanre; that 1 regard your letter as r tuiiou und impertinent, an I ev.icMte it and its author at their proper value. J. Kishne. The Iteatoratloii nf the I'tiion Im oi hie. KTorn tbe Ir :n T:nie, January US. Mr. Mi'tier Gibon belong to a school of politician whoaequoe jditic.l convictions in t tic same manner as other men imbibe er accept uprtiiuliotis They are etnet and ?incere, hut they neter doubt and thev do not reason. A year since we were all asking each other how long this war would last. Todty we are inquiring. How will the war end? We hive come to recognize in the tir?t cte th .t the American war is not exempt from the condition of endurance w hich his been found to attach itself to all great contest- in modern times. If it took seven years for the United States to achieve independence of a distant people who had no very pas ionite desire to subjugate their brethren, it w s scarcely to be reisonably expected that the Southern States could iu two vers achieve their independence of a power in close propinquity to

them, and whoe heart and ir.teret were in the olject of subjugation. 1 hat the resolution, the pnrpoj-e. or the obstinacy ot the population of the .Northern State, should endure tor three years is not extraordinary when we remember that the resolution, the purpose or obstinacy of Lord North and George III. endured much longer. Mr. Milner G;bon,if we understind him and we take grest pains to present hii proposition just as he puts it beli even in the recoiiiiulHn of the American Union, becaue he believes iu the'ob stinancy of the North Hut why , should he not believe also In the obktinancy of the South? He gives us no reason why the South are mote likely to !ay down their arms in depair" thn why the North should do so. All history rather testifies that it i the insurgent iiatioii which mrUiifesfsthe moie enduring obsfinancy. When the United St ate- commenced their rebellion they were worse off for means of resUlauce than the confederates would now be if they had lost all their armies and Richmond to boot. When the opportunity arrived for closing the contest, Wahingtnii wasoblisel to remind hia intractable friends that tie had no army ami no meit.s of getting one. In the third yer of the war even Lord Cliatam hirnelf was raising lös voice indignantly a indignantly as Mr Seward now raises his voice against "the dismemberment of this ancient and tnt noble monarchy." All that is happening now ha happened before upon the same toil ; but it did not pas away in ninety days nor three years; nor was the obslin un-y of the i ivader the obstinat cy which was crowned with huccess Ob'tir.acy does not clways command success. Without it we must admit that success cannot be hoped for in such a war as now is waged. Hut (eorge III. is generally admitted to have been indiflerently well provided with this virtue, but he lost the sovereignty of America and saw his ancient monarchy dismembered. Or is there anvthing in the conduct of the S uthern-

ers. who have nearly won all their battles, which makes him think they are more likely to give in than their fathers, who ud to the time of Saratoga and Yorktow had lot all their battles. It may happen, a Mr. Gibson so conti lently expects, that the North will never lay down her arms des'sting from the war of subjugation until she his been conquered by the South; which means, we stippo-e, that this object will be pursued for an indefinite number of years. We confess, how ever, that we think the probibilitie-, when weigher! by men who work out their eonv'ttions intead of jumping at them, mut appear tobe all the other way. No or;e can reasonably ex.tect the North to give in now. They have not vet even got to th t period whii.li answers to the period ot the old "rebellion," when even Chatham fulminated :it the idei of 'Amercan independence Tbe obstinacy of! neither party has as yet been sufficiently tested It may be, although we do tmt expect it, that the Southerners may prove unequal to the rice imoii, and may grow tired ol nuking sacti fices. This is the otdy chance in Mr. Gibson's favor. If this should turn up. the Southerners would nrove themselves a smaller hearted race thin were their fathers, and inferior even to ) Spaniards and Italians, and Circass'mis and Poles, j all of whom have been often conquered but never tamed to Mibmis-ion. Lines., however, they should voluntarily abmdon their enterprise, conquest and subjection are impossibilities. We do not set cfT in balance the chmces of military ; success. We will admit, if Mr. Gibson wishes it, that the Northerners are as much stronger in resources ot men and money than tue Southern-j ers as England in 177.", when the firt blood was j shed at Lexington, was stronger in military power th m the eoatteied population of two millions and a half of colonists: as much stronger, also, if Mr. Milner Gibson so wishes it, as Napoleon I. was sironger in 1)8 than the trueriilla leader. ot Spain. Hut we may admit nil this which, of course, is not to be admitted in the strict interest of truth and we mut still think that all human probability is opposed to Mr. Gibson's expectations of the restoration of the late American republic. Political Imiiiorali !' Such is the title of an article in the North Americau He iewr. It is gratifying to see that public attention is turned to politics as a science as well as a trade. Bos well once told Dr. Johnson a marvelous story, ending his narrative with. "It is incomprehensible, and that's an end n"t." "No, sir," roared the doctor, "it is a lie, and that is the end on't." Such is the difficulty with the Republican theory of politics. North American, Mr. IMair, and all the preichers included. They start w ith falsehood as a basis, and are very much puzzled because"the sum does not prove." They assume that the Union and Constitution are a growth, not a manufacture. They treat the Union as a tree, of which the roots arc certain principles w hich they propound, and of which the States are simply branches It is unnecessary to argue upon this proposition. It is a mere waste id' time. It would re pe.it the old story of the Koyal Academy debating why a tub half full of water, with a large fish in it, weighs no more with the fish in than out. It did not there !c i ate c!o-ed. The Union was made. How? IJy a ratification oi the Constitution by the convention of eleven States. It was made as a marriage is made, a p irtnership formed, or a sale effected, by tiie voluntary assent of eleven contracting parties. The sole principle which lies at the foundation of our system isbirgain. I give to get, you get to gi e. The fir-t great question to be settled was howmuch the large S' .at es would give, and how little the :-inill biaies would take Ewh class wanted j all, euh class took hilf The small States got! eqtiihiy in the Sonate, and the large States ine-i quality in the HotisC. ! The Eisiem States wanted their commercial interests secured; the ex'renie Surhern States! wanted their slave interests secured. We will make two quotations from the de bates in convention to show how those sections felt as to the natural mutuality of interest. Mr i'.u'.ler, of South Carolina. cousideicd"the interests of the Smthem und Eastern States as d'rlei ent as the interests of Jiussi i and Tur- 1 key " Mr. Graham, of Massachusetts, "desired it to ! be remembered th it the Erstem States had no-, motive to Union, but a commesciil one " j Let us see how they compromised. Pincknev j (as to the si n e trade) moved to strike out 1 .Nib j and insert l.H). Mr. Gorham, ot Massachusetts,; seconded the motion j New Hampshire. Massachusetts, Connecticut,! Maryland, North Carolina, South Cindina, aye; New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, j no ) Mr. Ellsworth, of Connecticut, had been wil j ing to go further. He said: "Let every State import what it pleases. The wisdom and moral- ; it t of slavery are considerations that belong to ! the States themselves." j Mr Butler reciprocated by: " Desirous of con filiating the affections of the Elstern States, he i should vote as they wished upon the navigation clause." To show more conclusively that these were the considerations tor a bargain, the whole subject of the slae trade ami the Navigation acts were re- i command on moiion of Gouverneur Morris, he saying: "These things namely, the slave trade, to which some of the North are opposed, and the navigation act, without a restriction to which the i South was opposed nuy form a bargain he j tween the Northern and the Southern Stales. The E istern States got the consideration for i their part of the bargain. The Southern States irot theirs in the Fugitive Slave law. and in the importation ot slaves tor twenty years a r'ght which Mr. M adisoti justly obsei ved would produce all the mischief to be apprehended from the liberty (meanirg unlimited) to import slave. To make the question of property in slaves still more clear, duty wis imposed in them as upon other imports, with the distinct admission and full tinders. ttaling "that it was unreasonable tit it flives alone -huld be exempt, wheu all other articles are ttxed nd dutied, ' .m i iu spite of the objection by Shcrmtu, "that bv laying a duty on slave, a on other imports, it recognizes them as property" It will be seen by these few ex'racts that the Eastern $tes and the extreme S mi t hern made the interest compromises in the Constitution against t';e wishes, nay, eunest desire and repc. ted attempts, of Pennsylvania and Virginia, (is expressed bv Mr. Mason) "that ihe getieral government should have the power to prevent ihe iiicrete oi slavery." Iu other wor-ds, tbe very principle of the Republican party wss before the convention, backed up bv all the power of Virginia, the then greatest State, and Pennsyl vania. seconJ only to it, and failed, though four of the strongest minds in the convention Frank lin, Gouvert.eur Morris, Madisou and Mason were in its favor. The franiers of the Constitution were practical business men, not lealots. Thev were actinjr as the embassadors of cations i hey knew very weil that men neer have agreed, nor evir can agree, upon questions of conscience; but upon material interests they can agree ea-dy enough. They limited the system they were moulding to

material interet alone, and they succeeded in producing a plan of povernment fr from per feet, indeed, as all admitted but tetter suited to the States which treated it than the old artie'es Of confederation. Tbe power of amendment cd in finitum is given, so as to accommodate it to the inevitable changes which time develops. To, prevent the increase, to provide for the abdition of slavery, may be very proper objects of amend' menU to the Constitution; but till tho-e anient ments are made they are not objects on which tie Federal power can be used, or lor which it ougU to be conferred New ork World The Prisoner QueatIon lluntune Iropottln by ilte ICrbel o .attention I'aid to it by the Federal Autliorltlea. Utemetd cf Mr. C. C. Fulton, Trcprietor of the Ifcltimore American. J At IU o'clock on Monday morning, Oommis fioner Ould, accompanied by Capt. Hatcl, visited Maj. Mulford on board the "steamer Nev York, for the purpose of receiving Dr. Ritchie and the two overseers taken during the raid on Urin lon last week. There were also several gentlemen on board who had come down to have a personal interview with Judge Ould, among whom wa Mr. Mon fort, the Commissioner of the State of

Indiana, and vour correspondent, "C. C. F " On hearinjr that I was on board. Judge Ould im mediately expre-?ed a desire to see me. The time of both of us being limited. I proceeded di rcctly to the business on w hich I had sought the .interview the devising of some feisiHle means of relieving the sufferings of our piisoners at Richmond. I remarket! to him that t.e purpose of my visit to City Point was to obtaia a personal interview with j. C. Cawardin, Esq , proprietor of the Richmond Di-patch, with the hepe that we might, in our capacity as private citizens, having no official connection with either government, cf feet some arrangement lhat would be satisfactory to the friends of the prisoners on both sides He replied that in the prer-ent coudition of affiirs it would be impracticable, to have such an inter view. Finding that an interview with Mr. Cowardin was not prictic ib!e, I then stated to Judge Ould that the proposition 1 had to make to Mr. Cowanlin I would make to him, which was that I would agree to give my time and service to the amelioration of the con iitioti of the Confederate prisoners iu our hands, and promptly and faith fully attend to anv commission lhat miht be intrusted to me by Mr. Cowardiu, reporting direct to him, provided that he would act iirthe same capacity toward our pi isoners in their hands. That 1 would undertake to deliver to them w hat ever 0'ir S'lrernme'it permitted to come through the lines, piovided he would take charge of and deliver such articles as his government would consent to receive from us by tlig of truce. Judge Ould repl ed that he was now and al ways had been reidy ami anxious to do all in his power to ameliorate the condition of the pri-oner on both sides, and to make concessions to the cause of humanity that might not be advisable under other circumstances. With this view he had, some two weeks since, made a proposition to our government wh'ch he thought, if uccepted, would accomplish the same purpose as that 1 projiosed, in a more extended and satisfactory manner. This proposition, he s i i, was to allow a number of our Surgeons, selected by our government for the purpose, to pass through their lines and to lisitiind remain with our ptisoneis, wherever thev might be, having full lihertv ot the city, and to pass Irom oint to point ;s they might deem necessary iu the pe: form nice ot their duties. They would even be a'i jwed to act as Commissaries for our prisoners, und to order through the lines such stores a they might deem necessary, and to receive and list ritxite them. He presumed that not less than fifty would be required, und lie had cnntempla'ed re reiving at least that number. All that he had asked in return was, tint they should i.lso be permitted to feud such number of their Surgeons within our lines as might be deemed neceso-y, with similar powers. To this proposition l.e cxptarssed reat surprise that he had not vet received any reply from our government S long as the proposition was tinder consi deration he could not consent to entert in any other. The reason why this proposition of Commissioner Ould has not been entertained, is pcumed to be that he refuses to acknowledge Gen. Butler as Commissioner ol Exchange, and directs h;s cominuiticitions to the authorities at Washington, although oflicially informed that the whole subject is in the hands of (Jen Hutler I urged upon him that the cause of humanity atid justice to the people of his section required that something should be done immediately to prove tint the charge against them were, as he alleged, falsr that technicalities and etiquette ro'ght ilefe-at or delay the consummation of Mich au arrangement whilst an arrangement that would accomplish the same purpose, such as I proposed, between two private citizens, could be perfected in twenty minutes. I al- urged upon him that the prompt and thorough manner in which Mr. Cowardiu had performed the commission I had imposed upon him had placed him high in the estimation of our people as a mm of honor nud integrity; und that if he would undertake the general supervision of onr prisoners at Richmond, that. I felt authorized to become r sponsible to him for all the expense he might be under in so !ong. That wagons ami mules to provide him with transportation could be for warded that, as an agent in the cause of hu mauitv, he might be enabled tu accomplish his mission without the delays incident to government transportation. Su.-h an .ur.ing-ment would at once ameliorate the condition of their prisoners in ur hands, and that all deficiencies iu supplies for them from Richmond would be made up bv our own people nd associ itions. In the "course of our conversation I was as sured that the most unfounded statements had been made agviinst the people and authorities of Richmond in the northern papers, especially by the returned clergymen, who be asserted had each endeavored to excel the other in mibgnant falsehood. Of all men he th. tight that the truth might have been looked for from them. O.i the contrary, they had misrepresented everything, and never told a truth w hen a falsehood could be substituted No true sold er w ho h id gone North, he asserted, hail corroborated or substantiated their slanderous statements. To put n ste p to the misrepresent itions he had made the pn-p i fiti'Mi Io our government for the reception of S.uge.'ns. whom we notv mutually treited as lion-comb atants, and he still bad hopes that so reisoiiihle and feasible a propj.-'tion would be accepted. Warfare has enough h-jrrors insert rably connected with i: without uselessly mubi plying them by provoking ihe most embittered animosity between the people of the "two coun tiies" ns to the condition of their pn-oners of war. lie admitted that there h id also Ueen treat misrepresentations on this score by some of their returned iisners. I was n?snrel tint nothing could be more erroneous than the statement that the-'e men were exposed t the weather :in I bru tally lie i ted He would far prefer to take their places than be confined in any of the tobacco warehou.-es. They were all, lie said, proxiled with tints, and as well shei'ercd as the s 1 i ers whoguirdel them. In addition to wh;iit!iey enjoyed the free air, were less troubVi bv vermin, hid room for exercise, and were not sub jected to the confined atmosphere inseparable from hospital or prison life. Hed:d not allude to the character or ex'ent of their r 'lions, or to the character of the shelter provided them. With regard to fuel he assured me tint an abundance of it was supplied to the men on Belle Isle, and that they were not crowded there without regard to shelter; that when any number h id been ta ken away a similar number was added, and that the island was covered to its full capacity with tents, and n more than could tie accommodated in the tents were at any lime placed there. The health of those on the island was better than that of those in the prisons, and thev fared as weil as as their own oldrers in the field NOTICE. Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. rp HE "CHAMBER OF COM EICF W;LL EK I. cper.e.! Jiüt for business, on aaJ after Mct.diy, Frmry 15tb, js4. (Sundays eicepted) at 2 o'clock r. u. Thanre hours from 2 o'cKk to 4 o'clock V. M. feMT elm J. B1UNAKD, Secretary. REMOVAL. m-Z -IB f -m." L. IL. IlfE KF5PFCTTTLLT tilVK NOT1CK OK OUR KEV nioval, ou the 1st inst., from T West Washington street, to .fo. 3S woutli .Meridian Street, Schnull' New BI-:k, and inv.te Merchanu ta au eaarair.atioa of our tock of Beaver, CasiiBre, Fur and Wool Hat, with Cap. of 11 tyle for men aad boys hta wotffr t ihe trade at price a low a can b four, t in any other Western Jobbin Hit lUiue. Our i-t c a:e kle'ted at the bt raanuf ctone at aa t are of styles tutting tLe trade of auy locality. Ia M raw Good w have at all times a g at aMrtment. I ONALDSON 4 C A RR. 3-H So.th MeriI.aa street, Khnull'f New IU k. fet 15-d-'w

OBITUARY.

' "Giv me tre death of tb w bo for rhar couorrj d e." , Td. of Typhoid Pneumonia, ia Urneral Field Tlotpital, ar Chattanooga, Tf nn, February SJ, Tea t. BrTTErru, C4 jera and 8 mot.lhs. TL Jeceei wa a memVr of Company B. 13th Rf g alar Ü. . Inouitrj, a patri. oUl.er la the fall ne of the term, having olunterfd tn tbe price of bis coontry at the very beginning of th rf hellion, and i-erved as a me mix r of Core pan y B. Ilth Riimet.t Indiana Volunteers, through tha three m nth' campaign In Western Virginia. Hi term cf enlistment havirj expired, he pnta frw week Tisiting his friends, and aiain entered thd service la Company B, llha Regulars. U. S. In'antry, then belnir recruited ia thi city, wr nt to tha field with tbtnecand dchnitnt of the regiawnt, fretly crißesng the pleasure of home anl friend, ehee:.'wlly laybg them, anJ, like a true oller, lat of all, Li tare, on the attar of his coaniry. Through all tbe dnRr nd vicisritu iea of war be faithfully clung to hU regfment, whether on tbe weary march or amid the clash and ra' he of battle. In tho" fierce rdal though which the 19th Regulars pissed, at the battle cf Chickaraauga, he was t ice wounded; imce under the ej e, once in the body under the arm, of which, however, h fon recovered and Joined hl rezimet, wbeu for meritorious conduct, he, wilh several others of hi company, were tendered a hort furl)Uj?b, but he generously gave h:s place to a comrade, a man of family, while be (ihe deceased) remained to fill hi fiiem' p'ace in tbe field, thus, alasj denrivirg himself of the last opjwrtunity of seeing Li loved ones at borne, (from whom he had bet-n b.-ent about two years,) and continued faithfully to i-erve hia country till death came andave a furlough to that quiet, peaceful home 'where the wkked ceaee from troubling and the w eary are at rest." 'Flowideep the brave wloMk to rest, Wittrall their country' wi.-hes blestj When Spring, with Je vy fingers cold, Keturnsto deck thfir hallowed mold, S!ie tbre shall dres a weeter d, Than fncy' feet have ever trod. By fairy band thtir knell is nrig. By forms unseen t heir dirjre is sung; -There honor comes a pilgrim irray, lo bles the tnrf that wraps their c'ay, And freedom h'l awhile repair. To dwell a wfepinsj hermit rhere." MUSIC. JTJST I3 XJB IjISIE ID IBTrT leb: v walks; it, 722 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, C-i BAND PA It A PH AS K 1K Ct'XCKKT. ONTHE F.VF.K T popular air "Listen to the Moc-kl g bird;" Fan tasie varie '.. Conip-e1 by Kdward H 'lTmaT. This i the pifee hü h created Mich a sensation at the Varian Itotlnian t-'!ic-rts. rnce ?l. Als, "Wait, live. Until tie War is Over." Song am! Chorus. M a ic adaMvd ly T. M. Todd. Price SU cent Kach of the nb-ve, or any of our publicat ns, -ent free of p"sge upon receipt of maikd price, lo be obtained al.-o a all tn principal .humc s-iorr. LKK Jk W ALKF.R. 122 Clitfctnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. fel.17 d2t PROFESSIONAL. t. J. OKM1V, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OFFICE AND KKSIPKNCF., No. 46 North Pennsylvania 3t. fcblS-i!eod:im.Vwitam MARSHAL'S NOTICES. (So. 74H.) United States Marshal's Notice. Ü4 I I II I STAT i:S OF A 71 CK I CA D1S TUICrOF INDIANA, SS: Whkkkas. A libcj of iufvrnutioii ha been F.lcd in th DNtrict Court of the United .States, within and for the Kighth Circuit and District of Indiaaa, on the llth day of KoiTuary, 1S64, by John llauna, fq.. Attorney of the United Vtates for the Lh.-tr.ct of Indiana, aain-t the following de-sTti'. ed prop rty a;ul etfect of John Zmer an 1 Phillip Lrntenji-ghef: Seven fcrmentating tnben, forty barrel 4 of whky, one wooden t-t. 11, one copper still, one tloubtcr and fixings, one boiler, one engine and fixings, live Maud of beer, about two bai rel.s of copper distilled wiiisky, rectifyinif tuhrs jiid apparatus and the whisky t'ier-::i. si-izt'd at the sai ! District for a Tirlatitu of au "An Act to provide internal revenu to Hipport the Government and to pay ititvre.st :i the putlic debt," apprivvd July lt, 1"52, and praying pre-s agains. said goods, and thit th- ?aine may I e condemned as forfeited to the United Stare. Now, tbon-forp, in pursuance of the Monition under the seal of lit! said Court -o me directed and delivered, I do hereby (rive public notice to all persons claiming aid KoM-, or any part thereof, or in aty jmnner interested therei i, thst tli"3 be and appear hef.re the said, the District Court of the United Mates, to be held at the city of Indianapolis in and for the District ot Indiana, on the 1st Tuesday of May i.ext, t 10 o'clock of the forenoon of tat lay, aod then and there t. iuer;ose tbfir claims and make theii .llefrli'iis in that tn'haif D. (J. i:OSK, U. S. Marshal, By I. S. Bir.Kt.ow, Deputy, AttestWatt J. Smith, Clerk. fbl7-dl4t (NO. 149.) United States Marshal's Notice. UN1TKD STATKS OF AMKItlCA, DISTUICT OF INDIANA, S: Whkukas, A libel of information has been filed in tbe District Curt of the United States within and for the Seventh Circuit and District of Indiana, on the löth day of let ruary, 1Ü4, by John 11 nr. a, Kmj., Attorney ol the United States, for the District of Indiana, against one hundred an l fory-!ive tales of cotton, riuikcd, and all per-unit lawful y intei vci.iii for t!i-ir ioteres? rl.ere in, reized for a i l itio of rh )aw o; the Un tel Sia'es, and he regulations of the Secretary of the lreasiiry now in p-iri-uat.ee h-rro, and prajin,; process K:''t kail poods, and that 'he same may Le condemned an l sold at lorleited to the Unitcn Stages. Now, therefore, in piirs-iaoce of the Monition under the seal of -aid Court lo use türecteü and delivered, I tUt hereby Kive public rt t:c lo a! pi r-ons claiming aid ioihIs, or any j art thereo:, or in any m inner inte.estel therein, that tiiey te aid appear tefore the sa d, the District Coii't of ih- Ui i!"d S'a cs to be held at the city cf Indian.) polis, it. and f r il.e District of Indiana, on the ltt Tuesday of May i ext. at 10 o'cioct of the forenoon of that day, ih'-ii and there to ii terpoe their claims and make their ail?galio:.s i;. lhsl b ha!f. ii. ti. IMS.'.. U. H. Mrsh il. Py I. S. r.iiKiw, Is-puty. Attt: Wait J. Smith, Clerk. frhlT-dMt AGENCY. B. n. SVlVlill As CO., REAL EoT.iiE A GIN TS, Norwood'H I$Ioo1c, No 20 1-2 North Illinois Street, IN MAN ATOMS, IND., B IT, SKI.!. AND KXCH ANTtKS REAL ESTA TE, 4C, I ß kc. O!oe open it ii RhtFor ile, several Rood Farm withia 5 mile of tbe city. ForSal V nimVr of (fool H.'use aiid I'ts within the city Umi's.frotn STort to f.lHM in price. For Sale and Trade A larce mmber of fine Ruildiag Lr.t in all pari of th- ciiy, from f loo to 5,(a in prxe. P-rn wihinf to build r buy on pealation will do w el. to callFormal or Trde A numlr r.f Improved Farm in the State of Indiana; al o a large quantity of Unimpr V( d land. For Sate or Trsde Several rood Saw and Hear Kil!a convemea: to lndij'apili. For Sale or Trade A lot of Merchaudiie, Dry Gcodi, Liquor, Ac. For Sal or Trade A pair of wlj broke mnlea 5 and 8 year old. and Harnet ; alo a rood Hor. fehlT d3 ra WANTED. Three Curriers W t ii t e tl I in nt odiatel y. P1FCE WOKK ANDSTKADTF.MPI)TMFNTGIVE5. Ni iie tmt Crst c!a wcrkmeu ned apply. JOII5 K1MJBACK. lB.lianap.li', February 5, l94. dlO

AMUSEMENTS.

U liTKO I O L I TA HALL. STAGE VANAGER. - Jir. W. 11. RILET. Wednesday Evening, Feb 17,1864.1 311mm icati: i3icrsiis', 31 r. SV3I. ItYVIV THE BOHEMIAN MOTHER. IIADY A'DY. SCALE OF miCES. Dres Circle ar.d Tarqnette 50 Cent Ltdr anl Getdleman. ... IS Cent Kach additional Lady SS Cent. ; lery M nt All Reserved Seat 50 Cent Trivate Röxe t 'rPIU.x office op-n rom 10 o'clock A. M. till Ii M TT7lHor open at 7 o'clock. Curtain rie at precisely. ITI A S O i I C II A Im I-. The CJrcat Oi iin:tI I'Icliircs "of the ICcvolutioii. FROM TREMONT TEMPLK, R0ST0N'. VTill open at MASONIC For Vive .rights Oiij, rOMMK.NCIXO Tuesday Evening, Feb. 23d, 1864. TOTINSON A PEAL'S C0LL0SSAL JIIRK0R 0FTTIK KKVnl.UTUiX of 'lrrtV' covtring ovr 40,000 MI'iare fret of carivasi Thi grand a'id majetic rxhib tivn a asfi:rr.thed at the enornvnis expense of f iO.KiO hy a corps of tre mo-t celebrated artihi of liest'T, and abounds in le uiiful and li'e-hk scenes, interspersed with MarIirir and thriilinr; effects, rendi-rintj it by far the cjan ie t lutor cal exhibition f the present aj;e. Vks' andcoinpreheiiMve. oflicially ntb"iitie. and minute in all its detai , it stands alone th only pictoral exponent of the trupurte of 6. 'rpMatincf Saturday tfurnoon at 2. o'clock. A'i mission to matine- 13 rent.. 1"-Ticker 25 cenr. Children li cents. irT'l'oor open at 7 o'clock. Commence at AP o'clock. feh!7-dtf REMOVAL. -7" -A. Pomeroy, Fry & Co.. J J II AVE REMOVED THEIR From Wet Wash nton street to No. 24 South Meridian Street. OUR STOCK HAS BEKX VKKT LAPGFLT INCRK ISEI), and we th nk will compare faToiabty with MiniUr .stKk in any part of the country. We Lave a full and rt-ry liavy assortment of ron, Sfel, Won and lilacksiüiih Material, Ac , to which we rep"CMuily invite attention. I'tiMKUUT, FRT A CO., feblT-dlw 24 South Meridian t-trert, Indianapolis. HARDWARE. NEW IRON STORE. rOlIKROY, FRY V CK, No. 24 South Meridian Street, ISIHASAPOLIS, I.MDI.IJIA, H constantly on band IRON, STF.P.L. NAILS, ANVILS, RKLL0WS, VICES, AXLKS. SPRINGS, BOLTS. VALLK ABLK CASTINGS, NUTS, WASHr.RS.HOKR SH0KS, HO KSK SHOE NAILS, W HERLS, nüHS, SPOKKS.FKLLOKS, SHAFTS, BCGGY AND WAGON BOWS, CHAINS, riJOYf II 1NDS, AC , VC. ü- ms, m' rxo MP Th Ohio River Salt Company. The Madison Pearl Starch Compaay. fTTr'ny will sell all articiesin their line atthetowe.-t market rrice. POMEKOT. FRT A CO. f.bl7-dti!laprl23 BOOTS AND SHOES. NEW WHOLESALE BQ0T& SHOE HOUSE A.C.mWES, WM N.EVANS, JAS. T.McMlLLIM. DAWKS, EVANS & M'MILLINJ Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS i SHOES 71 West Washington Street, VKK NOW RFCE1V1NO FROM THE TEST MANUfcturer in tbe country, and Lave in More, tie fuliowin; g'KjA to which tbey invito the attention .f Country Xerchanti: 200 Ca-e of Men' and Bors Calf and K!p Hoots. Kill Knvn ant IM w Thr. lOO ' - Cair.PepKiand Sci'cir.almrrals. IOO 44 Otfori and -cote jTi. 3(() 44 ofWoroen' Ca f. Goat an l Calf Tegti B'Hiisan t Balrn"rls. iOOCie of Wumen Goat, Kid and Morocco Xk. Welt R.iot and BaJm orals. 20 Ca.ea Women' I jrc Cor.? Gaiters. ÖOO of Jf i.v-e', CiiiMren'i', Coya and Toutha' Shoe of all kind. Mi-, varietiea arl -tjle a, luiUble for Indiana and lüinoi tra c. Havmjf tna le our purche before rhe late advance, we feel asnre j in ayinir we can oTr nuperior indnce-m-nts to any Houe in tbe Wut. We eordia ly iniie ;on to examine onr atock befora making purchases. tÖfIromi't ttentioa tid to order. Latra ixe alwaya on trl. DiWES. EVANS k McMILLIN. frhlT WANTED. 41S:I PLOY3IENT. A y0STII-AGNTS WANTED TO 5FLL JO SVin; MM-hine. We will Rive a ("ministon on al! Marhr.es m.U. or en ploy egent who wiU wark f- r th above anzea at d all expend I"1For pa'tlru'ar ad Ire 1 OTLAN CO. Geoeral AjrebU, f-bl3-dCt Detroit, M ckifin. COPARTNERSHIP. Livery Business. fllOE UNDERSIGNED HATK FORMED A COP ART rersbipin tb Livery basineaa, under tbe tjle of OhLOP A TATLOR. Tbeir atablea are located at the comer of Pennsjlrania and Fearl treet and tbey will keep the lct of arock and carriages fr tbe accommodation of tba publK. Tbey will aUo be ready at'all time t- purrbae tock and pay tbe beet price in tbe market. In connection -i:U tbeir Lvery baine. they will keep a boarding and aal Ubl. IMCK tRU)P, STk-PHKN TATLOH, febS-dlm (formerly of Lafayette.)

GROCERS.

CHEAP! CHEIPKR! CHE.PKST! Clowinyr Out! CIonIii: Out! ClOMlllo; Out! For Thirty Days! For Thirty Days! ( ALL SOOX! C I Li. soom CALL SOOX! No. 17 Ea-.t Washington Street. Two Doors West of csienn' Illock. f-MT A2t CARPETS. PIECES OF CARPETS, JUST RECFIVED AT THE Trade Palace, 26 and 28 West Washington St. Medalion Carpets. j Suburb rattern, in rich inh color, all iie ; Axininster Vol. Carp't Untirpiel in style, elnncc and durability. : Velvet Carpets, ! New anJ cie ir:t sule. in light, dark and me- ' liuni colors. Body Brussels Carp'ts Tapestry Brussels do. English and Americin Marsuf-ieture, New Patterns, in hih c!'r, vsry fine. !.Thro Ply Carpets. j From SI : per vard. Extra Superfine CarI pets, I One liui.tlrcvl pieces, from $1 25 pr yard. ( Ingrain. Carpets, : Common Wool do-, From "5 cents per yard. Cottage Carpets, Rug Carpets, Hemp Carpets, New Stle, from 32j ceuU per mrd. No paitia or expense has been nparedj to furnish our customers with the largest and most raned htock of C;itpei ever offered in thi rnirkct, and they will be sold at pr ices defriug competition. Wool and Satin Damasks, Extra qualities aud all colors. Lice, Tambour k Swiss Kmbroid vrvtl Curtains, Curtains Trimmings, Holders and Tassels, Gilt Ermine, in great variety, Oil Cloths, all widths. Oil Cloth and Velvet Kugs, Manilla and Cocoa Matting, Buir and Green Holland, Wall Paper, New St) les, Receive, Daily. Together with a complete assortment of 14 I III! I.III I illr l 1 Uli IUII llltl UUU UOl HUME, LORD & CO.. IMUAAIMILn. anel. DRY GOODS. W a G3 M i Eh 5 I J 4i n XI I II m I $ n I m 1 ft 4 Q " 'A 'SI K a. 03 a M a 5 f "in e. 6. 4 PAINTING. Flong.no. a east sew tore street, op. . POSITK Lnirity Square, ta prepared to do all kind, of Haanl ic PaUiUnr. Gravinaj and Glaautf on abort kic and In tho very beat atylt. FetMwa wanliaf work la hu Una art rtitatod lo rire fetra calL . iMUl;

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