Daily State Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 4182, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1864 — Page 2

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DAILY SENTINEL. TBE CSIOS-ir MUST BR PRESERVED. Jara-oa FRIDAY MOKMNO. MARCH U. An?tlar ltpnb!lrn Srcret Political Circular W publish in to day imu mother secret r lidcul circular, mM W b isuel b? the radical, or aoti Lixccl committee in Waahincton. In criticism upon the Pre-Ment art more ?erere tban ny which htm jet ppenreii from Democratic totirccf. The contract it drawa between Mr. Lixcout and Jirr. Dm certainly anytiAcg but comjlimentary to the former, while iu allu:onii to the latter are quite flattering to the rebel Prei!ri.t. The of jct of the circular is ti prevei.t any expression in fttor of the re nomination of Mr. Licol ai the abo titiort eandUat lr the PreiJeticy. The docu toent was first publiabei in the Cleveland Leader, whoe alitor is Mr. Li.vcoLx'a postmaster io that city, aoJ it therefore may be regarded as authentie. The wtr between the Republican factions U becoming quite interesting, and the country will await with do little cariosity for further de elopmenta. We notice tint io a letter to a Republican State Senatorin Ohio, that Mr. Ciiae declitie to be a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination. Thi will not interfere with the op position to Mr. Limcolx among the Republicans who appreciate his character and unfitness for the high position be cow holds. Mr. Chasf, al though poseiiij; ru"re ability, m ciu-illy objectionable Io the leideraof his pirty as Mr. Lis COLM. If Mr Ciiask had not withdrawn from the content there would luve been a powerful opposition to his nomination. An tflort will be made to set aoide all . the old party hacks and Irin forward some new man, and in that regard much will der end upon the events that may occur previous to the time of holding the Republican Nominating Convention. Rut it cannot be dUiru;sed that thre is a general feeling of dU-utirf iclioo, we may sty disgust, among the intelligent members ot the Republican prty with the present Administrition, and especially with Mr. LixroLJf. It i fUted that the Republican members of Congress are almost unani mouly opposed to the renomin itim of Mr. Lincolx. and nothing but the public patronage t I I T 1 1 Vi I an II II ; 1 -rM VI till: rt. HbllUT lit Mr. Liscolm is, however, a cunning political schemer and he is using all the appliances at his control to defeat thoe opposed to hu re election Rut we believe that if li e counsels of the Republicans who incerely desire the -pvedy termi nation of the w ir and vh only reganl the futuie welfare oi the country -ould prevail, a total change ol the Administration would he the re suit For the good ami honor of the (Jovein ment we hope this resnlt may be accompli-hcd, but we fear that place men ami contractors will fiteu the present weak and corrujt dynasty up on the nation for another Presidential term 1 tili Honorable We should be sorry to think that the reewg lined leaders of public opinion i:i either ol the great political parties would;deliher.itly attempt to carry the Presidential election by the labrication of wanton and groundless column'es against personal character. We especially regret that, in thi earl stage of the canvass, before any candidates are yet nominated, and before men's pafsions have become heated by strenuous advocacy, an -ccasioii has arisen lor deprecating a resort -to the vilest weapons which combined malice aud meanness, iisini? falsehood n.a their tool, can forge. We especially regret that the offender who sets this eil example is the editor of the Tribune Mr. (ie!ey" long intercourse with men should ere this h ne taught him that Dothing is gained by Mich warfare. It would become hi year and experience to be nn exam pie t younger politicians of that combination of partisan vigor with argumentative lectitude which ought to distinguish an honorable politician from a reckless assassin of character. The passions of our countrymen, always inStmmable in a spirited Preidential con'e-t. re liable to blazts out in unwonted fierceness in the canrass that will soon open; and if men whoouxht tobe ripening into mature wisdom permit themselves to h'tfl poisoned weapons thus early, who can answer tor the public tranquillity when the contest becomes excited? The following atrocious falseho.xl is conspicuously printed in yeaterday Tribune: as isTtanaw betwkf: oi.xt.riAL le and glx. ji'clkllan. "A written roiamuuication was sent to the Sccretarv ol War n 5itnrdv last bv a former memlier of tlie Maryland Legislature, and a cousnot.the rebel General Lee, stating lb it daring the battle of Autietaui tieneral Lee bad hts he J(ju.i ters at his h'iu-e; that on the night after the battle he sent a mes-enger into ourlit.es to Uen. McCSellan. retjuesiiinj' an interview at his heidpaner; t!t (en. Mi C ell n. acctjmpanied by some of his statT. rode lliat niglit through the rebel lines and bad a long interview with (rn. Lee, who, among other things, informed Hen. McClellm that Lis army was irosinz the Pototnic. The wnter has been subpenae! before the Committee on the Conduct of the War " This precious concoction, set a A Ml by political in ilice, to be copied info all the lesser Republican journals, where contradiction will never te per milted to follow it, is us wicked and baseless an Invention as the fither ot lies ever coined. Aside from its intrinsic absurdity it is captble of teing disproved ami put to shutne by a cloud of witnesses. 'I he Republicans tear tleneral McCiell an as a candidate lor the Presidency, and resort to calumny to kill him off Their effort weir the pD?rance of a de'itH.rale : ln artiull executel. Last Thursday Mr. ttrreiey published, in the Independent, an article to which his name waa attach-d. asilm? tre lovaltv of General McCiellan by cowardly iuinu ttions. but without rentoring u;oti any specific charge An extnet from that article will exhibit its spirit, and show how we'd it was calculated to pte the way for the monstrous invention copied above: Lea us uot, theo. catuit the common error ot underrating the strength of the foe. (eueral McCiellan is to be the pro slavery candidate for ixt lVenident of the United Slates, and he will prove tnoro formidable ia the canvass than in tlie field. He U esentially not a ohli. but a rli tici.ui, and hia fljehti d r and wrrtir.p have ;ike been inteudnl to tr tin l.irn for te Prrsi letiti.il j race Thne is not in all the loval S'aie- a sytn ' pathixrr with the slaveholders' rebeliiou h will j not support hitn with desperate enerp not a j man who. I ke Uov I'rice. of Xfw JcrscT. crave- I It propel ihat his nun State should be-ou;e a satrapy of JelT. Divis' slte emf'ire, n- who, I ke our Uov. Sevmour. wntel ti e L'nin iern strutted with New Knjlsnd lei ( out, l.o is rot j a natural McClelUnite Add to everv reun'ning j devotee of the slave poer the sol. her mmI uilirri -who will vote for him as a ftvorite (iet:era!, and j ke becomes a candidate hrd to be beaten 0;ily by di?cine dn to tfie bei rock of principle, and J Imbuirjg the masses witha.-tfm repiignapr to j human s'avery, wih all its walka and wav s. its ; incilenU and beloiiin, can we insure the dis comSture of this its but! and insinuating repre tentative and embo'inent. And to this end ysimatic iflri should be at once comtuenced , and Tigoro-aly prosecuted." That is. if we may interpret this article by ! bv mhxt has o koou foootl iu the Tribune. ! Geo. McCiellan is likely to prove so formidable I acaodidate. that his character for loyalty must i be ruine-1 at all hazards as the only means ol de featin bim. "And to this end systematic effort i should b al once omnienced and vigorously prucutd." j And iu ihos "sy-tmatic efforts" to defame as pure a patriot as has lived mee Washington, the Trihune is Uebrt to tike the cue which its editor gave in last week'. Independent For shame, j Mr. Greeley, for han! S . Y. World. j tThe New Hampshire Patriot gives the ag tjreg te debt of one hundred ar.J filly that Snie s $3ra73.C;a3 for dder' towns in b-juntiss, j priücipally. ßyWilaon. of Massachusetts, stands a!ff from present PreaidcDtial auabbles. ilia tuotu la the aif ger firt.

THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Another Abolition Secret Circular. .nr. I.lnreln-Thr Presidency Action of Male l.cglalnturea One.Terin l'rlitclple Pntronosje Prolonging tlie ur Inability and Vacillation Honett Old Abe'' .miliary Com. inlander a a. Candidate The Candidate Wanted The effort now roskintr toeforets!l the action of the Republican National Convention by pro curing the nomination of Mr. Luicoin in intte Legi!aturcs and other bodies is deeply to be deplored. The more o, because thi movement originate w Uli the recipients of Executive favrr and p.itron age, eome of whom hold liih stations in the adminis'ration of Mr L'ncdu. who-e object i to perpetuate their own power and means of peruniiry advancement, without any regard whatever to the welfare of the country. While thoe nominations are made to apjar aa though titer emanate-1 from the spontaneous will of the people, their animus is in reility to defeat tlx-ir will altogether, by producing such a p'ib'ic clamor in b-ha!f of Mr Lincoln as to prevent the ns-emhUng of the National Convention at ail; or if it houl 1 assemble, to force his nomination upou the country, irrespective of the popu lar will. In time of civil war, with all its attendant calamities, the attempt to advance the personal inteiets and ambition oi any one man, or num ber of men, without regard to the public good, deserves and bhuulj receive universal condemns tioti. To the rroitcr dijcu-rion of Mr. L'neoln's claim to be made c:mJi late for the next Presidential term, there can be tio ie.isonb! ol.jeo tion; but it is the people, and not Mr. Lincoln and his depen 1 tnts who elioul l decide upon this claim. While the great body cf the American people have everything at take upon the riht admin istration of the (jvernment, thev luve really no personal iuterct in its patronage. Theie fore they are the only disinterested party to select the Presidential candidate without interference Irotn Executive iii'lut'iut.. IJut now it is too early to commit the people to the fortunes of any Presidential asiirant. The isiiie- of war are ever uncertain, and though we have every reason t( hope our gallant aimics may hare destroyed the rebel power before the meeting of the convention, they miy not. At all eerts the people will he better prepared to decide this juetion three or four months her.ee than they can po-mbly be to-day. Alreadv has thi. premature action alienated manv of the friends of freedom, who believe thit even wirh a fair iioniin-.tioti in full convention, Mr Lincoln cannot be re elected to the Preidenev . Tnere are mny solid retsons in the very philosophy of representative government, ngainst the election of a Pitvident for a second terra. The unbounded popularity of (teneral Washington during the administration, convinceil the American people that had he been le.ss than Washington, he might, by the patronage of ollice. have subverted the liberties of the country, by procuring his own election periinlically for life. The want of a constitution il limitation to tfie number ol terms to which a President might be eligible, was then lelt to be a ceiioihs defect. Washington p.irticipated in this s-entiment. and peremptoiily relu.-ed to allow himself to be elected for a third leini ; and Iiis JJecision fur nished a precedent which had all the force of a constitutional restriction. During the domination of the Republican par ty, from Jefferson to Monroe, the i ractice of the Piesident nominating himsell for tlie second term, and then his successor, through the in chincry of a ctucu-; wtiich tirtutlly transferred ihe power of election from the people to the Ad ministratiou, was lietsoming a precedent which threatened the sl.j version of republican liberty. (ien. Jackson, in order to maintain the independence of the elective franchise, became the candidate of the people in opposition to the caucus system, and though de.'eated al first, was, in triumphantly elected against tlie powerful patronage of the government. From that day no Piesident until Mr. Lincoln, ever attempted to revive that dioi ystem of having himself uominated w ithout consulting ihe people iu a National Convention. General Jackson was made a candidate by the people for a second term against his will, and elected with unparalleled unanimity. Tet, such was the unbounded enthusiasm inspired, that (teneral , Jackson saw, us did every reflecting man, thit the danger t linerlv winch ocvunel under Washington's administration was re:eatin ttselt. And so utterly (tpposed was that ftern patriot lo tlie u.-e of pttronage for the punio-e of procuring a re election lo the Pie-idencv, that he I tid down the one term principle as the fund i mental doctrine in our Democratic sv-ten, ami it become a part of the political creed of the peopde; 8o strot.L' that no President from that dv has been re elected, and probably never will be by a ! fair expression of the popular will. j If Presi.lcnt Lincoln in defiance of the teacti- I ingsol Jackson, in violaiion of the ureal priuci- i Pie which tindeilies our IK-m icratic instimtions, I aud in the lace of ihe solemn warning ol h'story, can now s wieil hi patronage a to secure hu election lor a second term, who so blind as not to se that four vears hence he will luve less difficulty in securing his election fr a third tenn j For. w ith mi army of more than half a million of citizen addier umler hiscomman) and an annual patronace of a tlionsatitl millions of money, he can, if he has one half the brains attributed to him by his fiiend. have himself electe! from term to term lurmg his natural life. If the "military necessity" pupplies n reason now for li s nomination, and the extraordinary patronage occasioned by the war furnishes the men of hisi election, a a mailer of course his interest is then to prolong te w ar as a me ins of perpetuating his power No man wirh the Patriotism of a Washington I or a Jacken would seek to place himself in a ! vsirion where his interest an.l personal ambMion would be coincident with the continuance of the I rebellion and the perpetuity of the war. j But -side from the consideration of the second term principle, there is still another and more foicible objection to the nomination of Mr Lin ' cojn j The people have lost all confidence in hTsi ability t suppress the rebellion nnd restore the Union. It is iratiossible to put out of view the fact thit ihere is a general feeiing of disippointment in the loyal North that, alter such 'a wast ing of its precious blood and such a vast expenditure of treasure, the rebellion continues unsubdued; and all the promises of ihe Administration, time snd apin, for its speedy overthrow, have been falsified. '1 rt ffrntW t lliat t ItrA ia nrt mi ii TV Kr ilrksi not nr the livrv of otri. e. or i. not in the pav of ihe Ueiifral Gdvernmei-t. who does not feel mortified an ! humble! that our nation, with its twenty million of loyal people at the ;srth, with four tnil'ions of suxiinnes in the South, to av nothing of the ho-t rf Uni'n men itiere. 1 h s not sucircetcJ yet in overthrowing ;he insolent slave oligarchy, which does not number ; fire millions, all told! i How ii it tint Jefferson Divis, with hisleii-i der resources, without a nav. without manufac , tories.i siiil defimt al Hiehmond. and ba twice : ent hi rebel bude acr- ti e Potonnc, pn'tirg mjeopir-iv even tne per-oni lo-erry or .vir iv.n coin lonicli? It is impossible to prevrnt the American ret) p'e from miking huiui'i ting romp irt.-t.ns between the rebel rh'ef and the President of the Uniia-I Stales. Thev wiil nndfrtat:d why this

condition ol thing f t at th? end ot the thud ; jat u pm lh:ll rT,b.ai "ha m-ide a .d midyear or Mr. L nco!n term The Uh i-not in ! . ilcului)iU w? htv"e Tfl h (, a tvsp ((f the w.ntof irdehence and bravery on tie p,rtl h u Mf,re f..r M. H,r'e is what "Agite" of our soldiers, or the sun! of our offers j Ju.l8 lu lt,KÄld la txUl,Hl .,Uti th iuer.ii.s F,.r Hth soldiers and officer h.re prove.! o,, o ,,)(. pnyernmet.t:

PiaHV a OlUiene.O tun in ri"iui.n:rr m.u valor und all the elemetits which constitute the . ... . . .i. :e ..i.I grest sddier. they are the fUal, if not the superior of the rebels. It will not do to throw the bltme upon the country, or it hi furnished all the men and all the money tl e President has aked. It will not do to rhirge it u;n the rebel sym pvthizcrs at the Xotth, for they have bid v.o mem ot interierd.g with the orders of the President The respor.ildliti rest alone upon him He has been weak and vacillating through'. ut, seemingly incipable of settling upin n definite Lne of policy in regard to the ie jellion Two theories in regard to it have d'vided, an 1 tow divide the American people. One is that the S-iutheru Slate are tili States of the Aroer icaa Union; that their several coiistituljons and !-though silent in the presence of the rebel joaer will, upou the suppression of the rebel-

lion, revive, and the people return to their former righ'a The o ber theory is. that tl ey are no longer State i;i the American Union, in the sense ol the Constitution, but the rele'lion having ac. quired the strenzth and consistency of a belüg erer.t power, the status of the entire population has been chir.ged from citizens to aliens, and thev cio not return to their rights upon the suppression cf the rebellion, bsl ouly to such as the supreme leI-lative power may give them. Hd Mr. Lincoln adop'.el either one of tbe?e theories, and adhered to it vigorously, he might kng since hire ended the rebel lior. II id be chosen the first, he could, before thi. have brought back the States, whh their Institutions and laws, slaves) and all. Had he adopted the other, and sustained Fre mont and Hunter, the friends of freedom know, that the rebel armies might long ago have been overthrown, and the whole rebel territory be now in pose': n of the United States with the manacles of every slave stricken off, from the Susquehanna to the Rio (rande. Th:s vacillating and indeci-ion of the Prc-i dent have been the real caue w hy our well aw

polnted armies hare not succeeded in the destruction of the rebellion. He has constantly been g"iri between the-e two theories, taking no positive ground for either, but holding on to the skirts of both. Whether from the feebleness of his will, which ha- been unequal to the alternate pressure of the respective leaders of thee theories, or whether from the want of intellectual rasp.he has really been unable to comprehend their philosophy, or from the want of political principle and indifference to truth he has. with that species of cun ning which characterizes a certain class of law vers, nought to ride both theories, for the purjose of recuring his re-election, we know not. The cnt about "Honest Ohl Abe" was at fir-t amusing, it then became ridiculous, but now ii is absolutely criminal. Honesty sujfjei nothing utiles there is ca- j pacity to wield the power. In the language of Wendel Phillips, vt ho cares for the honesty of the President, unless he be capable? Il is not hore.stv but capacity that is wan tel. When tlie nation again places in the bands of; the Commander m-Chief the lives of all us able bodied men, and all its material wealth, it will want a hitter guarantee than the antecedents of our jocul ir President furnish, that the power will be wielded abiv, etlicieutlv, and surtlv, for the perpetuity of the Union Should Mr Lincoln be foiced upon the country in defiance of the better judgment ol the Re publican parly, and the Democratic party be judicious in planting a candidate lor the pro-ecu tion ot the war upon the first theory above in dicated, (which is their theoi v.) Mr. L'ncoln will be most uiupie-tionably defeite!, unless heshould be ternpfei. in an evil hour, to ue the military tower in his hands by suppiessing the freedom of elections in the loyal States. A victory won by . the sword would be no victory, but a ltmeutible 1 ilefe it to the Iricuds of liberty. t A convention of pitriots, if wise, will never nominate lor the Presidency a military leader iu actual command of an army, much le-s the coinminder io chief, who now has more than half a i million ot culdicr under his commit) I. an !, if ; necess tiv to success, miht hive a million before 1 the next Pre-idential election. The temptation to a military ctndidate to use the sword to H'ciiie his own election is too great, the warnings of history too impressive, for ill American people ever voluntarily to consent to so hazudou- an experiment. Never before in our hi.-torv has such a combi nation ot high qualities been require! as will be j nee-Vd iu the administration of the (ioverninent j for the nest four years. The war has created a debt, the magnitude of which is astounding to consider. The interest i alone will oppress lh pe;-le for sores of years to cme; at tlie m tme time tlie means of discharg ing the. debt will, by the necess ity operations of J the w ir, h ne been fearfully we ikened S m r.iv hundreds of thous uids of men have been called Iroin their in Justri I pursuits never ti leluiu to them; so much of the material we!th of '.he j country has been destroyed; so mtny tields for J the production of its greu staples have been laid ', waste: indeed its whole li!r system has been ; ptrvertoii and disorganize))! j T recover the nation Iroin this state of utter exhaustion, and re-tre it to its wonted pro-peri- ! ty, we demand an order of intelligence which is! bestowed upon but few men in any country, at j the stme tune, and the mightiest intellect in our land might well tiemb'e in assuming the responsibility. We want in our coming President a sound thinker, a statesman Todoun lly versed iu political and e:onotnic sciences, one who fully comprehends the spirit of the a-e iu which we live European It ecojftil t Ion of tlae Confel- ; I'rarj. ! There are indications of a growing disposition i on tlie part of the Fiench, nr perhaps of the! llritisl:, Government, to recognize tlie national i existence of ihe Southern C n fed era cy . It is J now known that France bus been desirous sj to i do for lh last two years, and has been u-mg her i influence in ttie fields ol diplomacy to engage i ngl 'i'i to act m concurrence Uli her. but the i ,,,,trr 1,13 hitherto refused, not through good will 1 toward th.- United States, but f.ir reasons of her . ow- II ha! hten repeatell? declared by Rritish i atesmen. ami the Rritish press that ourfiimi- . "yiem niu.-t inevitatdy break down, and hat i exhaustion and discouragement would follow; and that then would be the time for England to tender her services as mediator between the rou tending p-iities. The imminent-; of the period of prostration, confessed by ourselves, i.s even ' better understood in the governing and financial circles of Gr"at Britain; an) we may expect soon to he ir that .he act of recognition has hten determined upon a a preliminary to the leader of mediation by the (iovernment. The act of re ognirior; is tot, according to the ' view. of international obligation, recognized by I civilized au I Christian nation just eau-e of war; I but in the United Stales, and bv the organ of, the Administration, it has been treated as such;; and party, if not official threttshiveheen utterc) i to open hostilities against those Lnropoati States whic, "hould tesiify their enmity to the Union. bJ M:cJ ; proeeeiln. !me eatm-- of words l necessiry o: the part of our Adm.n.stra j t,on 1 lXoU' r we M,a, ß,"J er lng another i conflict on our hands an J hsve an oppirtunity to le?t ll,e u "l of th' which we have not ; been ,0 mo.lest lo uiler ol ability to whip the1 re",tI.f ,ni:,nkinJ , . , , i e do not feel it-clined. in this connection, to i present motives either for declaring war or for ' framing Irom it, on our part, in case France or Kurland. tr lKth, should f-ee fit to recognize the . Confederacy as n national power. Such i the; perversity of the human race, that any indication ; of prelerenre iu one direction on the pirt of the ! Democracy, would betaken by tlie other party. as good re isoti for acting on the other. It is safe to sit, however, that an :uldilion lo the ditticiilt ies of the present contest, of two or tl.rre power ful er: em es on the other side of ihe ocean. woma oe iiKeiy io prouuee ooiu in tne uoancial i ! tli military fiel! in ihe province of produc -'';;." r-deand c. n.ruerce very decided results, j u s""-""S"""-Frnm the Crawfcrivi;ie Revitw. aa tint ave yiy rxprri. If the people of this country the h ird working iartr.t'ts, mechanics and laliorers would know whitthe-r tutureis to be, under Kepublican rule, let them listen to the oracles of ihe Administration. The Cincinnati Gazette, and Agte." it special Washington correspondent, are among those who speak bv authoiify iu regard to what the Administrat on h s done, is doing and "must" d. We r.upr.'osc.l it to be a geeilU admitted fact that, considering the probability of short crops i.l ci-mimrei il iisis'ers, t!e people are already dout ns severely ground down bv tax- ! t'lin a4 ii '!. I.ii f tti'h ur Lud i.f nri 1 1 1 On this exp mding scale, very simple srithmetical rules will ,lio how long it will take to bankrupt the niiion We cannot strain aud strain our finnr.ee without limit; there raut come a time when witn sre!ibor ar:i many tax g itherers we bein lo py tlie debts we are so larL'hlv incurring, or denreriite our bonds Already Mr. Chie ha sect in his earnest protest to the C'lmnjit'ees, and his notified them that he will not ciiertke to meet the new und ever increasing demand upon the Treasury, unless thev promptly inaugurate a sjstem of thorough and unsparing tu it.". ! When that begins to pes, weshill see whether demagogues willst'.!', h.i'.-t ihat from mouth to month the expense of the war shall be swelled to more and more exciting propoi tnii." jyThe ji-bjne cf an a?s has dore more destruction in this country than it ever did in the bauds of Samson.

ftearro flrmrery. The abolihon pipers have been in ecstae'es over the foo!ih Knie told ab iut the bravery of thenegr e at Port Hudson. Of ex ure the sb ry waa all fle, for it is simply nonseue to talk of negro bravery. In any fair fighl one thousand white men would eaily whip tenor twenty thon sand nezroes, perhaps more, but jut now we have a fair sample of t! reliance to be placed ou thea.'jjrrorees of abolitionists. The recent expedition which Lincoln sent ta Florid ia order t sei up a "one-tenth State," bascome to grief. The audicious Floridisns refused to be conciliated," and instead of appreciating the amiable joke of the "Amnestj Prod a nation," they actually attacked the benevolent party of white men and niggers who were carrying tlie Lincoln boon to them. Silly people, to be so regardlesa of their own best " interest! But to the point. An officer of a Rho-fe Island btttery, writing home, makes the following revelation. "We went in with four pieces, fiftv horses, eighty two men and four tfßcers, viz: Cap:. II.. Lieut. Myrick, Lieut. Doyle and m)selt. In twentT minutes we lo-t forty-four men, forty horses, two pieces and four officer, when we manage! to get off with what little there was left It ws our misfortune to have for support a negro regiment who, by running, caued us V lose our piece. The fight lasted three hours, when Urnling his army so much cut up, the General rdered a rctreu." Thi wa sharp work. "Forty four men ai d four officers in twenty minute." is over two per minute, and thore forty-eight brave men. it

seems, fell victims to the negro policy of Lincoln L Co. Since the time that Major Dale and his companions were led iu ambush by the Indiaus ia Florida, there has been no puch record of slaughter in our history as in this "one-tenth" expedition of Lincoln's lo get another State for the m mufacture of bogus votes. When will the deluded followers of aboütionfsm be satisfied that they are following a phantom, which can only lead them into sot row and their country into ruin? In attempting to carry ojt an impossible and unnatural theory they will sacrifice thousands and tens of thousr.ls of their own race, and, in he end, matters will he jut as thev were when tthey c mrnenced the negro will be a negro at d a white nn a white m m We trust we shall bear no more nbout negro bravery after this Florida failure. New York Diy Book. aviiiouy Legislation The importance mid the jower of the whieky interest in the United States have been developed during the last two months in Congress iu a manner which, ao doubt, has astonished the whole country; ami we must say that the proceedings in that body with reference to the bill taxing whisky are a disgrace to our National Legislature, and a sad commentary upon the degeneracy of cur statesmen, it is diflicult to say in what shape the bill passed, but eo far as we can understand the li-jointel statements made public, and which haveieached us.it wouhl seem that the retroactive featuie of the bill, :is repotted from the Committee, has been abandoned, ami that it takes effect only from and aller its passage; tiling whisky distilled after the bill becomes a 1 1 w sjjty cents per gallon, until the 1st of next July, nut after that iate it is doubt ful if it imposes any tax upon that article. It is probable another bill will be reported to provitle for further taxttion, but should the pass age of it meet with ihe opposititjn ot this last one, it would be difficult to say when it would pass. A soon us the bill which has passed has been feigned by the President, and iis measures regarding the whisky lax go into operation, the distillers will have to suspei 1 Operation, as, at the present price of com, whisky distilled under the act will cost 1.05 per gallon. Ciu. Price Current. Our Anutinl Pork. l;ichiii statement. The great bulk of the p-ickers' returns have been received, but there are still a few places including Ohicigo, where the pickers' reports have noi yet been made up. Kstim ites of the Chicago pack'ing m de by parties who ouht to be well posted, m ke the number packed there considerably above the estimate we made last January (700,000.) Some make it fcOO.000, others UOO.OOU. Shonhl these estim res prove correct it wili materially diminish the deficit as shown by the pirtial icturiis we published two month :o. At S' Louis tlie packing overruns our estimate The falling. oil in weight is, however, central and large in the Northwest, though in this city it will not exceetl 7 per ceut. We expect to bo able to give our full report in two week from this date, though of this we can not be certain, as we often experience a gnat deal uf trouble in gelling reports from some picker-., either owing; to unwillingness or neglect. Cin. Price Current. iS v.s tlie 2Sjuthern currespoiidcnt of the Linden Times in his letter of the lltb u't. from Kichm'ind: Tlie ight thMday in the streets of Itiehmond of (ten. Hood's bill raid stately form, tiecn for the brst time on horseback since he lost his leg Ht Chicknmauii, h8 occasioned general Balisfarti'iti. Theie are few officers dearer to the people of Sc fc..-i a than Ccn. Hod 51dest us n child, fen less as his intimate friend Gen. Lug-strt-ft, un.seitisli ami unsullied as a Ilayurd. he h is already givn his riuht leg and foir inches ol the bone, of his left frrnJto the cause which U so dear to his heart." iV?,""The Him Dm'el W. Voorhees, of Indijna, delivered a most ehxjuent speech in the Iiti-e of Hepie-ent itives, Siturday, on Iveconciliatiun nnd Final Restoration. Tlie distinguisheil gentlennn was listened to with great attention by his colleagues. Senators Lane sind Wilson were on the H'r during the greater n.irt of the delivery. Mr. Voorhees introduced at tlie close of his speech a serie of statistics which should be pondered well by bis political opoonents. Wnshinston Constitutional Union. C'A. T Stewart, the Merchant Prince of Nev Yoik. is tearing down the frnous Sirsmarilla Tfiwnsend mansiiui.on FiMi Avetri. New Toik. which originally !ost t2 IHK. Stewart is going f' build "a houe as is a house," at a cost of $."'). (H.M). "F 'P! -' Fieuno't talks nt.iut the w,r as if the fl.tnes of ttbeiiiun could be extinguished by a sipiirt. WANTED. Corrosponclonco Wanted O Y TilRK.E YOUNG GKSTLKMEX OF GOOD MORAL Jj charclr, ith is many uri)j lm''i-s as f.t f lidres ui br-.ef eri-ti to .itrive away th i'ill m notony of conn 5if. All couituumt a'ion treate! with -ery. A1dr--!. T. G M. or B V. I, or T.C., C'. K, 63ft Keg'ilnti. Vol , K sex ville. Trim. Biarll-dlt Correspondence Wanted. flVVO YOl N'j MF.NOKl ftrPO!Xr, APPEARANCE. I f i'U .ri-l S4 fr foruMTly fugjuevi 01 th tr I e.untry's prvic', w.sh to C"rrp'"Ti't Willi Wnti'f ' nMü' er f t xu'u'.z lAtjes. ' 'Otec t" L'ia'ii - cn-tiiial di.jo-it;''r-. Alt eimm?in:eatioTisTictlv rivv AlrMjSO. KKSKT1' or (it J. AI.HANh K K, Ix k Pxx t,i, In-i; iii-ipolisi. Ini. mrll :iw ! BOOKS. XV.W HOOKS. Jl'ROW JKI'S MARY. McC r.F.I.I AN S KF.IORT. BIT LEU IS NEW ( 'It' ESS. THK H Aft TS OF GOOD SOCItTY. THE PEUKECT GENTIJCMAS. OCR OTT) HOME, by H-thni. UVF. YEVKS OF PRAYElt, by I. Prime. Cl'PJO'5 CAVr?, Ule cfEtt TfT r.ee. "AsS HE SUCCESSFUL? a fplndil Book. HANNAH THL'KTON, by rujard Tylor. THE COMPANY CLERK; how ut wh-n to mk out a. I iriu.-iii, report t roii .nl o:b r J apr?, Lat tu do ah tbeai. AT B0WEN, STEWART & CO'S 18 West Washington Street. EarI0-2 REAPERS AND MOWERS. The Improved Miickcye Kcsipcr mid Mower TO WHICH WAS AWARDED TWO PREMIUMS BY INDIANA STATE rAIR,l63. TILL BE ON SALE AT WLBB & HILL'S UNDER MaHiic Hall, tiliananha. 1 1 I. now ib a.Mbition. Call and pe i. mcM-tUa. U)R4KT AKDkWON, AscsU.

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mBIS r.IS 1) MTILLRIiFF.OlirURFnTKMALT .1 Spirit nd Imported Juniper Brrie. Vor medicinal qu!:t;-s it i i-qal in every re-pect to any Importrd on. Owing to it cbrpriess compared wth tb pr c f f .ins pavotif: tr-rr-ntrh th Custom HMie, it become ibe Intertit cf t-uyrrs to examine its quality anl relative meri's. For le br A." & II. SCHXL LL ?1iihi11'm IVov 15IoJc, Comer Meridian and Maryland Sts., INDIANAPOLIS. 1ND. mcbll-Srn HATS, CAPS, &C. Cincinnati Advertisement. Please Rend. r3TWe inritc the attentiou of Merchants buying goods in Cincinnati, to our Spring Stock of Hats, Caps and Straw Goods; Valm Leaf Hats and Sltaktr Hoods; Ladies' and Mitsrs' Hats; A Lurye Stock ef Wwl Hats; And our own manufacture of Fashionable Silk Hits. Our Assortment of goods is now full and very complete. 35T"Army Sutlers will rind u well assorted stock for their tr.nle. Win. imnn x co., Wholesale Hat Dealers, 1 11 Main Street, Cincinnati. mr2-d2weo1 A w2w STEAM MACHINERY. WsJKKb Cv 7f-C '-V V; PATENT FI UF. EVAPORATORS. PATENT SU(? A U CA NE M I LLS. PATENT STEAM COAL EVAPORATORS. PATENT STAMP MILLS Fur I' ike's Peak or Ijoke Superior ! Send for Circulars, with Cuts nnd Descriptions, Price.', etc., etc. Also, SAW MILLS, FLOURING MILLS, Machinery of all Description?. SEIST ID FOR. CIRCULARS. i CHICAGO. ILLINOIS V. W. ; A IT'S President. K. .Keent wanted vrrywhere. rrat'.t CA 1Aw I v HARDWARE. NSW IRON STORE, IMI.TUUCOV, VllY A: CO., No. 24 South Meridian Street, riav coristatitly en hrd IRON, STKKb. NVII.S, A.NVIL. BKI.UIWS. VICKS, AXLKS, SPUING, ßi).MS. MALLEAMLK CASTINGS, NUTS, WASMKIiS.II'.lKSK SHOK.S, HÖii.SK SUOK X A 1 1.?, W 1 1 K Kl.". H U 1 SS, s VOK K S, FfcLLO KS , SHAFTS, hUOiiV AM) WAGON ROWS, CHAIN'S, IMiOW II ND, AC, AC. ' 3ä a: to rsr f ca l li t ihii Kivr Sslt Company j Th" tj:iisir t'c.irl .Jtarcli Coinimny '"7rij-y will soli ail articles in t heir line it the low ..-t marlet p'. ir--;. iniMKKOT FRY A CO. PROPOSALS, i CONVICT r.AlJOK. rOilTV COOP SUIS TO LET. f.ai.ki) rj:o:isAt-s5 '.yii.lp.k kfcf.ivfdonthe Rrt MiniJay in April. y tie U!it!erinei. t the oSire of thr Indiana Pri'ii in Michigan Ci'y, tor the labor of frly C-jojwts rr 1 term i-l' two t inire years, to be wo:k-I ;th n 'Le priscu all.. TLerQist pood work hh 1 p larcp en inr 1 to' 1H) men. with kl tie nc-ssary coiiv- Tiiiice Tti location i a rxv1 "tj Tci h-is ti' ss, tavs ati'1 l:op pules ar' aluirviant and ran be procured on fjorj!' terin If d?-irefl the labor uf the convicts niy be usfd for any trbr nierbanical pnrporF, cd fleam power can be had for propelling inactiT ry . N'nl i-l for !- thin T(k rr ay will b received. Hy rfi-r of ttar Board of Control. cich-!4w 1HIS. WOOD, WarJn. MARSHAL'S NOTICES. (NO. 757.) United States Marshal's Notice. U NITKI STATES OK AMERICA, DISTRICT OF IN- ! Ill ANA, SS: Vnr.nxi, A l:t l of information ha beri fikl In the i Li'tnct Court f the United Mates within and fr the S"-ntU Circuit and IWairict of Imiiana, ini the' .lii day of ff'-rn-iry, -6i, l-y JoUn Ilatina. Esq., Attorney of the United State, frr the Irtrict of Ir. iun, a;'iinM the fit'owic; d-'-cr'.l'O-i fi pr rent, ftate Stc of the S'al of ind-aua. anl .muri Alii'er; arrl twelve tbuisar.d dollar i.!:;a:c1 i:. if rest accrueJ ti.ere"r, t'- it: OrtiScate No. Ctrt:5cte No. 512. 1T0. 51. V77. .ol. 413 1 JI5. . . S3.f 0 4 HMI ....l.t .. . .tri,! ....13,t0 3.10I 5,rt 4.U.0 4 lX) O.Oai ....2 MO . ...I,IH-I o 4,,,00 l.TJs! 1519 15 16 4 1663 109,100 Seized fr a 'oalioo of th following art of 0nre, to-wit: "An act to confiscate jrr.-y n$rdf i insurp-c-t;o-iary rQrT"v" ppr ei Aijrtit 6, l'-ffl; aio "An art to uppr in-tirrerUcn, t r-vini-h treason and rel eli-rn. to x ail c nti-cai h rro;erty of rebeU, and f r other pu aj prov- I July I7t1, ar.d praiii proven aj:a:nt ai 1 certi'c.ie cf and mon'T, B3 that tu aaxe tiiay L co:ideciel a forfeited t the I'nitfsd Suiw. Now, her-fore. in pursuance of th Monition under the freal of .aid Ourt to roe d.rrcted and de tvered, 1 do berebj fiva public nU;ce lo all perorii cia:xn:n aid cr iScate of M-ck aol money, or any pan tUen-of, r la any m.titver 1ntrte4 thtrrta, tiiat t.ey be aad apper bfr tb a d, tba Dietm tCou't of tb Um ted Sta to b held at the city of IiidianapolU. tt nd f r tha Ditrict of l&diana, ou'tt Jth day of Mrrh, at 10 o'clock of tie forenoon of tht day, then and there to lnterr their claims and make their allegation 1 balf O.G. KOSE. U. S. Alar thai. Att: Watt J. MiTS,Clrk. mrcLa-4Ut

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T2 2. niOL'OMTA II A I-l.. ITAGK MANAGER. - J(r. W. II. RILEY. Friday Evening, March 11th, 1864 oxalic. 3 vit it: zok, MoiiH. ü kin. "V-rvrrKs, 31 LAY. THE WIZAKD SKIFF. DANCE Mi. FANNY MKRRELL. a ois n itn.nt:n. yjlo-Tiotr( w, Saturday, March litb. Benefit uf MJHe. MARIE ZOE. SCALK OF ritlCES. Pnrate B-xefcr ii people Orchestra Seat tres Circl aiid J'arqnett Ga.lery or Farr.i'.r Circle . t4 w ... Cent, i Cei.U ... 15 Cents Trr.t) tftr.i iKir'j for rtsrr,-d a,1,'4. rKox oflics Oiuirom li) o clxk A. M. till 12 M ;iVIr open at 7 o'clock. Curtain rie at l4H rrec s ly. 7poerYed eat retain-d only till ihe end of the j &rt art DOOTS AND SHOES. NEW WHOLESALE BOOT & SHOtf HOUSE A.C. DAWES, WM. N. F. VAN', JAS. T. McMILLlN. DAWES, EVANS & .M'MILLIN, Wholes.ile Dealers in BOOTS 8& SHOES' 71 West Washington Street, l III ATOMS, IM)., fjcturer in the country, and he in stre, the. . f-dn-wimr c' os to which they invite the attention Country Merchants: 2()f) Ca-ei of Men's and Doth Calf and Kip Roota. 0 " " Ilroeniis and Tl iw cn.ii. IOO ' Calf. IVeced and SfTe.'. Balm ral-. IOO OOord ai.dcotcaTu. 30 ) ' of Women Ca r, Goat and Calf Peeed B)ois nn i Palm tjIs. Mf C i5-5 of Women's Goat, Kid and Morocco Mk. 'elt Hoot and Balmoral. 2ii Cast s WonH tjV Large Cot e, fiaitcr. ,(! or Miss-', crul.Sren's r.y' ana louth' Shoe of a!! kinds, mi., arieiie aiid atyled, suitable for Indiana and Illinois tra -e. IUviiij; made our jvircbase before the late advance, we fi't I asMiired ia haj iiiR we au offer unerior inJuce,"0!) ' of Missf, Children', Boy' and Youth' ajiiiR we au oner uperior inaucements n any House in ihe We.t. Wv cordia ly invije joa to examine our etock before niki -v - irchi ts. Prompt attention paid to order. hira tile alay. on h-ind. iiiiri'o rt7va t. li.tm i v l. .1 1. J. T .1 tw jMtJlt 1 .1.1 . DRY COODS. i a in n 02

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3 H P5 H Ü P Q W PI m r , Q H x d a i 0 PI 'O er. MEDICAL. STUICKLAXD'S MELLIFLUOUS COUGH BALSAM CinP.S Cou.'h, LV-is. Sore TLroat, A-tbrua, and C"i.rmp'ior?. It i. ouly ii'ces,ary fr a y o. trablrd w:tti tbofe comptairt to try d bottle f Dr. Strickland's Mellifluous Cough Balsam, To CfTjvi! ce tl.en that it l tb ter: preparation erer u-d. It uot orily cares the above aflectioita &r the throat a1 x.s-, but it eure yu t fnd "r ttinr of r.i"o-i, ard is an excel!, ct pare for any kir.d of fare Turca'. It h r'asact to take, ai.d aaie meäiaae f r iufaut. Price yicDt frb.r,e. For fale t.y I)mig-t genera If. Fr aU by W. I. Ha..it A Co., Br'dn A f loan. Stewart A Morran, Toml:uoa A Co. J. F- 5ror and tfrxT i. Wcber. uiai7-dl)eV4l NOTICE. Paris Dye House Closing Up. BRING aboit to rSaM Bp 'ir present baaioets wt hereby ive notic to our patrota f call and gtt their rood toft Ha naror repainu or dyeia; by tt lt ol pnl, a wt ball remove at that time. mct:-16 - J.E. DICKMAX. NOTICE. Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. mUE '-CilAilBKR OF COX'lERCE" WILL EE tpered daily for ba.ira, on aad after Monday, Frora-ry 15th, 14U (undaya aicepted) at 2 o'clock P. M. . 'Chanz boarafrosi J o'clock U 4 o'clock P. 31. ftalT dim J. BAJO Akl. Sawraufy.

CLOAKS, fcC., &C.

CLOAKS, CIRCULAKS, SAQUES, BASQUES, Sco., Ai, AcoAT 1, LORD & COS. UTE ARK NOW RECF.tVIN.lTHKLAUiJLSr AND luot attraciiT xt.jck of Cloaks, Circulars, Cs.. 4CCF-.V Wc have ever exhlbitej, in Plain, Fancy and Tricol, English Millons, Middlesex. French and German Zephyr Cloths, In new and iles'iraMe Color for Sprin wear. VIS Black Silk Circulars, 4 Saques, Basques, &c., &,c, Crnprisiiij; all the rett-tit Paris and Ijondon 1 . t:..i.i ,.: i .:.u o' lical Guipure Lace, jliich Bead Gimps, j . AND ELEU AXT i i I 1 1' II !1 11 1 O 11 1 Q ; V7 I 11 (I ill 11 1 13, i e nre prop iro I to M umf irlurr, on hört tiO- . tice. mii v stv! of CKmIc.. Circulars. Sxriues or t !. mir .-tv! of LInk.-5, Ci H icrjueH w.iritt-l a wo luve a .'. . ' " r , 'rr 1 ;' C':!). AN' 111 "k Si'k of a full line of Sorin I Fiench Zephyr f la . c '.ms. ai-"1 ihh k ik oi an ijiiiiiue, ana ; t'lo ik Orrisments ol everv iiscrintioii. . . ' I Also lCV SprillS MylCH Of Shawls, Fancy Berege ' - " - m m w ' Shawls, iyrenodme Shawls. Liama. Shawls, Shetland, Shawls, Cashmere, Shaw ls, Pale Bor d. tWei respectfully invite the public t call and examine our ffock. WINES, LIQUORS, &C. HAHN & ROSE, No. 11 South Meridian Street, STATE SCXTIXEL IUJILDIXG. WHOLESALE DEALERS IX Foreign and Domestic WINKS, L CI&ARS, TOBACCO, feC. We call particular afent1ii to rar tn a.aortmeBt of f eruice Irrported LiQvons t.ru cicns. Alo our Larp Mock of OLD BOURBOM WHISKY AND TOBACCO, All boatrbt before tbe rise, walcb eoatlea sa to a.U tte ttry lowest price. We Ir.rite Iealer. to eiamioo our .tuck Wlir jichasin elsewhere. II All V noJE. Jan-lt$rTj ASTROLOGY. 5 ASTROLOGY! 5 GO AMJPfcKTHE SATURxL GIFTED ASTTOLOr,KK,rrresMr LONAMOIS. He ia U erenrh aofi of the aerenth aa. Bin with a rat oral g-ft, b eea loto futarity witk och aaetnesa that It la really totii.binr. lie ia th bona rid A'trolorer cf tb .Nineteenth Ottury. Wük th a d cf i mepic im and the carda of tie errl&abt rretS gorcerea. Madam Leoormand. be can tell everyth ijr tbat ia tili wrapt la otlinon. H will tU the who ecnniltbtn wk tley wili marry, th evmSrr of cbi.drm tfcey w.U ba, vd Uler.b cf their Ii e for a fw d.ya. nlj con mod cotiaalt the Aatrologi.t, at So. 5 Ket. tacky Ac&ae, flrat hoa below the hsns:. Ferort with re toconuH tb Pr of eor by letter caa an ut by atatlrc their are. cwnplexWD, arl tbe nntl tbay were born In. tx-lo.jri' iL ie oi tl, aud poatac tanp. AddrrBx KM, lbdUsapoIia. Prce of con!talon t ferCSwilm. WANTED. AGENTS WANTED. ITfTANTT-P, AGF.5TT8 IXCM rTS TO tlS3 PI Month. Tba United rtataFwlBcMarbM Cot. paoy want a artiva f ei t (mal or female) ta trary Coor.tr to ao. o.Kii orocn ior taeir M u xacLlra. vritk a;aiirt. acrew drier and extra noedlea, or jla Utf commkai'ti. for particulata, terwa, i.e., cocIom atanp ai4 mJ. dreai CHAKLEi WKR . Clavt'aM. UhM, f-U21-iJw 0&rraJ Aftat forth rta4 tut.

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