Daily State Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 4203, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1864 — Page 2

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-crINDIANAPOLIS DAILY PAPEBS. la coaieqaetx f t rapid alanc H too materials that enter Into th composition of a newspaper, we ara, as n-i'y. compared I increa tb priro. ff a boliero tfcls aanonaetmont will not taka our rea-iers by aarpriso. Tborafort, la cocnoct.oa with osr toumporry, tho Daily Journal, w b'.L, on and after MONDAY, Marrh 2. darf t at folltrwa DAILT, ytar ff OO " aix months , 4 50 Ihre months 2 - t,r EU.?h f0 tTo itsu, a; eu pr copy tTCarr'.eri ar.d .enta w mFP!J ubcr.bfn at SO crnti pr wek. DAILY SENTINEL. THE L'5105 IT MCST BK PRESERVED. 'Jacaati TUESDAY MORMSG. APRIL 5. 'The? C.'onaplracj-." Tb, reader of the Republican papers, if the faxt was not specifically announce, are well adT.aed as to the approach of a ward, a township, a citj, or täte election. Juat on the eTe of one of ihee etenU, the Administration or abolition priott are filled, brimfull, with all sort of charges about "Kniphts of the Golden Circle," secret Democratic jolitical organizations arrnei to the teeth, ready for treason, stratsgems and apoils, and all that sort of stuff. Since the iniuguration of the present dominant political party into power, tbee charges have been rung a-ainst the Democracy in eery conceivable shap. upon the eve of every election, no matter how insignificant j its character. j To use the lancuapeof Republican papers and j Republican orntors, the n ttion is engaged in a J terriffic struggle f jr its life for its preservation, j A civil war a raging, of gigantic propjrtions : in nuojUra aud intensity far exceeding any j whirh has occurred in th world history yet . the party in power would be Ie- chigrined over! a decided repulse or defeat of our armies in the t field, than the lo-i of some insignificant town-! hip election. No man with a gram of petct-pt- j ion or common sense, can fail to see that euch is the fact. Tbe nation is involved in a partiztn J war a war for the supremacy and perpetuation ! of political power in the hands of those who have j the present control of the government in othtf j words, t-J mke a ruling dyuty of there re-j entativeaof the Republican party, policy of tne Administration The whol! is ehaped to that end. The war has been and is prosecuted for that object. I'arty, not patriotism not the welfare of the nation has been the absorbing consideration with those who have the direction of public affairs. We have ouly to refer to the teachings of tbe representative men and the representative press oi tbe Republican party to demonstrate most conclusively that such is the fact. When the glory, the honor and the welfare of the option are made subordinate to the triumph of party to the perpetuation of party rule, anarchy or despotism are certain to he the result. Such is history; and human nature is the same now as it ever has been. To maintain civil and religious liberty all that c'ives value to Republican institutions, is the ole object of the Democratic party. From tbe beginning it has contended for the rights of man gainst arbitrary power. It baa no other purpose now. It believes in tbe capacitj of man fur elf government that all just Government derive their poer from the consent of the governed. For maintaining these properly the socalled Republican or Union partisans charge the Democracy with complicity against the Government that is -the conspiracy" which tbe central organ of the Republican party chargci upon tho great body of the American people. 7t to maintain the rights of men is crime, every Democrat, every true man. will be willing to be regarded as a criminal. r Jackion vt. Lincoln or ntrlotlwna v. I'renaon. General Jackson, in his nullification message of January 14, lb3l, says: The right of the people of a sincle State, to absolve themselves at will, and without the con sent of the other States from their most solemn obligations, and hazard the liberties and happi ne. of the millions composing this Union, cannot be acknowledged To say that any State mu at pleasure eeede from the Union, is to ay that the United Stste is not a nation. The "Second Jackson" in 150 spoke as follow : An people anywhere, being inclined, and having'the power, have the right to rise up and shake otr the existmsr Government Mre thin thU, a majority of any portion of such people mav revolution'ze. putting down a minority ui- j terminrled nith or ner about them w ho may j oppose their movements." Abraham Lincoln. J "?TWe copy the lolloping from the Cincinnati Gazette. "Wm M. Daily. Chaplain U. S. A..." is tolerably well known to tbe people of In diana. He was one of the most prominent "loyal, uncondit'onal Union men" who figured with O. P. M. in the Republican State Convention which met in this city on the 2'U day of February ltst. He is one of the lea-ier of that partv organixition. We ak the honest, unsophisticated members of the Republican organization, after they sh ill have read Gen. Harlow's eipo-e. bow they like the men into whoe keeping they have committed themselves? The Re publicans took this outcast from the Democratic orgaaiiation and gave htm a position of honor and profit. They bought him up with a Chap lain's commission. Heboid tbe man! He is one of the cormormts. one of the vultures, who are j ready to sacrifice principle, personal respect and ! independence, to feed at the public cr;b. Gen j Balow, in vindication of himse'f. has been obliced to let this mm Daily publish his own duplicity and abasement to the world It now j remains to be seen whether the powers that be will permit the unitorna he weirs, which should j be regarded as an emblem of honor, to be thus prostituted : The t. IIoital at Tladuon Indiana Letter from tirii. llurlow. ! Urncx or QcaRTkRMArra Gtx or Ohio.? J Colimbcs. March '23. Msjor G. Grant, Surgeon in charge of Madison General Hospital, Madison, Indiana : Sir A copy of the statement signed and a worn fo by your assistant surgeors and the chaplains on dotv ia Madison Hospital, as pub liahed in the Cincinnati Gazette of the 20th int.. was duly received by me. Your gratification cannot exceed mine at the production of any evidence tending to prove the statements in my report to Governor Brouh. to which your statement refers, unfounded in fct. for I would much rather believe that our boys in hospital are well cred for, and that they enjoy every mean for their happiness and restoration to health, which the liberal provisions of tbe Medical Deparitneut aTjrd, than that by a direpard of thee proriion an injury, howewer light, should be done to a single Uy. As . to the truth or falsity of my statement to Governor Brouti, 1 do not propose to allude, but inasmuch as their truth is brought in question by your published rtatemeut, I deem it just to you as wed as myself to ante to you that from three of the persou whose names are appended to the statement I received the information inclosed in my report, and although ihty awear that they

KTe m tio uch informttion. I am ftvorel with a letter from ore of the-e worthy men. which, although evidently written ur.der circum!ance of ..n.e excite me'ot. i rnfeM!Oti t he fact that the writer did cie m the information; ni althou-h the revtret. 1 pertlait;i n-w -wer that he mJe uo communication whiteverl" we, yet 1 inxgine juu 11 ree with roe t!it the Utter and itorn statement, made on the Mtne

are htrJIr reconeilab.e one with the other Which i truejudeinc them by thero-elve-. it i v. r,I t determine. Although the letter n in its ! " " trmi confident;!. 1 consider that the facta uttifv roe io givin you a copy of it, b;ca i gireii'.erallj, and I trut its reverend author will have an opportunity of "converting" either the letter or his sworn tatetrent "from the error of its waja." COPT J (Confiirntial ) Maduox OcnitL Hospital, Madiso.. Ind , March IC, lt-61 Gtn yitrrxLl Barlow, Quarttrmaiter General of OhioDeb Sia In the ttrietent and most i ere d confidence of a gentleman, I write as toilow: Your report of this bopitil, published in the Cincinnati Gazette of vcsterdiy, severely criti cising Surgeon Gei-eral (irnt.sursreon in charge, ia creating quit a fr. and buzz, nn l 1 beg t you, on the honor of a gentleman, to keep every thirr I my have said to you, as you promised, strictly in confidence; a$ you remember you promueil me, 'nothing thnuld .eter be $aid at coming from me" As you refer to the assistant surgeons and chapla:ns as the source of your information, we nre called upon tu sign a paper exonerating Dr. Grant from the I entiori brought in your rtport. Now you will pleme remember that my position ii i-cu;url) delicate. Tbe turgeon in charge is ready to suspect me a having something to do with everything said against him, and hence my great caution in talkine to jrou. Rtlying on you at a gentleman of honor, and even alter imposing a pledge of confidence, I then only gave some intimation about furlouqht about their delays, 4c. I charged Dr. Tirant with nothing, but said they (the turlough) stalled" somewhere. And you remarked yourself that you were satisfied of where the"?taH" was. or words to that effect. The inference, us to ichere, was your own, ns I charged nothing on Dr. Grant. And now, General, I nute a point of honor oj it, and leel satisfied you will not make me sullrr lor a few intimations given you in confidence, and so expressed at the time. Now i ap;x?al to you, most earnestly, riot to mention my name nor refer to me h having given you any Information directlv or indirectly, on matters pertaining to the administration of our surireon ia charge. He is my uperior officer, and it would be crutl to place me in jeopardy for mme confidential intimationt in. which thete was nothing direct, and what little was intimated, was with the most distinct under j " ! standing that nothing tcus eter to be said as cum inv fromme. And now, ana gentleman oj honor, I know you will not make me a sufferer, by any thinir said by tmu publicly or privately. If I know my hart, I have no other wish only to beneht our soldiers, as their chaplain to look to everything that concerns their happiness and welfare. In my present capacity, my whole time and attention are given to the sick and wounded soldiers of this hospital, as they all will testify. Hut enough ol this. Even tnis letter must be strictly confidential, evfn to the fact of its bein Written. Read it and then bum it, lest it fall into improper hands. Let me hear from you if you have time lor a line. Most respectfully. Your obedient servant, Sigued Wm M Dailt, Chaplain. U. S. A. The two other persons who sign the paper have not been so kind as to furnish me with written evidence that they made the alleged communicatious to me. 1 therefore leave them to the quiet luxury of their private reflections, trusting that under the ministrations ot "godly teachers," they may soon arrive at such a degree ot perfection, as will enable them to tell the truth or telling a lie, adopt the world's motto, "stick to it." Congratulating you upon the apparent falsity of the information communicated to me by these trusty men, I am yours very respectfully, Mlrrill Barlow.. Quartermaster-General Ohio. CONDITION F IUI". Ol Til dumber of men furnished by each Stinte In the Itebel Armr-I'lnn off the coming- Campaign-Cabinet Con ultntlon at Richmond The Invasion commenced The capture of laducuh kttld to be 1'lannrd at the .Dorth-ronocriplN In Itebelllon four hundred take refuge In the Mountain oclnl Life In Dixie Jeff, lluvls and Alex II Steven Addreading the soldler. C'"rrepondnce of tbe X. T. World. Haltimore, March 31. TROOFS FURNISHED BY THE STATLS TO THE REBEL ARMIES. In recard to the proportion of the Southern people who have been withdrawn from productive pursuits since the beginniug of the war, the facts show the number to be far less than is generally supposed. The lollowing statement, n-cently made in the rebel House of Represent atives. by a member formerly well known in political circles at the Norm, e-hows in round numbers the number ot men that have been furnished to the rebel armies by the respective States since the war began: "Alabama has furnished 4U.000 men; Florida. 5.0!0; Georgia, 51,1100; Louisiana, .'Ib.otiO; Mississippi. 40.IK1O; North Caroiina, .äo.000; South Carolina, 25.000; Texas. 2'J.OOO; Virginia. 103,000; Arkansas, 2,000; l ei.ne-see, Sl.tHHl; Kentucky and Maryland, 20.UOU each; Missouri. 35.000; total 501,000 " HOW MANY W1THPRAWM FROM PRODUCTIVE TUR I SUITS ! i This, cf course, doe not represent the rreent i strength of the Confederate armies, which was; given iu a former letter; but it does show the number, and the full number, too. of the ablebodied men in the South who have been with drawn from productive pursuits. It is easy, therefore, to show that the requirements of the military service h ave not so materially affected the productive ability of the South as many have suppoed. The entire population of the Southern States in 1 r-t'0, not counting Maryland, nor the Unionists in Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, or Virginia, was nine million two hundred thousand. Of these three million two hundred thousand were slaves, and six millions were white people. Of the latter one million five hundred thousand wore of the proper military age, and were enrolled as such. Of these, as etated above, only one-third have been a yet called out, leavinc fullv a million of abU-bdied men at home. And it must be remenjlcrcd. too. that there mut ha.e been in the South, in 160, a certain number or boys bcteen the ae of fourteen and eighteen "years. These boys are now crown up Jo be young men between the ases of seventeen and twenty one. and will forma powerful element of southern strencth, whether in the army or engaged in productive pursuits at home TWENTY MILL10.NS Of ACRES IS GRAIN FIELDS AND J cattlk farms. The fact set forth in ray last letter show that un to the vear 160 onlv ten million ix hundred thousand acre of land in the eight Mates of Alabamt. Florid t. Georgia. Louisiana. Mississippi, North and South Carolina, and Virginia, were occupied by the culture of w het, corn and potatoes, and the raising of cattle and bog; while in H63 four million six hundred thousand acres of the land formerly used in ra-sing cotton and augar were added to the former wheat tielda, corn field, and ttock-ra eirg farm of the South; jj m;Ua, tUU IkS'lirHf, im ui- i mi. w -., i it is quite certain that in 1S6-1 twenty mild of acres in the South will be devoted to the an liona culture of grain nd the raising of cattle and hog- and I do not apesk now either of Maryland or Texas, or even of Arkansas, Missouri, l en nesee or Kentucky. Whatever of grain or meat the South cn get in 15-64. from the five State l.st mentioned (and surely they will get som.) will be in adlition to thtt derived from the twentv millions of acre just mentioned. ATalMBILlTT ANP TAH I Of SLTI LABOR. In their agricullual aad stock-raising operations of the present year, the South Ü1 be dependent on hat has never failed them in any great degree during the war. namely, the labor of their nert) slaves; with few md unimportant exceptions, the emancipation proclamation have not reached them or affected their condition. They s'.ill have their comfortable homes, and are beyond the reach of want and caie. During tbe last year of the war, the number of slates in

the even State of AUbitn. Florida, Cleorzii, Miiipfi. North and South Carolina, aud Virginia, ha, been va-tly increael bythoethU hare been broi got there by their mter from Tenreee, Kentucky, Miouri. Arkansas, and L"Uiitia. The commit'ee on Uvea and slave pro; erty in the rerel Senate etimte thtt three hundred and eighty-five thousand Uvea from the last-named aix State and Maryland hive

escaped an 1 been er.ticed awv into the Federal lines; while seven hundred and nirjety-6ve thoua ami slaves Irom the same Slates have been brought bv their msters :nto that part of tee Smith as vet untrodden by our armies. Owing to tbe natural increase of the a'ave daring the last four tears, there must be row, therefore, in the South proper, many slaves as there were before the war. narr.eiv, tnree million two nun dred thousand. Of these, fully eight huLdred thoiind are able-bodied men am) thee cegres. with the one million or more white men referred to above will rWe the South all the lbor that will be aboiutely requires la tne agncuituai op erations of 16C4. From thee facts. U will be seen how tne S iUth can raie. during this year, the amount of , train and the number of cattle and hoss mentioned in mv last letter. And I have thus piven what miv be called the economic view of the southern Situation for the year lf4 It is a j view of theque-tion which has occupied a pret share of the attention of JeX Davis ana tne leading tneu of the South; and all its details have been svstematised and planned out with a far pretter minuteness than I have been able to describe. In doing this, they have exercised a degree of foresight and sagacity of which we see no parallel anions the men in power at the North. lEBtL PLANS FOR TUE CAMPAIGN OF lc64.Mr information in resard to the military idans i of the Confederates for the campaigns of 104, corresponds in the main with the facts recently stated by your Wa-hincton correspondent; and thi is worthy of remark, for our sources of information must be widely different. AH that I cau learn, leads me to believe that the approach ine camuaign.on the part of the rebels, will be marked by great boldness and audacity. THE .NORTH TO BK tNVADED. It may be set down as a fixed fact that the defensive system of wnrfare, as a governing principle, has been abandoned by the S )uth; that an invasion of the North :it two, and perhaps at three points, will form aprominnt feature in the campaign; that a determined ellort will be made to transfer the sent of war to Northern soil, and to fight decisive buttles north of the Potomac and ! Ohio rivers. During the winter ju?t parsed sysj tematic exertions have been made to influence , nublio opinion in the South in favor of this rMinp. ...i t:lfck ha-s nor been n difficult ot e. Xhe obstacle to the adoption of the change of policy hrts t:ot been on the part of ihe Southern people, who are tired of the desolations ot war, but on the pirt of some of the influential South ern leaders, among whom may be named Jeff. Davis himself. Gen. Johnston and Gen. lir;s:g The subject was tullv discussed at the military j councils that h ive recently been held at Richnot nhrtntlonpil uvim , a i r a tu unvu-ioiou .- ... until entire unanimity in regard to the new poli- j cy had been secured. The following were among the arguments ued by the originators ana sup porters of the policv of invasion: First, That it would be the most effectual manner of defending their own cities, for tint with one Confederate army operating in the interior of Pennsylvania, and another in Ohio or Indiana, it would be impossible for the Union forces to advance against Richmond or Atlanta, or indeed to invade the South at any point; but that, on the other hatul.it would make it necessary tor us to keep the bulk of our forces at home for the defense of our own cities, and particularly for the defense of Washington. Second. That it would relieve the South or the enormous expense of tho maintenance of their armies, and impose that expense upon the North; while it would enable the South to draw supplier of train, flour, clothing, and above all, of horses, ad libitum, from their enemies. Third, That the three great objects to which the attention of the Union armies would be directed this year would be Richmond, Atlanta and Charleston; that the fortifications of Richmond and Charleston were such as to reuder those places practically impregnable, even if only defen ded bv only ten thousand troops at each point; and that w:ith such a country as that between Chattanooga and Atlanta, twenty five thousand Confederate troops could battle the advance of seventy thousand Unionists for six months. Fourth. That, ven allowing seventy-fire thousand troops for the defence of menaced point in the South and for operating against advancing columns of Union troops, the Confederates would still have two hundred thousand troops wherewith to invade tbe North. TWO HUNPRED THOUSAND TROOPS TO INVADE PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO. It is probable that the invasion will take place at an early period in the spring: as soon as the road are in good order; but depending also on the state of the rivers and the dryness of the season. It will undoubtedly take place in two columns: one under General Lee, nearly in the track of his former invasion of Pennsylvania; the other to strike for Cincinnati. It is intended that each shall have an effective force of fully seventy five thousand troops; and that each shall have in addition, a reserve lorce of twenty-five thousand rren. Of course, the plan of the rebels will be modified by the movements of General Grant If he should take the initiative in the work, he may anticipate the rebel plans; but it is certain that thev sire about to make this giant effort tochange the war on their part from a defen-ive to an offensive character, knowing that whichever; .... . party can assume the offensive will have the ad- ; - - ... ... i tii vantage ot momentum in tne aiiacK v e sn n now sop one of the mot interesting plays in the j g me of strategy, and by some of the ablesf ni ts j ters on e tch side. pRCin. i How are we liovrrnrd! The pipers within a few days have contained i two curious announcements for a free country j One stated thit the Government officers in an Eastern city had seized all the locomotive engines in a machine hon for Government use. The other, that a General in a peaceful Western city j had prohibited in his department the circulation of a newspiper which he did not like, and which j is published in New York city. I If the Government cannot procure engines for j service on its railways it must of course seize i them by force and py for them at leisure. But j have we reached that point? It would surely j better comport with the principles of a free Gov- j rnment like ours to pay .any price for the nnnu j fscture or purchase of an article from a citizen, rather than to seize it by an arbitrary force, j There are machine shops in the country where j the Government could have plenty of engines j built, and if the time is pressing, then the fault lies in not having previously provided for the! emergency. The othr case preent a dsrker aspect. The suspension of a newspaper is the exercise of the highest, power of sovereignty. It is the absolute will ot the government opposed to the freedom of popular discussion. Thtt freedom my be exercised to a criminal degree, and the editor mav himibi hcciime a criminal If so. h is ner I onally amenable to the las. If he has not j committed a criminal offence, for which he can ! be arrested, tried and punished, then be is not to .... . ... . . , ... - - - - -. -- , -. be punished. In any event a newspaper is entij tl to free circulation, unles it contains matter properly oljectionablc. Tie suspension of the . circulation of a newspaper is a proceeding unknown to our laws. The punishment of libel or sedition, or even conspiracy, is not against the newspaper but against the peron of the editor This distinction ought to be kept constautlv in view. The seizure anddestructions of the copies of a paper containing a sediiious artice may be pro per under certain circumstances. This may be the j duty of a military otücT at the e it of war. But the j issue of a prospective order against a newspaper. j ir-uc Ul i .'l v.f:. by nsme, profe-s is a violation of a ing to see what it will contain. a law and an offence against free prmcip.es. it tn1 is to be ailowej, the changes of administration in state and country would resuit in successive orders suspending all newspapers, trt i-f ore and then of another party. It would result in making the law of newpiper elitir.g entirely a subject of official whims. When an officer does not like what he baa seen in a newspaper, he lke it for granted that the future issues of the paper will equally d;s?ieae him, and he orders its discontinuance T hi is the end of free di-cus-iori The denial of the ue of the miU to opjHisiti-m newspaper has cost our country millions of dollars anJ thousands of live. The first etep in tvrariny was to crush free dcu4?ion; and, as a consequence, the Administration weut at a callopsn the road to ruin. It is time t top. Tho-e seizures of enrices and tuspei sion of cewp pert a vor of de do tum l nev uo rot ipok wen in iree America They di'crncetn X. Y. Journal of Commerce'

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Importance of the Hsdu ah Disaster -Why Lincoln Keep Gen. ncrielU an in the Mtnde Determination off trie Hebel to Itetnliate far Allrged Uulratrs-I.lnroln Alone to Illume If ttti be Done. f?fMial Corrpondenc of tbe Chicago Timea-l Wahusgtox. March '23. The Administration seeks to make light of the disaster at Paducah. in Kentucky: and Mr. Lin coln has already made it the subject of one ef his hideous jokes. "But the importance of the affair, as a part of the rebel operations in the West, is quite evident to every intelligent array officer here, and it is freely dfacussed in military circles. It is the eeneral opinion among military men tnat it foreshadows the bold nes ana nujaciiyjthe anu some even aoi, tne prooaoie tutir-'j -.nm will characterize the rebel camoaigiis of 164 Tbe enemies l Gen Grant endeavor to blame him for the affir, for they say that it ought to

htve been his pecial province to have loreseen ; tQW jn front of lhf giery. To attempt to apand provided apaist it. It is not neie-sary tori proachej ,he stalls" where the goods were disme to demonstrate to the readers of the Times J paTe,1( WÄS aimost an impossibility. Manv tried how unjust and unfounded this view of the case j however, and succeeded. The fair portion of is. If Gen. Grant promptly takes measures to ; th comr)lQT had read much about the the em-

repair me miscnier mai u urtrw uw, . the rebel advance in Kentucky and to prevent the recurrence of similar disasters in future, it ia all the country can ask of bim. i The responsibility cf the affair, like that of the ; r.oriaa cisisier ana oi our umrr re-vc-.ik ucii?, rests directlv upon Abraham Lincoln, who, to gratify his personal hitred and to advance his personal end-, keeps many ot our best Generals unemployed, and .till contrives so to scatter the army to render fully one-half of our military strength un ivalUble. To remedy this jreat evil will be one of the first thing to which Geti. Grant will turn his attention. He-has already insisted that both General McCleiUn and Gen. Fremont shall be assigned to duty forthwith; and the President, after many demurs and excuses h:is consented. Amonjr" the objections offered by Air. Lincoln were, that these two Generals were - - i i r i JM.t;.tM ...1 ih-r ' if he cave them comm unis eir. after keeping i

them both so lon.nemploye.1. people would say.' ne ure 1""- " that he did so to buv them off. and to conciliate ; ee. and it elected would, we have no doubt do their friends! There's logic for you! That is ' ,10,,' ' ' lhe Democracy of the btate-Py-an argument worth of a creat mind ! ! miulh Democrat.

Respect for theoihee whirh Ate Lincoln holds prevented General Grant from replying to this as

it deserved. He contented himself with saying r,ied bv white. California and other widows, by that the people would do justice to his motives, i aprons hemmed with yellow. Su says the Boswhich, of course, were simplv zeal for the ad-! ton Tost, which is posted in such matters.

vancen ent of the service. Hut to his friends he did not hesitate to express his wonder and as a a ' tonishment that so mean a motive could influence tl conduct of the chitf mogistrate in a matter wheie the success of the war was so vitally concerned I am aware that some diversity of opinion exists concerning th authenticitv of the orders found upon the per-onof the late Col Dahlgren, in regird to the burning and sacking of Richmond I?ut the evidence is all now in, and it cannut be denied that the weight ot testimony is decidedly iu favor of the genuineness of the docu ; ments in question. One fact alone, which has hitherto been overlooked, must be regarded as conclusive The men concerned in the expedition tinderatood its objects perfectly; and the survivors all concur in the fact that those objects were precisely what is set forth in Dahlgreu's order, and which, if carried out, would have in volved the burning of the city of Richmond, the j nmss: ere of unarmed and defenceless people, the plunder and sack of private house, the nameless outrages on females. Whenever, hitherto, the Confederates have in vaded the North, the demeanor of their armies has been such as betitteJ the armies of a Christian nation. I he town oi Carlisle, l orK, Cumberland and Harper's Ferry have all been in their power, and all might have shared the fate which Lincoln wished to befsll Richmond. Exasperated by such a deliberately fiendish plot, it is scarcely probable that in future invasions the rebel soldiers will lie so forbearing. If all the horrors of war are visited this summer upon some of the tiouri-hing towns in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, the blame will lay directly upon the shoulders, of Abraham Lincoln, for he gave his full consent and approval to the desigi s of Dahlgren. There is another way io which the Confederates feel disposed to take vengeance upon us for an ttempt to burn and sack Richmond, and for our actual bombardment of Charleston and burning of several of their towns, besides for the things done by Turchin, McNeil, Wilde, Pope, Itutler and Milroy; things which cannot be justi fied by the rules of war. They nre now entertaining the design of burning our large cities by means of the instrumentality of hired desperadoes, or of destroying them, as with an earthquake, by causing the explosion of the large powder magazine? known to be in their vicinity. These facts are so well known here, that great alarm and apprehension exists among those who are interested in property, and whose families reside in those cities. And some very radical Republicans, hitherto strong advocates of "extermination" and "wiping out the South," and ardent apostles of abolitionism and the intermarriage of black men with white women, have beeil to see the President, and have urged him to isue j an order forbidding in future all su.-h acts as pil- j läge or rapine. The President only laughed at them To issue iuch an order would seem too

much like embracing the views of (eneral McClellan. So that the Turchins, lhe Popes,! A rebel captain who had escaped from ,Tohnand the Butlers, will continue their perform times ! son's Island, rec ently enlisted in the 3rth Ohio

at the lighted South. Hut when the midnight skv is tin with confl L'rations at the North when some great cit v at the North is detrovf d

in a night, as with an earthqn ike an 1 when the sent out one day on nicket, and unaccountably .... at la" MI

frenzied cries ot unprotected lein iles freeze with horror the powerle-s lookers on then let it 1 e remembered that Abraham Lincoln, and he alon?, is the author of these calamities Do you observe how many papers are now ; convinced of the designs of Mr Lincoln to keep ! himself in power for another term by ant me ins? designs which I exposed and denounced months' agoi A ' Scirnoyernnirnf. The right of self-government is a right as old ; as the mountains and s icred as the comman is of holv scripture Jehovah himelt recognized the principle when he made man a liee agent for the determination of his own fate. Emperors and kings acknowledge this tight even in the act of: infringing upon it. Attempts to abto2 tte it have j caused lour fifths of all the civil wars that ever ; blackened the page of human history. The liberators of the people in all nges iiave planted themselves upon this principle behind the walls of an impregnable fortress. The p tiiots of the old world from time immemorial hte preached mtitiicip.il sovereignty and independence a the basis oi all virtue and peace in government; i d nations luve gladly sacrificed every other requi site of prosperity for the maintenance of ihis right. This theory is mot emphaticall v practical ized in all the governments of the United States The ballot b )x is here the sontceof all law The Federal Government is the creature of the States and their people. The S'.ate Governments are but the agents of the cities atd towns and their J inhabitants The cities, towns and school iis j tricts are governed in all local matters by the residents interested. Every society, every association of men for any purpose, i permitted to govern itself in its own way. President Lincoln, in his annual message to Congress in ISM, in his own loose and indefinite manner, recognized this principle in this language: "lhe relative matter of national power and state rights, as a principle, is no other than the principle of generality and locality. Whatever concerns the whole, should be 'confided to the general government; while whatever concerns only the state, should be left exclusively to the state " Under every government and in eery communi;v. a few are to be found who fail to com-j ... ... i.i f prehend the value of this principle ana me propriety of sscTedly adhering to it. With that few, originates the popular discontent; tbe sacrifice of public interests; the burden of taxation; and the striles of men upon the battle-field, which curse mankind. Will they never learn! Milwaukie New. r3T"A lady Ot our acquaintance advertised a few Uaja airce for a goreroe, and aruonp the many applicant wa a ble femtle, who aidhe had read the advertisement, and u of opinion ihat he could till with acceptability the position. The lady decline-J her service?, but informed the daughter of Africa that she wai in want of a cook. This latter announcement appeared to offend the applicant, as she instantly drew herself up to a traininc puiut and eicUimed: "Me a cook! ltt me tell you. madam, that I do not work aa a rook now my huaband U ia tbe army." j Baltimore Clipper.

The Irish Rational Fnlr. The Chicago Tiroes, of Thürs lay. in commenting upon this great demonstration remrks: Tbe fascination attending the greit Irish National Fair in Bryan II 11 is perlectly indescribable. It has now been osen three dtys.but still the interest iDcrenes, as well as the number of visitors. Lat evening the vestibule of Bryan

Hall presented a mo?t animated picture, it being j filled with persons, male and lemaie. young ana old, and of everv condition in life all struggling to gain admission to tbe fair. The living stream poured in continually, and the ticket collectors were kept busy. But wheu the multitude got inside their troubles were not at an end, as many had vainly imagined. They found tbe floor crowded, the gallery packed full, and not an inch of spare room on the platform With perspiration on their foreheads, they gaied around he!plesly. and envied those who sat so cosily at the r ease in I p)lcjou9 znf At every turn, they met . people with flashed countenances they, l:ke ; themselves, gazing at the portrait? of Washing- i ton. Sevraour, and Dime! U Connell. suspended rrom lh"e pijjar; or re;tj wjth exultation the motbroidered goods, tbe pretty bonnets, and fplendid tea and coffee setts. They cane to the fair to gaze upon them, and were determined not to be disappointed. But they paid the penaltv bv getA pooa cru,hin!?. Some of the 'win remarked, when the ladies complained of the press. o 'c f that they theucht the daughters of Eve rather preferred io be ''squeezed thau other which was unkind. STATK ITKJ1S. riseThey have a national bank at Norfolk, Va. Quite a number of our exchanges speak in verv ti.it'.ering terms of the Hon. Geo. S. Brown, of Wells county, as a candidate fur Lieut. Governor at the ensuing election. We have but little personal acquaintance with him, but his reputaHon as an aoie uenater. souna iogican ana goou . t 1 ! 1 .1 parliamentarian, give amp.e assurance of hut fit- , At the Fair in New York, the married ladies will be distinguished by black aprons, the untnarTine Social Evil The magnitude of one social evil that nfllicts Washington in these limea, is indicated by the fact that the new court there has, in the past few months, imposed an aggregate of about ten thousand dollars in fines upon keepers of houses of ill repute aud near about the whole of it has been duly paid. rj(,L. Howard Hlakk The many friends 0f Col. Howard Hlke wil hv ettPrft recently receive ill tie gratified to learn ,! from him at Manzii V l. s i n .-s-. - - .,:"'! where he is" our Consul, dated February o?th. that the etatement lately published in recard to him from San Francisco papers, was un true und malicious, originated by former consu , lar officers there, whose extortions and trauds he had broken up, and who hoped to injure him by exciting prejudice for his stern discharge of duty ; in arresting deserters from the United States ' steamer Saginaw. In securing four deserters, as he was required to do as Consul, one of them a desperado, who would not submit, resisted and endeavored to take Col. Blake's life, who was alone, in self- . j defense, and to prevent the escape of all the dej setters, which would otherwise have taken place, i ; 1 1 . . . . L : A .. ...11 I i lie was compeueu to miooi uun.auu uueiueticuii, death ensued. Notwithstanding the efforts of his predecessor, who bad been dismissed, with others combining J with him, Colonel HI ike was acquitted by the Mexican Court, and continued to exercise the duties of his consulate as usual. This is what might have been expected by those who knew Colonel Hlake's decision of character, braver?, and yet marked prudence; a General Morris and those who served with him in Wt-ftern Virginia, can bundantly testify to. Hi predecessor, it is understood, had favored the French pretensions to claim Mexico a conquered. While our government declines Mich acknowledgment, no influences or threats would induce such a man as Colonel IMake to abandon the Republic to which he is accredited. Indianapolis Journal. Fifty German soldiers arrived at Portland on Saturday in the America, sent out by an agent from Iloston. who recruited them in the fatherland for the purpose of filling up the quota of the ninth ward of Boston. Some difficulty occurred at Portland, as other recruiting officers had discovered the prizes, and enlisted several of them. A Boston committee in attendance to receive these distinguished foreigners, explained to the Mayor vf Por'land that about 1,500 men had been engaged in Germany to come over and enlist. Who says Massachusetts will not furnish her patriotic "swarms?" Two people, a man and a maiden lady, claim the same pew in u church at Saccarappa. Maine, and on a recent Sunday, the former, arriving first, wouldn't let her in, whereupon she went into the next pew and climbed over, tearing her clothes. There was conlus'on of tongues and a tussle, but hmi : eteran. wniie in u re-jiment was nonie on mr- i i lou"h and for recruiting business. When theT ! arrived at the seat of war their new recruit was-tlisappe-ired, never to be neani or again, tin one dav n fligof truce r i me in , and with it a letter containing the compliment of the quondam Union soldier to hi former officers. DIED. In taiseity. on :he 3d intant, Robcht F. DmrstT, la tha 43d year of hi age . ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCILMAN OF THE NINTH WARD ADOI PH SEIHENSriCKER w ill be supported by the j citizens .f the Ninth IVi'1 ff-r Councilman at the special election on the 9:h of April. AMUSEMENTS. lH-:TUOSOlaETA.' HAIala. STAfJE MANAGER.. .Mr. W.H.RILEY. Tuesday Evening, April 5th, 1864. Miss EMILY THORN E. THE IDIOT WITNESS. To commence with SCALK OF PRICES. Private Boxes, for ix people Orchestra Seats L)re Circle and Parqnette Ga.lery or r'am.lr Circle ta on 75 Cents io Cents 25 Cents Ijy.Vo xlr.t chtirjf for rrrxed Jt4. PBoa office op-n :rom 10 o'clock A. M. till 12 M 'Door opu at i o'cloc. Curtain rie.s t 8 pree selr. JIKeserved sesta retained only till tbt of the end Cr' et FOR SALE. D ELZ ELL & JONES, llfc.-.L i;jTATE AGISTS. ABRICK COTTAGK OF E00M5, WTTH A5 acre vt pr jund attached, i.ear the University, at a pr.ee mk ce it an Inducement to purchasers. A lot on which arc two dwelnnc. fr tins: on two tr.ets, in the tortleast part of tt city, for 2,000, ia pay mens. This property wnü rent for 3K) per year. A Goiisgo on McCarty strcai, with a lot SU bv 12 feet, for tl.'. la a-y psymer.t. apr5 J2t NOTICE. Orncx Ivdiaxa k Itxiaors CaxrasL R. R. Co UsiAsmu, Apr.1 1, ld&. f f IHE REGULAR ANNUAL MF.KTIN 1 OF THE Suwahoidera of the Ibtjlaaa and Illinois Central Va.lay Company IcT the election or D rectors of .aid Company, to aarve f-r tie e&suiag jear. will be held at tue ofSce of 'ha Cvn-.psuy, in th Oitj of lnitanapoli, ladiana. on the Crt Weliesday (4th da)) of May, l?a, t I o'clock T. M. By order of tha Board of Directors. itesc B. K. ELLIOTT, cretary. aprS-dlia

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Information Wantod. 15FOKM TI05 WANTFD OF HF.5RT BARKER A5D bi rn, Jobn "arkfr, who came to Int;aaa U't Ja'y, from Le county, Virpin a. Auv ii.forrnt:ta of tb;r whereabout w.li h tbankfull reo-iwed by ' EKNJ. C KCPT, aprS dltAwJt laiüatiapoli, fndEDUCATIONAL. ST. MARY'S SEMINARY, T0. II NORTH MFKIDIAN STREET. I!fDUNlP. 1 OU5. North of Ua F.plaropl Charch. Parent and fuartilaot wjl Sd4 forthrlr iaujrttera and wards, In this f 11 etabliibed Seminary, all ttt aJvan tares nf a first cl acbool. Tbe next term will commence on Sfondav, April 11. arr5-t AUCTION SALES. HOUSE AND LOT AT AUCTION On South Delaware St., West Side. IT OrSE rOI'R VO0MS AND KITCHEN. IGT S5 feet frunt by 140 la depth. Will he ild on tbe premises on Friday next.tlie Stil Inat.. nt? I. XI. Tims One-third cah, balance io 6 aad 12 raoaibt, with latere', ard rnortgaje to aeenre deferred payTuerts. The let is 5o. 15 in ycCarty' subdivMon cf out-lot 117. , Inquire of McKERN'AN A PIERCE. apr5-d Keal K'ate Agents. l BY SPANN & SMITH. FOUR SMALL 1I01SES & LOTS AT On Wednesday the 13th of April, '64, At the hours of 11 o'clock A M. and 2 o'clock P. AT. as fallowsVT ELEVEN O'CLOCK WR WILL SKLL TO TITE bisher bidder lluse and Iot 'o. 7 Chatham htrect. 'lhe Lot beini? about 27 feet wide and 163 teet deep to an al.ey, the Houe a comforta! v frauie of thrre roonis, kitchen, cellar, well, cistern, pumps, Ac At 2 o'clock we will eU N 6! South Trnnee street. cons-i-tin of hi i'O ty 195 P--t ir rp to an aly, cmfortable house of two r ioms, porch weil a'-d pnnip. lmmedia'ely a'terward we will the House and I.ot on the -nuihe-t corner of McCarty and East street. consisting of l.'t GO ty 1J"J feet to an alley, nrw b ue of two room, kitchen, cellar, Mahle, well, pump, carriage bbop, woh1 house and shed, yard praeltii Immediately afterwards we w.ll bell a NI" W FKVME IIOUSK three door tu.ith of the lat earned, being lot , out lot 25. 30 by 92 feel to an alley, hou-e having tw rooms and a cellar. JTTitle. gKd. Sale positively without reserve. Tkrms t)ie-hird .-ah in hand, one-third in one and one-third In two yt-ars, with 6 per c?il. iutere-t, mortgage security oi the balance. SPANN k SJttTH. aprt-dt Keal Estate Kroker. ASTROLOGY. THE WEEK. PROFESSOR LEONID S, THE CELEBRATED AND renowned Astrologer, will unveil the misteriou eil of the future. In love affair he never fails. He has the secret "f winning the affections of the opposite sex. He is the seventh on of the itever.th on, horn with a natural tift. He is the greatest Astrologer of the nineteenth century; in thi. K-iewe there is none to equal j him. such as the stars, charms epell and tali-mans, and j he has the nevr failing charm of love and talisman ( against enemies that possesses niyracolou arirtue. In- . vented by the great Wizard and fortune Teiler Satnali", ofTartary. TLo.-e w ho consult him w ill see that he practice nothing tut what i reconcilable f Philosophers, la fact a ' single visit will satufy the most fastidious of his mpeclability, moral rectitude and the purity of his profeafcion. Ladies one dollar, gentlemen two dollars. N. B. The Professor has no connection with any Mite rat and itrtiorant fortune feders whatever, lie will le found at No. 3 I'alravr House, aprl-dlw FOR SALE. ARSENAL BUILDINGS AT PUBLIC SAL NOTICE IS HFKEBY O'VENTnAT THE UNDERfcipned will, on Wednesday, the 13th Day of April, At 2 O'clock P. M. sell at public auction, on the premises east of the City, recently ccujied by the Indiana A rset.il, tbe follow ing described trame bu.ldings, namely: Two Building, each SO fe-1 long and 24 feet in width, heretofore used as a mapaz-ne. Two Building, e; ch W) feet by 24, heretofore used In the m.mcfarturifitr of cartridges. Also one Building, Hi fet wide and ?0 lore, heretofore used in the manufacture of artillery ammunition. AU thee Buildings were recently huts of good lumber and are now in a fine state of preservation. These Buildings can he tsken dwn. and the lumber being well seasoned, will be very valuable. All persons desir.n to purchase are requested to examine the buildings t.efore the ale. Tha actual quantity oT lumber and materials In each building will be known and tated at the sale. A reasonable time will be given for the removal of the buildings The purchaser will be required to have the ground leveled where th buildings now stand after the sam are remoTi d. Terms of sale cab. H. STCRM, Col. and Chief of Ordnance f Indiana. aprl-d?d BOOKS. Scribner's Ready Reckoner and Log Book. 4 VALUABLE BOOK FOR MECHANICS. TTTMBF.R- ' MEN and Merchants, containing tbe following tables: SCANTLING TABLE, BOARD MEASURE. I'LANK MEASURE, SQUARE TIMBER. ROUND TiMBKK REDUCED TO SQUARE, LOGS REDUCED ro INCH -BOARD MEA.HUkE, TABLE OF STANDARD LOG?, WuOD MEASURE, PRICES OK WtXID FEU CORD, WßES PER MONTH, REN r, BOARD OR OTHER EXPENSES TER WEEK imkrST TABLE. Itelnil Irlre 2"t rents aar ale at Uholrsaleand icetait by ROVKs9 STEWART A: CO mr21-d2w NOTICE. ELECTION NOTICE. To Ihr Voltrx of Ihr.Yinth Ward ! in Ihr City of Indianapolis, AJ0TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN E LECTIO It ' 11 w..i be fceij at the tone oi Nicholas Hoffnaeister, oa ihe northwest corrercf Nw T.rk and Noble atrta, on SATURDAY, the 3:b day of April. 14. to e ect one CocBciiinan, to fill the raca&cy in the Common Council of the City of Iudiinapoiis, in the N nth VVtrd. oecailoned by the resignation of William J. Wallace, Esq. JOHN UN VERS AW, City Marshal. Indianapolis. Marca Sil. inar2510t LIFE INSURANCE. HOME LIFE INSURANCE CO. J. Pa AGENT, Ofice S. W. Corner Washington and Meridian Streau. Pleae rill tn ard K'tdrc-jlari ard referencei. aprl-dly PHOTOGRAPHS, PHOTOGRAPH CARD FOR GENTLEMEX--8AX-TLFS aad Catalogues sent for 25 cetts. Inelo as envelope with your own name and addres. i. Hnrnmr., m r9 d3m Liberty street, Ntw jcT WANTEDLaboring Hand Wanted. mHKKE OR FOUR LAlaORISG RANDS WAXTtDTO work twel luiles from the city. Good waicea fivrn. Lvqa'.re of Jsus Ranham. Palmer Hout Saloun. mart-S2w C. C. COLLINS.

SWINES, LIQUOnO, 6C.

HAHN & ROSE, No. 11 South Meridian Street, STATE SESTISEL BUILDIM., WB0LC8i.LX DEXLXR3 IV Foreign and Domestic WINES, L QUOR 9 CIGARS, TOBACCO, &C. Wa call particular attention to our fine aaortaeBt of genuine Irrported Aho our Larc f lock of OLD BOURBON WHISKY AND TOBACCO, All bouuht before tae rise, which enables aa to oell a . vr i0f ,t price We Invite Dealer to aamino our tork efore pur chasing elsewhere. n ii V kosi; . jar6-ii6m BANKS. FLETCHER, VAJEN & CO'S WILL OI'EN ON MONDAY, MARCH Slav. FOR the transaction of a GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Deposit received, collection made and exchange for ale on all commercial points. We ask a thare of the patronage f the public, hoping by a utrict attention to business to merit their approval and confidence. Office on North Meridian street, first door north of Washington, east side. T K. FLETCHER, J. II. VAJEN. : marl9 dim J.R. HALOH. DRY COODS. 0D CS a CO i 0 p I n n D A D q a n Ü n ts o o 3 w s w L (3 55 0 H 0 H CO CO m eJ S 525 - o Z H s s s CO Q 2 25 ' s. M eJ O rH e23 eJ e-3 W Ph w 0 at O 2 ACENCY. it. n. SPICER V CO., I REAL ESTA1E AGB NTS, I IVorvoo(I'H 131clc, No 20 1-2 North Illinois Street, INDIANAPOLIS. IXD.. . r-0R ALr-DK2RARLF. RESIDENCES 15 TDK north part of too city, on Pennsylvania, Meridian. Illinois. Delaware. Alabama, Tecnesaaa and Mississippi streets, and at! the arences. Also, a larca aa-ortment of chaap and very dirabU residences ia th southern part of it a elty,raaRrg rata $700 to f 30,0faJ ia pnee. We hav otn mall housos to aell at old prvea, em. small pajmenta down and lor g that on nalanc hotter and cheaper than ranticg. For sale on rood terms, rood bntaaa rorrtT. ea Ifashttrton. ILlnoU, JJeridjan, Ptcxsylvania andYan sesaee atretu. Also, tho beot and largest aaortint of bnilrfiac lota in all pan of tho city, to sell or trado on tho bot uraa and at lo Crnres, Also, a camber rf nsall and See eonstrj Mtts.larra aad small tracts of land impro.al farms. frooaS to lt0 acres, wtthla flva nll of too city, for aal y trado at low fijnre ard on fod tenna. Also, a Crst-rtte fl oar Kill, ts tb city a coney. mak tsr tnaatotioa. Also, a nambor of flosjr oad aaar allla, naar tho dry, for sale or trad. Also, b -tela aad boarding house rn tho dty; etntry taverns and town t roperty, near tho ertr: mores a4ia, hnrsm. w.aoos. and vaxloua other ktn4a of personal prop, orty, for aale or trado. We have a larf e naraber of btCJicf lou In the city, a larire aroount of land, eowntry property, in vanou local, tties, and merchandise, arid a big ptlt of money to fl for improved city pn perty. 5oc Parties haTfita; proprtj of any km4 to oall. psrrai wsutinr to buy or trad for property, iavstert speculatora, tradera, and tho reit of marklnd, rt Invited tu call at this A. No. I tfico before buying, ssUmc or tradinr, aid protnwto th-ir Ibtertst laraby. l&art dlat

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