Daily State Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 4239, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 May 1864 — Page 2

'S. 4 17 4 1 I 4 ' Jl T.iT cxios-ir mctt b rKtRVKt-lJafeoa TUESDAY MOKMNO. MAY 17. Tli miutia. T!rphlc report thl morning furnish u in detail, fotnt ol th mu'U or tht recent battle in Virclnla. W gie britf account of the ter riM Sht of lat Toeaday, perbap the tnot mdquinary aodfltrcoly contrtted of th war. ending . with preat 'aogbur tod do decisive reaulti. The detail! of tbat enfcement ahow that advantage o! portion enabled the rebel army to maintain it jrrotind oer auperior nam beri. Notwlthaunding the awurancea piren to tb country by tboe in Authority that our arm a had gained decided advantage, and that there waa every prospect fur the petd capture of Richmond, the actual condition of affair, do not warrant any reaaor.able prospect lor auch concluiiorn. NotwlthiUrdiojr thee Murancea fold is advancing and the opposing armies mnfrnnt each cither aa bold and defiant a at the eonmencemeut of the cam paign. It lao appear! that the report of eucctssoe bate been proaely exapgerattd. W believe it was Oeceral Halikck who laid it down that deception waa justifiable in war In fact, that It waa a DecesaitT. Thia rule ppeara to govern, for the country hat been rmlf deceived a to the true condition of affair, an-i although the motive not apparent, yet the Adaintttration may have good reasons for the policy. tTh Ladle' Rational Coreniint." Tb meeting of the Udiee last night at Ma ooic Hall, called for the prevention of importa tion or the dinune of good of foreign manufac ture, waa not very largely attended. Several dUtinguUhed lawyers and clergymen officiated, but no ladiea. The main idea of the peakere was to encourage New England manufacture at the pense of Western consumer. Thia they regarded aa highly loyal and patriotic. There waa no proposition made to turn over to the United States Government whatever wat aired by economy in dress, or to apprnpri ate auch savings to charitable object. The re trenchment was to enure to the benefit ol those who proposed to make it fashionable to dress cheap. Are the gentleman who figured at the meeting laat night diatinguished for public pirit or fur liberal contribution to object of public utility, or public charity? We are decided ly in favor of retreuthmeut and economy, cutting eff cloaely the uteleaa extravagances of the tiroes, but in to doing let the public good be subserved In fact, aa well as in name. Tke Cwrruptlwn mt f aatilnffton. The Springfield Republican, num. up in a few trenchant entences, tne late expose of aflYirsin Washington, which we have heretofore refrained from alluding to, and affords us the following picture of the degraded condition of society at the national capital: It is a ad, a shocking picture of life in Vah ington which our correspond en ta are giving us A -bureau of the treasury department made a house of aeduction and prostitution. The neces sities of poor and pretty women made the means of their aebaucherv by high government official Members of Congre outline their mistresses into clerkahipe in the deprta.enta. An honora ble Senator knocked down in the street by a woman whom he had outraged. V bisk? drinking ad libititum. The government cheated in contract and openlv robbed by ita emoloves Write our moat careful correspondent long resilient of the capital: Wajdvngloii was never so villianoualy corrupt as at th present time. In the palmy dar of southern traile, of lUverv, there waa not half the corruption there is now." We do not doubt thia ia true, ani we repeat, it is a sad, shoefcia picture. TftKAao i Hratxariiin. The German paper of thia city, the Staat Anieiger, has hoisted the nam of John C Fremont aa ita candidate for the Presidency, aud in doing so employs the following highly treasonable language : Reviewing thua the history of past year. nothing U led us hut to cut loose decidedly and forever from Lincoln and hi policy, and to pn test against his reelection under all circumstance and at any price. No reason of expedienry can influence us to ever accept Lincoln ma our President again If a portion of the o called Republican party is, nevertheless, blind enough to clioj; to Lincoln, we hall not te tu duced to do so by their cry, that we break up the prtv. On the rowtrary. they will have broken it up. They must bear the responsibility, if a Democratic candidate is elected " To Frl Lafayette or "beyond the liors" with that fellow, quick! Register. dene rial 4 riant During (tränt late movement south of the Rapidati he ha shown th possession of a most marvelous tenacity. During his first battles after crossing th mer, he was most scientifically beaten, and, according lo all rule of strategy, he ought at once to have done a Hooker did at the same place and under almost preel-elv similar circumstances; that is, have re- rsed the river and laid the blame of his defest upon some mis behaving corps or disobedient subordinate, n ith both dsnka turnet and bis communications, cut off at Germania Ford, he was, according to all precedent, defeated, and according to all rule, he should al once have attended to his line of retre-tt, and endeavored to secure the safety of what was left of his army. Grant evidently failed to understand that, according to all well established rules, he ought to retreat; but on the contrarv. h quietly ge up hi communications with Washington, and advanced. Il was in precisely the same spiiit of contempt for us.ig that he cut loose from hi bae, let hia communications be closed in after him, and. with ten days' provision in the knapaack of his men. atarted on his long and perilous march for Jackson, in the rear of Vicksburg. Ita audacity proved its aucce.s; the enemy uever supposed that a sane man would mak any such movement, and therefore they never guarded against it. At Chattanooga, he displayed the same audacity and the same tenacity. His men were on quarter rttious, and his animtls netrly all ded trmtu starvation, but tili be would not retrast. When all waa ready, hi auiiacitv again came into play, for intead of attempting dnk movement, aa the rebel had every reason to expect, be marched his army straight up the montin Me. nd trut k the rebels att position they supposed nature had rendered impregnable It ia th aaoj in Virginia. His tenacity in duces him to refuse to retreat wheo defeated, an l his audacity letds him to advance he:) everything indicates that b should fall bark. Struggling with the most enormous difficulties he doe not become dispirited, but says: "1 propose to fight it out on this lios if it tikes ail summer." Wheo we say that h haa a contempt fcr strategy, w do not mean that he is one of the "Let the boys go" comftisnder He is luven tive; be ignore the strategy of tie psst when it interferea wi'h fc: plans, nd create new when neccasary to c.trry out hi designs. He piays in ruo1eru warur the mqii rule that Napoleon did in the useless nd lumbering svtems taught by Lis cotemporaries. Chicago Times. CZTTne City of Philadelphia is in a stste of .great excitement about ita Ump post. There being brisk competition between different pirtie t retjt tbetn for advertising purp-.'ses. One per--tti bsa offere.1 the Coraui.jti Council ten d:irs per po-t for the exclusive privilege of adorning them with patent medicine puffs, concert saloou placards, Lc. during ih next twelve nn:hs. Z Secretary Sunton. while he publishes oiiy !et led porlioii of the UtMtche re ei vetl from other Generals, gives thti-e of Beu Uutler in full. It is suspexted that the Secretary does thia lo mak Bco. appar more ridiculous ChiJO Post.

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The Ktsih and moat !cperate ftatile I th ;ainpaif n-iraphlc Account f the C wnffllrt bf e-vif nesaea Our men sicale the r.nemjr'a lirraai avork asrlttt their hand ."M Ine Hundred Prisoner Captured. Special 3paUh to tit Srw Tork World. Hxaixji AETtai A&xr or the Potomac BaTTLI-KuLD NxaE SrOTTSTLVAÜU, May 11-8 A. M The battles of the Wilderness were continued yesterday in the most aanguinary of the bloody engagement which hav d.stir.guished tbia campaign. The army waa disposal at earlj mornir g as lollowi. aligbtly in advance of the positLu occupieJ the previous day. The 21 corps on the right, west ol the river Po. and nearly in a line with theroa.1 running from Shady Grove Church to Spoltsylvania Court House; the 5th corpa in the cet.ter, east of the river and lacing aouth westward of Spottsylvania, and the Cih corps on th left, facing toward Spottsylvania. lUtterie were polled in the rear at all available points Rums', Arnold's, Sleeper's, Rodgers' and A yell's batteries supporting the right and protecting the bridge across the Po river, formed of three pontoons. Meade's and Stewart's batteries were ditposed towrd the left of the 5lh corpa. in front of a wood. The country is quite as wretched and barbaroua lor fighting purpose as that beyond the old Wilderness Tavern, on the Germania plank road. There are a few scattered openings acroas which our line of battle could be seen at intervals, but the main position of our own army aud that of the enemy was concealed as heretofore by the dense forest which made the battle almost a mystery. Desultory fighting begsti early in the day. Our artillery at from eis:ht o'clock A. M. until after dark, was never ailent. Fron every position wherever the enemy's lines were at all exposed the guns belched forth upon them a tempest of shrictiug tdiot and shell. Mink's battery, attached to the 5th corps, and poated ou the etle of the forest mentioned, evidently did terrible execution; and about eleven o'clock in the d y a charge of the enemy, in tended to effect its capture, sm repulsed. Mus ketry firing by iMrpshooters and fierce skirmishes continued at different points during the fore noon. The enemy had evidently massed the greater Dortion of his troops ou his left and left center. It having been determined to assault his center, the divisions of Gibbons and Uirney, belonging to the 2d crp. were withdrawn across the Po river to assist in the attack. The 1st brigade. Robinson's, and the 2d brigade of Cutter's dirt sioti. 5th corps, General Rice, commenced the 'fighting. Grifüii's division and the nuin portion of the 5th corps, and Gibbon's division ol the 2d. then advanced, driving the enemy into their rille" pita after several hours of b.tttie, during which the roitr of musketry was louder and more continuous than at Gettysburg. The works were not taken. (Jen. Rice was killed early in the fight, while getting his column into position. Meanwhile, Rarlow's division of the second corps, left across the Po river, and lacing in a line nearly perpendicular to our general line, w.ts attacked by a heavy body of the enemy in Hank, and lop.-ed to swing round. A second charge of the rebels in overwhelming force drove the right of the division still further aro'ind, its rear in line with the river. Holding its own for a time, it finally withdrew across the bridge, still fighting. Oßicers returning from the right exaggerated the occurrence into a position very dangerous to array headquarters, tents, &c , which were suddenly struck, and the lorce evacuated at double quick. The loss in all this fighting was very severe, both in men and oifircr. General Harlow, being s til 1 pressed afier retiring across the river, kept on fighting until dark. Meanwhile the dispositions for a general as.sault by our whole line, which had been made in the afternoon to take place at, 5 o'clock, were postponed until nearly d.uk. At six o'clock a withering fire upon the enemy's line wasopened by all our batteries iu position the roar and Klirieking of shell and grape shot waa awful. Gens Grunt and Meade, with their staffs, took a position on a hill overlooking the woods, but from which very little of the hattle itself could be seen. At GX2 o'lock, precisely, the engagement began with vindictive vigor. A portion of General Upton's brigade, of the Sixth corps. consisting of the One Hundred and Twenty First New York, Fifteenth Maine, Ninetv Sixth and One Hundred aud Nineteenth Pennsylvauio, the Filth Wisconsin ixth Maine, and Forty Ninth Pennsylvania, of General Russell's old brigade, and the Seventy Seventh New-York. Forty-Third Wisconsin, Second. Filth, and Sixth Vermont, with the Ninety Fifth Pennsylvania, Sixtieth New Yoik, and Second New Jersey, partially in reserve, ruoved itirainst the enemy's ntle pits, Home three hundred yards in their front. A per tioti of the route was across an open space, where the Hues were subjected to a deadly tire ot grape and canister. They moved steadily forward, however, without firing a shot until they reached the breastworks, which thev si-aled with their hands and knees, driving the enemv out and cap turing nine hundred prisoners. The assault was at the same time made by the Filth and a portion of the Second corps to the right and center in the following order: Ward's brigade, of Birtiey's divirion, in rear on the right: Crawford's division. Pennsylvania Reserves, in two lines in l'rnt of the right; Gibson' division next on the left: the F.Ith corps troop in the center; Griffin's division on the left. The assult wa undertaken witli varying enthusiasm, but failed Our men were nearly exh tusted, and lell back We did not lake any position of the enemy Geueral Upton, who-e achievements on the left are described, finding himself so far iu ad vance of the miin army, hard pressed and un Mipported, retired from his position. I cannot perceive that the day's fighting Ins brought us UV sub'tanli.il advantage. We had not ad vanced beyond the line occupied by us the previ ous night Our right wing, at least, had been forced fron its position; the enemy still hold their own. and we retonoitr arms this morning, having suffered since the same hour yferday, a los which to estimate is now quite impossible. It i noteworthy th it in yesterday's engagement, in which we suffered so severely, the enemy did not employ much rtdlery. W e had the ad vantage of position for artillery, from the fire of which the foe must have irreatlv suffered, but in posi lions for troops they heidthat dreaded advantage which the formation ol the country enables them to maintain I believe e sh til get Richmond in time Not even Geoer! Grant can quite overcome the difficulties of this route The enemy retiring before our troop, aelect their own fi-hting ground, ate covered by the woods nd protected by absttis and entrenchments, while otir own troops, as during yesterday, are forced to expose themselves in charges across open fields, wheie 1.0th artillery and musketry do tremendous execution as i:xTitAoitii.vuY r.Ti:.ii:.T. THt IMTIP MATTS GOVERNjIkNT CONTRACT WITH Ik I K BT KM ITH TOR THE SIRUINPIR or TH K TRAS MJSSivSirrt COCNTRT rROCRliPINGS t r COTTON rLCNMKiaS BRKAK1NO IT THE AR S AUkMETS. From the Miourl Democrat (Ainj!nitraticn psper ) InformU'on of a peculiar and grave charavter, intimately involving the welfare of the country, comes to us from a highly responsible source, and is ot such a nature that we should not be justified in withholding it from the public. Personal knowing nothing of the facts alleged, we give the statement in the Unguige in which it ia made to u. as follow.; "A contract for the surrender of the trans Mi.'s!p;i country to the United Slates was made between the Government of the Cuited State and Kirby Smith, commanding the rebel force west of the Mississippi river, Casey and Butler being the agents ol both parties in raakirg the terms of agreement. Casey is Irom Chicago and Butler was lormerly Sute Treasurer of Illnois; both are in the confidence of the Administration: The information is derived directly Irom Cape y himself. The term ot the cor.tr.ict were as follows; Kirby Sruith agreed to retire from the eoun try with his army and then disband it; he would destroy no property, but on the contrary, aurrender all Coufederatecottou to the Unite 1 States Government. "Iu order to increase the amount to be thus given op, h was largely engaged in iu purchase trom private parties, paying fur th sam double

the amount offered by the agents of the rebel Government, and tben branding it 'C S. A ," that toere might be no diScultv in the way oi confiscatiou and seizure by the United States. 'lu return th United States Government agreed to guarantee a safe exit from the country to Kirby Smith and his officers, and pay for all cotton surrendered twenty cents per pouud in f-r-eigu exchange; with which money Smith & Co. were to retire to Europe. The Government also agreed lo respect private property and to prevent devastatiou aod plunder by lb troops in their march into the interior. "Caaey was asked whether private partie might cot cngag ia th buaiocs of buying Smith's cuttou, and replied that the matter bad gone too far with the Goveroment. "Brigadier General Eilst, commanding the Manne Brigade, knew h fact of this arrangement, but it is notcertaia whether Major General Banks was aware of it or not. "It appears that General Banks and Admiral Porter had colluded in a gigantic cotton speculation and swindle. They have been seizing all the cotton they could lay their hands upon, and if it belonged to ptivate partita they would brand it'C. S. A ,' and then confiscate it; they were also plundering th country in both acts grossly violating the terms ot the agreement between the United States Government and Kirby Smith. "Kirbv Smith, seeing his hopes of a retire

ment in ease and wealth thus dashed, and the cotton be had bought with his private means, together wjtb bis prospective riches, thus snatched from his grasp, was driveu to madness and des peratioti; instead, therefore, of retiring from the country, be was making as much resistance as lay in hi power, and waa burning the cottou he would otherwise have gladly delivered to the United Slates Government. Major General Banks mav have been ignorant ol the contract aforesaid; but it appears that he had abandoned his duties as commander of an army, aud neglected the real points of his campaign for the purpose ef lining his pockets with cottou thus sacrificing the efficiency and safety of his army aud th success of the cause to his own personal profit. Had he been successful, he could have defied the anger of the Administra tion, which his interference with their plans will excite, and have thrown himself upon the popu lace, who ever judge ot a man' actions by the degree of success which attends them, and not by th intention with which they were entered upon: whereas, bis failure will cause, if no more disastrous result, his immediate removal Irom command, and blast bis hopes for the Presidency." The Theatre of Operation. Spottsylvania C. H. is a small town of about one hundred inhabitants, the capital ol Spotts)!vitnia county. It is situated on the I o river, a branch of the Mattatonv. Il is Irom 12 to 15 miles southwest from Fredericksburg, and the same, disunce southeast of Germania Font the three places forming points of an equilateral triangle. Orange C. H. is 25 miles directly west and Guinev's Station 11 miles out from Fredericks burg, on the railroad to Richmond, is 12 miles east of Spottsylvania. The railroad running north from Fredericksburg to th mouth of Aquia creek on the Poto mac, by which communication is now bad with Washington, is 11 miles long. From the mouth of Aquia crecH to Washington by the Potomac is Id miles. The stations and distances on the railroad from Richmond to Fiedcrickburg nre: Richmond 0 Hungary 8 Ashland 14 Tavlorsville 20 Hanover Junction 23 Chesterville 25 Mil ford 38 Guinev's 4 'J Fredericksburg GU The st itions and distances on the railroad from Richmond to Orange C. II are: Richmond 0 Alice's 9 Hanover C. H 1 Junction 28 NoelV Beaver Dam. ,V) Frederick's Hall Tavlorsville 56 Louisa C. II (',2 Trtvalian' .(i? Melton's 7.1 Gordonsville 7R Mulison HI Orange C. H fcfc The North Anna river, bebind which Lee is expected to make a stand if forced back to it, runs parallel with, and north of the railroad front Orange C. II to Richmond. Lea would strike it about 15 miles bevoud Spottsylvania a h. There are two railroads running out of Rich mond from the south side of Janus river, connecting with the seaboard roads in the south via Dtnville with Gieen-boro, N. C. via Lynchburg with Weldoti. N. C. It is against the latter road that Butler is ope rating from h's position ou the bank of the James river. Butier is 33 miles from Richmond by the course ol the river, but perhaps less than 20 in a direct line. The stations and distances from Richmond to Petersburg are: Richmond. () Temple's 2 Rice's Turn 8 Hallway Station II Chester 15 Port Walthall Ifj Petersburg 22 Stony Creek, where Butler says Gn. Kautz cut the railroad and divided General Beauregard's lorces, is a station on the railroad from Petersburg to Weldon, N. C, 22 miles south of Petersburg. The ICebet I'lan of Campaign. The following intercepted leiter was written by the t hief clerk in the rebel war olüce, to his friend. D W. Lewis, of Georgia, a member of the first rebel Congress ;J War Pfpartmv-nt, J Richmond, Va., April 18 J Mt DrAiFRtiND: The reason of my uot an swering your letter of the 21 inst. before, is that I could not do so without violating tha regulation ol the department. Indeed. I cannot give the inform ttion you desire now, without tratia. pressing the rules; but, knowing your patriotism and discretion, 1 shall venture to do so. Gen. Lee's plana are perfected, and the Presi dent, Secretary, and even grumbling B. are delighted with them; and it only remains for the departments and bureaus to carry out their parts of them. Your conjecture thst the seat ot wr will be traiisimed to the North is correct, and vou may depend that this time General Lee will go prepared to remain there until the Yankees sue for peace The intention is to give him one hundred and fifty thousand men. The troops w ill be withdrawn from points of minor import snce, and as Cbarlo-Uou and Mobile are no longer in dauger, the troops near those points can be spared also, so that there will be no d.tticulty in giving him the requited number. He lus at band more thin two thirds the number now, and we are hurrying un others from every direction. Enough will be left in and around the city to defend tt if assaulted via the peninsula, and enough to confront Meade and keep him north of the North Ahm. or at all eveuts north of the South Anna, while Lee wi! make a flank movement and push two columns northward, both Lof ustreet and Stuart going with him. These, in brief, are the plans lor the summer campaign, and they will surely be carried out. unless, unfortunately, the enemy advances before Lee gets ready, and necessitates a cbaugein the programme If. unfortunately, Lee should be obliged to fall btck. Beauregard will have command of rhe de'enes of the city, while Lee will, with all the force that can be spared. operate iu conjunction with Johnston, and carry the ar into Ohio. Thirty thousand troops can hold the capital against all the meu the enemy can send here Truly your friend, B R. Wiluord, Jr. nr The following was posted in his bouse, a tw days sine by a Poughkeepsie business man; "HiArqcaiiTiRs, Hocsr or . "General Orders, No. I Julia: Uutil the price falls, no more butter will be used in our family. JaMta." He had hardly reached hia counting bouse when a special messenger banded him tbia: "James. Until butter is reinstated, no more tobacco will be ued in this Louse. Jiua. Chief of Staff." It is said that butter won.

Ilerelrf in Ft India. The following rmrkable oem appeared originally, it isbeiieved. in the St. Helena M.g. atiue. and was afterwards copied I into the London Spectator and other journal. It will be new to most readers It relates to the early service of English officers in India, when the army s mowed down by pestilence. When Mr. Macaolay account ol the effects of smallpox in England U remembered, as it describes the separation of brothers, sisters and lovers. It will be seen that tbia poem give with wonderful effect wbat is far nobler, however painful the very poetry of military despair, but still the dying together of brother in arms: vT nt 'neath tie founding rafter, And tit walls around a are tare. As thtr bt to our peala of laughter It icemi that th dead are thert. . But ttn4 to your g1aet itead, Wt SrltA to ur coiaradet eye; Quaff cup o tte d slready, And hurrab! for the next that diet. Rot bere are the goblets glowing; ?fot here I the vintage weet; TW cold, at our hearts art growing, And drk as the doom we meet. But stand to your glaes, steady! And on ball our puUea riae A cop to the d ad already; Hurrah for the next that dies. Sot a Uh for the lot that darkles! Sot a tear for tha friends that sink: We'll fall 'midst the wine cup's ptrklei, As tnu'e as the wine we dr.nk. So stand to your Klares, steady! Tis this that the respite buj; One c'lp to the dead alrt-adj, Hurrah' for tht oext that diei. Time was when we frowned at others; We thought we were wler then; Ha. ba! l-t them think of tb-ir mothm Who hoje to see ti.rra again. Jfo. atai.d to jour jrlae, Meady, The thouKhile are hrre the wise; A eup to the df d already; Hurrah! for lit next that dici. There's manv a hsnd that's fbaklrtfr; There's many a cheek that's mnk; But soon, ihotuh our hearts are breaking. They'll bum with the wine we've Uruuk. So stand to jour gl.isses, steady! Ti- here the revival lies; A cup lo the dead already; Hurrah! fur the next that diet. There's a luist on the glass congealing, M il the hurricane's fiery breath; And thus does the warmth of feeling Turn ice in the grap of deatrd II o! stand to your glat-se., steadyl Kor a moment the var flte; A cup lo the dead already; Hurrah! for the next that dies. Who dreads to the dut returning! Wlio fthri"ks from the nable hon t Where the hlgii and bauhty yearning Of the soid ball tag no more. No! stand to your glasses, steady! The world is a world of lie; A cup to Hie Cead already; Hurrah! for the next that diet. Cut off from the land that bore us. Bet ray 'd by the land we find, . Where the brihtel have gone before us, And the dullest remain brbind. Stand: stand lo your glasses steady! Tis all we have e(t to prize; A nip to the dead alread. And hurrah! for th next that diet.

STATT. ITK.TlSt, Warrick Cointv. The Democracy of Warrick county will meet in Mass Convention at lloonville, on Saturday, June the Uth, lffil, for the purpose of elec'ing delegates to tbe Sütel and District Conventions, and for tlie purpose of! nominating a candidate lor Representative, She ' rilT, Surveyor, County Commissioners, and Coroner, and to transact any business that may come before the Convention. It is suggested tint the different townships hold their township eonven lions on Saturday, June 4. 1 h64. for the purpose of selecting delegates to attend said Convention. Knquirer. Two barges were nt the wharf yesterday, containing irom 1,500 to 2,000 bales of hav. 3in?e nay nas auvanceu to SUCH nign prices our fanners have turned their attention to raising larger qtmutities of it. It requires less labor than any other crop, does not wear out the ground aa fast, and al present prices is one ol the mot profitable crops a larmer can raise. We have Dlentv o! land that will nrodure thr Inn nf - r - - good timothy hay lo the acie, and al $.'10 per ton, the price it is now nclling at, a farmer could pny 11 expanses and realize a cleir probt on verv acre of Irom $W lo $70. f Evansville era I ims. KnaraopicAL. The editor of the Terre Haute Express thus expresses hia lofty admiration of the military genius ol the commanders of the Army of the Potomac: Hancock has equalled, if not surpassed the courage and genius of Marshal Ney; Burnside is greater than wa McDonald or Mortier; Warren challenges the lofty courage, splendel genius and indomiuhle heroism of Dessaix; while Grant, in persistent cnungc, unflinching purpose, daring valor, comprehensive strategy, directness o' pur pose, and splendid combinations, must stand out on the pages of history as the only successful rival of the firt Napoleon. IIrowx County Dlmocraiic Contlxtion. The Democracy of this count v assembled in Convention at Nashville on thf 30th of AprilJohn Kichs.rds, Chairman, ;md James S. Hester, Sccretarv. The candidates for the various uflices agreed to abide the decision of the Convention, support and vote for ita nominees John Rich - , . . , , ,, ards was unanimously nominated for Represent - alive. The following were selected as candidates for the county offices to be tilled at tbe October election: William H. INinbridge, for Clerk; W.O. Watson, for Sheriff; Daniel Mar - ,, , r, , ........ ceuus.ior uceoruer; ami jnnn A. HreeUIove for Commiss'orier. Delegates preappointed to the District, Judicial, Congressional and State Contentions. The delegates were instructed to vote for H. W. Harrington as, nomine for Congress from that District. The Dimers At an early hour this morning our streets eie crowded with the members of this long-l.earled, broad-bnmmed sect, who were waitini: to take the cars lor Itichmoii'l, ia this State, where they are to hold some ort ol a yearly convocation. The Dunkers are a peculiar people, cousinsgerman to the Quakers, whom they resemble in many particulars. They are generally considered an h-Mtest and inoffensive pmple. They are very strict in their morals, baptise each other bT immersion, wah one another's feet, according to the Du iue comm tod, and in aacied songs in the Iteruiaii Imu-'e; but they cannot be numbered among the societies called Christian, because of an uncivilized notion they have that it is sinful to kill and be killed in war or to vole ai.d he? v.ted for at home. V S .iim e writing the above, a friend who is better iniuiined upon tue subject than we arn assures us th it the Dunkers vote the Republican ticket, to a man, and go iu for, if not into, the war like other Christians We retract what we have said above about their heterodoxy. They are the Iriends of Abraham iu this world, and they will go to his affectionate old bosom in the next Lalaette Argus, ljth. Dishox'irblt Discharged. The following is from an officer in tbe 3-1 Indiana Cavalry, who vouches for tbe statementa, and deeires their publication: Camp Third Impiasja Cavalrt Georgia, May 10, le64. J Mr Editor- Those wuo are familiar with the history and conduct ofoneCapt. Will C. Moreau, of Co I,:U Indiana Cavalrv, siuce the Leginninc of ihe war. will, if good men, be more than rfj .iced to learn that he has been dishonorahly dismissed the service of the United States, to Gate J sn. lät, i64 The charge against the French gentlemni are of the mojt disgraceful character. Araonp them are the following, vix: Representing himself as an agent of tbe Govern raent to collect taxes, and to burn property in caseof non-payment and he actually collected $V) in cold from an old preacher's wife, a good Union lady; pressing horses from one party and selling to another; stealing jewelry; and 'other charges too numerous to mention. Mi. Editor. I write you this for publication, in oruer that he mav getbis just deserts otherwise he would not Wi'.I.C Moreau has held a commission as Captain ol Company I for nearly one year, and in that tme he has not done more than two weeks uty rmininr lonjr enough to destroy ihe u.ac.pbne of the company. It is needless to say that all the chirges would have been proven had he not kepi akulking away and feigning sickuesa to aruii uui. 6 6 Souixa 3d Catalbt.

Defeat Is not Dlsuiloa. We know eooui'h concerning tbe marcbof our

armies toward RUhmor.d tu dispose of the opinion so generally entertained ten days ago. tuat the fate ot the Union defended upon a tingle battle. That theory it already exploded. We fought the enemy fifty miles or more from Richmoud and were worsted iu the verv first encounter. Instead of recogniiing the South, as predicted, tbe army Is still fighting ou, m tbe hope of recovering lost prestige and position. We do not believe tbe north will be disposed to give up the Union, ahould we fail of taking Richmond altogether. Sucb ought not to be the coocluaioo. The necessity of recognition would not be the logical deduction from ihe fact. Our failure would simply confirm the often repeated prophecy and strengthen the conviction that one portion of the Slates cannot compel tbe other portion to recognize certain principles, not essen tial to the perpetuity of the Government and in consistent with national freedom and unity. It would not nrove that tbe Sutes could not araia become one bv the same nrocesa and for the same re-tsons that they became one orisinslly. Disunion is an incident of the pdL-v which prevails in Washington. As men are, it ia tbe necessary consequence of sectionalism. Do away with sectionalism bring the Dowers of the Government to bear in favor of the objects for which the Government was established and the Stiites will neither make war upon each other nor remain long apart. There would theu be nothing really to fight about. If our armies fail, let the responsibility rest where it belongs not upon the eoldiera who fill its ranks nor upon the Generals who lead them. but upon those who have wantonly combined every age and sex in the Southern States against us. If beaten, let us put the national power and resources to better ues. We will defend the Union still, but no defend it that none but aectionalists shall will to mike war upon it; o con tend for it, a a to restore to it, not a worthless. desolated and suh'u-'ated territory, but a galaxy of sovereign and independent States Milwau kee ivews. tlfA new Sunday paper, called the Dispatch, has just been started in Columbus, Ohio. It is a J a ä v a success it is tor irat lor t resident. AMUSEMENTS. u i; ntoroi.i i v ham,. STAGK VAN AG RR.. , Mr. W. 11. RILF.Y. Tuesday Evening, May 17th, 1864 Sc(!oii(l Niu:ilt oi CHERRY AND FAIRSTAR, ORTH E CHILDREN OF CYPRUS. NEW AM BEAUTIFUL SCKNF.RY, UORtiKOCS NEW DRESSES, STARTLING MKCHAN'CAL EFFECTS, BRILLIANT PKOPERTIKS, ALL TIL. STAK COMPANY. 7T7To.morrow. V1nelay, May lth, Annual Benefit of TIMS. W. GLESSING, Artist. TTfBo office op-n from 10 o'clock A. M. tili 12 M TpIMon opu at 7i o'clock. Curtain rie at 8 flr'. ,rl ;r7Hrvel seat retained only till toe rnu or in TREASURY STATEMENT. Treasurer's Statement, April, 1864. STATEMENT SHOWING THE RECEIPTS AND DIShurseiurnts of the Trraury of the State of Indiana, fur the mouth of April lH'it, to wit: RKCKirrs. From March balance f 428 66 45 37 41 M IK) 11U.7M6 M7 10,100 51 i From Hevrnue of X J;rim K""'"- ;f ! From School tax. lsßl From 11. School tax. IkCJ From Sinking fund tax, 1G3. ! From IH. Sinking Kund Tax W2 lu,lu 4 1,459 61 60 RS 1.01I4 50 Li 90 5,200 no 16.754 R5 J,.M 1)0 341 92 7 ' 00 '.'7 97 5,05 2 a w T'21 50 5.? 1 5 50 780 61 3.251 n 1,17,910 67 ! From School lax, lttO. . From School ta, lsöS)., From l'ckpt Fe From Unclaimed Fees rrom Liquor ,lk-f uses From Scbi mud, i. term rroin t'olicjir runi. pru clnal From Collie fund. Interest From Salin Fund, Principal From Suliue Fund, inure t , From Smp Lnd From IM. L rary tax. sr& Fr. fn Colonization From Pi-ant- Hocpital , rrom Blind Asylum. From University l.and. PISRl'RtiEMKKTS. Forlnlerent on M li'qry Bond a.vs.noo no 13i.73.1 54 2.88 87 23 0(1 l,S.'5 (Mi l.'-0 00 4(10 t o 2.34A 14 6-31HI 71 MO 18 2,01 0 00 1.19.1 Hi 4,y.ti 99 6 li.'i ( 0 43.0.15 J 17,709 9 ror .vnooi nitHiuti"ti For Special Military... For Mate Library r r luliic Print ng. ror to'iniration For College fund, principal For Swamit Land j For ln-ane tlntal. I ror IMind Alnm I For Ilea and Dumb .yiiim. For (i- tieral fund For F.xecutive j Kr s.at- taTs s.nk nVXV.IV.'.'.V.V.V. j For Kevenue of H 3 refunded For School tax refunded 1 For Sinkinir fun I tax refunded 1 l"l UR ref,ll" ''i Kor cid -mal Fu-1 and stationery I pör suT"HouV.V.V.V.V.V.V.".!."" i "T Vr"cutm-t Attorneys '....... ! Kor State l'r son North I V... I.. 44 01 I S 3J , 3 ntf j 25 00 ! 126 65 2'4 40 111 (O j l.fHMI (Ml i 2M 00 200 00 227 77 575 no 411 & 914 2S7 70 Fr state Prison South... For Treasurer Fun I For Fr e Ititiking For SherfTs mileppe lialance sn Treasury, April 30, 1S84. f 1,176 10 37 M. I. B Ft KIT. Treasnrtrof Mate, JOSKPH UISTINK. Auditor! State nivl7-rlvwlt $10 A DAY! VflU BK PAID TO AGF.XTS TO SF.LL NEW WAR PUBLICATIONS. Call any day from 10 to !2 or from 2 to 4. Ü. B.CHAMBFUU!?. Gen. Ajrent, r-dlw 2 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis. mv 1 FOR SALE. Mechanics, Boarding House and Saloon, Sorrn delattakk street, so 52, capable of acrommo latin jr 21 bo rder. Kor further particular call at N'a. 52 South Delaware "r-rt myl7-J3t S IJ .11 .11 E 1 1 AKKA !VG Elfi C. T. qiNCINN ATI, SOUTHERN OHIO, ."North - Eastern Kciiluckv. Indianapolis and Cincinnati a v. it tx, aa cud a AND AFTER M05DAT, MAT llh, TKAI5S as follw: ill mo Leave lodisnapoli. M( roing Express 5.15 A M Mil II A M i;ht k.pre 7.15 P M Arm at Indianapolis. Xor.irg Eipre.. 020 A JC Mail 5 00 p M gllExprea 912 PM JH7By Cincinnati time 11 minutes fatr than lodlauapolis time. .1 rFare the am at by any other Roste, a ad the speed, afety ani comf rt of traiaa equal to tke besl lines Hd th eoontry. ITAsa tor tkkeu vu -ladlaaapolis and Cincinnati Railroad Kpeelal Platlc Tb new track into CuvfcnaU is compleU. and paa-enger bj tbia Uq ara soar Ian led at tb New Peart Street l)ep.," nar ta Burnet tiwi, about one mile carer ta balD-i ceotr of ta city than any other Devot. KÖKEKT MKIK.8uprIjsuodat. W. H. L. Vcnix, PBeral Ticket Af ecu A. S. Bct,Travnac Afat. ttyU-dtf

DRY GOODS.

SELLING OFF GOODS AT WHOLESALE PRICES. ITiriSIIlNTt TO REDUCE OfR HEAVT STOCK OF W iiry Uood, we win eil tor ioe nfi iliii; eur goods at NEW YORK WHOLESALE PRICES. Tills Is no humug but a sober fact. We further guarantee to sell fully as low as anv other hou In th city, parttfs "sellin out at cxwt and and ihoa whina t r tire from buMis" nH excepted. V do nH propose quitting buine, but hall give the brst bargain ever offered in the city for the next THIRT SI Our stock embraces every variety of Staple, Fancy and Domestio DRY GOODS. ALo a large ami splrnJid tuck of D11ESS SILKS, which we wish to cloae out before the ladica all sign the titi-silk l"dge. V. e khall e pleased to have you call to our stock before punhsMng at "closing out les," and jou can then Jude where It ill be to your inte rest to buy. C. E. .EISEDOUFF aV CO., HOOSIElt WOOIJIN FACTORY STORE, Tiam. oi A (in West WRhlnglon M. INDIANAPOLIS. IND. niv!3.d2w RAILWAYS. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN 1SH Eqü 1864. 'rii' nnnin ntrnn 1LH DIUML li.lUL and Through ICoute. Connecting at Salamanca, X. Y., with the Erie Hail wit, fonns a continuous Six Feet Track from w York to Akron or Cleveland. On and afier Monday, Xov Ißth, 1S6.1. Through Tasg. singer and Fr? ight Train w ill ruu regularly between CLEfELirn aV JWir 1011. NEW AND I.lII'OltTAIVT TASSEXiEU llOUTE. FAKE AS LOV AS BY ANV OTHER ROUTE. BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH. Passenger by this Lin have choice of five different routes betwem New York and Ikston. t 'I'll ltOUf.il TICKETS Can be obtained at any of the offices of the Erie Railway, and all Ticket Office of Connecting IJneaVet or Southwest; a No at the Central Ticket Office under the YYeddell HoUf, Cleveland, (). A$k fur Tickets via the Atlantic and Great Hest ern and Erie Railway t. Passenjrr Trains atop at Mcadvllle thirty minutes, giv ing pasceuirrrs ample tinif to aiae at tne "McllENIlV HOUSE The bent Railway Hotel in the country. New and Expedition Freight Line ALL KAIL. N transhipment of freight between w York and Ak ion or Cleveland Merchants in the West and Southwest will And It ta their advantage to onler theirKond' to b forwanied via the Erie and Atlaniic &. rcat Western Railways, thus avlng trouble and expense. Ratt$ of Freight at Loir at by any other all Hail Route. Ei-pecial attention he (rven to the speedy trans portftion of r reicht of all kinds, Eat or Vu The Engine. Cars and othar equipment of this Company are entirely new, and oi the most improved mdern style. The only dirrct route to the wonderful OIL REHIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Via Meadrille or Corry. Emm Ijeavitt-burg. the Mahoning Branch runa to Yo'itigftown and thet)oal Mines. This Road is bt-inx extended, and w-ill soon be in com plot running order to Galion. L'rbana, Dayton and Cincimati, wiM.ont b'eK of gau. e. J. KARNSWOkTH, rtenernl Freinht Aptent. T. h. fiOODM AN, General T tket An-ut. H. F. SWEKTSER Gen'l Supt. Meadville, Pa., ov. 10, lne3. mvli-dly RAILROADS. C II A XiE O F T iJl E. 18G4. summer 18G4. Great Central Rail Way Line. (Indianapolis, ami CVumdu ) ON AND AFTER M'lXlUT, MAT 16th, TRAINS ill ran a follows, unday excepted: Leave Indianapolis Day Exprrua:. 3j9 A. K. N:gbt " " 7;i p. j. Columbus Accommolation at. JJ5 P.M. Train arrive: Night Express at 20 A.M. ly " " fti3J p. M. Columbus Accommodation a 1.S0 P. M. V.iprts traio of tbia line mak th following contec. Hons: AtColumn with Cleveland. Columbia and Cincinnati R.K. for Cleveland, Dunitlrk, BafTalo, Sew Tork and Bo-ton. Vfith Central Ohio R. R. for Newark. Zanerlll. VTheelinc, tltuhurt:. Baltimore, Washington City Philadelphia and New York. ' YVitU Pittsburr, Colambus and Cincinnati R. R. for Steubenvllle, Pittbur:, Harrinburg, Baltimore. Philadelphia, New Tork and Boston. Tha Dsy Expresa make direct connection at Crbana with Sandusky, tayton and Cincinnati R. R for Bellefontalne, Forest, Cljde, !andoky and all poin'a on that line, and at Plqaa with Dyton and Michigan R. K. for Toledo, Detroit and Great Western and Grand Trunk Railway. The Columbus Accommodation tra n coanecti at Richmond with trains for Dayton, XenU, Hamlltoo and Cincinnati. Time aarea to a!) polnU as by other route. Threnzk tlckti for aalc at tbe Union Depot. J- "t. LCXT, General Saperintendeet. F. Ca aji ck a. General Ticket Aa-enu wvUitf. NOTICE. PEW "RTTlNa7riTTQ, rflHF. ÜNRENTED PEWS OF THE FIRST BAPTI6T Ch'ireb, comer of Xew Tork ani Per.nTlean!a u will be offered for reat on Tetav eenrn;, te Kth hu Sale t commence at 7; o'clock p. J. Firrt entire pewt will be offered, and thereafter single sluing The hoe will be open fr Inspection or "pew. datier tbe entire day. By order of the Trojteea. jr. q ATXIS&. Chairman, PROFESSIONAL. A. J. sHULLE. PHYSICIAN AXD SÜRGE0N, Olficr-Ciyrunaalun, nalldlnp, Crner .flcrldletn nd u ahlnrta m... IsNDUNAPOUS. IND., mylidif ...

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CLOSIIIG OUT SALDO AT TUE Trade Palace! 26 &, 28 WEST WASHINGTON ST., HUME LORD & CO. vv wortü 1SH1NO TO RETIRE FROM RCS1NKM NOW offer their large and splendid stock of foeda, At New York wholesale price, and tnaay gondi tnack les. Feeling under obligation to the public for tba very large patronage we have received, we kve concladed te adopt tUls mrtiio-1 of clos Dg ont our present aock, there, by giving them the advantage of buying their goods at low as the same can be bought at net wholesale price la Fa-tern cities. This is no tictl:us cry, aud w will co) tinue tbe sales until the whole Ms.k ia clo ed out. W have now In t ore tbe lara;et and best f lee ted atock ever brought to Ibis city, consisting of l.",000 Worth of S E & ES S , Comprising every grade, from the moat caeUy and beautiful Moire Antiques, To the cbeap.t PLAIN SILKS AXD SATINS, Which will be aold regardless of the recent great 4 vance. FANCY DRESS GOODS, la great variety. Our buyer being at tba bead of Iba market during tbe sprint:, baa made extra eff ort a la p revcure tbe Rnet and most fashionable In tht market, comprising all tha late I? in is IVovelties, MERRLMAC PRINTS, SPRAGUE'S PRINTS, PACIFIC PRINTS, AMERICAN PRINTS, BUNNELL PRINTS, DOMESTICS, FLANNELS, SHEETINGS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, EMBROIDERIES, CwC, CtC, Cloths and Cassimeres, For Men and Boy, from the cheapest to the beat the market afford. We are also laONI,C4 OUT On the ame term, our eplendld stock of I1L.AIJU MILK CI Iter LA (IS. IIASQU1, Ac. Ac, Comprising all the recent PARIS AXD LONDON SHAPES, Richly trimmed with ki:al. ciTüii'uicn lach, HICIl LAD (jIMl'S, And elegar t cm oa ät sVl. xr tit: tv urri HUME, LORD & CO. $40,000 OO. Mo,ooo 00, S40.000 OO, WORTH OF CARPETS, CARPETS. CARPETS, C03rsiJTl50 OF. ?Ietlallion Carpet, AxtninMcr Cnrpet, el vet Carpels, Ilody IlrueU, Tiipexlry Ilrussrls, Tlira??-lly Carpeu, In Kri it Ii und Supern, Cottage, Bug and Deep Carpets, ComnrWinr, erery frade, all of wtkb wllj U wld tt ew Tork wnoleole prlcea, together with a fall Him f 01 satin aud Wool Datnat !isv 1 Cmbroiderrd Hep9, I-nee and Tu labour CurirJ-3. house Fczuvisuijra goods la peat variety. AXD . J - Of trtry description. VTj rb ta want f tha above geo.1. will fi it Bacv to their adra.tare total! at an early data and lar iB ,tD. plies for wan and itXL r HUME, LOUD fic CO., IWDIAriAI'OLlfl.

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