Daily State Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 4441, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 January 1865 — Page 2

DAILY SENTINEL.

f .! CJrOJT IT MCST SK f Rf SKRTKP. 1JacK SATURDAY MORNISÖ. JANUARY Ii SW cot'ce tbtt J. M. BtAD'HAW, A. Q. if. of tbi citj is to t cLlef quartermaster of the rot of Chicago. TL! roilioa it oce of jrett responsibility. The jerlr diurement t mount to about three niilioss of dollar 3f WeUra that Judge Advocate General Holt Ja tbecaeof II. II. Docd. Lsj sustained tbe juriadiction of the commiMlonpri io that trial. -The eise wilt now go to tbe ecretry of war for his determination, od if Le auataina tbe decision of Judge Holt and tb finding of tbe tommliilon. tbe whole natter will then be rubroiited to tbe president, whose decision ii Enal Tbe fact that the ca ia submitted to tbe pres lient Indicate the finding and entence of tbe commUton. Ttae leace Kantor. Where there i jr,reat deal or amoe liiere niuit bo some fire. Tbe New Yotk Tribune i a representative of oce branch of tbe republican party, and Ha editor, ilr. Gkeelit, has reccU' conferred wilb tbe leading ipirita of tbe party in power at the national capital, upon the pacific ti )o of tbe country. He expresses tbe convic - iloc n Oat decidedly that there i tometbing not only, but a good deal in the propoed visit of Mr Y. P. DLata to the rebel authorities at Richmond. While not authorized to make peace, according to Mr. GattLtT, Mr. Ruta U allowed to talk with tbe rebel authorities for tbe purpose of ascertaining upon what conditions, if any, they would be willing to terminate the controversy. Thia view of tbe visit or miaa'un of Mr. Blai t ij controverted by Tbe New York Timed, another representative of the republican party. Ii m evident' from thia discuiiou or controversy between these leading organ of tbe party io power, whom it l fair to fuppoe should be la po&ACiaion of some of tbe secret of tbe administration iHej represent, that tbe means of attaining an eirly peace, a ftoppnge of the exhauUins; war, b u at least been a matter of carnest eonidertion with those responsible for tbe conduct of our ou'ulic affair. Tbc remark of Mr. Liscolx at the commencement of his ad ministration will be remembered io this connec tion. Referring to war as the arbiter of our na tional or sectional differences, ne remarks, in enbsUnce, "after much fightiog and not much gain on tltber side, tbe tery question tben in dis pute, terms of interconrfc, will again be upon u." -To olve this que-ttioa, term of intcrconrse. appears to be the object of .Mr. JliaiaV visit to Richmond. 4 It i alio reported that commiAsionen, upon tbe prt f the innurgent ttate, hive been ap pointed to confer with our authorities as to terms of eetdement. Tbi msr be true. But is it -. -s 1 . . . .' probüblc, unless tbe necessity be upon them, that tbe pfates or people iu rebellion 'will consent to a reconstruction of the uuion upon any term- th.t our autborilien will be willinz to accept! If tbe rebel authorities luve arrived at the conclusion thiit they cannot much longer fjrce!falW reit our rm, i- that event they my accept of The bet terras they can ob tln: but without the conviction th-u their cause U hoDtsles. wc htre but little confidence iht tliese reace necotiations will be 6icccs.ful ic - r T - Urmiuatiotf tbe war. Iu thia connection we , give the commerts of The Times and Tribute boon the reported nesce effort, jw that e.nh rradr may for himself ju lpe their value: Tlierew iorii .limes opena it Dalfer;es on tue venerable peace eeker thu: We trust there is no truth iu .the reneel Tumor that Mr. F. 1. Hlair ha cone to Rich mond for tbe purpose of talking with the rebel aathoritiea about peace. No good run possibly come of euch a miMion, and it my interfere more or les injuriously with the nttuml progress of events toward a substantial and a Utting peace. Tbe government has up to this time held precisely the right portion in refusing to have anything whatever to do with the confeder ate authorities, or their agents, which should involve, directly or indirectly, any recognition of their claim, to represent the people of the south era states. We trut it will bold this position to tbe end. Teacc, when it comes, must not come as a concession from Jeff. D ivis, or through him as tbe agent of an organized community. To admit bis rightful power to make peace, is to admit his rightful power to rnske wir; and this is substantially, and to all practical intents aud purposes, a recognition of the nation of which be claims to be tbe executive bead. None but national authorities cm wage war or make pe.re; and the moment we enter into negotiations with tbe rebel government for terms of peace, that mament we bave actually and legally conceded everything for which they have been miking war." Upon which tho Tribune thus comments: We presume no one is uufamuiar with this kind o! argument; but we write for a class who do not take assertions on trust, but ask, Are they reasonable? Might not the very opposite be asserted with as much pltusibilitv and truth. Wehsve no patience with this wretched scare crow of recognition." If we have not recog nixed tbe rebels as an "organized community' by allowing them to belexguer tbe national me tropolis for nearly a year on a treteb. and once or twice threaten its capture we surely need not be afraid of recognizing them by letting a plalu old man, wbo nolus no oince ana desire note, co dowc to Richmond and talk to tbe confederate chiefs there assembled as to the posibiütv of an early pscificatioa of oar country. We honld avoid Richmond, if animated by a purpose like Mr. B!air', simply because wo have no hope that any acceptable peace can there be attained; but we should bave no shadow of the fear that biunts the breast of The Times. Are we mistaken in our impression tbtt tbe editor of th.-tt journal not long since contemplated a viit to Kichmoud himself in quest of peace, and th.it be failed to go only because the president .withheld the needed assent! Hvw is Mr. Blair's visit to "interfere with the natural progress of eveuts?" It is not proposed in any quarter that military operations f-hall be auspended in deference thereto, nor liie advance of oar armies in any quarter delayed. How, then, is peace to be po.-tpoued by simply acer taicinz that petre can or' cannot now be made, and, if it can be. on what term? Ratweaic t Id that "the moment we cuter latj negotiations with tbe rebel government for lerine ot peace, wo have actually and legally conceded ererythit.g for which they hare been making war." If that were so. no party to a lawsuit should ever attempt to settle it out of court, svs that would concede bis adversary's right to a verdict, liat history is as derided as comrr-ia sense in necat.ving this monstrous propofclloa, ab'ch. if sjuud, wuuld only piove the necessity of ascertaining, by sume such inforci.il viit as Mr. Blair', hat term of peace could be made before sending accredited commission ers to make it We all know that George III. ei. auioorizevi commissioner u treat ivr &u adjustment of our diru!ties at tbe very ocL-et of the revolution, and that they heid a conference with a deputation from con;re.-s cot far from this city. Who ever imagined or pretended that the king by that conlercuee conceded our independence? All know that he did nothing of the sort. Tbe Times proceeds to reprobate "volunteer and accreJiied diplomacy,' and to peak of its "failure" ic several inv.nnce. among the-n that of -the crofolo'j philanthropist of The Tribune. We beg leave to remind it that said philanthropist's diplomacy was neither volunteer" nor "accredited." and that it had no shadow of purpose aside from that of bribing "accredit d" representative of the rebel powes ftce to face with the executive of tbe United States, by w bom alone, and not by a:y 'oltinteer' or other 'philanthrvpM be desired to see an effort made to a?r on conditions of peace. No bint, to whisper of negotiation or discussion of possible cr conceivable terms o! peace em pa&9J from lioi to ny ibel whatever. And

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cert that tbev could, tj "a rood talk wjtb Jeff Divi reread btai to stop Crnunr.' we he,; leave rnost regretfully to he counted out l THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION IN LOUIS VILLE, KENTUCKY. THE JaII Jlt l IS ' CIN IMI!K JiMiTKlC- . ... . i ' . no or mcrtiTT los or nrs los ix . .attai-ü rurix zuoiaxxi ioiXAt. .... 1 be'grcat CoLuigratioa wLicb occurred yester day Is one of the most destructive that bas vi-i:ed our city for a number of rears, with the exceptioa of tbe great Cre oa Main street ou the lt of July laat. The fire originated in the rear of the Gait l!oue. in a dammv used for the turp e of raising coal from the cellar to each of tbe tioors above, and a strong draft cauneJ the flames to ascend and in crease in fury as tbey o;J so. On each of tbe floors were passage extending irora tne iront to me rear oi me ouuir t r .. . . t. L - I I I II) J, U'4 M IUV UUJ3 ICVUIU .V.l U7UI iivj I ran tnrougn tne passages, so tr.ai wi:ea me are was discovered it was on three floors at the same time The lire occurred betweeu 12 and 1 o'clock, bo that tle large number of guests were all asleep. The alarm was nt once given. by per sons rushing through the hotel, knocking at the doors, aud houting "Cre!" "fire!" at the top of their voices. Tbe guests thus aroused cul of a sound slumber jamped from their beds, and a rcene which battles description ensued. Men. women and children could be seen lunfcing iu all directions, mothers aniiou-ly inqjir ing lor their children, who had been lost Irom them in the confusion, children running to and fro in fearch of their parents, and friends anx iously inquiring for each other. The alarm w.J so sudden and tbe lire bad gained such headway, that tho?e who escape 1 had barely time to do to iib their lives losing all their clothing, valu ables and other articles. I be night was a verv cold one, the pavements and streets being cov ere l with ice, and we noticed many tripping along in search of other quarters in their bar feet The Hebt was a sorrowful one. and one that will long be remembered bv those who gazed on it. How the Cre could bave gained auch headway before it was discovered is more than we can conceive, but one thing is certain, that at the time the alarm was given, which was sounded by the mail boat at the landing, the entire rear of the building was wrapped in one fheet of flame Alter the alarm was given the bre department, witli the steam machines, were promptly on band, and though tbfl firemen woiked with ait zeal to check the devouring element in its march of destruction, tbe llames, as they curled higher and higher in the a:r, eeemed to mock them in t oeir efforts, and hid denance to tbe constant streams f wnter which were ponred ' agiint them. A strong north wind was blowing at the tune, which fanned the flames, and, as it were, udded fur r to the burning mass.' In a short time the tlamci burst fiora the windows fronting ou Main street., and it became evident tint the entire building, one of the most magnificent in the 1 a f rv countrv, would soon dc one mass oi rums, i be flames spread through tbe entire building, destroying everything iu their reach, and there now remain nothing to raork where this magniliceut structure stood except one pile of black and mouldering rums. The fire soon communicated to the Hue four story stoue front building adjoining the hotel, and iu a short time it fell a prey to the devouring el ment. The building was tbe property of the RalUrd beirs, and na valued at i'JO.OUU, with an iusuranceof $100(K). " The building was oc cupied by Andrew Buchanan, a wholesale grocer and commission merchaLt, and O. W. Thomas i. Co., pork packers. Tre loss of the former was probably $Vo,UOU. with an insurango of $23,U00. The loss of Tliuuits (Jo. was Juout $23,001), which Wh fully eoveied by insurance ra!id;c Si Crawford bad stored in this buildii) a large amount f heat, which bad been re movec but a few dtij previous. The Gait lIoue building was the property of a joint stock, company, and was valued a $JOU,t'OU, with an insurance of only $3y,oO(J. Tbe furniture, fixtures, Ac, of the bouse, which were the property of the new lessees, Messrs. Throck morton. Anderson ar:d Milton, were valued at S13(i.OOO. with hh insurance of $92.500. Anions the losers iu the Gait House building were Mc Gill & Muden, clothing merchants, and W . A. Warner, dealer in cigars, but their losses were fully covered by insurance. Messr?. Martin Jt Co. had stored in the cellar of the bouse occupied by Buchanan 400 barrels of fine wbiaky, all of which was destroyed I beir los u $40.UUÜ, with .fdJ.UÜÜ iuturance During the time that the Gait House was burning numbers of guests made very nirrow escapes. Several who slept in the upper stories of the bending were badly burned. Captain Allen had his hind badly cut in ma&inx his escape. Adjutant T. Wing, of the Thirty-fifth Kentucky, Mr. Bird, and several others, whose names we were unable to learn, were more or less injured. Major Frank Bristow, of the 33d Kentucky, made an almost miraculous escape from death. U ncfiinipil m. rmtm in tli rpir r f tlin tmiMiii r -- - .-.-0 on the fourth floor, and was not awakened from his slumbers until all means of exit were cutoff by tbe fire. The flame, entered tbe room, and the window In which he U 6itting is on fire, and the flames begin to scorch bis fleshT He calls for help, and hundreds gaze upon him, but sre unable to render any assistance. Every one is looking tor bim to jump from tbe window, which would ba certain death, when tbe firemen came with a ladder. As the ladder is being run up the flames around the major increase ; ho still calls for help, the fire gains on bim, and he is com pelled to get out of the window and hang on the window-sill by Lis haDds. Tbe entire crowd are appalled at the eight. When tbe ladder reaches tbe window be succeeds in gaining a fat bold he is saved, and one shout goes up from the huni. t i i,. ... . . ureos wno nad wi:ne?ed tnc almost miraculous escape of the msjor. Tbe most fearful part of the story remaius to be told. The house was crowded vith guests. six ol whom are missing. V . 1. Hanna, of tJhelbyville, Kentucky, W. M. Mills, Mr. Wells. a refugee lady from Tennessee and her two children, all are missing, and bave not been seen ?:nce the Lie, and it is feared that they all per ished in the flames. It is certain that the two first named were burned to death, and it is to be hoped that the lady and her children made their escapo. Mr. Hanna was in room 155, with a friend, Mr. Bird, and the two started from the room together. After they had gone a shoit distance Hanca thought they were going the wrong way and started bick, since which time nothing has been seen or beard of bim. Yesterday afternoon the remains of a bodv, supposed to be that of Mr. Mills, was removed from the Gait House building and taken to . the office of Dr. Cummins. The bead and upper part of the body are in such a charred condition that it will be impossible to recognize it. Tbe body can be seen at Dr. Cummins ofüce. on S?cord stiee?, between Market and Jefleron Tbe following table give the names of the losers, the amount of te:r lo- an 1 the amount of insurance: Innranrr. t33,iOO 92.500 jy.tMiO 8, 'HO 10.(XX 20.W" r.!t riwtie Com par: $3ffoO Ttroktr.ortn Co 130;o O. W. Tfcoroa k Co '3.t00 W. A. Warner lU-u.ll A Jlutlin S.ihh) Hl!4il bffr eo.too T. J Martin 1 Co V).0t 0 AlJ;cw LacLaiiaa- .ouo By the above it wiil be seen t!iat the total lo?, outside of private property, is : 550 .000, withan iü'uraiceof $'31,G00. which, rnakes the loss, oter ard above tho insurance. $32C,400. In ad dition to the above, tl.ere vas fully $100,00 worth ot private pro?rtv des'rovel, which will sweil the total io $G57,OoO. By this disastrous contisgratioii one hundred and fifty persons, men, women and children, are thrown out of employment. It affords u much pleasure to be able to state that the company will commence at once baviug the rubbish cleared away, and then they will erect where once stood the Gait House which was known a;! over the country a magnificent hotel. We are informed that the work is to be commenced immediately. This terrible conflagration, which did such great destruction to fropctty, and which was the cai.ie of two if nt six persons losing their live by that most horrible ot all death burning, is uppo?ed by the proprietors of the bouse to have been the work of Incendiaries, but by some it is thought to have originated from the carelessness of tbe persou who attended to thwdutamy. Louisville Democrat. ' 4 Spurious five dollar United Srttes treasury notes arw la circulation.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE.

SENATE. F&idat, January 13, 165. Lieutenant Governor Baker calle-1 the Senate to orlerat 2 o'clock n. m . .... ...v j ; on moiion id lurtuer reaj.n? inereouwa u:- ; peae I with , . iommom rLtascoiar. - -t Moore : presented- a petition from it öS- f Mr rer of Owen ccuntv. rravin? fr the enactment ! of law aboliabiot; tb Court of Common Fies, j JLc, which was read and referred to the committr nr. orj-snizitlon of conLtv. ; The judiciary committee returned Senator i Cobb's bill t'No. 4) providing for the making of i trancrirt. from countv records '.in n irport recommending that it ps. - - The report was concurred in j 4 HUT Or CONCILI ATIOM. Tbe joiichry committee a!o recommended '; t'ae passage of Senator Hord's bill (No. II; re ' t - c. iu of " Pi - ' tbe court of concuiation i I This report wa also concurred in. I MEL RSf MINTS I ROM IHK STATE THIl ASL BY . Mr. Beeson offered a resolution which was adopted, requiring a statement from the state treasurer of ad mon.es paid out Uy him since the Iat session of the general as-embly. CLIP. KS FOR COWtTTEtS. On motion of Mr. Busksrk, the fiaauce.judi ciary, election, education sim military commit tees were authorized to employ each a clerk. Noji-coitMiNsioxro mesas aju rEir.aTr. 'Mr, Bonbara introduced a joint resolution ask ing our representatives in Congress to favor the passage of a lawgiving increased pay to noncommissioned officers and privates in the army, which was passed to the ccot.d readirg. NEW BILLS. Bv Mr. Bee&on, (41) authorizing the sale of three lots on tbe north-west corner of Illinois and Market stretts, in this citv. By Mr. Moore, (42) changing the times of holding the common pieis. courts in Putnam und Jay counties. By Mr. Hord, 4.i, authoriz.ng an injunction against tenants who unlawfullv hold over. By Mr. Niles. 44, declaring joint promises and coutracts to he joint and several so far as the laws for tbe enforcement of the same shall extend. By Mr. Bonhain, 45, amending section 37of the misdemeanor act. By Mr Fuller, 1U, authorizing tbe printing and distribution of the laws of decedents' estate. Bv Mr Hord, 47, miking provision for damages suftained by mobs or riots. By Mr. Hord, Ii, deel ring what constitutes contempt of court. . . - LKAVtS OF ABSENCE Were obtained for Mcshs. Carson and Hanna, til Monday; for Meters. Bowman, Woods, Bradley and lliitt, till Tuesday, and Mr. Corbin till WeJncs lav. i'AV TO MEMBERS ANI OrKILTtS. Sfii itor Branh im's bill (No. 2')) providing pay for members and ofik'crs tt lie generul asembly was read the second time by title only. Mr. Yiiwtcr moved to amend the bill bv providing that there shall I t but one secretary for each house tho one in the Senate to receive $2,000 for clerk hire for regultr, and $1,500 for special tesit iis. The House cltrk to get $2 500 for regular und 5 the doorkeepers to O fUKl t'nm ..Ira cnjclnno end receive $1.HH) fur regular aud $1,500 for extra session Mr. Yawter insisted that fuch a provision would save the state from two to five thouand dollars every hes?ion. Th; bill ani amendment were referred to the finance committee. lilLLS OX TI1K SEI ?M KtADlMi. Senate bills numbered 19,21,22.23.24.25. 2C, 27, 36, 37,3?, 3D, and Senate joint resolution 4 and " were read the second time by title only, and referred to appropriate committees. Senate joint resolution (No. 7) was laid on the table. VOLfNTEKfc.! rSWILLlNOLY 1IF.I.1. The committee on military afTiirs reported a loi: memorial to Congress, prnvin that a law be pipsed licb irgi:ig from the army all volunteers who enlisted for the unexpired terms of the several regiments to which they may bave at tached themselves, but who are held to service beyond the time when riid regiments were mustered out; which w. read and adopted by conpent. PKAf AND M'VB ASYLUM. The report for lcG4 of this Institution was laid before the Senate, and referred to the committee on benevolent institutions. STATE BANK. ' Ou motion of Mr. Williams, 200 copies of the report of the condition of the, Bank of the State Indiana, and its several branches, were ordered printel for the use of the Senate. POSTM ASTF.a'H EX PEN PIT I' RES. The Lieutenant Governor appointed Messrs. Beeson, Chapman and Gtf the committee on the part of the Senate to investigate the financial affairs of the state as managed by Governor Morton. And then the Senate Hi.urne.l till Mondv 2 o'clock, p.m. - HOUSE e met at 2 o'clock. The Hou Mr. Speaker in the chair. On motion of Mr. Higgin unanimous consent was given to dispense with the reading of tbe journal. A message from the Senate announced tbe passage of bill No. 6 amending the act as to the time of holding courts in Jaekson, Bartholomew and Jennings, and of bill 2D to authorize the State Bank to receive capital sto.k in branches, and to close the business of the Bank with branches of 1?55 Mr. Thatcher obtained leae of absence till Monday for Mr. Whiteside. FETR0L1 IV. Mr. Wright, by umnimaiH consent, introduced bill No. 14, relative to corporations for manufacturing, mining and juarr ing purposes. Passed to a second reading. Mr. Wright said we bad rich treasures under the 8cil cf Indiana, b hieb only needed boriug to develop. Capitalists from other states were ready to como in if a chance was given. He therefore moved th-.t the bid be read a f.eco::d time by its title. , Mr. Dunham objected. He could scarcely conceive of hü organizition which could not be authorized under our general 1 c bill was entirely unnecessary. The motion of the gentlertun from Jetfersou did not prevail. LEAVE OK ABSENCE Was granted to 'some d- zen or more or less dis tit guir-hed gentlemen, on motion, for a limited mmbcr of days. COSTESTKl ELtCTIOX CA-KS. Mr. Kilgore thought the House ouzht to uu thorze the committee on election to send for persvn and paper o all coneted case. He submitted such a resolution. Further debate ü bad. sever il gentlemen taking prt. when Mr. Bukirk rem trked that the rc-oiut:on appiie only to witne-ses unable to attend. It will not prevent the committee from rc;ortir.g at any time. Me.-srs. Hijgins, Shewey, Newcomb. and other. "were beard iu the di-cu?ion, and riuallr the re-'Vlution as amen lei was adopted. Sjtu'.c bill No. 13. in the course of c iiJ.-a-tini. came up. It was m)ed to su-j e:i 1 the constitutional restriction iu order to real the bill Yes 55, navs 23. Mr. Buskirk made the point that the c-nstiu tional resolution cannot be removed without two-thirds of U the Hou-e voting in the affirmative. Mr. Griffith ustaiued Mr. Buskirk's point. It required two-thirds ef or.e hundred. Mr. Speaker A quorum to do business constitutes tie House. Mr. Newcomb arcued likewise. Mr. Bukirk replied at length, insisting that two thirds of the whole number of members of the House, two thirds of 100, were requisite to jpeiMl the rule in ueation. lie argued in the regard only for constitutional legislation. The whole dtbate resulted in the withdrawing, one after another, motion after motion, and Mr. Sj eaker reviewed the whole matter in a learned argument, sdiowiug that two thirds of a quorum was all required relative to the suspension of the rules in tbe connection. Senate bill No. 13 ws tben uke? up acd read a firkt time.

HT1T10S. I Mr. Groves precaled a peLioa froa the citi i

zen of retry, county, relative to trie transporta- J tion of coal through tLe thoroughfares of towr ! Read and referred. - It was ordered on motion t! atwhe;i theHotise flc!j ocrn, it will be until 2 p.m. Monday next. v A resolution wasoHTercl fixing thecommer.eemem or me uaii fe!oi of tbe Houe at 2 p m. A itbdrawn. Mr. Spencer introduced bill No. 16. relative to roads arid highways. , . i'o83 bill So. I, ta ircfcnie t'je?alary of. the governor, was read a second time, and referred to committee od fee And aalarie. - Hoose bill No. 2, relative to the series of supreme court judges, 4e , was r ad a second time, and referred to committee on fees anl sal arie. House bill No. 3. relative to tbe pav of member of the legislature, was read a seeoi d t'm an.1 rtfri.l Sur.dryothfr bill were read a econd time and referred. Mr Gregory, of Warren, viler ed a resolution appointing a select committee to inquire into the probable cost of the copyright of Gavin A Horda' statues, and also rc!atie to other matters Adopted. After the transaction of other busice-, the House, on motion, adjourned. ----- Correspondence of The Sentinel. An Overland Trip to California. AUSTIN NEVADA, Oct. 25, 1864. EDITOR SENTINEL: When I last wrote you I was in the vicinity of Fort Bridger. The same day I reached that delectable military post, and found it to consist of a collection of wooden buildings, chiefly ranged round a large plaza, more adapted to the well-known habits of the denizen of such establishments on the frontier than to the legitimate purposes of the protection of the persons and property of citizens of the United States within their area of operations. Their invariable accompaniments—gaudily dressed squaws—swarmed about the place, while troops of half-breed children told of "Indian loves." The officer in command was one Capt. Zobriskie. His idea of justice can be duly estimated by the fact that he was applied to by the owner of an emigrant train to set out the goods and chattels of a portion of the meu whom be had hired to drive his teams from Illinois to Oregon, without condescending to hear the defense of the parties accused, though they demanded it, and offered to prove the charges against them false, ordering a posse of soldiers to throw out their goods upon the plains, leaving their women and children without any means of subsistence or transportation, far from home and friends, in the land of the savage. Some of the men thus summarily ejected were discharged soldiers of the federal army, who bore upon their persons scars won upon some of the bloody fields of the present war. But a deaf ear was turned to representations of that fact, and all others, and a hearing denied. A red faced, "blue-nosed," blear-eyed whisky bloat of a lieutenant standing by when efforts were being made to secure a trial, remarked that the emigration this year were all d—d copperheads, secessionists, Mormons and negroes, and not entitlcd to the protection of the government. Of course this "recently elevated" pimp of a bawdy house, suddenly dragged up from a condition of vagrancy to sport shoulder-straps had free license to talk us he pleased, with a bevy of drunken soldiers at his back to do his dirty and cowardly bidding. But the day of retribution is near at hand, and when it comes such men will sink back into their old vagabond haunts. No emigrant has been protected by these mili tary posts; on the contrary, they have been the means of depriving them of their arms, in many instances, and in others of heaping insults and petty annoyances upon them, by their low-bred unsoldierly occupants. It were far better for the security of person and property that these establishments were broken up, and emigrants left to their own resources. It is well known that emigrants who are posted, have to double their guards in the vicinity of these posts. If they fail so to do, they are sure to lose stock. At Salt Like city, the commanding officer, Gen. Conner, and other officers in the federal service, are engaged in working a silver mine, and are using United States soldiers in many departments, while Indians, on Bear river, and along the route to East Bannock, are engaged, daily, in depredations upon settlers, emigrants, and not unfrequently upon the mail. To catch an unwary emigrant in the act of denouncing Lincoln, or avowing a preference for McClellan, and then to seize and iron him, and afterwards make him carry 60 lbs. of sand for ten or twenty days, in the broiling sun, seems to be a favorite amusement with these feather-bed soldiers; and, then, it is trumpeted abroad in their official papers that they have done the country great service in arresting the progress of treason, in catching a rebel and bringing him to punishment! In fact, in no part of the United States has the "reign of terror" been more keenly felt, than in the military districts west of the Rocky Mountains, in the vicinity of the military posts. Fort Bridger possesses no characteristics commending it to notice as a military establishment. Surrounded with bleak hills, and encompassed with dreary wastes, with only here and there, an oasis of grass along the margins of the streams; far from timber; protecting no important pass; dominating nothing except squaws attracted there for purposes <sub rosa>; it is difficult to conceive what morbid military genius dictated its location. From Fort Bridger the stage route westward lies along and across high, steep and rugged hills, to Bear river; where, for the first time since leaving the "settlements" in Nebraska, we saw cultivated fields of oats and large "patches" of vegetables, such as cabbage, potatoes, beets, onions, carrots and turnips, produccd by irrigation. The valley of this river is about three-fourths of a mile wide, and exceedingly fertile, abounding in grass, and embellished with scattering groves of cottonwood. The stream is about one hundred feet wide, clear, rocky and rapid, and filled with speckled trout. Beaver find favorite haunts along it [sic] margin, and their dams, at intervals of a few miles, attest their industry and ingenuity. I saw trees of eighteen inches in diameter they had gnawed down and cut up into convenient lengths for their dam purposes. It is one of the "tales of travelers" that their (the beaver's) tail make a palatable morsel for a biped epicure of the <genus homo>; but I enter my protest against this "made history." It tastes rank and fishy. For its legitimate design of "troweling" mud it is well adapted, and there its usefulness probably end. The Mormons are starting a colony about ten miles above the crossing of the stage road, by command of Brigham Young. The valley there is said to be wider, and well adapted to farming. From Bear river the road lies along a grassy canyon, (the orthography adopted out here,) at the foot of a range of low bills, interspersed with granite ledges, and sloping back into great sagebrush wastes, cheerless and treeless, to the mouth of Echo Canyon. Here the hills are bolder, more rugged, and rise up on either side of the road, sometimes in overhanging cliffs of granite, having an intervening space of about one hundred yards, wide, tearly level, covered with grass, and watered with numerous springs, gradually collecting and swelling into a beautiful, clear, rapid little pebbly creek, abounding in mountain trout, and fringed along its margin with clumps of willow and cottonwood. The descent is gradual. almost imperceptibly, so for twenty miles to the rocks, where the echo, giving name to the canyon, is most distinctly heard. Here the little vale is walled in with huge granite precipices many hundred feet high; and far up the rocky mountain side to the dizziet verge, the pine and cedar cling with scrubby growth to the crevices in the rocks, beautifully variegating the scenery. Here a whisper is swollen into an audible sound, and common conversation so repeats itself that it excites the risible at first and after awhile annoys. In this canyon, the Mormons, during Buchanan's administration fortified to resist the advance of the United States troops under General Kearney. Their works may yet be traced on the roadside, and exhibit skill and no ordinary genius in adapting the natural advantages of the position to defensive purposes. In truth, it is a Thermopylae. At the western terminus of the canyon there is a Mormon settlement, along Weber river. Here the stage road diverges to the left, while down the river there is a dimly marked out path way to Ogden—a little town forty miles north of Salt Lake City, near the lake. Down the river I determined to go, because it promised better grass, wilder scenery, and because it was a comparatively new route, used only by the settlers, and I was well paid for my temerity, in scenery hunting, fishing, and in grazing and recruiting the stock of the train. Weber river is a beautiful stream, about one hundred feet wide, and abounds in trout. Its valley is from one mile to four miles wide, exceedingly fertile, and free from alkali. Along its margin are groves of cottonwood and sycamore, in some places extending from hill to hill,

the tree-? standing o thick upon the ground that a horseman cannot get along outside tbe pathway. The mountains on cither side je stream lift their granite crests far np among the clouds, while, ia their gorges are forests cf tall pines. Io one place tbe river force itself through a " gate " to narrow for a wagon road, huge gran ite walls rising up many hundred feet from the

very brink of tbe stream. The route here lies through a gap in the mountains, leading into a pleasant little valley, formed by Another stream emptying itto tbe river. Here U a mormon settlement, composed chiefly of Danes, "Hoosiers" and ."Suckers." .-Here were abundant crops of small grain and vegetables, produced by irrigation I rota mountain springs. Large herds of cattle, and tlocks of sheep were grazing among the mountains where bunch gras abounded. Bunch-grass is probably the best wild grass known, and looks very much like the blue grass of the states, except that it grows in detached bunches." It cures late In the summer, and thus furnishes an eicellent substitute for hay, and some winters is sufficient to sustain borses.'cattle and abeep, on south bill-aides. It is found everywhere ia tbe Hooky Mountain ranges, and in the mountains of tbe Great Basin. Tbe people of this valley seem contented; have all tbe necessaries of life in great abend ance; and look upon Brigham Young as the in personation of piety and wisdom. His word is a law unto them. At bis command tbey have come here from the busy haunts of commerce, and buried themselves io moontaiu fastnesses, far from " mill and market." Polygamy prevails among tbem, without visible dissatisfaction among the women, who seem to regard it as a divine institution and to submit with becoming; resignation. : Their personal charms, or rather absence cf anything approxi-j mating beauty, turcun . ample security to their lords against invasion of their martial rights. Ill-favored and illiterate to tbe veiy verge of savage life, they present bo attractions to a Gentile. These remarks apply generally to the female population of Utah. Exceptions are oc ca-ionally met with. 1 - Wheat grows well in the valley. Some fields, I was assured by their owners, would yield 75 to c3 bushels per acre. The grain is large and well filled. Barley and oats are grown in fabulous quantities. Corn is .an uncertain crop, on account of tbe frequent frosts, though it is gener ally cultivated Irrigation is a leading leatnre of farm life here, and is reduced to a system, with regularly appointed officers to superintend the oiks, and laws regulating tbe times and manner of using the water of a ditch supplying water to a neighborhood. Silmon trout, weighing several pounds, are readily ciugbt from the river by angling; and page-hens and quails, black tailed deer, brown and grizzly bears, among the mountain gorges, furnUh abundant excitement for the sportsman. Far Wkst. FROM WASHINGTON. I'rttalrnce of Peace Rumor .1 Speedy and Honorable Peace Attainable The Pretent Efforts for Peace trill nt so Result The Reason W hij Peace De fired by the South, but on Ttrms ichich the Administration Cannot Gran Tht South not in Extremity The Existence ; (if Slavery no obstacle to Peace Slavery at the ! South to be Gradually Abolished The Xrgroes to be used at Soldiers. ! Cvrret.pou.JtLC cf The Sew York New. Wasim.to.,, January 11). The air here is lull of rumors of peace; of a ixts-iole peace which may be speedy, permauent, aii-1 honorable to both parties. That euch a peace is attainable, no man here, whose position or. character gives weight to his viewß, doubta lor ü moment. But whether the efforts which are now on loot, will rt-sult in euch a peace, may well be eluubted. In the first place, the south is not in ?uth a condition of extremity as would lea l the confederate authorities to nccept any but lavurRble term?.. They are fighting for in(iepcailetico, lot separate nationality, for an equal place among independent powers. And according to the mo?t reliable news which reaches thia city, there never was a period, iu their estiraition, in the whole course of the war, when they were so near the attainment of this object ;t at present. . , - The existcDce ol tbe imtiiutiou of eUvery At the south is no obstacle to tuch a peace as is iudicited above. From all that I cau learn, and my information on this point is full, direct, and authentic, tbe probability is that the institution, cherished as it has been necessary as it has seemed to be iu order to develop the resource of the South, will be abolished; that the southern people will sacrifice their fclaves, as they have i glorified their other property aud their sous, as a tne.ins ef acquiring the object for which they en tertd on the war. i The southern people are a proud and haughty ' race. They would doubtless have taken thid j fetep before if it had not seemed to them to be the very thir.g which the North bad insisted that j they should do, and iu order to compel them to i d which the Xotth had made war upon them. J They take tins step now, it is said, as a means of securing a friendly hliiauce with England aud Kr irce. They take it, also, as a meins of btrengthiuing aud recruiting thir armies. The emiucipation of the Uvea at the eouth not to be hastily effected. It is to be. as I am informed by persons who know that whereof they speak, a gradual procef, and one thtit will work no injury either to the master or the slave. The freedom of tbe negro is to be conferred upon him only as a boon for valuable military services in the field, and after tho?e services have been performed. It is to he accompanied by tbe freedom of his wife and children after a ceitain fixed period, and he is to luve the means afforded to him, of making Lis freedom a boon worth possessing. The negroes will remain, as free and compensated laborers, at the suuth. The result of this process will be, it is said, the ultimate freedom of all the sUves, and the gradual emancipation ol all toe negro race at the south. It is faid to be the intention of the cenfcJiTitte leaders to incorporate into their armies as many ot the able-bodied negro men as may be neceppary from time to time, and thus to keep the;r armies constantly full. Cf the fidelity of the slaves thus u.ed as soldiers, or ol their efficiency in the ranks and in battle, they have not a doubt. They will thus have taken j awav from the north one creat motive for the i further prosecution of the war. Slavery, says the republican party, was the cau.-e of the war. Very well, says the south, we will remove the cause. Slavery at the south exists no longer; at letbt it is in process of abolishment, and soon will be altogether abolished. Why, then, do you make war on us anv lo Slavery, then, as I eiid above, is no obstacle . . i . j i .ii. - n .... i io a speeuy anu uonoraoie peace. iui mere are j other obstacles. 1 he confederate leaders are convinced, alter a war of four years duration, that the ox. icct for which thev are fichtin? was never so near their gresp as at present; that tbey sre better able to catrv on the war now than at i any former period, anJ peace, i i to be now m that the overtures for ! rrozress on the part of then jrth. are JlctiteJ bv a feeling of apprehen sion that EntlanJ anl Fiance are bout to enter into an alliance with the south. The sjuth, then, if I am correctly informed, will reject al! ovcrturei of peice. unless they are based upou terms which it ii impossible for the administration -to srutit, namely, the acknowl edjitneM of the confederate independence. Süch, your readers mav re?t as.ured, will be the result ol the present peace nejroti ttiuns. In the mem time, watc h that unfailing thermometer, the gold market .. Malcolm. PROFESSIONAL. HFti:Gi: 81. FI.CII, MILITARY ATTORNEY, an: NOTARY PUBLIC, j 11 TO TJn.gtairq BLlckfoTil ElnrV ! i OLd-lfd, ßltiLiI0Q S UiOCK, Corr.r cf Wahi-.fjtja and TcrJ;aB tret. NOTICE. j To Hotel Men, Saloon Keepers and Others. A YOl'Xil -MAS of rood worlaly exverierx wiak a it-iaUaa a Bar Tender or 0c Clerk.. Ihoaa 3 a Brood, iteady and capable aia la alther capaclaidrati K. C , Pott 02.- JatU-dlw ty au

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METROPOLITAN THEATRE. Corner of Wtington TVnifisrr Strtttl. .71a n a re r ....fir. r. II. Itilejr. Saturday Evening, January 14th. Jilt. I,. I. BAKKETT. EOS Taicaa or Aiio. Ltrw Orel ant Farqnelt, 50 cent; PrUat" Hi, for Mt ir t., fa ; Orrh-itra Sats, 73 cvr.t-; r,'iry ail Fa:n:'y C:rr, 7' cnt; Cillrn ia arm, all rferve4 i 7-. Dors pen at a quarter t 7 o'dock. IV r f r -.! e eranxacr at T o'clock iimrjelr. PAKTICLT.AR NOTICK. Tbe U-w Cars Ut tU Theater ery evcr.in at the c!o. of tb r-rfVrTDnr. People livin j at a distance can rely on thi. MASONIC HALL. POSITIVELY TFIREE NIGHTS ONLY Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Januury miti I Ith and l$t!t. . THE ORIGINAL Alf D ON LT ' W III Ail II ii I TWRNTT established artists ami tux world RPNOVVNED GKOltaK CIIKISTY, . Wka appear each rrtt.ine, in a pr. (trauma replete wish Ch'ic Muiral iiim, liur!e-qn-. Dances, Ac. ADMISSION 50 CK NTS. CillLDKFN 23 CENTS. i . W. KAVNO't.Maraaer. J. H. SUiil'.IDJr:, ASciit. JanlliTt TELECRAPHIC. I! S. TELKGIMPII IWm, otlicc ii ivnns) liunia M , OITOSITK ODD FELLOWS' HALL, GROUND FLCOK. fHHE aSove named Telegrapii Company' Liue are J now open for th transmision of M'tsaire to a!I i po:ut in the United States and British Proino. j janlf-dlm auctITsale LARGE SALE OF O 3Lx O J. S AT AifTIOX. 'ENS 4 CO., NO. 1 SOUTH MERIDIAN STKERT. (old Post office Kuildinz,! will eil t hi ir entire fctock ot CLOAKS and SHAWLS at auction, (on the premise,) prior to their remo---al, cn Friday anl Saturday, Jamary 13th a.ulHth, IMS. Sale to commence each day at 10 o'cUx-k In the forenoon and S o'clock in the afternoon. No reserve. Sale positire for cavh. Cloak Stands, Shoulder, Show Case and other flxtnre for ale; also a stock of Millintry Goodg cheap. A larjre LOOKING GLASS, and a F.ulk Window, Te. cently built and nicely ornamented. Janl2-d:?t A. L. HUNT 4 CO., Anetionee. . DISSOLUTION Dissolution of Copartnership. rflflE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EXISTING UK1 teen Henry Allen and T. W. Stewart, In tbe Livery and Sale Stable bains, i tili day dissolved by mntual eonent. Henry Allen having bought the entire inter ht In tbe. stock, ntes and book account of the raid flrrn, la euthorired to collect all debt due the firm. He has also assumed the paymtut of alt debts atraintt the firm, and i lpavthe name when presented for payrnert. HENRY ALLEN, T. W. STEWART Ifidianapoli'', January 15. I WILL STILL CONITNUK Tlf K RC1NESS ATTI1K old stand on Pearl t-tre-t, irumediate'y touts cf GleULi Block, where 1 will be very plad to t,e al! my old customer, and friend?, and aay n-w onea who de Ire lo see me. HENRY ALLKN. jaiilj-d3w Dissolution of ' Co-partnership. T AHE CO-P ARTN KR STI 1 1 HERETOFORE FXISTING between H-r-kiih k John, in the .al-on businesa. o. 13 crtli Ii.'inon street, ha been diswdved by rnuti'al eonKent. All hillt are payable to the nnd.T-ig'ie! and he will aettletho !n1ebtelne of the late.frro. Janll-d3t Nt5Tic. IIEZEKIAII. DR. M. II. WKlGUr. HAVING FORMED A PAKTaerhip w;th Dr. T B. Harrey, requesta all ptraons indebted to h'm for medical service to call at bii office and nettle, as ho wihe to clo hit old book. Jai.9-dlw TO VOLUNTEERS. $300 BOUNTlTf XTOLUNTEERS waiited t fill up the quota of Frauklin Township. We, the undersigned, will pay to good, acceptable cca who il! volunteer in any branch of the U. S. Service, to be credited to Franklin townhip, Marion county. Ind., the sum of $300 for oi.o year, ia aH;tion to the Government bounty. Appy to Joho Steward, at the Court Ho'tie. at Indianapoli;, or at Acton, to W. McUREGOR, RICHARD KITLKT, JanlO-dlw SH1PLER FRY. CLUE. GLUE! GLUE! GLUE! isom:itT v.m)i:ks, GLTIE MANUFACTURER, U R H A X A onio KEEPS conttaijtly on hand a very iurerlor Glae for Cabinet Maker, Pria'.er ani Book Binder. ep2-d3m STOLEN. poivruR F RO'I the unit rizred. ou tie 2Uh -it LVcember. P.-y brt and round, low et, tail ho-tenJ aboat ot.e half, entirely white eicept one pot va tbe back, ani lier co'.r.d ear. Any lLf.rroaiion cotcernin the dog w.ll ! uüablj rwrde-i. W. I. NuI'.LE. jaaI3-i:Alt BOARDING. lEVf GKMLSJSKNCAS FIND PLEASANT BOAI.D at 0.254 N jrth Pei.n'jlrn.ia treet. Unl.T-dl GROCERIES AND PRODUCE. A. V. LAWRENCE, (IROCTR AND rRODXTCH TK ALTCR, NEW NO. IR? IT Wet VVaih.ntij tre-u Cah paid f.r aj klr.di of Cui.trr Produo. WANTED. TLII CITI CF IM I NAl"OI.!S WILL TAT LOCAL BOUNTY OF $200 00, 13 to ad Ji'.lon to "la (Jeter jaent Bo".'.ty for Vu'.uM'er, Sil ths quota, anl a preuiian cf i '.O to aach peros

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CLOSING OUT SALES AT THE Trade Palace 2 fc 28 WEST WASHINGTON ST., HUME. LORD & CO. W TISIIINQ TO kETlKK ROM l;USIMS SOW rr ibetr Urea ar.4 tlauJW stuck of c4 r&rtb 02.,! At 5ew York wholesale price, ani many gowdi much let. Kef linn unJer obligation to tie public for tha very large patronage we hare received, we Lit coet4e4 to adopt this method of clo!ng out oorpreaentatock, tbereby giving them iL advantage, of boyicjr their food at low at the aame can be borsbt t net wholesale price la Eastern clttea. Tbi 1 tio tictiiea cry, aud we will continue the ile until tbe whole tok is clet out. Wo have now in atore the UrreU and bet aeWled atock ever brought to thi city, confuting of VTorih of I Es IS s ComprMr.j; l-eautl.'ul ry graJe, from the att ceatly aa4 Woire Antiques, To thecheapet PLAIN SILKS AND SATINS, Which will be old refardle'iof tie roeevt fraat ad vasce. FANCY DRESS GOODS, lit Rreat variety. Oar buyer being at tha head of tho market daring the priD. hat made extra effort! to pro cur the flneht and most fashionable la tha tnarket.cora prlir.gall tht late Parin IVoveltieH, 3IERRI3IAC PRINTS, SPRAGUE'S PRINTS, PACIFIC PRINTS, AMERICAN PRINTS, DUNNELLS PRINTS, DOMESTICS, j FLANNELS, SHEETINGS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, EM IS KOI I) Ell 1ES, HUME, LORD & CO, IXIMAXAl'OLIS. june2-ltf CLOAKS. SHAWLS. &C. &4 in o 1 O M H W in H to o o o o a p. o a u H c CC S - in W m m O P th W 1-4 P be JB H 4 o fei AGENCY. JIcCURDY Sc CO.'S CLA IM AGENCY, No. 4 YOHN'S BLOCK, Corner .Meridian and Washington 3 la, INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA O' KFICER-S AXD fcOLUIERS' CLAIMS PROMPTLT iaad cot and collected on the xnt reakooahla term. CertiScatea of ron-iai'tte!t.ea C'bta-.ned tr.-m tie Leparliner.ti at Wahingt.n. Mnter Eoli. Pay Rolla. Quartermaster and f oUi.tence account, tsada cat with biIlm at4 di.patch. jat4-Om WHOLESALE GROCERS. To the Public. II Mir parcLae4 er A. A II. Schnall their enl?a took f fTocerVi. we will continue t wholeaale -rwery traae at f netr i ttani, rvnttr ef Ma-ylacd aa4 Vleriliaa Mreeta. Oar tiKt w.u )e kept full at all tjmea, and, by di!;enr and atter.tiTi t ta.lae... mm hope to mer.t a bare cf the tra !e. CIULASD. MAGTJIKK A Co . J. A.CROSSLASD. LXl'GLASH MAGl'IEE, a c. Ua5a. W. J. Gl LI -KS PIKA Card to Oar Patrons. II aeinir aetJ oor entire at-ick of ar-wrlea to If eaara. Crouland. Mtruir k Co.. we wenld return ta n. pmirpo wr maciaior iDe ieral patronare flren c ar.d ak a eontituacca of the tamo to out ancceaen' whom we Uka pleasure In reccccendln a irectlemea worthy of eatiro coaa4enco. Oar oClco will I, kept t the old ktaiti, whera wo will 1 pleated to ao all our easterner. a. t H. fcCU5ULL. WANTED. rAXTElA (,d mB la wst s?o a tick peraon f wol wafeawul tea paUaroidnarM. Inoatro at tho BlT8 12UUSX iAXtXl.X.

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