Daily State Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 4516, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1865 — Page 2

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WEDNESDA.T MORMISO. APRIL 12. TO TUE PEOPLE OF IM)! ANA. ruun, oreat victories bat attended ü.eunjsar la tbe Utt canpalgn. whereby tbe rLcI.Joa la La alnxt destroyed, aafl Ii refrol fcvertsaott drleeo f : itt Htt io becesWa wanderU-f. and conirtiptM tbln. S'pri red f all power and rorpect, I io ot ertly irvite tbi people ef IscUar.s t aatell la tkelr varVas bare he an"! place, of werabfp Tharday, the day of tie preat ta$atb, a-J rrtura tbaaka te AlaVffkty Cd for bis great bleatlrg J firing u the victory i. & aaearanco f tie f 4 return cf permanent and bonorarle pee tu tbe roiaia 2d estabLtb-nett f tbe natloa. Abd I de aooet earnestly eibort tbem, entbot occasion, to contribute Eumally of tbeir sneasa for tbe relief of er ick aad wownded sa-Wiera, caay of wbom ar in greit teed, aM wbe recovery depends tpoo .peedy ssalitaace. Given at tbe Eaecn'lre Department tbla Kta day ?f April, la. O. P- Metro. Gorernor ef Ind'ee The Turnlnr Point. : The Cincinnati Commercial, io commenting upon the war and in decisive bsUleo', remarks: "Tb battle of Oettystrorz mat te reckoned as tie turtles point of the war. If Lsr hsd teen sueces'ifal there, Waaticjtoo woulJ Late been hia at surely as Richmond was Ubm's after bis defeat be'ow Teterrbarg; atd it is as impcrt'iV.e at it unprofitable to conjecture where his con H'itl would have ceaied. A Historical and Theological trrer RerereI Iltxir Wacn IUkcuku in Lis recent addreas to Li congregation in Brooklyn, the sen ticneots of which meet our hearty approval, cakes Use of the following infelicitous simile; "The day on which the old flsg is to be raised is 0od Friday, on which occurred the resarrec lion ot the Saf ior: and a Christ was raised to bring life and liberty into the world, so will th it flag cirry renewe li?e and trne liberty to the soitb.T We are Lot a little surprised that a theologian of therepuUti 04 of Mr. Bkcqkr ahoa'd make the Uteoaeßt lht (.iool Friday is commemora ted b? christians as the d .y "on which occrred the resurrection of the Siior." The death of Christ occurred on (Jood Friday, aai it isobiertedbf chri-niatiS on ti. account with humiliation. fastiD and j.rjer. The re surreclion cf Christ occurred on Easter Sunday, hence it is oberTed an a feist dav s ds? of tbackiiring and rfj )iciag, for Curit has risen from the dead. We allude to thia historical and theological . error of IleTerend IIenrt Waau Bstcnxa not to find fault with the just, christian, and admirable enti meets io his discourse upon the duty of the hour, but to illu-?r:te the impcr fectiona of the memory, or the reding. of the leader of one of our most influential deiiomica lions of christians, and a clergyman who ex pre.vien Lis opinions 11 all tiljer with the ut most positirenen. The Peace Queatlon. If the reporta of Washington corre.-K.iidents (an te relied upon, there ia an rx-ential differ ence of aentiment among the members of the administration, in regard to the terms of peace which ahall be offered to the rebels. The Cir cinnati Commercial s correspondent thus fore hadowatbe views et the presUIer.t and 1'ostmas ter General Dasxisoif." lie ay of the former The president is said to bearrrae to calling an extra aeaiion of congress, it it can be possibly avoided His forthcoming proclamation, or addres, will fully emholy hi news on the nil absorbiog peace uc.tion. The prevailing im rreion bere seems to be tutt lie will te rerv liberal, in fact ODcninjr the hroid wit to reunion for the people of the south. While the latter is reported by lh stnic author ity to haTeaaid, in an adJres to the clerks 0 hi department: Postmaster General PenLieoo, in the course of his remarks, alluded to the great question of reconstruction, and took grounds aimilar to that of General Butler, in favor of the disfranchise ment of all leaders of the rebellion, and in favor of the admission of ali southern people, at large, to the rights of citizenship. In referring to the raae, Gecer.il Bltlkr included the negroes, and we .uppose Mr. Dxv taaox Intended the time des by the expression "of all southern people, at large." If the negro is admitted to the rights of citixenship, it makes him politically the erjaal of the white msri This i the doctrine of the radical republican ' idtJ The Louiaville Journal thu aurioucces the surrender of Lie: Gxx. Lxa SwaaaxDzas. Wa publish thin morning official information of the surrender of (ten. Lee, commsnding the rebel army of north ern Virginia, to Lieutenant General Grant, commanding tne federal army of the Fotociac, cr. yesterday, the U'.b instant. This iLtelligence, so pregnant with the fate of this gre-tt and deplorable war, will thrill the nation and the world from centre to circumference. The glorious standard of the republic ha been covered with unfading glory.' Froa victory victory our jaÜAut armies move . Ukatoih Pontic a f i. Waw STtAOV current and compulsiva cotra 5'er feU tr tirtna; ebb, bot aepa da To tbc Ircpatkk a ad tb HtlWpont. The surreadcr of Gen. Lee i the a'irreader of the rebellion. Crowned with triumph, the illustrious Grant now stands by the grates where freedom s ratrtyrs sleep, and proclaims the end of this great woe. The bow of pe-tce, miraculously fair, now spans the darkness which for four jetrs past has enveloped the nation. We trust that the gras wiil aooa grow green again on every battlescorched field of the south, and that a uüon cf hearts, glorious and enduring, will aoou em!rce the people of all the land. Heaven be praiacd 1 Let bell ring in the joyous dawn of peace '. I.ofl-altjr in Ulchniand. The New York Times' Richmond eorrespoa dent aaya be his had free conversation with soras of the moat thorough and radical union men in the country; men ot wealth and poition, whose faith ha never wavered for a a'rgle instant. snJ who, slaveholders a ihei are, demsnd that Tir ginia aball be taken back into the union under the emancipation proclamation: that no ventage of rebellion ahall be tolerated; that usurpation, a Ute and confederate, which ha wreckei Vir gioia. shall not be recognixel in a single respect; inal the atate govercmect mut be crgan'urd anew, by a convention of tie people, as sonn as it can be properly effected, ar.d the atate and ita inhabitants tborougbly purged of treason in CTery shape. The union senlirrcct in this strong form, ia greater than has yet been conceived, not alone among tbe poorer rlaMra, hut In wealthy and iiiSuenual circles, hrre nur be founl men who have never lost faith in the union. There is an absoluta mjrrity of tm:i- union men in Ricbmor.d. s; reel j on xlroavnloar The Foa da Lac ( Wis. ) Ires sajs that in looking over a bundle of old newspapers, it fou j the suN-vned extract ia a copy of Tre New York Tribune of October I, 1557. It speaks of the peeaent Got. of Teaneasee "We are, therefore, ci at a'.l M.i&:shcJ to find that a certain fulcacuthed ar.d blaarhemuua fellow ia Teecesaee. whue natu it lirownlow, is colcriobi, acd who is a pretrher of the religUa of tb-aX part cf thi eounuy, baa uodariaken to defend the practice of burning ce;rots alive, 1 by or without tbt authority of Judge Lyccb. This kiod of eeematioa be cooetdere to be aalutarj end In strict acccrlance with tbe principles vt cbnstiaa;ty M

rTb M2:i90 Courier mvi tbe fcllowis : froj-htc j was clir-peJ from Tb Ciccinnatl Com t

ratrclal ic tt early part of 1551. by oc of ie c'.t'xtLi, sr,ri La brea bar.2c4 i: for publication. Tl.c prophecy any cot b veriled, tut fron tt ' , f.rcest situation of Sr It certa.nly ha tt I . it . . j believer in ?isrt cr pro'fcy, hot w!th rh; tsit-, aoceof Gxuvr and Summas l-e -:tb thai j thii 011 ' ; j k rar.ru ic t. We clip frocj The New Orleid'Tnie Delta, cf the SWtb u!t.', the luSjoiaed preface aad re peblicatiun. Ferbp thedceroicj; reaJer willdtetu the fact that thU "iinfulir prbecj" ii com placeLly L4IJ up to ticw on the ebwea of tb gu'.f aj litlleles 'alnoUr' than the "prophw!?" ite!f. "Straws i'uow which tto winl Moti." " A S iJiGCLAa J'torHrcT. Wc fiel the follow. r . 1 !. lusr acccur.ios a inofiwngaiar propi.eTjia a iur issue of The Mobile Trihcae : ilichael N(wtradaQua wai a physician of IVoTer.ce, France, Icown a an tstrologer, in the time of Catherine tie Medici lie composed Seren Centime of 1'roi.hecie " in enismati cat rhjinc!, some of which are admitted to hire been most exactly fulfilled. Among other, hi prophecy (one bundrul year before Us occurrence) of the ei:utioa of Chirie I. of Eng land; and atill more urpns.n?, of the exact date of the French republic, He died A.D. 1jG6. (Cyclop, of Biography.) The Jollowint is a translation from The Car rier des Etats Unis of the 20ib uit ; AUUougb di-y of the prcdictioLS made by Xotradamus fetFecully thoe concerning the dtsth of Henry IV. ar.d Louis XVI. of Frai.ce) hare been coropietely rcr fced. ttey are recfraily discredited iu our time. Uu. in the 1'rof.hn itt ft Yatieintiom of that ßreit man. rol. '2 (edi tion of i6:9, we find the foliowsr-g. -culd Kern to deirrTe attention: "About that time (irl) a rrcat uanel and content will ane in a country beyond tr.c seas (America.) Mar.y poor devils will be hucg and many poor wretches killed by a punishment o'.her than a cord. Upon my faith you may believe rne. Tbe war will not cei.e for four years, at whi;h none should be astonished or eurpr;ed, fur there wdl be co rant of hatred and ob.ti mcv in it. At tie end of tudt time, prostrate and almost ruiceJ. .the people will embrace each other in great joy and lore. WW Anecdote of ?ilierman. Thefollowicg characteristic storie-i of ihe con queror of Georgia and outh Carolina are bv magazine writer: The idea gcneraliv prevail tuat couimr.iidi;ic gecerals are rery didactic cn the battle fid J, and eive their orders ia precise language and htector ial voice. A little familiarity with actual war will goon dispel this filse impreesion in any one who sees Sherraau on the battle-field. At Chat Unoorra, be gave his orders for his adrar.ee t his brother la -law. General Hugh Kwing, in the words, uttered between two puffs of a bid cigar, " I gues, Kwing, if you are ready , you might as well go ahead. hwmg aaxed a few ques tions in regard to retaining the echelon forma tioaofhis eommail ai) then marshaled for the adrar.ee. Sherman replied." I want you to Lccp the JeuwtU toward tbe creek (the (Jhickamauga) and keep up the formation, four hundred yard: diiUct, until you get to tht foot of. the hill.' " And shall we kc'p it after that V said Ewinr "Oh, you may go up the hill as you like if you can ; and tlen be added hastily, as he pushed Eviing away, " I iv, F.wing, don t call for hclj until you actually need it." It isalhj recorded of Sherman that, on witnessing from the top of a rice-mill od the Occbe river the capture of rort McAllister, be exclaimed, imitating the voice of a nezro, "Dia thile don't sleep dis night;" aud hurried off to meet Oenei al Foster, batrman is an inveterate smoker. He smoke as he docs everything else, with an energy which 11 would be supposed would deprive him of all the pleasures of smoking. He is fully as great a moker as Uranr. but very unlike Mm in in style of smoking. Grsnt smokes as if be crjov ed his cigar. SLerman smokes as if it were a du tv to be finished iu the hortest possible time Grant will smoke lji-g back in his chair, his body acd mind evidently in repose, his counte nance calm acd settled. He blows tbe smoke slowly from Lis mouth, and builds hia plans and thoughts in the clouds which are formed bv it about his head. Ho pmokea his tobacco aa (he Chinese do their opium, acd with that certain sort of obvious disregard Vit everything eee which it Is said characterizes the opium smoker, He erjoys his Hav.iL a in quiet dignity, half mokicir. half chewing it. Sherman ouffi fu riously, as if hia cigar wan of the worst cbsrac ter of "penny grabs," and would not "draw.' He snatches it frequently, and one might say. furiously, from his mouth, brushing the ashes cfl wiih his forefinger. He continually pices the floor while smoking, generally deep in thought of important matters, doubtless; but a looker on would imagine that h9 was endeavoring to tolve the question of Low to draw smoke through bis cigar. He seldom or never finished it, leaving at least one half of it a stump. Potatoes avllh Ilonce In them. We are told "there U reason in roasting eggs," ar.d there might be said to be the same in roaat icg and boiling pjtatoe. But there will probably be few of my leaders who can readily assign a reason why the all but universal custom among the poor in Ireland is to only half-boil their potatoes, leaving the centre eo bard that it is called the bone of the potato. Considering that this root constitutes nearly the whole of the laboring man 'a food, it seems extraordinary that it ebould not be properly cooked, especially as the want of fuel is hardly ever felt in this land of bogs. It is my habit, whenever any unusual phenomenon preieDts itself to my obserratioo, ta endeavor to unravel tbe mystery rovrelf before making in quiry of otheia. In the preseut cae I Mumbled 03 tbe true solution of the problem, acd found it amply confirmed afterward. There is acarcely a more indigestible susbtance taken into the human str.maeh than a half boiled potato, and to a moderately dyspeptic KnglUhmau such a diet would belittle lees than poison. It is this rery quality of indigestibiiity that recommends the parboiled potato the to poor Irishman Rarely indeed have the laboring classes more than two meals of tl.ej in tweuty-four hours, acd if they were well boiled the pangs of hunger would be insufferable during a tor.fiderable portion of the day ar.d night. Custom, foiUnately, U 1 secoiid Dature; and custom has so reconciled the poor Irishman's toaiach to this wretched food that even the children complain if they find no "bane in their potato!" TLis simplicity of their diet, their ex posure to the opn air, their patient resignation to their fate, and rr.tny ether causes, icndtr them little susceptible to the miseries of dyapepaia; while the bones of tbe pjtatocs protract the peried of digestion till sleep renders them ua eouseiouif of the gnawing of hunger. As a either will often show tbe direction of tie wind better thau a well poied weaiber-cock, so this simple fact demonstrate! more forcibly the poverty of the Iriah peasantry tbnn a pbiloophical dissertation ou the subject Dr Jan .Tohnt5n' To'ir in Ireland. T rria Tbe 5orfdk Ioalu:n, 3 A Pitiable Mght -r. v. . 1 1 i cafccruay a uci wjra ice cars arrivrj a: 1 Portsmouth from Suffolk, the attention cf the ; by-atanders was drawn to a ?quad of poverty-! stricken refugees from X. C. amorg whom waa a falber beiring in his a.-m the helpless j form of a grown 00, wh fiora some circum j stance, was a helpless citT: fnJ a confirmed id-; iot. Hut thia was r ot ail of the distressing pic- '. t:re; tol'owir-tKe father n a more athletic! sq beariii the fin-t-s-ere rd eihausted body of i hi :..-ter. wfco, fr :rn Iorg walking, wa almet i tired to death. I hee war.iercrs had co friends j cerefj c?cr ret t3 the:r wesry sc ! worn bodies, ! and were coitpelJcd to lake the only refuge the I authorities COUid Oer t'ri tm o.-if c:i ot nm ioia:ea ra alreoiity. awij from ;he earth, and the sod 'ccith nster rebellion to this i po: they loved bept on ' hich the? bored to : rent, co friendly gracp ...f wa.ccme. henceforth the recipient ot rmbiie their feeürg! charity, what oirM le 11 Say The Ne York Sun: The nonb tn now a::ori to oe rr.sgnn:rnuk. u can; now af!or I to be afTordtc hew the virtirns r f treason thai whiie ! tie union is paramount to ail other etrthly con, i a;derations, its defenders take co delight in p!acleg the cup of bi'ierness ta ih lip of conquered." the -At one of the recant " private " ball in Pari iherw were 2,700 heaa preaaot. That gif es, luppcalet the anatoalts feet ar.d ",000 toea perfect. 5,400

Incident! of tho Grand Cnnipalgu. We copy tbe followioj incidents of Grant's grand cam pa'gn against Richmond from the pedal cQTTo?Atzc of Tbe New York Wcrli: fETXBsstar. The Crt i enter tbe city of Petersburg were tl.etrocpa of Gen. Ely, a' Michigan reziraent planting tbe colors on t! e court bou?e. The rebels had bea-o crc.inc: je Appomattox all riigbt takicg the direction oh Dintllle, .mcricg apprently in good order. They left at six o'clock as oux troops were entering 04 the opposite side, after endrxvorin to destroy tbe bridge. The citizens were cedeavorin to exticgjih the fire when our troops came p and essVted, acd thus

raved the bridge. Petersburg preieuted a wreicbei arpearacce. 1 writer followed into tae c;ty a few hours af ter r.s occupation, to closed, ci.iiy of t'uem find almost every house ahot threjgh by hell, mar.y other- in ruins The rtores were empty and closed. The streets were crowded with the inhabitants and our soldiers, now etreamicg in at all points. The inhabitants consisted princi pady of ccgrots, of whom there were vast cumbers a few able bodied bheks and a great nanv rcravd and i.eL TUE CITUX.N1 AM sIMiML.M It has been my fortune to enter several cap tured southern cities iu compny wi!h our troops, as well as without them, and Petersburg was only an intensified specimen of the wretchedness and dilapidation of the rct. Mo?t of the houses were out of repair: all progress and order bis been stopped far years. Sicce the investment tley Lave had 1.0 goo Is, and thirdly any provisions. The poorer elaps were, usual, glad to see the union army entering. 1 he nejrrocj shouted, gesticulated, and ran hi'her and thither in cro'J- all tbeday lang. Mr Lincoln was now the attraction, then a brissband, acd again eocoo drurkeu soldier. Some ofScers and privates of tbe 2üth Michigsn had been placed ia chirge of The hxprc.-s, which issued a small eJ.tioa in th evening; but it wiil requiie a better set of - met. to do jn-tice to sneh an occasion than vc sw. It was curious to observe the few white bearded old topers, who have Leen discussing politics for half a life time, talk about the ways cf ettlinii this qiarrtl, as if we were bet just in the middle of it They could hardly realixe it as possible I that their ronffdrracy wi tumbling about trV:r j ear. " A VAXm'ISHLl C1TT. 1 A few of the? citizens remained, who are for the mot part gl id to receive us There were alo a Isrge pioportioa of poor women, principally IrUh, seemingly in i,c utmost destitution, and who were very loud in their welcome They siid they were literally starving. A quick eye aiht hire discovered, alo, peering from behind the clostJ window s-hnttci -, niany of the better claa3 of fernale. They looted apprehensive aud abx'ou, rathr thau hostile And well may we excuse their trepidatioa. A vanquished city in the hcL'U of an infUmel and jubilant soldiery h, iu some respect?, a dreadful sight. Some of them found liquor somewhere; others found tobacco; and for or;c day the streets were literally teeming with the etiderce cf spoliation and license. We herd of no personal outrage to the people; but a? we rode out of the city at dark we pitieJ a thousand times the dis'.rc of an un protected community wlo h id no rghts, nor any to protect them The works arouad Petcirburg are ve.-y Strang, ar.d show a beaver dike industry, coubhicd with grest f kill tii d iring. On the e?t and south of the town the yellow sand im a colossal wormeaten appearance. Etch fort has a very commo dious bomb-proof and little cvis for the gun ner. 1 he space intervening between the two lines, which in some places is not more than two hundred feet, is dotted wi:h little circular pita with a curtain of earth, in which the pickets on either tide kept up a conjteut licilUde. The chfciuz de frine of the rebel? is of the old sort a pine lo twenty or thirty feat long, i-to which are driven at right angles sharpened stakes about eight feet long, wLich, when in single or double rows, are a terrible obstruction to a charge. Ir. the c:ly there sre caves also, inimitition of thote in Vickburg. In my judgmect the defen?t of Petersburg are not as strong as those of Vi-k burg, but of course they have been defended by a larger army. We captured about thirty heavy guns, unspiked, in tbe forts, many of them rifled ar.d of great caliber. FAMIMK AXD WKEIf HKDNKSS. Tunc was little cr nothing to eat iu the city. Tobicco seemed to be the only thing plentiful. But three tuoui-vLd hogsheads of it had vanished in tho eraoke of tbe previous day. No other buildings were burned than the warehouse, occu P)iug about a block. It was not a little singular that the only evidence of trade we discovered were a few old pipec and tobacco; and at a drug storo a placard in the words, "Sand-paper and itch ointment." Petersburg had long been a filthy, poverty stricken encampment. Tho Jarrett Hou?e is the principal, in fact the only hotel in Petersburg, and this long ago ceased to set a table d'hote, the rooms only being rented out. Feeling that oce might be very j jyoua and at the same time very hungry, the fraternity of press-men succeeded, after unheard of bribery, in cxhunring some outhern bacon, a few eggs and corn bread, which would have cost a thou &anJ dollars in the currency, to which was finally added a bottle of apple brandy, or "applejack," as it is called, which we spread before a few guesta and made high Bohemian mirth in tbe headquarters of General A. P. Hill, who had the day before been killed in the assault. As an evidence of the energy and enterprise of the Yankee desire to trade. I should mention that I saw dragged over tbe breastworks and ekeraux-dt frite, at an early hour, a top buggy, in which were Baltimore and Washington gsntlemen looking for a business location. A great many of the confederate woucdei sre in the houses and hospitals of Petersburg, and but few fcurgecn to attend them The railroad which had been torn up for a few miles, was ia mediately put in repair, acd on Thursday it was expected to be running into the city. Tbe few small Fcbooncrs and boats which were at the docks, were all scuttled. In fact, it was very eviJeut that the rebels hid curried off or destroyed CTfrvthirg which could be of any value to u. TU K KXIT ARI entry. Sjme of Kautz's cavalry first ecterei the ci'y, being mounted, and were met by a deputation of citlxeca with Mayor Mayoe, who begged that the city might be honorably surrendered, as the re treating rebels were mere to bo feared than the open foe. The guidons of the cavalry were placed oa the cspitol about eight o'clock. About half pat six o'clock the last train of the retreating rebels cioed the Danville railroad bridge as our iruopj were sijhiirg the city from the hills. John 0. Breckinridge, who hid remained behind ta fuperin'ei.d the woik of destruction was among the !ät to leave. His assistant in this work were General Kweil and Major Dick Turner, ol Libby Prison notoriety. Governor Smith left half an hour earlier on a canal vjoat, the transportation horse vehicles having been exhausted. Ti e letcratoiy Ld the freight depot of the Diuville road were fired about six o'clock er eral of the citizens protesting at tbe time that it would caue immense Ioas to private individual j. An appeal was made to Breckinridge, by the sug t gevion of Ewell, who ordered tbe torch to be ap- ' plied and then left. The rattle of the locomo tive could be heard on the bridge as onr troopä entered li e heart of tbe city. AWFI L COSrLAURATlOS. Thus euriel ore of tbe most terrible c:lZ-.-atioii that was ever witneood. The wind waa blowing from tie nth west, and blew the shower of fire from the upper part of the city down the course of the canul, and soon cnv!cr.ed the whole cf the lower and tusicc portion cf the city. The people, who bad been ail night flocking in the atreeu watching tbe opetatiorsof loaJii g and trar.sfetri.nsf tbe government stores, were now completely raraljxed, and it was r.ot until after the arrival of the mayor to our troojs that an eff rt was made to stay the flames, by the engines. Indeed whit added to the eonfe:on ar d perplexity wa the explosion of a !ar number of shells aci other combustibles, in the arsenal ard Uborsterv, bv which many of the citizens who had Fathered aroucd were wounded, and the j luastes of the poor fcou.e, rracy of them, kil.cd and fatally wounded The wooden buildings and sheds burned like straw, and oon the äimei were past all restraint. The sparks awept over the house, and by coon there wert ever twectly acres of b'.rniir. buildisgs. most of them containing the accamulated supplies and heavy atocks contained in the city. The stree's were piled full cf futcittire td ejects which the dames aoon overtook and consumed rsocim or inr tut. The firemen and sjlJiera (negroe) who were prompted aid urged by tbe few whita oScers. ! cade Ineffectual ecdeavort to check tbt fire, but ' their eSjrts teemed as Impoteat as If tkey bad

been directed against. Vesuvius. Fron Gamble's bill, lookinz over tbe river, we cocld tee nearly a square mile of black and smoking rules. The three bridges tcrois tbe Jame, one cf them a costly and magnificent structure, the Petersburg bridge, said to have cost over a million, of dollars, were burred. Two or three large mills to Manchester, opposite tbe navy-yard, asd the whole of the heart of the city was destroyed. Tbe Iofj mut amount to thirty millions cf dollars in gold. , ; . . , ,Th HallarJ House Sod Exchai.sc Hotel, e.e saved. Most oftLe backs and one church were cou varied, though thrre was probably little specie (a the vault. It Ti computed one thousand five hundred buildieg were destroyed ar.d forty blocks. TU FLIGHT Cr JIFF. DAV1. Tie evacuation of Richmond wa io oae eecne a complete surprise, and yet it has been contemplated as possible for six weeks past. It was so auJdcn and hasty as to stagger eveu those who most desired it. The reports which we bad of late of tbe removal of the covernment archives are ma'nly true; I fiw official letters so dated, February 2 i, directing their removal to South Carolina. Of lato the removal has been more secret and rapid. Few beyocd the officii! knew

j of tbia fact. j Tbe dispatch'ent by Lee ot Siiay from Pej tersburg, "and which reached Pre-ident Dvis while ia church on Sunday wa l;ie signal for a gracd exodus His wife left on Weduetdiy pre vious, it is sail, or Galveston. He aeut over to Dr. Hodge, whose sermon he had been listening to, a bmail note by the black sexton. Tbe latter on receiving it changed tbe course of hia remarks and said it was probibly the last time he should address them and tastily concluded tbe services The rest of the day hs; socr.t with his Fecrctataries in packing up his paper. Hia house was left otherwi.-e iu the usual order, a white housekeeper being found in charge Ho took the train at hall-pat fix in tbe evening. Wbat bis thoughts oust hive been on that night, who can teilt The few words sect by General Lee siying that he "should have to give up Petersburg" were more than daggers to him. They plunged him from his lofty ideal of a revolutionary patriot into a dishonored conspirator. The anguish, the torture of this flying, crestfallen, and disappointed rebel on that day is a more terrible punishment than death by hanging or bullet. FRESIDtNT LINCOLN IN' THE C1TT On Tuesday President Lincoln came up &i far as Varica landing in the River Queen, and was thence drawn over in an ambulance to Richmond, where he visited Admiral Porter, who had bv that time reached the wharf in the Malvern, preceded by a tug. About 10 o'clock he walked up, with half a dozen marines in advance, a ceo m pa cied by Admiral Porter, Csptaia Bell, and some citizens, who hid been advi?ed of arrival. In spite of tho unpretending proceaciou, t.u itaoteu'c concourse of soldiers, civilians, an J negroes gitb ered about him. and awaited L'm at heaJ.juar ters. The blacks were wild with delight, dimv ing, jumping, and praying. "De Lord bres cu Massa Linkum," was tLw. exclamation of tho women. The whites of tbe urrer orders lookr i on in eiicr.ee. One could not but wonder th'.' j the rnsn whom they have stigmatized as tho in ' carnation of all that was evil, dovilirh, and bet ly, not expres3 much love fur hiui, hut they ', neither assnsainated him nor spoke a loud wok! ! agdiut Lim. The truth is. theso people tie. j just now, what they have cften said they could ! never be, terribly subjugated. Recollecting their j horrible tnreutening, one ein rardly believe tncj are it Aoie people The Snrrei'Urr of Clenerul Lee taud hia A riny I'rob.'ilite Tertninntlon of t!ie nr. From Tbe Cincitiba'.i Fuqulr r. With the exception of a small force linde; üeneral John-ton in North Carolina, the rebel government has now no orcauized military force of any importance in the field ea -t of the Missisippi river. This surrender, therefore, id, in all rrobahility, the jlnalt of the great military events of the war, which bids fair Vo end in the complete subjugation of the receded Pistes to the power of the federal arm3 After tho cone3uenccs which followed the removal of General oe John-ton the idiotic march of Hood into Te:iue?ce. ai.d the defent and destruetion of his army by Thomas; the unopposed progrc- of Sherman through Georgia and the Carolinas; the fall of bavannah, Charleston, Wilmington and Richmond tr' result will not be unexpected by our readers. In view of the hopelessness of the 8trugle, it was the act of v.isdjai on the part of General Lee not to needlessly prolong it, and cause fur ther destruction of life and devastation of property in his section, airevly sj terribly ircjoverish ed and ruined. Whether this surreLder is made with the consect of the Richmond government, or, whether fleeing beyond the Mississippi Kiver into the remote and almost inaccessible state of Texas, the latter will continue for some time yet to prolong the struggle, there is a question yet to bo determ'i.eJ. But this hide ot the Mississippi the war i apparently over, aud we are now brought face to fice with the work of political rcorganixalior:. When the soldier has finished his tak, that of tbe statesman begin. The aim, of course, will be to heal up the calamities of the war, to repair the ruin it has wrought, and cau?e the southern people once more to fulfill the r functions with cheerfulness in the union. This, it will be eon ceded by all, ia a work of iramrn-e difficulty, and requires for its succciful performance the highest ability and greatest wisdom. If we would accomplish good result, if we would reap the fruits of our military strength, it is evident that the policy of conciliation must be adopted. We caa atTord to be generous acd magnanimous in tbe hour of victory. Let it be remembered that our victories are over our kins men, countrymen, and natives of tho poü ic the beautiful language of Martin Tupper : "Ooe of laagriate, one of fc. One of common pride of race." The key note to this policy has. wo are plea-ed to see. been struck in high edrciritr,ititn cire'es, ani is. everywhere favorably received by the pre-a and the people. Having been for .etce from the beginning of the struggle, ever demanding that our difficulties should be settle J and adjusted by statesman-hip, and net by the sword, none can be more gratified to see petce dawnicg on the political horiz m, and none will labor more faithfully than we to reap the greatest poibIe advantages to our common country. What influence we posse?, political or peruiidl. phill be given to thoi-e who will do the most to renew the ties of attachment that formerly bound the south to the union, and caused it, in connection with the north, to advance on su?h a wonderful Ce!d of glory and p0'perity. We would fain hope that, likeome civil wars whieh have eosued in other nation, its termination may be followed by such a complete reconciliation between the parties, that the only strife in the future will be that who hall do tbe most for the common slory ard renown. The snuth has exhibited a power in tbh contest so inrae: mat eTCfT irue pntni k rcjotce to e it with us, aad rot who have so h?r Caj in the famU st u-spangled bs u over new e!j n"fT ihr nee of a.l wieU act veiy in conjunction against t, and to pee the men call j struggled to reir a new f nations, sgvn accept the and bear it triumphantlly i .tie that will eflee the re- :': u ii ucp!eivnt in the p.-.-t. vr t i: iti:mv TfixFaiiT Ssy the Corydoa Democrat: There is an old fjpposiiiori wh'ch ny thit ''if the fruit blooms in the light of the moon the frost will cot it jure it " Upon tl.'.e bypcthesis we cosy lrk fcr rleutv of fruit th; vesr, a- tl e trees are putting forth their bloom very rapidly about now, an i its j'M "in the V.lt cf the moon." Tho Bedford It jr-.j(?etit tktti lilurateul e a a . r a neneai or ajverti;cg: Oae of our Bedford mercbnts fat an advertisement in the InJepenJent Us: week, headed, "r.ov wantei " Xext morning he fousi a 'Young Arierica" abut six we-ks old. Isyirg on hi door step, aLd on a card was Inserted, 'How wiil this ore aaiwcr." Two petroleum companies Lave been orgsnixed in Bvacsville, composed of some of its most prominent and wealthy citixeca. The Dispatch says that considerable lai.d has been leased in the county, acd that tbe indications are good for find leg petroleum in Vanderburgh, "Ilx." There are fice indications cf petroleum Is Su:k county As oil has bees struck

la Jasper, and sdestlflj men are sacico la tbe belief that the compacies cow boring In Marshall and Porter counties will succeed to ficdicgoil In large quantities, we see no reason why Stark, which lies adj&iclas; each of these counties, should cot have an equally oleaginous substratum. A Democratic Victort. The entire democratic tieket was elected in Scott townahip. except one supervijicr.. An old revolutionary he ro, 102 years of ace. rcaldisg in that towchip. like a coble revolutionary father who had not forgotten his country, voted tbe entire democratic tlilVl. We hope that he may live to see his country restored to iu former peace and prosperity. Scott township tag heretofore gone repub csn. Last fall they gained the election by a majority of one; and this spring election the democrats gained iho election by a majority of twenty. Warsaw Union. . Good came for tbe new hotel Dew Drop Inn (do drop in.) Boston Post.

MARRIED. At Fort Wavce, en Tuesday eTaicf, Marek 23th cltn by tbe Ser. J.S. Larf, Sector cf Trinity Church, L eat, Hkxst B. ncastr, U f.5avy, to Exit iMiaiov, recend daughter of Hon. Joa. K. Ederron, of Fcrt Wayne AMUSEMENTS. METROPOLITAN THEATRE. - i -: - . Corner of Washington and Tennessee Streets. viannsjer vir. W . II. ft 1 ley. Wednesday Evening, April 12, 1865. 3ZiH KMILY THOUISK. SAVED BY SATAN. Paicrs or Ai.hihiok. Drew Circle and raroaette, 33 ceLts Private Box. for lx persons, 5 00; Orchestra Seat, 75 cent; Oa!try acd Family Circle, 35 reut; Calldren in arms, all rerTd g?at 75c. I)oer open at ? o'clock prec!Hy. rerforrcancecomDfnces at a quarter tot o'clock preclaelv. PARTICCLAR NOTICE. The Hor Cars leare tbe Tbeatrevery evenlrn attbe eUo of tba perforraauco. People living at a ditttnee caa rely on this. INDIANA STATE MUSEUM 7! Cast 1VaIiiplon Street. MADAME M. A. ENGLISH PROPRIETRESS. Oj.u tor the mtfioo of vuilor fr .! f olock A. 12. und 10 o'clock T. M. Tbe collection embrace ever Threa Millions of Cariosities ! Of the mst amasing anJ i:itrrti- character, ijatberfd frsi a' I parts cf the Globe. AL'M'SION.... KO Cent. ENGLISH, Proprietress. MAPAMK M. A. aprfedtf MASONIC HALL foii .i shout time o.viai COMMENCING OS WKONi-SDAY EVENING, APRIL inn im;o Open F.Try Night until further notice. And Wednesday asd Saturday Afternoons at 3 o click. on IHK MOST FXTItAORD NARY FXHIElTION IN TFIK world: rV II 1 G It E A T MILTOXIAN TABLEAUX PARADISE LOST ! -Oil TUE GREIT. KEBELLlOaV IN HE IV EN. The War of the Angels The Fall of Satan and Fall of Man. Aa d-ribei ly John Milton in hi Immortal Toem en titled "Paradi Lea it beis a complete illustration of thH jjreat Pom from NeKinnina: to end, cntnprMnr XrY-lllUEK SPLKNDIÜ TAI1LKAÜ PAINTINGS, carryins cut Uilton'a idea of Heaven, Hell, Chaos and Paradise ! Will now I exhibited in ibis city as exhibited in I .on to r 20 consecutive nights, tw more than half a million of people, and aa exhibited before Her Majesty QURKN VICTOK1A and tbe entire Court, at Buckingham Palac. rpon wMeh occaMon Her Ka esty was pleased to bestow opon th proprietor a di-tinnistsed mark of ber royal approbation, by presenting bim with a mairnificent Diamond krg. Tifhet 2 Centi. lO'o Half Price. iI"Grar.d Eib!b;tlons evry Wednesday and Batorday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Doors open eveidbRS at 7 o'clocb; Eihibition commences at o'clock precisely. Afternoon doors open at 3 o'clock. A. B. MORRISON, apr6-dlw Proprietor and Manager. BANK STATEMENT. "CCJ NATIONAL BANK OF I NDIANAPOLIS rSHIlB FOLLOWING 18 A REPORT OF THE CONDI1 tion or this Bank oa tb ttrt day or April, 1h.V RXSOCr.CES; Note aud bills discounted Overdrafts Furniture, fixtures and expense, 4c Premium Remittances and oth-rca-hl:errs Due from banks and bankers U. S. Bond dapoMted with Treaa. U. S. . . do on oand Cah, specie and other lawful money " 9:at and National Bank money.. . . C3.4SJ7 91 1,430 15 7l 32 14T 8 1.58Ü 73 55,1.56 44 60.000 (At 7-50 00 60,743 43 14.611 CO f 237,n77 P8 LUMUTU3 Capital Stock paid ia Individual lepo-lt Interest and Pramlacit I K0J00 00 137,224 12 51 76 i37,277 VS T. R. FLETCHER, PreMdect. aprl2-33t Jos. R UaiftJi, CUier. FOR SALE. X O XV EMPTY, ALAKGZ RuarMnjr House, two aon area frcta Wa-sh-Jr cton street, twelve rooms, well, cistern, cellar. Ma ke boa-e, wv d hoa. arable, carriage bonae, c, A-., wortn 1 10,000. er tba saka of as early ale we will tüconnt fo tprcar.d dollars aad allow tin on baif or more. J. S. LCNLQP CO , Heal Ktate aad Mxk Brotera, arl2 d2t Xo ! North Mend aa street. $46,000 DOLLARS. 7UUR nrORED AD MITT 05K acsls or b dy, tnisr I and, 31,' ra.le from tb! city, la osa good cultivation, weil impraTcd. may b air'.Jei ir. l or more farms. ANo, a fvod Fans aa tbe National Risd, well Isprov. f 1. i si!' i from tbe c ty, eO acre, at f 125 per acre. J. 8. LU5L"P CO.. Beal K.-Uta and Mock Broker, a?rlJ-d1t So. 15, North Meridian street. FlTaHL FOR SALE. JflAV A L01 LOT OF L. A5TCC5T 4 CO'S SO. 1 Vf bich I will efe r for a 2ay cr two at 10 10. aprlS-dlw HKNRT B. ALTORD. WANTED. WANTED S t good Jourcajm'a Iflllwrtg'ita. Appt, ta KINO AN CO., Fork Ufao. ltd anapolla, April 11 itt OLD TUMBLING A!I persoca wanttng aad. Tr... svnw Treaa. Fverereeni. er aetth!- ia tu NTerf Ham. wvi s appwa oy ianac ari - - - --- m

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H A 0 m H a H b CS (9 ft P. eo 0 1 Vi 0 Ö P CO M H Q M W Ü pa 0 b 0 H I ! z5 4 3 b 8 OD 0 Ü NATIONAL BANK. STATKMENT OF TDK CONDITION OF THK INDIanapoha Nat onal Bank on tbe morulas; of tba CrK Monday of April, 1H"S: Loan aud Ii-oM:nti . ... Furuituro and Ftxturen... Kxp'Btes and T.xes Picm urn on Bord Cbeck and Ca?h Item.. . 1351.832 4u . 2,406 65 ' .. 10.313 53 . 37,213 23 ?.e4 15 Va f rria Ran i New York, Cincinnati and Pbi'ade'pbia. . 2M,2Cti 22 U. S. 5 20 Boi d deposited with Treasurer Un ted State 7t'0,0"0 w) Other U.S. ecurities 87 .642 17 Five per ceat lgal tender note 130 0"0 W Other Lawful Money 3M.5i f 3 .t2.43",3(J Ul iiaaiUTiaa. Capital jJfcik ( irculatnnr Notes Individual Ieroi's. . . . Oo ernmeni lMpu:t . . . ....tvo.w 0 00 .... 450,000 00 ...l,3C5,On7 51 124,4' 3 as uue n.ui9 . 39,8 4 3) Interest, ll-eouM KxthaEg. lOlO 3J f 2,430,35? 6X THEO. P. JJ1UGHXT, President. aj.rll-llw GROCERIES. CEOS SLAW D, MAGUIRE & CO. J Corner Meridian and Maryland Sts.f JiimI R el visile OQQ HLF BBLS.NKVf NO. I MACMRFL 00 do do NO. 2 LAEGE do Xj io do NO. 3 LAP.CZ d. 500 KITTS 50 1 500 J ' JQ HALF BBIJ. SO. 1 HERRlNü X0Ö 110X18 HEREI2fa -JQ DOZEN L.AROE COD FISH. nALF BARRELS WHIT FISH. -Q QUARTER do do do SUGAR. 100 PBLa CH01CK C TELIjOW. do MIIED do 20 HDDS. P. R. AND CUBA. COFFEF. f i EA03 CHOICE RIO. eU q sr rocs its txj. java. SYRUPS. Q BBLS AMBFR, VXRT CHOICK. 25 d- OOLDKN. 25 T HALF BBL3. AMBER. 50 KEGS do SyOtr tock It Jost arririnfr at tLo latest panic price, and eTeryth'.ns; i off. red at tbe present gold baia. aprlO-dlw CROaäLAND. MAGL'Iatat 4 CO. CLAIRVOYANT. MISS CLARA HARLANO. CLAIRVOYANT AND MEDIUM. Fy th usa cf an Iritmraent contracted ander Spiritaal direction. In coDuectioa with b r Clairvoyant power, I enable-i to preiit to you a perfect picture of your future I fe partner. Fbe can also teil, wnbia a Jew flays, ibodate of rarriss;e-wtetber ibe cnion win bo tappy or otter ie. asd number or children. Please ?.ve color i f Hair an1 Kyea, Complex loa. Are, B'gbt arid Nam In Frrx. ticlo e ? cents aad stamped eoreiop. Lock Rox 3. Detroit. Mteh ran. 1 will aIo b4 tri dum and p. o. addrea of tho peron (wbicb will enable y to open a corTpondencoj for an adI'.:i-Lal 5) cents. apr7-dllt COTTAGE HOUSE. ON Mi5!ACHCSF.TTS AVXNCE W BATS FO aale a Ctlare of alz room, with largo e-Uar, rnoko bou.-e aj.4 a'aMe, oa a lot w;th a front of ti feet a:d a deptb ot tax 30 ft. h cb wa ara aithoriacd to all at tbe low price r l.Gotf-fl.WW c.h au4 th h.laiice oa oag tiaio it eMr4. A'o Lces zi vacset lots In all part! of tbe oity. DELZaLL k Jj5KS, aprll-dtt aweal KUte Broker. SECOND HAND STORE. SECOND HAND STORE. .Io. ?33 r.atsl Uaablngton Itreet ltjn f tat Sllgf SSaaiaol. FClsnCRE asl Steves. Txwar and CUba ta coca plat rattan y. Aläat, all ;m.1a cf Bowao rcrcdablaj Qwu&t. arrt J. 1. UXIVL

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LAUGE ARRIVAL OF :DS,Y (00OBB! Orrntest Attraction of the Season. Wi Have tuc f liau'RE or Aineonrasa to oar patrooa and tho public that wo baw roCtted la splendid atyle our well known and popalar atoro rootr. KTO. 3 ODD FELLOWS' CULL, And are now receiving owe of tba larf eat elegant stocks of DRY GOO D S i leer broagbt to this market. Ia Aod Uber fiao attJ doatrabU DRESS GOODO, Wo claim to excel all competitor aad present tLo very latest dfa'jaa rat deslrabw sba!ot atd &eolfabrice at pncoo aasveh below tho aaarket. Omr cloak noon Is well filled with tho moat rar and fceaaxfal etylea i both Cloth and Slit 0 am eats, la ocr DOMESTIC UEPlßTMEXT, Wo are prepared to ahow acotaplolo Lao .f all the pwpoJar an i standard aaakoo in prloia. Dlrached aud Brotrn Uoslins, TICKS, DRILLS, DENIMS, AND C0T10NADE8, TABLE LINENS, NAPKINS AND DOYLIES,

In .11 .1,1.. ft. U. Um IUI DMwk u ti. chap.l aavaa.a TrThe rcblic are tovlte to fin a call aad U'tet thtTgreerbacka ta fola that are re a. 7 vwry, wovy choatyw JOITED, HÜC3 G DAVID.; aprldlw