Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 October 1861 — Page 2

WEEKLY SENTINEL.

' F. I KS DA OCTOBEB 10 Ohio I irrlion . It is estimated that Tod, Union, is elected Governor by about fifty thousand majority. Ac cording to old party lines the Senate will be Re publican and the House Democratic, I Hit bath branches will be overwhelmingly for the Urion. The t.otrrnor anal the Indlaua TrMBi. We publish this morning a statement, accompanied with the correspondence and dispatches, showing that Governor Morton has made every effort iu his power to procure from the proper authorities winter clothing, and other needed supplies for the Indiana volunteers, now in the service of the General Government. There can be no question hut that His Excellency has done his whole duly in the matter, and whatever faults and shortcomings there may be, they can not be attributed to him. The statement developed the fact that there is great destitution among our troops which most, in a groat measure, be relieved by the individual efforts, generosity and patriotism of the people of Indiana. There ii no time to be lost in sending forward contributions of blankets and socks to prevent their suffering from the exjKWures to which they are even now subjected, especially the troops in the mountainous regions of Western Virginia. While we differ in toto with the political views ami sympathies of Governor Monro, we cau not refrain from saying that he is enti:led to great credit for the extraordinary energy and industry he has displayed in the management of the military affairs of Indiana, and his prompt response in behalf of the State, to all the requisitions of the Federal Government since the first call of the President for voluuteers to suppress the rebellion in the seceded States. The Indiana volunteers, by their bravery and gallantry, have reflected high honor upon the State, and given her a fame which may justly excite the pride of all her citizens. Object) of the War. It seems strange that there should he a division of sentiment as to the objects of the war. We e in not expect that the Administration or the Commanding Generals will prosecute it with vigor, energy and success, unless public sentiment is a unit in regard to the ends to be accomplished. A large class, represented by such men as Scmxek, the abolition Senator from Massachusetts, desire to make it a war of em mcipation. They are influenced by that single idea, aud can see nothing to be gained but some iraaginaiy benefit to the negro. Such sentiments and purposes should lie repudiated. In the language of the Boston Journal, a conservative Republi cm print, the war should be confined to the ends proclaimed "by Congress, by the President, by members of the Cabinet, and by the commanding Generals in the field. In the language of the resolutions of Congress, passed with but two dissenting votes, "the war is not wugd lor conquest or subjugation, or for interfering with the rights or established institutions of the States, but to maintain and delend the supremacy ot the Constitution, with their rights and equality under it unimpaired.' In the comprehensive language of Secretary Chase, the object of the war is 'the security of liberty, the supremacy of the law. the defense of the Union, and the maintenance of popular institutions.' The President h is solemnly expressed his desire 'to preserve the Government that it may be administered for all as it was administered by the me:, who made it. Loyal citizens have a right to claim this of their Government, and the Government has no right to withhold or neglect it.' " We repeat, in the energetic words of that print: "We must limit the war to the purposes so distinctly avowed by the Administration, or the sun of our national prosperity will set in darkness and gloom, to rise again, if at all, only after years of bloodshed and anarchy. Proclaim the policy of emancipation and all hope of reconstruction of the Daita will be crushed out. All the loyal elements in Maryland. Kentucky, and Missouri will be alienated at once, and every prospect of awa kening t he dormant loyalty in the seceded Stites will h ive pissed away. It will come to this, that e must subjugate, or lie subjugated. The people of the South would defend their homes and their firesides to the last extremity, as we would do should the chances of the war favor llieui. The present generation would not see the end of such a contest, unless the North should be conquered and subdued by the aid of foreign bayonets or internal dissensions. From such a war we may well pray to be delivered." It' a deviation from the "purposes so distinctly avowed by the Administration" will cause "the sun of our national prosperity to set in darkness and gloom, to rise again, if at all. only alter years of bloodshed and anarchy," t-hould not those who urge or countenance this deviation be pointed out and rebuked? Should not the sheep be separate 1 from the goats? Should not those whose course would bring "gloom" "darkness," "bloodshed," and "anarchy" upon us be designated and denounced? This is what wc have done and of which the Journal complains. This we hold it is the duty of every honest journalist to do, ami none but those who regard the narrow interests of party above the broad interests of country will hesitate to perform it. "It may suit the selfish schemes of political dema gngaai and needy adventurers" to evade the i.-ue rind cover up political rottenness, " but it does not comport with disinterested patriotism and love of country." Party necessity and expediency will not be recognized as an excuse for hazarding "years of bloodshed and anarchy." The people the mass of all parties require, above all else, the salvation of thecouiiHv the Von dilution a it is, the Goner nment as it was. V e wish for the sncees of no parly but the party which labors for t'iis consummation, and the bolder ami tne more distinctly this party stands out from all other par-tie-, the stronger will be the evidence of the unflinching loyalty and iKitriotism of the people of the North:; nd the greater the encouragement it will afford the loyal citizens in the bonier ami insurgent States that the war is not for their subjugation, but for their restoration to all their constitutional rights. Hence we desire the line to be eleu I;, drawn between the Constitutionalists and the Revolutionists; since the speech delivered by Mr. Scmxkk has "lifted" the Emancipationists "out of obscurity," let the fiat of the public voice condemn them to the oblivion from which they have lately emerged. The Providence Pott says, with truth and pertinacity, that "the entire Democratic party and a 1 irge fraction of the Republicans are first and always fo the Union, leaving slavery to those who are responsible for it, and who alone have the right to deal with it. To one or the other of these ideas must every citizen soon give his adhesion. The logic of events is carrying us rapid lj on to (his sole issue. And this involves the question whether we are ready to give up our country? For ourselves, we do not see, we confess we can not find any hope, or safety or any thing in which to trust, anything on which to rely, if the solemn compacts of the Constitution are to be iranipled under foot simply because we of the North have th power to do so. If we abandon all the legal and constitutional methods of changing our organic law; if we repudiate the romp-acts without which we never should have had a Union; if, in short, by our acts we inaugaratc the doctrine that might makes right, then iadced we may end the war by a slave insurrection, as we shall have yielded up our liberties. We shall have liberated the negro and have en hrved ourselves."

1h( Clothing for the Troop- in Weal. era irginia. The following selections from among the man telegrams now on file ia the Governor's office ia fetation to the treatment of our soldiers under the command of Gen. Reynolds, at Cheat Mountain, will show how persistently the Governor his lol lowed up his purpose of getting our troops well provided for, and how he has been thwarted. With all the promises, orders, requisitions and what not of the mass of correspondence, the clothing has only just beguu to arrive. Much of it is surely lost, and many a good man has died from the destitution so vainly sought to be re me died, by the plots disclosed below. Dispatch from O. P. Morton. J Washinoton Citt, August 20, 1861. Urge Major Montgomery to get overcoats from any good material, and do not wait for a public letting Do have them made at once. The men are suffering for them, and I am distressed for them. Perhaps a few thousand can be furnished at once by Capt. Dickerson. 0. P. Mokto. Quartermaster General Vajen went immediately to Cincinnati, and was informed by Capt. Dickerson that he had just sent Gen. Reynolds 4.U00 great coats. Governor Morton at once sent his Private Secretary to Western Virginia to see that these coats were delivered. He could not find nor hear of them, and after learning from Gen. Reynolds that he was in want of shirts, drawers, socks and caps, he returned to Cincinnati, obtained these supplies, and informed Major Montgomery, who requested Capt. Dickerson to have tbem inspected and sent forward to our troops. To this Capt. Dickerson Bnswcred that he had sent all that had been asked for by Gen. Ko-ec raus, and that the clothing had not been taken by him, and was subject to his orders. One thousand ureal eoats were then forwarded and the others were promised immediately. Dispatch from Governor Morton toGeneral Meigs. Indianapolis, Sept. 2. M. C. Mhos, Washington: We have supplied from Cincinnati, overcoats for our troops in Western Virginia. Will you please direct Maj. Vinton to send the 4,1)00 overcoats you ordered for the Indiana troops to the Indiana regiments in Maryland and about Washington. If he will send 2,000 more, making 6,000 it will be enough for all the Indiana troops in those places. O. P. Mohton.

Dt.patch from;!neral Meigs to Governor Morton. Wasiiinoton, Sept. 2, Icfil. All overcoats in New York have been ordered here, and the eix Indiana regiments named in your dispatch will be supplied Irom this place. M. C. Meius, Q M. G. This has not been done. Dispatch from Governor Morton to GeiL Reynolds, Cheat Mountain l'as. Indianapolis, Sept 2, 161. Four tiiousand overcoats have been sent to your troops to the care of Geo. Rosecrans, by Capt. J. H. Di kerson, Assistant Quartermaster ! at Cincinnati. Will vou look alter them at once. and sec that somebody else does not get them. O. P. Morton. Dispatch from General Reynolds to Governor Morton. Cheat Mountain Pass, Sept. 3, lt61. The 13th regiment is well clothed Thel4:h and 15th are ragged all require overcoats Requisitions weie made on the Quartermaster's De partineul a month since for the clothing required, and it ought to be here in a lew days. J. J. Reynolds, Brig. Gen. Dispatch from Governor Morton to Gen. Reynolds, Cheat Mountain 1'asj.. Indianapolis, Sept. 4, 1861. On what Quartermaster did vou make requisi tion for clothing? 0. P. Morton. Dispatch from General Reynolds. Cheat Mountain Pass, Sept. 4, 1861. My requisition for clothing made on the Qu Ktei master at Beverly. Whether it ever got any further I cannot say; but I will seethe clothing you send properly distributed, and that re ceipts are sent. Thanks for your remembrance of us. J. J. Reynolds, Brig. General. DiKpaU-h from Gov. Morton to Capt. Dickerson. Indianapolis, Sept. 5, 1861. Capt. Dickerson, Quartermaster Cincinnati. Ohio: General Reynolds made a requisition on the Quartermaster at Beverly for uni forms. Did he make a requisition on you? If so, when will they be furnished? The men arc suffering from cold on the mountains. O. P. Moukon. Dispatch from I Jeu. Col. I). II. Vinton, N. T. The 4.000 irreat coat were sent on the 22d of August tor the Indiana regiments. D. H. Vinton. Lent. Col.. D. Q. M. Dispatch from Gov. Morton to Ueut.Col. D. H. Vinton. I Nii w ir 'Lis, Sept. 6. 1861. To whom were the 4,000 greit coats for our troops sent? Answer immediately. O P. Morton. Dispatch from Lt.CoI. D. H. Vinton to Gov. Morton. New York, Sept. 7, 1861. The 4,000 great coats were sent to Captain Craig, at Bellair, Ohio. D. H. Vinton. Lt. Col., A. Q. M. G. Dispatch to Capt. Craig. C. A I). M., Bellair, O. Indianapolis. Sept. 7, 1861. Quartermaster Vinton telegraphs methat 4,000 great coats were seut you for the Indiana troops in Western Virginia. Did you ever receive them? O. P. Morton. Auswer tothp above. Bellair, Sept. 9, 1861. I have received 4,00(1 greit coits, but with them no adv i es as to what troops they are for The Regimental Quartermasters of our Indiana troops caii m ike a requisition upon me, approved by General Rosecrans, ami I will deliver imme diatelv. W. Craig, Capt , Q. M. Dep't, U. S. A. It will be seen by reference to a subsequent dispatch that he issued these great coats to other regiments without advising Gov. Morton, and in violation of the above promise Dvpatch from Gov. Morton to Gen. Keynold, Cheat Mountain. Indianapolis, Sept. 9, 1861. Capt. Craig, Quartermaster at Bellaire, has the 4,000 over-coats. He will issue them to you upon a requisition approved I)V Rosecrans. Will you do so? Send a man after them so as to be ure. O. P. Morton. Dispatch from Gov. Morten to Capt. Craig, Bellair, Ü.J Indianapolis, Sept. !), 1861. I have notified Gen Reynolds. Keep the coats for him, and oblige, 0. P. Morto.v. Dipalch from General Reynolds tu Governor Morton, I Cheat Mountain, Sept. 9, 1861. Requisitions lor clothing have been made in due form twice. The first time more than a month ago, and in accordance with orders from Department. Ilojte it is coming. Have done all I can and am willing to do any thing yet to get it. Overcoats not yet arrived. J.J. Reynolds, Brig. Gen. Dispatch from Governor Morton to General Meiga Quartermaster General. Washington. Indianapolis, Sept. 10. 1861. General Reynolds made a requisition for sup plies for Indiana troops in Western Virginia more than a month ago, and nothing heard from it; 4. (Ms) overcoats sent for same troops, stopped and held subject to order of General Rosecrans. The clothing Major Montgomery purchased for same troops is held by Capt. Dickerson in Cincinnati, j Is theie no help for this slate of things? The troops are suffering. O. P. Morton. General Meigs called the attention of Captain Dickerson to tins detention, to which he replied as follows: ItSspateh from Captain ISckeroo to Quartermaster GenCixrisxATi, 0 , Sept. 14, 1861. To Quartermaster General, Washington, D. C: Sia: The report that clothing bought by Major Montgomery for Indiana tr ops was "detained and is now held by me," is false. Some three weeks or more since, Capt. Chandler, at Gen. Rosecrans's headquarters, sent me a requisition tor 20,000 infantry pants, 1,000 caval ry pants, 20,000 flannel shirts, 20.000 pairs of drawers, 20,000 pairs of shoes, 15,000 pairs of stockings, 10,000 over-coats, 5,000 caps and covers, 10,000 haversacks, ami many other supplies in less quantities. Four or five clays after I

had filled the chief part of the order, Major Montgomery wivte me that he had just purchased from a bouse in this city 8.40V shirts, st,400 pairs of drawer, and other supplies iu equal quantities' and asked me tu have them inspected and sent to the Indiana troops iu Western Virginia. I replied to Major Montgomery that I hod just

filled a large order, all that was asked for by Gen. Roeecians'a Chief Quartermaster in the field, and that I supposed his requisition embraced all the wants of Gen. Roeecrans's command, and that the clothing he bad purchased had not been token by me, but was subject to his orders. He has since ordered it sent to Indianapolis. So far from being detained or held by me. it has never been in my hands. Respectfully your obedient servant, J. H. DlCKHSOX, Captain and Quartermaster. I Dispatch from Gov. Morton to Capt Leib, Quartermaster alClarkbarg, Va. Indianapolis, September 11, 1861. Hare any overcoats reached you vet? O. P. MoBTOX. Dispatch from Capt Leib to Gov. Morton. J CLaaKsacaa, Va.. Sept. 12, 1861. The overcoats arrived here yesterday, and will be sent to Webster this morning, and shipped at once from that place. I have advised Gen. Reynolds of their arrival. Chas. Leib, Captain and Quartermaster. This telegram refers to the one thousand sent from Cincinnati, September 2 Dispatch from AdJ't General Whea to Got. Morton Whkklimj, Sept. 15, 1861. The great coats for the Indiana regiments went forward from Clarksburg on Thursday, the 12th inst. Jas. S. Wheat, Adjutant General V. M. The same lot referred to by Captain Leib, above. Dispatch from Gov. Morton to Gen. Rosecrans. I.mu an.ipm.is, Sept. 17, 1661. I am in constant receipt of news from Reynolds' brigade, and our troops are nearly naked. All I can do will uot get them clothes. Will you do me the favor to have Capt. Chandler send 1 them some? If I attempt to send them from here, Capt. Dickerson will inform me that he is attending to that. Orders must come through you. Please oblige me iu this. O. P. Moeton. Dispatch from Gen. Reynolds to Gov. Morton. Elkwatlr, Sept. 19, 1661. Only 1,200 overcoats have arrived. J. J. Reynolds, Brig. Gen. Dispatch from Capt Stewart (cavalry company to Gov. Morton. Cm s, Sept. 1!. Hfil. T have seen Cant. Chandler. He tells me vou j had better attend to the uniforms for my com panv, as the Government is verv slow about these things. My men are actually suffering for want of warm clothing. H ive them shipped for Charlestown. R R. Stewart, Captain. Bispatrh from Governor Morton to Quartermaster General Meigs, Washington City. Indianapolis. Sept, 20. 1861. Of the 4,000 overcoats sent to Western Virginia I for the Indiana troops they got 1 ,200. Reqtiisitions made six weeks ago have not been filled, i although Captain Dickerson says the articles have I .HI been sent to Rosecrans's Quarterm ister. The 1 last dfaiga wns that requisitions must be signed ! by Captain Chandler, who is with Rosecrans, far ! u"i v :inm Dnt-ti.il.ld iiiwl w ltA.ro tli. 11 nTil itw nro Captain Stewart's cavalry are almost naked, and have sent home for supplies. My opinion is that in the Quartei master's Department in Western Virginia there is gre.it incapacity or fraud and the abuses are becoming insufferable. I pray you give it vour attention. O. P. Morto.v Dispatch from Quartermaster General Meigs to Governor Morton Washington. Sept. 20. 1861. Capt. Dickerson sent etothing and equipments to thirty-seven regiments since the l)th ot August; 16,000 suits to Gen. Rosecrans some time since; 0,000 more to him on the 10th of September; 15.000 blankets go to (Jen Rosecrans from Cin- , cinuati at once. I order 10,00) blankets from New York to Captain Dickerson to rill up his store again Will do the best I can for your I troops. Governor Pierpont, of Virginia, is in MtMevifM f a large quantity of clothing, sent to . Wheeling for Gen. Rosecrans. (' ll on him for Indiana troops in Virginia. M. C. Meigs. There were not twenty regiments in Western Virginia at that time. What became of the clothing? It is reported to have got in some out ot the way place on the Kanawha, aud been buried under a freshet. Diwatch from W. Craig, A. Q.M. M arietta, O., Sept. 25. 1861. The 4 000 overcoats to which you refer have been issued like all other clothing coming into my possession without special instructions. There was not ing in the invoices on the boxes, or in the letter of advice, to show that these overcoats weie for any particular troops. 1 ,200 have been issued to Indiana troops at Cheat Mountain Pass, and the rest to other parties equally destitute. W. Craig, Capt., A. Q. M. Dispatch from Gen. Rosecrans: J Cross Lank, Va., Sept. 25, 18bl. Your dispatch is received. 10,000 uniforms have gone down to Gen. Reynolds; none have i en hed this moving column. I feel even more ili-e uiraged than Gen. Reynolds that the necessity of pursuing the enemy prevents attention to clothing the troops. The difficulty appears now in a fair way of being remedied. I have caused i inquiries to be made as to those overcoats. I think they Will yet be found on their way from the railroad to Huttonsville. W. S. Rosecrans, Brigadier General, U. S. A. The 10,000 uniforms never reached Geueral Hevnolds. Dispatch from Quartermaster General Meigs to Governor Morion. Washington, Sept. 28, 1861. Telegram received Cantain .1. H Dickerson' j report on his alleged detention of clothing for the inuiana troops was sent to tne tjuarterm.isier General of Indiana September 24th. Captain Dickerson has lately sent 15,000 blankets to Clarksburg and Grafton, mading 25,000 lately scut to Western Virginia, which the Quartermaster should proierl distribute. M . C. Meigs, Q. M.G. Dispatch from Governor Morton to Hon. D. C. Br.iuli.-tin, Washington. Indianapolis, Oct. 6, 1961. General Stone has just returned from Virginia. Only two regiments have overcoats. General j Kcliey, at Grafton, will receive 3,000 to day from Cincinnati. Will not General Meigs order him to i issue 2,000 of them tj the 13th and 17th regii menus? They are suffering dreadfully. The clothing sent to Rosecrans is packed in a warehouse on the Kan iwhu, while our men are suffer ing, nnd the rise of the river inundated mid ruin i ed them. Our men also want uniforms and shoes. The roads will soon be impassable. Urge Meigs - to take steps to relieve them immediately. O. P. Moutoj. Dispatch from Quartermaster General Meigs to Mr. Branham. Washington, City, October 7, 1801. 1 order shoe to Grafton from Philadelphia today. Overcoats go into the field. Some neglect in Western Virginia in distributing the large sup plies sent into that State. M C. Minus, Quartermaster General. Dtspatch to Brig. Gen Kcliey, Grafton, Va. Capt. Dickinson, of Cincinnati, informs me that he has sent within a few days, 3.000 great coats, 5,000 blankets, and other supplies. Will you please do me the favor to issue 2,000 of the great coats to the 13th an 1 17th Indiana regi- ; ments under Gen. Reynolds, also 4,000 blankets. ! Thev are perfectlv destitute. I will take this as a personal favor. Their destitution has been a matter of great mortification to me. O P. Morton, Governor ot Indiana. Answer to the above. Gov. 0. P. Morton : Your telegram is received. Your request shall receive my personal attention. B. F. Kkllky, Brigadier General. Dispatch from Gen. Reynolds to Gov. Morton. Chit vt Mot staix Pass. Oct. 7, 1861. Clothing is coming forward. Iu a few days we will have a supply for the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 17th, except shoes, socks, ami caps, the last not so important. Shoes and socks are much needed. These regiments have suffered greatly, but not a man among them has any fault to find with the Governor of his State. They are all informed of the exertions made in their behalf, and appro ciate it. and when opportunity offers will rhow it. J. J. Reynold. Brig. Gen.

Besides the diaaatrhes we hare copied, there many others relating to the same matter, and in addition to all thee efforts by eorrespondeuce the Governor sent messengers no less taanour timet to follow up the clothing, or find it if lost The

combined efforts of the Governor's messengers and Genends have succeeded iu getting some of j the clothing in the proper hands at last, and in finding that a large share of it is ruined some where up the Kanawha. Mr. Commissary Stone's report show that although these unremitting efforts bad been made for weeks to get clothing to our men, on the last week of September he found them "in the most destitute condition as to clothing." They were iu rags, hats and shoes worthless, and only one, the 15th, supplied with great coats. This ia the sum of all that the united efforts of State and Federal authority could effect with the impenetrable stupidity of Western Virginia commissariat management in the way. Gen. Reynolds's last dispatch shows that something had at last began to leak in through this barrier, and we have some tope that by the time the mountains are a few feet deep in snow our men will have a reasonably comtortable supply of clothing. Just how it hippens that the goods bought by a merchant can go from Cincinnati to Weitster in four days, while those sent by the Government can't get through in less than four weeks, and frequently not at all, id one of mysteries of war management that we hope Governor Morton's charges will let a little light into. A Better Hepunliraniaiu lute What the I'olitical Elements are lCeolv tnTThe Boston Daily Adoeriirr is the leading Republican journal of New England. It is mat ter of congratulation that it is teaching a better Republicanism than has hitherto prevailed in that section. Iu a recent issue, it says: ' We hold it for an incontestible truth that neither men nor monev will be forthcoming for this war, if once the people are impressed with the belici that the abolition of slavery nnd uothe defence of the Union is its object, or that its original purpose is converted into a cloak lor some new design of seizing this opportunity for the destruction of the social system of he South. The people are heart and soul with .heir Government iu support of any constitutionil undertaking; we do not believe that they will follow it if they are made to suspect that they ire being decoyed into the support of any unconstitutional and revolutionary designs." The Boston Journal is another Republican pa ;er of standing. It says: "The objects of the war have been repeatedly avowed in the most deliberate manner) bv Congress, by the President, by members of the Cabinet, and by the comma ml ing Generals in tue field. In the language of the resolutions of Congress, passed with but two dissenting votes, 'The war is not waged for conquest or subjuga i ion, or for interfering with the rights or estab listed institutions of the Stile, but to maintain i i i i e . i r ano ueie iu me supremacy oi nie v n-u mm i . with thci' rights and equality under it unimpair ed.' In the comprehensive language of Secre j tary Cha-e, the object of the war is "the security of liberty, the supremacy of the law, the defence of the Union, and the maintenance of popular iiiMitutivtis.' The President lias solemnly ex pressed his desire 'to preserve the Government that it nay be administered for nil as i. was ad ministered bv the men who made it. Loyal citi j zens have a riuht to claim this of their Govern ment.and the Government has no right to with hold or neglect it,' " We wish comments the Boston Post ihe Journal would go a step further, and say that whoever went beyond what it declares to be the poHcj of the Republicans, and advocated emancipation as the purpose of the war, was an enemy to the country, and that the Republican party would not only refuse to support him for any office, but would repudiate him as a party associate. To this point all true Union men must come all who faithfully support the war policy of the Administration. This is no time for double dealing and equivocation; the political elements are rapidly resolving parties into but two divisions the friends of the Constitution and its enemies those who arc laboring to restore the Government to its old position under the present Constitution, and those who desire to form a new Government under a new Constitution. Let the line be here distinctly drawn, and upon it await the judgment of the loyal States. 1 The question being plain, leaves no room for misapprehension; every honest man should be willing to meet it squarely and promptly. We have had enough of pulpit, caucus, and partisan dema goguism of uij-stical resolutions and doubletongued professions; let us now know who is lor and who against our present form of government, with its Constitution and the laws under it and who for revolution. The sooner this test is made the better; if it lead to civil commotion in our own Commonwealth, i. may be a bloody contest certainly it will be a decisive one; but the recompense will be iu the re lease it will secure from the pestilential agitators who for years have denounced the Constitution, defied the execution of the laws, and striven to propagate anarchy. The community has suffered the sacrifice of its dearest interests in the unreasonable, wicked, diabolical strife originated, propagated, and sustained to gratify an ambition as unholy as that which inspired the father of all evil in his opposition to the Wisdom which created all things good. f rom the London Times Correspondent. Tbe Civil M'ur in America. Washington, September 10. AH that can be seer or heard leads to the belief that the Confederates are preparing for some great effort, and that they have retired portions of their forces before Washington, either as a device to blind their antagonist while making it, or to co-operate with the rest of the a -my by a serious demonstration above and below the city. If the Confederates h ive moved, they mean to do some mi-chief. They can scarcely retire and hope to make a better leap by doing so. Inactivity on both sides, coupled with prodigious expenditure, are the best if not the only chances of com pro mise and peace. Success on either ide revives the hoies of complete ultimate triumph of the one, and stimulates the animosity and the display of the resources of the other. There is one thing Co be taken into consideration as an clement of pence. During the winter the armies must ao into quarters. Kenso far south ns Virginia, the weather is frequently very severe, snow lies many feet deep on the gmund for weeks at a time. The Potomac is occasionally frozen over completely. I he roads, alwavs indifferent, become rivers of mud and slush, through which it would be nearly impossible to move men or guns and baggage. Wheo the armies are iu winter qunriers, will the politicians work lor peace or war? Or will the leaders of divisions be permitted to carry on opetious in the ice and snow, remembering the great success of Washington nftcr the trajet, which is so often representel in bad engravings all over North America? It is obviously the interc -t of Beauregard to strike a great blow before winter sets in, and thus strengthen the bisefor negotia tions; but Gen. McClellan, I am satisfied, will not move a man if he can help it until the very end of this month or the beginning of October. About that time there will be kind inquiries about the second fifty millions of the loan, and no doubt increased vigor on the part of those who are opposed to the war. But if General McClellan obtains any very considerable victory, ami is able at the first stroke to break through the shell with which the Confederates have covered their soft parts in the interior of the States, some mea sure short of secession and independence may s.iti-ly tbem; and when they are menaced with destruction, they may put up with an offer to live on fair terms with their conquerors. It is to be seen whether the latter will then offer them what they might have easily obtained at an earlier stage of hostility. I have heen in our Warsaw a few days ago, on my way back from our American Poland, and if I am to judge of the state of the South where the North does its work from the condition of things in Baltimore and Maryland, there is a most melancholy future before the United Suites. Of the ultimate pever of the North ern nnd Western States to subjugate the seceded States in the South, if they put forth their strength and means by sea and land, I have no doubt whatever. The South must die of atrophy after a time, if every channel of life is shut to it. By the end of this month, the United States wW

hare a large fleet oa the coasts and on the rfrers, and I have reason to think that mi expedition will be organized also to attack the Texan sates sioaisu from the West, far as that is away. A n ival officer said to me the other dav it seems as if the moment an American sees an English man lie thinks the latter is going to say some

thing about cotton "You need not be afraid of any want of cotton i.i England. By October we will have a few good ports down South, and plenty of cotton for all the world. " Fernand '.ni may possibly go soon; there is an eye on Pensa cola also, and New Orlapaa is by no means safe. The condition to which the blockade has reduced many classes in the South is bad enough; it will become still worse. Tea, coffee, and clothing are nearly exhausted, or have, as the A inercan phrase has it, "given out," because there is none to give out at all. Lead, sulphur and salt are very scarce. Shoes, flannel, quinine, beef and butter, cloth, tin and leather are in the same category. If the blockade be enforced the aistress and want of alltbings, save natural produce, will be intense. Aud what is the end to be? There is a notion in some men's minds that there will be a compromise that a strong Democratic reaction and a great peace party will arise which will oust the present Administration, and carry some measures on which the North and South will find a base to rest propositions for mutual agreement. To my limited vision the idea seems quite illusory. The South, if not beaten, will be content with no terms short of "independence" or "domination." The North is now irritated; pride and passion are aroused, and the peace party is losing instead of gaining ground, owing to the action of the Government nnd to the violence of the population, which have resulted iu something very like terrorism. The freedom of the press has ceased to exist in its full acceptation. It is guaranteed by the Constitution, but that document which with the empire it created is uot as old as thousands of living men, is absolute as the constitutions of Clarendon. The grand jury of Westchester county have presented a batch of five newspapers as tending to give aid and comfort to the enemy. Mobs have, however, anticipated grand jury presentments. The New York papers, which are losing circulation and money, are delighted at this wholesome rigor, and "cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war" at their unfortunate brethren, at the same time doing Fouquier Tinville to perfection, and pointing out others who ought to he suppr.ssed iu the name of "public satety." Ominous aud terrible words! From the London Times. September 23. An Argument for Separation. It is very remarkable that in America only two alternatives seem to have been contemplated as possible the absolute conquest of the South, and its reduction by force within the bounds of the Union; or a compromise founded on mutual concession which should bring back the South once more into the Federation. While these have been the only two views that have found much favor among the public men of the North, the opinion of ninety nine out of every hundred intelligent men keptagland has been distinctly against them bth. Here we have no faith in any compromise, no wish to see two-thirds of the Confederacy trampling the other third in the dust. The almost unanimous opinion of England is that the only possible termination of the conflict which would have the least chance of healing the wounds of civil discord would be a separation on fair and reasonable terms. We cannot help thinking that after the extrem ity to which matters have gone, any attempt at compromise could at best merely create a hollow truce, to be broken as soon as either party felt themselves strong enough 'to break' it, and sure to be followed, at no long time by a war carried on with more violence and inveteracy, a greater effusion of blood, and a more ruinous waste of treasure even than we now see. We believe further that an absolute conquest of the South by the North, which could only le effected after a long series of bloody battles, and after the dispersion or extirmination of those vast forces which the South has accumulated for her de fence, would place the Confederacy in greater difficulties than ever. A king reconquering his subjects may immediately enter anew upon the exercise of that royal prerogative ig.iinst which they have rebelled ; but iu America tiie question is not of a victorious king, but of the majority of a Confederacy conquering the minority, and forcing them back nirainst their will into the league frm which they have seceded. -.What is to be o ne with these rebel States ? The President stands on the Constitution, and by that Constitution thev have a voice in the Councils of Federation, and alte the power of governing themselves in those things which do not belong to Congress. Will the Constitution be respected? And if so, how Ii c,,vernment to he carried on with a fourth or third of the members of both houses, not only opposed to the Administration, but to that form of government of which it is the organ ? The Anthenian democracy, in the case of a victory over a revolted confederate, would have simplified matters by turning out the aristocratic party and placing the whole power in the hands of a demccracy. But America stands on her Constitution. She does nothing except by previous statute; she is therefore bound to accept the first alternative, and to take to her bosom the very men who have deluged her peaceful provinces with blood, and would be ready on '.he first opportunity to recommence the war of secession. It is here that we see the real cause of the American difficulty. The first offense undoubt edly came from the South, but that could not have caused the civil war without the leading men of the North, who suffered themselves to be led away by the ignis fatttus of restoring a Confederacy that could only exist by the good will of all its members, lt would have been much battar could the Southern States, which has been so long content to enjoy all the benefits of the Constitution, have submitted to it when the decision ot the people was unfavorable. They would not do this, and DO a-e undoubtedly the original cause of the war; but that war would never have taken place if the North, instead of insisting on forcing the Union upon some twelve or th rteen States no longer united with them in feeling, had recog uized the truth that Governments exist solely for the good of their citizens, and that it was better to break up the Confederacy into two parts t!aa to create a nominal unity bv constructing a sham ConfederntioL out of the conquerors and the con quered. ea A Light in the Fast. Strange as it may appear, we are beginning to look to the Eastward for signs of the end of the war. Nor without reason. If that intimation which has been given by the Republican Convention of Massachusetts be followed out by the Republicans of New England, New York and the Waat, and be accepted with frankness by the De mocracy, and the South learns, as it will, that radical abolitionism has been driveii iuto its projier and separate existeuce, we shall have more hopes for the restoration of jieace and friendship than a si eel victory on the Potomac would give us. We allude of course to the fact that Senator Sumner's speech in the Convention fell still-born, and that a lesolution looking to emancipation of slaves was laid out on the table and buried without honors or tears. Whenever politicians of the North are willing to cut off abolitionism from politics and firmly dissever the principle of emancipation from all management in the political economy of the United Stites, we believe that a strong conservative response will be heard from the South, nnd that a party will be organized, and that of overwhelming force, which will drive radical pro slaveryistn and sectionalism and State Rightism into outer darkness. Then we may hope for a gloriou.; reunion. If this could be accomplished, we do not believe that we should hear the words compromise or concession hereafter. It would be of no use to ask for any such arrangements, because a hearty good feeling would be established that would satisfy all men of all Slates. The grand object in the way of the Union now is Abolitionism on one side and enmity to Abolitionism on the other. These are the an tagonistic extremes. They are abstractions, but abtractions introduced into politics, control men, make mischief, and lead to wars. Has not the moment arrived for a general agreement on this subject at the North? We heart ly rejoice that the Boston Daily Advertise, the Boston Journal, the Springfield Republican, aud other papers whose names might be mentioned have come up to the question with sincerity and frankness. It is not necessary that any papers or individuals should lay down their private opinions on the slavery question. We can differ. If we do differ, ou the right or wrong of slavery as a question of morals, but as a question of politics we can all agree and do agree that uudei the Constitution of the United Suites, Massachusetts has nothing to do wiühalaves in South Carolina. If the time ever cdflles when the institution in the Territories, our common property, arises, we can either agree or find arbitrators among our own citizens, to whom we will trust that. And if we at the North can agree on this subject and then present to the South a united front, holding in one hand the overwhelming evidence that the North is not abolitionist, nnd in the other hand the sword of the law and the Government, we may look for a revolution among the revolted States that will do our work of "restoration most gloriously. Massachusetts should tike the lead in the work

of coaeolidatlng Worthern sentiment, and the Massachusetts Republican Convention, by passive or negativa action, has already done well. Massachusetts newspapers are doing better. The Boston Dailr Advertiser sees forcibly: "It may

j not appear so to Mr. Sumner and his supporters, and it may be forgotten by some who oppose him, l but we hold it for an incontestable truth, that j neither men nor money will be forthcoming tor I this war, if once the people are impressed with the belief that the abolition of slavery and not I the defence of the Union is iu object." Let Democrats aud Republicans everywhere meet this demonstration fairly and cordially. Let men of all party creeds unite in the work of ser ; ering nbolitiouism from politics, and in driving i the radical emancipationist politicians into their small separate existence, where North and South can count them, as they used to, on their fingers. Let all men support President Lincoln in his firm stand on this vital questiou, and we shall oon see the Southern masses casting off tlieir let. xs. , : " rraucin nnu m jh-o.iv oi the North their ancient friends and constitution al defenders. This is a great opportunity, a critcal period, and one that should be seized by all patriotic Union loving men. We believe that tma iimi 's oiraamg m me r.asi iii.iy oe made to brighten to wim uav oi re oicniiT inrougnoui tne lana, it it meets with that cor dial greeting which such an indication ought to command. N. Y. Jour, of Commerce. To tne Patriotic Women of Indiana. When the Presideut issued his first call to the loyal States for help, the Government was un provided with most, if not all, the articles necessary to the comfort and health of soldiers in the camp and the field. The women of Indiana weie appealed to, and thev supplied the deficiency in ' our State with a generous alacrity that entitles them to the gratitude of the nation. The ap- : proach of winter makes it necessary to appeal to them again. Our volunteers, already suffering j from exposure, against which they are very inadequately protected, will soon lie compelled to ; eudure ths utmost severity of winter and ruultiplied dangers ot disease. The Government is doing all that can ' v done for them, but when all is done they must still lack many of the comforts which men in ordinary pursuits enjoy, and which soldiers need above all others. Many articles of clothing that, to men with houses over their heads and warm fires always near, are hardly more than a luxury, to men with no protection but a tent, no bed but the ground, and whose duty must be performed under the unabated rigor of winter, are absolute necessaries. They may save many lives that will surely be lost, without them. These the patriotic women of Iudiana.it it is hoped, will supply. An additional blanket to every man in our army will preserve hundreds to the country nnd to their families. Two or three pairs of good strong socks will be invaluable to men who must often march all day in the snow, and without them must lie down with cold and benumbed feet on the frozen ground. Good woolen gloves or initie is will protect their hands in marching, and iu handling their arms, and, while adding greatly to their comfort, will materially increase their efficiency. Woolen drawers and shirts, too. are a neces ity to men exposed to such vicissitudes of weather as soldiers. All these articles the Indiana volunteers ought to have now, and must before winter sets in, if we would protect tbem from exposure and disease that may be averted by this timely preparation. Some of these articles the Government doe? not furnish, and oth ers not in sufficient quantities to supply the waste produced by the exposures of a soldier's lile. Blankets can not be purchased. The stock is completely exhausted, and the Government is so liciting contributions from citizens. Will not the women of Indiana do their share in providing for the men of Indiana in the battle field? An hour of each day, for a week, given to the manufacture of the articles named will provide an ample store. Are they not ready to give that, and more if needed? I urge upon them the duty of promptly beginning the work. Let them at once forward, at the State's expense to the State Qu irtermaster, such blankets as they can spare. They will be immediately and carefully sent to such regiments as the donors prefer, if they have any preference. Let them singly or by associations, set about the manufacture of wjolen shirts, drawers, socks, and gloves. The sewing societies of our churches have here a field for exertion wider and grander than they will ever find again. Will they not give their associations for a time to this beneficent object? The i numerous Female Benevolent S cieties. bv giv ing tlieir energies and organizations to this work, can speedily provide the necessary sunply. Let women through the country, who have no oppor tunity to join such associations, emulate eac h other in their labors, and see who shall do most for their country and their defenders in this hour of trial. The articles should be sent to the Quartermaster, with a card, stating the name and residen .e of the donor, and their destination, if she has a ly choice. The name will be recorded and prcserr ed with the numlierand kind of articles sent T .e women aloue can meet this emergency, a. id to them our volunteers, as well as the Governmen, look for sympathy aud aid. O. P. Morton, Governor of lud:..., . Mrs Lincoln and the Orleans Prince. For some two weeks past there has been a steady flow of discussion in diplomatic circles of the striking event lately recorded of to scoins ol a royal house ot t ranee entering our armv. ! lioth inside and outside the diplomatic corns it ' has been pronounced inexpedient, if not also in decorus, in our Government to adopt among their military proteges the two French princes in qucs j tion, because these princes represent the Orleans ! dynasty, which is said to be the most popular in ! France sifter the house of Bonaparte, and is, ! therefore, regarded, if not with hostility, certain- ! ly with keen and restless jealousy, by the reign I ing Emperor. There is no doubt entertained here by those who are competent to form a judgment that Naj poleou III. will be surprised and displeased at j thisact of our Government, "t cannot be ton ' sidered wise, iu any point of view, to incur, much less court, the displeasure of such a monarch Napoleon, more especially at a crisis iike that the North has to contend with. The greatest curi ) osity is prevailing to learn who are the members ot the administration that lent themselves to this iniKlitic measure. It is already known that the Prince de Join ville was at the bottom of the in trigue, but it has yet to be ascertained how he managed to carry out his personal policy, which is inimical to the last degree to the llonanarte family, by getting his royal nephews into the federal army. It was generally supposed for a time that the President had been won over to such a doubtful step bv the ingenious persuasions of the 1 rince de Joiuville: but a fact has leaked I out lately that throws this rumor into discredit. I It appears that an effort was made ten days ago j to induce the President and Mrs Lincoln to give i a banquet to the Orleans princes, iu the style of that which was lately got up iu honor of rnnce Napoleon. The President, with that native shrewdness which characterizes him, hesitated. A reigning Emperor, and that Emperor Napoleon III., he considered it more politic to please, or at least not to offend, than any number of kings in fntaro of the Orleans house. Before deciding, the President, actuated by the same sagacity, thought it best to refer this delicate and diplomatic question to a higher tribunal than his own judgment in such a matter. The lady of the Wime House was not only cousulted, but tbe final decision of the question of a banquet to the Orleans princes was put in her hands. Whether the President regards it as her special province to select the guests for his hospitable table, or wbet'ier he has so often profit ted by the rare perspicacity and vigilant tact of his singularly intelligent spouse, we have, of course, no means of knowing, but certain it is, in his perplexity bow to act in this ticklish matter he asked the co operation of his clearheaded wife. On a very brief investigation of the pros and cons she decided that it was iu every way uncalled for injudi cious to invite the exiled French princes to her table. We cannot say if this fact is as yet generally known; but we suspect the active and observant French Minister is fully aware of it, and has probably made it known ere this at the watchful Court of the Tuilleries. Coupled with this

another fart is fast beginning to attract attention and remark. In spite of the admirable caution of Mr. Lincoln, it turnaaut that taa wily Secretary of State has bean caaaht in taa trap of the Prmce de JoinvUle. and that he aaa induced to get up a costly dinner to tbe fallen princes of the Orleans family. This was certainly a grave mistake of the heed of the State Department He ought to comprehend the responsibility of his high poi tioa, and to know that area a civility of his to such personages as those we are speakiag of cannot but have great weight, and perhaps in porta' J and unlooked for results He has tboucht fit to overrule, as it were, the prudent example set by the President and Ns lady, to give a showy entertainment to the Orleans prince. Will not taa French Emperor regard this as a naieness from the State Department to himself if not an unne cessary display- of hostility? It ia another ansa

lion and an important one, bow far Napoleon will esteem the Government responsible for such a aumiesuun or svmpathv with Ins arch enemies ! the sou and grandsons ol Loais Philippe But j to return to the commissions giren to the Couut ,le Paris and the Duke de Chart in the Pednrad I army, which is certain to create the keenest an noyance to tne huiperoi . w e inquire once more n pot; i.w v im ü a . 1, . , . .. tU person, or what was the influence, that enabled the Prince de Joiuville to gratify his fierce personal hatred to Louis Napoleon, and at the same time afford his aspiring nephews a chance to attract a little attention on both sides of the Atlan tic? Your correspondent propose to follow up this interesting investigation, and will forward st the earliest moment the piquant information. The diplomatic world are entirely engrossed by this topic. -Ver York Herald's Washington Dispatches. Wh Dougla Wan Called Ike "Little Idani.' When Stephen A. Ihmglas first landed at Naples. Scott county, Illinois, he was not quite '21 years old, and had a head that seemed too large tor his body, and only a couple of shirts tied op in a red cotton handkerchief, and less than fifty cents in his pocket. After recruiting his finances by clerking it a! the auction sale, lie taught school iu Winchester for a few months ; but not paying expenses he dejwrteil, leaving a "due bill" with the landlord for his board, anil pledging his honot to return and redeem it. During his residence in Winchester he heard Lambom, the great whig orator, denounce Jackson, who was then President, in a speech in tlie court house and was so stirred up by its illogical conclusions, that he resolved, live or die. to confront Lambom when ever he again spoke in public. Lambom having given out an appointment to speak in Jackson ville during the following week. Douglas set out to meet him the day before the appointed time, traveling 12 miles of the distance on foot. It was iu vain that a few of Douglas friends attempted to dissuade him. saying he was too young and inexperienced to confront the greatest orator in Illinois, as Lambom was the"h considered both by Whigs and Democrats Rut Douglas nothing dannted. said that Lamborn had been "lying on General Jackson." and he was resolved to defend the old hero; as he had "the documents" and could do it At the appointed hour the Court house was crowded to its utmost capacity. The Governor, and nearly all the wealthy and influential men of the county were pre-ent. and Mr. Lanliorn delivered his charges against Jackson in the most approved style, and whig documents and newspipers were triumphantly produced to prove that the old patriot was the enemy of his country. Everybody seemed convinced and thelueeting was about to disperse. J'jst then Douglas, who sat on the left hand of the speaker, among the crowd, stood upon the bench on which he had been bitting, and said he was there for the purxse of answering Lambom and defending General Jackson. A restless disposition to be gone, and not very respectful glances from the people followed, this statement, but the young Douglas proceeded; ami having made an assertion, backed it up with "the documents" in a style peculiarly his own. From point to point he went over the great speech of his predecessor, dis approving, arguing and exterminating as he went aiong, to the wrath of the Whig leaders ami the growing admiration of the people, who were ig norant of his name, and who, as he went on, would say one to the other, "Hark!" "Hark ye!" "He uken to the little fellow!" and as the bursts of eloquence and logic followed faster and faster the exclamations were, "The Little Giant!" "Ueirken to the Little Giant!" and at the close a great shout of "Hurrah for the Little Giant!" went up. and the people carried him in triumph around the room and court house yard. At this meeting Douglas first asserted his powers, ami acquired a mastery over the oopular heart and a soubriquet that never left him. The chiefs of Whiggery were dumb-founder and the Democracy were crazy with joy for the unlooked for victory. 'Our Blockade. The Cincinnati Gazette, the leadine Republi can organ of the West, has been employed in censuring the President for his modification of Frkmont's proclamation, and in defending the i Mlicy and acts of the latter officer, and for the apparent inactivity of the army of the Potomac. In its issue of yesterday, it enters upon a new theme, and discusses in the same style "our blockade." It pronounces the idea "an imbe I ci'e mode ol warfare." We ask our Republican friends heaeabouts if they think the "free speech" of the Gatette is treasonable, and whether they i would tolerate Democratic papers in making att tacks like the following upon the Administration, ' which we copy from that priut: The blockade of the Southern ports loe not amount to that hermetieal sealing up which was ! talked of when that and the passive defense of ; the North was regarded as the wisest strategy for .. ibduing the rebellion. Trade seem to be quite j it live between Southern and foreign ports; and ' it is liVely that it will continue to be. N-w Or- , 'ems is, from its situation, supixsed to lesutcepI tible of an effectual blockade; bt.t the manner in ' which the commander of the BrookKn allowed j the Sumter to escape, jirevents the genei d pub lie from entertaining any expectations from his services, although they seem to be satisf ictory to the Govetumeiit. The Briti.-h steamer Bermuda, loug heralded, with a cargo of munitions of war. steamed qu e! ' ly into the port of Savannah. It is said the blockading vessels were deluded away at the proper time by cannonading on the coast. .Advices from the West India Islands men ! tion the arrival of vessels at the various ports ! from the Sjuth. The profit of a successful irip j is so great as to encourage the taking of the risk, and the risk does not seem to be very great. British vessels arc taking an active part in the i trade. One way they have is to clear for West ; India ports for Baltimore, run along the coast, and it ihey find an opportunity, run into any of the Southern ports. When overhauled at sei everything seems fair and legitimate. It is only when caught in the net of entering a port that they can be seized; and this is difficult because they will not make the attempt unless an oppor tunity offers. This dodge is hard to be stopped. Numerous others will be tried, and will be successful enough to encourage the multiplication of trials. Any idea id' bringing the rebels to terms by cutting off tlieir supplies, might ns well be given ap. The whole history of blockades ought to show any Genera, i'latthey are a very poor foundation for a strate-ji' policy. The idea was a part of au imbecile mode of warfare; and all military policy that depended on it and waited for it, must necessarily- have been imbecile. This war has got l prosecuted, if ever prosecuted, by fight ing, by conquering the rebels iu the field aud in their entrench ments. It will never be brought to a close by our blockade, nor by the starvation or nakedness of the rebels. The sooner we admit that fact, the sooner we shall begin the war. Coloxkl Mi ttioAN. Tiii- officer has been joined by his wife ami child, and tbe three have been carried southwardly by Price's army. If General Fremont can not induce Price to give him battle, he might at least oner airungeinenis for an exchange of Colonel Mulligan, rnd the other officers captured at Lexington, the latter ft whom are on parole If the latter were exchanged they could soon raise a regiment, as i. is they are as useless to the G jvemraent as if they were in the enemy's hands. Chicago Post. "Caise asp Ci-ri. oi thi. Rebellion. " We are indebted to the Rev. James B. Simmons, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Indianapolis, for a sermon preached by him at Masonic Hall, September 23d, l6l Mr. Simmons evidently desires a notice by sending us his abolition trash "with his best wishes." The game is not worth the candle Such men as he were the "cau-e" of the rebellion aud the "cure" is to wipe them out, which is fast being done. ty On the week ending Saturday, October 12th, 1861, there were twenty five prisoners in the Marion county jail, Sheriff Wallace info ns.