Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1861 — Page 2

WEEKLY SENTINEL

I. DM DAY ...0( TOBF.B 23 Democratic In Ion Mute Convention. AtflllmeüngrfAnocrM4cS!atOntrlG..u--tt wu nnsarta i'- resolved, in pvtuoca of the I aiicti of tin party, that the larraocracy of i be requested to appoint delegate to a State Cen to be held on Thursday, tin EIGHTH DAT OF J A NU ART, IStJ. to uke into consideration the condition of The country and adopt loch acttou in regard to tbe nomination of candidates !br State ofVr, to be elided in Oca basis ot representation in the Convention, that sty should be entitM to toe delegate for every two hundred and flftv vote cast againat Mr. Lwo.ux at tbe Pretideiitiai election of I860, and one additional delegate for every fraction of one hundred and twenty-five votes and over. Tbe Committee cordially Invite all Citizen of Indiana to participate in the election of delegates to tbe Convention, and to take part iaJU proceedings, who are opposed to the political policy of the present Administration all who are in favor of the ra-esUblt-hmeiit of tbe Union as it ni and the supremacy of tbe Constitution as made by the fathers of tbe Republic. By order of the Committee. V B. I'ALMKK. Chairman. Indianapolis, October 1861. The following is tbe apportionment of delegates to which each county is entitled : cowan u. Lawrence . Madi-on Marion Marshall Martin Miami Monroe. Mouttrouiery . Morgan Newton Noble Ohio. Orange Owen Parke Ferry Pike Porter Posey Pulaski Putnam kandolph Rush Scott Shelby Spencer Stark St. JoM-pb.... Steuben Sul banSwitzerland. . T:ppvcanoeTipton Union VaiMlrrburgh . V-nmlliou . Virf Wabash Warren Warrick Washington . Wayne .... Wells Whiie Whitley MIMATU. 6 8 15 6 4 7 6 9 6 1 5 3 6 6 4 4 7 3 6 7 7 3 Ä o - Ö i 6 . 3 8 ..... 6 ?o 3 3 8 3 10 s 7 8 8 4 3 4 4 13 8 1 7 3 3 6 8 10 6 6 6 10 7 6 6 6 8 4 9 6 4 t 7 5 6 5 8 6 6 5 4 6 8 1 4 7 a 7 7 6 3 I 8 Allt-n Bartholomew Benton Boone Blackford- . Brown Carroll Caaa Clark Clay Citiiion Craw ord. Davie Dearborn Decatur Dekalb Delaware Dubois Elkhart Fayette Floyd Fountain Fultou Franklin Gibson Grant Greene Hamilton i Harrison Hancock H lid ricks H-nry Howard HuntingtonJckm Jasper J .t iter nn. Jennings Johnson Knov K rm-!; .... Lagrange Uke Laporte Total 540 The Democratic State Convention. The New Albany ledger repeals its slander in reference to the call of the Democratic State Central Committee lor a Convention of the Democracv on the ei' hth of January next We 07 C quote its word so that we may do it etf injustice: That call WM gotten up, not at the instance of the Democracy, but of a clique who desire to commit it to a course of policy which will result in its disgrace and defeat, a foretaste of which we have just had in such counties as Vigo, Marion, Huntington, and Marshall. Tlie Indianapolis Journal, the Terre Haute Express, and all the intense Republican papers of the State unite with the Ledger in opposing the holding of a Democratic State Convention in pursuance of the usages of the partv. The Ledger cannot fail to see that it is just now in somewhat bad company. In this instance the old saying is true, that we must go from home SO set the news. The Ledger charges that the call lor a convention was gotten up by a clique. Tlii.- accusation is as mean as it is untrue, and it is a villificati.m of party and personal friends, which we regret to see the editor of that print resort to without justification or necessity. Three montlis ago there were urgent requests upon the Committee from all parts of the State for a State Convention of the Democracy to express its sentiments in reference to the crisis upon the country. In response, the Committee proposed that the meeting should be postponed until the usual time for holding the conventions of the party. And the Convention was called, not at the suggestion of "a clique" but "at the instance of the Democracy" in all parts of the State. The Ledger should make good its charge as to the manner the "call was gotten up," or withdraw it. In reference to the election in this county our co temporary is also unfortunate. An öfter was made to the Republicans to withdraw the party nominations on both ides and run a Union ticket for the purpose of avoiding a mere party contest. This proposition they declined. The result of the election was that the Republican majority was cut down about three hundred and fifty votes. Did this action of the Democracy of Marion result in "a disgrace and defeat?" Would the Ledger have ;id vised the Democracy to ground arms alter their overtures for compromise had been spurned? The Ledger is "in favor of a Convention," we are happy to notice, and objects only to the time. We think it the most convenient that can be se lected. Midwinter is a period of more general leisure than any other season of the year, and consequently there can be a more general re; re sentation of all classes of the people at a Con v en tion held at that time. Traveling is just as cheap then as in J-ly. If, as the Ledger intimates, the people will be loo poor to attend a Convention in January, is it probable, if the war continues, they will be any better off in midsummer? The economy argument of the ledger against the call of the Convention in Januarv. it seems to us, is rather weak. Our cotemporary, also, object to holding the Convention, because some twenty five thousand Democrats are absent from ihe Suite huhting the battles of their country Is it probable that there will be less titan tlint number in July in fact, is it not more probable there will be double that number absent at that time? If Democrats it the army desire to attend the Convention, can thev not do so more conveniently in midwinter, when tiie larger part of the army will be in winter quarters, than in the season of active operations? At the recent elections m Ohio and Pennsylvania, the Democracy maintained their party organizations. In both States, the Democratic vote was large't y increased, and in Ohio, the "backbone counties" which last year gave Republican majorities, this year returned to their tormer party allegiance. In neither Suite do we see that any harm has been done thereby, but on the other hand an increased determination to put down the great rebellion. If the Democratic party, as such, is to make its influence ieit in restoring the Union, under the Constitution, we know of no way it can exert its power more effectually than by expressing the views entertained by 'he masses of the party in an authoritative form. In January, after tli9 assembling of Congress ;tn the policy of the Administration is developed, they can express themselves as intelligently as tbey can at any subsequent period. If it is the purpose to impress the country with their opinions as to the settlement of the controversy, it certainly can be done with a thousand fold more effect by giving that impression whiie the war is in progress than after it has ceased. We think the Democracy should maintain their organization, and we know of no belter way to do it than to follow the nsages of the party, and hold the State Convention upon a day, which heretofore ha been followed with success. HoosiKa CaaniT. A few days ago agents from the Slate authorities of Ohio and Indiana were in the Cincinnati market to buy army regulation cloth and blankets both scarce articles. The Indiana man got the goods, and the Ohioan had to go home without. Preference was given to Indiana tecsuse her bills are always promptly net when due. while those of Ohio ax sometimes paid and sometimes not.

-1 .1.1. - J6w ir I Removal of Fremont. We copy elsewhere from the Cinetanati Omx entlieannoumenttha.tGen Fbkmom has been jgbmoved. and that Gen, Botes, a gallant ai.d

I capable officer, will assume the con m and of the

army of the West. The official announcement 1 the 6th of January Congress will have been in ol tho change will take place early next week, session several weeks; the policy of the Adminis immediately after the arrival of the Secretary of tration will hare bean developed, and tbe condi Wnr in Washington This is a movement in the tion, resources and strength of both the Federal right direction. We are satisfied tlut the gen- Government and the Confederates will be proxit lernen who visited Missouri for the purpose of ! mately demonstrated. Under this State of facts personally inspecting the charges agatnst Fax , u it DOt peculiarly appropriate, upon the astump mo-it became satined that he was not the man tion that in theory at least tkitu yet a Government for the place, and that his removal was de j of the people, th.it they should issemble. discuss manded as a military necessity. Tbc question was j and give expression to their views upon public

whether the army of the West should be sacri ficed or General Fbexont, and the former was regarded as of infinitely more importance to the country than the latter. Tliere were evidences presented that could not be resisted that the "Pathfinder was incompetent to take charge of the important command entrusted to him, and j with a decision which does credit to Secretary j Cameron he resolved upon a prompt change. ; The ultra Republicans may howl for awhile over the decapitation of their idol, but the country will be satisfied that It was demanded by the public interests, and Fkemont will soon subside into merited obscurity. No man in the country has had a less deserved prominence, and his administration of the military department of the West, a wide field for the display of ability, will prove to be but his military and political grave. Seward's Circular. The document addressed to Governor Morgan, of New York, calls attention to the importance of putting the ports and harbors upon the seas and lakes in a condition of complete defense. Similar circulars were addressed to the Governors of all the States on the seaboard and lakes. The circular jt prompted nr ihe imminent danger of foreign interference in behalf of the rebel States, and which has been increased, the Secretary of State evidently thinks, by the recent de pirture of two agents from the South. Mes-r-. Slsdlll and Mason, to energetically urge this intervention upon the leading European Powers. The New York Tribune remarks upon the fears of Mr. StWABn, that "this idea of trouble from abroad seems but another exhibition of ihe flurry and panic which occasionally take hold of people when iotm continued excitement and tension of the nerves ha-e made them extraordinarily sensitive," and thinks the matter should lie left entirely with Congress. On the other baud the Herald warmly approves the suggestions of the Secretarv and "hopes our Governors will take this mattet in hand immediately, that our coast will be put in a position of defense, and that our militia will be properly trained in the use of heavy sea coast artillery." We are not yet advised as to the recommendations of ihe Secretary of Stale to the Governors of the border States, but resume he advises them to take metsure likewise to put their southern borders in a condition ot complete deleuse against both foreign and domestic foes. We append the circular as a part of the history of the times: DtraaPMKXT or Stat., Wartdrtfrton, Oct. 14, 1861. I To Hiß KecelUncy, the tioreruor of the Jtutr of JiVic I i:.-a-Sia: The present insurrection had not even re j

vealed iLself in ajtns. when disloyal citizens has- until next spring, and it will require all the enertened to foreign countries to awake their inter- , of tne 0ovenimenl to 8Uppi? our troop8 there veution tor the overthrow of the toverumeiit c' and the destruction of the Federal Union. These ! wi,h clothing, camp equipage and provisions to agent- are knowu to have made their appeals to j keep them from freezing and starving before the some of the more important States without sue wjnter expires. A diearv winter is before our ce.s. It is not likely, however, tliwt thev will re- I. . . . lv. . , , L i , , ;, ; trooi in t ie mountains ol V lrcinia, at the best, main content with such refusals Indeed, it is 1 . understood that they nre industriously endeavor The directions of the Secretary of War in reing to accomplish their disloyal purposes by de gard to nlfairs in Missouri, which appear in the grees and by indirection. Taking advantage of i tee coi.umns thLs morning, is evidence that tbe embarrassments ot annculture and nianufac- . ... . , . ture and commerce in foreign countries, resulting ! the Administration has no confidence m tbe

from the insurrection tiiey luve in augiirate-l it 1 IIU1IIC, IIICJ ' r HI .. .'Mil JUI ' ' ' 1 1 I l l i ' l l ', i i ' ll l l . in coutiot er.-ies with Stales, with which every public interest and everv interest of mankind re quire that it shall remain in relations of peace.

amity and friendship. I am able to state, for j Government, and he would maintain his selfyour satisfaction, that the isrospect for any such respect by resigning. But we predict that the

msiuroance is now less serious man ii n as oeen at any previous period during the course of tne insurrection. It is, nevertheless, necessary now, i as it has hitherto been, to take everv precaution that is possible to avoid the evils of foreign war, to be superinduced upon those of civil cotumotiou, which we are endeavoring to cure. One of the mot obvious of such precautions is that our ports and harbors on the seas aud lakes should tie put iu a jmsition j( complete defense, for anv nation mav be said to voluntary incur i danger in tempestuous seasons when it fails to I show that it has sheltered itself on every side Irom wlncn tue storm might possibly come. The measures which the Executive can adopt in this emergency are such only as Congress has sanctioned, and for which : has provided. The Prandessv is putting forth the most dilli

gent efforts to execute these measures, and we the roapnitude Gf the rebellion has not been aphiveih grett satisfaction of seeing that these I ... . w.e i l .t efforts seconded bv the favor, -id and sunr-orr ! predated, and even to-day we are doubtful wheth-

of a loval, patriotic and self sacrificing people are rapidly bringing the military and naval forces of ! the United States into the highest state of effij ciency. But Congress was chiefly absorbed duI ring its recent extra session with thee me sures I and did not piovide :-s amply as could be wished I for the fortification of the sen and lake coasts. In 1 previous wars the loyal States have applied them ' -elves by independent and separate activity to the ! support and ail of the Federal Government in i its arduous responsibilities. The same dispoj sition has been manifestol in a degree emi i nently honorable by all ihe loyal States during I tl e nre.-eiit insurrection. In view of this fact j and relying upon the increase and continuance of j the sanr di-position on the part of the loval I States, the President has directed me to invite ; your consideration to the subject of the improve ment an i perfection nf the defenses of the State, . over w ich you preside, and to a-k you to submit the sub ect to tbe consideration of the Legilature. i when it -hall h ive assemhiol. Such proceedings by the Si ile would require only a temporary use of its mm, The ex;eiiditure3 ought to be made ihe sutiject of conference with the Federil I Government. Being thus made with the concur rence of the Government for general defense, there is every reason to believe that Cougre.-s wnuld sanction what the Slate should do, and . would provide for its reimbursement. Should these suggestions be accepted, the Pre-ident will direct the proper agents ot the Federal GovcrnI ment to confer with you, and to siiperinte id. di- . rect and conduct the prosecution of the system of tieiense ol your sute. I have the honor to be, sir. Your obedient er'vt, Wm. H. Sevaid. Democratic Stale Convention. The New Albany Led-irr takes occasion to oppose the cult for the Democratic State Convention and at the same time to make an unneces sary display of its patriotism. The editor of the I Ledger being constitutionally a fault-finder we can with great patience put up with this periodi ! cal display of his grumbling. For his informa- ' tion we will state that the call for the convention , was duiy considered and determined upon at a meeting of tbe committee, regularly and publicly i convened. Not only this, but mmbers of the . party from various sections of the State were counseled as to the expediency of holding the j convention and the time it should be convened. The general, we may say tbe unanimous expression w in favor of the action of the committee, i Tbe call is in pursuance of the usages of tbe party : and its only object is to maintain its organization, j No policy is recommended by the committee, not j even the nomination of candidates, and we have j not heird of any attempt, nor do we believe any i effort will be made to give any particular direction to the expression of the convention. That will be left to the judgment of the Democrats prea- , cut and to the condition ol the country at the time. The Ledger has ever proclainod that the pre-ervation of the Union, under the Consti , tution, depended in a great measure, if not alto gether, upon the maintenance of Democratic principles. Is it not pre eminently proper, then, that in the great criais of the country the party which maintains theo) principles should express itself as to the true policy of the GoverumentT The Republican party baa rjosestion of both

am a. ' w Vjw w- h -w ÜM State and National Governments, and tho only means mat the Democracy have to give tuthoritatiee exrression to their sentiments, and thus to im pre the public mind, n througha reg-

ularl v constitssted convmtion of the party. By affairs? Another objection of the Ledoer to holding the Convention is on the score of economy that the Democrats are too poor to attend a Conven tion to maintain their principles and party organization. We apprehend that in th s regard our cotemporary will fiud itself mistaken. There are Democrats enough left in Indiana, true to their principles and party, who will make whatever sacrifices that may be necessary to preserve the Government upon the principles it was founded, and the maintenance of which they consider necessary to Its perpetuity. We assure the editor of the Ledger that we have the highest respect for his patriotism, sagacity, and rare ability as a journalist, but the gentlemen who advisel the call of the Convention in accordance with tbe usages of the party, are just as loyal to the Government, perhaps as equally capable of judging as m the true iuterests of the party, and have at heart an equal regard for all that concerns the country and devotion to its welfare. They are all men, too, who will make the support of their party subservient to their support of the Govern tnont, but they believe at the same time that the latter can be best sustained by maintaining the principles of the former. Uaichman, What of the Mgln! We have a magnificent army on the Poumac, well drilled, well equipped and well appointed. What is it doing? The only information that we can get is, lh.it it is watching Washington to prevent its capture by the reels. We occasionally hear of a splendid review, in which the Piesident and Cabinet participate. This is rather a costly pigeant for the gratification of a few civil and military officers. There can not be less than two hundred thousand troops in the neighborhood of Washington, and we are not as near Richmond under Gen. MoClf.llan as we were under Gen. McDowkll. On the 20th of July it was conti ilently predicted the Federal army would be in possession of Richmond, but four months have passed by since this prediction, and our forces are yet in sight of the capital, and so is the rebel army. Is General McCl illaj t prove another failure? As matters are now progressing, can we deny but the rebels, under all the disadvantages they labor, are maintaining their independence? Unless a decisive blow is soon struck by the grand army of the Potomac, and if our troops are compelled to go into winter quarters without putting the foe to disadvantage, can not the rebel government justly claim their recognition by foreign powers? The campaign in Virginia is virtually ended ability, judgment or skill of Fremont. An ofhver sensitive of his reputation, would regard suon terleience by the Secretary of War as an intimation that his mticef are no longer needed by the Pathfinder will hold on to his position until the Government is compelled by a regard for the Dtiblic interest to remove him. Fbemont will turn out another failure, and the Administration we suppose will continue experimenting with military civilians until the right man is developed. The rebels have more men in Kentucky than we have Thus far they have maintained their position, and they seem prepared to meet us at every point. The tide may change, but months of disappointments do not give much encouragement for a more hopeful future. There seems to be a lack of administrative ability in the Gov ernment from head to foot. From the beginning cr those in authority have any just idea of the resources or the plans of the Confederates. Shall this state of things continue? Cannot vigor and energy be infused into the Government? How much longer must the contest on our side be stigmatised as the '"contractor's war?" An immense debt is rapidly rolling upon us as au embargo upon the industry of the country in the future What is the remedy for these evils? We know of none other but to confide the Gov- : eminent to the pirty which has ever successfully prosecuted the wars of the country to an honora ble peace and the advancements of its interests. What ist in the Wind! The Ohio Statesman says we are gradually arriving at the gist of what the radical anti-slavery (late Republican) press means by a war for the Union, the Constitution and the enforcement of the laws. It is a war for the extermination of slavery. The daily issues of the New York Tri tune, the most influential and the most widelvcirculaled of tbe class of papers alluded to, contains abundant evideuce of what we nssert. W C take a few sentences lrom the Tribune of Thursday laFt, as specimens of what daily appears in the columns of that journal: "We may yet have one or two more Presidential and Congressional declarations that slavery is to be upheld while the Union is restored . yet it is just as plain as preaching that, if tlie rebellion is persisted in, either slavery or the Union must go ! down. Tbe latter clause indicates what is to be, or lather is already the motto of the antislavery UninnUt, who w ere calling out so lustily .. few days ago in Ohio for a union of all parties in one party for "a vigorous and continued prosecution of tho war for the Union." Again, the Tribune graciously says: "We do not of course indicate any time pastor future, when the fact that slavery is the deadly foe of the Union, should have been or should be recognized and acted on by the Government." This, the Trihnr.e, having learned a little caution from the effect of its "Onward to Richmond" cry, thinks might "savor of dictation." But as, "for everything there is a time and a season," Gbeelet says "it is now time to set fotth the vital truth, for the country must have accep-ed and realized it, before the Government can safely act upon it." What is that "vital truth," which it is now time to set forth, it order that the country may accept and realize it, so that the Government can safely act upou it? It is ibis that slavery must be exterminated or the Union can not be saved. Tbe Tribune is by no means alone in promulgating tins doctrine. It is to be met with in al most every issue of every newspaper of Republi can antecedents, in sermons aud in literary periodicals. The mos: strenuous efforts are making to imbue the whole Northern mind with it. The design is gradually developing itself to make this war what the Secessionists in the beginning charged it to be, and by which they were enabled to gain such control over the minds of the South-

em eeople r.andy, an Abolition war. Such a j war will doebtlne consolidate tbeSouth. and the '

dissolution of tbe Union or tbe final separation ol the Northern and Southern States, in order to avoid the deoopebuion and ruin of both sections, will become onh a question of time. From tbe Cincinnati Gazette Tae Hensoval of Gesa. Fr emont Ordered by tare President Postponement at Gen Fremont's Keqnet Time Fixed. Wheu the Secretary of War went to St. Louis, he carried at order ot the President to Gen. Fre mont, removing him from the command of tbe Western Department, and instructing him to transfer it u Gen. Hunter. The deliverv of this order was Itft to t.ne discretion of the Secretarv of War. Lis visit to the Western Department tuiiniKcu ii in mat a t ii:intr 111 iiic luiuui.liiu was imperaively required, and he presented the order to Get. Fremont, who asked for a delay of a few days ii the execution ot the order, which was granted but his removal has been decided upon to takt place next week, and will probably be made on Tuesday. The Secetary of War also ordered modifications to be made in General Fremont's operations at St. Louir, in respect to the fortifications, contracts and nilitary appoiutmeuts, which have been already reputed, but which the St. Louis papers deny. Whatever the public may think of thejustico i( tKid fom.vil Ii wi'l u A. . llut tli rAl'itiftfia la I V. I.I'.- i in Mit "Iii -V a - tween the administration and General Fremont made a chance in this command absolutely necessary to tie public service. A General without the conndetce and support of the Administra tion could rever have succeeded. Under such a condition .othing but dwaster could have been j expected mthe Wesrern Deprtment. l he rresidem is the Commander in Chief, and must have the entire ontrol of his subordinates. The peo- j pie mut triebt his knowledge of the affairs of the . e-tern Utrmrlmeut and hts discretion. It is fortunate tht the command will be left in the hands of so Hille an officer as Gen. Hunter; and it is to be Imped tlwit he will have the support of the Government in prosecuting the undertakings of the Western Department with the vigor which was originally intended. The Order to Gen. fremont. The following is a copy of the very important order issued by the Secretary of War before he lelt bt. Lous, and alter he had visited General Fremont at Vipton: "St. Lot is, Mo., Oct. 14. 1861. "Gr.Ni.KAL. The Secretary of War liiceeta me to communicate the following as his instructions lor your government: "In view of the heavy sums due, especially in the Quartermaster's Department in this city, amounting to some $4.500,IMK), it is important that the m ney which may now be in the hands of the ilisbarsing officers, or be received bv them, be applied tr the current expenses of your army in Mi ouri, a-id these debts to remain unpaid until they can In properly examined mid sent to Wash iiigton for t-ettlement ; the disbursing officers of the armv u disburse the funds, and not transfer them to irespunsible agents in other words, those who Jo not hold commissions from the President, tnd nre not under bonds. All con V, . . , . . , . , rinf liswvcirr 1 1 I iat in,u n t r I. a inn u Li V K a u ih:x7."wii ß m iiiuoc yj tv; iii i .i u nivj disbursing officers. The senior Quartermaster here has been verbally instructed by the Secretary as above. "It is de?med unnecessary to erect field-works i around this city, and you will direct their disconi tiuuance; a so those, if anv, in course of :-n struction at Jefferson City. In this connection, it is seen tiat a number of commissions have been given by you. No payments will be made to such officers, except to tliose whose appointments hav been approved by the President. This, of course, does not apply to ihe officers with volunteer troops. Col. Andre has been ; verbally so ustrticted by the Secretary; also, not to make tm islers ol tunds, except tot the purpose of paying tke troops. "The erection of barracks near your quarters in this city to be at once discontinued. "Tbe Secretary has been informed that the troops of Geu. Line's command are committing ilearedstiotii on our friends in Western Missouri. Your attention is directed to this, in the expectation that you will apply the corrective. "M g Alien desiic- the -m ites of Capt. Turnley lor a short time, and the Secretary hopes you may rind it proper lo accede thereto. "I have the honor to be, very respectfully, "Your ohedienl servant, "Li. Thomas. Adjutant General," Southern A correspondent of the laouisvilta Journal furnishes that paper with the following information from a gentleman who has just returned from a trip through the Southern States: He informs me that the peitle f the Southern States are making extensive preparations to mean and repel invasion from the Atlantic and the Gulf coasts. There are now in the State of Georgia alone no less than 30.000 men iu the service, but the State was unable to arm more than half that number. An extensive foundry for the manufacture of cannon has been established at Atlanta, and large numbers of heavy field pieces and some siege guns have already been turned out. Georgia had sent 5,000 troops to Virginia, but when her coast was seriously threatened she recalled them, offering to substitute 5,000 raw recruits. The origi pal 5,000 were not returned to her, however. The Gulf States have cannon in abundance, but are sadly in need of muskets and small arms. The Bermuda, which ran the blockade, had arrived at Savannah, brought over but 6,500 stand of arms, und not the almost fabulous number accredited to her. Great preparation is making in North Carolina to resist the contemplated Federal invasion. It is their design to impress the Government at Washington with the idea that the Federal troops can make an easy conquest of North Carolina; to inveigle them a considerable distance inland, and, at the proper time, to pounce upon and annihilate them. In other words, they Hatter them selves that they have all the preparation made necessury to entrap the Federals. The Federal troops have made rapid progress in tbe work of fortifying Ship Island, aud are now j able to hold it against anv force the rebels can bring against it. My informant does not entertain a hope that the Federal navy can Ofierate successfully against New Orleans. He says the rebel preparations for the defence of the place are on a grand scale, and so formidable as to render the city secure against any assault from hiiy naval force the Government can at preseut command. Greai improvements have been made recently in the means of defense along the Mississippi river. The batteries of small field pieces at first ; erected have been exchanged for heavy siei:e gnus, and many points have been fortitied within a few weeks, which were until then assailable and unprotected. They have sent out from Memphis ; alone a tleet of ten gunboats, which are operating between that point and Columbu-, Kentucky. 'PL . . -1 '- -- . L 1 i ue greater poriiou or tue cotiou mat nas been pick od has been retained on the plantations, having been placed in pens, the planters not possessing the facilities for bailing it, aud the brokers iu most cases refusing to receive it when shipped to them. In this connection I find the following paragraph in the Nashville L nion and American of the 10th inst.: "It has been stated to us on good authority tint some of the planters of North Mississippi and West Tennessee are sending tlieir cotton to Memphis; and from vnriou- other points in the Confederate States we hear similar statements. This is wrong, greatly wrong. Let our planters keep their cotton at home; let our cotton factois ! reluse to receive it. Accumulation for this arti cle at airy given point will only invite an attack from the enemy. We have no doubt that a des perate attempt will be made by the enemy for the

purnose ol obtaining a supply of cotton and the j opening of oue of our Southern porta for its j The Indianapolis Volksblatt, the leading transportation. Let every planter keep his cot- j German paper of Indiana, speaking of those ton on his own nlautation, and rather than it i . . j. , ,u , , i ---i u ii - iL l j f -L - who brought on the present national calamities, should fall into the hands ot the enemv, let him , . ... ... . . , . set fire to it. who will not shoulder a musket and fight Alluding to the plan of operations on the ' the matter out, stigmatizes them as "scribes,

rtashville railroad, my informant, who spent a day at Buckner's headquarters, in the vicinity of Bowling Green, says the rebel army will make no formidable stand north of (.re n river. Ruckri er would make a show of resistance to General McCook's approach, while he would really invite the advance of his main army beyond that stream. The bridge over Green river has been carefully and thoroughly mined, and is ready for the application of the match oi destruction. A Sicwhoxibt in Towx. Day before yesterday, a most diabolical outrage was perpetrated in this city. At a prominent business house on Pearl stieet, where the American flag, in prominent colors, was suspended from the wall, a person, supposed to be a Secessionist, entered, and with a seeming fell purpose tore it down, aud, as far as we know, trampled it in the dust. In such times as these, such an overt act should not be unregarded, and we warn tbe public to guard against similar outrages.

fHlltmry I team. Th J" H Lmier. the ChaplsJn of

the Thirty seventh Indiana, Col. Haxard, has or g mixed a " Regimental Church," -composed of tboae that have belonged to any church at borne, feeling free to unite, together with manv others who have not been church members. lie proposes to take, in connection with '.be names, the nime of tbe church to which tbe men severally belonged; also the m me and post office address of some friend of each member, so that, if thev live to the end of the war, he may report to tlieir pastors at home tlieir religious -itauding at the end of tbe campaign; or, if tbey die suddenly, that he may report to their nearest friends any hems of interest he mav ascertain relative to tneir jralhs. The plan meets much favor arnonc te men. The Brookvilie Democrat asks : What ha become of the Indiana Legion thU was so rapidly organized here some weeks ago? Did the proclamation of Gov. Morton, calling upon them to hold themselves in readiness for any emergency, have the effect to dampen their military ardor, or was it dereliction of duty on the part of the officers in command? Can any one answer? The Petersburg ( Pike county) Reporter savs: We 1 c wu that there .ire live different compARit forming in this countv at the present time. If , - " f'en ,emen ""o,,"' m.ng .em NMNa nlling lhem- t iM make a regiment that this countv tiiis lurnisneu ior rue wax. i . . . , We learn that the Rev. J. L. Smith, the celebrated Brigadier in the church militant, has deerml , for t rn' T tlM ' Til iffl . . . powerful reasons, raising his regiment of "moral and religious men for the war," until spring or until the resuvr action. The Kevereud Smith seems to have a sore on his venerable head which he wauts Gov. Morton, whose medical consultations are always private, to plaster. Nearly one thousand men have gone to the war from Carroll couny. The farmers b'giii to feel the want of help. This will do for old Carroll; but still the enlistment goes on. We find the following promotions of Indij anjaU8 gaxetied in a Cincinnati paper of batur,i , i Promoted Indiana, 1st Lieutenant, H. Van dttrrift. llhli regiment- 1st I.intiii:iiir Tlindra Hubuit, liith regiment; 1st Lieutenant, James L. Kilgore, 19th regiment; Captain J. II. Johnson, lUth regiment; 1st Lieutenant, James E Sargent) 19th regiment; 2d Lieutenant, W. E. Stinebach, 13th regiment. Martial law has been proclaimed in Hender son, Kentucky, and a pass is now required from the Provost Marshal to leave the city. Banister CoruiHou, of New Albany, has been appointed Major in Col. Dunham's regiment. Secretary Cameron has promi.-ed to have j transferred the four Indiana regiments at Cheat Mountain Pass to Kentucky. T1, , , . I ne pontoon bridge across the Ohio river at I Puducah, Kentucky, is again completed. The New Albany Ledger says: Tiie Mtb regiment, Colonel Dunham, at Seymour, is filling up slowly. There are about loiir hundred men in camp and about six huhdred recruited, some of them now being in the country drumming up recruits. The officers of the regiment express themselves as entirely confident of getting the regiment filled up by next Saturdayweek. The men are destitute of blanket and warm clothing at the camp. The Quartermaster is unable to provide them, as the Government can not get them at any price. The people of Franklin county, as we learn from the Brookvilie Dtmocrat, are anxious to raise a regiment for the war, but the Governor refuses his permission. How is this? Men certainly are needed to protect our flag, our honor and our national glory. Colonel Norris. U. S. A., is now the officer who mu'ters Indiana volunteers into service, nqp Ceneral Wood, now on duty in Kentucky. We regret to learn that Dr. Geo. A. Torbett, Assistant Surgeon of the 28th Indiana, Colonel Wheatly. is lying dangerously ill. The latest reports from Dr. Torbett speak of the probabilities of his recovery, although lie still lies criti. cally. The Drum Major at Camp Morton is Major Huntley, who served in the Seminole war in j r,'ol'ida- 'rne Major is the only scientific and musical beater of the tattoo and reveille on the snare drum in the whole country. This veteran, who is. like most patriots now a days, poor in purse, is to have a complimentary benefit at the Metropolitan shortly. Mr. Charles W. Hilt, the chief musician at Camp Morion, informs us of this. Mr. Hilt was the Fife Major of the gallant 11th Indiana, Colonel Lew Wallace, during their three months' campaign. The Vinceimes Sun has the following: A letter from ßerlin says that our Government has made further offers to Prussian officers to engage in the service, but "owing to the ill-rreat-nient which other Germans have experienced in America, few officers are inclined to accent the offer." We are at a loss to know in what this ill treatment consists. It is the general impression, so far as we know, that they have beer treated fully equal to, if not above their merits. In most C UW they are mere adventurers, of whose an tece dents little is known, except that they claimed to be political refugees; of course to this rule there are many honorable exceptions. We have surely had enough of this promotion of Prussian, Italian, and other foreigners men who in many cases are ignorant of the geographical position of our country and of our language over men who have grown gray in the service of their country. Let us hear no more of these offers to "distinguished foreigners" to accept brigadier and major generalships in the rra.v until our own officers, eoually as competent and more worthy are provided for. It is an insult to our military character, and a great outrage upon the rights of our : nan Kims J. W. Kightley and Charles Green, of Johnson county, are organizing a company for the war. It will arrive in the city and be mustered into service at Camp Morton. Our Indiana troops are distinguishing themselves in Missouri. We find the following in the St. Louis Democrat of the 19th: Pilot Kxob. Oct. 17. 10 r. 1861. Major G.ivitt, of the First Indiana Cavalry, made an attack on the enemy this morning, when, discovering the strength and position of the rebels, he fell back until he came upon Coi. Alex i ander with 61H) infantry of the Twenty -first Illi nois, and one piece of artillery. The enemy followed fighting all the way. Major Da tritt then got his guns in position, and concealing his infantry in ambush, caused part of his command to re'reat still further, drawing the enemy into the ambuscade prepared for them. The enemy suffered severely, and fell back with heavy losses. Major Scofield's battery, reported to have gone forward yesterday, has been delayed and goes to day Lieutenant Colonel O'Neai.of the 26th Indi ana, Colonel Wheat! ey, has re'.urued home on a Ku6ilies!, furiOUrh pharisees and contractors." This is a heavy observation, and looks especially awful printed in German. Some conscience stricken individuals will stare at the black letters through their spec tacles and try to let on that tbey don't know what it all means. The following inscription on a bill of goods received yesterday at the office of Adams Express, in this city, illustrates the patriotism of our best citizens most nobly: "Blankets, &c.., for tbe neediest Indiana volun teer iu Western Virginia. From S. Scroggt and others more coming. We understand that an effort is being made by some of the employees at the State Arsenal to induce Captain Sturm to resign his commission as commander of the artillery company and again return to the arsenal. We predict, however, the Captain will hardly sacrifice bis present chances of w inning laurels for himself and his company,

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tarilv. 6. H. Cbapm m, Esq., has been appointed Major of the 45 1 1 regiment, 3d cavalry. Capt. A. H Abbott has been promoted to the Majorship of the 6 h regiment. We learn that strangulated hernia is a disease with which volunteers are now affected in the camps about the city. The proper application j are made by tht Surgeons and the patients generally recover. I Up to the present time Massachusetts has : sent into actual service twenty two full regiments ' i of infantry, four full batteries of artillery, also ' eleven companies of infantry not organized as a

regiment (a part ot tbem serving hi tbe New pyoouea uieui Lionel ot tne zu Indiana 40th regiment, and a part at Fortress Monroe j in place of John A. Hendricks promoted, and vicin.ty) and on battalion ,of rifles. Besides J.me M. Smith. Eoq., fomeriv aeperbithes -, about fifteen hundred Massachusetts cm- . ....... ' zeu. have enlisted in regiments of other States, tendeot tb lnd,B LeöUi lUilroad, haa nine hundred of whom went early iu the war to uen trongly recommended by several of tbe join tire Irish brigade of New York. gentlemen engaged in getting up the Railroad for ninths' regiment for the appointmont of Cohmel. Mr. one regiment or infantrr 1,0 men, and one . a . . . . " battery ot artillery. 145 men. There are uow iu . öm,th "ro " gentleman of great en-

thc held, from that little State, two regiments of inf ii.iry.c66 men each total. 1,732; one regi Ar r. Qf kti a i I artillery of 150 men each total 750. In preparetion there are three batteries of artillery 150 men each, two battalions of cavalry and one battalion ailfti7: . L . 0 i Oflicial returns show that Connecticut has sent into the fiekl three regiments of infantry of 790 men each for three months, four regiments of infant ry.of 1,046 men each for three years, oue squadron of cavalry of 160 men for three years. a?. - . r .' S he has in camn tour regiments of infantrr nt. ing for arms, which will march in a few days, and there are now being organized in that State two additional regiments of infantry, one battalion of infantry, four companies of cavalry and a batterv ot artiüerv. New Hamoshire'lias already filled its quota of eight regiments of infantry, besides some artillery and cavalry corps. We subjoin a list of prisoners from Indiana, captured at Hatterts, and who hsve arrived at Norfolk on board of the steamer Fanny: Lieut. Isaac W. Hart, regimental quartermaster WMk Indiana. Serg. F. M. Bartlett, Comp. I, Porter county. Capt. C. W. Keefer, Comp. K. Monticello. Washington 1 'robis, Comp. D, Fountain county. Nathan Brady, cook. Comp. D. Baltimore. Lucius L Bennert. Comp H. Howard county. Joseph Maddox. Comp. F, Pulaski county. Christian Shrach. Comp. H. Indianapolis. James Clayton, Comp. H, Marshall couuty. John Berringer, Comp. I, Cedar Lake John Drury, 13 year? old, Comp. 1, Wabash. Leonard H. Rieley, Comp. E, Liporte county. List of prisoners captured from the Federal forces at Chicamacouiac. North Caroliua, t u the 4th and 5th of October, l-t'.l : Sergeant Mi-jor Coraly, 20th regiment Indiana , rnlimtasn Fourth Sergeant, C. W. Demotee, Company I, Valparaiso. Second Sergeant, H. B. Johnson, Company t Third Sergeant, Fred. Engte. Company I, Fountain county. r irsv oergeam. üi . iu. naimaiu, v,umni u, Fountain county Fourth Corporal, W. H. Dangerfield, Co. H, Peru. PRIVATES. Charles E. Jones. Co. E. Laporte county. Jacob Shoof, Co. H, Wabash coenty. Charles M. Gross. Co. G, Lafayette county. George M. Parker, Co. E, Michigan City. Henry A. Unwrah, Co. C. John" H. Hoffman, cook, Co. D, Fountain county. Lawrence Ruff, Co. C, Lafayette. Henry Pearsall, Co. I, Wanatah. Francis M. Grover, Co. D, Fountain county. Wm Sticktey, Co C, Marshall couuty. Eli Schneiden, Co. E. Warsaw. PRIVATES. John Helson, Co. C, Marshall county. J. W. Sparks, Co. I, Indianapolis. Robert Inclis, Co. C, Marshall county. f F B. Persons, Co H, Hamilton county. Elias Oxford, Co. H, Vermillion couuty. G. W. Clark, Co. C, Marshall county. Hiram Hvde, Co. I.Valparaiso county. Van Hinds. Co. K. White county. Abel O'olenis, Co. C, Marshall county. Jas. A. Meek, Co. H. Wabash county. Michael Caspar, Co. K. Jasper county. Noah Kelly. Co. F, White county. J. A. Cainingone, Co. F, Laigansport. Napoleon Baum, Co. I.Valparaiso. W. P. Wendel, Co. H, Manchester. H. C Wilkerson, Co. F, Logansport. J. B Smith. Co. H. Van Buren. J. C Kerns, Co. H. Loganspoi t. H. Watson, Sutler's clerk, Wabash county. Col. Samuel P. Oyler, late Major of tbe 7th Regiment. Col. Dumont. has been authorized to raise the Morton Rifles ÖMI resriment Indiana volunteers, to rendezvous in the city. Lieut. Col Burgess and Major Scott, who were Captains . m.m . i i r., .. , in the th regiment, as cood material for a stan and fighting purposes as any body of men can desire to march under to fight the battle of the Constitution, constitute his staff. A nucleus of six companies begin the formation of the regiment, and with the known popularity of the staff we cuarantee a speedy organization. All com O a munications concerning the regimeut must be aa dressed to Col. 0. at this city. -Mr. Alexander Theuer.' late editor of the Press, Indianapolis, has been appointed by his Excellency, Governor Morton. cook of the second German redment. Th:s is an excellent selection, j and Mr. Theuer 's promotion lias been rapid since I he joined the army. I The Fort Wayne Time says: The 44th regimeut, rendezvousing at Camp I Allen, is fast filling up. We hope that tliose that I can go will volunteer at once. It should be in filfl in as hurt a time as nossible. With its ! officers we are well acquainted. All of them we I have knuwn for years, and take pleasure in saying that a better set of officers could not have been selected We learn from Mr. William E. Keys, agent of the celebrated foundry at Aurora, that the State of Indiana, through His Excellency, tbe Governor, has contracted for twelve 6 pounders. smooth bores and made of iron, with respect to j which all objections heretofore found against these sort of pieces are to be obviated. Col. Streight has secured for his regimental musician the Peru band, a corps of the mostaccomplished performers in the State. We are happv to leirn that Col. Straight's regiment is rap . " idly filling up. - The young ladies of Evansville have form V ed "knitting circles" for the purpose of prepar ing socks for the brave Hoosier boys in the mot.utiins The Louisville Journal, of the 16 hastb. following: Cant. M. B. Taylor, of the 10th Indiana regi

ment, now in camp at Bardstown, made an im Whitlet Utxii.-lhe JJemocratic ticket ! portant reconnoisance on Saturday night. His I wtt8 elected in this county by 60 majority. Total ; entire command, with a supply of ammunition, TQte , 514 p g Wä, tüe successful can- ! left camp at eight o'clock with instructions to . , x, v - f proceed, bv a circuitous route, to Fredericksburg. Commoner and B. F. Beesen for

i Arriving Wlllllll IIIIUIII llliee nines ui i icunn..v burir. thev came to the residence of Jacob Grier, a wealthy and prominent citizen, who was known to hold a commission in the rebel army. A squad was thrown forward to surround the house, when Grier came out w ith a shot gun and fired at Capt. Taylor, but fortunately missed his mark. He ! had scarcely pulled the trigger, wheu be was ! shot down bv a sergeant of the company. The , reconuoisance proved satisfactory disclosing ' the fact that a rebel cavalry force, five hundred strong, had crossed the river but a short time More. Col. Hazard's regiment, the 37th, at Law renceburg, is, we are informed, full, and only j wants arms and accoutrements to march. Saddles, bridles, Ac, sufficient for three ' companies, are on hand at the Quartermaster a . Department, and so soon as sabres are received the troops in this department of the service now bare will be dispatched to Kentucky. -Gen. Steele's regiment, tbe 43d, at Terre , Haute, has now about seven hundred men in camp. Dr. Norman Eddy, of South Bend, ha? been I o fl I r .V.,. aft.h r.Hmnt I CUUIUI19B1UIIQU 1 wi"ii v. -V rendezvousing at imsnen. J. N". Green, of Indianapolis, ia appointed i assistant surgeon of the 19th Indiana, vice Dr. 1 Kendrick, resigned. We are glad to learn that contributions of blankets, socks, kc, for our brave volunteers are

in all qoartera of the StAte. The pood en c relating to these ma tiers ought aet to be addressed to His Excellency, Governor Morton, whose valuable time is almost wholly taken up with grave affairs Quartermaster General Yajen will receive and attend to all letters in this regard, to should be addressed. John A Hendricks, of Jefferson county, late Lieutenant Colonel of tbe regiment, baa been ap pointed Colonel of tbe 2V1 Indiana, in place of Jefeneo C. Davis, promoted to be Brigadier General. ... . a ,. . . "J"" 9 Hwtr' of Brown County, haa ergy aud efficiency and as poeaeesing which will eminently fit him for the a""L In -dd,Uo"' " 18 lh" he is very i PPu,ar Wltn nd has the confidence of the rail road men of the State. Frank Cunningham has been appointed Ad ....... ..,.. 'JuUj' of " lrum rement, Colonel Walker Mr. Cunningham is a young gentleman of capac ' ity. courage and patriotism, and we confidently I j.. . ... . , . . ,r predict that he will distinguish himself and rise r 6 u.n mn m-c mgiier in tne service. All the Captains in the second German reg im ent are fat men. Two companies of the 19th regiment. United States regular infantry, left tbe city, under the comm.ud of Captain Mussey, over the Jeffersonville Railroad for Louisville ytsterday morning. There were oue hundred and fifty men in each company. IsniaxA Militait Mattx The Tenth Congressional District of Indiana has now about 2.500 in the United Stales service, and iu a lew ! week another 1,000 will be sent in. Pretty I well very well. So says the Indianapolis Sentinel. The Tenth ! has certainly done well, but tbe old Democratic I First has beat ner. She has already about 3.1 (0 as brave men as ever touched a trigger in the field, anJ by the time this paper reaches Indian aolis another full thousand just as good men will be added to the number And "tbe cry is. still they come." Rockport Democrmt. And the old Democratic Second has thirty -seven full companies in the field, equal to about 3.750 men, and recruiting is still going on. Arse Albany Ledger. There are five hundred and sixty workt npl"ved on gun-btate at St. Louis. The New Albany Ledger says: ! a gentleman who seems to be well posted in Kentucky military affairs informs us that Buckner did uol have over two thousand troops under his command at 15ow line litcen. The Washington correspondent of the Phil adelphia Prtss says: "An extraordinary Cabinet meeting was held last evening, from 7, till 10 o'clock, at which General McCiellau and McDowell were piesent. General McClellan stated his plans in detail, and he has, by consent of all parties, assumed not only nominally, but actually , the entire control of the army of toe Potomac. He will consult and listen to the opinions aud advice of General Scott and other authorities, but he must be hence forth let't entirely to his own judgment and de cision. Napoleon like, he hears the opinions of others, but he forms his own conclusions, and acts upon them. He a-k- this, and it is conceded cor dially to him. To him, therefore, must bei ice be credited the success, or charged the defeat ol our arms." It is said the Government will lose $61 .000 by the operations of Colonel Young, of the Kentucky cavalry, now deposed and in jail in Wash ington City. He introduced several new rascalities in the purchase ot horses. Adjutant General Noble has directed the ar-, rest of several recruiting officers from other States for violation of his orders. The several Indiana regiments now full will be despatched to Kentucky so soon as arm for their use arrive. Michigan has six regiments ready for the field, but no arms. Dr. Bray, of Evansville, ':as been Surgeon of the 60th Indiana, Colonel ; uwenThe largest estimate that we have seen of 1 .1. J i f . e . i r neaimeus.onso, our army or trie t otomac, in', "i nie hi iiiisun . iscoiisin 1 juurnai . i ne v ' Journal savs McClellan s armv is three hundred and ten thousand strong. Governor Morton, ot Indiana, was iu the city last night, in consultation with the Secretary of War. His great want at present is muskets ' for five regiments ready to take the field. The I muskets are said to lie on the wav from the East. Tliere are still two Indiaua regiments at Cheat Mountain without overcoats, and near $1 ,000,000 1 worth of clothing, said to have been shipped from ! this point, is missing O. Commerciml, lHfi. Railroad Reoimknt. We understand that E. A. Liscomb, Esq., is spoken of as Major of his regimeut. Mr. Liscomb has fine qualifications for this position, he is energetic, brave and patriotic, and if he engages in the service he will reflect credit alike upon India ni and himself. Major Tanner's saddle and pistols. w are inlormed by Mr. Holloway, the Governors private secretary, have been recovered from the reb- ! ' Missouri, by Col. Woitbington. of one of ! the Iowa regiments, and will be forwarded to this citv The saddle lws a bullet eiark opon it. and Major Tanner's horse, as will be remeuitied, was wounded in one of his knee- The lirii ot the enemy upon the brave man must have been terrific, according to the evidence which is accumulating. The Madison Courier says: We learn that there is trouble in the camp of the 6th Indiana regiment, near Nollin. Kentucky. about the Sutler. Mr. John Ritchie was apnrtinlavl hi- Hill- f ortllll - lie fwiii ofti iff a I ai j Cp,, ofJge regiment object, and. as we now understand fftere is to be a new " shuffle and j deal," in the shape of an election, which is to be I held ou Saturday, "' -1 hp ' w-rr 5s" . General Sherman ha- issued an order that : Tjnjted States officers will hereafter be placed on . all boats leaving this port, and all persoti wish . mg to send letters ueiow musi pui upon mem a 1 leave the letter unsealed, as ers will be examined. mmmm Electlo. : etat rata. i vuiunci Johnsos. The Democratic ticket is triumphant in this coup'y over all opposition. Alexander, for Commissioner, was elected by 86 majority; Hubbard, for Surveyor, by 90; and Henry Whitesides, for Coroner, without opposition. Common Pleas District, composed of 1U w e , , , ,. the counties ol Hancock. Decatur, Rush. Madigon and Henry, Hon. David S Gooding is elected juJge bv 159 majority. Dekalb. The Democratic Union ticket is ! . bj z&) a. Paraieet of Stote Expesesxltaaree. The Secetary of the Treasury has advanced to i the following States 40 per centum on account of I . . ssav- " I aw . t ... - - J their expenditures, ruaoe up -v j ago, for troops called into tbe service. New York ; has at yet made no demand: .'.'.'$ IwjSo , M - " 200.000 Okin 900.000 Michigan. 92.000 .... 205.000 74,000 .... " l-iniisin . llfT j jj. .J erwey Vermont... Pennsylvania 606 JJ' Massachusetts .5.000 Iowa U.00Q New Hampshire 900.000 Total $4.105.000

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