Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 June 1862 — Page 4

WEEKLY SENTINEL.

J I v3 Camplaininc We notice Republican papers .ire complaining because the Union men of the South have friends in the North. What objection to this? We .-up-pteed we were fighting for the restoration of the Union, and how can this be done unless we give S3 mpathy and aid to the men in the rebellious Sates, who are anxious to be once more under the protecting folds of the stars and stripes? Intliiuiii Tro in Virginia. The telegraph gives us a sad account of the ouditiun of the 7th Indiana regiment in Virg nia. From other sources of information we Itaru it was totally unfit tor the service recently inpoeeu upon it. Ragged ami without shoes the 7 h marched from Fredericksburg to Port Republic, leaving with eight hundred and arriving upon tie battle ground only three hundred strong, five hundred having been left upon the route sick aid disabled. And of the three hundred only o le hundred and forty came out of that disas tious engagement. Similar information also omes from private sources. We leain that the 0 Beers of this regiment demanded time to get it into a condition fit for service, bJt their re(ue-- vre totally disregirded and we have the result. We believe tie 7th, 13th, and 14th of our regiments are in ( en. Shields 's division. The wants of these rigimeuts should be promptly supplied, if the federal Government cannot or does ot do its cut) in that regard, the people of Indiana will (ladly come to their relief. We understand the 1 larch of the 7th from Fredericksburg to Port Republic was a terrible one. In places the road 'ras tracked with blood from the bare feet of our I rave and gallant volunteers. These things must not be. Let deeds, not idle, buncomb resolutions, tpeak the sympathy we feel for our soldiers in their arduous and patriotic duties. Gov. .Horton-Correction. In the letter of our correspondent, "G. H.," from New York city, published in yesterday's Sentinel, he states that James M. Rat, Esq., informed a gentleman that Gov. Morton, after the discovery by him of the Stover swindle, "actually urged our Loan Commissioners to put the iondi they had for sale into the hands of these rery Brokers." We are satisfied, upon inquiry, that our corresjondent is mistaken in giving Jaiif.s M. Rat, Esq., as authority for this statement, and we therefore at once make the proper correction. .Mr. Rat's statement, as made to others, is in direct conflict with this reported statement of his i em irks, and, upon inquiry, vre are advised that Gov. Morton, since the fraud came to his kcowlL'e. ri i- ii.nl no communication or intercourse rha'ever with any party implicated, and that he has never directly uor indirectly counselled or loiggested a postponement of the prosecution of he guilty parties; tut, on the contrary, he has, Vom the moment that the same came to his knowledge, urged an immediate prose ulion. Hrpnbücan Consistency, According to Ihr Kecord. The acts of the Republican party, says an exchange, when they were "hungering and thirst iog" for the plunder and patronage of the Fed er .I Government; and had not yet assumed the control of Government, present a striking contrast to the realities of Congressional legislation, ow daily presented. When they held their sectional pow-wow at Chicago in which it will be recollected Horace Greeley figured as a delegate from Oregon, and so signally demolished the hopes and expectations of the aspiring Seward tlie following was the fourth of the resolutions comprising what is generally known as the "Chicago platfoam:" 4. That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of each State, and especially the right of each Slate to control and order its own domestic insti tious. according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to the balance of powers, on which the perfection and endurance of our political fab ric depends They were imong the "outa" then, and were endeavoring to combat the assertions advanced by the Democratic and Bell Everett parties of their sectionalism and hostility to the institutions and rights of the people of the South. The leader? saw that it was necessary to do or say something to disprove the charge; to make some professions having the gloss of nationality, and accordingly resolved in favor of "State rights," and the balance ol power among the sovereign members composing the United States of America. Did this resolution mean anything; or was it only composed of empty words, full of sound, capable of reasonable interpretation, to be sure, but signifying nothing not the fine and perfect grains of truth, but rather the worthless chaff of falsehood, to be 1 1 wed to the winds as occasion offered? We shall see. So. too, they made an honest resolve the 6th of Uieir platform they viewed "with alarm'' the "reckless extravagance" that porvaded the Government; wore shocked with the corruption and fraud that prevailed at Washington, 4c. Mr. Dawes, Mr. Vax WTCg.snd other Republican authorities have given us plenty of information regarding the honesty displayed by these vir tuois members of a Touitg and pure party. We Aim nP the result in the following brief quota tioD from Mr. Dawes: id the first year of a Republican Administration, which came into power upon professions ot reform ami retrenchment, there h indubitable evidence abroad in the laud that somebody has plundered the public treasury well nigh in that single year of as much as the entire current yearly expenses of tue Government during the Adminiatraiioo which the people hurled trom power because of its corruption. But to return to other professions of Republican son inter! ereitee The election foi lowed Abraham Liscol.x was chosen President, but not yet i augnraied, when Congress again met. Affairs at the South had assumed a gloomy and menacing aspect even's were hurrying on rsp idly toward a threatened war still members from the Sfcnjthern States retained their seats in Con gresw and it was hoped by Union men of every section, that, by a wise and prudent course, the greater danger of civil war might be averted, that some compromise and plan of conciliation might be adopted. On the 1 1 tit of February the following resolutions were offered in the House of Represenlativee, and passed by a nearly unani asses vote the Republicans, haviag a majority in that body, thus committing themselves to the constitutional declaration of noninterference with slavery in the States. Here are the resoluRetoioeJ. Thtt neither the Federal Government nor lite people or governments of tne nonslaveholditig Slates have a purposs or a nousntu tional right to legislate upon or iureriere with slavery in Miy of tbe St. ilea of tbe Vutou. Renolcd. That those persona in thr North who do not subscribe to the foregoing proposition are too insignificant in numbers and influence to excite the ine -fiiuu- attention or alarm of any portion ot the people of the Republic, and that tbe increase of their numbers and influence does net keep pace with the mere i-e of the aggregate population of the Union. Measures of adjustment, efforts of conciliation, plans of compromise were, soon after, all reject! by l Repubi.'-ai. jotity, and we are now experiencing tbe sad results that have fol lowed the " not an inch " and " blood-letting" ism oi Republicanism. The Republi have had complete sway in every depart of government, but what bss become of .beir solemn professions, and recorded protestation? Whet has been the burden of the id term i speeches that have characterized

the Republican debates In Congress? Hostility ! to slavery and the domestic institutions of

the States. What has been the .-ubject matter of the weighty bills that have engrossed the time of both Houses, and wearied the patience of the 1 natiou? Emancipation, confiscation, and other kindred measures! A determined purpose to foot a - a . . 1 1 m . a out slavery in au tue ataiesi w nat me ouraen r . I . .. ' of the petitions and resolutions that cumber the taoies Ol congress! aooiisii slavery, r uat wie tone of the leading organs of Republicanism? That the Union is not worth fighting for if its restoration does not result in the utter downfall of slavery. That is what tlepublicanism says, does, and means to-day. How does its present acts compare with its professions of a year or two i

years back? Does the project of reducing the J of our country, have fed aud fattened upon pubrecovered States to a territorial condition; pass lie plunder. ing acts of wholesale emancipation and confiscs- There is no winking at fraud and corruption in tion, tally with the resolve to maintain inviolate j that no apology for swindlers. the rights of each State? The necessities of the ; The last resolutions of both Conventions re-

present struggle do not seem to warrant any un constitutional proceedings; do not authorize the overthrow of State authorities and rights; if acj complished, then there is an end to that "perfecS tion and endurance" on which "our political fabric depends," according to the Chicago plat form; and such measures would certainly appear to conflict with the resolution passed by Republi can votes, that the Federal Government has "no purpose or constitutional right to legislate upon or interfere with slavery in any of the States of the Union." "Consistency is a jewel," but certainly does not seem, at present, to be in the possession of the honest aud pure party governing at Washington, whose sole present struggle appears to be how to abolish slavery. The " I niim." or Be publican State Convention. ' ,. . . . . , ." . This promised to be impos.ng demonstration came off on the 18th according to programme. ; There is no necessity of saying anything in its disparagement, so far as numbers and enthusiasm are concerned. It was not what we expected it to be in these respects, and it fell far below the j expectations of its getters up. It will be a large estimate when we say that two thousand, outsi.ie of the city and county, were present. And the character and position of those who did attend, ! present the best evidence that the hearts ot the i people were not in the movement. T!:e bone I and sinew of the State were not there, and the absence of that class was a noticeable feature in the Convention. It was composed mainly of i Dreachers. bankers, village oolitic ians. oßicehold- - ' - o ers and office seekers. There were a few men who acted in good faith, and really thought it wasit "Union" movement, a temporary surrender of party affiliations for the good of the country; but that class were very lew and far between. Out.-ide of this cl iss, and especially with the Republicans nre.-ent, the feeling prevailed, and it was frequently expressed, that it was an immense letting down of Republicanism, with-

out an adequate consideration. There were some : is a signal failure. We have no misgivings as to in the Convention who had heretofore acted with the result of the October election. The Deraocthe Democratic party, and who apparently had racy, the true Union men of the country, will no selfish purposes to advance; but what these j triumph most gloriously triumph. The people men can see in the character of the Con- ! sympathize with a bold and manly expression of

vention, or in its resolutions to commend, it is difficult for us to divine. The main portion of the Convention, and we may say the mass of it who participated in its proceedings, were Republicans the men who have made up the various parties which have sprung up in op ! position to the Democracy for the past eight j years. The true sentiment of the Convention found no expression in its resolutions or action, It was evidently suppressed for an object and i that purpose was to perpetuate the puny now in power in both the State and nation"! Govern ments without assuming the responsibility of the i . r.L-D mi . a kA acts of the Republican party and Administration. The Convention was a failure and it will be so ! regarded by the true and honest men of all parties. Hypocrisy in the present crisis of the country will not win. There was no honest, outSpoken, manly expression upon the issues now be fore the nation not party quetions, but ques tions of tiubhc nolicv of the Inches', imoortance i . , . , i ,r f I and involving the wellare of the Government. There was nothing said about emancipation or confiscation nothing about the gross frauds and corruptions which have characterized the partv in power nothing about the unequal tariff system nothing against the paper system which indirectly reproduces a Government bank, and nothing in reference to any acts or avowals of the National aud Slate Administrations. Upon these tonics there was an ominous silence, Will honest. Union lovinrr Ib-miicraLs. who nlaroH I some faith in the " Union" movement, be satisfied with such a platform? We think not. Orfice- ! seekers may, office holders may. Government I contractors may, but not the masses of the peo- ! p!c whose only purpose is the pi cservation of the

Government as it came from the fathers, purely overthrowing the established institutions and honestly administered. The callers of the of tbe Southern States, is their object in "Union" Convention denounced the rth of Janu- i prosecuting the war? There is no honest or insry Convention as disloyal. If such was the j man in Indiana who can believe othercharauer of the latter, in what respect do the wi:?e a"d that the ultra Rebublicaus will be disap-

; resolutions passed by the "Union" Convention i differ from the 8th of January platform? Let us I compare the resolutions. The ISth of June Convention resolves as follows: That the present civil war was forced upon the country by the disuninnisi of the Southern States, wtio are now in rebellion against the Constitutional Government; that in the pre-enf Na tional emergency, we. the people of Indiana, in Convention assembled, forgetting all former polilii- .1 ill H in AnrliJ nfliil ..,.! n . f t , r mil n n. n JmIm hu', ii ..ii i in . ' i iiiio imuiru. . unit out lllli to the whole country, do pledge ourselves to aid ! with men and money the vigorous prosecution of j the pr sem war, which is not being waged upon j the part of our Government for the purpose of terfering with the rights or established institutions j of any of the States, hut to suppress and put jdown a wicke! and onuseless lebcllion, defend I and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution. 1 and to preserve the Union as established by our i pi 'riot lathris, with all the dignitv, equality and l : i . . . . I cs . . , I rights of the several States unimpaired, and i when those ohjects are fully accomplished, aud ! not before, we believe the war ought to cease. The 8th of January Convention declared as I follows: 8. That we are utterly onnosed to the twin . v ,i ,:,. . .i o ...u heresies, Northern sectionalism and Southern secession, as inimical to the Constitution; and - r a

that freemen, as they value the boon of civil lib must have found great consolation in this conertvand the peace oi the country, should frown ., m lhe p;,terIU c:ire of tne governmental indignantlv upon them. , . . . , a - - . I authorities Uuucotnb resolutions ol stay at9. 1 hat in this national emergency the Democ- I . .,, ., , , racv of Indian i, bun.-liing all feeling of passion ' h"me P"" will not avail much with the

UM rc-tit lent, will recollect only their duty to the whole country; that this war should not be waged in the spirit of conquest or subjugation, nor for the purjxjsc of overthrowing or interfer ing with the right or institutions of the Suites, but to defend and maintain the sunrein icy of the .. , . r - .... I 1 1 1 1 1. f 1 1 1 1 F 1 1 1 II am . 1 1 ti.a. A Ft. 1 1. A T in a it i V"'"7"" 7' v" v ....... -....no the dignity, equa bty, and rights ot the several o.a.eu...u.p....c,., a..u ...... aa soon as uiese oo jects are accomplished the war ought to cease 10. That we will sustain, with all our energies, a war for the maintenance ot the Constitution, and ol the integrity of the Union under the Con ttitutmn; but we are opposed to war for the em incipation of the negroes, or the subjugation of the Southern States. The only material difference is that the latter condemned alike the tieresies of aboli .ionism aud secessionism, while the "Union" Convention had no censure for abolition disunionism and no con detonation of the proposed schemes for emancipation snd confiscation by Republicans in gieThe second resolution of the "Union" Convention reads: Resolved, That we demand and expect of our Executive and Legislative bodies, both State and National, an economical administration of governmental affairs, and the punishment of fraud ag.un-t tbe Government, as well as s fearless discharge of their duties. There it no censure here of the gross frauds conceded by Republican Congressional commit

tees, but an expectmtion, a hope expressed, for a pure and wise administration of our governmental

affairs. In striking contrast is the resolution upon the same sulject passed by the 8th of January Convention. It reads thus: 16. That the disclosures made by the investi gating Committees in Congress of the enormous frauds that hare stalked into the nrniv and navy d arlmeot9 implicjaing lhe JJ oV lhose de partments in a connivance at, if not an actual participation in a system of corruption, and in which our brave soldiers have been defrauded of their proper supplies, and our Goveraraent threatened with bankruptcy, demands a thorough investigation into all our expenditures, both State aud National, and that a speedy and marked example be made of all such "birds of M'lM . Mflltl. LaWilliV .Iii Vint ft (if ts iiivn,,i!.ii. fer to the Indiana volunteers in the field the gallent men who have taken up arms to maintain the Constitution and the Union under it. That of the 18tb of June Convention reads: Resolved, That we tender to the 60,000 volunteers from Indiana our heartfelt congratulations, and hail with pride the fact that upon every battle held where Indianians have been found, they have displayed the bravery of patriots in def nse of a glorious cause, and we pledge them that while they are subduiug armed traitors in the field, we will condemn at the ballot box all those in our midst who are not unconditionally for the Union. And that of the bth of January reads: Resolved, 1 hat the meritorious conduct of the Indiana troop-, in every battle field where victory has perched upon the national banner, has filled the people of this btate with the highest gratiww"Www "mm, in mat we senu our 'M:t vv i s to officers and men, dispersed throughout the country, and the heartfelt greetings of every DoUfiSiAT. men'ts in the coining contests for the mainte nance of the Constitution and the Union. The 8th of January Convention has been yUlined by the men who got up and engineered the so-called "Union" State Convention. We ask "II honest men to read critically both platforms, "d they will find the milked difference between 'he two to be that the former condemus fraud, maladministration, and giving a direction to the ....i- ... i ii . i . i . . i war inimical to its professed objects, so declared by the President and Congress, while the latter has no condemnation for either. The opposition to the Democracy have held their convention. We give in full its expression, a faithful report of its proceedings, and we ask every honest man if they do not furnish the best evidence of the falsity and gross injustice of all the charges ot disloyalty and obloquy, made for political effect, which the opponents of Democracy have heaped upon the 8th of January Convention? The 18th of June Convention will make no impression upon the people of Indiana. Other wise it will create a general disappointment. It sediments ami the conviction is daily increasing that the only hope for the restoration of the Union and a pure and economical administration of the government is to remove the party from power that has violated all the pledges by which it secured the reins of government, Mark ye The Democracy in Congress and elsewhere have voted all the men and money a-ked by the Administration for the vigorous prosecutiou of tne war to suppress armed rcbelym ;ind restore the Union. PHrd Over. The Democratic participants in the Union Con- " r vention "f 18lh formally declared "they had no sympathy with the designs and purposes of radical Abolitionists." The Convention took no notice of this expression. The Republicans, who controlled it. were very valiant in denouncing the rebels in arms, in which all parties unite, but ! thev avoided verv carefully any censure of the abolition disunionists who have for years openly ' r 3 advocated a dissolution of the Lmon and pronounced the Constitution a leigue with hell. Thev didn't wish to offend that class for fear of losing their votes, and fishes. That's devotion to the loaves A Difference The 18th of June platform says that the present war is not being waged for the purpose of conquest, subjugation, or the overthtowing or lllterterilig with the rights or established instltu tions of any of the States. Charles Simner, the Abolition Senator from Massachusetts, in a letter states that he knows the President sympathizes with the radical Republicans, "d who can deny that emancipation, the P"intej ' il doe:? not so result. Tbe 8th of January differs with the Republican platform by declaring lnilt 'he war should be prosecuted for the purpo ses which the latter says it is; and the former could not take the position of the latter without affirming what every sane aud sensible man must believe to be untrue. Where the Sympathy! The 7th Indiana regiment marched from Fredt n . 11 t0 Pwrt " a tion, a large number without shoes and their route could have been traced by the blood which milrked tneir footsteps. On Saturday night last fo,,r h"ndred wounded men from the battlefield ; of Port Republic arrival in Washington in box car9 una it was late the next day before thev j , . u .u. were removed to quarters where they could : receive the much needed surgical attention ana the be relieved from their sufferings. At same time the Government were supporting in comfortable quarters some eleven hundred lusy runaway negroes. That shows the sympathy of the powers that be. The gallant me" w"o nan ueeu ounueu n line oral eiy iiüui1 ft j ,nZ lhe battles of the Constitution and the Union I 1. . .1 l 1.1 I l. 1 I . i . wounded and neglected soldier. For the Daily State Sentinel. "The Stover Fraud." Editor Skktinel: Having just returned frot.i Ka i.i.i- i.f Vunr VnrL U'liorp T ll .vu liAnii i'nm ilia . Vi i v i . . i. " ii, -.ii.i, i i 1 1 i hi ins I - ut week .(. ;lUurIiev or D u. Stover in ,,,e mMUfr of tl)e j,,, friluuent Bnd Uem-r called to a letter from New York, published in your paper of the 17th iust., professing to give the Wall street gossip in regard to the transaction, I deem it right to say, that so far as I am informed, no just censure can attach to Gov. Morton for any delay that may have existed iu bringing to light tbe fraud or iu prosecuting the offending parties. The offence, although gravely affecting the Stile of Indiana, has !een committed against the laws of the State of New York, aud tbe in formation of the offence was conveyed to the authorities of Sew York by Governor Mortou as soon a knowu to him. The District Attor ney, Mr. Hall, as fie iulonued me, for reasons not at all affecting the State of Indiana, took the responsib lity of suspending action in the case, and from that time all the delay has been the act of the authorities of tbe State of New York, and against the urgent demand of Governor Morton. I make this statement as a measure of justice to both Gov. Morton and myself. The political differences which divide us as wide as the poles can make no difference with me, and as much as I should rejoice in the political overthrow of himself snd party, I canuot consent that a mistake in the facta of ibis rase should be ued to j o - ' .

his disadvantage under circumstances which require me to speak out. J E McDomald. There are several points not alluded to in the foregoing card, and upon which the public doubtless would like to be enlightened. It is stated

that "no iust censure can attach to Gov Morton for any delay that m .y have existed in bringing i to light the fraud." If so, why was the State Agency iu New York used as a cloak for the ! fraud, not only before Gov. Moktox was advised of it, nearly a year, but for months afterwards? Was it right for iunocent parties to be thus im posed upon, and with the sanction of the Governor and Agent of State? There is no doubt but Hallett. who engineered the fraud, and who is reported to be a Napoleon in Wall street finance, impressed the Governor, by his very courteous and skillful attentions, with an exalted idea of his financial abilities. It has not yet been denied but His Excel lency urged upon the Loan Commissions the pro priety of placing the unsold war bonds in the hands of Hallet for disposal, as the agent of the State. He understood the amiable weaknesses of the Governor, and the bait of the financier was greedily swallowed by His Excellency. Hut the Loan Commissioners could not be dallied with, and that game w;.s thus blocked. We have the most unbounded confidence in the good intentions of the Governor, but great men of all ages have been overreached. Illustrations on that point are unnecessary. Stover was caught in the net, and larger fish might be decoyLed by the same means. The State reasons which procrastinated the ex posure of the fraud have yet to be written, and when they are developed they will form as interesting chapter in Wall street 6nanceeriug. They mav show that even Government credit often hangs upon a brittle thread and that fraud may sometimes serve a beneficial end in sustaining it. We have no personal feeling in reference to the Governor's agency in the Stover fraud, and should never have alluded to it as we have if the organ of His Excellency had not attempted to fasten the odium of Stover's acts upon the Democratic party. We think both are now satisfied that no political capital can be made out of it and for that reason it was omitted from the 16th of June platform. Fruui the Cincinnati Price Current, June 18. financial anil nminercia Summary for tbe past week. The rumor to which we referred in our last that the Secretary of the Treasury was about BoUm Congress to authorize an additional i.isue of l;d,ÜÜ(l,0UÜ Treasury Notes proving correct, a letter from the Secretary to the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, making the request and giving his reasons for it having been made public since our last, great excitement ensued in ti iiincial matters, and a sweeping speculative demand lor slocks, gold and sterling exchange set in soon atter the date of our last issue, and rates rapidly advanced. Gold went up to 7f'7' premium in New York, and sterling exchange to 117, or to about 8 per cent, above par. Slate and United States stocks advanced 3 to 5 per cent., and there was a general and in tense anxiety to get rid of bank paper and the new treasury notes, cr in other words, "to stand from under," the prevailing belief being that ail kinds of currency, except the old demand notes, would rapidly depreciate, and so it has, us the advance in gold indicates. An immense amount of argument is being used to show that the request maue by Mr. Chase is not a wise one, and that it is not necessary to grant; but it seems to us to be a necessity which will lead to another necessity, namely, the suppression of the ciiculatiou of bank notes throughout the country, by taxing them. The first is necessary to enable the Government to prosecute the war to a successful termination, and the other, to save the people from immense losses by means of irredeemable bank paper, when specie payment shall be resumed, as well as to give free and ireu eral circulation to the Treasury notes, as bankers will surely discriminate against them, or hoard them, in order to keep out their own notes or to redeem their own notes when it became neces sary. Tuat this rebellion is a gigantic one, all adn.it. but many seem to be unconscious oi the fact that its suppression will aud must lead to gigantic necessities. There has been a good deal more activity in money matters in our city within the week. The opening of commerce betw een this city and Mem phis, aud prospectively thence to New Orleans, created a demand for gold from merchants with which to buy sugar and cotton. The 7 3-10 and old demand Treasury notes have been largely dealt in, and rates of premium unJer the advices from New York, advanced from day to day, the latter running up to 2l2 premium and the former to 5ls,a6. Gold advanced to 6a7 premium, but fell back to 62 premium on Monday. Yesterday the closing rates were as we give them below. Exchange has ruled dull and heavy and rates lower, which has induced many dealers to dis criminate against Eastern currency; and should exchange remain down it will necessarily be placed at a discount. We qui te: Buying. , Selling. New York idisrtipar. prem. Gold 5'2 prem. NM?! Prem Silver 2piein. 3 puetn The demand for money has not increased, but the supply of currency has lieed diminished some; the market is very easy, however, at 6a8 per cent, for good paper having thirty or sixty days to run, whilst 10 percent, is obtained for 90-day paper. There is little or no use for money among business men, and hence but little demand for it. Should paper 'money continue to depreciate, an active (Jemand must soon arise for real estate, and a consequent rapid advance in its value. This seems extremely probable, for it is much better to have property that will pay 3 or 4 per cent, on the investment than gold that pays iirithintT uciido from tin. inoculative feature Ln it The high rate of sterling exchange must increase the value of all kinds ot imported goods, as well as all domestic produce needed in other coun tries, and should the export of gold from the United States be prohibited, which, as we noticed in our last, is not an improbable continuencv, it would be dilficult to say how high sterling exchange may advance, and this would lead, irresistibly, to a correspond big advance in the produce and merchandize already indicated. The war news of the week has not been of special importance, and with the exception of a defeat which a small detachment of our troops experienced, in following the rebel GeneralJack son, no engagements have taken place. This, however, took place ten days ago. The Mississippi is not yet opened, and at tlte last accounts the rebel forces were concentrating at Grenada, Mississippi. Generally speaking, the indications are not as favorable to a speedy prosecution of the war to a conclusion as they were two weeks ago. The weather has been all that could have been desired for maturing the wheat crop warm and dry and the harvesting of that kind ailed Alaj bania has commenced. A. L. Br.imhle, Esq., of I Plaiuville, sent us a sample from his farm. The heads are short, but well filled, and the berry very good. In Southern Illinois, the wheat harvest is progressing, aud we learn that the crop is very good. Corn lias done well so far, and the weather has been quite favorable for it. In the general markets there has been no spe- ; cial activity, and with the exception ot whisky, which has been in active demand, the last three or four davs the business done has been quite light. Flour lost the buoyanc noticed at the close, in our last, and the m irket became again verv dull and heavy. Superfine $3 9(M (X); extra $4 a 4 25, and fancy, including family, $4 30a4 75 are the rates asked Wheat has been rather dull though there has been some export demand for re i. which may be quoted at i ..-.". white 90a 95c. Oats very dull, and declined to 33c. Corn declined to 31c, aud is dull; and rye is down to 48c. and very dull. Whisky has been in active demand, and advanced to 21c. It has become more probable that the stuck on hand will not be taxed, and the j 20c a gallon duty on all distilled will lie retained. 1 here is more t ilth in the article, however, and there has been a demand tor it, the greater portion of the week, exceeding the supply. Linseed oil is dull, and has been sold at 87c, which is a decline of 1c from the highest point. Cutler and cheese are higher. The opening of trade with Memphis produced some demand for various articles, including butter and cheese; nnd s considerable amouut of goods have beeu shipped thence and to a market. The manufacturers have again got up supplies of cotton yams, but prices are unusually high pound yarns up to 44c. There being no indications of the trade expected from the South when the Southern rivers were opened. The provision market has beeu uuite depressed, aud during the last three days there has not been enough done

to establish quotations. About 1,3(KJ brls city p o kfd mess pork sold, about the middle of the week, at $10 50, which was a concession of 50c per brl on the part of holders, but at the close the best brands were offered at this rate wjthout

tui vers. iNothiüii Jone in bulk meats; country is offered at 3a5ioC Bacon is nominal; there iä hou,de ud 6.6c s cured hams are in f!tir denand and must be quoted at 7)a8c. Common in fair demand also, and selling at 6a5)jC, uncanvased, and o.abc Tor canvased. Lard is held at it could be sold to a moderate extent at 7'j'c. In the grocery market there has been but a limited business lone and we lower our quototions on sugar and ic on coffee. Molasses un changed and scarce, the trade being chiefly supplied with sugur house syrups at 40 i46c. Anticipating a supply of sugar from Memphis, dealers have been holding off. It is extremely doubt ful now that any supply from thence can be pro cured for some time that will materially affect prices. Private Letter from the If on. Charles Sumner, of 'l;is.. on Mai crj - I'rcs ideal Lincoln and Slavery. The New York Tribune of the 16th publishes the following private letter of Senator Si nner: Senate Chamber, June 5. 162. My Dear Sir: Yourcriticism of the President ii Ii i-ty. I am confident that, if you knew bim as I do, you would not make it. Of course the President cannot be held re sponsible for the mist'e tsances of subordinates, unless adopted or tolerated by him. And I am sure that nothing unjust or ungenerous will be tolerated, much less adopted by him. I am happy to let you know that he has no sympathy with Stanley iu his absurd wickedness, closing the schools, nor again in his other act of turning our camp into a hunting ground for slaves He repudiates both positively. The latter point ha- occupied much of his thought; and the newspapers have not gone too far in recording his repeated declarations, which I have often heard from his own I ins that staves finilimr , 7 c r , f their way into the national lines are never to be re enslaved. This is his conviction, expressed without reserve. Could you have seen the President as it w is my privilege often while he was considering the ;:reat questions on which he has already acted the invitation to emancipation in the States, emancipation in the District of Columbia and the acknowledgment of the independence of Hayti and Liberia e en your zeal would have been satisfied, for you would have felt the sincerity of his purpose to do what he could to carry forward the principles of the Declaration ol Independence. His whole soul was occupied, especially by the first proposition, which was peculiarly his own. In familiar intercourse with him I remember nothing much more touching than the earnest iie-s ami completeness with which he embraced this idei. To his mind it was just and beneficent, while it promised the sure end of slavery. Of coarse to me who hr.d already proposed a bridge of gold for the retreating fiend, it was most wel come. Proceeding from the President, it must take its place among the great events of his tory. If you are disposed to be impatient at any seeming shortcomings, think, I pray you, of what has been done in a brief period, aud from the past discern the sure promise of the future. Knowing something of my convictions, and of the ardor with which I maintain them, vou may. perhaps, derive some assurance from my confidence. I say to you, therefore, stand by the Administration. If need be, help it by word and act, but stand by it and have faith in it. I wish that you really knew the President, and had heard the artless expression of his convic tions on these questions which coucern you so deeply. You might, perh tps, wish tint he were less cautious, but you would be grateful that he is true to all you have at heart. Believe me, therelore, you are wrong, and I regret it '.'ie more because of my desire to see all our friends stand firmly together. If I write strongly, it is because I feel strongly; for my constant and intimate intercourse with the President, beginning with the 4th of March, not only binds me peculiarly to his Administration, but gives me a personal as well as a political in terest in seeing that justice is done him. Believe me. my dear sir, With much regard, Ever faithfully yours, Charles Scmnek. Putnam County Democratic Convention. The Democracy of this county assembled in convention on the 16ih inst. Major William D. Allen was chosen Chairmnn, and H. W. Daniels and M. D. Rcdisill Secretaries. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Rewired, That the Democracy of Putnam county, iu convention assembled, affirm the 8th of January resolutions, aud adopt said platform as the creel of our political faith. Resolved, That we invite all to act and vote with us who are in favor of ''the Union as it was, the Constitution as it is, and the enforcement of the laws," and who are opposed to abolitionism, secessionism, and the emancipation of the negroes of the South by Congress or the President, or by any o;her power except the States wherein the institution of slavery exists. Resolted. That we send greeting to our brai e volunteers, and assure them that while they are engaged in putting down the rebellion at the South we pledge ourselves to put down, by every honorable effort at the ballot box. Abolitionism at-the North. Resolved, That we heartily indorse and fully approve the course taken by our distingui-hed Representative in Congress, Hon. D. W. Voorhees. George W. Priest nnd Austin M. Pvett were nominated as candidates for the State Legislature; James O. Edwards, for County Treasurer; John McKee, for Sheriff; Johnson Dabnall, for Commissioner; and Harrison' Kandel, for Survevor. The convention recommended James R. Allen as a candidate for District Prosecuting Attorney, and Patrick Hkancy as a candidate for Circuit i rosecutor. It was, also, resolved that each Democrat of the county be constituted a delegate to the Congressional Convention, and that the vote of this county be cast tor Hon. D. W. Vouchees. The PrrM in noticing the proceedings of the Convention remarks: Never since we have been a citizen of this counlv have we witnessed a more imposing, enthusiastic and significant demonstration that which characterized the Democratic County Convention on Monday last The brief notice given, and the busy season among farmers, led us to anticipate a limited attendance; but the result proves that lhe Democracy of Putnam have not grown weary in their time honored cause. Not the least significant feature was the presence of many war-worn Democrats, whose long experience of the blessings of a good Government led them to renew their efforts for its perpetuation. All seemed to feel the magnitude of the duty which devolved upon them, and the necessity of earnest and united effort, in the important contest which awaits us. He is certainly a short sighted observer who fails to discern in the meeting of Monday the continued progress of the popular reaction. "Coming events cast their shadows before." Kroin the Furt Scott Kan -a-) Bulletin. Brutal Outrage Hanging of the Pertruiois. One of the most flagrant outrages ever perpetrated in Kansas, prolific as our State has beeu of crime, was committed near this place last Monday night. The particulars, aa we le.iru them, are as follows: "Two soldiers, one belonging to the 2d Ohio Cavalry, and the other to the 10th Kansas, went up Mill creek to the house ot Mr. John Davis, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of this county, and, in the presence of the mother, accomplished their hellih purpose on the persun of his daughter. Mr. Divis was absent at another ciaitu, about three miles distant, but was aroused by a neighbor with a report that outcries had been lieard in the direction of his house. In company with a number of his neighbors he went to his house, captured the criminals, brought them to ton andnurned them over to the military authorities. After due deliberation of the matter. General Doubleday resolved tosend them to Fort Leavenworth for trial. A civil writ was, however, procured, and on it the prisoners were turned over to Deputy Sheriff Peter Zuck. This was on Thursday evening. They were taken immediately to Marmaton. During the night s large crowd surrounded the place where the prisoners were confined and took them by force out of the Sheriff's hands. Yesterday morning they were found hanging to a trees short distance this side of Marmaton. The Council of Terre Haute hss levied s citr tax of forty five cents on each one hundred dollitr? of Y.tlostiori for the coming yesr.

For tbe Daily State Sentinel. A Few Xtaonirbte upon ihr Present Condition of Public Allaire. Shelbtville, June 19, 1863. Dr. James S. Athon Dear Sin Prior to lB5Uboth the Whig and Democratic parties de noil need the Abolitionists both predicted the disruption of the Union if public sentiment was depraved by abolitionism. To secure power snd patronage the Whigs and Abolitionists affiliated. The abolition became tbe dominant element of the Republican party; these idealogists sought to realize their Utopian scheme for the perfectibility of human institutions and to break the fetters of the black race. Their battle cry was, "War against slavery ." It evoked its counterpart bat tie cry of "War for slavery." The irrepressible conflict was beguu. It culminated in tne present war. The prophetic warnings of Washington, Jackson, Ciav, and Webster were forgotten; their salutary counsels to cultivate fraternal relations were lost in bitter denunciations; tolerance, charity, and love were not invoked, but the equally potent demons of hate and dtscord. The executive scepter was thrust into the hands of one of these obnoxious agitators. A wise statesman foresees results, and adapts his means to his ends. Either this wise statesmanship was wanting or the logical deduction must be that the war was bravel as a result. My condemnation of the tire eaters South is equally emphatic. The puilt of men who would make a pandemonium of Par adise, who substitute treason for loyalty, perjury for fidelity, peace for war, chaos and anarchy for law ; a 1 order, is aggravated indeed. To crush the rebellion is a sacred duty to humanity, to civil liberty, nay, to the very culprits themselves, who have imperiled their liberties by their rash rebel lion. Democrats are as prodigal of their blood as Republicans as much filled with the "divine afflatus" of patriotism. But fusion is asked. Is fusion the correct means of perpetuating Repuo lican rule as confiscation is the disguise form of Abolitionism? As a penalty for crime it seems just, and will find a sanction, which as mere Abolitionism it would not. Medical men who treat a disease aim to remove its exciting cause. If Abolitionism is the cause, it has been intensified in its hitred, and instead of disarming the lears of the South for this their favorite institution, it has abolished slavery in the District of Columbia, invited and recom mended It in the States, suspended the efficacy of the fugitive slave law. Are these measures calculated to ex sperate the South, or a guaranty that the extirpation of slavery is not to be one of its results? And do we, with the lessons of Hayti and St. Domingo before us. desire emancipation? To the slave his shackles mean work; his freedom, immunity from it. When intoxicate 1 with his new born liberty he riots in sensualit;-, vice and idleness; and the South, which now blooms with wealth, will be a desert and waste Even now honies of these imbeciles are paupers on the Government, and the burthens of white tax payers are aggravated to furnish rations to these Abolition pets. If a Democrat dare to question that power

which destroys the liberty of the press by the expression of public journals, or the "lettres du cachet,'' by which men are imprisoned in our political bastiles, some petty dupe of Abolitionism cries "Secessionist!" The unjust, iniquitous, partial and odious tariff and tax bill thrusts upon the West the most of this enormous war debt. One hundred mill ions is to be raisexl to protect or enrich the pockets of manufacturers, under this absurd dogma that the cheaper we buy the more impoverished we become, aud the equally luminous one that if our imports exceed our exports in other words, if the streams of wealth we receive are greater than those we part with, we are becoming poor, as a nation, only eqti tiled by that obsolete but now revived cry that a national debt is a national blessing. Under the benign influetice of this ta riff policy, whilst our commodities have dwarfed in value, large profits and fat prices have rewarded the factories East. If the war, its mountain of debt, the paralysis of commerce, and all peaceful pursuits consequent upon Republican rule, be arguments for. its continuance; if embezzlement on a gigantic scale, robbing the Government jf the sinews of war, is a title of confidence; if the fruits of our labor are to swell the profits of the merchant princes of the East if despotic interference wilh the liberty of press and persons 111 desirable, then fuse. But if the conservatism, as contradistioguished from the fanaticism of abolitionists. gives better hope that our deluded brethren of the South will be lured back, and if all history shows that a generous victor who guarantees the customs and rights of the conquere.1, holds by a surer tenure than where hate and bloody proscriptions cancelled laws and an armeJ soldiery, the power will be vested into Democratic hands. Whilst the election of Lincoln was no sufficient cause for this wicked rebellion, the fact is patent that the Abolitionists are very inimical to the South; and some hope may well be built of a return to friendly relations by the restoration of the Democratic party that has always struggled to adhere to the compromises of the Constitution and stood as a break water against the aggressive policy of the Abolitionists. And the overthrow of that policy which has disturbed and destroyed the jieace of the country is, in my opinion, the harbinger of peace and harmony, and I do not see why the sacrifice or abandonment of long cherished principles is in any degree incompatible with a prosecution of the war to a victorious conclusion. It the abolition is the dominant ele MM of the Republican party, by a fusion we be come the abettors of their policy when merged in the party. I do not write as a party man. No one breaks its fetters sooner than I do where the party is wrong. Yours, W. M. McCartt. 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Said defendants are therefore hereby notified of tbe filing and pendency of said complaint agaiuat them, aud unless they appear and answer or demur thereto, at tbe calling of said cause, on tbe second day of tbe ncxtterm of said Court, to be begun and held st the Court-bouse, in tbe city of Indianapolis, on tbe fourth Monday in September next, said complaint and the matters and things therein contained and alleged willbe beard and determined in iheir absence. W. WALLACE, Clerk. By W. C. SMOCK. Deputy. W A.LPOLI Waltols, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Jnne2-wSw

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