Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10
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= Prom the New York Journal Of Commerce.
From the south. 1
A merchant Of this city returned from a long
business tour through North Carolina, Iennessee
and Virginia. and who has bad the best opPortu-
mites for observing the progress of events in those
States gives US much interesting information
He expresses surprise at the unanimity and en-
thusiasm which peryades the South, in regard to |
the necessity for separation from the North
From the Potomac southward there Is but one
voice, and military preparations everywhere are
OF formidable character. At Gettysburg, at
the junction of the Petersburg, Weldon and Gas
ton Railroad, is the rendezvous for troops, where
all are drilled preparatory to moving North, and
where there are never less than. %. 900 men at
one time. The barracks form camp three miles
in length. where men are constantly arriving and
departing with all the pomp and circumstance OF
! var. = The State of North Carolina our inform
ant considers the best armed Of any in the Union.
The Arsenal at Fayetteville employs constantly
400 hands, turning out the most improvedSe ca
pons. To this point was removed all the ma
chinery lately in the Government works at Har-
per's Ferry, which would soon be in operation,
and at Weldon our informant personally inspected
100 900 stand Of arms in cases. awaiting the requi
sitions of Gov. Ellis
The washington Artillery" of New Or
leans, mostly made up Of the merchants of that
city, Is the pride of the Southern army. being IN
slf respects finely equipped. 1t was at Rich
mond few days ago with thirty two pieces of ar
tllery, expecting orders to proceed to Manassas
Junction.
= Taken as whole, the Virginia troops arc the
worst provided of any Southern State-secession
had no uniforms, ard not a few had equipped
themselves with fowling pieces, &c. In other
States there appeared to be no lack. p
The unlnimity of the North has its counter
part in the South; and the enthusiasm ,peryades
al classes. Southern men are represented as un,
able to comprehend the policy of the Federal
. Administration, seeming to regard the idea Of
coercing them into obedience, as the height Of
absuriity, Everyvhere the question is asked,
"What does the North mean ?" They ask no
compromises nothing except what Jefferson
Davis demanded in his proclamation, viz: peace
able separation When asked il they would not
/. be satis6et with guarantees from the North, or
amendmerss to the Constitution, by which their
rights should be more, clearly recognized, there
Is but one voice-separation istheir sise qua non.
Respecting the xhereabouts Of the Union
men," our informant says there are absolutely
none, since the invasion of Virginia was pro-
claimed. What the firing on Fort Sumter was to,
the North. the invasion of Virginia is to the
South The strongest Union men from that time
took the foremost place in the Secession ranks.
Even affer the Northern troops entered w ashing-
ton large numbers believed President Lincoln did
= not intend invasion, but when the Potomac was
crossed the last hope for Union expired. Trayel-
ing all the way from w ashington southward, BET
one man was Ound Who expressed any other
sentiment. They deny the charge that. any de-
sign was ever entertained of insulting the fag of
the United States, but regard themselves5 as
forced into false position in order TO combine
the North against them more effectually- In all
the towns in North Carolina-in Wilmington,
Weldon, Warrenton, Fayetteville, as in other
places neuer Washington, the same sentiments
are proclaimed They feel grieyously wronged,
and deplore the necessity which Calls them to
Glowing accounts are given in regard to the
crops, which are remarkably fne all through the
South. and wheat is nearly all harvested. Corn
promises equally well. Large roasting ears were
plenty in North Carolina in the middle Of June.
Altogethe, the crops are pronounced "fremen-
dods.' AT Richmond, Va, the price of fresh
sTbeef Vas 16 cents a few days ago; hams, IA to Is
cents shoulders and sides from 10 to H. Ice
was 10 cents pound; coffee, % to 30. All i'm
ported articles were becoming very scarce.
The actual force now in Virginia is believed to
Be svery much unden~ted. Our informant esti-
mates the number at not less than 5000, in
clnding so 900 or 1000 Virginians. -
The statements above given are of value only
the result of intelligent observation. 1t is pos
= sible thatsome Of them are wide of the mark. /.
: Southern News
The Louisville Courier, of yesterday, contains
the following letter from one ef its Virginia cor
respondents: g.
wxcmsrxH, VA, Friday, June II.
= The longest day in the year. and such sweIter-
/ irr heafl j know not how Fahrenheit rates it.
but Of this much am cognizant, thst after hall
mile tramp to the headquarters of our brigade
with the morning report an hour Of severe drill
ing in three inch dust, and walk across sunny
fields to town, am not mnch in the humor for
corresponding. But frequent and prolix letters
since the Campaign commenced will excuse ans
stupidity in this
There Is positively nothing new, and were / a
local editor, the temptation to commit suicide or
account oil the dearth of Items would be ire
sistible
We-that is Major Pope and Col Duncan.
= battalions-are encamped pleasantly on the Fai
r. Grounds, IN the immediate vicinity of the town
and upon the identical ground where Rraddocl
lay for months prior to his march upon Fort Pitt
We fond9y trust that there is nothing ominous o
disaster in this fact Rather there is the con
slant reflection that mere Washington displaye
his first generalshp, and amid these then wilder
ness solitildes, was trained and schooled in tn
great work of rescuing the fairest land on cart
from boneage. A land that is now menaced b
foes more intolerant than the Hessian of Britain
and Is defended BY men who know their rights
and dare maintain them.
ii,s The headquarters of Gen. Johnston are at tf
-, residence Of Col Fountleroy, late of the Feder,
army. There he is awaiting the movements
the enemy, and devising plans for the prosec
ton of the campaign.
= Sergeant Major Parker, of Duncan's battalion
returned from Richmond this morning. II
companies of Captains Thompson and Fitzhug
of kentucky, for which Parker was sent, ha'
=. united their fortunes with Virginia regiment
.s.-- Night before last the Baltimore Battalion W
dispatched to Harper's Ferry to punish the Ii
I, colnites who. had committed outrages upon d
true Virginians after our evacuating the plae
They buraed most OF the town, found the Cath
lie church cellar full of guns, and captured sc
eraI prisoners. h s...-a-.. edl fo ~ -.
Yesterday Lieut. Col Bowman. Of the Fedel
army, was taken by one Of our pickets ndbroug
into camp. He will be sent to- Richmond.
s~-, The health of the Kentuckians continues goc
with the exception of the prevalence of meas
in Capt. Bowman's company.d Sc DE Kay.
The Richmond Flying Artillery left Ris
nond TO join Gen. Wise's division on Friday Ia
- "A D,uBLK TRxIroE.-The advance briga
- Of CadvalIader, near Romney, was command
!. by Geo. Ii. Thomas, a renegade Virginian, for
8 srly of Third Artillery, now Second Caval
81. u s. Army. A letter of his declaring that
- never would submit to coercion. and applying
= position under the State Of Virginia, viii SO
be published, we learn.-Richmoad Enqnir
"A CoxroRrABLE CONSCIENCE Ri,
- mond WING, Of the 9th, says Of Captain b
who was captured at Alexandria: .tr't +
81 Captain NJ d. Ball, of the Fairfax Cayal
- has returned 70 Washington and recanted
oath, voluntarily consigning himself TO pris
again He took the oath because it was the OF
condition Of release allowed him, and il was alb
lutsiy necessary for him to visit his home ]
family, consisting Of his wife and orphan broth
- and sisters, Is large and helpless, having W
. them 10 male relative capable of attending
-: he shouId leave AIerapdris vbirb HE can't
prevented. His men, who confde entirely in hi