Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-17
Correspondents Of the Daily State Sentinel.
Letter from New york-->ome new DE
veIopmcnts I'm the slower Sxindie-
Political >cntiment IN the CITY.


Letter from new York--Some new De
veIopmcnts I'm the stover Swindie-
Political sentiment IN the Cify.
NEw YoRK CrTT. June l3. 1862.
Nh. EpIroR:- Il have been gratifying my Hoo
sier-curiosity and wonder, for the last four days,
in this great and wicked Babylon Of America. l
hare seen sights aud heard news, i assure you.
A visit % New York pays a man who will avail
himself of il for observation, in the extent of in
formation and knowledge Of the world. especially
It's rascaliies, which be nav derive from il. /
think Of writing you a long account Of my expe
renee here, at the close OF my stay in the city.
In this, ! can oIly drop a word or two Of public
matters interesting TO Incianians.
Governor Morton has lately been here, and
since his visit, the newspapers seem 90 be hush
ing up on the Slower fraud. | tell you, this i n
sore thing for some Of our Indiana State officers.
IL is talked here. in all circles, that Mr.. State
Agent Hudson. for a long time after he knew Of
the fraud, gave credit 70 the spurious bonds by
uniformly answering those who brought them
to him to obtain information before purchasing,
that Indiana pld the interest on her bonds
promptly" leaving the impression that the spu-
rious bonds were valid. by not denying it.
SO, too, il is here stated, as common informa-
ton. that when Gov. Morton came on. some
months ago, when the Loan Commissioner dis
covered and notified him Of the fraud, be was
furious for public proceedings; but that, directly
after, he was seen with those brokers engaged in
the swIndle, q~uafing wine at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel; riding upon the water in yachts, and about
the streets OF the city in equipage as splendid a.
that in which, by the gratuity Of grateful ap
pointees and contractors, he rolls in state through
the streets Of indianapolis, and that before he
LETT the city he was for keeping the affair a State
secret, and actually urged our Loan Commits
sioners To put the bonds they had for sale into
the hands OF those very brokers, which they re
fused % do. / had this last fact from a gentle
man WHO told me he had it from the mouth OF
Hon. james VI. Ray. and / refer you to him for
its truth. 1t can be proved, / guess, in this city
in any Court OF justice.
find a great change is going on here in the
public mind. The opinion is gaining ground that
the only salvation for this nation Is IN a reStOra.
ton 70 power of the old Democratic party of the
North, who always respected the rights of the
South, and who thus preserved our glorious
Union. till the Black Republicans. through a
rampage on the constitutional rights of the
South. fanaticism and demagogery, got posses
sion OF the Government. Here conservative men
of all parties are uniting with the Democracy
upon her platform, as the only hope Of the
Union, instead of Democrats going off will
Black Republicans simply to keep those in power
who have been the cause of breaking up the
country.
am gratified as an 1ndianian TO find too, that
the Sentinel stands high here as one of those pa
pers whose efforts are ,ficient in helping TO save
the apparently expiring Liberties of the Republic
Your friend, G. Ii.