Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-13
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Richmond ever since The bsitle Of Manassas, ar
rivei in this city. They lefi Richmond at
O'Clock on Friday morning. January ID. and ar
rived az Baltimore the following morning at the
same hour This shows the rapidsty with which
il Is possible for the Confederate Government At
Richmond 70 become acquainted With the secret
plans Of the War Department here. provided
there are any traitors here who diyulge them. IL
is supposab.e that there are, and always have
been: for Il j notorious fact that the Confere
rate leaders have always been we'll advised OF all
our military movements IN advance; and, only
dav or two ago. il stated IN the local papers
here that the Government at last had rot on the
track Of those who up TO this time bad been fur
nishing information 20 the enemy. Nv Own opin-
ion il that the Government have not got b. the
right spot vet About six weeks ago, at the icon
clusion Of one Of Headly's letters TO the New
York Times appeared sentence which hit the
nail square on the head. / wish could fix the
date exactly, but / have mislaid the letter. 1t
was shortly before Gen. McCiellan's visit 10 Bal
timore The letter said, in reference to this mys-
FERROUS traitor. who appeared 80 well informed a.
To all the secret plans of the Government at
Washington, who communicated them so accu-
rately and speedily % the Coniederates, vet so
adroitIy as to battle all attempts at detection
that the secret never would be discovered until
the place was examined where Candle got his
lectures The hint up TO this time has been
thrown upon barren soil When il is acted upon,
unless / am strongly mistaken, the world will
stand amazed at the developments that will be
brought to light But % return TO the prisoners
Their stories 90 not vary, in tise main particu
lars, from those already published. Some Of
them, however. give some new incidents; and the
following are given To me as facts, on the concur
rent testimony of from eight TO ten % the most
intelligent Although the food of the prisoners
IN, IN, atto
alike, yet the sick among them were we'll taken
care OF, had abundance OF nOurshlng God, and
had good beds and plenty of clothes. DR.. Ug-
ginbotham, Of Richmond, was unremittng in his
attentions Many ladies called 10 see them, anu
always left tokens of that kindness which always
resides in female bosoms. Some OF them. in
riding past in their carriages, threw bouquets OF
flowers in at the windows. Some Of the priso-
ners protested to be in possession Of information
concerning the deienses of Richmond. which they
proposed to communicate 10 the War Department.
On this point the testimony OF the men was con
flicting Some averrel that it they had had arms
they alone could have taken Richmond. Others,
who had escaped from prison, wandered about the
country for several days, and had again beeen re-
taken. described the Notifications between Rich
mond and West Point lat the head OF the wide
part of y ork Rivera ascxtremely formidable, and
mounted with abundance ct riiled cannon.
mond paper OF Friday morning. in which is
roborated the news brought by one OF the pris
oners and which none OF the rest seemed 10 know
any thing about The intelligence is the arrival
at Charleston, on the lst OF January, in the
steamer Isabel, from Nassau of a belrer OF dis
patches from Mr. Yancey. in London, to the Con
tolerate Government. The purpOrt of these dis
patches not known at Richmond. But there
can be no doubt that they confirm the news in re
ri to IN acfio of
and Spain towards America, given in my letter
OF Jan. :. The arrival of this stea mer at Charles
ton is of itself startling and significant fact
The news of her arrival was instantly communi-
Gated to Richmond BY telegraph She got in,
notwithstanding the suuken vessels, and the pres
ence of the Union b!ockading squadron, and she
brings valuable cargo, shipped in England
and brought TO Nassau in another steamer,
consisting of rihed cannon, gunpOwder
and medicines. 1t must be remembered that the
harbor of Charleston has water front of ut least
i've miles, with not one or two, but at least six
teen channels. / am informed by an old sea
Captain who knows Charleston harjOr rs we'll a
! know the harbor of Chicago; that the idea OF
closing the former by sinking ships is idle as
an attempt TO build railroad TO the moon; that
the force of the winds the heaving Of the waves.
and the action of quicksands will. in three
months remove all traces of the vessels that have
been sunk there. He says he once knew two
first class ships loaded with railroad iron, to be
foundered i'm the middle OF the channel. Before
the iron could be recovered. the causes above
named had broken the ships up, and washed the
bars of iron upon the bar. Let some of the read
ers Of the Times go down to the lake when old
Michigan is flashing the shore is il did in the fear
ful winters of so and 81. and they can have
some faint idea of the restless fury of the waves
of the Still. it the stone fleet fulhlls the
object OF its creation, il will. according To all
present indications. embroil Us in far more seri-
difficulty than the affair of the Trent
The question whether the sailors captured on
board CI Southern vessels are 10 be regarded as
privateers pirates came up in the last Cab
met meeting, and was discussed with greater
warmth than any topic has been for months. ex-
cept the Trent case and Cameron's recent report
1t came up incidentally, while the matter of the
recently released prisoners (Which known
here week ago. was being discussed The
certain fate of Col Corcoran and the twelve other
hostages in case the privateers were hung. was
mentioned. and the President is understood to
have frankly declared that, rather than see CorcO
and hiS brave comrades meet with iel0n ::
doom, be would let the prvateers 90 free
and give up the point that they were pirates. The
Secretary of State combated this idea strongly
He is understood to have said in substance, that
as we have just made one great sacrifice of oui
national pride To England, in order 10 Toe leit free
10 put forth all our energies 10 crush the rebellion
81 ought To sacrifice deares
personal feelings whenever it was necessary il
order to add moral force to- the force of arms
that we hid declared to the world that the South
ern insurgents are rebels and not beligerents; tha
by admitting the captured sailors to be privateer
we grant 10 the South one of the rights of a bel
ligercnt power; that we had declared that sailor
captured ON board of Southern armed vessel.
should be treated pirates. and that il behoOyet
US now TO make good our words; hat We al
loved Col Corcoran and his brave comrades. bu
that posterty would stand aghast at the sacrifice
made by the men of the present generation. Thu
President "couldn't see it in that light; and tn
other members of the Cabinet were undecided
renew my prediction, however. that not one of th
privaieers will be hing Aud, unless greatly
mistake, the dav X not far distant when the Gov
eminent will retract is mistaken position. tina
there j. any Just distinction between prisoners II
the VAR taken on the land or on the sea.
Ehc>tatc COuvc pi mi ou> OF tn
Democratic Press.
THr lNpfANA DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
The Democracy OF the other States have awaite
with more than common interest the proceeding
Of the Democratic State Convention Of Indiana
n report Of the essential part, of which Is con
tanned IN this sheet No doubt the Conventio
in IL resolutions has expressed the plain Demo
cratic sentiment ofthe State. and the Democrati