Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-01


mendous amount of evidence against his official
course in this Administration well as the last,
and especially on his conduit as Attorney of the
Government in the California land claims An
investigatonSnto the latter was attempted at the
last session, but stided by party dictation Ii is
inumated that a vast amount OF evidence has ac-
cumulated here by interested parties and that the
Developments will be remarkable. The friends
of the Secretary of War can be counted inside of
a bakers Dozen while his enemies are legion, and
are by no means restricted by party. Some of
the prominent members of the Republican party
among the most earnest in desiring Stanton's
removal from the Cabinet: and the President has
been urged to take care that the War report is
not filled with vindietiveness on Gen. Mcclellan.
Now that the latter is removed, Mr.. Lincoln will
not permit the Continuance of personal warfare
in official report. Quite a difficulty, il is said
has arisen on this question. and Stanton's report
may yet be altered, as Cameron's was, just on the
eve of the assembling of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Nov. %.
The radicals here are already bowling at Burn
side. because he has not vet crossed the Kappa
hammock. Some of them already assert loudly
that he ought TO be displaced, and man of more
vigor put in his place. His army reached Fal
mouth, oppOsie Freder cksburg, on the 18th inst.
| That was nine days ago, and he was then only
sixty miles from Richmond-only four days
march from the rebel capital. He has had plenty
oil time, they say, to have marched to Richmond
twice over. Yet he has not budged an inch du-
ring the last hire days. During all this time the
enemy las been amused by fine stories of demands
for the surrender OF Fredericksburg, of trains of
cars leaving that place for Richmond, of flags OF
truce, of trains filed with women and children
fired into by artillery, OF unforeseen obstacles
in the way, of Burnside riding his horse into the
Rappahannock and OF the mending of the rail-
road from Aqua creek. And as day after day
passes, and no further progress is made by the
army, the clamors against Burnside are long and
| loud.
Now all this bowling and clamoring is very
unreasonable. Burnside has done very well in
deed He has, it is true, been in command of the
army for twenty DAYS But, if he has spent the
last half of that time on the spot where his army
is now encamped, it II not his fault. He cannot
be blamed for the obstacles that he finds there
The Administration informed OF the existence
OF those obstacles long before Burnside was APP
pointed to the cOmErlnd. But it deSpised and
discredited the information. The President and
the head of the War Department really believed
until Burnside reached Falmouth, that he could
and would cross the Rgppahannock without any
trouble whatever. lie only finds the same Obsta
cles there that any other commander would have
reach Richmond by that route
The complaints of want of vigor against Burn
side are particularly unjust. Burnsides move
ments, since he took the command, have been
marked by extraordinary vigOr. But it is now
evident that something more than vigor is neceS-
sary in conducting the campaign in Virginia. Al
ready it is confessed here that appearances and
movements of the COnfederaies Indicate that we
are on the wrong road to Richmond; and that the
moving Mcclellan, and "a still greater one in not
furnishing him the means and giving him au-
thority to take Richmond in his own way. Al
ready the sound Judgment the military skill, and
the extraordinary foresight OF Mcclellan, are
missed from the army. ana wishes are openly ex
pressed that he conld be restored.
Some OF the newspapers contain a telegraphiC
dispatch, purporting to be from jeff. Davis to
Gen. Jackson, and To have been received by the
latter on the Dist, saving: II You 40 not leave
the Valley ut once and come 10 help Us 10 defend
Richmond it will not be worth while to come tC
its defense at all: and statement that jeff has
telegraphed three times before to jackson, &c
come to the defense of Richmond The whole
affair is a fabrication jackson does not receive
his orders from JEFF. Davis, but from Gen. Lee
Ii is in pursuance of Gen. Lees orGers that he
has remained north OF the Manassas Gap Rail
road. and there he will remain. His forces are
not needed for the defense of Richmond. What
ever faults the rebels have they understand per
fectly the principle of the concentration of forces
and they know how TO apply that principle
They have got the impression that Richmond j
now threatened with combined land and naya
attack, and they have made their preparations Il
resist such an attack. They have now cOncen
tr tied in Virginia $50, 600 of their troops. The
only change made in their programme since m
letter of the Doth inst. is their determination Il
make show OF opp sition to Burnsides crossin.
the Rappahannock nj Fredericksburg. so as {
delay him there and gain time. Had Burnsid
dashed ahead when he first arriy ed there, he coul'
have crossed the river without much loss. When
ever he does show real determination to cross
he will fiud very little real opposition.
Gen. Less right wing, now 80 ,OOO strong, i
now extended along the south side q the Kappa
hammock, IRON fredericksburg to point sill
miles southwest OF WarentOn. There are a
! Richmond and Petersburg and on tie Uppe
Pamunky, S00 600 troops; and there are % ,OOl
troops at various points on the Peninsula. Jhes'
are the troops that TO fight Burnside's army
to make show of resisting his passage of th'
RappahaHnock ut Fredericksburg, and to engage
his attention among the elbows OF the Mattapony
Gen. Lees main body, now 10000 strong, i
now at Culpepper and along the Rapidan river
1t looks very much as ii il was Lees design tC
march this army on Washington by way of tn,
WaTentOn turnpike, and attack the CITY from
Arlington Nights, while jackson. with his 40,
600 troops for he has been recently reinforced {,
that amount. crossed the Potomac At Leesburg
and come down on us by the Rockville turnpike
From Culpepper TO Washington is only three
days march, and part Of his troops, indeed. arr
already at Warrenton and Manassas. Jackson
on his part is cautiously feeling his way over into
Maryland TWAS only yesterday that squadron
OF his cavalry forded tine Potomac at Leesburg
galloped to Poolesville. in Maryland. ten mile
distant. seized the telegraph there, telesraphec
their compliments to the Secretary of War
made what observations they wished. aud ear
ried off some prisoners. POolesville is only 2
miles from here Have all these things no sig
nificancei
Habeas Corpus.