Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-24
Concentration Of Rebel Troops
tn North Carolina.
EXTRACTS FROM SOUTHERN PAPERS
TEE Banks EXPEDITION.
COMMITTEE ON CONDUCT OF THE
WAR.
&C., &c, &c., &c., &c.

WAsH,NGrox. Dec. 22-The Senate his con
frmed the nomination OF Caleb b. Smith for Dis
iict Judge for the District Court Of Indiana No
nomination has yet been made TO supply the va
eancy in the Department of the Interior.
The statement edtorially made here that Gov.
Curtin. during his late visit. stated that any at
tempt to remove Seward irom the Cabinet would
place Peunsy lvania in OBJ ostion TO the Admins
traIion, is authoritatively denied. Immediately
after the battle OF fredericksburg Gov. Curtin
teeefaphed to Secretary Stanton, offering, on the
part OF Pennsy wanna. any possible aid. aud while
here stated that nothing. in such peril Of the
country could array Pennsylvania against the
Administration.
special 10 the Herald saws:
The Committee ON the Conduct of the War
examined halleck. Megs. Woodbury. Of the En-.
gneers. and Haupt of the Transport Department,
upon matters connected with the battle of Fred
ercksburg. Their testimony was mainly con
frmatory of that of Burnside and the command
err of the three grand divisions.
General Hilleck stated 10 the committee that
Mcclellan had advised preparation OF bridges in
advance; bridges were not sent forward. however,
tor fear they would be captured before the army
reached that point.
The testimony Of Burnside and his Generals
will. when made public. make the Army OF the
Potomac the admiration Of the world.
Gen. Wadsworth has been assigned to the com
mand OF the 81 division. Summers corps.
Burnside today returned TO his headquarters,
opposite Fredericksburg.
A speciil To the Times says:
1t is not best Tor the public 10 cherish ilu
sorry hope that the Cabinet imbroglio is at an
end. Seward TO day declared To one OF his friends
that his resumption OF minister d duties was made
dependent upon two condition. whose non-fulil-
ment would even vet compel his resignation: and
though Mr. Chase TO day ssnihed TO the Presi
dent his consent to return To his department, it
seems apparent that his action will also be made
to depend. SO far az amy permanent occupancy
goes. upon contingencies. In the meantime Stan
ton feels stronger than ever, and seems uncOn-
ciOus OF the influences rapidly combining against
him His personal relations with Mr.. Blair have
ever been most unirieAdly, and the latter comes
OF race and family unused To defeat The Sen
ate is like strcng army repused m bold
tack: IL faces back IN good orCer anu ca o
a council OF war, possibly to plan flank move
ment. That it will alb ,udon the enterprise il has
I'm .ertaken is not within the circuit of possibility
The war now declared will most likely involve
the House in It's struggle, and already the Repre-
sentaliveS are anxiously consulting on the subject
Unless the President yields it will soon be Con
greSs against the Executive, and the result OF
such a struggle is not difficult To loretell. Never
in "A Tree Government has an Executive success
fully dehcd Congress
Ii is singular fact that Senator Wade was
to day close,ed for houIs with the President
during which time the latter was denied TO all
visitors. and it is unquestonab!e that vacant
Senatorship in Ohio will operate to complicate
existing difficulties
Recent information from the Cherokee Nation
discloses tie shocking condition of affairs there.
LDval aud disloyal Indians slaugh ering one
another, the Government severed and "A new one
organized by the Confederate party, which ia
the minor ".
FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. 22.-It will be seen
from the Richmond newspaper accounts of the
battle at fredericksburg that. while Gen. Lee IN
his official report places the loss AT 800 killed
and wounded the same papers containing ii say
that up to Monday 1000 Confederate wounded
had arrived in Richmond, and make mention of
many more at Frederic ksburg drenched with
rain and unprovide,l for
The Richmond Examiner of the 18th says:
Up to Yesterday morning 22y Abolition pris
oners had arrived at Libby Prison from the Rap
pahannock, among whom Capt S Merchant.
of the l3fth Pennsylvania; Lieut.. John Powers.
of the q Virginia; f. Lamb. United States Tel
egraph Corps; VIM. Foster. of New York, and
number of Suffers and Clerks. Last evening
AGO more prisoners arrived. including ii com
missioned officers The men were in fine spirits.
and INDUCED in Joking remarks. saving they had
arrived here before Bunny, taking Richmond by
themselves.
HEAVY firing was heard near Kingston all day
Yesterday the I7Ih but we have particulars.
During last week relnfOrcements were con
stantIv being sent to Suffolk 1t Is reported that
Petersburg is TO be attacked from Suffolk, while
another force was to land at City Point under the
protection of iron clads.
Since Burnside's defeat il is believed the pro-
gramme has been changed.
GoLpsBoRo, Dec l6 The artillery duel at
White Hall sixteen miles west of this point. on
he haSb epr IN a b.
olitioniSts TO have changed their base TO the
south side of the NeuSe.
The abolition cavalry made raid on Mount
Olive depot, on the Wilmington railroad, nine
miles from this point, tearing up the road and
burning bridges and depots, and cutting telegraph
wires.
MOBILE, Dec l3- Col. Bertrans scouts
burned Is bales of cotton belonging TO Yankee
Spectators, near Corinth.
RALEIGH n. C. Dec. l6.-A bill to raise To-
900 troops for State defense passed the second
reading in the House to day. The troops are to
be taken from those liable to CONSUMPTION.
NEW York, Dec 23-The Times special
SAYS:
Extracts from Richmond papers and from Ra-
leigh State Journal of the 18TH contains the
following:
Nine regiments and two battalions of artillery.
and several brigades, on Tuesday on their
way Prudence will not allow US to specify from
whence they we're drawn. but the concentration
il rand and bv this time force is in and around
GoIdsboro' sufficient battle, if not capture, the
invaders.
The Examiner states that the Confederate
forces nj GoldsbJro' on w Wednesday evening were
about Il. 600 with reiniorcements hourly arriv-
ing and expected.
Gen. Smith is represented as sanguine Of sue
cess. and il is reported that Lee has telegraphed
him that nc could spare him, it necessary, 5000
men.
The railroad south of Goldsboro' is torn up for
some distance by the enemy. and of course all
communication with Wilmington is cut of.
The following is from the Richmond papers Of
the Goth:
later dispatch to the Secretary Of War says
the enemy have disappeared south Of Goldsboro'
An official dispatch received at the War Depart
ment Yesterday from Gen. Lee states there were
no symptoms of the enemy returning TO the Po-
tomac.
The Philadelphia papers publish an account OF
the forthcoming report of the Committee the
Conduct of the War. IL pears that Burnside
original plan was to move suddenly to FredeTicks
burg cross there. open base OF supplies from
Aqua creek. and push rapidly to Richmond. he
expected to GET 80 OF 40 miles south before the
rebels came up, and felt confident in his ability