Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-10

NAsuvnls. Dereube 5.

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One Of the most Interesting places TO speDa an
hour two, leaving tue effect OF an army OF oc
cupation, = 1t the Provost Marshal Cener.r.
Office IL = building oWnei By the Quarter
master General Of the rebel army, which shows
alseans that renters have if. Gen Rrsecraus IS
SAIL % be up Stair; but. a. he has not sent for
me. knov nothing bY actual observation The
crowd - immense, "a may we be supposed. when
II Is known that no one can 20 two miles from
the city ~ishost that inevitable pass. The gaarls
At the gate generally ask The nature OF the bust
ness. 80 "a 70 keep those out sho nav have AZ.
piled at the wrong place. yet hundreds apply
The nature of their business must De explained.
the where ami the vhv. and then they must be
vooched for as loyal. Never have the lines been
- tightly drawn, ard there : good reason 70 be
lieve that not many sire Rave goDe through the
lines, and that therefore The plans Of the General
are not much circulated through the South Men
coming in with marketing have TO get pass to
get home. But the most affecting scene is the
application OF women. Some are well dressed,
and evidently well TO do ia ,he world There Is
ocrssionallya subdued tone, but more frequently
tone of defiance, il pass was something
they had a right to. They seldom profess to bee
loyal. but usually svow their adherence Of Mr.
Lincoln and his Government "You nav whip
our men, BY killing them" said one of them the
other day. "but the women never unless you II
too. and we intend TO raise our children in this
same faith" OF course such applicants seldom
get passes, but they 20 away rejoicing that they
have haa chance to tell Yankee what they
think OF him. There y some fun in seeing gen
uine Irish woman make her plea: "Yer know,
sir, an It's meself as has sick daughter list
outside yer pickets, an I'm tould that ye never
refuse poor woman that's in distress; It's Gin
eral Rosecrans that would see sir" The Pro
vost pulls down his brow and attempts 10 look
grave. He begins a course of cross examination.
which ends usually in granting the pass, prob
ably with some conditions IN il which almost de
stroys IT,
Yesterday, three men who had been turned
away, came while was there, accompanied by
Governor johnson. They got passes, but it is
understood that the Governor has so many ten
der places that he sometimes errs
Having an old time friend near the city, took
occasion yesterday to stop at his house and renew
old acquaintance. | was received very coldly.
and not invited in 10 the house, but to a seat on
the porch, until froze him TO either inviting me
10 leave or to come into the fire. He chose the
latter, aud had an hour or two's talk with him,
chiefly ON the condition OF affairs "I'm rebel. -
said ne; al would scorn 20 be calleda Union man,
as hundreds around here desire. who entertain ex-
aetly my sentiments | have son in the rebel
army. deny the right OF secession, but claim
the right of revolution. This is a revolution.
lou may overpower Us, but YOU never can con-
quer US. There no Unionists here, such as
you would recognize. and they speak falsely who
say there isl | found in the course Of the con-
versation that though originally a Union man. on
conditions, he now proposes TO submit TO a war
OF determination rather than return TO the Union
on any terms. He is au intelligent and frank
man, and the interview only further convinced
me that il is no breakfast spell vet TO restore the
Union. As | have left the matter entirely to
Providence. record the fact only for those who
are fretting about il
Every street entering this city from the south
is obstructed by Notifications. and every precau
ton is taken TO hold il: The army here is much
larger than is generally supposed, and its prepa-
Iatons Tor the advance are more rapidly progress
ing than the outside world knows Ii will not
be scattered, but move en- masse when il does
move, and most likely in direction not antici-
pated by Gen. Bragg Il Co
saw the negro brigade parading Yesterday
They were armed with axes, and had been cutting
have camp to themselves, guarded by whites,
but policed internally by gentlemen Of their own
color. The Captain is black Ethiope, and
as proud of his rauk MS any shoulder strap of
paler hue. When turning a corner, though | had
not expected till then any military drill, the Cap
tain cried out. "File right march," went sub
sequentIy to their camp, and found them, like all
other soldiers, longing for home. They chafe
under the discipline OF camp. T. A. g.