Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-26

wide when he found his mules and himself
prisoners 10 another Morgan than his own
John"
Gen. Dumont is at Louisville without a com
mand. Why or wherefore one seems To know.
Testimony Of an Escaped so der.
/ We have before Us the sheets of remarkable
book. now in press and soon to be published by
A. 5 BARNES BURR. entitled " Thirteen Months
in the Rebel Army" by an impressed New
Yorker. The book IS evidently written with care
/ and great ability. and the author, who is the son
of an eminent ciergym n, has made excellent
use of has eyes and mind while among the rebels,
aud Of his pen since his escape.
Some of his experiences startling. and all
of them Instructive. The following may give
some light the origin of rebel arms
! Very early in the rebellion, an extensive estab-
lishment Tor the manufacture OF field artillery ex
i-ted ia New O,ledu-. which out beautiful
1 batteries These batteries saw in various parts
/ OF the army. This factory under the super
/ inieudence OF Northern and foreign mechanics.
Memphis supplied some thirty two and sixty four
Founders. also number iron Parrot guns.
These we're east in the navy yard by the finn
/ Street a Hungerford At Nashville. Tennessee.
the hrm Of T. NJ Brennan 4 Co turned ont
large amount of iron light artillery OF every de-
scrpton aud shortly before Nashville was evac
uated, they perfected fine machine for nhed
cannon. which | examined. They sent spy
North, who 0btained. II sad at the Fort Pitts
/ foundry the drawings ana specifications which
abiel their workmen to put up this machine
I Tins expensive, and TO them valuable machine
WIS removed 20 Atlanta. Georgia. In escaping
! home | came through Nashville few weeks
since. and about dozen large cannon still
lying at this foundry. which the sudden. flight OF
the rebels from Nashville prevented them from
riding or carrying away. All know that the
Tredsar Iron Works in Richmond Virginia, is
an extensive Mandatory OF guns OF large cali
hre Indeed every city OF South. having a
foundry of any size, boasts OF furnishing some
cannon.
Many of these guns were defective and even
dang erous. One battery from a Memphis oun
dry lost three guns in "A month by bursting, one
them ut the battle at Belmont. OH the 7th OF
November.
After the rebel reverses at Forts Henry and
Donelson. and the retreat from Bowling Green
and Nashville. when Gen B,auregard took com
m md of the army of the Mississippi valley, he is
sued call TO the citizens Tor bells of every de-
scriptiou. In some cities every church gave up
its bell. Court houses, factories, public institu
tons and plantations sent theirs. And the
people furnished large quantities OF old brass of
every deScrIption-and andirons, candle>tcks.
gas fixtures and even door knobs | have seen
wagon loads of these living at railroad depors
waiting shipments to the iounderies. The rebels
IN earnest
But the finest cannon have been received from
England. Several magnificent guns OF the Whit
worth and Blakey patents have seen or heard
described doing good execution among the
yankees" How many have been imported |
not tell. but surely "a large number. In
PLANTATION of my ignorance upon this point let me
state this fact: For some months after the block
ade declared, vessels from Europe +
ming il constantly, andthe Southern papers boast
fully told OF their success. The Confederate au-
thorites the evil OF this publicity, and many
months ago prohibited the notice oil such arrivals.
Hence see no mention OF them recently, but it
is great mistake to imagine that there are none.
The constant arrival of new European arms and
ammunition. the private talk in well informed
circles the knowledge of the latest European
news, and especially the letters from Confederate
emis>aries regularly received IN the South. con-
vince me that the blockade is by no means per
feet From the innumerable inlets all along the
Southeastern coast. and the perfect know ledge
possessed OF these by rebel pilots. it is perhaps
impossible that it should be The wisdom of
the South IL compelling the papers TO omit all
mention of the facts in this case is most unques-
tionable. Well would it be for the North IL the
press were restrained from publishing thousand
things which do the readers no good and which
constantly give aid to the rebel leaders.
As to small arms the energies OF the South
have been more than fully dev clipped IL their
manufacture than is dreamed of by the North
A. early as April. 1851. Memphis had com
menced the alteration of immense quantities OF
flint lock mu,kets, sent South during Fioyd's
term as Secretary OF War | saw this work pro
crossing, even before secession WAS "A completed
Tact there New Orleans turned out the best ri
tles | ever ia The South They were similar
To the French Mime rifle furnished with fine
sword bayonets. The Louisiana troops were
mostly armed with these. At Nashville and
Gallatin, Tennessee. rifles were also made. and |
suppose in every considerable city in the South.
In addition. il should be known that thousands
of Government arms were in the hands OF the
/ people all through the Southern States. how they
procured them DO not know. I he-e ere gath
cred up and altered or improved. and issued TO
the troops. Many of the regiments went into
, the held armed with every description OF guns,
from. the snial-bere squirrel rIte aud dOuble-bar-
relied shot gun the ponderous Queen Bess
mu>ket and clumsy but effective German aser.
The teg meHts were furnished aS fast as possible
with arms OF one kind. and the others returned
a. the factories he classified ana issued again.
|, Sword bayonets were fitted 10 double barre Ell
, shot guns. IN king them very effective weapon.
Otitf~ were cut uoNn 10 a tci-tH oi
about twenty four inches and is>uel To the cav
! airy. Common hunting rifles we're bored out to
carry Mime ball. twenty to the pound, and
sword bayonets fitted 10 them. One entire brig
ade OF T.nnesseesns. under Gen. m. II. Car
roll, Was armed with thee guns.
In short, at the beginning OF the year 1862
there was rather surieit than any scarcity of
n arms all the South. Indeed. the energies OF
the entire people were employed ia the produc-
tion oil every description of small arms. and the
i enthusiasm display Ell rivals the example of an
J Client Carthage. in her last fruitIeSs struggle
against the Romans. And this enthusiasm per
y vaue> all classes doubt not. If the bow was
= considered weapon of war now. the fair maid
e ems OF the South would gladly contribute then
flowing tresses for bowstrings, il necessary. a:
did the women OF Carthage. Their Zeal and
j. self denial seen in the fact that the ladies' have
> given vast amounts of lewelry 10 be sold TO build
eunboats. iortihcations &c the women o. Ala
bama actually contributing S2OO.OOO. est
mated. for the construction of guuboat TO pro
, tect the Alabama river. Does the reader ask
!, Why such sacrifice! TBKY ARE IN EARNEST
. They think they are fighting for property, home
:. and life