Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-20
Special Correspondence Of the ChiAego Times
WAsHINGrnx. June 10.

WASHINGTON. June Is.
The excitement here during SUNDAY. Yesterday
and to-day has been unequalled by anything du.
ring the var. except the alarm that was felt here
on the "a Of September last when Pope after bis
utter defeat. fleeing for shelter TO the Wash
ingtob forts. aud the terror that prevailed here
the day after the first battle of Bull Run On
both of these occasions the capital Was really in
great peril. and il il the opinion of many men
high in public station that the danger which
threatens Washington now is quite "a great
that which was imminent on either Of those &C
casons.
That the President fully shares these fears
IS evident from his procla m alton. issued yester
day, calling for 100000 volunteers That there
il any necessity for such a call. Is one of the most
striking proofs of the utter ncompetencv Of the
Administration, aud particularly OF the War De
partment.
Here is Pennsylvania not only threatened with
invasion, but actually invaded, aud no prepare.
ton made whatever to guard against CT repel
such invasion! This invasion opens the way for
AN attack ON Washington from the North and
no adequate preparations have been made to
guard against such an attack. Such are the re.
suits of Mr. Lincon's strategy; for il is he alone.
or, at most, and Stanton, wbo have been man
aging the war for the last seven months.
The invasion of Pennsy lvanis, which is now
taking place, Is no surprise TO the country. Gen.
Lee has been making his preparations for it
openly. in the face Of day. for the last four
weeks His intention 70 do so has been trumpeted
in the newspapers for three weeks ut least. The
Administration knew it certainly would take
place, aud, if they had any common sagacity.
they might have known that it would have taken
place at the period most favorable to the COne1
crates and most unfavOrable To Us: that is 10 say
when long spell of dry weather had dried up
the streams and rivers so that they could he most
easily fOrded and when our armies had become
depleted ms much as they could be by the depart
ure of all the old regiments OF vateran traop-
That period has now arrived Knowing this
they knew also that vast number of additional
troops would he required to repel the invasion
They have now called for those troops But
they have waited until Pennsylvania is actually
invaded before they have called for theml Why
was not the call for troops made three weeks ago.
so that the men could be raised. and at least par
TALLY drilled, before they were brought face to
face With the foe! II is idle to think they can be
raised now and organized so To he OF any
vice; for, before this be done, the objects of
the invasion will have been accomplished. AL
ready the Con lederate forces have captured Win
chester and NJ ,rtinsburg. have crossed the Poto
mac. occupied Hagerstown, and have advanced
to Chambersburg. which is now in Their posses
sion Chambersburgh. which was to be the head
quarters of Gen. Couchi
The people of PENNSYLVANIA must be complete
" bewildered by the numerous calls made upon
them for military service Two weeks ago the
machinery of the cOnscriptlOn act began 10 be
put in operation in that State. 1t working
along a tremendously there rs in any of the
other States only interrupted here and there by
the shooting of Provost Marshal. by the
burning of a barn or house OF an enrolling officer
| A bn, of hot
we're amazed to find that Gen Couch and Gov.
| Curtin had ordered all the men i'm the State be
tween the ages Of eighteen and sixty To organize
for the protection of the State And now, To
cap the climax, the Presidents proclamation OF
Yesterday calls upon them To raise Immediately
80 900 volusteers. What are they to do? Which
call are they 70 attend frsty Ii they suffer
themselves to be conscripted, they surely will
| thing that that ought TO satisfy " the Govern
ment = Ii they turn out masse under Gener
al COUGHS call or furnish 5OnOO volunteers
for the President, they will ask, why conscrpt
us?"
But suppose the 100 900 volunteers raised. in
accordance with the terms of the Presidents pro
cl,mation. IAN impossible superstition, adnit)
does any sane expect or believe that they
can cope for moment with the veterans Of
Stonewall Jackson's corps with those of
Longstreet and HillG The idea is absurd, The
whole thing shows how short sighted Mr. lincoln
H. Nothing is easier than To- keep the ranks OF
an army always full. Had the proper plan been
pursued by Mr. Lincoln. we would never have
heard OF Old regiments going home Kept con
stantly full by the infusion of fresh blood and
fresh recruits the battle torn flag of every one of
the old regiments would now he waving over as
large and effective AZ army as We ever had. and
there would be no necessity for ever calling tor
new regiments. or even for the conscripton.
You will ask. why has Hooker. with "the fin
est army ON the planet, not prevented thi, n,a
sion of Pennsylvania by Gen. LeeY He sta
toned on the Rappahannock ia fight Gen Lees
armr; why HIS he not done It. The answer has
been furnished by The Administration newspapers
Turing every day for week past. The, have
boasted that the recent cavalry fight ON the Ran.
plhauuock did break up Lees design OF invasion
of the North You see now how much truth
there was in that assertion You see that the
facts confirm what | said about that cavalr,
fight in my last letter The true answer 20 the
question Is. Hooker. il he had been good Gen
eral, would have prevented this invasion; Tor he
had ample means to do SO Not being good
General he has not.
The fact j.. toukcr has been out generated hy
Lee. IA this affair. great deal worse than he
vas ~ Chlncellorville. During the last three
weeks Lee has been receiving reinforce.
iufht~ Az ul MS troops near Suffolk anu Nurth
Carolip, had joined him by about the 9Th inst
rs that time also enough individual recruits had
been scnt 60 him to hll all his regiments up to
their original strength lie Ind recognized hi.
army by giving u Gen E~cll the command ct
Stouewnll Jncksons old corps liis force nov
consists ol the three corp. oi General. ongslreet
Hld and EWcll. averaging 20 900 men cnch aud
stewart. 10 uO0 cavalR--in al fully 100 O0O
men EWcl's corps consists of the divisions at
Geu Trimbie lStoncwnll Jacksou's old divi-ion1
AID Gen Hin, eieh 9.O00 strong, Eley's dvs.
ion late Ewell-) 900 strong, Ashh,'S caval.
~ I 900 strong, and % pieces OF artillery IL
Two ot the divisions ct Ewel. corps shat have
made this invasion of Penn., l,ana.
They marched from Culpepper 20 Slrl.hurg:
attacked and defeated Gen Milroy 40 Winche,
ter on the 18th inst storming his entertainments.
which we're very strong. mirched 10 Martins
burg. defeated Gen ~ Ter there. then crossed
ahe Potomac NJ Whm,port pissed through
VI leeFstown and advanced u Chinhefsfur-.
where they are now The remnant, of Mine,
aud Tylcr's forces land they were badly cut up)
rctteatel "a Harpels Ferry. where Gen Tyler t.
nov ln mmtud Ii 4. believed iO dav that
II arper's Ferry J. invested hv the enemy II 20.
Tie % zee viii be evacuated by our .orces. but
they will probably try e. hold Mavhnd Hiehts
The disgraccfu defeats NJ Winchester aud Mar
un-bnrg might easil, have been prevented, il
soldier had been 30 command 81 the Middle De-
partmeut, instead OF such i radical politician as
Schenck The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad of
course. again ia tall possession ct the enemy.
owing eutireiy - Ms Encouragement
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