Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-28

aAepofts
The unreliabiIiiy Of the leleeraphie reports l.
provebiAi. There |. no dependence 20 be place.
upon the ness or intelligence which CONES
through this channel, Two weeks ago last Sat
urday and Sunday The telegraph Fepof'ee
the esp<ure Of Richmond ~itl particulars. ~hich
gave IL an sppearspce Of probability. Pre-
vioas t. that the news came through the same
source Of informssisn that hookfE had
succeeded in DESTROYING not only. but IL vas sta.
ted that he had captured the whole of LEEs ar
nv. Last Sunday came the intelligence Of the
capture q yicksburg. This time the reliable
Journal stated there was no humbug about the
news. Il was declared TO be oficisls nd 40 conf
dent vn the Governor in the truihfolness or
reliability Of The report. notwithstanding
the ,seredness of the day, he ordered
q hundred guns TO be fred IN honor Of
so glorious aud important an achievement.
The. people. notwithstanding these hssurnces.
we're sgaia doone'i to disappointment. TheneH'
day the telegraph advises US that Vicksburg is
not exm lily taken. but tina, it would be in very
short time. il not sooner.
Why are such reports given 10 the publici
Who Is at fault foe these gross misrepresenta
sionsf weare told that no news Is per miited &c
20 tn the pubic. unless it first passes trough the
hands Of a Government censor. II such be the
case. are not the Government officials responsible
for the frauds thus praciised upon the country
What uecessity for this dsceptionf Is il not tai
better that The truth and nothing bat the truth
should 20 TO ffe peoplef Better. far better
TINT no news should be given. than that the
psopls should be imposed upon by lying re
ports II should not he forgotten that MI the in
Formations given TO the people through the tele
graph has a Republican, origin This fact !:
worthy Of note. And IL is not only through this
source Of information that tie country has been
dcceived From the Inauguration of the present
Administration there seems to have been sys-
tems,ic Attempt 10 hoodwnk tie people. The
public ofFicisl- have acted. apparently. upon the
HYPOTHESIS that the people preferred picus and
welcome fraud. to unpalataoie truth. party
whose support or reliance upon public eonfden'
rests upon such basis can not last long The
people may slumber awhile ufon pie 'sant deli :
sious. hut terrible will be their wrath when tho
truth uu,ieceives them.
A writer in recent number Of Backwood''
Magazine exposes the misrepresentation 81
shortsightedness of Mr. SrwARp with a face
tousness which cannot be at all palatable to tina
distinguished gentleman or ereditable to III
country. He strings together Few extracts iron
hl- dispatches, which We reproduce in corrobora
don Of What We have said In regard TO the decep
tons psscti-cd upon the country by those j
power:
On February ~, 1852. he writes to Mr.. Adams
Il va Just about instructing YOU how 90 answe
the auernlous complains in Parliament whic
you have anticipated. the chief OF which Is the as
sumed Inconsistency OF the Government To sup
press the insurrection But n very shrewd Ob
server. to,ai aud. 10 present. exiIci vrginiau
fell H. at the moment and expressed To me th
opinion th u tho end OF the wnr u IN sight tina
there will he short and rapid series of sncccsse
over disheartenrd conspiracy, aud then oil wi
be aye.
March Is The financial and moraf. :
we'll AZ the physical elements of the insur
rection seems 10 be rapidly approaching ex
hsusffon %
On the 25,h of March IL seems impossible Z,
the sanguinary Secretary that the organization o
the insurgents can be longer msintained
On the 18th April he tells Mr.. Dayton. "a
lew tay~ VIII nfooaptt compfc'c Tue openlbS %
the Mississippi river. and restore to the countr,
that national outlet OF the great gransry o
America which dsunion in it- madness has TEN
porarily attempted Ia obstruct. IN violation moi
more Of political laws than the ordinances o
nature"
22l April: We have reason tn expect 81
vsnnah To- come iuto our possessions within the
next ten DAYS -
= Sch May: We shall have peace and union IL
very few months. let France and Great Britain
do what they NAV
On the 10Th May he wrote: LESS than aye'
will witness the Il ssouiion of all the armies th'
iron -ciad navy will rest IDLY in our ports: take
will Immediately decrease: aud new States vii
be coming into the confederacy, bringing rcl
contributions to the relief and comfort ut man
klni.
On June III: The in the Mississippi Val
lev nay he seemed virtually ended"
- On tic 10Th of July he saws: The reduction
of vick~barg the possession of Chattanooga, su'
the capture of Richmond would close the eivi
war with complete success All these three ca
terprisss are going forward The two iorne
~ill. We think. bc effected within the next lei
DAYS .
Joseph STORY, O.. H.. So, on Peace ans