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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-09-26
THE r.. s. SANITARY COMMISSION PRIs

THE r. s. SANITARY COMMISSION PRIso-
1ERs.-Dr. Mcdowell and companions were
closely confined in the Libby Prison, from,
july DIST to August 10th, and from that date
to September I'd in Libby Prison Hospital, By
orde, Of Gen. Winder TO make them more
comfortable. FROM September I'd to 2lst they
were kept in Castle Thunder, with citizen prls~
oners. Their food at first was very poor, bur
the last part Of their imprisonment IL was
hotter they being allowed to purchase vegeta.
bias The authorities do not permit money
sonf hv friends to Union prisoners to reach
tham. except gold, which is delivered to the
s,,isoners, e. s. Treasury notes are exchang-
ad IN Richmond, and their equivalent IN Con
fS1arare money given to the prisoners, who thus
receive the benefit Of the difference. II Phl!a.
Inquirer,
r hss lust been decided IN the Supreme
Conrt at BOSTON that railway corporation,
having sold person ticket, is liable in dam
apes for any injury he may suffer by the care
lassness Of the corporation or its agents, a. well
while he is going to the train as after he gets
;nio the car. The court also ruled that it Is
carolessness on the part Of the corporation u
nm 8 train at full speed oyer the track between
the aeDot and another train standing on the
ontor track waiting Eor passengers to get on
board,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-09-26
PUBLISHED (DAILY) Ry
EDGAR SNOW DEN JR.
ny~ OFFICE-No. 1O4 King street, over
S,one's, formerly Frenchs) Book Store.
FROM CHATTANOOGA.

U.sprveTov sen+o,nber d 1263 = Dis
n..obos fro,n C,barfanooga "a VI III
NJ, and 2 ?. NJ, Of September oath. were
rece;vcd bv the Government Yesterday show.
inc that Rs,secrans is in an impregnaI]e no.
s;f;oo fsa1s aot;ro1v safa ana ~. 10 3o,,b+
',''0'' 'o9,, -, o'''''o' V' "'0 '''N ''0 >A0"''
a0ou1 noJaInS OUT
Thursday morning division Of Bragg
cavalry reconnoitred Rosecrans' front, and later
in the day another column advanced towards :
,,,r.u.:. ~. - C1....S- ~
''' '''7' III 'l7 o!fe0'G'o o' ~HacSaho"ga al
ley, apparently with the intention Of offering
battle, but retired without doing so.
Rosecrans invites battle in bis present nosi-
finn From a,,roor ronoas pmona,- :.
~ ''',>7~I, - ;, ~ '[s55 @1".S .
1u4sSeo III Chattanooga alley before the city
CINCINNATI, September 24-We have no
direct adyices from Chattanooga later than
tboya alraod,v ,,hl; .hoa
>'-1'' ''''c""y pU'',''Ao0
: SpecIal dlspa1on from Nashville connrms
The report that there has been no fighting on
the 22d or 23l inst, ND to noon of the latter
1.,ac,,,,,o,,,:,s nave reaus1cy. rpusu0r Uy
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-09-26

The Northern papers say that III the y rgl-
MIA Confederate Legislature, last week, Alr.
Randoph of Richmond chairman OF the com
mittee on military affairs, reported bill ent-
fled an act to .reorganize the militia OF the
commonwealth The enactment OF the bl
includes every white male between the ages
Of Is and 60 years domciled IN the common,
wealth, and NOT exem} ted by the laws thereof. :
Dur;ng rehearsal in the New York Thea
ire, Thursday, morning Monsieur Feneion,
leader Of the orchestra, while playing the tenor
aria at the close of Lucia di Lamermoors and
inst as he arrived at the passage i Wall
meet YOU in Heaven fell dead, from the
breaking of blood vessel
Gen. Howell Cobb is now in Atlanta. tie
has been assigned to the duty OF organizing
| :. 600 troops for service in Georgia, and VIII
command the entire State force.
Brigadier General Ben Hardin Helm, a
| Kentuekian IS among the slain in the battle OF
| Chickamauga. FEe IS 3 son OF Ex-fovecnor
John I, Helm, of that State, grandson Of
the famous Ben Hardin General Helm vas
/ AdiutaDt General Of the State and followed
| General Buckner to the South.
The battle in Northern Georgia. wall, prop
ahlv, be called the battle Of ChIchamauga,
since Il was fought near the Tl77T o] 'ha' 0*'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-09-26
Sinking Of the Steamer STUNT ter.

The correspondent Of the Atlanta intt>!Iios,,l-
! Ger furnishes an account ot the affair OF III,
sinking OF the steamer Sumter with the .:{nh
South Carolina volunteers and the 23d Gecy
gia regiments IN Charleston harbor BY the Cor
ieierate batteries. The 23d Georgia hs4 been
on duty At Battery Wagner. The following i
the account: q
The regiment was relieved on he morning
Of the 3lst ult., and got on the steamer Sum.
ter to go to Fort johnston The tide beinc
low they could not go the usual course bur
steamed off in the direction of Sullivanx Is.
land. The @atch at Moultrie supposing il 70
be Yankee Monitor, awakened the gnDners.
when they opened spirited fire on the de-
feDceIess vessel Every means possible wara
employed to signal to them, both from Sumter
and the boat, but they recognized no signal
The third and fourth shots sunk the boar
yet they kept firing until ST al boat was Sent
to tell them who Ue we're This was al,ou, 8
0 clock 4. NJ. The men were panic strncl,
and leaped of into the water by ifties and hun
dTeds, and it seemed fox a while that nearly all
would be either killed or drowned; bat tliecooi
conduct Of Major Ballinger, the comnandant
Of the 23d Georgia, and sand bar On the left
Of be },qqt enseezai l' '~~->;> L 6
once more on dry land, and miraculous as il
1as ulc Not not single life has been lost BY th: d So
,, ~syCns wreck. But guns, blankets; ell cloths,
hayersacks, g. canteens, boots and shoes and in
E,cr I'll kinds Of clothing, were left upon the
rugged waters Of the boiling deep
lieutenant Lawhorn is lost to the serTico.
and newer did 6he country lose 3 more eficient
and Drawer soldier than he.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-09-26

Lieut. Capsal, Of Richmond, has been aen
IS commissioner to Ireland, to represent tn
Confederate cause in that country, and coun
(;eract the influence brought TO bear to Undue
them 10 enlist in the Faderal cau8o
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-09-26

Snow STORM IN INDIANA.-A letter dated
Michigan City, Ind, September l9th, says
1t commenced showing here last night at
o'clock and snow fell to the average depth o
an inch. | have no means Of asccrtalnlng thf
extent Of country visited by the storm, 1t
effects will be disastrous in the extreme. bu
little corn is glazed, and that which Is not Is O
course destroyed. Fruits Of all kinds are Sc
nously damaged =
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-09
WHOLE NO. 1926.

q ,cy will be established What does be meant
Mr.. Wolfe: do not know bow the gentleman
understood me; but ! know shat I said.
will repeat the idea for his benefit. II is this ::
While the Union is preserved, no such question
can arise But If Mr. Lincoln = lets the Union
slide." and submits TO Greeley's best zttainable
peace by acknowledging the Southern Conied-
erscy, il will beget a class of questions that do
not now exist, and among them will be the re-
latons of the Northwest with the East and the
South. But upon that question, suf6ciency of
the day is the evil thereof" We now have
troubles enough without anticipating others which
/ hope may never arise.
Sir. let US lay aside these idle fears. and labor
together TO preserve the Union that our fathers
made. under which we grew TO be the most pros
porous and happy nation on earth. This Union and
its glorious Constitution were made by compro-
mise and concession. and if We have but the WIS
dom and spirit of our fathers we will be able 70
preserve the goodly heritage for ourselves, and 10
hand il down to our children unimpaired. To do
this is the feryent desire of INV heart. Ii that
be attained, let all other earthly hopes fail.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-09

Advertisements published both the Daily and the
Wdekly SESrIN, will be charged the full Daily
with one -halfehe Weekly rates sided.
Announcing deaths with funetal notice attached 81;
:. without notice free
Marriage Notices so cents.
Notices Of Festivals, Picnics and Excursions, gotten up
by individuals associations by churches at the reg
ular prices
Advertisements loaded and place. under the head OF
Special Notices. ften lines Over
the usual rates.
Yearly advertisers TO pay quarterly
Announcing candidates for Offices of every description
be charged the Of 81 so for each in the
Daily and 81 in the Daily and Weekly the TO be in
all cases. paid in advance.
Legal advertisement inserted at the expense ofthe at
tOrneys ordering and deayable for theegaI proceed
ngs, but cOllectabe al usual time. Publishers not
accountable for the accuracy Of legal
yOnd the amount charged for their publication.
ELDER. HARNESS. & BINGHAM,
Proprietors Indiana State Sentinel.
J. NJ. TILFORD.
PresidentIndianapOlisJOurn Company.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-09

TIE DAILK SENTINEL
will he sent by mail or express to subscribersat at any
point for sixty month dollars year. All
subscriptions invariably in advance. Address
ELDER HARKNESS. 4 BINGHAM.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-09


SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND MoRE-Our die
patches to day state that the President viii soon
issue another call for six hundred thousand more
troops All those liable to conscripton had as
well begin 10 make arrangements 10 take up their
blanket and musket and walk. The good old
Methodist song. slightly psraphrased. will row
suit all those who have rot reached the mature
age OF thirty FIVE and are not in the blessed en-
ioyment of half dozen little juvenile cusses:
I'm bound 20 join the army Of Old Abe.
I'm bound 70 join the army.
II you get there before DO,
I'm bound 10 join the army,
Look on. for me, Pm coming zoo.
I'm bound TO join the army.
While the sous Of rich papas may sing
Pm glad my dad three hundred has.
To me from the army;
To mas dear apron strings III hang,
Nor Join the Unitn army.
New Albany Ledger.
The HOLT in the Indiana Legtsr.sure.
We question the wisdom Of the course adopted
by the Republican members Of the lower house
of the Indiana Legislature, in Withdrawing frou1
that body and blocking the wheels Of legislation|
The fact that the measures proposed by the rad
ical Democrats. or, more properly, the sympa|
thizers with treason, are revolutionary and uni
constitutional, cannot justify al parliamentary
if not revolutionary, act on the part of thos}
opposing them. The safety Of the State and th}
pFesefSaHOh Oi lts ioyat dtdtuue W t"c pcncs Il
Government will il is true 60 far 10 excuse, II i
does not justify. the action Of the seceding mem|
bers. But had they entered their protest. in suc{
form as they might deem best, against those vio|
lent measures they would have discharged all th{
duties required at their hands by the people vhi
sent them there Ii the proposed measures werI
unconstitutional, the courts could set them aside
If revolutionary and evil only, they might, N
think. with safety be trusted to the hands Of |
loyal people.-t Cincinnati Commercial (Repul|
licsn).
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-09

- Why Is March. the Senator. like the
month Of March7 Because he is tOindy.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-09
WEEKLY STATE SENTINEL
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY
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NO SOUTH MERIDIAN STREET,
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Fz-@RE-leHo
TERMS OF WEEKLY SENTINEL

One copy one year Il 81
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Twenty COPIES and two to the maker of the club 30 90
Additions be made to Clubs aany time the above
rates The viii be printed each paper without
extra charge.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-09

- Why is the House of Representatives like
a Lincoln Bastile2 IL is well bolted.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-09

tT- Thirty grls-Iady "eeders" in the Con
gressiOnal printing Ofice-struck for higher
wages on Fridav OF last week. and the wheels of
legislation were actually clOgged until their de
mands were granted The rebelious crinoline
made the Senate wait for the naval DILL.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-09

- Why is the Indiana Legislature like the
figure nine with its tail cut off Because il
amounts 70 nothing
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-09

One square, one insertion
two ...................... 90
Tour = 90
For each subsequent insertion, and for inser-
tion of each additional square. 33SS
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-02-20
" Cash. Clay.o

Above we print the name of redoubted
Major General in the American sercice CD,
as the off-hand owner of it loves himself to
spell it. In recent report from the War
Department of shelved Generals, occurs
the name of this officer, with the following
significant appendix: "Not in service since
July 18th, 1862, arhen appointed, assigned
to Gen. BUTLER, but did not report" That
is to say Owe quote from the New York
HERALD, "this Major General, though re-
ceiving his full pay, has never done day.
service, and, though ordered to join Gen.
BUTLER, refused to do so. There have &C.
casionally been cases where an officer who
behaved in this manner was ANONYMOUSLY
dismissed from the army. If the Secretary
Of War desires to know CLAYs address, in
order to send him discharge, he will find
it advertised in the papers, as this Major
General, having concluded his political
speeches and debates with GEORGE FRANCIS
TRAIN, is now delivering lectures through
oat the country" That paper might have
added that perhaps CLAY draws his S., 900
year out Of our full Treasury in his quality
of lecturer.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-02-20
The Galveston Affair.

Admiral FARRAGUT, in his official report
of the recent unfortunate affairs off Gal
weston and Sabine Pass, brands to the
world the conduct of our vessels as pu-
sillanimous and cowardly. He does not
specifically blame any one, but speaks of
the disaster as shedding no credit upon
our navy. The Admiral belongs to that
noble old school of naval heroes who never
dreamed of such thing as the surrender
of any vessel belonging to the American
navy, and we are not surprised to find this
brave and accomplished officer severely
criticising an act which his naval expert
ence would teach him to denounce. New
ertheless, tone of fairness and merciful
consideration pervades the document, and
the Admiral thinks that if Captain Vain.
right, or Lieut.. Lee could have lived long
enough to have directed the fighting and
maneuvering of the Harriet Lane, that
vessel would have gone down with her
colors flying, before a surrender would
have been acceded to.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-02-20
Retaliation.

General BEAUREGARD recently captured
Lieut.. VIRGIL CATE, of company G, 7th
New Hampshire V. l., and has notified
him that ''being a commissioned officer,
he is not subject to exchange, but that he
will probably be turned over to the local
authorities of the State of Florida for trial,
under the statutes made and provided in
that State for the punishment of persons
engaged in melting negro slaves to insur-
rection.'' Gen. HUNTER has responded
by issuing retaliatory order, saying to
Gen. BEAUREGARD:
Under these circumstances, and until
this policy, in violation of all the rules of
war among civilized nations, be distinctly
and practically repudated, l announce to
you that all commissioned officers of your
service, now prisoners, or hereafter to be-
come so, in my hands, wiN be kept in close
confinement, and be held ansuerdble acith
their Ices for The safety Of my officers
,oh0 are prisoners: and that l will not
discharge, nor entertain applications for
the discharge of, upon any pretext what
ever, any citizen or resident of Georgia,
South Carolina or Florida now in my
hands, or who may hereafter be captured
by coastwise expeditions and incursions.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-02-20
The New Chick ain Oniny.

Other military commanders besides
MCCLELLAN have, it seems, to resort to
digging sometimes. Gen. GRANT is not now
proposing to move Immediately on the
enemy's works at Vicksburg by assault in
front, but designs attacking it by gradual
and indirect approaches. Just at present
the General may be considered a very
king of spades, though we hope the time
is not distant when his army like old uncle
Ned, can chang up the shovel and the
hoe" but not after the same manner.
Ditch-digging in Louisiana appears to be
no more healthy than the same employ
ment on the Virginia Peninsula, for there
are fearful reports of disease and suffering
among our soldiers, owing to the marshy
and insalubrious situation in which they
are placed.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-02-20
GA REASONABLE Gatherings,

A meeting of prominent citizens was
held in New York, Friday evening, for the
purpose of raising funds for the diffusion
of political information at the present cri-
SIS" The immediate object in view was
to pay for conservative documents and
newspapers to be circulated in New Hamp-
shire, pending the election in that State.
The editor of the ". Y Observer presi-
ded, and large number of prominent
citizens of that city were present. The
Buffalo Commercial, Gep.,) closest notice
of the meeting as follows:
1t is for the authorities at Washington to say
whether or not, these cOnspirdtOrS shalt be a.
loaced to proceed acih their programme unrebuked
md uatinaered
The ". Y. Express states the purpose
Of the meeting thus:
The object of the meeting-for it has no
concealments-is to print, publish and circu-
late essays, speeches, papers, addresses, &c,
which are CONSTITUTIONAL-such as Washing
tons Farewell Address, Curtis on the Constitu-
ton, Seymour's Message, &C., &C., and if
necessary to Offset Abolition lecturers with lee
turers upon the Constitution, the Laws Magma
Chdrta, the HabeGs Corpus, the Constitutional
History of our British Forefathers &c. to
provide premiums for sound Constitutional dis
cussions, and even to see that the Colleges and
Seminaries of Learning have in them Profess
SOrs that teach the Constitution, not as now
too often, its overthrow.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-02-20
What John Adams Thought.

In 1914, JOHN ADAMS, in series of let
tiers to JOHN TAYLOR, of Virginia, on gov
ernment, and in reply to his structures on
some parts Of the defence of the American
Constitution, utters these remarkable
words Of inquiry, the more remarkable be-
cause Of their immediate appropriateness
to the moment when his grandson,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, our Minister to
the Court of St. James, and compiler OF
the Life and Works from which the
quotation is taken, is seen to be an advo-
cate and upholder of the very policy con-
demned so emphatically:
Suppose Congress should at one VOTE or BY
one act, declare all the negroes in the United
States free, in imitation of that great authority
the French Sovereign Legislature, what would
follow? Would not the most shiftless among
them be in danger OF perishing for want ?
Would not nine in ten, perhaps ninety-nine in
hundred, Of the rest petition their Old aristo-
cratical masters to receive them again, to pro-
tect them, to feed them, to clothe them, and to
lodge and shelter them as usual? Would not
some of the most thinking and philosophical
tlIiODS tuC dTlSJOCTdIlCoi uCSTOeS luLO
distant States, seeking poor and precarious
subsistence 10y daily labor? Would not some
of the most enterprising aristocrats allure few
followers into the wilderness and become squat
tiers, or perhaps incorporate with the Indians !?
Would not others who have the courage of
crime-''te courage du crime"-as well as of en-
terprise collect little parties of followers, hide
themselves in caves, behind rocks and noun
tains, in deep forests, or thick and Doggy
swamps, and commit inroads, depredations and
brigandage, as the villains did in Europe tor
ages after the dissolution Of fiefS and monaster-
les?
VIII the poor, simple, democratical part of
the people pain any happiness by such rash
revslutiOn?
A few lines further on he adds
You and have had to see the rise and pro-
Srcss, perfection, decline and termination of
hot, rash blind, headlong, furious efforts to
amelorate the condition of society, to establish
liberty, equality, fraternity and the rights of
man. And in what have they resulted?
In the foregoing, Mr.. Adams admitted
the supposition of Congress committing
such an act, but his thought seems not to
have conceived of the possibility that the
President would ever dare to assume the
supreme control to such an extent.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-02-20
The Tone of the True Democracy.

The true Democracy is practical, and
prudent, though pugnacious, and always
patriotic. 1t has no sympathy with peace
propositions, until the Government has
demonstrated its invincibility by thrashing
and dispensing every formidable rebel
force, or until the rebel leaders shall them
selves make overtures of submission to the
rightful authority of the Union. Conse-
quently it has no sympathy with the WOODS
ofNew York, the VALLAND1GHAMs of Ohio,
the BRIGHTs of Indiana, the MERRIcKs of H.
linois, nor with any class Of men who would
consent to the severance of the country
into two Republics, North and South.
1t has as little sympathy with the GREEIEYs
and GARRIsoNs, and SUMMERS of the Radi-
calls Abolitionists, who would prostitute the
whole lives and treasures of the Whites of
the North, in an insane effort to liberalize,
christianize and caucassianize the Blacks
of the South.
The tone of the true Democracy was
faithfully given by JOHN VAN buren,, in
his New York speech, the other day. That
speech represents the Views of the SEY-
MoUR administration of New York; and
was doubtless made at this juncture to
serve as rallying ground for the sensible,
practical, loyal conservatism of the North
Republican and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
fanatical and reasonable elements which
make up the Radicalism of both parties.
- We print elsewhere some of the
strong points of Mr.. VAN BURENs speech.
The speech would not have been his, had
it not sparkled with wit, and shown keen
edges of sarcasm; but less than usual he
sacrificed the substantial matter of his talk
to his passion for effect, and gave us states
manship where he would once have given
us only Punch pictures, and the newest
neots of the New York Hotel. In per-
sonal view, we are glad to notice progress
in JOHN VAN buren,. He has been a
stump-speaker for twenty-odd years, and
is now considerably past middle life; but
there has always been so much of raillery,
and fun, and juicness in his efforts, that it
is difficult to think of him as arrived at the
sober stage of manhood. But, the terrible
realities of the time have had their serious
influences even on him; and the indica-
tons are that the rollicking Prince may
become the sage Prophet yet, before he
dies.