Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-22

HAMS NoMISATIoN--THE RECENT CAVALRY
FIeHr ON TIE RAPPAuASNocK FRUIrLEss OF
RESULTS.
Special Correspondence of the ChaicgO Times
WASHINGTON, june -.
The Administration are really infected with
the idea that the Confederates, in strong force,
are going to invade the North sometime during
the summer and that they will make a bold at
tack on Washington. or else invade Pennsylvania
in such jumpers as viii make it a very serious
matter to dislodge them from any position they
NAV take up there In my letter of June Z ! de
scribed the preparations that are being made to
defend Alexandria and this city from a sudden
coup de main. In order to provide for the defense
of Pennsylvania, two new military departments
have been created in that State; and Gen Scbenck
has been relieved of all duty within its limits,
and has been instructed to conine himself in fu-
ture TO Maryland. and the defense of the Balti
more and OHIO railroad in Virginia. THIS action
of the War Department in regard to Schenck is
eminently wise. While matters exist as they are
at present. il is quite as much as a General OF
good abilities can attend to properly to guard
that great avenue of travel and traffic from the
West to the national capital. Aud, if wisdom
were TO be looked foe in the action of the War
Department. it might be expected that Schenck
would be sent into the field in charge of a bri-
gade (and even that would be beyond his abili-
ties, and a man of some mental ability and force
of character sent to take charge of the Middle
Department and The 9Th army corps But this
is not to be expected. All that the Administra-
demands from the head of that Department, is a
blind submission to its behests in political mat
tiers; and. so long as that is yielded, military
matters are regarded as OF quite secondary i'm
p~ortaDce. Consequently. although the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad is quite safe now, and is likely
| - .ou-, - (arl nral On 0D0 troo,s o,,olf -,
keep it safe) yet we shall not be surprised to hear
of an attack on some unguarded portion of it.
When a General OF fair ability, and a soldier by
education, is sent TO take charge Of the Middle
Department, then, and not till then, it will DE i'm
possible for the Co1federates to approach the line
of the road.
The two new military departments in Pennsyl-
vania have been placed under the charge of Maj.
Gen. Couch and Gen. Brooks. both of the Army
of the Potomac. / do not know much about
Gen. Brooks. Gen. Couch is a soldier of good
abilities; quite fit. as he has proved himself. to
mman an army corps, aud quite too good a
General to be taken from the field at this juno
ture. His headquarters are to be fixed at Cham
b~ersburg. iorty FIVE miles southwest of the State
Capital, and near the Maryland State line. His
department embraces that half Of the State east
of the Allegheny Mountains. as the department
Of Gen. Brooks embraces all that part of the
State west Of those mountains. Each one of
these two Generals win Immediately raise an
army corps of 4 1000 men, if they can dc so.
The proclamation of the War Department, tele-
graphed yesterday, is most ridiculous. 1t orders
all the cit zens of Pennsylvania. between
eighteen and sixty, TO organize themselves into
regiments and hrisades, in order that General
Couch and General Brooks may form them into
divisions and corp d'armee for the defense of
the State. They are TO serve during the pleas
ure of the President, or during the continuance
Of the war. This, at the time when the en-
rollment for the CONSUMPTION is progressing, is
decidedly cool. There is no authority in the
War Department TO issue such a call, and all the
troops raised under it must be volunteers. But
not only has Pennsylvania furnished her full
quota of volunteers, but also the draft was &C
tually enforced ia that State last fall, and her
full proportion OF drafted men was furnished and
sent TO the army. IL is scarcely likely, therefore,
that all the remaining citizens of Pennsylvania,
between the ages of eighteen aud sixty. will re-
spond to this call. Its quite probable. however,
that in the whole State $4,000 youths between
seventeen and twenty, and 81, 1000 old men be
tween forty FIVE and sixty-6ve NAV be found
willing to act strictly in defense of their State,
and General Couch and General Brooks will
probably have To be content with 50 900 raw re
cruits of those ages. There is a great deal OF
opposition manifested against the conscription in
Pennsylvania.
" ntNOO VI NuC " III v III
ham FOR Governor OF Ohio, comes like a sumner
on the administration They did not believe
such a thing could be possible; and they are in Il
q~uandary about it, for they know not what to do.
Stanton is for war To the bitter end. If his coun
sells and those of Senator Sumner prevail, the
Administration not only will not recede from the
position il has taken. but it will even arrest Mr..
Vallandigham again, when he returns to Ohio,
and incarcerate him in Fort Warren, in accord
ance with Burnside's original sentence And
this they will 90, If it requires all the military
force in Burnside's military department, and ii
the collision that ensues is attended with mu ch
bloodshed. Stanton and Sumner take the ground
chat the Government has the power to DO this,
and that its honor requires that it shall be done,
and that the decree of the President banishing
Vallandigham must be enforced. We must show,
they say, that we have a Government.
IN the other hand. Mr.. Chase and Mr.. Seward
recommend a milder, more moderate, and far
wiser course. They recommend that no farther
notice be taken Of Mr. Vallandigham; that no
obstacles be placed in the way of his return to
Ohio; and that his friends be Informed unofficial
", but by persons in authority, that he will not
be moiested, If he returns to that State. 1t IS
probable. / think, that the President will adopt
the latter course. Ii is not unlikely that. when
the committee of twenty reach this city, they will
be publicly informed that the President declines
to accede to their request to release Mr.. Vailand-
igham, but they VIII be privately assured by
members of the Administration, that gentleman
will be allowed 10 come North again aud re enter
the 'lOyal States" by any route he may choose.
The country has been greatly deceived ia re,
gard 70 the recent cavalry fight ON the Kappa
hammock. Ii was. in truth; a bloody affair. bat
il has not effected a particle of good. The loss
inflicted upon the enemy was not great, while
our own loss. particularly in officers. was very
heavy. We have lost. indeed. so many officers.
that several of our cavalry regiments are in con-
sequence entirely incapacitated for service. If
Gen. Stuart intended to make a cavalry raid. his
purpose will not be changed by this fight. If
Gen Lee intended to move on Washington or in
wade the North, this cavalry fight viii not hinder
him. IL Is time that Gen. Lee has been strongly
reinforced lasly. and he has now rs. 900 troops.
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