Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-26

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Special Correspondence Of the Chicago Times.
WASHINGTON. March 81.
The whole of March. thus far. his been ex
ceedinels cold md stormy: much more Ike jan
nary indeed thtn March. The roads IN Nir
cinia are stll impossible for artillery. and Will
remain ., for fully two weeks yet. Daring all
that time Gen Hooker. large and aneif ap
nointea army will be forced Ia remain inactive
They cannot leave their present position. NJ
least 10 20 any distance from THIS CITY, be
ciuse In that event. they would leave the cap
ital uncovered aud exposed. and the enemy are
known 20 be in strong force at Fredericksburg
To dsy We are having Mnolher violent snow
storm. with bitter cold ayr. and "veryt thing
liquid J. fruzeu up. The soldiers IN Hooker's ar
my will suffer terribly.
While our army however, is thus inactive. the
enemy j. not 80 They are Continually making
incpr-ons on our hanks and 10 our rear. gaining
information of our position. plans and condition.
aud carving of prisoners Two more affairs oil
this kind have taken place since the capture of
General Stoughtoa nj Fairfax One of them took
place III Dransvilie. twenty niles northN est OF
this city and twelve mites east Of Aide Al the
latter place the Confclerates have strong force
Watching their opportunity. they have cent
strong party of cavalry Ia Dainsville. which u
one of our outposts. aud where Union cavalry
picket unused 90 the country had Just been post
ed The usual result followed. Our whole party
WIS captured A NJ jor. two Captains. -four
Lieutenants, and about hundred priyales fell
into the hands OF the Philistines. with all their
horses Of course
Now, these things are too bad Ii General
Hooker can do nothing else. surely he can pre-
vent these disgraceful incursons under the very
walls OF the capital When the history Of this
war comes Co be written. il will be seen that il
was only during the Peninsular campaign that
the neighboroood Of Washington free from
the presence of Confederate troops that Confed
crate troops were encamped within a few miles of
the national capital during the whole period of
the war; excent between the 10Th Of March and
the 10Th OF October. 1859. during which interval
General Mcclellan was defending Washington
bv besiegipg Richmond. and by fighting the Con
federates in MARYLAND
During that internal Of seven months and dur
ing that interval alone there Confeder
ate troops rear this city; aud this was solely ow
inp to the fact that Gen. Mcclellan was engaging
them elsewhere. During all the rest of the two
wears Of the war. the n ltonal Canital has been
disgraced by the close proximity OF Confederate
troops so that u person could not ride twenty
miles from Washington. in ANY direction west of
the Potomac. without being in danger of being
captured hv the enemy II was so from the time
OF Mr. Lincoln's Inauguration till the battle Of
Bull Ban II from the battle of Bull
Run till the commencement OF the Penlnsular
campaisn. a period of seven months during
which time Gen Mcclellan was forming his
magnificent army land until he had done this we
literally had no army.) aud building the thirty
two forts that afterwards saved the capital Aud
IL has been go from the time that Burnside was
placed in commend of the army until the present
hour l. it too much to- say that IL will continue
to he "a long rs the present incompetents are
continued in command2 History will record.
therefore that while the Union armies threat
ened Richmond for four months. our own capital
was actually heercurei by the Confederate ar
mics for nineteen months
In regard To Gen. Butler. the Administration j.
like the man Who drew an elephant in rattle
IL don't know what To do with him. IL can
safely he said that no man has given the Admin
istraton more trouble than this Extra Plea.
vune" IL WIS almost settled NJ one time that
he was to be the new Provost Marshal General
under the CONSUMPTION net The rngracious and
odious duties of that Office are exactly suited to
the low and groveling instincts of the man. II
Congress had remained in session week longer
he would have been the man: for the conscription
bill would have been amended tn give To
the Provost Marshal the rank OF Major General
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him the rank of Colonel, and that Picayune
would not accept.
Hence then, the efforts To induce Stanton and
Halleck resign. in order that Butler may he
appointed TO ill one of the vacancies (which |
mentioned in former letters.l have been renew ell
with greater pertiuacitv than before But all
these efforts are unavaug. and will remain so
Roth Stanton and Halleck have hold on the
President which nothing can induce them To- re
linquish They will remain in their respective
offices'ns long as Mr.. Lincoln holds his As re
CARDS Halleck. not only Is he msneuvering for
the next Presidency. but be alreldv believes that
he has a sure thing of IL, He fancies that he has
got rid If Mcclellan. Fitz John Porter. franklin.
Sumner and Sigel, all of whom stood IN his way
aud that he has competition that he need
fear.
believe IL is really true too. that il is n ,lleck
who has prevented the President from giving To
Fremont the important separate commind
suited To his rnnkC) and position(D" which FIR,
monts friends have been Dragging he was to re
ceive Fremont has been great deal NJ the
White House of late. and his views being i'm Der
feet accord with those of Mr. Lincoln he had pre-
vailed on the latter to promise him that he should
snon be placed at the he,d of important expe
dition. But Haleck had seen enough of Fremont's
campaigning IL know that his appointment In the
command of expedition would he equiva Ient
to the failure of that expedition Hilleck there
lore. Tor thus preventing Fremont from having III
important command. deserves the thanks of the
country
During all this time Butler remains an idle and
useless encumhrance.
Some facts concerning the battle of Fred
cricksburg. on the 18th of December, have Just
come to light. which place in clearer and
stronger light than before the utter in
competency of Gen Burnside will send YOU
these facts IN a future letter They are peril
nent at this time. because it is again proposed
To invest Gen Burnside with an important sep
arate command
Gen Foster. Won are aware. has been sent
back 10 North Carolina. where he is expected To
perform impossbilites. while his troops have
been taken from him and given to Gen. Hunter
ut Charleston 1t is now proposed To superceie
Gen Foster by sending Burnside TO North Caro-
lima again. Gen Foster will do all that aav
General can do there 1t he Is promptly pro
vided with troops. he will accomplish good re
suits Ii will be the hight of folly u super
cede Foster with Burnside. however: bnt that
is Just what may be expected of this Admins