Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-25

ship and Major GeDeralshps.
John Mitchell. the Irish Secessionist now
editing the Richmond Enquirer, Is mentioned
tor Bri-adier Generalship in the Confederate
service
General Howell Cobb is raising a new reg
iment for service in Middle Florida, where be is
To have command.
The Pension Office at Washington has late
Is recorded the nineteenth tbousandth application
of wives made widows by this war between the
Northern and Southern States.
"A Washington paragraph says that General
Hooker passed Thursday afternoon in riding
about Washington with Mrs. Lincoln. On
THURSDAY evening the President decided TO retain
aud sustain him in command Of the army.
Gen Ord is still at Carlisle Barracks. whith'r
he was exiled, as a punishment for coming To
Washington without leave. while member OF
the Buell. Commission.
The famous Colonel Grierson is described
a. tall. spare man, with = determined cast of
countenance, light complicated, and every
inch soldier.
The New York independent saws: Generals
do not thrive under the drip Of the Capitol At
thirty six hours distance from Washington
mics and Generals succeed At twenty hours
they lust hold their own, but within six hours
they are as dead a. field of wheat under the
shadow Of upas trees.
-THE NV YORK INDEPENDENT on "SroSE-
WALL" JAcKsoN.-The current number of The
! INDEPENDENT in "A leader upon Thomas Jack
son. the eminent Rebel General, who died a few
dav ago. from wounds received in the confusion
| of the battle of Charlottesville, at the hands of
/ his own men, says:
! 4
flesh He il no longer a foe We think of him
now as noble minded gentleman. rare and
eminent Christian, For wears he has been an ac-
tive member Of the PRESBYTERIAN Church. OF
/ which he was a ruling elder He never in all the
| occupations of the camp, or temptation of cam
! paigns lost the fervor of his piety, RENTED
/ his Christian duties
We know that before every important move
he spent much time in prayer. He had so put his
soul in the keeping OF his muster that he was re
/ level from al thought of self. and had the whole
power of his lite ready for his work. Officers OF
| Fremont's army who pursued him in his famous
/ retreat from the Shenandoah Valley. found him TO
be greatly beloved BY the common people, among
whom. in former times, he had labored in PRAYER
meetings i'm temperance meetings. and in every
| Christian word and work. No wonder he fought
we'll along a region whose topography he had
mapped down with PRAYERS, exhortations, and
| Christian labor.
Let no man suppose that the North will tri
umph over fallen son with insulting gratula
tionsl Nowhere else will the name of Jackson
/ be more honored Not for adhesion to the cause
of slavery. but for his untarnshed personal char
acter. for his devout piety, and for his military
| genius
How GENERAL GRANT STARTED on Hrs Pms
ExT CAMPAIGN The Chicago Tribune learns
from gentleman who participated in the recent
campaign Of General Grant. up to the time the
enemy crossed the Big Black in the retreat to
wards NickSburg, that IN starting on the move
ment the General disencumbered himself of every
| thing setting m example 10 his officers End men.
/ He took neither a horse nor servant. overcoat
/ blanket, tent camp chest, nor even Il clean shirt
/ His only baggage consisted of tooth brush He
! shared all the hardshps of the private soldier
sleeping in the front and in the air. and eat
ng hard tack and salt pork He wore no sword,
had on a low crowned citizen hat aud the only
thing about him to mark him As military man.
was his two stars on his undress military coat
-REPoRTs OF OUR PARoLED PRISONERS -
Eighty paroed officers have reached Washington,
and their experience has public well per
sOna interest We quote il:
When they had marched five miles on the road
to Gordonsville. courier informed their guard
that SLOVENIAN i'm the vicinity, whereupon
they marched back again and took fresh start
towards Richmond but again stopped by
another courier with the same intelligence The
third time they proceeded by circuitous route
arriving at Spottsylvania Courthouse on Satur-
dav night where Col Miller the Rebe commander
tried to procure food but failed there being none
attanable for his own men Monday morning,
/ thev marched fifteen miles to Guneas Station.
where they were put into field in "A hard rain
| aud kept all night. Tuesday. a barrel of -four
was issued To them 10 be baked and divided "a
best they could. the first food food they had par
taken of since their capture-nearly three days.
| Wednesday night. they were put in railroad
car and taken to Richmond, receiving ieers and
insults in prOfCSiOn, the women being particularly
abusive. Arriving at Richmond. they were put
in IA prison guarded by citizens with old muskets
some OF them not loaded.
On Sunday Governor Letcher breckenridge
brother TO Gen J G. Brickinridge.) and others.
visited the prison Letcher said that Lincoln
could have closed this thing if ne desired
long ago" and that he called on President
Lincoln himself before Virginia went out. but to
purpose.
Gen HAYES remarked. Supposed Douglas had
been elected what would have been done?"
Breckenridge replied that he and the South had
been disunioniss for Fifty wears, and they were
hound to have diSunion anyhow-all tina, they
asked was To be let alone. not wishing to harm
us This is the general feeling here" he
added
On their wav 10 CITY Point they were not al
lowed TO ride in the cars to Petersburg though
they running empty. and were marched a
distance of twenty two miles
Gen HAYES. Lieutenant l. Ford and Lieu
tenant Lee succeeded in hiring q carriage for for
" dollars in greeniacks to convey them some ten
miles
Jim Harrison the actor. told one of our off
GERS that Stoneman could easily have come in
10 Richmond with three hundred men. done
much damage, and carried off many spoils. be
side beratng the prisoners
-FIGUREs DO NOT LIE The Tribune saws
Lees army at the time Hooker crossed 90 give
him battle only counted 80 900 men. The Times
saws Rockers army at the same time numbered
l59, 800 men IL thus appears that. with more
than three tunes Lees army Hooker was unable
To whip him in the first fight and unable To DO il
with twice and half his number of men after he
got his renforcementS. According to the state
mentS of the Tribune and Times. Hooker's loss
IN killed and wounded in the several battles.
amounted TO only from l. 900 10 lS.0O0 which.
with the prisoners captured by the enemy mum
berng ) 0n0 az 5000 more would make the total
loss from % GEO 20 ~ 900. Lee, il is st~ted bv
the same authorities. lost more than Hooker did
or about 80 000 mea-exceeding half his original
force He could not have been reinforced by
more than from 10000 TO ID 600 men Tha;
would leave his whole force after his losses-in-
GLIDING the loss Of General Jackson. who was a
hos, in him>ell-from 80 .0O0 to 40 900 men Be-