Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-23

each one will have gangs of pimps. spies and
sneaks, u nose aud smell around the houses OF
honest men. and {" cause the errest OF al whom
their malice may denounce a. di-l"ysl
II The bin was confined 20 those leatnTes which
are copied from the French cOn~cripton la~- y
won.d be compara irely a vie and Just measure
but the features which now distinguish II render
it odious. abomidable ami unjust.
While psrs of,he Army oi-the Potomac iskePt
Idle on the Rappahsunock. and another part j.
sent down 90 South Carolina. Gen Lees army.
near Fredericksburg, has been on the alert i
have stated before that the enemy was M virtual
occupation of large portion OF the territory be-
tween here and Hooker's army; and they seem
determined 10 keep that fact prominently before
the public IL was only on the night between
the 18th and l5th inst, that a strong body OF
Confederate cavalry attacked considerable
force Of our tro0ns al AnDandale and completely
surprised and routed them with a loss on our side
Of twenty FIVE killed and wounded, and over
thirty >Irs0ners Annandae j. only thirteen
miles wet Of the room in which | write: indeed,
just past the famous Munsons Hill. So that YOU
see the enemy is still almost in sight OF Washing
ton
II this affair at Annandale and another which
is repore to. day as having taken place near the
Chain Bridge, should turn out To be reconnois
s-nces. IT will imply that the enemy are Keeping
watchful eve on this city. Would u be strange
if while the peculiar strategy of Halieck i keep
ing all of our troops at distance from the Cap'
tai, the enemy should make bold push for is
captureg Stranger things than this have hap
pened in war; and, if This very thug does not
happen il will not be owing u any measures thai
Gen. Halleck has taken 20 avert IT
The enemv continues To be enlightened by va
rious members of Congress, in regard To mill
tary strength &c The Richmond papers arr
now making glad the hearts of the Confederate
Generals and soldiers by quoting the official state
ments of Mr.. Stevens recently made in The
House. that we have only 100000 troops left, ans
that of these the time OF 800 900 will expire II
NAV As if that was not explicit enough, Seua
tor Wilson chairman OF the Committee on Mil
tsry Affairs, ANNOUNCED in hI- place vesterda,
that the regiments IF our army, originally con
tanning 900 men. had now become reduced u
an average of four hundred men each. | wa
perfectly well aware OF the fact weeks ago. NJ
sight that ever witnessed gave rise To saddle
feelings than ! experienced IN riding along TIA
thinned ranks of the regiments of the Army .
the Potomac. about week before Burnside
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that | had seen ,O0
strong in the Peninsular campaign. But no cor
respondent WIKI spark OF honor would think o
mentioning that fact as one of universal preva
!enre. It was reserved for the chairman OF th
Military Committee To do that
In the same speech Mr.. Wilson made an0the
extraordinary announcement. namely: THAT Ih
Southern people ares fighting for their indepen
dence " That strange admission Tor
friend of the Administration to make Was h
authorized by The President To make il? j. thu
admission another Indication that the AdminiStra
ton is tired OF the war; and wishes TO max
peacel Hitherto the Administration has refuses
tn admit the tact stated by Mr.. Wilson. and ma
persisted in regarding the struggles OF the Sout
"a the mere irregularities OF band of insurgents
Mr. Lincoln and Mr.. Seward. in their proclama
tons and state papers, always speak OF tn
Southern peope as 1.-The insurgents What
then. is the cOuntry 10 understand by this chang
OF frontI The experience OF the whole WORT
has proved that even five millions oi people. fight
Ing for their independence. cannot toe Subdned
Patrick Henry went 20 far a 10 that eve
three millions of people were invincible, ami tn
event showed that he was right. Well. IN ia
South there are ten millions, and Mr. Wilson
SAYS they fighting for their independence
What he saws is regarded n the expression OF IN
views o: the Administration Does the Admin
istratiun mean 20 say. therefore. that the peopl
of the South cannot he subdued. aud that there
fore it is useless 20 continue the war any longer
Certainly this l. the only logical conclusion tina
can be drawn troni Mr. Wilson's speech
This reminds me OF Il report made hy Mr. " Il
son Yesterday about Colonel Thomas. Conied
crate officer who has been confined II Fort Ia
fsv cite for fourteen months The rehnementS a
torture that are inflicted upon this gentlema
ought 20 cover the Administration with niamy
ana will surely he visited either in this world q
the next, upon the heads OF every one concerne
in them. y.