Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-01
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tines
" asutNcroN March 20.

The President il seems. has at last found airy
ing ptn for General Burnside IL i now stated
that he has been sent Vest with his old army
eorps 90 take charge OF matters ia Kentucky and
Tennessee aud either - supersede kosecrans, or
TO command Jointly with him IL this statement
should prove correct. predict the failure OF The
whole campaign in those two States. the defeat
Of our armies there. the expulsion OF al the
Union forces from Tennessee and Kentucky, ana
the feposSes,on Of both OF those States by The
ConfederaIes. | have not much faith IN Rose
Grams a. General But. for command Ike
that, Burnside has literally capacity II all he
will fail, aud tail miseraby l know the man.
and know il will he so
General Joseph + Johnston. who - III com
m ind Of the whole Confederate military depart
ment of the West. i a General who stands III the
first rank a a brilliant scientific strategl>t. he
has 20 arranged the delen>es OF Nick>burs ana
Port Hudson that those places will be found i'm
pregnabe TO the forces we have sent against them;
and the Mississippi therefore, will remain closed
Having done this General Johnston. with his
staff has now gone to fullah0ma, IN tennessee
about seventy miles southwest OF Nashville, from
which point in a few DAYS. he will commence the
snring campaign against Rpsecrans. tie has,
according 10 the most reliAbie accounts force
OF rs 600 troops Rosecrans, u lett alone ana
properly supported may succeed IN battling ms /
designs Ii Burnside interieres with him. all Is
lost.
The reconnoisances of the Confederate army I
near this city continue aud are executed with the
utmost GOODNESS and system. In the afternoon oi
the Odd inst quite a large accommodating party, I
composed OF cavalry. approached our outpOsts
near Chantilly, twenty miles west Washington;
and. not content with accomplishing Their recon t
noisance they also drew our forces there into a.
Skirmish OF some magnitude Our men were hrst
led into m ambuscade, and, while there, they re
ceived an enfiading fire from part OF the enc
my's troops in ambush The Union troops OF
course htd 10 retreat: hut. before this movement
could be executed We had lost ten or ~ Give men
killed, twenty wounded, and "A Lieutenant anu
seven men taken prisoners he enemy pursued
our reireating force for distance of two and
/ half miles By this time, however intelligence
/ of the affair had reached some General, ard
/ brigade of troops put in motion Tor the scene
/ of action. The enemy seeing the strong force
approaching stopped their pursuit ami reloiuod
their mann body who are probably at trrenton
or Aide The official account says that our
/ brigade pursued the enemy for eight miles,
when (the enemy being more numerous than We
/ were and the horses of our force being exhaust
! ed ri the column returned to Chantilly. The
official account also states that Our loss was one
man killed. one wounded, and one taken prisoner.
| while the loss of the enen was much Sreiter
| appeal to your readers, whether We Eave ever
been engaged with the enemy in skrmi>h ct
I this KIND, tlat lnp hlltdl htNohue Nih hNb rN''N
tint "our loss WAS one man killed. one wounded.
and one prisoner while the loss OF the enemy was
much greater
Thus l. the National Capital daily insuted 10y
the presence Of Confederate troops IN IT. envi
ron- Mr. Lincoln purposely declared. ON the lst
OF January last. that "he was going To conduct
the management of the war himself now; aud
this is one specimen of the way he manages IT,
He cannot even protect his troops from capture
within twenty miles of his own domicil Nor Is
this ALL He has such supcrabuniance OF troops
, here that he has begun to send them away to dis
tant points The National lnlelligencer, OF yes
terday good authority always, states officially
that the whole of the 9th Army Corps. General
Burnsde's old corps, have been detached from
the Army OF the Potomac. brought up tn the
city. IA have been sent to the West. and that
they passed through Baltimore on the oath. Oh
their way to their destination. | do not know
this fact on nv own knowledge | 1ate 1t on
: the authority | have named, which is good
!, enough authority for any one What spectacle
is here presented, The Army of the Potomac
being broken up, and its fragments being sePa
rated to distant points. True. this particular
= corps does not properly constitute part of the
e regular army OF the Potomac which gained such
dea,hess laurels in the Peninsuar campiign
: The absence of the 9th Corps will not be felt 10y
y the army But how unwise it l. thus to send
: away troops from Washington. when there are
as the one above described.
y Gen. Lee j. extending his reconnaissance To al
| parts of our lines On the "a inst. Gen. Stuart
: with large body of cavalry and light artillery
u m trched on the side of the Kittocktan Noun
tains. from Aide to LeeSburg, dlStince of =
miles. and from Lec~hurg fifteen miles further
= to the Potomac river ut NOlau's Ford, hteei
, mile, east at Htrper's Ferry, and about thirt!
miles northwest of ibis city. Having effected th
: object of the reconnaissance, the Confederate
:. troops quietly returned To Aide. distance q
r. thirty five miles, unmOested by our forces. In
. teligence of the exploit, however. was tele
grained by the commandant at Harper's Ferry u
y Mr. Lincoln The official organ account Of th
affair states that Measures were instituted t.
Y capture anv Rebel force that may be in that pa
sition | need scarcely add that none OF ih
Rebel forces have been captured. Mr.. Lincoln
measures 70 lock the stable door are always IN
-ttutea after the horse has been stolen. and the
never amount to ANYTHING.
-, Aprouos of Mr. Lincoln. il i admitted here O
/ all hands that the portrait drawn of him ny Hon
o. Mr. Conway. the Republican member from hau
o. Sas DUPLICATES his character 20 the life Il
forming judgment of the lrpbah'e result Of tn
10 war" Sivs tins very eloquent Represent alive
pm "our mistake in not giving attention - ia
Is character Of our Chief Executive Magistrate
Il. Mr. Lincoln is evidently not The ma, tor the oC
casion He cannot help himself His system
/ deficient The revolution which he j. required {
- | conduct i contrary to the laws which COVER
I'll him-tu his whole orr iniztiion, his physical an
r moral constitution his training, his process
I'll thought his tenpers ment He cannot c"mprS
., bend or appreciate il The idea of N0rlher
! nationality i hateful To him He IL a politica
of "A past age But now IN 4 new work.
II and all such politicians As he are hndrince an
o., a calamity This is the reason he war is TAI
el ure The President has perverted the war 10 d'
"A ieat IT,
nm These were bold words To be spoken IN this da
nj of bastiles and arbitrary arrests. ct let me AZ
few words more from Edmund Burke, M ord'
10 To make the picture complete:
he Heaven. ia the depths OF rs wisdom, tolerate
a. all sorts ct things But ! cannot conceive ~
4, existence under heaven that i more truly odo'
- than an impotent helpless creature. without ci'
70. wisdom or military skill. without consciou~ne
Of OF auv qualification fer power. calling for BATH
bs which lie j. not to fight calling for yiole
domination which he can never exercist 'iid -
of isied Ia be himself miserable IN order TO reno
:, others wrefchei
nd Thu wrote Edmund Burke ii III. Was
ir. prvohei that he could thus foresee the chiract
or o, the man who gravely enuncittei the pItpo
ton ,h,t it is easier u pax nothing thai to p
Of something Y
Prom the irfosi .Conueciisatl Times. March IL
Dcspotic Arrests.
no The telegraph has appraised our retiers that