Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-12

Mr. Henry May, one of the Representatives
from Maryland, brought ~ the attention OF the I
House YESTERDAY. the facts Of a most atrOcious
outrage on the rights Of a certain religious de
nonipatiOn, which has been perpetrated m his
State by person named Scheuck. This man
Schenck will be remembered by your readers as
the hero" of Vienna In the early stages Of the
war, while this city was beleaguefed by the Con
federates, before the battle of Manassas Schenck,
fresh from some village in Ohio, Was in command
of regiment of brave bat undsciplned Ohio
volunteers which was sent out by Gen Mcdowell
To recOnnOiter IN the direction of Alcie. Green
Springs and Evansville The enemy were known
10 be IN force twenty miles west OF Washington,
but how much nearer not known, and II was
desirable 70 ascertain The Leesburg railroad
was in running order "a TAR a. Vienna, thirteen
miles west of Alexandra. and Schenck put hiS
regiment on board OF some open platform cars,
and started westward. Our troops we're encamped
around Washington TO about six miles from vi
emma After a. n !. our outposts. Sehenck stopped
the tram every mile and put ont company
of men At Nenua he ran the train into an am
buscade which the enemy had prepared. afording
a perfect shelter 10 them. while our brave fellows
were exposed TO plunging hre from all sIdes.
The engineer was instantly killed. and. before
anv one else could be found hardy enough and
skIllful enough 10 reverse the action OF the en-
gine the piled with the bodies OF the
slain and the wounded When the TAIN did get
in motion again, il was rushed back To Alexan-
dria. tearing with lightning speed past the com
panies that bad been left behind. The latter beat
! hasty retreat also, closely pursued by the Ell
emy and suffering additional loss.
/ am not aware that Schenck has distinguished
himself by any other achievement during the war.
But Thu is the kind OF men that Mr.. Lincoln
delights to honor Behold him now, Military
Governor of Maryland and Pennsy lvania, master
OF the rights and liberties of the citizens OF two
great States II was only few weeks ago that
he stretched forth his hand to Philadelphia seized
the publisher of newspaper there, and incarce-
rated him in the dungeons of Fort McHenry.
And few DAYS ago he permitted one OF his satel
lites 20 perpetrate the outrage on the MehOdlSts
of Baltimore, to which | have alluded above
/ His Provost Marshal or Grand Nizier Heaven
knows what other titles drawn from the despOtlc
countries of Europe and Asia will be borne by
/ American citizens his Provost Mash or his
Grand Vizier had issued a ukase, or imperial de-
/ cree, commanding that certain Methodist churches
should decorate their pulDlts in specified theat-
4 rical STYLE and forbiddng the congregations TO
worship in any churches the pulplts of which
were not so decorated These Meihodists, be.
lieving that the Constitution of the United States
/ secured t0 them the right to worship God IN the
/ manner i'm which they had done from time imme-
/ mortal, and, knowing very well that flags formed
no part of their worship, refused to comply with
the tvrannica order For this, of their min
/ listers was dragged from his house and incarcera-
ted in the dungeons OF Fort McHenry; and these
were the facts brought to the notice OF Congress
by Mr.. Henry May
/ The facts of the case and the correspondence.
have been published in extenso in the Times. |
refer to il now because it is subject OF national
/ importance and concern Let the citizens of
heretofore free Illinois prepare themselves To see
a Sairap appointed To rule over them; and, II he
| is not IA negro, let them thank His Majesty King
Abraham for that boon nj least. Let them pre-.
pare to see some understrapper or Grand Vizier
of this Satrap issuing his decree to the Baptists
or Presbyterians of Illinois, demanding them to
make an innovation in their mode of worship
equally as obnoxious a. that imposed by Schenck :
Vizier on the Methodsts of Maryland. And let
them beware of resistance With Eastern forms
| of tyranny aud Eastern names of officials will
| come Eastern forms of punishment The deep
waters of Lake Michigan will perhaps cover many
a crime committed in the name of liberty; and
the knout the sack, and the bowstring may be
come AS often used in the Northwest as in Russia
or Turkey. Such the fruits of two years OF
Republican" rule.
The Confederate troops continue their daring
Reconnaissance in all directions in the neghbor
hood of Washington. and their equally daring
depredations upon our cavalry pickeis. The,
seem To be IN great want of horses just now. for
within the last ten DAYS, they have captured from
us three or four hundred very hne and well trained
animals In most cases there men dresse,
a. Union soldiers mounted on these horses, o
engaged ia feeding them. each man having
saber at h- side and revolver in Isis belt. Th'
sabcrs the revovers and the uniforms OF course
went with the horses. Thus, while the Confed
, ! N A ~ an a.
to capture another. their comrades near Washing
ton use our horses. sabers and pistols {,
capture from us still more horses sasers an'
pistols Great ia the humbug of King Abraham
reign. and stanton. Halleck. anu Hooker hi
prophets.
Apropos of Fighting Joe he has got up
fight at lnst-a fight. fierce and terrible with thu
little BOYS who sell newspapers 10 the soldiers
He has been victorious in the first engagement
and has driven the little BOYS of the field Blu
the latter. plucky little fellows they are, not bl
daunted preparing for another battle Thu
soldiers side with them. Tor they are mlelligen
men. and they will have the newspapers Tn,
upshot of the matter will be that the little boy
will remain master of the field. for the soldier
will have the papers
/, The DAYS OF American liberty are now mum
bored American liberty. indeed j. now "a thinl
/, oi the past IL exists no longer YESTERDAY va
the last day on which an American c.tizen coul,
walk where he pleased with head erect. aud "a
I With truth Il am a free man No man can 81
that with truth 70 day. The lifc the liberty. th
4 property, OF every citizen are new ut the mere
OF one man II the readers oi the Times are ne
dragged from their beds to night ana thrown int
loathSomc dungeons tlerc To- langush and ~
for the remainder oi their lives. Il will be OWN
. O. the iothenrancc of the man whom COngte,
has made Dictator for lie No mnn. so arfcste
: aud 80 imprisoned, could ever reasonably hope I
br released except hy death. No writ OF habca
corpus could reach him The writ OF habcas cot
| pus exists in America no longer. The hahel
corpus has been abolished by Congress tn
relatives of the men 80 arrested would know n
J.. more about their tate than u they had been mu
/. dcrcd, and who knows that mmny man
srtcsled vii uo, he murdered through the mali,
n OF private encmicsf
J. During the pcndcucy of the measure. bctol
y Congress Which have thus placed the foot I
u Abraham Lincoln upon the nseks ot the Who
n Amcricau people, many honest but mi-gulds
? men supported them. because, a. they said, e,,
a " Mr Lincoln should abuse the unlimited powe
). that we're to Ice placed Ia his hands u could
be- iof long, ior the pcop.c, nt the next ftc-
I dental election, could prevent hin, irum abnsiu
:, the powers proposed ~ Oe conferred upon hn
ia "lhc next Presidential election When will
:, take placer VIII any OF the readers OF u
q Times I've a. see another Presidential election
= In u doubtful very doulaiul II ". one
u the tall ot lsbl. u will be because the schemes
h the radicals viii have tailed Already the, nj
boosting here that there shall never bc anoth
- election tor President tlll the rebellion IL "a