Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-13
Special Correspondents to the Chicago Times.

WASHINGTON, April 30
The present disgraceful condition of affairs on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad illustrates per
fectly the military qualifications of Schenck, the
"Vanouished OF Viena, called by Mr.. Lincoln
General (l) Schenck was placed in command of
the military department through which the Bal
timore and Ohio Railrord runs, in order that he
might protect that road from further damage BY
the Contederates. For this purpose whole army
corps, the Sth, was placed under his command.
As it is well known to the enemy, by means of
official publications, that our army corps contain
from 80 900 to 40 ,00e men, will state that the
9Th corps is not behind any of the others in nu-
merica strength.
military man. on being placed in such i'm
portsnt position, and with such vast forces at his
command, would, first of all, have gone carefully
over the whole line of the road, have seen for
himself where wereits most exposed points, and
where it could be best defended. Nor would he
have been satisfied with that. He would have
ridden on horseback along line ten or twenty
miles south of the road, along its whole extent,
to see, with the eye of soldier, where the enemy
could most easily approach the road; to become
personally acquainted with the mountain defiles,
the rivers. bridges, fords and ferries, the proper
places for outposts. &c He would thus have ac-
quired that personal knowledge of The country in
which he was to operate, that he could do that
understandngly-
But Schenck is not military man and he cid
nothing of the kind. He is politician, and
politician, too, of the smallest and narrowest
kind. Instead of making himself acquainted
with his military duties, and attending to them,
he devoted all the energies of bis little mind to
Il war upon the women of Baltimore which would
disgrace tyrant, and TO making speeches about
"the putting Rebels of Baltimore" He has
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cars of the company. He has not the slightest
idea of the country through which the road runs,
as a scene of military operations. He would not
even distribute his forces properly along the road,
/ but kept the great bulk of them in and around
the CITY of Baltimore and at Harper's Ferry. At
the time he succeeded Gen. Wool he found Gen.
Milroy in command in the western part of North
ern Virginia. and Gen. Mulligan. of Chicago, at
Grafton He left everything relating to the de-
tense of the road in their hands. but he neglected
to furnish them with troops enough properly to
cover or defend the road.
On Thursday of last week, the enemy in some
force attacked one of Gen. Mulgan's outDosts
ut Beverly, south of the road and drove them to
/ Grafton: Schenck night have kno wn what would
! follow. If he had at once concentrated even
! 10 900 troops between Grafton and Cumberland
the disgrace of having portion of the road again
| destroyed would have been averted. But he did
nothing of the kind. On Sunday and Monday the
enemy appeared at Altamont and Piedmont, cut
the telegraph wires, tore up little of the track
and then marched against Gen. Mulligan at Graf
ton. They were here repulsed, however, for Gen
Mulligan is a soldier, and he had made what
preparations we're in his power, to meet the emer-
gency. Happily they proved sufficient; but the
enemy only retreated after sharp skirmish, with
some loss on both sides Making circuit to the
west, the enemy then on Tuesday, struck the road
| at Clarksburg, where they defeated and put to
rout the small Union force stationed there
Marching swiftly thence to Warrington, sta
ton on the Wheeling branch of the road, fifty
miles from Wheeling, they burned railroad
bridge there, and then moved north and invaded
Pennsylvania Yesterday. Thus matters remain
at present.
The force of the enemy consists of about 5 600
cavalry and twenty pieces OF field artillery 1t is
possible they nave some designs either Pitts
Uurg or Wheeling, but scarcely probable, unless
they are but the advance guard of larger body,
which is not impossible
Schenck of course has made the usual boast
that "he has taken such measures will result
in the capture of the whole gang" They are
words easily spoken, but they never yet have
been fulfilled.
Day by day the evidence accumulates to prove
that it is the design of the Republican party to
entirely overthrow our system of government,
and to establish monarchy on its ruins. The
frequent and hagrant violations Of the Constltu-
ton perpetrated by Lincoln's Administration are
too fresh in the minds of your readers need re-
capituatOD. The latest one is LincOln's procla
nation admitting into the Union a State few
counties in the Northwestern part of Virginia,
which no more constitute II State than Cook
county does. and which have no more constitu-
tionnl right TO enter the Union as a State than
Cook county has. The Philadelphia Press, one
of the chief organs of the Administration, boldly
says that "Our Government must be re-organ-
lied. What want is power and strength.
The problem will be to combine the forms OF a
Republican government with the powers of a
monarchy. And the North American, another
Administration Journal, says: "This war has
,hown that the power of the Government must be
unlimited" These atrocious sentiments are
daily quoted here, aud warmly applauded To
this complexion then, have we been brought by
two years of Republican rule. What will the re-
naming two years bring forth1 X.