Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-19
&C., &c. &C., &c.
From New YORK

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Washington special says:
The Provost Marshal General has adopted reg
ulations that in case drafted men desert prior TO
muster into service. the quota of the respective
districts will not be credited. and a supplement
ary draft will be made where deficiencies exist
from that cause.
The Richmond Wing Of the 18th has the fol
lowing:
The Petersburg Express of Yesterday saws our
army il calmly awaiting the advance of the enc
my on the right. fully prepared to receive him
when such i move Is attempted, though no dis
position has been shown to attack our position
since the late reconnaissance
Ii is believed that the silence OF The last few
days il but the quiet that ~precedes the outbreak
IL Is not unlikely that an attempt will be made
to flank our works. aS sc think the enemy is fully
satisfied of the iutility IF all efforts TO take them
by assault.
At the present moment, saws the Express, at
tention il directed to the north side of the James
river, where a heavy engagement is not st all
unlikely.
IL is known that Grant has been largely rein
forced, aud it l. not unlikely that when the fight
ing commences we shall have il at both ends Of
the line.
The Wing, referring To TIE destruction of
rebel property ia the Shenandoah Valley. says:
The foul work is going on by order Of Gen.
Ofduif 70 ue>lioA tNtTNlulLH titt Wa -uSlhiU Tie
in the valley. There i one ~electual way, and
only one that we know Of, to arrest and prevent
this, and everv ether sort Of atroeity. and that IL
to burn the chief cities of the enemy-New
York, Boston. Philadelphia and Cincinnati, and
let their fate hang over the others ss = warning
OF what may be done, and what will be done to
them ii the present system of the war on the
part OF the enemy IL continued five are asked
how such a thing can be done, we answer, moth
- III
layI the ~proudest city of the enemy in ashes
The men to execute the work are already there.
There would be no difficulty in finding here or in
Canada suitable persons 10 take charge OF the
enterprise and arrange it, details Twenty men,
with plans all preconcerted and means provided,
selecting sOme dry windy night, might fire Boston
in q hundred places and wrap il in flames from
the center 10 the suburbs. They might retaliate
on Richmond or Charleston. Let them do it il
they dare Ii i IA game at which we can beat
them. New Togk is worth twenty Richmonds.
They have a dozen towns to our enc, and in
their towns are centered nearly all their wealth.
The Examiner takes to task the two Southern
gentlemen, Stephens and Boyce, who have advo
Gated the mons,rous proposition of a convention
OF all the States. aud in a fine vein OF ridicule
depicts the mighty convention. with the South
Carolina delegates sitting cheek -by jowl with
Banks, Sumner, Everett, aud Beast Butler.
The Commercially Washington dispatch SAYS:
Passengers from City Point to-day say all is
qniet at the front.
Refugees from Rockingham county, Va say
that the Union people in that region rejoice az
the destruction of secessionists' barns by Sheri
dan, although their own property suffered as
well.
They deem the ent Just and proper.
A special TO the Post, dated Washington, the
18th. saws:
The interview OF the Tennessee delegation
With the President has been grossly misrepre
scented The members were treated courteously,
but Mr.. Lincoln declined TO interfere with Gov.
,lohnson's regulations intending TO keen rebels
from the polls
Two more currency counterfeiters, named
Morgan aud FOrney, were arrested at East New
York yesterday. and counterfei,ers materials
seized.
The Richmond papers OF the ilth do not con
tain much news.
Forrest telesraphs h~ escape to Corinlh, Mis-
sissippi
4 repulse : admitted in Florida.
4 correspondent 20 the Montgomery (Als)
Appeal, writing iron Gen Hoods headquarters,
saws:
Sherman has three million ratious south of the
Tennessee river. Most Of these are AZ Chatta
noOga.
This Is full rations for twenty DAYS. and may
be made 10 las, sixty DAYS, and with what
can gathered up in the country he may iced his
army ninety DAYS
II i said that Hood Is tearing up the track of
the Georgia. Macon and West Point railroads.
Seventy miles of the Georgia road will be torn
up, from Macon % Griffin, and the Vest Point
road TO Newman
\ correspondent Of the Augusta ca SENT
nel says.
President Davis reception b. tie army Sas
very cold
The Richmond Examiner OF The 18TH inst.
saws.
The i've surgeons and two officers Who we're
captured a. Saltyille have been received AZ Libby
Prison