Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-04
News from the south.

inst, contain the following interesting items:
On Friday an incendiary FIRE, evidently de-
signed to burn the War Department building.
destroyed several shops and dwellings adjacent.
including the fuse and shell factory of BARER &
MINIS, and slightly damaged the spotswood
House. Loss about Sl00, 600
The Enquirer describes the enthusiastic re-
ception of 100 returned prisoners, last Satur-
day. They were met by the Public Guard,
company of regulars from Camp Lee. and de-
tachment of the local cavalry, and the announce
ment of their arrival having been made in all
the churches, from 5000 to 5000 people
awaited them at the Capital Square The En-
quirer says:
The reception was grand beyond description.
The portico and windows of the Governors
house, the avenues to the monument. the trees
along the avenue, the Capitol windows the lawns
and the monument itself were crowded, and, ss
the column arrived, thousands of handkerchefs
were waving in the air, and a tumult of num-
berless voices gave expression TO the warmth and
feeling Of the people, old and young, the ''brave
and the fair" The column with much difficulty
passed from the Governors garden into the
avenue and stopped when the head had reached
the monument Hundreds of servants, bearing
baskets and walters of substantial and nicely
prepared provisions, Immediately penetrated the
midst and laId bare their banquet.
The troops manifested their appreciation of the
feast in most jealous and enthusiastic manner,
and numbers of them, impressed by all the i'm
posing circumstances of the occasion, moistened
their sandwiches and pefites m0rceruI with
tears, the first they had wept, no doubt. for many
a day. President Davis appeared in their midst
and made to them beautiful speech, but as he
addressed them from the ground and amongst
them, he heard by few outside. Governor
Smith followed, also speaking from the ground
and in the midst of his hearers. Dusk grew on
apace. The ceremonies and general and pri-
vate greetings being concluded, the band per-
formed several soul stirring airs and the column
moved on to Camp Lee.
From the Richmond Sentinel.
AFFAIRS IN GEORGIA
The demonstration of Gov. Brown and his
more immediate followers at Milledgeville. has
/ taken the country by surprise We confess we
should not have expected to see our usually dis
Greet and considerate cotempOrary, the Augusta
! Chronicle ard Sentinel. become party to such
a movement. The cause of peace has been in
lured heretofore, as it is being retarded now in
Milledgeyille, BY men who pass resOlves about
''terms" of peace in advance of any disposition
on the part of the enemy to make peace The
way to get peace is to make the enemy desire IT,;
and the way to do this is by hard knocks. A
musket in the hands of the Georgia peacemakers
would do more to advance the object than all the
resolutions they can offer in a week. Nay, these
last only drawbacks and impedments, and
are therefore positively mischievous.
Their outcry about the suspension of the habeas
corpus is of piece with the other complaiuings
We think. with powerful foe on her northern
frontier threatening Georgia with the desolation
which has overtaken Virginia, that her rulers
would be nationally engaged, and would
better serve her own interests and the common
cause, by blowing the war bugle, and rallying
every resource of resistance, rather than by
striking at, or embarrassing the Confederate au-
thorities b, unjust and certainly unhmely
clamors and assaults.
lFrom the Richmond whig of Monday.1
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE.
Father Abraham is coming it rather strong
again He is about to draft two hundred
thousand more men, "for the military service,
army, navy and marine corps" This foots up !.
grand total of about two million five hundred
thousand men. called out to crush a little NINETY
days" rebellion
As to the "rebels," we may now consider them
overwhelmed. They are stubborn, but this last
draft will fill them with despair. They will fight
no more. When a small man is fighting large
one the small man always gives up and runs
help This rule never fails The only circum
stance which could, by any possibility, make il
fail, would be positive assurance On the part OF
the little men that the bic mans cries for help
| would never be answered. LII the bystanders also
knew that no help coming to the big man,
they would be sure to advise the little man to
I take to his heels
1t is certain, therefore, that the "rebes" will
now back down. Twenty millions of mongrels
| hav t,.,lar akanf IN uhir ha
soon got sick of the fight, and levied on the
Dutch and Irish The resident Irish and Dutch
began to flag. and rs, 900 paddles were recruited
in Ireland. with th- approval OF Earl Russell
Then 100 900 niggers were enlisted And nov
200 900 nggers, Yankees and other molungeOns
half-breeds mestizoes, and Yahoes are to be
drafted Whit wonder that the "rebels" are
completely broken heartedP Who blames the
European bystanders for advising the "rebels" tC
give the cause upf
For ourselves, we are free to say that we are
for peace. We want peace. We will have it
must have it. On any terms? Yes, on any ter n'
which Gen Lee, standing in Faneuil Hall, may
choose to dictate to the base-born wretches who
have sought to enslave
The game is a very pretty one as it now stands
} Our enemi es must be conquered by us. or con
} quered by Lincoln They must make term
with gentlemen, they must make terms with
blackguard and baboon. Take your choice, {
. Yankees
1t is reported through apparently reliable
source that Grant has assumed command of th
Army of the Potomac. 1t is hardly true, bu
we trust il may be so.
FROM THE VALLEY.
On Saturday, the 18th inst. a portion of tn
. Clark Cavalry, who were at home on furlougb
with couple of Mosby's men, encountered al
equal number of Yankees at Snicksville, Loudor
county. and killed four, wounded four, and cap
tured thirteen. We lost killed and on
wounded We had twenty one men and tn
Yankees twentysone
The patriotic farmers in accordance with tn
appeal of Gen Imboden, are holding meeting
to ascertain what amount of corn, forage, &c.
would be subscribed and furnished to the gov
ernment to sustain the Army of the Valley. Tn
subscriptions are very liberal.
very large of land in Rockingham j
being powed up and prepared for the planting
of corn.
COMMERCIAL.
OFFICE OF THE WHO, March l9
At Messrs. Robinson, Adams & Co.'S sale yes
terday, the following prices were obtained:
: Crushed sugar, Sl0@ll per pound; brown dc
Sc 95@7: N. o. molasses. Il bbl) S45; Youn
uyson To. c00 0S. coffaa all 901aIl &. al