Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-30


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 &
MrSSIs. and slightly damaged the Spotswood
House. Loss about 100000.
The Enquirer describes the enthusiastic re.
ception OF 100 returned prisoners, last Satur
day. They were met by the Public Guard,
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 pOrticU and windows OF the Governors
house the avenues the monument the trees +
along the avenue, the Capitol windows. the lawns
and the monument itself were crowded, aud, as I
the column arrived. thousands of handkerchlets
we're waving in the air, and tumult of mum
berless voices gave expression TO the warmth and
feeling OF the people, old and young. the brave
aud 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 ia a most Jealous and enthusiastic manner,
and numbers of them. impressed by all the i'm
posing circumstances of the occasion. meistened
their sandwiches and petites morceruE 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 lie 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 Medgeville. has
taken the country by surprise. We confess we
should not have expected to see our usually dis
Greet and considera.e contemporary, the Augusta
Chronicle ard Sentinel. become party to such
a movement. The cause of peace has been in
iured heretofore "a il Is being retarded now in
MIlledgeville, by men who pass resolves about
terms OF peace. in advance OF any disposition
on the part of the enemy make peace. The
way 10 get peace is to make the enemy desire IL :
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 are only drawbacks and impedi ments, and
therefore positively mischievous.
Their cutlery about the suspension OF the habeas
corpus is OF q piece with the other complainings
We think with a powerful foe on her northern
frontier. threatening Georgia with the desoation
which has overtaken Virginia, that her rulers
would be more nationally engaged, aud would
better serve her own interests and the common
cause by blowing the bugle. and rallying
every resource Of resistance, rather than by
striking at, or embarrassing the Confederate au
thorities b, unjust. and certainly untmely
] ella mOrs and assaults
From the Richmond Wing OF Monday
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,
I armv navy and marine corps" This foots I'D a
1 grand total OF about two million FIVE hundred
I thousand men. called out TO crush little 'nii ety
DAYS" rebellion.
As to the rebels" we may now consider them
overwhelmed They are stubborn. but this last
draft will I'll them with despair. They will fight
no more When a small man is fighting a large
away as soon the large man begins TO cry for
I help This rule never fails. The only circum
Stance which could. by any possibility make il
fail. Ould be positive assurance on the part of
the little men that the big mans cries for help
would never be answered Il ne by-tanders also
knew that no help coming To the big man.
they would be sure TO advise the little man to
take To his heels
Ii il certain. therefore. that the rebels" will
I
have undertaken To whip them The Yankees
loon got sick OF the fight. and levied on the
Dutch aud IRISH The resident Irish and Dutch
began to flag. and 10 600 paddles were recruited
in Ireland. with th approval OF Earl Russell.
Then 100 600 nlggerS were enlisted Aud now
100 900 nigCers. Yankees and other mOlung
hali-breedS mestiZOes, and 1ahoes are To be
drafted Whit wonder that the rebels" are
completely broken hearted7 Who blames the
! European bystanders for advising the rebels 10
give the cause up?
For ourselves, We are free To say that we are
for peace We want peace. We will have it
must have it. On any termsI Yes. on any terms
which Gen Lee, standing 10 Faneuil Hall, may
choose 70 dictate TO the base-born wretches who
have sought To enslave Us
The game Is a very pretty one "a il now stands
Our enemies must be conquered by Us. or con-
quered by Lincoln They must make terms
With gentlemen. or they must make terms with j
BLACKBOARD and baboon. Take your choice. Q
Yankees
|; i reported through an apparently reliable
source that Grant has assumed command OF the
Army OF the Potomac Il Is hardly true. bu
we trust it may be so.
FROM TIE VALLEY.
On Saturday. tile 18th inst, a portion of the
Clark Cavalry. who were at home on furlough
equal number OF Yankees at Snicksvile LOuiOr
county and killed four wounded four. and cap
tured thirteen We lost one killed and on,
wounded We had twenty one men. and ID,
Yankees twenty one
, The patriotic farmers, ~ accordance with tn
appeal of Gen lmbOden. are holding meeting
10 ascertain what amount of corn forage. &c
would be subscribed and furnished to the gov
eminent to sustain tie Army of the Valley. Tn
, suoscricriptons very liberal
very large OF land in Rockingham i
beng poRed up and prepared for the planun,
OF
COMMERCIAL
: OFFICE OF The WIG. March l9
A. Messrs Robinson. Adams & Co.'S sale YES
terday the following prices were obtained:
Crushed sugar. SlO@ll per pound: brown DO
50 95G4: y o mOlas,es. I bbl) Si5; lOunJ
b HysOu te.. S22 p. coffee. Sll 20GIl .; tai
J. low candles. S5d5 % "Altmyer" de-. S6 soap
: 50 I5d4 40; rice, III, cents; "killaknick
smoking tobacco. 81 IS; Diamond 90. 7sde
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