Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-13

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sdvice 10 General Dix.


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We cannot account for the large numbers OF
southern people who are stated 70 be tocking
into General Dix's headquarters in New York
for registry" They must be very paltry set
Of poor devils Who have abandoned their Own
country to avoid military duty, OF TO spend our
monev, shich they have stolen IN Confederate
serviec, or to invest in Northern stocks and
greenbacks the profits OF their blockade running
trade Whether any of these be the sneaking
felons who tried 70 set fire 10 the hotels we care
not The question il Indifferent 20 us, vet small
as our interest NAV be in that absentee popula
ton Il Is right 20 say tha, 20 man in the world
will believe the incendiarsm was rebel plot by
Feason Of anything that any Yankee eau say or
swear. The reward OF hfty thousand dollars
will no doubt produce cloud OF witnesses pre-
pared not only 10 bring home the crime TO South
ern SHAREHOLDERS but also TO forge and TO prove
The express commission to burn New FORK, sn-
der the hand of the Confederate Secretary OF
State. Further, il IL should have happened that
some Southern man. who has seen his own house
burned bv Yankee invaders, and his own chill.
dren turned naked out OF doors, did repair TO
New York, and then and there did Jay the whole
CITY IN ashes. nobody need wonder nor affect
horror
In Richmond, since the war began, there have
been at least twenty incendiary fires. many of
them evidently prepared in combinstion-not TO
count, OF course, the one arranged for Us by
Turpentine Dshlgren The destructive fire in
Charleston, also, which destroyed one third OF
the city, was almost beyond doubt the work of
Yankee incendisries-to s~y nothing of Gil
more's Greek fire About seven towns have
been burned in Georgia within the past month;
and as this was done IN the course OF an unjust
invasion, General Sherman, in burning each and
every one of these places, ver criminal
aud bsser ielon than the man with the black va
lise Although. therefore. We wholly deny that
there was any 'rebefplO," 10 destroy New York.
or that these States or this Coniederacy bad any
completely whatsoever with that Transaction; yet
! if New York were burned down. with Boston
and Philadelphia. by vengeiul and desperate men
who have been burnt out OF house and home
themselves, the incident would be soothing 20
every we'll regulated mind
In the meantime let Gen. Dix be strict in
| registering" and keepin. under surveillance all
the skulkng Southerners Ia New York liz will
/ be well tn see how many of them are there. aud
J who they are. If we could also get from the
/ police books of Paris aud London a record OF the
numerous Southern ladies and gentlemen who
are striving in those cities TO make the time pass
/ pleasantly until this cruel war - Overlooking
tue risk and privation to us at home-together
with the date of their appearance in those CAPT
tails. aud the length of time they stay there, il
| might be useful for future reference. From Ifi-
vate letters we learn that in Paris especially are
| large numbers OF Southerners. MANY OF them
/ purporting to be Confederate officers and occa
| sionally sporting the Confederate uniform david
ling in the cafes and on the bOuiepards. They are
I beautiful TO look at: their uniforms are cut by
/ Partisan tailors. and their lace aud buttons dsz.
ze the Champs Elysees When the Emperor re
views the troops these gentlemen sometimes
| hire horse and are seen al the Champ de Mars
for the gallant fellows take great interest in
military matters-far from home
Several of them were AZ lhe battle OF Nan
assas'-they do not exactly specify which--and
+ have even ornamental wounds OF these crea-
lures, some. We know. have been sent to Europe
on various frivolous pretexts, at their own re
| quest, but at our expense, by the State Depart
ment: but the majority have erept out of their
country by various underhand and underground
ways, simply to avoid the service they that
country. They not only desert the Coniederacy
but libel II also. by presenting themselves az
specimens of is officers. They are worse than
the man with the black yalise:" for they will
never set on FIRE even much the river
! Seine
Faithful citizens, who take their stand with
/ their country for veal or woe, will applaud the
bill now before Congress for cODfscatiDg the
property-if any they bave-of those who have
quilted the COnfederacy during the without
permission and without necessity and for dealing
with them all alien enemies. Those of them
who are OF fighting age and not disabled, are
simply deserters and the death Of deserter
would be too good for them.
/ Ii is well to know that General Dix is keeping
| a sharp lookout upon that class of persons in
New York. We shall have an eye upon them on
! this side.