Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-10


The Joint resolution which passed both houses
OF Congress yesteaday. TO continue the payment
OF the present bounties 10 volunteers until the
lst of April. would not have been passed If IL
had not been that the most positive assurance
had been received here. from prominent and re
sponsible men I'm nearly all tile States To the cf-
feet that such course would secure all the
troops neeied. by volunteering Gov Curtin, OF
P.nnsy lvania, particularly, wrote to the Pres-
dent that the proportion of men required from
that State was already nearly raised. and that. II
the bounties were continued only two weeks Ion
ger. every man required from Pennsylvania
would he not only raised. but actually under arm,
before the and of March. Similar assurances. IL
II stated, we're received from Gov. Bradford, OF
MARYLAND: Gov. Seq mour OF New York. Cover
nor Parker. of New Jersey. from the Governors
of Ohio. Indiana aud Illinois: and from perfectly
responsible persons la all the northeastern States
II il we'll known that the expense OF the former
draft. sith all It's clumsy aud complicated ma
chincry. was - enormous, that the cost OF each
conscrpt vas nj least three times the amount OF
the largest bounty which II how offered for vol
uhteer-: while the conscrpts Themselves, Ia nine
eases uut at ten, whether substitutes or originals
proved utterly worthless as soldiers, aud more
than half ot them either deserted cor else IRE
continually under arrest. Under the present sys-
TEN OF raising 800 MOO uer last called for under
the ~fiWNlAt bI urge UfANtt@s amounting III
some States 10 1912. the necessity OF the employ
ment oi the vast aud expensive machinery OF the
conscript act IL entirely avoided. the men are
promptly raised. and entering the service vii
hngly, they do. they will make. in time.
excellent soldiers. The bounty, IL Is true il
large: but only a small portion comes OUT Of the
Federal Treasury. The largest proportion Of
the amount comes directly from the State and
county where the men are raised. and i AWAY ;
voluntary contribution from the Weather and
patriotic ighDors Of The volunteers themselves
So long As this system j. adhered TO. the ranks
OF the army wiz be kept full. and that too. with
the very bes, material 10 make soldiers while the
Federal tres surg j. almost entirely relieved from
the tremendous burden that Il would have 10 bear
whenenever the conscripton act is sought to be
enforced.
II is pretty certain, now, that there will be no
Graf under the last cali owing to the above ar
raneement.
l. is reported to-day that the recent expedition
toward Richmond under Fitzpatrick Custar AID
Butler. has met with disastrous repulse some
distance from the rebel capital You have been
previously made acquainted With the details and
tue Object Of this movement. ls u scarcely less
ridiculous and absurd that Buffers silly raid to-
ward Richmond OF two or three weeks ago. In
the present case the plan was for three different
armies to Cooperate; or, rather. The main body
OF Meade army Was assigned me task of en-
gasing the attention of Lees army on the Rap
dan: the forces under Butler were TO advance in
two detachments one up the south side Of the
James river ana the other up the Peninsula, in
the route OF McClelans army. by way OF VIII
liamsbure. White House and Bottoms Bridge;
while the cavalry of the Army OF the Potomac,
under Fitzpatrick, were to dash down To White
House, by way OF Fredericksburg and Hanover
Junction. and 10 meet and Cooperate with But
ler's forces at White House That part of the
programme intru-ted to Fitzpatrick and Meade
was successfully executed up to A certain point:
that il. the part of Lees army which on the
Rapidan when the movement commenced re
maned there, held their ground there, aud were
engaged BY the depleted Army of the Poto-
mac. kdpatrick's cavalry crossed the Kappa
hammock and the Rapidan, turned the Confederate
works Mine Run, and advanced to White
House by way of Hanover and Spottsylyania
At this point the success of the movement ended
and its failure began. That part Of the pro
gramme entrusted to Butler was not carried out
ut all The facts have all been concealed up to
this time But enough Is known To make It evi
dent that. owing to the want OF co operation on
the part of Butler. forces have suffered "A dis
astrous repulse somewhere between White House
aud Bottoms Bridge.
Nothing else to be expected from An expe
dtion orgauized on such absurd principles or
IttHtl, upon SuCU tttdt uiSItIhFu OF AT military
principles The object of the expedition was
avowed and boasted TO be the capture OF Rich
mond and the Liberation of the Union prisoners
there, whom Butler cannot get exchanged. But.
ia the organization of the expedition, the most
notorious facts in relation To Richmond were ig
nored. and treated if they did not exist The
fact that Richmond Is as strongly defended as
Washington. and that there fully 80 ono Con
federate troops available for its defense, per
sistently and childishly kept on, OF sight by Lin
coin. Stanton aud Butler when ,hey planned this
expedition. The consequence is, We have suf
ferei defeat on the Peninsula quite as disas
trous the one IN Florida.
Thus opens the spring campaign. Thus it
will continue to progress. With an army three
times numerous tina; OF the COnfederates.
nothing but defeat awaits Us in the campaigns or
1861. because our forces are directed by the same
wretchei charlstans who have hitherto sent them
to frutless slaughter. y.