Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-03

Pought-If " on. Richmond to be
Bes'eged-Granf's Opinion OF Lee
Eincoin's Organ against Chase's
POIfcy-GoId VIII reach 2OO-No sue
cess can stop it-Gen. Butler and
hrs Two million Legacy-Cotton
Spectators Guarded by United
states Troops-Grave RumOrs-
General Thomas ON the Negro
Troops, &c.
WAsHINGroS. May %
The relative positions Of the Army of the
Potomac and the rebel army a. understood here.
that after one weeks maneuv ering by General
Grant with a view TO outhank Lee. without risk
ing general battle, has proved iruitless and the
clever Confederate strategist still keets Grant
under dense cloud of doubt. Our scouts have
furnished some information. but the real position
of the enemy at any particular time has not been
known to Gen Grant. IL is generally understood
and believed here BY military men. and especial
IL engineer officers. With whom have conversed,
that General Lee after he had felt the overpow-
ering numbers of our army in the Wilderness.
determined not 10 risk another battle this side of
the Notifications of Richmond, unless forced to.
until he could gather every available solder that
could be spared in the Confederacy, and then he
would give battle to Gen. Grant
That time has arrived now. and the great bat
tie and it is believed the final great battle of the
war, is soon 10 be fought Grant seems to be
under the impression that a single battle is not to
decide it, and that great siege of the rebel CAPT
tai is an inevitable fact. and to this end he is
making preparations. The siege guns al
ready embarked, and when the new base IS made
public as at present determined upon, the siege
guns and ammunition will be landed. The
knowing ones are making preparations for a
summers siege of Richmond. and this we can
not avoid
private letter from Gen. Grant 10 relative
in this city speaks of the unparalleled obstinacy
of the rebels, and the difficulty he has to learn
their position aud attack them Understandings.
He SAYS Lee is the great captain of the world,
and If be succeeds ia whipping him he will ask
no higher honor in this world The people in
this city are beginning to awake from the lethar-
gy ''superinduced by the long-winded bulletins OF
the War Department announcing victory, and
they now discuss this case rregardless of what
Secretary Stanton writes or says. ard make their
own conclusions. The verdict of intelligent men
is that the enemy are giving Us a trial that re
qures every nerve, every and every dollar
the country can spare TO meet the impending
crash of battle The conclusion is arrived at
that the present battle goes, so goes the war.
They insist, if after three years OF war; with all
the resources we have had at our command, and
the enemy confronting US with unwaverng col
umns. man Tor man, officer for officer, and then
we get whipped il is then time to talk of nego>
tiating for peace A few days then will solve
this problem of the war.
A very significant article appeared in the
Washington Chronicle this morning, which. when
it is considered il appears in paper whose editor
sees the President daily. it may be looked upon
as an official query. 1t says:
"Gold reached 1870 yesterday the highest figure
it has yet touched. 1t will 90 up TO 300 and
beyond, unless something is done. and that
right speedily. to reduce the volume of the
currency Military successes cannot reach the
root of the disease, which is tue redundancy
of the paper currency. Congress must adopt
some measure, and at once, to curtail the
enormous paper issues of the country F"
This alusion to the currency in the said to be
real official organ of the President is rather
broad fling to Mr. Secretary Chase that his
"greenback' money seems only as "A tempo
rary expedient, ultimately to result in repudia-
ton and national bankruptcy.
What would The writer of the quoted aph
have Congress to do in tine premisesf They have
done all they can or dare do in taxing the pro
ducts of our own and the importations from
foreign countries. They simply can do nothing
more except they take half what a man has, in
kind, and sell il use it for the benefit of this
worse than useless war. The writer truly OBJ
seyves that military successes cannot reach the
root of the disease then what under heavens
will? If this is the candid opinion of one mem
Der of the Cabinet what in the name of all that
is good and righteous are we so anxious TO spill
more blood for? | am under the impression that
the quoted article was lapsus language. Truth
is the daughter of time" Adopting the language
of the quoted writer, if military success does not
reach the root of the disease, will they not
rather increase its bad symptoms and hurry the
country on TO financial death?
learn from an authentic source that the da m
age Gen. Butler inflicted on the Danville and
North Carolina Railroad has been repaired, and
the running over it usual So much
for Buffers strategy. Quite a little private dis
cussion has been going on for few DAYS past on
the recent announcement, of the probating of the
WILL in New York. of the late Col Butler bro
ther TO Maj Gen. Butler. The estate il is said
is valued at 1000 900, of which one-half is be
queathed 10 the hero of Old Point Comfort
There are one hundred men in the CITY of Wash.
ngton who are prepared to make oath or affirma-
ton that to the best of their belief and knowl-
edge. from familiar acquaintance with Colonel
Butler. he not worth ten thousand dollars
before this war broke out, and this is corrobo-
rated by circumstances that leave no possibility
of doubt that the two millions of dollars he ac-
one place to another. especially at New Orleans,
he made this small p amount by honest toll and
fair transactions This war has been big thing
to the Butler dynasty.
The official records of the summary execution
of man named b W Wooster, by command of
United States military officer, in April last.
near Hanes' Bluff, Miss, have reached the War
Department. liz is said that the deceased uttered
words commencing the acts OF the rebel General
Forrest in putting the colored garrison of Fort
Pillow to the sword. aud this while under the
protection and escort of cOlored troops. while
said b. W. Wooster at the time enga ged in
purchasing cotton, and engaged in other specula
tons The WORDS quoted are mine. bu. the Ian
guage literally that of the report. Now, would
ask, by whose authority, was this cOlored escort
or any escort furnished TO a man 10 engage in
cotton or any sDeculations? Unofficial testimony
saws that this Wooster made a bona fide agree
ment with his executlOneFs 10 divide certain Dor
tons OF the amount of his speculati0ns, on Ger
tain conditions: but as they did not fulfill their
agreement with him, he refused to comply with
the arrangement ana the charges bove referred
To, and upon which he was tried and executed
were trumped up for the occasion. so As TO ex-
clude him from any share of this positively lille
gal Transaction Verify the war has come TO a
pretty point, when our armies are engaged to
steal cotton for the benefit Of officer. of the L
:. army
Adit Gen. Thomas, who arrived here few
DAYS ago from his tour in organizing black troops
in the South. returns in few DAYS 70 Kentucky