Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-10
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hss IN The fortune. Of the confederscy. @ say
no hing Of the fact that Gen. Lee loves bic own
state With ell The ardor OF bis soul. and that be
continually esells upon the sacrifices that the
citizens 10 every county Of that stzte have made
Tor the cause Of southern Independence Finally,
foreign nations look on the ability OF the south
TO defend their capital ss the surest and the
only test OF the ability Of the south 10 msiD
its Independence as nsuoa. Every repulss that
Gen Grant has met with before Richmond: ev
err succeeding month that Gen Lee has b4iaed 1
bis plans for The capture of that city, has 10 I
creased the prospects OF the recognition OF the
south By European powers. Let Richmond, /
Their capital be aband0Bed, and The south may /
bid adieu forever to all hopes OF toreign recog-
milton. The tall OF Z chmond would rot end tie
war Il could be Carried or for three years in |
the interior; out il would lose its charac
ter Of dignity and Importance. IL would degen-
crate then into petty guerrilla warfare.
GIN LEES szRArAGExs.
Such are the considerations which will prevent
the evacuation of Richmond. and will lead Gen
Lee 20 maiBtain has positions there and at other
points 10 Virginia The means at bis disposal,
by which be will be enabled to do this. were al
luded 10 in my last letter. lt Is very true that
well authenticated reports have reached US OF
movements made by Gen Lee which look like
the evacuation OF Petersburg. Those move
Grant in regard 10 bis real intentions. IL Is true
that big guns we're removed from Petersburg.
But they were perfectly harDless-quakers,
wooden guns, nothing more Gen. Lee wants
Gen. Grant 10 repeat Hatcber's Run again. Il
the correctness OF my information doubted2 Let
the att.mp; be made lie, Gen Grant try once
more to extend his left Let him try again 10
reach the Souihside railroad. and the country
will quickly find out how MANY real guns Zen
Lee has moved IRON Petersburg; and whether
Gen. Lee has weakened bis forces IN order 20
ngtheu Johnston.
NON FiLFiILGESr or RFPrBLfcAs PROMISES.
| The ,,erican will howl at this. and say it i
| discouraging. So il ia. 10 babies and old women
| But think any judicious commander, snd any
wise administration, would be grateful ard glad
to learn the truth in regard 10 the enemy And
| to men who capable of thinking and reason
| ing. il is not half as dscouraeing a. those con
slant assurances of the speedy end OF the war,
and the immediate downfall OF the rebellion,
which The American has held out to lis readers
every day for the last three years; assurances
| which the events of every succeeding month have
talsih d. and which never have been, and never
will be, realized
! THE ADVANCE OF GENERAL SHERMAN STOPPED BIZ
| GEN JOHNSTON.
The ~ mora in regard 10 reported battle be
| tween Gen Sherman and the confederate forces
10 North Carolina, alluded TO in my last letter.
| resolve themselves into this: That such en-
gaTement did take place, but it gas an afiF OF
| outpOs,s, and not \ battle Of sny magnitude Ii
occurred two three days before The date men
toned, aud not so Tar north as Charlotte The
! forces engaged on our side constituted a party
| WHICH had been sent out bY Gen Sherman from
Columbia, about the Odd ultim0. to make rec.
onnoisance in force toward Charlotte. Rocking
| han and Chersw, the last two places Il e
| Great Pedee river. They were net b. the enc
my in considerable force. aud a sharp skirmish
| ensued, which resulted in their retreat 10 Sher
msn's main body The result OF this reconnois
ance was TO convince Gen Sherman of the ut
ter imprscticsbility OF advancing sny further
northward, or indeed OF rem lining even at Co
| lumbia ard he accordingly fell back to Kings
vile and BTanchylle, where he is now
RELATION or THIS MOVEMENT TO GRANTS GENERAL
| PLAN OF The CAMPAIGN
/ Thus ends General SheImsns movement to-
ward Richmond. Thus has failed smother OF
General Grants combined movements against
the confederate capital All the administration
papers for the last ten days have been filed with
| assurances that this great combination OF Grant
would cause the evacuation of Richmond. and
that the war would be over 10 few months
But what is the situation now? The public will
now begin 10 see the results of the strategy of
| General LIE. This cheek of General Shermans
this failure of General Grants is the direct COLI
sequence and the first results OF the evacuation
| OF Wilmington and Charleston The readers OF
The World will perceive that ! was not in error
in saying that the position OF General Lee. and
the situation Of the south. WAS not hear des-
perate as that Of Napoleon in 1914 By thus
| checking Sherman. General Lee has gained all
| the lime he will require By the time General
sherman is ready iomake another advance Gen
Lee will have concentrated whatever forces he
! deems necessary for the defense OF the eopfe1er-
ate capital
GESKRAL vrEw or TIE MILITARY HORIZON.
Nor siil ii be possible, m the meantime, Tor US
on our part. to concentrate under Grant and
| Sherman armies greatly superior 10 those of the
coniederates. The policy of concentration OF
our side must have limits dictated by the general
| situation. Survey the whole military horizon
and what 90 we beholdf. Dangers threatening
every where. An invasion of Aaryland aud
Pennsy lyania threatened; the confederate picket
lines pushed 20 nor,hward from Richmond to-
ward Washington and established on the Kappa
hammock; aud uneasy feeling all along the hcr
der OF Ohio and Indiana; Pooltown. on the Ohio
| river, captured By the rebels only yesterday !;
General Wallace ordered 10 Cairo; alarming de
monst,aiiOns BY the rebel forces under General
| Price in Missouri, by General MagruGer on the
frontiers in Louisiana and all along the Missis-
| sppi valley; LSmors even of rebel designs on
New Orleans. Now what do all these things
portends Are our military authorities so blind
ed by the glare and glitter OF the pomp of the
| Inauguration, that they cannot perceive the dan
ger that turks behind themf Are they so deaf
ened by the brnying OF brass bands and the
| shouts of loyal shoddyites, that thew do no,
hear the distant thunder of the coming storm?
GEN. LEEs MEASURES TO PREvESr CONCENTRATIONS
UNDER GRANT
There IL q deep significance in all these move
meu,s. lG is the policy OF Gen. Lee to prevent
Gen. Grant from concentrating against him
tronps in overwhelming hunters The most ef
fectua way that he Can DO this il by threatening
several points, all distant from Richmond and
this is What he is doing. Nor are these mere
threats. j h danger. at some points. is real and
irnn ut. Does The Ane.ic ia 81 eer 81 the idea
OF an Invasion Of n rylsua, Q. IL ii5 last sum
Der only week before even Baltimore was in
dagger OF "a taies han Why .. tie govern
ment seut General Hancock % take the con- n ma
on the line OF the Upper Potouacf Would such
an officer be sent 90 such point unless The stu
any one explain why IL sss th.t such unusual
slsrm has peryaded Washington ;or the last four
! DAYS. and shy such extraordinary secsutions
, were taken sgsin-t a sudden dash Of rebel cav
airy into the canal? are rot The forts around
| Washington, sa- ,e troops in iheD. Sufficient
for its dsfeHse? ! hy have sditionni bzrricades
and sbstiis been III up around the eit,?
PsosXsLE SATgkk ~ IHE srEISG CAMPAIGN.
The faci Is, aud ). 3 Idle 10 conceal It. General