Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-10
DRUID'S LETTERS.
Sherman Reported TO hare fallen back 10 Branch
uin.-Ihe Great Panic an Richmond Serious
Difficulty Bttreen General Lee and J.f. DG
pis-Military Plans Of the South Why Rich
Hond ,oiH not be Ecaeuated, &c, DC.
lCorrespend-nce Of The n. Y. World
BALTIMORE, March 4
INTERESTING NEWS FROM RICHMOND.


have some news from Richmond today, up
20 the 2eth nit. which is of some importance il
the present crisis. IL is mistake TO suppose
that ;ha, there is anything like panic St the
confederate capital very serious feeling per
vades all classes of people there, and some are
alarmed But the alarm is OF q vague indefinite
character, and is only confined 10 the ignorant
and those who are mlsinioImed There is no
apprehension whatever of the safety OF the city
in the minds OF intelligent people. The origin
of the alarm arises from the fact that several
members Of the confederate congress lett the
city hurriedly several days ago. These gentle
men whose homes are in distant states. became
alarmed at the rumofs of Shermans rapid adj
vance, and fearing that he would cut and destroy
the railroads between Ddnvile and Atlanta. aud
that they would be. in consequence. unable to
reach their homes, trey suffered their fears TO run
away with their judgment, and make hasty and
nCiorious exit from the capital Finding now
that they were deceived BY false rumors, and
that Sherman. instead OF advancing from Co
lumbis TO Charlotte. he's actually fallen back
from Columbia 10 Kingssi!le and Bsanchville,
these valorous congressman are now creeping
back, one by one, TO their seats.
TEX BREACH BETWEEN GENERAL LEE AND JEFF.
DAVIS.
IL would seem that there is really g misunder
standing betw cen General Lee and Mr. Davis.
and that the breach. instead of healing, grows
wider and wider. There those at Richmond
who do hot hesitate 70 aver publicly that Mr
DAVIS himself Is in favor Of giving up Richmond
to the Yankees; that he has won over Mr Ben
lamln, the secretary OF state, 10 nis way OF think
ing; and that the speeches of Messrs Davis and
Benjamin. delivered some weeks ago, in which
they artfully alluded 10 the possible evacuation
OF the capital, were intended as the entering
wedge. in order 10 prepare the minds OF the PEG
pie tor an actual eyscustion of Richmond Let
me assure the readers OF The World, once for all,
as have already before stated. that there 10 no
intention OH the par, of General Lee and the mil
iisry authorities, of eyscusting Richmond under
any circumstances whatever, and never has been
They believe that il can be held and defended
TO the lsst, and they mean to DO it.
REASONS WHY RICHMOND WILL NOT BIZ ABoSpoSrp.
My letter OF February 18th contained some IF
the IessoBe Why Richmond will be defended
Those reasons nave acquired additional strength
during every month of tue var, end they nov
since Sherman's check, -sTCxger than ever In
addition to them the ioIiosng may now be
mentioned: Richmond. once loss 10 sou,h. the
could never be regained. II is susceptible OF so
strong delenss, its Notifications sre of such
nature, it Cab be rendered as il il nov so en-
tirely inaccessible by water that once in posses
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PEELED. The abandonment, OF Richmond sould
have 10 be followed Immediately by the abandon
ment OF the whole of Virgins Ii is vain 20
point TO any other spot. Dinville or Lyuchhurg
tor example. and say tina, there General Lees
army might retire There IL no other sno, in
Virgins that. eau be fortified a. Richmond il for
tilted.
NECESSITY soE THX CONTINUED DEFENSE or RICH
soSD
Ii Gen Lees army evscuates Richmond i; will
De because Il can bold il no longer. And If
Richmond, with is vast Notifications, cannot be
held how eau Danville or Lynchburc with forti
fc4tions vastly inferior7 The remoreness Of
those points would indeed increase the difficult
ties IN the ssv OF federal army which should
march against them. Bot those difficulties are
not ins uperAble. They would even be somezh (
lessened by May or June: and the heroes no d
swallowed the great camel Richmond. would not
strain long az such little flea bites as Lynchburg
or Danville The sbandcnnen, of the whole OF
Virginia then would follow the evacuation Of
Richmopd Nos Virgrliaiss power in the coz
federacv She il 10 the south shat the state OF
Mes York is TO the north. She does not pro.
pose 20 De ieff OF; il The cold. and she -ill not
be
vEGISI. PowER N THE SOUTH
virgins {uot counting tina, part now cslled
West Virginia. is as large nov 10 territorial er-
tent. SIS the state OF Ne~ York In le6n. there
we're only four states il the whole Union whose
population exceeded that OF Virgins: those
states are New York. Pennsylvania and Illinois
Her populations in 1850 vas sgt 600. OF whom
less than 400 900 dwelt in what IS now called
West Virgins. The setusl population Of the
rebel state Of Virginia IL nov 1852 over /
300 900 or the 600 O00 nea Who have consti-
tutec Ii armies OF the coniederscy during the
AS. four years Virginia hss furnished nearly one
thisd. LIS. 600 men: and Virgins and North Car
olins together more than one thru $50 900 men;
AID II Virgins "a abandoned North Carolina
mus. be abandoned with il, OF the $50 900 men
DO uos compose the armies Of the confedeTacy
10000. OF ene-fourth of the ~bole are eItizsas
Of Virginia