Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-06-23
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| yesterday at Fashion Course, best three in five
tor 81 900, between Commodore Vanderbilt and
| Black Diamond. Commodore Vanderbilt won
the 6rst. third. aud fourth heats Best time
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roRrsMoUra NAVY YARD.
Work has ceased at the Portsmouth Navy
y ard four of the principal vessels in course OF
construction there Two OF these are not vet
launched.
| GRANTS DISPATCH TO HALLEck
The Army aud Navy Gazette publishes the
| following dispatch from Grant to Halleck, or
dering The latter TO disregard General Sherman 5
truce. IL should have accompanied Halleck =
| letter:
FORTRESS MosRoE, Saturday. April %
MAJOR General Haiieek, Richmond, Va:
The truce entered into by Sherman will be
ended soon a. | can reach Raleigh Move
Sheridan, with bis cavalry, toward Greensboro,
n. U, as soon as possible. think il will be
we'll To send one corps of infahtry also, the whole
under Sheridan The infantry need not 90 fur
ther than Danvle unless they receive orders to
do so.
(Signed) U. 5. GRANT,
Lieutenant General.
FURTHER CONCERNING THR ESCAPE OF BREcKIs-
RIDGE AND PARTY.
The Herald's Havana letter, describing the
escape OF Breckinr and party, saws: They
went in small boat TO st. Johns hauled il
across tho country TO Indian river aud launched
it in An inlet communicating with the ocean, and
moved down the coast sixty miles. sdbssting on
shell fish and turtles eggs A United States
gunboat them and sent A boat to see who
they were, out Wood and two others went cut to
meet the boat, and said be WAS a fishermen and
the balance of the party were paroled rebel sol
diers; they exhibited their paroles and were al
lowed to go, but Col Wood invited the officers
who examined mis- paper to 20 on shore and dine
with them on shell fsh, but he declined That
evening they left the shore, having few dozen
OF eggs and some small clans They reached
Cardenas abont thirty six hours afterwards. hav-
ing spoken vessel and procured supply of
fresh water. They suffered much from hunger
during their journey and only one person st
time could sleep in the boat.
EXCUSES FOR PARDoNs
The Trbune's Washington special SAYS:
Among the vast number Of applications for par
don filed at the White House, there is not sin
gle Instance where the applicant does no; assert
that De opposed the Inauguration of the re
beiiion.
TRANSPORTING MAILS IN THE soUrR
The Postof6ce Department; is preparing to
open bids for trans porting mails over sundry old
post routes 10 the South Schedules will be ad
| vertised soon completed.
COL. LOOMS MADE BRIGADGEs
Col c. o Loomis. First Michigan Artillery.
has been promoted u full Brigadier General
A long deferred tribute 10 one OF the heroes OF
Stone River.
soTTsKRNER GOING TO PAY HIS OLD DEBTS
A gentleman from Mississippi is on his way to
New York, where ne intends TO astonish his
creditors BY the payment of large of
money he owed at the breaking OUT of the war
He paid into the rebel Treasury the amount of
his obligation but does not consider that man
ner OF paying debt either honorable or honest.
THE VIRGINIA LEGIsLATURE-vIIws OF GENERAL
WELLS.
In view of the action of Governor Pierpont in
calling the Legislature OF Virginia together, for
the purpose ofremoving the disabilities of those
who have been In rebellion. and allowing them to
vote and hold Office. large delegation of loyal
men Of the State to-day visited the President and
laid various matters OF importance before him
During the interview letter submitted to
the President from General W ellis, who perform
ed such efic lent services in the arrest of the
assassin of President Lincoln General W ellis is
Provost Marshal General Of the defeuses south
of the Potomac. De says:
Very soon after the fall of Richmond becam me
aware that many leading secessiouists despair
Government or the mighty logic of event. which
was soon to make Virginia truly free, had de
termined TO attempt by policy what force could
not do; therefore it was that soon after that
event these persons. in considerable numbers.
and in such concert as TO Indicate a common pur-
| pose appeared and took the oath of allegiance.
| The election OF members of the Legislature was
| soon TO be held, and among those who an-
nounced themselves as candidates were some
1 l. I-.1 .. l. u
and preferred to lose their property, &c, and be
eIpatrated from their families rather than ac-
knowledge the supremacy of the Government of
the United States Two years of duty at Alex
andra, and such genial acqusintainces it
brought. taught me that the oath of allegiance
was not conclusive evidence of loyalty, but that
| it was merely worthless unless accompanied by
consistent conduct and loyal acts, and no
surprise was felt when on counting the
vote, it was found that these geuts were
elected by large majority to represent the PEG
istence they bad persistently denied and for
whose overthrow some OF them had within one
year past plotted aud conspired.
| TIE POSTAL SERVICE IN rnE SOUTH.
| The Postmaster General has. after cos
| sultation with Gen. Grant, concluded to send
gentlemen of known competency to the South
4
ton with view TO the resumption Of postal ser
| vice
| THE APPLICATIONS FOR PARDON.
MANY persons have come here to procure spe-
! cial psrdons while others are represented by
| counsel throng of them were at the Execu
tive Mansion to-day for the purpose of obtaining
an interview with the President Hon. Martin
F. Conway was among them as representative
| and Generals Echols and St. John, and also
twent, five merchants of Richmond, who are
each worth more than 800 900. which exclude.
them from the immediate benefit OF the Pardon
Proclamation They represent that their pres
ent exclusion paralyTes their energies aud pre-
| yeots the application of their capital to the bust
ness and Improvement of Richmond. which j.
now so desirable owing to the late destruction
by FIRE.
! APPOINTMENTS ToR NORTH CAROLINA.
The following appointments have been made
of Collectors Of Customs in the State OF NORTH
Carolina:
Wm. c. Loitin, Newbern; John S. Taylor
Ocrocoke; E. II. Mills. Plymouth; John
Crandy. Camden; " ID. Cherry Washington, AM
Daniel E Russell. Jr. Wilmington. Psrke
Quinn has been appointed Surveyor for the las
named place
GOVERNOR PIERroSTs MESSAGE.
Governor Pierpont, in bis message TO the Vr
GINA Legislature. says; The most importan