Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-12

state oil Feeling IN virginia Disnp.
pointment OF the Ctstzens-Iheir
Bright AntIcipations Dispciied-
Mexico and tho Monroe Doctrine
Seminary Condition OF washington
"A su I'm mer ~ estdence fer the Presi-
dent-siguificance OF the Negro
Convention at Alexandria.
wAsHIxeros, August ., 1865.
coxpfrTox OF ATsAIRs IN VIRGINIA
The voluntary repatriation movement in vir
siuia scarcely attracts any attention on the part
OF the Administration: but thinking men here
regard IL With great solicitnde, although IL IT, as
yet. bat "a cloud as big as q mans hand" IL
The causes which produced IL continue 20 operate
IL may Jet assume formidable proportions. At
present IL is confined TO the heads Of fsv fami.
lies, but they are said to be influential men, and
persons Of prominence and wealth IL real estate
constitutes wealth. i do not defend them, nor
the step that they are about TO take. But it il
right that the world should know the causes
which impel them 10 a course 90 unusual and
extraordinary. Ny information on the subject is
as follows: These men we're among the first TO
zee the hopelessness of the Confederate cause,
and to abandon that cause, and to seek, honestly
and sincerely, a restoration OF the former rea-
tons between their State and the General Gev-
eminent. They took the oath OF allegiance
themselves. urged their neighbo to do the same
aud used all their influence for the restoration of
The former iralernal relations between the North
and the South They cheerfully acquiesced in
the abolition of slavery, announced to their
slaves that they we're lice 10 20 where they
pleased, but urged them - remain and work for
them for certain liked aid regular wages.
In regard to their political status, they saw
that they had none, except what might be grant
ted to them by the General Government. They
accepted Mr.. Pierpoint az their Governor cheer
fully, but as = matter OF necessity. for they had
not voted for him; he had been elected by the
votes Of the people OF only part OF the State.
and he came TO Richmond with the whole power
Of the national Government at bis back They
were Informed by the Richmond Republic.
on the authority Of the United States District
Attorney, that the eonfscation act would not be
enforced against those who had taken the oath of
allegiance, and therefore. thew felt that their
landed property secure When Gov Pier
points proclamation for an election was issued
they understood that they were free TO vote for
whom they pleased: and those who came to
Washington and saw President Johnson, re-
turned homo impressed with the conviction that
there was a bright future IN store for Virginia
Few weeks only have passed and these
bright anticipations Rre as il seems to them, all
dispelled. Their elections have been set aside
BY military authority; il is said and believed by
them, that the confscation act u to be vigorous
ly enforced in all cases. They see no hope that
the 2OUOO clause. being the thirteenth exception
IN the Presidents Amnesty Proclamation. will
be revoked. The negroes have been encouraged
to run away after making engagements 70 work
and there are no means TO compel them TO full
MI their agreements, and disputes between the
blacks and their former owners are invariably
decided by the local military authority in favor
OF the negroes. IL is even alleged that the lat
ter are encouraged. not only in impudence and
insoience, but also IN actual crime. Such is the
state oil Affairs IN iIrgnan as il appears TO those
who are about 10 cmigrate to Brazil or Mexico.
They are forced 10 believe that the Adninistra
ton does not intend them TO become equal aud
honorcd members OF the national constituency
but Intends them to occupy position OF politi
cal inieriority Is compared with their fellow
citizens In the North, and intends 10 continue
to rule over them by military power With no
means TO secure that steady and faithful labor OIL
the part Of the negroes which necessary for
the cultivation Of their lands, with the exercise
of their political rights interfered with by the
military power, they see before them dark and
portentous future. Their regard submission to
such state OF things degrading. But they
are powerless ~ resist il; and the only remedy
they see is voluntary repatriation Where
liberty dwels. there is my country" they say
but they say that liberty dwells ia Virginia no
longer. We at the North, with our superior
light and knowledge. might feel differently, but
that is the way they feel
MEXICO AND rnE u,NRoK DOCTRINE
The determination Of the Administration to
enforce the Monroe Doctrine by force OF arms,
IL necessary is considered to have received new
confirmation from the letter of Gen Sheridan
read at the recent Mexican banquet in New
York. lt is certainly very improbable that such
men a. General Wallace and Montgomery Blair,
and James Harlan. and Francis F. Blair and
General Sheridan, holding the intimate rela-
tons which they do with the Administration,
should all have used such language as they have
II they had not been appraised that the intentions
OF the Administration correspondent with the
sentiments which they expressed. infer, how
ever, from all the facts. that the President will
exhaust the resources OF diplomacy in seeking
the abdcaton of Macmillan. If that abdca-
ton does not take place, war with France
seems almost inevitable.
SANITARY CONDITION or WASHINGTON CITY
The sanitary condition of the Capital is per-
iectly frghtiul, when the facts come to be con.
sidered. After examining the whole subject
DIR. Nichols, who stands al the head of the medi.
cal profession here, and who has resided in Wash
ington during the last fifteen years, gave it as
his deliberate opinion that it was a matter Of as
constituent that malsriOus disease did not prevail
give detailed account OF the condition of the
city in this respect. \ few facts must suffice.
The canal "a canal in nothing except the name, }
an open sewer one hundred and hity feet wide,
stretches it's filthy surface through the heart of
the city, within a stones throw Of the Capitol,
the Presidents house, the Treasury Department,
aud ell the principal hotels ON Pennsylvania ave
nue.. breeding disease and pestilence The &C
cumulated filth and excrement OF the whole city
is constantly held in a state OF semi solution in
this hot bed Of putrelaction by means of the ebb
and flow OF the tide. ever a surface OF more than
a million of square feet The deposits in thi.
abominable ditch nearly up 10 high
water mark.
The lntelligencer OF Yesterday. in speaking OF
the possible approach of the cholera, says: We
shuddeI to think what scene would be pre-
sented to the world. should the cholera make lis
appearance while Washington Is in its present
condition | sm glad TO state. however, that
the city authorities realize fully the dreadful
condition of the city, aud that they are taking
energetic measures 10 remove every source OF
filth and impGrity IL Is probable that the
canal" will be attended TO first Ii could be
easily drained. and dredged four fee, below low
water mark. IS the law indeed requires il 20 be.
IL ought then TO be converted into a properly
constructed sewer. covered and arched with
thus come into use, on each side of the canal
would then be valuable. and would readily sell
for enough 10 cover the cost Of constructing the
sewer
SrNNTR RkSfpENCK FOR ruE FRrslppNr