Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-15
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THREE O'CLOCK A. 81
LorIsvrLlr. March IA

las, Gen Whitaker president, assembled here
jerome Clarke, alias Sue Monday. was found
guilty; two witnesses swearing positively to diff.
ferent murders, aud one witness 70 his throwing a
train of the track and robbing passengers and the
mail Ii was decided that Clarke be hanged in
Louisville to- morrow afternoon 81 o'clock
| As the steamer Star Gray Eagle passed Bran
donburg at 80 this p. m, an engagement was
observed between federal forces numbering about
| City. stationed there, aud an unknown number
of rebels Our forces appeared to be rereating
towards the brow of the hill and entrenching
themselves in the court house and neighboring
buildings. but il was thought that they would
| repulse the enemy.
NEwY York March Ii
General Dix has not yet fixed the day for the
execution Of the spy and incendiary Robert C.
Kennedy. but will do so as soon as the sentence
of the court martial has been approved by the
secretary OF war
Nine hundred bounty Jumpers, arrested BY
Col. Bsner Saturday, we're sent to the front yes
terday.
A party of / 500 men leave this city for the
| front to-day
Two hundred and eighty eight men sailed to.
dav on three steamers for Fortress Monroe
The Times edItorially thinks it probable that
Sheridan will move from Columbia TO JUN Grant
hv crossing the James river and South Side
Railroad
The Times Poiomsc army special Of the 18th
says there is no military news but the fne wealth
er gives prospect of a movement before many
days
Ii is Iretty we'll established that another con
siderable portion of Lees army. comprising Ma
homes DIVISION left our front last night
Ii is supposed hey have been sent TO arrest the
movements OF Sheridan.
A rebel corporal says il was currently reported
in Lees army that Sheridan has already cap
| tured Lynchburg after brief battle
The Herald's army of the Potomac correspon
dent gives an account OF the presentation of a
gold medal vosed by congress to Gen Grant
The presentation speech made by E b
Washburne, OF Illinois
Gen. Grant said in response: | accept the medal
and joint resolution of congress which the presi
dent has sent commits sioners TO present to me-
and will do myself the honor at an early day to
| acknowledge the letter of the president, and
communicate, through orders, TO the officers and
soldiers who have served IN my command prior
to the passage of the resolution the thanks so
generously rendered them by the congress Of the
United States
The vote of New York on the question of ap-
pointing commissioners of the court of appeals 10
assist ia clearing up the calendar of the court
was $3.50 for and $50 against.
The returns from the interior show d majority
for the amendment nearly everywhere. but the
vote, as in this citv. is light.
Returns from ~ towns and cities gives Mars
ton rep for congress 4 COZ aud Marcy (dem.
1864, and Sawyer 237 This insures the eiec
ton OF three republicans
Returned prisoners who reached napOlis to-
day direct r m K ehmond. communicate some
interesting intelligence in relation to affairs at
Richmond and Sherdan's movements
One OF the prisoners SAYS he was confined in
Castle Thunder and through friends amous union
citizens obtained much information relative to
events transpiring about which the Richmond
papers silent.
On Saturday night last Richmond was thrown
into intense excitement by the announcement
that Sheridan was near the city. The alarm
bells were rung, and all the guards and every
available man that could be spared was hurried
on TO repel the Yankees. VINO were said TO be at
Beaver Mills. on the James river, some twenty
10 lies from the city, destroy ing the canal which
is the main feeder of Richmond
The excitement continued all night aud in
creased to panic throughout Sunday end down to
Monday morning When be letI, alarm still
prevailed.
Ii vas understood Sheridan had succeeded in
the destruction of an squeduct, filling il up with
gunpowder, aud that it would take at least six
months TO repair the damage done by him during
Sunday D. N
Picket's division passed Castle Thunder in
great haste, on It's way to meet Sheridan There
was firing near the squeduct. and it was thought
Sheridan purpose WAS TO cross James river and
strike the Dsnville railroad near Coslfield. where
there is an extensive bridge destroy that and
thus complete the destruction Of communication
OF Richmond, and then make junction with
Grant
Movements indicative of preparations for the
abandonment OF Richmond have been in pro
gress for some time Heavy machinery for man
utacturing iron has been removed; also machine
ry Tor The manufacture OF percussion caps
All the carpenters in the city we're At work Gil
Ing government orders for packing boxes.
The high water in the James has subsidized so
much that the boat which conveys prisoners from
Richmond could not pass above Roc ketts, as she
had been doing previously. From this circum-
stance II il hoped that Sheridan will find less diff
hculty IN crossing the streams in bis line of
march
WASHINGTON, March IA.
Several chiefs of the Winnebagoes had talk
with the commissioner of Indian sff IRIS 10 dsv
preliminary TO. their removal from the Dacotsh
aud Omaha reservation
The statement that the secretary had decided
10 send the cotton captured az Savannah 10 Eu-
rore is contradicted
CoNcoED N. H, March li'h The follosing
is the Vote for governor in l27 towns: Smythe
"a Cos: Harrington 1888. Marston Is elected
to congress in the first district and Patterson and
Rollins are re- elecrsd by 1000 minority
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