Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-10
DAILY SENTINE Ell
WFpNEspAY MORNING. MAY 10.
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IRON ne Y. Eveniag POST
rns Sptris OF the southern People.
ftbev are oaly let alone by the reckless and
ip.idious reoel politicians. there is . isir prom
ise that the southern people sill at oRee settle
dosn TO their agricultural and other industries.
and become pesceable and contented citizens OF
the uniou. The psroled men OF Lees army.
With . few exceptions, are making ther way
homewards, full Of good nature. and eager ana
thankful TO return 20 their families VI peace
We are informed by an officer Of ShermAns army
that A correspondent Of a Cincinnati Journal, VINO
left S,ernan's headquarters thirty miles from
Rates "a. on Tuesday of last week rode with two
ofdeflies three hundred miles through north
Carolina. TO Suffolk 10 Virgins, where ne ar
rived safely on Monday.
He vas Dot disturbed 10 bis journey through
what vas q month ago the snemy's country. ne
met numbers Of rebel soldiers on their way south
Who babe him God speed, " but IN no instance
we're uucivil. The follosing extract from last
Sund.y's Times details the adventures OF another
newspaper correspondent. who iourneyed IN
Southern Virginia through a different region,
bat In equal safety:
After Witnessing the surrender of Lees army
at Court House, | had a great de
SIRE 20 know 20 what extent the people OF Vtr-
GINA, Who we're at home. acquiesced ~ that
event az a return To the old order OF things. Tor
such il was considered throughout the rebel az
my. With tbs object in view / started on &C.
companied only by a servant. and thus Travelled
through portions Of AppOmattOx, N~ottovay,
Dinwiddie and Prince George counties, encoun.
tering 90 the way the late members OF the
Northern Army OF Virginia. WI + Lees men
Rosser's men. Fiizhugh Lees increasingly ana
Ia squads; some VINO mad been paroled; more
who had not; some without arms. bnt more car
rying n gun. pistol or knife. and sometimes all
three-all going home On the line of the Dan
vile railroad il was no sight TO see
men from both armies walking along together
as If they had never belonged to hostile forces
The one absorbing idea with all was that the
country was at peace again, snd they were IN
tensely gratifed at the prospect OF Immediately
returning TO civil life; they felt released from
the trammels of Lee and Davis, and no power
on earth. | venture TO ASSERT, can ever force
these men from their homes again TO Ugh,
against the union cause. Indeed. the rebel sol
diery seemed 10 have been completely transform
ed by the equalization of Clover Hill: and they
nov talk as gIibly OF "our country" (meaning
the United States az the most devoted OF the
union supporters.
The people every seemed 10 interpret
the surrendering Of The whole cause for which
The country have been submerged in blood during
the las, four years. What n change, One week
before this IL wonld have been the height OF folly
TO travel about alone; NV life would not have
been wOrths rush Now, without knowing ex
actly why, | felt perfectly cafe. and was safe
for, in n ride Of one hundred and fifty miles, |
did no, see one threatening look or hear one IN.
kind word The people were more prone Il
tears than hard words-to agricultural pursuits
more than the pursuit of YANKEES.
''It seemed impossible that 80 great a change
could have taken place in so briei a time. Sol
that hid not been under cultivation tor twC
years, owing 20 the..furouient times. was now be
ing prepared for seed on every hand. White
flags were everywhere displayed. and il was un
common thing 10 see women in tears-som,
overjoyed. Others mortified AZ the result. On
LADY. smiling through shower of pearly drops
said TO me: We'll, sir. | hope ysu se now sat
isfed; we are at last subjugated. Did II hur
you muchr' | inquired pleasantly and the per
son addressed at once made herself agreeable
and before I left her frankly confessed that sub
j~ugstion. after all. was more a bugbear than any
thing else This l found tC be the prevail in
sentiment. The people. almost without excep
ton, hold the fire eaters of South Carolina re
sponsible for all their troubles in the union
and Davis and Lee are now blamed for thei
fual discontinue"
The people OF the south are evidently glad {
get home again. and willing to return to thei
peaceable aud long neglected Industries. Ii
possible that here and there some one of tn
rebel leaders will try TO stir them up TO new re
bellion, or TO make them uneasy by misrepresen
tstions and incendiarY appeals I'VE trust, If an
such abandoned wretch appears, he will fall a
at once into the hands of the military authorize,
and receive promptly the punishment which sue
barbarism merits.