Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-14

JEFF Davis. pitch into Eve1 Sifn Indignation sno
sarcssrrs, and say they hope. according to the
report to dAy. that be il captured.
Where j. JEFF today" shouted prisoner
on the &c Of to one Of crowd Of prisoners, de
ser,ers, and strsggers from Lees retreAtng army.
waiting TO enter.
"yea. be ID; IL the Ysnkees cltcb bin /
hope they will string him up for a ID de
serfer /"
Il say hacg him too" yelled q voice from
among the prisoners. "A man that will go back
on Virginia ain't 10 president for me-
These, which appeared to be the sentiments OF
most Virgins soldiers, are specimens Of the
hard knocks which Mr. Davis gets in the rear,
for not having persuaded General Grant to give
Up trying 20 take Richmond
IHE SEwsPaPEE Press or RICHMOND.
Waking FAR out on the main stree, this morn
Hg, Ne czmo upon 4 medium sired red bearded
man. dressed IN shabby black clothes and holding
his right arm ia = sling This vas Edward a.
Pollard late editor Of The Examiner, and author
o. southern history OF The rebellion. be Grip
pied his arm in one Of thOse fights which every
Richmond journalist must De prepared to make.
John NJ. D&Deis, the owner Of The Examiner,
died month ago he had been sho. through
the leg Jus, before, BY Z G Gilmore, the default
ing and gambling treasurer OF the confedera y.
Daniels was 4 scholarly and euterprising mau; be
had been foreign minister under Buchanan, Al d
fought ave duels. Pollard and brother had oeen
workers on The Examiner, and assisted 70 give
Il that fearless aud hsshy tone which took 80
well in Richmond The Dispatch was the bust
ness paper. AMI bad most Of the Advertising pat
roDsse. IL was circumspect and neutral, but
espoused Ct course tho natural or rebel eide
Hugh Peasants edited it. The Enquirer was
the most dignifed paper in Richmond. aud had
semi official character. Tyler and Allegro were
it. ovBers-the former a son OF John Tyler, the
ex president. Ii had the best appointed job Office
10 the south; and this, IL conjunction with the
government printing, made it very profitable.
The Enquirer was long the sblest paper in the
SOUTH excep; The Charleston Mercury. It's edi
tors have been long line OF dsshine characters.
bold as they we're brilliant. Mr. Richie, one
of its former owners, killed Peasants, the edi-
tor OF The Wing. in rife duel. He was the
husband of Mrs. ANA Cora Mowatt who has been
in Italy during the war The Sentinel was a Dew
concern, started only two years ago by refugee
editors from Fredericksburg 1t Was Davis of
fca organ aud vas bitterly rebel The Wing
IL the only journal extant. IL is owned by Ira
IN. Smith dealer ia clothing, who owns the
building in which il Is printed, but otherwise has
no literary afinities. He has made it intensely
loyal. The editor is alleged 10 be one John Graz
ham, Richmond Bohemian. Who writes az we'll
upon one side az The other Smith is a northern
man. At present The Wing is published in the
evenings. It's evening edition was commenced
two years back by New Orleans refugee IA med
DA P0ufe. an aid 20 General Magrujer That
was the hrst evening paper ever issued in Rich
moDd. The Richmond papers had army CORES
pondents until the trouble with printing materials
compelled them 20 reduce The size OF the paper
and use only outline matter. The army carriers
were always soders detached for that duty.
Colonel Ould. the truce commissioner furnished
the Richmond journals regularly with northern
exchanges
THE INTERIOR SITUATION.
A glance at Richmond in single day must
/ necessarily be too hasty to be complete Never
was a revolution more quiet, and outwardly more
thorough, than this has been At one somersault
| The great capital Of the confederacy seems to
have turned itself into a weli-balanced union
! city 1t resembles union city in nothing but
/ this behavior. The gloom Of bat large class
/ OF ia people regard as great disaster is still
upon it; the scare &C an awful cosA ,gration are
! ye. red within rs borders The ruin wrought
by that calamity and by tie sudden transition Of
| political rule. rsnkles in many dwelngs
/ sulien apprehension perva9es households whose
members have long been identified with the re-
belion and its interests. aud those who were I'M
able to escape from there before the retreat,
await such fortune as shall result from the pres
ent policy Or future investigations of the govern
ment. Business, there is none The great bus
mess portion of the city is destroyed and of the
/ other stores along Broad street only few are
open. A few sstlers from the nor III have arriv-
ed, with packing boxes full of wares and fabrics,
and are driving a brisk trade. Greenbacks are
no, yet plentiful. Some men. rich in confederate
money last week, are paupers to day
i A bureau full of southern notes suffice no lon
ger TO purchase pinch OF salt The provost
marshals Office is besieged With people seeking
the actual necessities Of lie. The actual
change in the prices OF all articles considered by
| the standard of gold s perhaps not great as il
appears: but il soduds miraculous Butter which
was scarce az twenty five dollars per pound ia
pow plentiful at City and sixty cents per pound
| Eggs that sold for twenty FIVE dollars per dozen
now sell for ten cents Here il cheering scale
| Of prices for New York topper to gaze at: it
| yet hangs behind the bar of q saloon which still
disPenses the same. drinks for which these sums
were paid:
Plain whisky. So Best, $40
Apple brandy. plain. s.. French brandy $40.
Milk punch. $40 Mint julep, $40.
Whisky cocktail, 81 French brandy cock
mil. $40
French julep. $40. Whisky punch. $40
The heart Of the negro population of Rich
mond palpitates within It's bosom 1t like its
comrades along the borders. is destined to be
| free. Exhoraions TO that effect are being deliv.
cred to it daily in the ehurcnes and il is making
| its preparations with alacrity that threatens
to seriously upset the domestic arrangements of
many households
! PERSONAL MATTERS IN RIeHNOSp
John Minor Bolts remains upon bis farm in
Farquahar county; his intimate friend,
Franklin Sternes, Who went TO Jail with him, pre-
served his property during the late fire. though
| the flames stopped only at his threshold.
Two weeks before the rebels evacuated Rich
| mond. Mr.. Marshall. legislative delegate from
Fsrquahar, had arranged to propose the return
OF Virginia TO the federal union. and nineteen
delegates were to have sustained him They
backed oct in the eleventh hour but called a
meeting TO-DAY for the same purpose In three
weeks we shall probably have 4 union legislature
in session here This was the object of Mr. Lin
coln's visit TO Richmond. Our chief magistrate
should have been above the poor malice of sleep
ing in JEFF Davis deserted mansion
Mrs. Lincoln sailed around town two days this
week and did not escape to the cOnfederacy
Bishop NcGill. of the catholic church. Ken
tuckian, having succeeded in saving the Cathe-
dral continues TO keep up public worship syste
msticslly
Mrs. Jefferson Davis went out OF town the
week before the evacuation. She il large
plsin-lookine snowy lady To get her away
JEFF sold MS household furniture he had pre-
riously sold his carriage and horses, aud Is sad
10 De quite poor