Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-07


things are managed in that portion Of DJie.
One remarkable fac. s disclosed BY these letter.
viz: That all the leading officers Of the army.
In charge there, ara Yankees. There are no
Western troops in that city and none IN the State
Our Western boys in blue" are kept away from
al places already conquered Having done the
hard fghsing. the Yankees are sent there 20 do
guard duty. and keep the non -combatants In
order. This class of troops. aided by the negro
regiments, are turned loose on pastures green
Ito rob and plunder the helpless. aud to do
oher work quite as degrading b! il seems
they like it.
This correspondent says the oft disputed ques
ticn. whether a negro would sooner work or
starve, bids fair to be decided in the true Irish
tAshion-tbat is. the negro intends to accept
neither work or starvation ar alternative. but
to compromise the matter by stealing he is at q
great loss to snow where call the furniture Of
these rebel houses in Dixie has gone" as the
dwellings have been sfiectuaIly stripped of every
thing, even TO the mattings on the floors. Ne
one can say who mas it, or the books. or silver
ware. or those articles which make up we'll
appointed Southern home. They have dissP-
peared, however. and the walls OF these splendid
mansions echo from their very emptiness.
Some Of these articles Of furniture-not a TWEEN
tieth part Of what il missing quietly
slowed away in the srsenals Ito prevent, as the
military officers say. 1.-The negroes from stealing
what was left" So, between the Yankees and
h.. sbav kavo ont ~
country. This accounts for Western troops being
kept away from South Carolina. They would
never rob houses themselves nor allow the negro
to piunder the whites. For that reason the
Western BOYS we're sent TO some other post Of
duty.
The correspondent gives graphic account of
abe reason why the Yankee officers always de
sided in favor of the negro and against the white
man, in all controversies which arise between
men OF different color A friend Of the writer
hired negro man by toe MONTH in the capacity
Of hostler The darkey was punctual at his
meals, and never missed his opportunity TO make
~ ample provision for his interior arrangements.
But the horse left by the negro to take care
of himself The poor animal could not 90 to
water when tied up, nor could he get corn from
the bin unaded, nor could he curry himself down
for the want OF hands. The poor beast fell of
In flesh and appearance under the freedman
care. or want of it, and there every appear
ance that another horse would 60 to the bone
yard very soon The employer demonstrated
With this free American of African descent,
but to no purpose He finally told him to leave,
which the negro refused to do till his month was
out. That condition would imperil the horses
life. aud the negro was paid his wages for the
time he actually served. But Ssmbo got spunky
and appealed to the Yankee Provost Marshal
(SrKuBES) to enforce his claim for unearned
wages The Marshal decided ia favor of the
negro. and remarked to the white man: IF you
don't pay him, ne rascal will steal. aud its my
duty to prevent stealing in a small way" The
people Of the South must naturally love a Gov
eminent which employs such fellows as SrKUBES.
A negro woman was arrested at Charleston
for .disIoyalty - We suppose the great STANTON
had this arrest made The negro wsnch. who
was dignifed by this arrest. was pour ignorant
creature, who did not know what loyalty meant
though. perhaps. it had about as much appli-
cation in her case as il has IN the of thOus-
ands of others. THIS negro woman, while
pinched with hunger. ran through the streets
exclaiming: Il ben use 10 hab plenty to eat
when de confede.ates was here, but now csn't
git uothin' from desc Yankee debils To show
chow strong the Government is this poor
wretch was sent TO the guard house and locked
up She called the Yankee plunderers "debs.
aud how could STANTON stand thatl Ii is rank
treason to call a blue beled officer by hard
names No doubt court martial will be called
20 try this negress. Gen. WALLACE will be out
Of JOB as soon as be convicts WInz. and then
be can Ego for" that dakey.
Among the rebel "archves'' to be placed in
the celebrated DIR. LEIBKR (who writes opinions
and la,s to the order of SrsSroS) just before
the rebellion broke out, gave the following
opinion to one of his students in South Carona
Who asked him what be thought of the doctrine
OF secession LKlsER replied: III TWO familie.
are living together in the same large house, and
cannot agree, one family certainly has a right to
remove into a smaller one" IL is not We,
quite certain but STANTON will reject that Ear
chive. on the ground that the theatre is becom
ing crowded MoSTeoNKR, BLAIK's speech has
stirred up some old opinions OF that War Secre
tary himself. when he was rebel. aud Is best
not to have to many archives preserved
The Duryeas Zsuaves lths l69th New York
Regiment are Jet in confinement near Charles
tot. on the charge that they quelled riot began
by negro soldiers in that city aud in put
ting The riot down. killed halt dozen OF the
rioters. These negro troops had employ Ell them
selves IN the innocent amusement Of shooting
down the white people OF that city aud the
zouaves were scut to arrest the leaders OF .he,s
murders. A 6ght gos up. aud tie negroes we're
thrs-hed For this the Yankee commanded pat
The white soldiers la rtison hey ate there yet.
and have been for months
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DANA A~D sHtIt.Is.
CnAHtu A Dana, formerly assistant editor