Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-18

1ncfioD, croEeing ST the stock on the railway,
hree days before Sheridan came mp TO compel
ne surrender of Lee; or, II they took another
quite toward Lynchbufg, and the Southwestern
they were enabled q get sQusrely
81. unless Stoneman had previously sliced the
road: for he IL thought TO be on bis road east
ward Unless Davis has been captured We think
i improbable that DC has given % the rebel
cause De vas born TO revolutonze. containing
within himself all the elements Of a rebel lsader
aud too proud TO Weld, even when. like Macbeth,
pursued to his castle keep
Davis viii die fighting or plotting ! am as
sured By those xbo know him best that be has
been. throughout, the absolute master or the
confederaeJ. overaring Lee, vbo. from the first,
vas reluctant rebel: and his design was. until
abandoned BY his army. to hold Richmond. even
through starvation. making. behind its tremeu
dous Notifications. a defense like that OF LeyGen
or Genoa This man. that the country may
main Tranquil. should not be suffered 70 escape.
nor AZ home to stain the triumphant termination
Of the war with bloody execution. But he
should he held hostage. that from some border
or foreign refuge be may not rouse the south 70
new. futile, and saDgunsry revolt Lee and
Breckenridge are the lest men to give up the
cause The rest are now willing 10 give up the
unequal struggle. But such Is the elastic and
hery temperament OF the south that single eo-
quent and untiring man like Davis could keep
the nation 10 constant alarm; can no more be
trusted than Schesmihl or Napoleon.
IL is the belief in Richmond that he will seek
Johnston. and strive to reimbue that army with
the spirit Of resistance or across the Mississippi
at the head of Prices and Magruder's forces.
proong the contest, or, in the last event, escape
to Mexico. and make himself the pertinacious
and eternal enemy of the country. The time is
past in history for few men, throwing themselves
into some stronghold, 10 protrac, the strife from
that isolated point and die in teblesu. or wear
on. The patience Of their enemies Davis is q
desperate, but practical man, fertile Of expedi-
ents though his resources fail 1t is doubtful that
he will be captured, and ii not. we shall hear
from him again. As TO our prisoners, we cannot
sec how be can retain them; the civilians cling
ing 20 bis fortunes will be burdensome. and ne
must drop them on the way. Bitter the reward
OF their fidelity but more bitter his feelings-old
and proud, aud crushed. hurled from his bad em
inence like Satan from the throne OF the fallen
Egels. We shall soon hear Of Stephens, Benja-
MIN, and the rest at the head of a reconstruction
movement. They and the south are subjuga,ed
and by the shortest and most decisive campaign
since that of Jena.
THE AUTHOR OF TEE GREAT CAMPAIGN.
This campaign, 80 gloriously and promptly
finished. has consumed just eleven days. Il
took three 10 flank the rebel army. one 10 cap
,ure Petersburg. one TO occupy Richmond. and
six 70 pursue. oVeTtake and capture the army OF
northern Virginia. No such memorable fighting
has ever been known on this contrent. and il
parallels the Italian, the Austerlitz and the Jena
campaigns; in breadth Of conception, it outrival-
them all: j: took less men to do il than the last
two: it shows equal ssgacty with either one oil
them, but none of their brilliant episodes; and
unlike them, We cannot trace its full credit to
any single personality. Ii has made the army
immortal. but the iuster of IL il dfused. not
concentrating upon any single head Grant
must be credited with most OF the combinations
vet without the genius aud activity of Sheridan
the bewildeFing rspdity of Sherman, and the
steadfasiness of such reliable men as Wright
Parke and Griffin, these combinations would
have fallen apart. lt is said that St0neman and
Sheridan were TO have Joined their separate cav
airy commands at Lynchburg, and effect a sim
ultsneOus junction with the army Of the Poto
mac This failed. through miscslculation oil
distance or time; but. had they succeeded, w
| should have been less than three days in turning
Lees right, snd so made the campaign even more
concise
Bat Grants talent has been marked and sig
nal He Is the long expected coming man
None can be lukewarm in surveying the nice ad
justment of so many separate aud convergiug
| routes TO a grand series OF victories Sherman
leaves the rebellion 40 Gulf city to inhabit. anC
cuts off Lees retreat while he absorbs John.
ston; tho navy closes the last seaport; Sheridan
| sewers ell communication with Richmond anC
swGs the central forces; then the rebels arc
| lured from their lines and scattered on thei
| right; the same night the intrenchments OF Pc
tersburg are s.ormed. Richmond falls az this
| prop is removed. being already hungry hearted
and the flushed army fails upon Lee and finishe:
| the Is not this work for grstuIationg Clio
ry TO the army. perfect at last and to Grant, Il
Sheridan, to each OF its commanders
| Let US not do injustice 20 Lee His tactics at thu
close of bis career were as brilliant az necessity
would permit. He could not feed Richmond ever
| though its impreguab!e works were behind him e
retire 10 So he gave his government time Il
evacuate, snd. with his thinned AID furnishing
ranks made a bold push to join Johnston, som,
Of whose battaliohs had already reinforced him
overtaken on the way. and punished anew, be
did any great ana humane commander would
do-st0ppei the effuSion OF blood uselessly, anC
gave up his sword.
RICHMOND SOCIETY DURING THE WAR.
That part of General Grants triumph which
gave US Richmond also gave Us an insight into
some peculiar aud romantic phases of the war
Society in Richmond during the past four
years has had many phases In le6i, wild
and unusual excitement lervadedi it. Fstes were
numerous: the spirit of fraternity, engendersd by
a common cause, threatened for while to brss l
down the rigid partitions which existed between
castles.
An inuudation of refugees. beginning in 1862,
increased the excitement, shocking the "best
society OF the capital into chTysalis closer
than before Changes. sweeping through all
other classes and conservstsms, demorelized and
rot;ed them; profgacy. drunkenness, harlotry
rioted in the streets the lower quarters, and the
hotels. Ths sound Of unseemly revelry WAS
heard nightly in boarding houses; the upper win
dows OF vulgar mansions shone late; the odors
of ayarice and intrigue crepi out from others
Blu. that ancient fabric Of pride and Incidence
the First Family of Virginis, retained through
all position as exclusive and uutain,ed "a il
held At the beginning Of the contest.
RECEPTIONS
During the winters of 1854. Mr. Davis and
Governor Smith held weekly receptions the for
mer eyesy Tuesday. and the latter every Friday
evening. The presidential Mansion WAS always
througed and the throng was always Tespects Die
Members OF tue cabinet and OF the two houses OF
congress, foreigners of good standing, and repre-
sentstives OF the lOltiest circles of the capital
attended The presence of Mrs Davis lent these
receptions = wopdrous charm. That dark eyed
Her tall majestic figure lowered above all Der
female guests. A cruel light cleaning from her
eyes, wss foiled BY the winning smile upon her
voluptuous lips Moving from conversation 20
conversation IN the rebel court, she was her bus.