The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-04-15
EDITORIAL Correspondence.

latest dispatches are read with the greatest
avidity, and people are constantly expecting
to hear the dread tocsin of war sounded. /
We who live so near the border can appre- |
ciate the intense anxiety felt by the people !
of Maryland, Virginia, and the District Of
Columbia, while amongst, and around them,
RACES the war of bitter iuvective, crimina-
ton and recrimination, and while the prob
abilities are that tithe next breeze which
S @eeps from the South will bring to their
ear the clash of reso unding arms" This
is indeed critical time for them. In case
of civil war this State and the District
would bessthe Nelherlands-the common bat
tie ground-and blood would flow like
water on their soil.-The subject is terri
Bile one to contemplate. May God, in his
mercy, avert the impending evil.
The Administration is pursuing the Ma
poleouic policy of keeping its own secrets
and it is acting wisely in so doing. A
judicious individual when he has an impor-
tant matter in hand will keep his own coun-
sci until he can safely divulge his polio.
or rather until it develops itself by its re-
suits.-So ought it to be with the Govern
ment. The Administration has no organ.
No newspaper is authorized to speak for it.
| Yet there are Administration papers in this
| portion of the country. The National Re-
/ publican in Washington is one of the most
outspoken papers of the faith indicated by
/ its title in the United States.
! The Evening Star has also sustained the
/ Administration so tar with vigor so has
new weekly called the Sunday Chronicle.
| The old National Inrellgencer may also be
/ called an Administration paper, though 1t
| is not as out-spoken as could be wished in
condemnation Of the rank and black-heart-
/ ed treason which hourishes in the extreme
1 South. The States and Union is con-
temptible sheet which is continually en-
! couraging rebellion for the purpose of break
ing down MIR. Lincoln's Administration. It
is the Douglas organ. Here in Baltimore,
the Clipper is q Union paper all over. Its
motto" the Constitution, the Union, and
the Enforcement of the Laws though
somewhat out of fashion in certain quarters,
looks as grateful to the Union reader, as it
stands in large type at the head Of the pa
per, as the stars and stripes do to the Amer
lean traveller in a foreign land. The Clip
per speaks its Union sentiments fearlessly.
The American is also good Union paper,
and also the Patriot. The Sun and Repub-
lican are most infamous disuniOn sheets
!. The Philadelphia Press, under the able con-
troll of the talented, energetic, and gentle
f manly Forney, although a popular sover-
eighty Democratic paper, is strongly sup
porting the Administration; and most effect.
i've support it will yield. The Pennsyl-
vanian, a pestilent doughface sheet, has
e kicked the bucket" Amen to that.
D 1t is reported in this afternoons dispatch.
es from Washington that the militia of the
District are being disciplined, and that the
Administration is taking measures for put.
; ting the Capital in a state of defense. This
- is well. Hostile designs of the seat of gov
, eminent are undoubtedly entertained, and
it is generally admitted that there would
: have been serious trouble there at the time
= of the Inauguration, had it not been pre-.
t vented by the activity and vigilance of Gen.
. eral Scott. Secretary Smith, | took notice
had adopted a system of passes, so that M
: attachee of his department could enter th'
d building before or after regular bushes
O hours, between nine A. NJ, and three P. NJ
- unless furnished with a pass, removabi
weekly. trusty person has the superln
e tendence of this business. | think it prob
e able that the same precaution against dan
Il ger and rascality is practiced in the othe
departments. If not it ought to be.
" Mr.. A. H. Conner, the new appointee 70
Postmaster at indianapolis, is still conhne
:, to his room by sickness, and has been 70
Y about three weeks. He will not be able t
n enter on his duties for at least two weeks
left the National Capital without AM
y regret. Outside of the prevailing excite
G ment on account of our national trouble:
/ little of interest is going on. Few of tn
, members OF Congress are there, and tn
=, crowd of Indlanians which thronged tn
u avenues and departments IA week or tw
lie ago, has been for the last week gettin
r, "small by degrees and beautifully less"
have got enough of metropolitan life to las
=, me for long time. Give me my home i
- Indiana for enjoyment, and others who pre-
fer it are welcome to the pomp are parade
I'd Washington.
at Some six or eight miles this side of Wash
e. iugton is Blodensburg the celebrated duel
= ing ground. 1t is just outside the Distric
~ in Maryland. The ground is covered wit
l. groves of small treess, amongst them man
ar evergreens, and here and there over th
face of the country are scattered nef
country seats and beautiful Villas
The locality is a beautiful on, and seen
." like anything but the bood-stained spC
n that it is. Its soil is saturated not only wit
ok gore shed in the barbarIous duellO, bu
with that of American citizens and foreig
invaders spilled, in deadly strife during tn
,a last war with Great Britain.
:, At Bladensburgh is the foandery of Clar
u Mills, sculptor, who is renowned as the a.
90 list who has cast several bronze statue
of amongst them the gigantic equestrian statU
g. of jackson, to be seen in a public squal
in front of the Presidents House. NJ
nc Mills is now engaged in casting gigant
ny statue of the Goddess of Liberty, whic
when completed is to be placed on the ape
of the dome of the Capitol.
i6aaEaE
boIlseg 'ne streets, sidewalks
$ fresh and clean. The streets are all pave
j. with very hard stone which is not easiI
-. ground into dust by the wheels of vehicles
u The houses are generally built of brick wit
granite foundations and white marbl
window and door sills and caps. The put
V lie edifces are very elegant, and the monu
le ments that give Baltimore the designatio
+ Of "the Monumental City" are objects c
Q. extraordinary interest. The city is not on
a. ~ beautiful, but it is decidedly up with th
'h times Gas extends all through the city
street railroads rue in every directions; th
police are organized into q uniforp,ad eff