The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-09-06
Army Correspondemce,

District of Indiana. There necessarily ex-
lists painful anxiety in the breasts of thou
sands Of our friends to learn of our where /
abouts, and also of our fortune, whether |
good or bad, whilst we are engaged in wag- |
ing this renewal of the strife of 1776. Your
paper -circulates almost all over the whole
District. For these reasons, and in behalf
of our patriotic soldiers, who have left their
homes to fight the battle of freedom, have
taken the liberty of troubling you with this
effusion
As yet we have accomplished nothing
sensational to advance to your general read
ers, but | trust that what little | have to
tell, though deficient in rhetorical embel-
lishments, will be acceptable to them on the
score of the sympathy they have with us in
the holy cause in which we have enlisted.
Oar country, unfortunately, abounds with
those who take an unmanly and foolish de-
light in seeing this mighty confederation
rent into parcel of sovereign fragments
prey to a host of unprincipled political
cormorants, a laughing stock to the oppress-
! i've oligarchies of Europe, and lasting and
| burning reproach upon the vaunted graft
| tude, wisdom, and honor of mankind. 1t
is not for such write you. A dreadful ret
ribution is preparing for them, and to their
| just deserts | leave them.
We left Camp Vanderburgh on the 26th
! inst; and without either accident OF Incl
dent of especial note, we arrived at Illinois
town on the evening of the same day. The
features of the country through which the
| Ohio and Mississippi Railroad runs are too
well known to need particular description
from me, even though my feeble pen were
as powerful in that style of composition as
the most accomplished tourists. Prairies
| of any large extent had never seen, and of
course to me the view, during the ride on
the train, was of very interesting nature.
For miles, so far as the horizon extended,
could perceive nothing but the blue, clear
heavens above and a green sward beneath,
beautifully embellished with the Ioveliest
flowers. Here and there could be seen
solitary tree, looming in the distance like a
far-off vessel, seen on the empurpled expanse
of the ocean and had it not been for the
:. jolting of the cars, and the occasional ap-
u pearance of detached herds of cattle, with
| now and then the feeting vision of q farm
house and its surroundings, my Imagination
would very agreeably have converted an OPP
teal illusion into what bore an exquisite re-
semblance to a bygoue reality. Whenever we
passed town, of which there were num-
bers, whose names ! ara unacquainted with,
we were earnestly gazed at and most en-
Enthusiastically cheered--a circumstance which
, rid me of pref udce that Southern Illinois
was altogether disloyEl.
! Reaching IllinoistoEn, we remained there
over night, and on the following morning
the Louisiana and Des Moines conveyed US
over the Father of Waters into Missouri
: We had but little opportunity to make many
: observations on what the city contains
!, so l am unable to pronounce anything def
mite concerning it, but what did observe
produced an impression net near 30 fatter-
ing as my fancy had painted. 1t has beer
evidently a place of great commerce, bu
now it wears a dreadful aspect of gloom
There are numerous huiIdinnrz- of -az-aaAs-
II Trade is fearfully distempered, if not quite
), defunct. The inhabitants have only them
selves to thank for so disastrous q state OIL
things. Like the dog in the fable, they
have lost the meat in grasping at the shad
: ow, and now, martial law, with its salutary
0 grasp, holds the foolish animal, lest its ex
Q ASPIRATION should drive it to do something
Q more desperate. 1t is sad to think tina
e where all was once peace and prosperity
t there is now distrust, strife and adversely
9 and all this has been produced by the rast
] folly and malicious villainy of the mar
3 jackson, aided by q marauding and lieen-
/. tiOus crew of vagabondS, who, by their re
: cent exploits, have earned an eternity O.
: infamy, and the rare merits of an ignomin-
t Gus death at the hands of the common
5 hAngman. 1t was late in the afternoon
: when Ipassed through the city to the camp
, and the streets were as still and orderly a:
l ! though the city were Milan or Rome and
? the day Sabbath in Lent. Most of those
t passed, scowled as though their features
kIoe1 ~.
: their birth, and "Time's marring fingers
had but worn the lines deeper and uglieF
! but many greeted US with smile as bland
as the sunshine which appears when the
] heavens become serene after thunder
/ | storm There are still thousands of stout
arms and willing minds ready to aid in sup
pressing the vices of those who would MUIR
: der Liberty, and inaugurate reign of ter
? ror and con6seation. It is now become
!, well understood that those who have any
thing to risk had better be cautious. Ere
mont will stand no nonsense, and the Miss
Nancy game is over. Our people will be
! no longer slaughtered with impunity and
while the good have nothing to fear, the
bad have naught to hope. The fearless ex-
plorer of the Rocky Mountains has now
/, the entire control of Missouri, and the hun
| dreds of houseless and homeless wanderers
who daily arrive in ST. Louis will shortly
have their estates restored, and once more
> enjoy the felicity of home secured to them
0 by the omnipotent arm of q Just, humane,
: and powerful government.
We first encamped about two hundred
yards from the State Fair Ground, which l
: visited and admired, and regretted that an
e enclosure so beautifully laid out and adorn-
, ed, and buildings so elegant, and intended
as receptacle of the arts of peace, and an
. announcement to commerce. should bv the
e necessities of the hour, become an encamp-
g ment for cavalry. Every precaution is ta-
: ken, however, that nothing shall be mo-
Tested or marred, but before the war is
settled, much will have been injured that
$ will be difficult to replace. The horses
= of the 18th Indiana Cavalry Regiment
/ occupy the stable, and the men have
pitched their tents on ground contiguous.
L This, yon are aware, is Col. Bakers regi-
5 ment. | have seen all the persons with
whom | was acquainted while in Evansville.