The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-10-10

Tor the want OF spirit manlIesIeo " tneA I
is, that il was their duty to be neutral-a
bulwarlk which should prevent the Union
men from reaching the rebels to chastise
them. They acknowledge, too, in man
ner, that the minority, by their ferceness
and intolerance, were too formidable for
them to attack them unassisted, and l sup
pose that Ohio, Indiana and Illinois will
have to do the fighting for the first born,
as they have now to do for Missouri and
Western Virginia. There is something
in all this Why, if these large majorlues
so strongly believe in, and are so unalter-
ably attached to e
ga Union of lakes and q Union Of lands.
A Union of States none can sever;
A Union of hearts and Union OF hands,
And the Flag of the Union forever"
do tbey not show more aIacrity in organ
izing armies, not of ten days sportsmen,
not three months trihers, but armies, who
will not lay down their arms till every
traitor is conquered, and the flag of the
nation waves without molestation from
every hill top, and from every mast head,
and from every flag staff, and from every
church spire in the nation Must the
hearts blood of the loyal Western States
be shed before the very sight and at the
thresholds Of the very doors of these immense
numbers of would-be-considered Union
men, and that, too, in defence of their liber-
ties, their rights and their lives, and
they stand idly by, perchance indulg-
/ ing the pleasurable employment of pick
| ing their teeth Here in Missouri, we
see the fact staring US in the face
| that with the exception of the Ger
mans and perhaps few others, there is no
sign of disposition among the inhabitants
| to help to relieve themselves of Price and
his marauders. They would rather pull up
| stakes and move off than show their man
hood in meeting the bold and unprincipled
partisans of secession. Now, disguise the
matter as we viii, land it is indeed hard to
Judge these people as they should be judged
| by their acts) yet the fact of their utter in
! disposition to enter at all, much less with
enthusiasm, into the contest, speaks vol
unes against their Wanted patriotism and
love for the Union. They will go as home
guards, but as such, they had better stay at
home, because they achieve nothing, and
their chickering's and ridiculous. awkward
ness excites the contempt and peers of their
neighbors. r
Say what we will, the South has fulfilled
her programme. The war is confined to the
border states, and they must even if draft
ing is had recourse to, to rouse their thick
blood and sluggish natures, turn out en-
anasse to assist in carrying the war into AT
RIGA It is no use talking, 1t must be done.
Supplies must be stopped, even if every rick
of wheat, every ear of corn IS destroyed, so
that the guerillas which we have to encoun-
ter win from necessity fall back on the COM
missariat of their friends, and Union men
must, in Virginia, and in Kentucky, and in
Missouri, put their shoulders to the wheel in
earnest, or the Fall will pass and nothing
will have been accomplished.
The rebels have left Lexington. Their
locust natures can find hardly sufficient
provenGer from the well CLEANED 6elds in
that interesting locality, besides they got
wind of the fix they would find themselves
in, were they to suffer the Union troops to
surround them. l have been astenished at
the character of the kilograms published in
st. Louis papers concerning matters in this
place, and from Otterville, Sedalia and
, Georgetown. Nobody here believes word
Of them Nine-tenths are fabrications man
ufactured to cause excitement and give eclsl
TO their columns Such maneuvers and
cheats degrade the functions of the press
mislead the public aud disgrace their orig
inatoEs and abettors. Seeing with my own
whereof / affirm. There is nothing bui
what is common place occurring, but b5
the jugglery of a thorough paced reporter
: it is made to appear astounding.
do not know. 1t is evident it will be
) kept in pursuit of Price. The newspaper
confidently state that when Price Joins Nc
Cullougb, their joint forces will give US bat.
tie. This is improbable, as they know We
are too strong for them, aRd besides their
, part of the play is to keep US till January in
Missouri, when they expect England and
France, compelled by the voice of their
starving operatives, will force the blockade
and thus become participants in this en-
broglio. Fremont however, Is evidently
planning something for their consideration,
and when the corps de arme in Missouri is
fully organized and fifty prepared, and the
Generals plans are matured, Price will
have to be possessed of more wit and feeter
steeds than think he is, if he is not soon
outwitted, dispersed or destroyed
The hospitals continue crowded. Oue Of
our men from French Island, Robert Turn
er, died night before last of diarrboea.
Since yesterday morning, eight have died,
and several more are grouping among the
shadows of insensibility to find an aperture
by which to pass into the highway which
leads to the bourne whence nc traveller re-
turns A day or two ago one of Ellis cav
airy went with his horse into the river, the
horse slipped and fell and the man lost his
seattle horse reached the shore and the
man was drowned. On the same day, but
few hours later man belonging to an
Illinois regiment, hearing that the ''unit of
his heart" faithless to her bridal vows of
love and fidelity, boundless as infnity, and
as enduring as eternity, had "run off with
another man." he, say, in contradiction to
Shakespeare's assertion, "that men have
died and worms have eaten them, but not
for love" made an attempt to explore the
depths of the river for spot in which to
take an everlasting snooze. Some of his
comrades OWNED his intent, showed him
his folly at attempting self-destruction for
the sake of such worthless strumpet, re-
conciled him to the plan of trying life a lit
tie longer by representing to him that bet
ter, .handsomer, more faithful women were
still in being, and still to be won by merit,
and taking mouthfnl from canteen which
from the contortions of the mems counter
anees, judged to be something stronger
than water, he shook hands with every one,
and swore he was wiser and not at all sad
The weather is variable; one day hot, next
cold, next wet. Inconstant as jilt it
| froWns smiles weeps and storms The SOL