The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-12-10
stook RanninR 9o1fi7.


There are great many things in con-
nection with the management of the army,
enlisted for the purpose ofcrushing treason,
that is beyond our comprehension. We
presume this is altogether attributable to
the fact that our military education has
been sadly neglected, and our acquaintance
with the "Army Regulations hopelessly
defective. The mysteries Of the Circumlo-
cution Office, with its motto Chow not to do
it, were not more inscrutabIe to some Of
the parties in the great suit of Jarndyee
vs Jarndyce," than are those of the War
Department of our own country, to COM
mon sense citizens who know bat lit
tie about war. The management of our
army on the Potomac has been queer-the
manner in which that in Kentucky is con-
Quoted seems even queerer. Il appears
from all that we can now see, that we were
entirely mistaken, in supposing that our
volunteers were sent into that State for the
purpose Of driving the rebels out Of it. We
must have been mistaken, because our army
is not only doing comparatively nothing to-
wards fighting them out, but they are doing
still less towards starring them out.
Two or three weeks ago q gentleman
living in one of the Kentucky towns below
here, visited our city and informed us that
the rebels were buying up all the fat hogs
and cattle in that section, and driving them
off to feed their army. He desired to know
if the government would permit this 7
Knowing of no one so likely to be acquaint-
ed with the views of the government on
this subject, as the Surveyor of this port,
we refer our Kentucky friend to that gen.
tleman. Whether he called on the Survey
or we cannot say. He told US, at the same
time, that General Smith, in command at
Padneah and Snnithland had haas infa-rAaa
of this move of the rebels, but he seemed
unwilling to do anything in the premises,
and SO the whole matter seems to have
been given the ego BY" as a subject alto
gsther too insignificant for great Genera
to pay any attention to. What has been
the result Of this shameful neglect The
sequel is easily anticipated.
We learn from a letter written by a gen.
tleman residing southwest of Henderson,
that already drove of 2,2OO fat hogs have
been driven from the vicinity Of Morgan
field to the South. The fat cattle have like
wise been bought up in the same neighbor-
hood and driven off, Our informant who,
like ourselves, is not well posted in @army
regulations" innocently inquiries ''why are
our troops kept idle at Paducah, Smithland
and Calhoun, while such operations are
going on almost within sight Of their
camps?" QUEEN sabe is about the only an
swsr we can give him. 1t is now tolerabIy
evident that the greater portion Of Ken
tucky's crops of grain and meat has gone to
give strength to the sinews of the re-
bsllion. But her enterprising citizeas-oi
course all good Union men-stop not there,
with sharp eyes for quick returns and large
profits, they are already in our own State
buying up hogs, to keep the Union men oil
their chivalrous old Commonwealth from
starving. A letter from a. gentleman in
Pike county, informs us that gentleman
III tkiut DISQUALIFICATION
Offering to take all the hogs in the county
at full prices. We believe this gentleman
halls from the patriotic town Of Greensboro
Considerable difficulty has hitherto been ex-
perienced in shipping meat in casks to
Dixie's land, but possibly our Kentucky
friend thinks the rule viii not apply to live
hogs. If our authorities do not take the
proper steps to prevent these bare faced at
tsmpts at giving the rebels aid and comfort,
and our Generals do not do something 10
whip the rebel armies in the field, how
long it will be before the rebellion is crushed
and peace restored to our borders, is prob
lem, the magnitude of which overwhelms
us.
BG@ II is currently stated and believed