The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-07-06
CAMP MeGINNIs, Cumberland,


EDIToR JoURNAL:-D Dear Sir The cow
ardly miscreants Tho compose the secession
party in Western Virginia, are still at their
Infamous work of brrning and destroying
property which belongs to loyal States and
loyal people. They have adopted a mode of
warfare disgraceful to savages, ami if per-
sisted in should end in their total extermi-
old Virginia the mother of statesmen and
once the pride and glory of the Republic
her sons praised at home and abroad for
their chivalry and patriotism, now fallen to
the low position of seeming only as a nest
for band of traitors, the vilest the world
has ever known.
The rebels seem now to rely upon Cue
rilla system of warfare for the purpose of
injuring and annoying the federal troops
and terrifying the Unionists This plan,
however, must fail as they will be met at
their own game by men who are their SUI
periors in any kind of fight they may choose
to engage in. 1t is reasonable to suppose
that the terrible and bloody lesson taught
them last Wednesday by thirteen volunteers
of the indiana Eleventh. would afford them
a slight fore-knowledge of the results of
such system. The truth is, after all their
vainglorious boasting, they are no match at
all for our Western troops. Whether the
hand of Providence is turned against the
rebels, or whether they are simply towards
is not 10 be said at present; but they have
been whipped in every skirmish that has
yet taken place in Western Virginia. They
have never made an attack unless it was n
| the most covert manner such as laying IN
ambush and shooting at SMALL scouting
parties of two or three men, and then run
| ming like Indians, whose characteristics
they possess in many particulars. Their
| forces, so far, seem TO be made up of con-
ceited and iBsolent slave owners, squab-
headed young men who are sure the sun
rises and sets only upon Virginia soil, with
sprinkling of unfortunate poor white
| trash" and many Union men at heart who
| have been pressed into the rebel service,
and who are a great deal more likely in a
| battle to shoot up in the clouds than at the
| stars and stripes. II is said that the forces
| collecting at Frankfort, Huttonville and
| places back of Philippi are made Of better
metal and are determined to chase the Gov
eminent troops from Virginia soil. We
shall see about this. These forces are under
command of Henry A. Wise, now Brigadier
General
| Last night tue NOlln DfiuRe, Oh
| the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, nine
miles east of town was burned by these
| chivalric gentlemen. This magnificent
railroad, costing so many round millions of
| dollars is now almost completely ruined
the nefarious work of incendiary secession
| lists. But little, if any of the stock of the
road is owned in Virginia, and although it
| added SO much to the prosperity of that part
of the State through which it passes, the
| miserable fanatics wantonly destroy it
merely because its managers have been
| honest and patriotic enough to be true and
loyal to their country.
A paper published at Winchester, Va,
edited by scoundrel who deserves to be
gbbetted and made food for buzzards, states
that the Indiana Zouaves, after running the
rebel troops from Romney commenced
wholesale system of plundering, and even
went so far az to steal ladies thimbles.
This is a wholesale lie. On the contrary,
| Col. Wallace gave strict orders to all the
| boys to take nothing but contraband prizes,
and threatened with severe punishment any
one who should take or injure private prop
erty. The boys had plenty Of chances to
have obtained valuable property, but left it
untouched content with the "miIitary
| goods which the enemy left behind If
| any property in the town was taken, iha
| secessionists stole it after their return. Yes
terday the funeral of Hollinback, the first
man in the Eleventh Regiment who gave up
his life in defence of the flag be had sworn
| to defend, took place with military honors.