The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-10-31


bitter and malignant in its attacks on Gen
Fremont as the Times. It has pursued him
with the pertinacity similar of a blood
hound on the track of painting fugitive in
the rice swamps Of the Carolinas. A major
ity of the complaints against that officer
have originated in the fertile and mischiev-
ons brains of the editors and correspondents
of that paper, aud had no other foundation
than desire on their part to break down
a man Of whom so much was expected and
in whom the people placed so much conf
dence The cause of the Times hostility
we do not know. We have heard various
reasons assigned for the course it has taken,
but cannot vouch for their reliability
Knowing its intense hatred to Fremont, we
were greatly surprised to read in its issue
of Sunday last forced acknowledgment
of the success which has attended General
Fremonts efforts in Missouri. In taking a
birds eye view of the field Of operations for
the week ending on that day the only glinn-
mer of comfort the Times can give its read
ers is an account of the success Of Fremont
the man it has steadily abused as being
unfit for his position on account Of incom-
petency-in Missouri The Times is forced
| to acknowledge that Fremont has driven
the rebels out of that State in spite of all
the difficulties with which he has had to
contend in spite of the daily diatribes of
the New York Press, and the refusal of the
Government to furnish him with the prop
er means to accomplish the undertaking.
In contrasting the success of Fremont
It's object of hatred-with McClellan--its
particular favorite, the Times furnishes its
readers with the following reflections. No
wonder FremCnt's army and friends are 90
enthusiastic when even his most bitter enc
mics are thus forced to conceed his ability.
Thus, mournfully, does the Times discuss
McClellan's operations, with what justice
we do not pretend to say:
"The operations along the Potomac are
still unproductiye Of cheering or gratifying
results. The week has witnessed the real
ixation of two capital errors, the responsi-
| bility of which viii be the subject of future
inquiry. After months of preparation, a
portion of the Union army was flung across
the river in the presence OF an enemy whose
positions aad strength were wholly uu-
known; the means Of transportation, either
for advance or necessary retreat, being a
single scow or hat-boat As was to be
apprehended, the enemy appeared in ten
times the strength of the National force
and notwithstanding courageous fighting
on the part of these latter, they were fear
fully cut 10 vipces and compelled to save
themselve setreat y hich fortunately
was save 5,p up characteristics of pan
ie. White this blundoribg and diseouTag-
ing business was enacting at the right of
the National line, business equally dis
conraging, and even more incomDrehensible,
was consummated on the left The work,
at which The rebels have been toiling all
Summer long, was ended in the completion
of long stretches of shore batteries, which
command the seaward approach TO Wash
inEton, and practically close the river. 1t
viii hereafter be ascertained why these
labors, performed under the very eye of
our military authorities, have not been in
terrupted, and why, now they are perfected,
there is no talk of clearing the river banks
and reopening navigation, but only of some
means of dispensing with that avenue to
the sea- 1t is also noteworthy that no
movement of the immense force about
Washington seems to be based on the
thought of offensive warfare, but simply
upon the defence of the Capital, which there
is every reason to believe the rebels have
long since abandoned the idsa of attacking.
FROM HAvANA.-By the arriva. of the
steamer Columbia at New York, we have
some interesting news from Havana. 1t
seems the rebel Commissioners had arrived
at that port, and were visited by the Eng
lish minister in his robes of state, and intro
duced by him to the Captain General of the
island.
Capt. Corsetter, late COMMANDER OF the
pirate JEFF Davis, recently arrived in Ha-
vana, where he has been living ever since.
He ought to have daaaled at ropes end
long ago,
Immense preparations were being made
in Cuba for the invasion of Mexico, and a
large feet was fitting out, aud expected to
sail shortly
1t is stated that numerous vessels bad ar
rived in edbau ports from such ports as
Charleston, New Orleans, Mobile and Will
mington. Oar blockade is not as efficient
as it onght to be, but the difficulties to be
overcome by the feet in closing all the ports
on so extended a coast, are enormous.
BE5-Dr. Hays has published an interest
ing account of his late Arctic ez pedition =
He states that Sonntag, the astronomer of
e.,