The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-07-08

Mean temperature during the seven days,
at daylight, $50 g.; at meridian $50 25I.
Weather during the time, cloudy but no
rain. A gentle breeze generally arose at
II A. N. and continued blowing until 4
r. NJ. We sleep comfortably at night under
thin blankets, but the men complain much
of The beat in the middle of the day. We
found mill here in running order, and
plenty cf corn, so "pone," corn cakes and
mash are the order OF the day in camp, and
sheet iron crackers " ere laying around by
The wagon load. Sunday evening John ].
Hight, formerly of your city, and now
Chaplain in the heth Indiana, preached in
the amphitheater in the Fair Grounds to
over one thousand soldiers, and more or
DERBY and quiet audience is rarely seen at
home.
Several officers in our Brigade have late
" been court martialed for drunkenness.
What shame that men appointed to rule
others cannot rule their own spirits. Alex
ander the Great, after conqu ueripg half the
world, was himself conquered by strong
drink, and many officers in our army use
so much liquor that they are only a curse
to the service
The citizens are beginning to bring into
our camp vegetables TO exchange for gro
reries, v hich they prefer to money. Salt
and coffee are a better circulating medium
in this locality than gold and silver.
A soldier, few days ago, gave me
sword that be found st Corinlh. It has
as. A, Nashville Plow Works" on the
hilt. The Bible speaks of the time when
swords Will be beaten into plow shares and
spears into pruning hooks, but not even the
Bible has pointed out this time when the
plow shares are being beaten into swords
and the pruning hooks into Mississippi
slashers.
Lest Wednesday n. J. Foster, of Midland
City, Mich, soldier in the 18th Regulars,
died at our Division Hospital, of gastriies.
He was large, fine locking young man
bad been sick only a short time, and when
told by the Doctor only a few hours before
he died, that he could not live, he appeared
very much astonished. He sent Tor the
Chaplain, gave him his name and the name
and address of his family, and requested the
Chaplain to write TO them. Hethen thank
ed the Surgeon for his attention to him.
said he supposed tha. all in his power had
been done for him, bid the soldiers around
him good bye, encouraged them to be true
to their county and defend the Stars and
Stripes wherever they may be placed then
closed bis eyes and his spirit took its flight
to Heavens mansions. Thousands of our
soldiers in this rebellion have gone down
by steel and lead, bravely fighting our
open enemies, and thousands more are fall
ing like young Foster by the shafts of dis
ease, with no kind mother or sympathizing
sister to cheer them in their dying mo-
ments. We buried him on the hillside, be-
meath the shady trees, by the murmuring
creek, wi hose sweet waters will chant his
requiem for ages. .sef-e afzaT
III breathe nc: his name-Iet il sleep in the
sh ,de, ---f
Where cold and unlouorei his relics are laid
Sad. silent aud dark be the tears that shed,- 4
AS the pight-dew that fal IS the grass o'er bis
head. 5lf1isH4 faa - #
But the night-dew that falls, the ugh in silence it
wceps,
Shall brighton with verdure the grave where he
And The tear that we shed, though in secret it
Sh all long Keep his memory green in our souls.
NAPOLEON B. Ri NIGER,
- 18th Indiana Reg't.
P. S.-Address to 17th and 58lh Indiana
Regiments, Tuscumbia, Alabama, Woods
Division. s5la ssA w. B. r.