The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-14
editorial COrrespOndence.

E1TTSBUR6 AAAO1ANJ -
EDS. JOURNAL When L rose on Wednes-
day morning, the river was shrouded with
a dense fog, shutting out the whole "situa-
ton, except the gunboat Lexington, which
lay close astern. But soon the curtain
lifted and revealed to US the high bluffs on
the opposite shore, the base lined with
transports, and their crests covered with
tents and promiscuous crowd of soldiers,
civilians, horses, army wagons, and
mules. At an early hour we crossed
over the river and landed by the side of the
Telegraph No. 8. number of US imme-
diately went ashore and proceeded to the
top Of the bluff for the purpose of proceed
ing at once to the field of the late battle
At the top of the hill we were stopped by
guard, who showed US the order of the day,
allowing no citizens to come ashore, unless
on pass from the Major General Com
manding. OF course we all went back to
the boat. 1 then went aboard the Tele-
graph, where met the 1ilHt of r he OF file
evacuation of Yorktown. Through little
sharp practice l soon got ashore again and
called on board the New Uncle Sam to see
Col. Cruft, of the 3lst Indiana, who is
still suffering from a severe wound received
on the battle field early on Sunday morn
ing. But few officers in the fight of that
memorable Sunday behaved themselves
more calamity, or manifested the persever-
anee, and capacity to endure suffering and
continue in the discharge of duty, than did
Col. Cruft. At an early hour, indeed al
most at the first volley received by the 3lst,
he received a mimic ball in the thigh. 1t
entered just above the knee on the outside,
and ranging upward, came nearly through
on the inside twelve inches above, making
q large protuberance. Notwithstanding
this severe wound, which would have sent
almost any other man to the rear, Col. Cruft
continued in his saddle for IL hours in the
hottest of the fight, and when he left the
field at eight o'clock in the evening, he
found that the friction of the saddle had
worn the cuticle from his thigh over tie
protuberance of the ball, and it was ready
to drop out. With this desperate wound,
which has reduced him almost to skele-
ton, he refuses to go home, but quietly
awaits the time when he can again lead his
gallant regiment to victory. While on
board the Uncle Sam had the pleasure of
meeting Capt. Gwin, of the gunboat Ty-
Ior, who is one of the noblest specimens OF
humanity have ever seen. His fame will
be co-extensive with the history of the
Tennessee expedition.
Wandering down the river bank, had
the good fortune to find at the Telegraph
Office the ACCOMPLISHED nddase-sSae9r apr11v
corps, Major G. Il. Smith. He, with his
corps, has pitched his tent on point Just
below bayou, and from there sends dis
patches to all parts of the world. He fol-
lows the army as it advances, and the line
now extends to Monterey, the headquarters
of Gems. Halleck and Grant. For some dis.
tance below this there is level shore some
400 or 500 yards wide, which is crowded
with artillery and supplies. Corn, oats,
hay, and all kinds of government stores,
are to be found here in untold amounts
Inc open space is constantly filed with
army teams coming and going in a never
ceasing stream Below this, again, is a
corral of unbroken mules.
while wandering along among these OBJ
Jects OF interest an order was received bv
the Quartermaster General to fit ont one
hundred teams, which would eeneralIv CO..
SYST OF SIX mules each. These are made up
usually by combining broken and unbroken
animals, which for several days require two
drivers, one at the saddle mule and one at
the head of the leader
A number of boats also lie along the
bank here loaded with arms and ammuni
ton. Vast numbers Of arms are every day
being gathered up even yet and brought in
from the battle field. While here l saw