The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-01

G65- 1t will be seen by the order of 1t.
Col. John W. Foster, which we copy from
the Henderson Reporter, that secession SYM
pothfEers to be regarded In Kentucky as
aliens. They will not be allowed to carry
out their reasonable Intentions of placing
the State offices in the hands of men who
are VIGOROUSLY laboring in the interests of
the rebel Government. There can be no
doubt that deep and daunable plot has
been laid by the rebels to revolutiouize
Kentucky, by driving the Union men from
the polls, and obtaining control of the
Judgeships and other civil Offices, SO that
hereafter no man in the State can be con-
victed of treason, whatever may be his con-
duct towards the General Government. To
this end, hundreds of rebel soldiers, who
have been passed through the lines of our
army under parole, have been, and are now,
sneaking into Hentucky with the under
standing that when the signal is given they
will rise and revolutionize the State. Gen.
Boyle's order indicates that be is aware of
this plot, and has taken measures to pre-
vent its execution. But do we know that
the steps taken by him will prove effective?
Are we certain that Monday next, the day
of election, has not been fixed upon as the
day for an uprising2 Suppose the seces-
sionists of Henderson, Webster, Union, Da-
viess, MHhlenhurg, and adjoining counties.
having everything prepared, rise on that
day and suddenly combine their strength,
how many men could they put in the field
How long would it take them to reach this
city How long would it take them to lay
it in ashes We tell our people there is
thorough understanding among the rebels
on our border. They are acting in harmo-
ny. They have, for months past, been sup
plying themselves with arms and ammuni-
ton from Evansville. With the secretive-
ness of the North American Indian their
movements have been shrouded in uncer-
-TEInry. Only here and there we obtain faint
glimmerings of their bloody intentions, and
these intimations are laughed at and disre-
garded.
" hat infatuation-what madness No
wonder our conduct is regarded throughout
the State with utter amazement. 1t is in
explicable. 1t can be accounted for in no
way save that, as a people, we are beside
ourselves.
A Kentucky Judge, who has been trav-
cling through large part of the First Con-
gressional District, informed enc of our cit-
Zens that there were from 5000 to 5000
returned Confederate soldiers in that Dis
trct alone. That they came back in squads
of five, ten, and even twenty. That they
were under the control of some of the most
desperate aud shrewd officers of the South
ern army, who accompanied them, dressed
in the garb Of citizens that in parts of the
District threats were openly made against
our city and border, and some even
dared to proclaim that in less than two
weeks no boat would venture on the Ohio
river unless it be gunboat
Only the other night all the powder and
shot in Uniontown was seized by band Of
rebels, and taken into the interior for USE
Our citizens all know that their city is ex-
posed, and yet they sleep on. Way up ia
Central Kentucky the rebels openly speak Of
the exposed position of Evansville, and
boast that it will yet be made to feel the
effects of war.
Col. Fosters efforts to prevent the seces-
sionists from getting control of the courts
Of justice may be successful. We hope
they will. But if he fails; if there is
general uprising if the Union men are
overpowered, and an overwhelming force
of suddenly congregated rebels drive our
forces from Henderson county, and follow
themto this city, our people may yet lament
their folly amid the ruins and ashes of their
homes. ~
OrRrrupa oF THE LEGION We are in