The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-05-26


aunis are changed T. shrsks OF terror
Thousands II tho cii.7sn. here longing g.
lex up ihe ,raml,s ,l.at .ali from the table
9 which @uneie sam fee. his brave sons
.ei they are posses.el 81 iho true PAri.iaa
act which make virtue OF necessity, and
az they would corn 60 follos the example
81 their Northern enemies aul fate upar
.hc fatof karope. while their dear country"
needed the gr.ee 81 iuues to Win hs- ca.
/ s4l.l easily believe these
patriotic prosesistous. oonM / FORGET that
our blockade VS. effective.
Alter summing up al tic points ia the
ease. pro ana con-. i am satisfied that ,his
rebcl.b- would die 20 sheer starvation be
fore another New Years da,. even we're rot
another shot frel by our ana forces The
surplus food laid up ia tie South from years
Of peace aul plenty. has gone 90 feed their
great armies and their slaves. Wheat. corn.
oats. hay. beef poFk-everything disesible
by man. mule. ~ horse has been dcyourcd.
Every white man able 10 shoot a gun Is IN
the army. aud every hose OF mule able TO
bear dragon or wear harness has been
pressed into service The ncgroes are at
home some OF them, - leasi,-bni, With
neither teams OF MASTER. what can negroes
10 toward covering these broad valleys with
haryesis 81 golden grain. Their fields,
sown last autumn. vii be mown by the sharp
teeth Of ous horses. and the corn planted this
spring viii hear ''rcastins ears" Tor Yankee
armies that Nil sweep over !. liko the locusts
OF Egypt The fences are consigned to the
iames aud the fields lest unprotected but
this is a small evil Tor al tic cattle against
which those rails were barrier, have been
cooked over the fires they made
/ In this fearful destruction Of private pro
pcrsy. tic commissioners Who sign the treaty
/ Of peace" will have q sad retrospect 20 look
back upon. bat j. viii be their most precious
hostage 70 nc nation against future rebel
lion Ycs. and after the white wings Of
Peace again hover this fair bg. devoted land.
pity the demon whose cditious tongue
shall dare again 50 wake the sleeping war
fond lie will find ia the South a new Gle.
mcnt--a band OF conservative. who VII
crush treason before It's fangs are hong
ersugh 70 defy them There were thous-
ands OF such men before this commenced.
bat they feared 20 speak their eutimcnts,
and their silence gave consent 70 that act OF
treason which swept from their land every
comlor, and luxury that blessed them one
short year ago.
We have another guarantee e peace in
tho fact that the chivalry have been cured
ofthatnatioral self conceit which made then
believe that one southern gentleman" was
match ter dozen Of those 'hireling vaga
bonds viii, whom FAILS tail " ould have blushe,
10 march through Coventry They know
that our "sincws II war are inexhaustiblc
and that our fighting men outuumbcr theic
} ten 70 one. and they are fast learning the ter
} uble truth that the rough Dsckwoodsmeu
the ~, can give shesn n point and the dca
ia ,ae game OF war, AMI then beat them
while the 'cannaille' OF the North can driy
/ bullets or bayonets, as straight as they driv
} bargains Yet. the War IS not near endel
/ The glorious Fourth may see our arm,e
. trumohant in every State OF the south, bu
. there will DO hundreds of guerrilla band
+. who will hide in Appalachian rayines and pin
1 woods. and viii carry on their partisan wal
$ fare for perhaps years yet. But there Is e'
E cry probability that the most Of us viii e.
4 our Independence dinner a, home. Yorl
! town. Richmond. and Corinth. are doome'
4 and the moment these fall. the war is endc,
! There are four hundred thousand troops
L we'll armed and well drilled--now ready
IS ssoop down upon tho rebel Capital the M
rnent the magic word forward. IS give
d Mcclellan. with the Grand Army, is
a front OF them Mcdowell IS on their RICH
i shields. Banks. Rosccmns, and William
q are here b. the rcar-thcr tents whitcnir
4 every hill from Winchester 70 Saunion--m
e the gallant Fremont. With his handy mou
r tan ranger. "a on the left Let these forr
j liable armie. bat tighten their folds aroul
Richmond. and the very soul Of rebellion "
J. be crushed from is body iclore anoll
=. week. it mistake not. those armies W
y move towards a common centre, and VIII
s. thcY nee: the expiring groans Of treason "
l. be heard
le have not patience % write of little sk
le mishc> scouts and Reconnaissance VIII
such events are impending. and il this lett
- is devoid Of interest. that s the cause
~ our troops here are resting and recuperaui
81 after the hard campaign o! last winter. a
"A oas severe battle a Wachestcr. The In
as ana boys are enjoying delightful dolce !
g. mint, on the banks Of the Shenandoah. a
e none need rest more than they, for they Ia
ar hai more than their share OF har,iships sin
IA hef Zee, MS tired she sacred soil NJ,
e. Of the BOYS " 10 are .n the hospitals fr,
their uotuis are getting we'll. and aims
d ever, dav see some al them returning
- lhcir posi-.
r The weather IS glorious. We're it alea
a. A. pleasant as now I would never allow {,
a square walls 70 kooy me up while a cat
a could be found. The trees are putting
u Their summer uaiforins. and al over the y
e ler can see the frnii trees ia bloom y
J. icrday. walked over a meadow where '
e lets rroa So ih.ek ihat could not step &