The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-05-30

but must bid you an afftctionate % o !:
morning, hoping you may ali live aud re-
turn home victorious to receive the lasting
thanks of your friends aud country.
The Governor retired amid the loud
cheers of the soldiers.
We are now in rough, heavy timbeIed
country. The woodman's axe has made
little Inroad in the forest. and modern cIvili-
cation has made little change in the face of
the county. The up'ands are covered with
fine oak and hickory timber, and the
swamps with elm, gum, beech and syca-
more, so extremely tall, that like the Cali
tornia pines, it takes a man and boy to
look to the top of one. Clustering VINES
entwine themselves around many of these,
from the gTOdnd TO the topmost branches,
Few sights are more beautiful in the furest
than tender and delicate vine entwiniBg
itself around one of these monarcbs
OF tbe wood. The vine gives grace and
beauty to the tree, and it, in turn, support
and protecuOn to the vine. So like those
relations in life, where woman, tender, re-
fined aLd beau ,ifIl-whom the winds of
heaven hare never v sited roughly nor the
rude waves ofaise's current disturbed-is
seen, like the vine upon the forest oak, rely
ing upon man for support and protection.
This appears necessary, for, as the delicate
vine cannot stand the rough winds Of the
DESERT, and even in the shady valley needs
the prote ri ion of ne strong, wind defying
forest tree, and as when the rude mountain
blast prUstrateS the forest oak the delicate
and tendtr vine droops, withers aud dies, so
the exc { E,elts and vexations man daIly,
sees aud endures set heavily upon wOmaL.
But enough from bachelor, who perhaps,
sees through a glass dimiy, on such suo-
jecis.
Nearly one year has rolled away since
the 10000 men now in the field were
called into the service For Que year we
have followed this nUmadic life, wandering
from Sta'e to State, living in tents, or sleep.
ing in the open air, often with the blue SKY
sbJve aid tue green sod beneath, and the
hoo ing Of owls and songs Of Whipoorwills
disturbing our slumbers When we look
around aud see that we have lost thirty bv
disease 10 one killed in battle, aud see also
that many OF our number have ruined their
health by exposure, or as the boys say, ha We
" Exhausted their constitution and are now
running upon the bylaws" We become aux--
ious for battle that we may wipe out this
Rebellion and get home. Nearly every
soldier knows that cold sIeeI, aud not a
milk and waller policy will end this contest.
believe battle will be fought at or near
thls pom" oeIofe many days and have little |
fears as to he result. Our brave, inteli-
gent citizen soldiery are inVincibie, and on |
such a field as this no General can or will |
stand enough in lhs way to prevent their
achieving a brilliant victory. My only
anxiety is about the leaders, for am salts
fed the men will do their whole duly. |
give nothing definite as to strength, posi-
tion, &c, as this of course is forbidden. |
The 5Sth Indiana is in the 18th brigade
with US and the Sd Kentucky and 26th !
OHIO. The brigade is commanded, by Gen. |
Hascall of Goshen, Ind, former Colonel of
the l7.h.
Letters to 5sth and l7>h should be di-
rected OiG Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn.
NAPOLEON b. RIsINGER
of I7th Indiana.