The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-02-22
ANY CORRESPONDENCE
On BOARD STEAMER ]. Fl. DoNE, I
Near Mound City, Feb. l9, '62. s

SIs5 OonCiuoCo ~ give. you WllaI AI&fSss /
: The news offthe surrender of Fort Donel-
son has been the cause Of great excitement
and joy everywhere, but probably nowhere
greater than with the Union people of st.
Louis. They regard the backbone of Sc
cession broken and now look hopefully for
a speedy return Of peace and its consequen- |
ces, and permanent settlement of all the
questions that have distracted the Union
The trade of st. Louis is intimately con-
nected with the South in fact the entire
West is almost dependant on the navigation
I Of tie Mississippi river asdh oitIet for their
produce, and now that desired object APP
/ pears TO be a fixed fact, at an early day
Everybody is elated, and all branches of
trads will breathe again ~
But in the surrender of Fort Donelson we
have heard Che best news. As we get the
I particulars, we learn of the dead and wound
ed, many of whom are our acquaintance,
friends, and relatives. The steamer Dia-
mond has Just arrived at Mound City, with
about.lT5 of the wounded. Among them l
find belonging to the 18th regiment Indiana
volunteers, Jasper Franklin, Co. A i; J. B.
Edwards, Co. B William (Bros.) Co. B;
Fred. Smith, Co. B Henry Mark, Co. C.
The block of fine stores on the wharf here,
:. is. the hospital, and is being speedily con-
verted into very comfortable quarters. 1t
is designed to accommodate about 500 men,
and is already occupied by about 300. The
short time the boat stopped did not allow
much of an investigation, and in the hustle
could find no one who could tell me any
thing more of the Indiana troops, as the de-
sire ofalT appears to be to render every COM
fort to the wounded without asking who
they are or where they come from. I was
glad to notice the secesh wounded receive
the same care and attention as ours, and of
them / saw fair proportion. There will
: be no lack of nurses. Already there are
: many in the Hospital, and on the train l
came on, there were delegations from al
!; most every town in Illinois, it seemed, for
, Fthere were seventeen cars crowded with the
. | friends of the wounded. 1 think in two
}. days more there will be abouttwo nurses for
: every wounded man. If any design coming
from Southern Indiana, they should provide
themselves with " bed and board, as such
: luxuries are not to be found in Cairo OIL
Mound City, at present l learn that, fol
the present, the wounded will be taken tc
{ Mound City and Paducah but efforts are
Z being made to take some to st: Louis, Chi
Is cago, and elsewhere. Every effort will bt
made to render them as comfortable as pos
sible, and many influential friends are OF
the grounds, arranging for them am onl
them are Governors Morton, of Indiana, AMI
Yates, of Illinois.
noticeable feature at Cairo was tn
. steamer Universe, with about 700 sec esl
prisoners, mostly from Mississippi. The.
are not uniformed Except the officers, W hicl
j" are the same as in the Union army,) an
> their clothing is of the common kind, tn
best being batter nut jeans, and negro lin
. seys,-and, overeoats mostly Of white wool
~ len cloth; but it looks like it was warm
70 They say they have plenty tn eat. The
u talk ike they would be willing to quit and G
y back into the Union. Some feelingly express
&C. ed the wish that the Union might be restores
OF as it was before the trouble commenced
nr They win be taken to Alton, Illinois.
y also learn it is the intention to feed abou
- 1000 of them at Camp Butler, (Chicago)
~ and 5000 at Joliet, H. Probably, some {
z the barracks about indianapolis and else
L where will be rendered comfortable 70
q them and-the balance of the Souther
w army, which will be secured at Nashvill
% and Columbus. As they must be wei
% taken care of, our authorities might desig
= nate how many they can accommodate a
% the fair grounds. The arrangements al
- ready made by our Generals will not allot
&C. them much time, for Nashville must b
taken soon, and after it Columbus will b
an easy job with the cooperation of tn
nc gun and mortar boats. And unless th
~ secesh army "skedaddle" as they have i
NJ Missouri, the facilities for quartering $
a large number will be found inadequat,
SIX Talking of Missouri, reminds me of Cap
- Churchill, Illinois infantry and Capt. VI
ea Fl. Walker, lst Indiana cavalry, both {
" whom saw in st Louis, and they locke
n better than usual Walker deqire
Z me TO remind the young ladies of our city
~ who contemplated matrimony, that the
&c would do we'll to wait the return of til
MS volunteers, and which, with the present &C
: tiyity with the war managers, will not b
I'D long.
Mt All the troops in Southeastern Missom
IN have marching orders, and very soon W
oil can look for stirring times in that direction
"a and important results win be the conse
he quenee.
Ve The weather is very disagreeable, an
y Cairo, at present. is the muddlest hole 20
i'S ever saw, but, Notwithstanding, everythin
~ in the military way is being speedily pro;
en- ecuted. -