The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-24


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THe NAsHvILEAA visit to the Nash
vile shows very plainly the hot quarters
in which she was, and proves that the
assassiRs took excellent aim at the pilot,
and it is miraculous that he escaped.
Sixteen balls passed through the pilot
house. One buried itself in the drum of
the wheel, but fortunately the wheel was
hard down to the larboard, which alone
saved the rope from being cut assunder,
in witch case the boat would have inev-
itably been captured. Another struck on
the rim ofthe wheel in front, and glanced
up into The shutter Another came
through light of glass Immediately
abaft the wheel, and in exact range with
the usual position of the pilot
Gus Melon, the pilot, at the first fire
threw himself down under the wheel, but
his foot caught, and he was helpless, but
passenger named Mclean, who was in
the pilot house, threw himself fat on the
floor and released the pilot, and aided
him in directing the boat according to
the orders Of Capt. Barclay, who had by
this time arrived on the hurricane deck
below. No man could have stood in the
pilot house and escaped uninjured from
the second volley fred.
Capt Barclay went to the hurricane
deck by. the larboard after hatch, and
was greeted with shower of balls, seye-
raj of which perforated the stove-pipe
near him.
One large ball nearly the size of a
grape-shot passed completely through
the starboard chimney, some fifteen or
eighteen feet above the deck.
A few balls we're fred into the lower
deck, but did no damage. n3
Judge Edmonds was sitting on the
guard, just forward Of the chimney, with
his face forward The ball, passing
through the feshy part of his right arm,
went directly through him, entered a
trunk on the opposite side of the boat,
passed through several folds of blan-
ket, the corner of pillow, and lodged in
the top of the trunk.
The Judge sprung to his feet, exclaim-
ing, 81 am shot" and, falling on the
deck, Immediately expired.
A captain of an Illinois regiment was
sitting just behind the Judge, by the
chimney, and the ball was no doubt in
tended for him. and ball in the chin
ney, near where he sat, shows that he
made narrow escape.
Capt Barclay awards much praise to
the pilot, and also to the passenger
Mclean, who relieved the pilot when
he was in helpless condition. Cthers
award much praise to Capt Barclay for
the cool, deliberate manner in which he
directed the pilot how TO steer the boat,
while the bullets were flying thick around
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The Nashville will leave at ten o clock
this morning, but will probably not re-
turn, as Capt Barclay desires to fit up
for the fall and winter trade. In fact,
unless more energetic measures are em-
p!oyed to free the shores from these as
sassins, navigation must entirely cease
ny The results of the elections in the
States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and lndi-
ana, exhibit an extraordinary measure
of success on the part of the people in
their movements against the radical and
ultra policy of the abolitionists We
rather regret that the name Of Demo
era" was generally adopted in this
movement, a movement participated in
by conservatives of all parties alike, but
perhaps the name is not a--matter. of
much Importance. The Boston Courier
iustly saws, that, in each of the three
great States named, besides the election
of an additional numbero of so-called DEM
oerats to Congress, Republicans who
we're especially yirulent and offensive
have been beaten, or men of more mod
crate stamp have been substituted for
them. bv the Republicans themselves.
II is i'm possible to mistake these symp-
toms. The great uprising OF thepeo-
pie, in its Just and true sense has begun
NOT to destroy, but to make whole
Louisville Journal q -
In other words, Godlove.S s. orth, Geo.
w. Julian, Schuyler -Colfax, Gen, Du-
mont. and Thaddens Stevens, are gilmore
moderate stamps than Mckee Dunn,
Shanks, Gurley, and MCPHERSON The
Journal is as unfortunate in its estimate
of the conservatism of the unsuccessful
candidates as it is in its rejoicing over the
election of Law, Voorhees,, and Edgertoni
Who have never spoken word IN denun-
citation of the rebellion, or in defence Oh
the Government. The negromania has
certainly reached its eliminating point
in the Journal Office. I.reer +
THAT LoG.-The log which for some
time DISTRACTED the harbor below the
wharf boat, has, we see, been dragged
out into the channel, and now lies there
menacing every boat that passes in the
night, and portending huge bill O
. Co. tba CITY to nav in case O