The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-17
EVANSVILLE, IND SATURDAY. MORNING, MAY Il 1869.

call up no word in the languages fitting to
express their monstrous wiekedness- make
the . Okd FTince" go in his hole for shame.
But am depressing, and must proceed to
draw the map 4 promised you. s-" al
g ltshal, rot be of geographical lines, for,
as X said .befores any may ofgthe u nited
States will give A;much more definite idea of
its whereabouts than I could, were to
cover pages with writingAbut it shall, be
map OF deseFiPtiye Of the place, the people
and their general Character rsfv
s. Fayetteville itself is a small town of per-
haps fifteen hundred or two thousand in
habItanfs, situated on knoll rising up ont
of a valley In which we are encamped, and
which constitutes the, better portion of the
farming -lands--af-Lincoln- county. All
aiong the northern and n9rthvestern boun-
dary OF the town. green hills show them
selves, smiling on their s' Satanic Majes-
s''-.I think in mockery4-ani as IElook
odt-now, the same old trees that whispered
to each other century ago, of the tyranny
OF Gserge Ill and Hhistled their notes of
triumph when the Star sSpangleds Banner
was unfurled at. Yorktown over free and
psSyHgasqqfEl n Ia h hsp64o7al Of my
opinion. The Aforesaid ts.majesties,p how
ever, eenstFHe their smiles differently-in
AoSb o0A uCG1U64 AlHt lH6 i
mnsto friTials circumstances are K construed |
bydhem as being g Special interpretations of
Providenee.9 wsE % zoyaI lossss5 81
Z For example': Ilwas told byla5 citizen Of |
this place=-A1foreigneE andoaa devoted, but |
until our arrival a1siBsnt iBnion man-that |
at the battle of Manassas an Irishman was
struck in the forehead by a. ball from one |
OF our Enfield rifles, and that instead of en-
tering the brain It passed round his head /
between the scalp and skull, coming out /
Just above what is called in Phrenology the
bump of " PhiloprogenitIveness," but which 4
my informant designated the !" Pole" and
dropped behind him. Well, the preachers
gothold oft land told their Efish friends that
It was indispntable evidences that there was
no quality OF led discovered tdatlwouId kill
an Irishman-lProcidingt the Irish fought on
the side and in behalf cf Southern Rights,
Jed. Davis and the Southern Confederacy."
And upon another occasion, a minister Of
the Gospel proclaimed from the sacred desk
that he had such a plentitude of faith in the
Justice Of his cause that if he should go
INTO battle that day and a cannon ball
should strike him an lie breast, he believed Il
VouLG.f fall to the ground, that is, it would
rebound from his breast l0itho4t producing
ISy injury on him. Upon being asked what
fleet a succession Of similar strokes would
laTe upon. hin, ,he said-@ Though thou
and strike mfe, yet will stand up in my
night"
New, as he knows more about his ca1t5re
han | do, will admit that one ball would |
Tot dismountn him, nor two, nor three |
'ut as they crawl on up to nine hundred
nd ninety-eight, nine hundred and ninety
line, and one thousand, 1 am compelled to
tate that in my humble judgment, he
you'd begin to get sort of sore in thelregion
# the chest, and, If perfectly cosieenlegt,
you'd prefer lying down in his boots TO /.
standing in his might" This may seem
Incredible to you, but my informant says
hat it actually occurred. I cannot COM
rehend how men, whose lots have been
ast in such pleasant places, and around
FhOnn God has placed such beauty and such
iches, can, by their sinfulness, make them
elves so unhappy. They live in the midst
{ plenty, the earth turns up the susie
ance of life in abundance, beauty sur
ounds them, not 8 breeze but fills the air :
7ith- the fragrance of Gods own, flowers,
rass covered bill tops, shady groves, rip J
ling water-courses, whose music has been | c
nging for ages of happiness and innocence, :
ct they are unhappy, miserable. And why?
SIX the shades of Arnold, why he lived q G
liserable outcast-why he died a maniac F
10 man that has a soul can SIT where 1 ETn I
ttiDg now, and listen to the song of the =
Terry waters that run5at my feet, mingled :
nth the plaintiEe carols of the birds in the
ranehes over Bay llczda .nqa hesbar single
,eling of .eDmity towards his fellow-man
r his country. Oh, moi The music of his =
,uI involuhtariIy joins with the sweet Q
leIody of the birds, ths whispering of the G
reea, and the song of the birds in praises
} God in the highest, and on earth peace =
ood will towards men," -.e Il
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