The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-07-15
EVANSVILLE, IND, WEDNESDAY MORNING,
were any number of Miss Ophelias in

Saturday morning preparations lor
enforcing what was popularity term
ed by the boys "the Conscription
Act" were made. Large details from
several companies were marched into
the city for the purpose of arresting all
the ahle-bodied men and sending them
to camp This, to the boys, was a labor
of love, and they hunted down promi-
nent shirks with the pertinacity Of blood
hounds. Of course the able-bodied men
became alarmingly scarce all at once.
Our city seemed, of sudden, to be a
point at which was concentrated all the
ellis that flesh is heir to- The number !
of cripples was appalling. Slit shoes /
were seen in every direction; awkward I
limpers were everywhere found. The ,
cases of defective vision were so numer- I
GUS as to arouse fears that the capacity /
of our State Institution for the Blind /
would not prove commensurate to the
applications for admission that would
probably be made. Rheumatism = oh, :
horror! what crowds it was tormenting!
General debility" also prevailed to an
unlimited extent Old age, too, " crept
on apace" most astonishingly, and many
of our worthy citizens had but recently
stepped over the terrible boundary line !
of 45.
These Affections were found upon every
street. but the boys were hard-hearted
race of unbelievers, and would not let
the afflicted alone, which was all they
asked To such an extent does war
harden our sympathies and stihe the
affections! The boys argued, that if a
man had always been known as hearty,
robust fellow, and had always attended
to his business without any signs of dis
ease, he was able to shoulder gun ard
go into camp. So, in spite of protesta-
tions and entreaties, to the camp they
compelled the sufferers to CO. to report
to headquarters. Here, however, the
afflicted ones found tender, sympathiz-
ing heart. Major johnson listened to
their tales of woe, and his compassion
was so aroused in their behalf that he
issued passes until his stock of paper was
exhausted; the cases undisposed of were
dismissed because he had no more paper
on which to write their passes. We only
assert this, however, as one of the
rumors in camp. F
Sunday was great day in camps
Meade and Farquhar The First and
Second Regiments of the First Brigade,
under Coils. Hollingsworth and Mann,
occupied Camp Meade, and the Third
Regiment, under Col Will. Walker, Camp
Farquhar The First Regiment, Col.
Mann, was from Posey County; the Sec
ond and large part of the Third from
this City and County-the remainder of
the Third being from Gibson County.
Early in the morning the crowds began
to concentrate. Every street leading to
the camp was thronged with men, wo-
men and children, many of them carry
ing baskets of eatables to their friends.
1t was soon evident that the city would
be almost deserted. The congregations
of the several churches were meager in
the extreme, and III some of them no
service was held at ALL Everybody
wanted to go to camp-nearly everybody
went to camp. The Crescent City Band
: and the Indiana Band each contributed
by turns their choicest music to enliven
and cheer the vast multitude, and their
efforts were fully appreciated by those
, who heard them. There was no drilling
! The day was given up to social inter-
course and free interchange of senti-
ment. The sparkling eyes of sundry
youths and maidens indicated the kind
sentiment to which they were giving ex-
preston. 1.-The boys" it was thought,
: would soon be off to fight the evil dis
: posed, omnipresent Morgan--they might
| never return-a filter opportunity would
not be likely to occur again-and so -
l well, draw the curtain, as did gallai t
: Frenchmen, who closing the door of his
tent upon lady and her husband, re-
: marked, You may kiss him if you like
no one shall see. y
The German soldiers, more thoughtful
or reverent than the native born," had
S divine service in the afternoon. A large
: crowd assembled around the stand to
y hear the words that told of death and
: heaven as they fell from an ambassador
e of Christ. A short distance off, however,
: another large crowd was collected around
|. Sibley tent, but evidently for another
= purpose, judging from the shouts of
t laughter. Approaching the tent series
: of charcoal sketches were seen painted
/, upon its sides, while at its door stood a
y lively specimen of the Teuton race -four.
n ishing large club with which he was
g keeping back the impatient and pressing
s crowd. One of the sketches, though a