Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-01

snackles OF the oppressor, her peop
: once more are allowed to walk the stree
in security. There are no conscriptir
officers to seize the patriot now. III
< night of their darkness has past, an
} the daylight of freedom dawns upo
, them. But will it continue? 1t must
it shalll The gallant 65th Indiana wa
the first regiment to enter Knoxville, vi
der their gallant leader, Col John "
Foster. l have no doubt it was tn
proudest moment of his life. Every so
der felt more than fully compensated 70
all the priyations and hardships he ha
endured during our long march, by tn
shouts and cheers of welcome that greet
ed them on every side Our entranc
into the city was one continued ovation
Flags were to be seen flying everywhere
Flags, that had been hidden in the closet
Tor two years, were once more flung t,
the breeze to welcome the deGverers o
East Tennessee. 1t needed but the pres
ence OF one man to render our triumph
complete. That man was Parson Brown
low-that true and tried patriot who haC
DraVed Imprisonment, and even death
rather than renounce the best Govern
ment that just and wise Providence
ever created. But he will be here soon and
the Knoxville Whig will once more be
hurting its anathamas against the foul
traitors of our glorious Republic. This
boon the Union men of Tennessee have
long and earnestly prayed for. The
rebels made their boasts when they were
here that the Yankees" would never
enter Knoxville. But when they heard
OF Gen. Burnsides' army marching on
the place, they were panic-stricken and
Buckner, with his legions of Grained
veterans cowardly fell back without fir
ing shot We entered the town in the
evening, and the rebels had left in the
morning. They could easily have held
the town against our brigade, but they
mad not the courage to stand up before
the gallant Hoosiers, and those outraged
Iennesseeans whom they had driven
from their homes But such is some.
times chioatry. They tore up the rail-
road track here for short distance. but
1t is quite easily repaired. Col. Foster
captured several trains of cars and loco
motives here, and they are capturing
them every day above here, and as soon
as RosecraDs takes Chattanooga we will
open the road from here to Nashville.
and thus our supplies will come directly
through from Louisville. The cutting off
OF the communication of the rebels with
Chattanooga has broken another great
link in the chain of the Confederacy.
They can get no supplies from this part
OF the country, and their cause is getting
more desperate every day. This is a yery |
nice place. The city is built on a num- |
Der OF hills, and there are many very
fine residences. | have visited the iail |
where Brownlow and those other patriots
were confined. The gallows, where so
many Union men were hung. was de-
stroyed by Lieut.. Col. johnson.
MIR. Editor, if the people of Indiana
could have witnessed our entrance into
''crcu'afke ,aicu met us on all sides, they
would have some idea what Unionism is.
The feeling in Indiana is nothing COM
pared with East Tennessee. In our State
t has cost nothing to be true to the Gov
srnment; but here in Tennessee they
have risked their lives to uphold the
cause of the North. Why, when we were
crossing the Cumberland Mountains we
found people who had been on the brink
Of starvation for weeks; and If, per-
chance, they happened to have a little
corn meal, they would say, "God bless
you, take it; / can live on roasting ears
till can get some more" Is there such
Unionism at the North? 1 hope so, but
have never seen it. Do not understand
me as meaning there is no Unionism in
Indiana, for we owe very much-the 65th
y-to our whole-souled friends
at home
witnessed sight the other day that
| do not think has been equalled during
the rebellion. Two hundred ladies form
ed themselves in line like soldiers, and
with two American flags at their head, /
through the city chanting a /
song for the Union They then march
ed out to the Fair Grounds, the camp of |
the I'd Brigade, and gave our boys ap-
Piles, peaches, pies, cakes, cold chickens,
bread, &c. They would shake hands /
with the boys and tell them to go on in
the good work Who wouldn't be a
Union soldier when the fairest ladies in
the land turn out by hundreds to vel
come them, and tell them, "God speed |
you on your mission of mercy" Knox
vile was never so full of citizens in if-
teen months. Hundreds have been hid |
in the mountains to avoid being con-
scripted, and they are coming in every
day We are also administering the oath
of allegiance to hundreds of Confederate
soldiers who were conscripted and got
away.
Gen. Burnside and staff, accompanied
by Gems. Carter and Shackleford, with /
their stats, arrived on the evening of the
3d. AS soon as it became noised around
that the General had arrived in town,
hundreds of people-citizens and SOL |
diers-repaired to his headquarters to
welcome the veteran chieftain. General /
Carter was first called on by the citizens
to make speech to them. He is from East /
Tennessee, and has not been able to re-
turn home for many months He talked
to the people little while, and told them
he thanked God the hour of deliverance
was at hand, and with their assistance he |
would drive the invaders from the soil of /
Tennessee. General Burnside was then |
called upon. He told the people that |
those who knew him, knew that talking
was not his forte He came to act, not |
to talk. But he would say that from the |
moment he took command of the Army |
of the Ohio, it was his fondest wish to |
lead an army for the deliverance of Ten
nessee. He furthermore told them that he
came with arms in the wagons to arm
the loyal patriots, so they could help to
drive the rebel hordes beyond the bor-
ders of this glorious State This news
created the widest enthusiasm, and the
shouts of the multitude testified their
willingness to assist in putting down the
rebellion He then retired.
Gen. Shackleford was then called on,
and he told them his heart was full to
overhowing at the evidences he witnessed
of the Union sentiment. Just as he got
through speaking, large flag was flung
to the breeze from the portico of the
housn and Ganr R,irnciJa onJ Nor4o,,