The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-01-26
Military Items.

River. How an officer of his calibre
ever obtained the command of the most
important division in the Army of the
Cumberland, is mystery that grows
more and more inscrutable.
Gen. Grant has issued an order levy
ing quite heavy fee on permits tc buy
cotton at any of the military posts within
his department. One hundred dollars
IS the amount assessed for each permit.
The money thus obtained is to be appro-
priated for secret service and the Hos
pital Fund. All permits granted before
the issue of this order are revoked.
Gen sherman's official report puts our
loss at Vicksburg at 1850 killed and
wounded, besides 400 taken by capture.
The Springfield, Ills, correspondent of
the Missouri Democrat says an officer
who was sleeping with member of the
Illinois Legislature, kicked the latter
out of the bed for uttering secesh senti-
ments at the hour of midnight. The
officer threw the offenders clothes after
him into the passage. The member was
compelled to sit up the balance of the
night in the office, before cold stove, in
a no very pleasant mood.
A special correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Commercial telegraphs that paper
thai meeting of the officers ofnearly all
the Indiana regiments was held at Muir
ffraeshoro on the 22d inst, at which strong
denouncing the disloyaI course -0frfdhigg
Butternuts of the Indiana Legislature;
also complimenting Governor Morton for
his energy and patriotism, and declaring
that the Union shall be preserved uncon-
ditionally and that the soldiers of Indiana
will devote their means and their lives to
the Union. The correspondent, however,
is mistaken in stating that Col Hunter,
who prepared the resolutions, is Demo
crat. Col Gooding is Democrat, and
-' 81. 4orsa Of ;ts hardest battles.
The absence of so many of the com
manders of divisions and brigades from
the Army of the Cumberland, indicates to
our mind that Gen. Rosecrans is not anti
cipating active operations for some days,
or perhaps weeks, to come. Gen. Nc
Cook has gone to his home at Dayton,
Gen. Rousseau is at home and Gen.
Wagner, commanding brigade, is also
absent on short furlough. 1t is quite
likely the severe storms of the past two
weeks have made the roads impossible
in Tennessee as we'll as on the Kappa
hammock. Gen. Rosecrans is not in the
habit of moving till he gets ready, and
then he moves with power. If Burnside
will only keep the rebel army in Virginia
too busy to detach any portion of its
strength to assist Bragg, the latter officer
will be effectually disposed of in the
course of two or three months
Maj Gen. Hartsuff who was severely, it
was supposed for time MORALLY, wound
ed at Antietam, is fast recovering. The
wound isnot yet healed, but the gallant
soldier is already at work on Board re-
vising the Army Regulations. The ball
Clipped off piece of the Generals hip
bone, passing from the hip down the leg
and is now lodged somewhere in the
feshy part of the thigh. Agate says
that years ago, "Hartsuff, then Second
on duty in Florida, was
wounded
pierced by fire ballsi One of these balls
penetrated the cavity of the chest, and
has never been extracted; so that the
General is now wont to say loosely that
he regards himself full match for at
least two rebels, as he isdouble-shotted
The result of the court-martial in
the case Of Fitz John Porter seems to
take the friends of that gentleman by
surprise. So utterly Indifferent have the
Government authorities heretofore been
in furnishing the most fragrant violations
of the rules of war and the commands of
superior officers, that many officers came
to the conclusion they could do pretty
much as they pleased. Mcclellan dis
regarded the orders Of the President and
ignored the Secretary of War with impu-
nifty, and Of course Gen. Porter thought
he might disobey the commands of Gen.
Pope with equal safety, especially when
obeying orders would result in the defeat
of the rebels, and the establishing of a
reputation for Pope that would over
shadow the chief who made such mel
ancholy failure on the Peninsula, and in
whose interest Porter was still working.
Every charge made by Pope against
Porter was sustained by the court-mar-
tial, and thus is the campaign of that
officer fully justified. He was sacrificed,
and the brave men with him, in order
that the waning fortunes of Mcclellan
might be bolstered up. A member of
the courtmartial said on the evening it
adjourned, that he believed Pope's cam