The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-03-26
wish to go farther.

go as far as Cairo, where they were as
! wish to go farther.
We passed down the river rapidly,
making but few landings. At Shawnee
town we met the Courier, and there re-
ceived the intelligence that the Govern
ment found it utterly impossible to Jake
! Ficksburg without the assistance of the
Charley Bowen, and that we had been
ordered off in haste, so that the great re-
suit for which the eyes of the country
have been looking for so many months
might come of at once This an
nouncement occasioned an extra run on
the tar by the fremen. We lay some
time at Curlew, taking on good supply
of coal, and then touched at Paducah at
D clock Thursday morning. We left Ev-
ansville about 6 clock the evening be-
fore-making the run of I50 miles in
about nine hours, including the detention
in taking on large supply of coal
At Cairo we were ordered to report at
once to Capt Lyman at Memphis. We
ran up to Mound City, took on about 600
bushels coal, and departed for the Land
of Dixie about clock in the evening
Our negro crew, failing to imbibe suffi-
Gent spirits to bring their courage to the
sticking point, were exchanged for a
crew of whites. We are now gliding
down the Father of waters The weather
is most delightful, and vegetation is be-
ginning to assume its robe of green. The
peach trees are in full bloom, and were
it not for stiff, cool breeze which is
constantly blowing, We would be admon-
ished & lay aside flannel and hunt up
linen. AS for cotton, that is out of the
reach of any but military officers
We paused at Columbus, to pay our
respects to Gen. Asboth, who, being alb
sent on 2 nne-rilla htssat ;lel ,,.s..r.,
regret-on his account, of course. In
his place, however, we had the pleasure
OF grasping by the hand our old friend
Moss, who informed US that Cooking
after the interests of the country" suited
his style much better than looking after
the interests of Armstrong; furniture
establishment. He has a position of
some kind at Asboth's headquarters, and
had just returned from the expedition
nm The 7'oD,aSsoo ,,,Lo1, -
played by our cavalry in Northern Ala
bama and Mississippi, an account of
which was published in the papers seve-
raj days ago We also learned here
that the reported destruction of Fort
Hlndman was incorrect. When it was
abandoned by our troops, they left the
tortIfications in as good condition as
when they occupied them, and Gen. AS
both found, to hissgreat surprise, that it
was held by couple of hundred guer-
rlllas, whom he speedily put to flight,
without loss on either side, and OCCUPIED
the place with regiment of infantry
Such care!essness as seems to have char
acterlzed the evacuation of that fortifca-
ton, without destroying it completely,
deserves a severer punishment than the
mere mention of the fact in daily news
paper.
At Columbus, boats report to Gen. AS
both, who commands the military dis
trict, including within its bounds the
posts of Cairo, Paducah, Columbus, and
New Madrid. At Island No. 10, how
ever, they must report to the naval au-
thorities, who search them for contra
band goods, Confederate money, etc.
This duty is assigned to the Navy, We
presume, for the reason that the officers
and crews are personally interested in
making close examinations, for if thew
are successful in detecting boat. en-
gagged in smuggling, she is confscated, !
ard One-half the proceeds go to them as
prizemoney. No such inducements are
ever held out to any land force similarly c
We never could see any good J
reason why such distinction is made in I
favor of the Navy. G
We passed Fort Pillow this morning, i
As well as the ruins of what was once
he town of Randolph. Fort Pillow was
strong position, and well cal
;ulated to resist an attack from the river :
What were its means for resisting a land
Ittack can not be ascertained by view
rom the river. The batteries were cut !
n the side of the hill, several feet above