The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-09

OK BOARD SANITARY STR COURIER,
Near Cairo, June 9th, 1868.


OK BOARD SANITARY STR COURIER,
Near Cairo, June 9th, 1868. }
To the Editors Evansville Journal:
Nothing of Importance occurred in
our downward trip, after / wrote you
last, until the night after leaving Helena.
When we had arrived at Island No. %
we were fired on by guerrillas, but no
one was hurt, and we kept on the even
tenor of our way. We met FIVE boat
loads of rebel prisoners coming up.
After arriving at the mouth of White
river we were brought TO by gunboat
and compelled to wait all day until we
could be spared gunbpat to accompa-
ny u.s.
About O. clock in the evening another
| punboat arrived, and we were allowed to
/ depart in company with another steam
boat the name of which | do not now
recollect, but whose speed was so slow
that we were compelled to take her IN
tow.
Arriving at Lake Providence we were
detained another day while our slow con-
sort discharged a quantity of Sutler
goods. and just as night was again
Ting -. Ill mantle over the
earth we started again, sorely vexed at
our delay
Here were men who had left extensive
business at home, responding heartily to
the call of our worthy Governor, and
we're fastening to the relief of our suf-
fering brave men, who were, as we
thought, suffering for the very supplies
we were taking to them, and to be thus
detained was well calculated to produce
no enviable state Of mind.
At length Gen Stone went on board
the grnboat and prevailed on " Red
Tape" to relax his dignity and allow us
to proceed When we arrived at the
mouth of the Yazoo we were agreeably
disappointed to find that the wants OF
the soldiers had been greatly overrated.
Gen Stone, DR. Billiard and went up
the Yazoo river and stopped at the hos
pital boat at Chickasaw Buff in rear Of
Gen. Grants army. where we were tod
- that it was exceedingly dangerous to try
TO get to Gen. Grants headquarters or
account of cross fires, &c, &c.
But Gen. Stone is not the man to be
easily banked in an effort to do his duty,
and he remarked that he would go tC
Gen. Grants headquarters were the
cross-6res seven-fold hotter than they
now appeared.
We returned to Young's Point, and
through the kindness of Captain Palmer
General Grants Commissary, secured
two horses and went up the Yazoo AGAR
the next dav.
General Stone and DR.. Billiard, wit
Mr. Caldwell, of the Commissary De
partment, who had kindly volunteered t
accompany them, proceeded on horse
back to General Grants headquarters
about five miles from the landing. Ate
o. visiting all the hospitals, and leavin
surgeons and hospital supplies with each
-.od home
at Memphis we took on a boat load {
wounded, and are now on our way home
having accomplished the object of GU
On our way up we met the steame
Atlantic, also sent out by Gov. Morto
on the same errand of mercy The A
lantic had been pressed into the servic
of the United States, and was loaded @
Memphis with troops for Grant. Sh
. had also been compelled to accept tn
services of a gunboat as convoy, bu
with commendable spirit had run ava
from her, and was steaming down tn
river in fine style.
We also met sanitary steamer
whose hospital flag W. proudly inscribe
with the name Ohio; but Indiana wa
ahead in this good work, and if our pee
pie could only have seen how glad GU
: poor suffering soldiers looked when the
! were told that Governor Morton had sen
US. and could have heard the quaint tx
pressions of Bully for Governor Nor
ton y Hurrah for Indiana = &c
t they, too, would have rejoced that W
were the first in the good work
We desire to commend to the travel
ing public Captain Ben Howard, VIII
J commanded the Courier also, Mr.
3 Brown, the pilot, and, indeed, all the off
, GERS of the boat, who proved themselve
careful and experienced boatmen, a
we'll as heightened, polite and accommo
dating gentlemen, and we hope, if w
are required to travel on the Mississippi
to have the Courier for our vessel, ant
Captain Howard, with his efficient crew
to command her. MEDICUs.