The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-07-17
JULY II, 1868.

lost in all his opera ions before the cap
tured city.
The feeling among the captured is
variously stated. General Bowen for in
stance, appears to think that he has been
sold, and other officers attribute their
misfortune to want of Generalship in
Pemberton, and still others swear that
Pemberton sold out to Grant, but all the
privates appear delighted, and are quito
free in the expression of their determin.
alton not to follow the Confederacy bQt
to return to their homes -
The soldiers from Louisiana are d6h-
stantly deserting across the river, and
all others who can find the means of do
ing so, follow their example. To such
an extent has this been carried, that
General Pemberton has been forced to
complain of it to General Grant, and to
ask that he use force to prevent the
troops from leaving The latter is said
to have declined to interfere. He assur-
ed General Pemberton that he consider
ed it no part of his business to use arms
to force men to fight for the Confedera-
cy. According to the cartel, Gen. Penn
berton and his army were to be paroled
and placed outside the Federal lines
Thus far it has been impossible for that
to be done, and in the meantime he had
no interest in compelling men to go
where they did not want to go; conse-
quently notice has been given that all
who wish to take the oath and go home
can do So Some of the officers refuse
to take the parole and will be sent North
as prisoners.
Hon. Albert Gallatin Brown, the col
league of jeff Davis in the q. 5 Senate,
came to Snyder's Bluff on the 9th and
took the oath He said he had never be-
lieved in secession, had never been Sc
cessionist, and had never been in favor
of the rebellion. His wife, who was pres
ent, said his course had ruined her, and
there need be no fears that he would act
disloyal in future. Brown has since been
i'll with bloody fux, of which he was suf-
fering at the time he was permitted to
return home.
THE condition of Gen Pemberton is
pitiable in the extreme His officers
falsely and meanly ascribe his misfor-
tune to all sorts of things, such as imbe-
cility, etc, while he, poor man, is nearly
crazy, and evinces in an unmistakable
manner the humiliation and anguish
which he feels. He keeps confined to
his room, and walks franticaly all the
time, tearing his hair, and giving all
sorts of evidence that he is an insane
man. He was one of the few, as we
learn from an eye-witeess, who gave un-
mistakable manifestations of repugnance
to taking the parole. His condition ex-
cites the commisseration of all unbiased
persons at Vicksburg.
among those who were killed during
the siege is Gen. Martin Green of Mis-
souri,, brother of Senator Green of that
State. Also Capt HoOgue, of the 4p-
peal battery"
match boat left on the ninth Generals
Banks and Gardner were said to be par
leying for the surrender of the place,
and the news of its capitulatiOn was mo-
mentarily expected at Vicksburg.
The Bulletins item in regard to the
capture of good number of prisoners
NAV be exaggerated, but passengers up,
including officers of intelligence and
good means of intelligence, assert that
! Gen. Sherman has met Gen. Johnston IN
| force, variously estimated at from 30,OOt
to $4,000, and driving in his pickets on
several occasions, and when he had at
tempted to make a stand, forced him
like Dickens's Little Joe, to move on.
Johnston has the best equipped army II
the rebel dominions west of Richmond
with the exception of his heavy artillery
The evidences are that he means Il
make a stand against Sherman, and he
seems to be hesitating where to do II
but one place will suit Sherman about a
we'll as another He has the flower o
Grants army with him, and base o
supplies which is just as good as coui'
be desired. News of conflict is hourl
expected, as every mile Sherman ad
vances in the direction he is now goin!
more directly endangers Mobile.
Johnston is going to stop him at all, h
must do it soon.
Passengers from Vicksburg also con
firm the Bulletins S statements of tt
working of the parole business with IL
rebels.