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The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-21
The 21th Indiana Regiment and the
State legislature.

A correspondent of the indianapolis
Journal, writing from the camp of the
9th Indiana regiment, at Stafford Court
House, Virginia, the 7th inst, says on
the reception of the Copperhead resolu-
tions offered in the Indiana Legislature
by Messrs. Wolfe and Browne, a meeting
of the officers of the regiment was imme-
diately called and committee of FIVE
appointed to draft resolutions. We quote
the following as specimen of the series:
ResOlred, That we condemn the
whole action of the Legislature in part
of their proceedings which has for its OBJ
ject> the crippling of the State and Ma
tional Government in their patriotic en-
deavors to crush this accursed rebellion.
g ResotUed, That we earnestly, solemn
y,'and emphatically protest against any
action on the part of the Legislature
which looks to the establishment of a
Military Board for the purpose of taking
out of the hands of the Governor the
power vested in him by the Constitution
as Commander-in-C Chief of the Militia of
the State; and we regard any such acts
as unconstitutional, and nothing less than
an attempt to take from the loyal citizens
their rights of selfprotection, and event
ually the separation Of the State from
the Federal Union.
4" ResoLred, That in -r1j.Trii W asnfnS
ton and Wells counties, we see nothing
less than treason in its broadest sense,
and as such deserving the penalty at
tached to the highest crime amenable to
our Laws; and we recommend that Gov
ernor Morton make an example of them
at once, and if necessary to recall the
Twenty-seventh Regiment Indiana Vol
unteers to enforce that or any other such
emergency as may arise.
" Rest lred, That having the utmost
confidence in the ability and patriotism
of His Excellency Governor 0. P. Nor
ton, we will sustain him, if needs be, with
our lives, in the discharge of all his du.
ties necessary to put down traitors, either
at home or abroad. All of which is re
spectfully submitted.
All the commissioned officers of the
regiment, with one exception, signed the
resolutions The exception was Lieut.
Jerger, OF 20. N, VINO decllneu ATTENDING
the meeting, and showed himself very
tender-footed
Mr.. Lyon, formerly State Librarian
and prominent Democrat of Indiana
was called out, and made few forciblt
and appropriate remarks. He was taker
prisoner at Winchester last May, and ha
but recently returned to the regiment
He gave short sketch of his imprison
ment, and remarked that if the scandal
GUS treatment he received at the hand
of the rebels was the Southern chivalr,
and hospitality we read about, he ha'
enough of it. He denounced the pres
ent course of the "Butternuts in In
diana as deserving the universal execra
ton of all true and loyal Democrats, an
they were recreant to their trust.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-21
IFrom the vicksburg Whig, Jan. 30.
THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.
Rebel Account of the Condition OF
Affairs.

The enemy have at last got a boat into
the canal, destroying the prognostlca-
tions of the ''wiseacres," who last sum-
mer declared the canal could never be
made navigable, and that it was useless
to fill it up. A steamer, supposed to be a
dredge boat, was seen yesterday plying
up and down the canal, and we suppose
that a few DAYS more will suffice to make
it navigable for the enemys gunboats.
The Unionists attempted to run the
ferryboat down the river early yesterday
morning, but few shots from a couple
of our guns near Warrington satisfied
them that they could not go past. The
boat returned to her moorings, but kept
up steam, and was moving about at IN
tervals during the day.
The Unionists visited De Soto yester
day in large numbers. Squads OF them
were walking about the river bank al
dav Wenoticed one on the bank oppo
site the bayou, with a book in hand, tax
ING sketches for some illustrated newspa
per, we presume. Three others appear
ed to be making a survey, but were dis
turbed by a visitor from Whistllng Dick
which shattered a large tree where the.
were at work. One man appeared ol
the levee on horseback, but the sound
Whistling Dick caused him to cut for tn
woods He came out again at the oil
machine shop of the Shreveport Raj
road, and rode down to Scale S, where h
dismounted and examined our city wit
glass, after which he got his stee
again and rode off toward DR.. Whites.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-21
NEW BOOKS.
IS. e. GILBERT & CO."

CUNDRIES--CASTIL SOAP, LEMON SYRUP
= Clothes Pins, Totmato Catsup, Rice, Almonds
English Walnuts, Brazil nuts, Candy, figs, raisins
currants oysters, Holsters, sardnes, alum, EPSON
salts roll brimstone sulphur copperas, madder, ,ex
tract of log wood, indigo, cream tartar, soda bed
cords of ali kinds tobacco of all kinds, blacking
batting, nutmegs, cigars of all kinds ginger, glass
lars lanterns and TASKS, mustard, pepper sauce,
matches, pickles, stone pipes, powder, percussion
caps fish efal kinds, safety fuse, soaps of all kinds,
starch, teas, vinegar, camphOr, letter, note, zap
petre gum drops, wsoden bowls, jujube paste, Gin
namen, british lustre, bonnet boards, ink, oil,
nails, sash, glass, allspice, soda, pain killer,
liquorice, Playing Cards, &C., &c.
A supply of the above kept constantly on hand,
and for sale by S. e Gilbert Co., No. 4syeamore,
decl6tf
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-21
What a Band of Southern LOyaliSts
Did---HundredS Of Texans Waiting


Tor Arms.
A correspondent of the Boston Trar-
der writes as follows:
Here is an interesting and highly ro-
mantle item, which is related to me by
one of the noble loyalists who was him
self an actor in the episode. On the
25th dag of December, Christmas day, a
body of Texans, some forty in number,
who had been driven from the ranches
by the rebels, and had atterward enlisted
in the Mexican army, crossed the river
from the Mexican side, to Los Cuevos
rancho, on the Texas side, and attacked
a large train.of wagons loaded with army
stores and provisions.
They killed nine of the rebels, and the
remainder, some thirty-fve in number,
skedaddled at "double quick" They
burned the wagons and confscated the
horses and provisions for their own use.
The wagon train was on its way to Ring
gold Barracks, where quite force is
stationed.
of Is% OK City, VINO informed the
party of the whereabouts of this wagon
train, also gave them a very handsome
silk American flag to carry in their
ranks, and with loud cheers they receiv-
ed it, and holding it up in the bright
sunli ght of heaven, each man swore that
no one who dare insult that flag, under
whose folds they were born, should live
if they had power to kill him.
The squad of Texans, who were well
mounted, and captured the provision
train, were under the command of Capt
| Octaviana Zabata and First Lieutenant
Antonio Dias, both American citizens
and natives of Texas, firm friends Of
Governor Hamilton, and they are going
to beseech Government to lend the suf
fering loyalists of Texas helping hand
ere they sink into the gulf of despair and
death. They pray for arms and ammu
milton night and day, and say if we will
but give them arms they will defend
themselves. Four hundred loyal mel
are now waiting on the Mexican side fol
arms, and in thirty days one thousand
men could be easily raised. Mr. Pos
says he will promise to raise regimen
in thirty days if arms are furnished him
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-21
The COlOred Massachusetts, Regl-
ment.

The proposed colored regiment, now
forming in Massachusetts, will be num-
bered the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts
Volunteer Infantry, and will probably go
into camp at Worcester. Some of the
colored people of Boston object to the
differing of the regiment with white Off
GERS, but their objections will no doubt be
overcome. A colored physician of Bos-
ton will be surgeon of the regiment. One
company is to be raised in New Bedford
An officer of one of the volunteer regi
ments has been selected for Colonel.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-21
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb I.
To the Editors Of the Chicago Times:

noticed in your issue of the I'd inst.
a statement that some twenty transports
had arrived to take my division down
the river, and that refused to move un-
til my men were paid and clothed This
is not true. | have never, since in tl,o
T-utrpd r3U;ttS., sc ' C, rzfuseu 10 obey any
orders from a superior officer nor do now
propose to do so. No transports have ar,
rived for my command, nor have L had
any orders to move anywhere, as yet.
! l am now, and so is my command, ready
to 90 anywhere, or perform any service
that we may be required to do, for the
benefit of our country.
! l hope you will do my command and
myself the justice to insert this contra
diction of your previous statement IN
your earliest issue.
Yours, respectfully,
JOHN A. LOGAN,
pr;r Cen I'd Div. 18th Army Corps.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-21

TALL On IL. J. SCHLAEPFER, DRUGGIST,
u corner Main and Second Street, if you wish to
see a fine stock of Fancy Goods and Perfuneries
CARDEN SEEDS, HOl-Now is the time to
VI buy, while the selection is good and the Seeds
fre5h stock lust received from n. Y. and n. j at
febIS ELLIoTT'S Family Grocery.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-21
General Logan brings the Chicago
Times I'D Standing.

The Memphis correspondent of the
Chicago Times, some time since, charged
that General Logan had refused to move
his division until they were paid. The
following dispatch from General Logan
completely sets at rest the infamous SLAM
DER
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-21
e BBDRY'S RIFLES,
LADIES FURS.

Having bought our fine
Furs before the unprece-
dented advance on this arti-
Gle, we are prepared to fur
nish our Lady customers with
as fine setts as ever seen any
where and for a good deal
less money. To satisfy your
selves on the point, cal! at
VAUTIER & MARC0NNIER,
SO Main Street.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-21
a G.. PU S Fl E z ,

DEALER IN
Foreign & American Fancy Goods,
COMBS, BRUSHES, PURSES, WALLETS
Satchels, Toilet Soaps Rubber Goods,
GAMES, YANKEE NOTIONS,
Ladies' Baskets, Childrens Cabs, &c
No. 20, Main Street,
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA
dec23
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-21
J. S M I T HIS
SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
No.8 Second st,
(IN BRAT's BLOCK.

C1HIRTs MADE TO ORDER FROM MEAS
- urment and fit warranted. A stock OF
ready made Shirts and Collars always on hand, and
at prices that will suit the purchaser Tucktng
skirts, Stitching Bosoms, &C., done with neatness
and despatch
Thankful for past favors the subscriber respect
fullv solicits contuance of the patronage 50
literally bestowed for the past five years;
oct22 - S'eAAA1'
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-21

HAMILTON COLLEGE ANEIyERsARIEs.- =
From a report of the exercises at the Ami
versaries of Hamilton College, Clinton, n.
Y I'VE perceive that the orator at the annual
meeting of the Alumni was Rev. James Eells,
formerly Pastor of the I'd Presby Church
of this city. The report says:
q The orator Of the occasion, Rev. James
EelIs, D. D., of Brooklyn, was very soon made
known to his audience as one Of the trouble
some Jewellers Of the times. The sentiment
of his grafton was the reciprocal gain to the
diverse elements by bringing them in contact
and blending them together. Beginning
with some apt natural Illustrations, he built
M n symmetrical argument rich in nlustra-
ton and convincing in its conclusions. No
one, he said, had a right to dwell in region
Of light from which he excluded others. NO
one had right to confne religion or educa-
ton or wealth to a few. All isolation Is
wrong, and true civilization takes care that
the unjust barriers between men are broken
down. The orator applied his subject to in
| dividuaI elevation and progress and in this
connection showed the good effect of the frie-
ton of one mind with the different classes Of
other minds, with those Of inferior as well as
those of superior capacity or morality. Bnt
| his discussion had reference chiefly to sOeiety
as a whole, and this gave the orator an Op-
portunity to trace the sad working in history
Of aristoeratic ideas. The transition to our
own country and time came natur-
RI1y, and here the F'aEf'aaSTsA Of 0ar
great struggle was not forgotten
The struggle was !or the doctrine Of equal
rights, and was the last great struggle Of
this nation. The bright future made US will
ing to fight and die in the present. With
hopeful prophecy, some urgent words to the
Alumni, and few glowing sentences con
tanning the essence of his subject, the speak
er closed, his last word followed by hearty
applause"
The poem of the occasion was read by JohI
CastletOn Long, A. NJ, Principal of an Acad
emy at Westfeld, New York, gentleman
} whom the writer of these lines is proud t
acknowledge as brother I" D. X. E."
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-21

CINCINNATI, July 20.
Our forces are continually capturing
Morgan'a men. Basil Duke was captured
this morSiDg near Pomeroy. Thirteen
hundred men have been taken so far.
Major Brown, commanding battalion
of the 10th Kentucky cavalry, arrived
here with $50 prisoners, captured during
a reconnaissance near Abingdon, Virginia.
SATURDAY -MOrgan's forces
were oyerJ6KeH u1Ur -0uI1rUJ 880t5SVEs
and Judah who had formed a junction.
Morgan, finding himself in close quarters
and learning that the ford at Burlington
Island was we'll guarded, broke up his
band in small squads in order to escape,
One squad with six pieces of artillery
made the attempt to cross the river at
Burlington, but the gunbOats drove them
back with a rebel loss of one hundred and
fifty killed and drowned.
Our cavalry charged and captured the
battery, killing large number Of rebels
Colonels Wolford and Shaekelford sue
ceeded in capturing one lot Of five hun
dred and seventy-fve, and another lot O.
two hundred and seventy-6ve, besides nu
merous other small squads, making In al
over thousand prisoners.
Our cavalry are in pursuit Of the bal
ance Of the command which is entirel.
broken I'D and scattered among the hills
Their position and forces are such tina
they cannot cross the Ohio nor go muo
further North.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-21
BRAGG Hastily RETREATING
INTO GEORGIA.
ROseerans in Full Pursuit.
Bragg Bndeav5ling to Join Joe
Johnston.
Numerous Desertions from His
Army,
FRon NEW YORK,

NEW YORK, July 20.
Yesterday was quiet Sunday. The va
rious Wards were peaceful as ever, and
there was not the slightest exhibition Of
disorder. Thousands Of people visited the
scene of the late conflicts, and the eonVer-
sation Of all classes was eentered upon the
Conscription Law. The military did not
make their appearance at all in the Vi
cinity of the disturbances, and the police
patrolled their beats pretty much as form
erly. Up to this morning everything was
in a state of profound tranquility from
the Battery to Harlem. A sufficient force
of the National Guards of the State have
arrived in the city to enable the civil au
thorities to maintain the public peace and
enforce order.
Governor Seymour, as Commander-in-
Chief of tho State forces, directs the sew
eral citizen volunteer organizations form
ed for the emergency to be relieved from
duty.
General Wool was relieved Saturday by
General DIX. Official orders are publish
ed this morning. .-
Drafting will not begin until the exact
| quota Of the city is determined and pub
lioly announced, by which time the Gov
ernment will be prepared to execute it
Possibly a week may elapse before the
! draft commences.
1t is stated that in the attack on the
| Union Steam Works, corner Of Twenty
| second street and Second Avenue the mob
carried off $500 muskets, of which only
| 800 have been recovered.
The British Consul has notified the PO-
lice Commissioner that he has ordered the
ship-of-war Challenger to take a position
in the river, for the purpose of protecting
colored seamen, subjects of Great Britain
card from James 7. Brady against the
Mob Law is published, in which he state:
the real authors of the late riots are KEEP
in secure secrecy. He will also do all il
his power to have the draft tested before
the Judiciary as a Constitutional question
but he begs the brave but mis- led men Wit
are willing to fight for their principles no
to let themselves be used by political sneak
who don't care how many houses are burn
ed, OF lives sacrificed, if their own scheme
can be promoted consistently with person
al safety. !
Three thousand troops garrison the ~
Avenue Arsenal. Two steamboats,, heaV
/ lily armed and manned, course up an
down the Hudson River as far as th
northern boundary Of Westchester county
in consequence Of threats to burn the town
All has been quiet however. Westeheste
J county is part of the Metropolitan Dis
| trict
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-21
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
A---.----
prnrress IN NnvnI ArtLlIery.

The new COmmander-in-ehief Of the
South Atlantic blockading feet is not SO
welded to his ffteen-ineh guns, as to be
insensible to the progress of ordnance
ideas. There is now in course Of fconstrue-
ton. and almost ready for experiment, a
new gun devised by him, which, if sue
cessfnl, will not only be in keeping with
modern theories, but which will revolu-
tionize naval artillery. Some idea may
be formed Of the magnitude Of the inven-
ton, from the fact that the new piece is
intended to burn twice as much gunpowder
az the immense tWenty-one-ton gun, which
now consumes thirty five pounds at sin
ele discharge. There is also being con-
structed, under the supervision Of an in
ventor. whose name is associated with the
origin Of our new navy, tremendous can
ron. calculated to Withstand, on ship
board, the explosion Of ninety pounds q
gunpoWder.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-21
How they Heard from Vieksburg.
e. - i c

How they Heard from hlcHsnlf&s
The rebels at Richmond first heard def
nitely of the fall Of Vicksburg on the 9TH,
three days after the surrender, by the fol-
lowing dispatch from Johnston:
"JAoKsoE, Tuesday, July Z.
Hon. J. A. Seldom, Secretary Of Var
" "Vicksburg capitulated on the 4th inst.
HThe garrison was paroled, and are to
be returned to our lines-the officers re-
tanning their side arms and personal bag
: gage. -.
e'cer who left the place on Sunday, the
5tBa. J. E. JOHNSTON, General"
Tas rebel papers wall sadly over the loss.
They acknowledge that it is great blow
to them and their cause. They severely
blarhe Johnston for not havingrelieved the
garrison, but Johnston is certainly not to
blame for that, for Grant had t'0O .frOHtss
one toward Vicksburg and the other To-
ward Johnston, and was as ready TO repel
an assault upon one as the other. The
Richmond Sentinel of the 9th says:
1--WE need not say how sOrely we regret
this disaster. 1t comes, too, Unexpectedly,
for we had Just received such assurances
Of tie strength Of Vicksburg as to have
given us considerable confidence in its
safety. We certainly did not anticipate 50
early a reduction.
ait is now manifest that the assurances
We have referred to, like too much Of the
news that comes from that quarter, were
without foundation. Indeed, instead Of
the ample stores Of food in Vieksburg of
which we were told, we are informed
through private sources, that -four SOLD an
the beIeagueTed city at four hundred dollars
81. DER barrel and corn at three dollars per ear.
The probability is that General PembertOn
fought until there was no food left for his
army and the citizens, and despairing Of
relief from General Johnston, he could
do nothing but capitulate. The favorable
terms granted him, show how anxious
Grant was to terminate the siege without
another fight
HThe people are asking, and the world
will ask, where was General Johnston, and
what part did he perform in this grand
tragedy. In anslDer it l0iU be said that
NTH an army larger than 1gon the first battt
Of Manassas, he made not a motion, struck no
a bLo,v, for the relief Of Hieksburg. Fo
nearly seven weeks he sat down in sOunC
Of the conflict and he fred not gun H
heard the confident declarations with Whici
the besieged animated their courage
Never mind l-JohRstoB is coming F-bu
Johnston never came. He did not so mucl
IS harrass the enemy, but left Grant I
pursue his work without interruption. |
Mosby and his little band had been there
instead Of Johnston and his army, Gran
would not have enjoyed such impunity
Johnston has been supposed to have som
profound plan, some brilliant strategy
which at the proper time he would sprinl
and which would atone for any seemin
inactivity. But he has done no more tha
to sit By and see VieksJurgh talI, and send
the neDs."
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FRO9I THE sOUTHWFsT.

NEW YORK, July ~.
% A New Orleans letter says it is rumored
Admiral Porter will assume command of
the Mississippi River and Admiral Farra-
gut will go outside to commence opera
tions in another quarter against the en-
emy.
The Herald's Vicksburg letter, dated 5
P. n July 11th, says General PembertOn's
parolCd army marched out Of our lines
this forenoon. Only few stragglers are
now in the city.
Our forces under General Sherman Oc-
cupied jackson yesterday, and our sd-
vance guard is beyond Pearl River.
Johnston has retreated beyond the river
which is next in line east Of the Pearl.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-21

An exchange says that General Meade
sends to Washington thirty-one of the reg
mental battle flags captured at the late
battles of Gettysburg. Thirteen Of these
we're taken from Virginia infantry regi-
ments, four from North Carolina regi-
ments, two from Georgia regiments, one
from an Alabama, one from Mississippi
and one from Florida regiment and nine
were from regiments whose States were
not known. These facts, and many 9TH
ers that have appeared from time to time,
20 to show that the bulk of Lees army is
made up Of Virginians and North CarOli-
mans. The greater part of the rebel ar
my of the Southwest, comprising the reg
iments raised in the States Of Mississippi
and Alabama, and the States west of the
Mississippi river, has been captured as
prisoners Of war by Generals Grant and
Banks. The army of General Bragg is
composed mainly Of regiments from Ten
nessee, Georgia and Kentucky, with 9TH
ers from the Gulf States; but large part
Of the Tennesseeans and Kentuckians de-
serted lately when he fell back into GeOr-
gia. All the rebel armies are in a very
bad way at present.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-21

INTERESTING Relics When the lst
Wisconsin regiment of volunteer infantry
was formed they received from friends of the
regiment piece of the halyard which ele-
waited the Stars and Stripes above Sumter
previous to its capture by traitors also a
piece of the flag carried by Washiugton's
Body Guard. These relics were grated into
the flagstaff which carried the colors Of the
Ist Wisconsin. On receiving these cOlors
hallowed by the above relics the regiment
on their bended knees swore to defend them
with their lives and never to dishonOr them.
Nobly have they fulfilled their pledge. The
colOrs are now deposited at the Capital in
Madison. The flagstaff was three times cut
in two by balls at the battle of Chaplin Hills,
and the Tag has 26O ball holes in it. The
gallant Colonel Starkweather commands the
lst Wisconsin.
Harry Bingham, who was QuartermasteT
Of the above regiment, has portion of the
Sumter halyard, also piece of the fag Of
Washington's Body Guard, which he prizes
highly as relies.