Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-12

GrprlSe was complete, ana ltS SnoCA
electric The guerrillas attempted to 2
escape by the doors and windows, but 4
we're killed to the number of nine, while I
80 doing, while the remainder, amount
ng TO eleven, their Captain, John Cal '
houn Thomas included, despairing of '
escape, surrendered The congregation
of women and conseripts, was dismissed
without the doxology, and the captured Il
guerrillas were marched under guard,
after the process of -disarming the main
Incident No. 2 is to the effect that the
redoubtable Captain Moore, having
learned that & distillery firm by the
name of Wran & Sledlin had been plum
dered by three scoundrels named John
Wagster, Monroe Capps and Alexander
Matthews, of about 81 900 in green
backs, and two barrels of whisky, he
and chosen band Of. his hardy com 7
mand gave pursuit, overlook the villains
at the house of an accomplish, bolted in
upon them, and in the fight which sub
seauented. killed all three of the rob
beers. Captain Frank Moore-pardon
the parenthetieal DEPRESSION, for | like |
the man, and so does every man whose |
soul takes FIRE az the recital of daring
and honorable deeds-i like to write bis
name in full, that the people of Indiana
may know him. The rebels in this sec
ton knotc him, and hate and fear him
accordingly for he has seldom failed to
bring destruction upon any guerrilla
horde that he is informed of, and has
gone in quest of. He has too long re-
NAMED in obscurity, although he is a
host in himself, has been long in the SER
vice--invariably successful, has fought.
hand to hand with eneme of his people,
and mankind-the land pirates, and has
done sufficient to make reputation for
score of would be heroes 1t is high
time that his merits should be known
and recognized and they hare been at
length, but in way hardly suitable to-
his deserts. He is now Lieut.. Colonel
of the 18th Tennessee being organized.
and recruited at Union City. Captain
Frank Moore, having heard that noto-.
rious guerrilla Chief named Jem Parkes,
was in the neighborhood sparkling, pro
ceeded to the house of Parkes' dulcinea,
found him toying in her embraces-the
amorous wretch-unceremouiously broke
up the honeyed interview, and bore him
away TO parts " far removed from that
loved situation, to let tears of regret
intrusively swell, as fancy, or horrid
memory reverts to the shocking deed he
recently committed in tying a Union
man to tree, and before killing him,
cutting out his tongue This is a noto-
rious fact, = IL 81
To sum up all: Captain Frank Moote
finally captured Lieut. Col. Dawson, VITO
recently escaped from his .custodians
while being transported on the cars to
durance vile at Camp Douglas, Chicago.
| had almost forgotten to mention an
other important item in this catalogue
of glorious exploits, which. is, that
thirty-eight or forty of the men recruited
for the Tennessee regiment to which
the gallant Captain is to be promoted,
were cooped up, hiding from the mis-
creants, who rob and murder friend and
foe, under the miserable plea that they
are helping JEFF. Davis and his compeers
to gain their. independence; but by de-
stroying this nest of rufiians, they were
encouraged to make their appearance at
designated rendezvous, and given safe
conduct to Union City. In this connec-
tion,- let me remark that those who cen
sure the Union men of Tennessee, and
other points South, for not banding To-
gether and fighting in the cause of the
Union, should first consider their-situa
tion--placed among hostile population
and in a vast minority deprived OF
arms, and mostly having families whose
, lives even dependmpon their neutrality
what could theyzdo more than they
have done21 My wonder is, that they
, had the heroism and virtue to resistdin
, the manner and as long as they have
amid odium, threats, and actual out
RACES. ~
The force at this point is detachment
! of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, who
both men and horses, were, almost all OF
, them, unfit and ervicable-rendered
: so, by the hardships experienced since
we ,hsEe been in this section of the eoun
: try. Lieut. Col Thos Brown is in com
! mand, and l assure you, he has hi:
: hands full We have had great Difficult
,, ty in getting provisions asthe powers a
: Columbus, even if they feast on roast
: turkey, do, by some inscrutable machin
: cry, turn their food into red tape They
: are adepts in the great art of how not t
e do It, For an iniormality-an omission
| of the least part of the etiquette of rec
+ tapeism,-they would allow nearly foul
a hundred men to perish for want of fooC
: and medicines, when scratch of a per
/ would prove their salvation But tn,
2 Seventh Cavalry are well able to taxi
! care Of themselves, and if the magnate,
e at Columbus are tardy, we always fine
d sufficient while plenty surrounds US. Fo
r forage we draw on the country which i
/, we'll supplied and it is amusing to Sc,
l. how pertinicaonsly and vociferously tn,
t persons, from whom we solicit contribu
g tons for the nourishment of our enact
5 ated and worn down horses, will insis
It upon their loyalty, which being acknowl
e edged, a voucher is given them-but ",
J, know that in Fulton County, Kentucky
J. when the vote was taken for secession
d only four votes stood for the continuance
y of the Union. We are glad to see, how
It ever, that the scales have fallen from
a their eyes, and that they are now wild
1t awake to the fact that the heretofore de
d spised Union, is the best thing for Fultol
S County Kentucky, and the benighte
3, inhabitants thereof From the evidenc
e before us, we reasonably conclude that
n could the thinking, honest masses hav
e their wishes consulted, they would vot
d for the restoration of the Union Po1
y erty, ruin, and desotation, hold the pee
Il pie of the South in their unrelentin
n grasp, and the poor victims, with tn
e meekness of despair, are beginning t
e cry for mercy.
n Our men and horses are greatly recuE
g Grated, but the small pox has shown il
5 self as at Union City, and there are som
5 seven cases in the pest hospitals, outsid
J. the town. Varioloid is the type the di;
e ease has taken, and death has resulte
# but in one case. At dress parade thi
Y evening our Lieutenant Colonel J. n
e Brown, informed the men that Presiden
d Lincoln has called for 100000 NOR
l. men, and that the d aft would be enforC
a | ad hv tho 10Th of March 1874 shoul