Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-15
1 COppeFhead InsEFFeetfon In the
North Prayed for By the Southern

4 CoppeFhead InsEFFeetfen In the
North Prayed for By the Southern
Rebels.
Il appears from tie following article,
which, vita the paper containing ii, is
sent as by soldier in the Army Of the
Cumberland, that the first exaggerated
accounts Of the massacre Of soldiers IL
Southern illinois we're received with
great favor IN the South:
LTrsm ale Atlanta Lsuiss4zA IatelIigsnesr,
April y
TIE EKEuTE Is ILIxoIs
Nothing has occurred Of late that in
,efests The people Of the South so much
IS the intelligence OF the late frseas IN
Illinois. From the dispatches of the
/ Provost Marshal General, and the re-
/ quest made 70 General HeinlxlemAn 10
/ send forward FIVE thousand men 10 aid
/ In suppressing the outbreak, it would
! appear that matters had assumed . seri-
Gus aspect in that locality. and we fer
Venhy trust that The rebel sympathi-
zers may be found as numerous al
ants, and too strong TO be put down BY
the five thousand men requested of Gen.
4 HeintzIeman
We ferventIy trust that the outbreak
Of the populaee may spread throughout
Illinois until, ike 4 eontsgion, It is scat
tered over the Western States A pop
nlar revelation Of the Copperheads o.
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, at the pres.
4 enf time you'd be Of immense service
% US, and would, without doubt, foil the
I grand plan BIZ which Grant hopes tc
give the rebellion It's death blow in the
! coming campaign. There Is no doubl
/ that there are 10 the three great Western
States mentioned above q large number
Of men, opposed 70 the abolition war
The vote IN Ohio during the last Guber
natorizl election, exhibited The fact thai
over two hundred thousand voters in tina
Safe Here opposed 70 the war, and i
the hames Of insuFrecfion will ont
spread over Illinois, we feel certain ths
thousands Of 0hiciaus will join III,
melee
Tbs sscts Of the iUsurrectionists has
ing eutreneisd themselves, and the sp
pretended attack on Nation By th'
rebels Of Shelby and Moulirie counties
: would indicate that they we're rising =
different points ia the State at the sam
time. Ii there is any previously con
certed plan between the different bodie
o. the rebels, and they can succeed ii
uniting their forces under soae abl
leader, We are certain the outbreak vii
become too formidable for militia &
. quell Even the militia eannOt be de
pended on, for it will necessarily contain
large number Of men who sympsthiz
with the insurrecfionists IL will, there
fore, neeessitate the Federal Covers
ment 70 send veteran troops to the ns'
era Of war AID enable our forces {
/ drive tho Yankees from their pressn
position
Since writing the above, the ielegrap
brings us contradictory accounts Of thi
outbreak. One dispatch from Mattoo
to the Baltimore American states ths
scouts report the rebels at Is, 900 ssrons
while another reports all qaies, and I'll
. sappostion vas that the IliiuoiaianE ha
dispersei We trust that the first q,
count - a correct one. Nothing couE
! give us greater satisfaction than ia
sight Of the Copperheads engaged in d
work Of cutting the threats Of Lincoln
. hirelings We shall await future 50
more reliable accounts Of the smeu
! with interest