Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-19
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The News.
We publish proclamation By the
President, duly eountersigned BY the |
Secretary Of State, calling for 100000 |
additional volunteers The news OF such |
a dispatch having arrived in the forenoon,
yesterday, caused quite sensation and
much uueasiness But, in the afternoon,
The news came that the pretended proc
lamation was hoax. II so, it was prob
ably started for speculative purposes,
and the man or men who did it ought to
be lguched.
sigeI has been worsted in the valley Of
Virginia, and compelled to fall back to
strasburg, near Winchester, and north
81 the Shenandoah His loss seems to
De severe. The report is that be was
outnumbered
In Western Virginia Gen. Crooks is
making good beadway Newbern, where
be fought three battles with good sue
cess, is on the West Virginia and East
Tennessee z. K. He has burned = large
bridge over New river, and destroyed
several miles Of track on that road, thus
cutting the rebels in Virginia off from
West Tennessee.
Butler has q firm grip on the rebel
throat between Petersburg and Richmond
$50 much so, that JEFF Davis and Bragg
have gone out TO see "what is the mat
ter"
Lees and Meade's armies are resting,
and preparing for more fighting.
Sherman is progressing favorably in
Georgia. Supplies are abundant.
Matters look "bilious" in Louisiana
and Arkansas It is hoped that our
Hoosier General, Candy, will set things
to rights in the latter command.
There has been fighting at Charleston.
This summary is written before the
receipt Of the late nights report
16g- On last Sunday morning. several
| persons attending one Of the churches
| 10 81. Louis, concluded 10 walk out dur
ing prayer. The st. Louis Democrat
calls the attention Of the General Com
nianding the Department to the fact.
/ Times
| Why does not the Times tell the whole
truth in this matier7 Why does il not
tell its readers that these several persons
concluded to walk out Of the church
because the minister officiating prayed
for the success Of the Federal arms and
the restoratiou Of the Union7 This was
tho cause Of their concluding to walk
out Of the church, and the Times very
naturally rushes to Che defense.
b@- =. NJ Thayer, the dirty little
senliion Of the Evansville Journal has
enlisted FOR garrison duty under Morton
hundred days call lie takes an effect
ing leave Of his readers in Tuesday's Ia
sue, This is his first effort to ago Il
war since the rebellion began, and hs
would't go nov unless be had the assur
anee that nobody would be hurt in ths
service. The only hope that the decenI
portion Of his patrons and readers car
hase Il that he will get bis deserts be-
fore his retuFn--which would relieve
them Of an intolerabe nuisance. bui
would hardly pay for the cost Of ammu.
milton. Like good many other Aboli-
tionists, be has gone in TO make some
capital on q very small basis - Yin
eeHaes SaM
The scoundrel who penned the above
is at heart murderer rs we'll as trai
tor. His Is the courage of the villain
who, desiring to have one be hates taken
/ OF, hires an assassin to do the bloody
deed, which he has not the courage q
attempt himself The very christian
wish expressed in reference TO Mr.
Thayer is no doubt the same entertained
toward every soldier lighting for the res
loration of the Union.
| The entire article shows the foles
villain, who has had his reasonable
character and purposes exposed by th'
man he can villify while absent, bat be
fore whom he would cover and coil lik,
the disarmed assassin always does.
This is fair sample Of copperhead