Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-04

party IN the Legislature which favor .
return 10 the old Union; thou,,h / fear
be is somewhat sanguine, be ai6rms ths;
i, constitutes majority in bo' i Houses;
. that they are only cor rainsd 10
Keep silent BY the reign OF rror exist
! ing. A proof of his positie however
and aside from that, too, lew him 70
be relisble-he states th at It's late
( session, not q measure w. adopted, in
the least calculated to aid the rebellion:
while the laws were passed, which would
20 far toward thwartiAg the conseription.
/ This fact l know to be true; and he at
/ tributes them to the Union sentiment
OF the Legislature.
In addition, be states that he was hunt
ed down by conscription officers, for
weeks before making bis escape from the
State; and that, finally, be was piloted to
the Tennessee river by member of the
House Of Representatives., who stated 10
/ him on the journey, that he bad an un-
derstapding With our authorities He
gave me his name, bat of course ! With
hold; but it is one not known to the ma
tioa 81 large
jeff Davis sympathisers in Alabama
are fully aware Of the existence Of pow
erful Union organizations, and they have
collected the names of large numbers Of
the leaders and sent them 10 Richmond,
asking the advice Of the authorities there
as to how they had best proceed In this
list Of !" traitors as they are called, are
70 be found the names Of Albert Elmore,
Clerk Of the House Of Representatives Of
the State; Mr. Siberne, ex-Minister 10
Belgium, and late editor Of the Mont.
gomery Confederate; and Jos Bradley,
member Of the House from Huntsville.
An attempt has been made by some oi
the 6re-eaters to oust Elmore from bis
position az clerk, on account OF his Tn
ion proclivities, or as they termed it, for
uttering reasonable sentiments; but be
was sustained by majority Of IA mem
bers, on full vote
Ny informant left tAe city OF Montgom.
cry, where be had been secreted at the
house Of friend, on the iTth; and was
in the vicinity Of the place during the
whole Of the Sherman raid. He AYERS
that when our troops reached Meridian
the Union people began 10 exhibit q
boldness which frightened the rebels
more than the advance OF our army; and
! no sooner bad Sherman turned To the
! westward, than many Of them-toO old
or too feeble to be eonseripted-wers
| thrust into prison4
He alleges that the number Of troops
; in The State does not, exclusive Of Ruer
rillas, exceed 10000; and Of these j,00l
are kept at Mobile, 10000 directly under
Polk, and the remainder are employed
Upon provost duty 10 the different towns
There are no Qualifications At Mont
} gomsry, and but few sroops--perhapl
500 At the time OF tae sherman ex
plot, these we're al Withdrawn, exeept
two companies Of cavalry and two o
infantry; bat they have since returned.
He says that IL sherman had $500
: men, be coald have advanced 10 Mont
gomery without resistance, aud half 4
dozen regiments Of cavalry could haS'
! kept up communication with the Tenes
! see river. he regrets the failure Of th'
Smith expedition, as be feels eerlAil
that. had IL been a success, our force
would have occupied the State Capital
and ] think indeed, Ensy say kno'
he is right.
Had our advance oceupied Moutgom
I cry, be states, the Union membeFs ofth
1 Legislature would have assembled, Dc
!, posed the Governor, taken the oath 4
support the Constitution Of the Unite
+ States, and ordered so election ia eoun
4 ties 20 eli vacancies and set the ma
4 chinery Of Government to work 81 once
Governor Watts vas elected as
rcconstruetioaist, over shortes, 6rs
eater, by large majority; but be VI
b no sooner Installed into office, than b
Y out HesOded HeFod, aud became th
/. fercest Of the pro -masiieatorA