Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-09

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y. "a. THAYER,..............- ditor.
J. N. sILvERTHORE, -.-..AssOciate.
VoLUSTEERrxG.-Terre Haute is rails
ing Eve companies for the hundred days
service, three of which are full, and the
two others progressing finely Two or
three other companies are being raised |
throughout the county.
The companies full are going into |
camp on Strawberry Hill
All the clerks in the Postofice have |
enlisted, and Mr.. Jones, the Postmaster,
is running the institution alone.
GUEERILLAs IL KESTUcKY.-By let
ter in another place, from EddyvilIs, KY,
It will be seen that q small band of "gu-
errilIs' are proving along the Cumber-
land river, stealing and robbing indis
criminately. We do hope the loyal men
of Kentucky will awake to the necessity
Of arming, organizing and anuihilating
these pestiferous cusses. What is Gov.
Bramlette doing7
FIGHTISe II GEoRcIA.--Capt. Lusk in
formed %, on Saturday, that fighting
was going on in sherman's army in
Georgia and Alabama.
The sick men are being removed from
the hospitals at Louisville and Nashville
to hospitals north Of the Ohio river, to
make room for wounded from the front
Capt. Lnsk was very confident the re-
port is true, and we have good reason to
believe it, as VIC we're confidential y in
formed by an officer, three or four days
ago, that Shermans whole army was in
readiness to move at an hours notice
Our dispatches this morning will, no
doubt, dispel all do lbts on the subject,
and unfold thrilling page in our eoun-
try's history. God grant that il may be
illumined with the most brilliant tri
umph of the Union cause.
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terestsd in the 10th Cavalry, we publish
tie following particulars Of the late
railroad accident, by which SO many Of
the men were killed and wounded, which
we find in Saturdays Louisville Journal
Philip Williamson, mentioned as killed,
was brother Of Capt Tom Williamson,
Of this city. The Journal says:
PARTICULARS OF THE RAILROAD AccI.
DENT SKAR SoUTH TuSSEL--The details
Of the accident on the Nashville Rail
road, near South Tunnel, on Thureday
morning, are far more terrible and shock.
ing than any of the widest fumors which
reached us the evening Succeeding the
unfortunate occurrence As we count
the long list of wounded and dead, we
find the aggregate number to be ninety,
The 10Th Indiana Cavalry was being
. hutried to the front to participate in the
grand movements nov in progress, and
when scarcely beyond the borders oil
Kentucky, through q criminal blunder
the casualties 10 the regiment are far
greater than they would have been in 9
hotly-contested battle. The coustruc
ton train left GAllatin on Thursdaj
morning without orders, and its presence
on the road was unknown to the conduc
tor Of the down train, with the 10th Cav
airy on board.
Both trains ware running at full speed
"a and suddenly rounding short curve
two miles from South Tunnel q terribl,
collision was unavoidable. Many Of ths
" soldiers who were riding on top Of tbs
box ears, seeing that the trains must ruI
into each other, leaped 10 the ground
and bodies we're bruised aud their limbs
: sprained by the@fall. The locomotive
struck each other with great violence
aud we're rendered complete wrecks
Five OF the box ears, loaded with sol
diers, were badly smashed; and mixed
with the confused mass Of broken car
were the dead, dying and maimedJ 10
y The Indignation OF tho soldiers was 81
great against the officers in eharga ol
the construction train that the conducte
/, was obliged to fee 10 the woods to es
cape their violence. Col Pace, In com
s. mand of the regiment, proved himself )
= kind and humane officer He hrst say
i that the wounded were carefully removed
6. from the wreck; then he started for Gal
~ latin, seven miles distant. -on foot, &
X procure an extra train for their removal
a In less than two hours the injured wer'
70 conveyed 30 Gallatin. Citizens Of th
"a town turned out and rendered every a.
sistance in their power to the unfortr
- nate soldiers The ladies were foremos
in the work, bringing bandages and care
= fully dressing the wounds The meu
ne bers of the 18th Indiana battery, station
ed at 6allatin, proved themselves me
OF and soldiers by their kind attention |
ip-. hewounded. Below we give an ace,
to rate list OF the injured, which has kind
he been furnished to US by Lieut. Lamar
a. the 65th Indiana volunteers, who, va
present Immediately affer the accider
/ aud took great pains TO obtain eorre
report: frsf.r Asr craft Ire
Wounded Of the Tenth Ind Caratr
GE oFFlCERS Sal slf5
Capt W. Jones, leg and breast; Lief
w. c. Crouch. breast and back. serious
will probably die; Lient. E. Littl
page, leg and arm broken. 49,, >
AM SoS-coNNssIoSED OFFICERS AID PRI
ling YATES
Company C-B Turner, both lie
T. broken, since dieds P.'S Cook, in has
dangerously; H. NJ. Mcdonald, che
lo internally; W. F. Shafenooker, slight
ms T. c. Elliott, slightly; s. Mcbride, bres
ore and back, badly; ". McCherry. slight
w Moran, head and ankle; J. Cook, 7.
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