Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-24
Spirit of the Rebel Press.

From the Richmond Examiner, slh.l
If the three hundred and fifty robbers
whom we have apprehended 10 the at
tempt to hurn down and plumber Rich
mond, an in the very fact of pillaging
the peaceful country people around the
city, are TO be regarded AS prisoners Of
war, and exchanged ia the usual man.
ner they will come back, Of course
They know the way now even better
than before, and will want no guide II
Is nothing more than holiday excur.
sion for them, kind Of pie-lic party, TO
/ come and trg theis luck another time in
making battue and barbecue in this
city; they will have their movements
more exactly mapped out hereafter, and
may have better fortune in combining
their operations on the north side Of
James River with those on the south
side Ii they can but once bit it, then
! for the oakum-and- d-turpentine ballsl--
/ then comes the time for the six or eight
thousand liberated prisoners aud with
one day 3 wreck and carnage, rape, and
| drunkenness aud pillage, the sorrows of
! Belle Isle shall be expiated If the
4
( trying again. The prize of success is
great the penalty of failure nothing; a
short period of rest and leisure in prison; /;
then a pleasant voyage by flag goftruee
boat; a reception at home; next a
new outfit of soaked balls, and another
/ gay ride to the "hatelul city that is
I all Sooner or later they surely cannot
fail to hang Mr. Davis and his mutin-
ous crew Indeed, the Confederate
Congress will be in session a very few
weeks hence; and the excursion party
might have the good luck to cut all their
throats where they sit, or burn the Capt
toI over their heads with fre-balls We
see no reason why the Yankee Govern
ment should not prosecute this species
Of war to all lengths if the Confed-
crates regard it as fair warfare, and
treat those concerned in it accordingly,
It is not for the world outside, it is not
for our enenies above ALL TO find any
thing wrosz or irregular in it. Peters
burg, also, il prudently surprised by
night, would be found combustible; the
houses and stores there, too, are wofth
pluudering, neither are there anywhere
!
bly, organize a regular oakum brigade
composed OF those turpentine veterans
who have already essayed this gallant
feat of arms All the cities and towns
lie open for their operations; and, if oul
Government esteem il legitimate war
fare, they are likely to have pleasant
time.
From the Richmond Examiner, March l0.l
"Wheu rogues fall out, honest EnsT
come by their own" This homell
adago seems 10 fair way of being veri
fed among the Yankees In the opeI
dissension, the secret cables and in
trigues which are now so rife amonS
them, with respect to their rich prize 0
the Presidential succession, We can dis
Germ at least a germ from which We ma
hope to pluck the fruit Of peace, and th
tranquil possession of our soil Thre
years have we endured the stress of ter
rible war, not more rem arkatse for tn
gigantic character of its efft cts than 70
the infamous stamp impressed upon it b
people who, while singing continus
hosannas to progress, civilization. an
E humanity, know nothing of such thing
except when they move in unison wit
their own interests Banded together B
> the eompacting influence of an averic
which saw expanding before il
eager gaze the prospect of boundles
brigandage, they have displayed not onl
remarkable energy, but a perseverance
not usually characteristic of the robbel
who is want to look for prompt recor
of his dangers aRd his tolls PatienC
has supported them, under repeated d.
feats, and nerved them to fresh exeriiOr
in hopes of the splendid guerdon thu
would ultimately crown their labor
; The lawless appetites Of the feion ha'
been associated with resolution whlc
aped patriotic eonstancy, and the d
signs Of the assassin invested with Il
mantle of blasphemous cant and imp
Gus prayer.
The magnificent prospect Of the ur
versal pillage of the South was powe