Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-21


fact almost everything ike a building
that has been Constructed for some time
past-are arranged in rows forming
nicely ordered little town. Oar barracks
are built on the sides Of two squares,
designated respectively, "Front Square"
and "White Oak Squara The interior
space, forming an ample esplanade, is
used for drill and dress parade. In the
front of Colonel B. J. Sweet, the Com
mander of the Posts headquarters,
stands towering flagstaff, on which is
daily hoistsd in aoWiag amplitude the
stars and stripes. The staff is sur
rounded with spacious and lofty stand,
on which the bands Of the 9Th aud 18Th
v r. G. discourse most melodious mu-
sic when the weather Is propisious, and
at times specified by orders from head
quarters. Ia the rear Of our barracks
Is street leading 10 the Bull Pen,
is., the prisoners quarters, and on it
are situated the QuartermasGers asd
Commissary's Storehouses and Offices,
and the bsildisgs appropriated to the
suffers, camp post-ofsies, barber, shoe
maker, aAd restaurant So yon see we
are as well ordered aud civilized con-
mnnity as, in our circumstances, is often
found The younger members Of our
corps talk some Of establishing a night
school, and / should not wonder but that
one win shortly DO opened On White
Oak Square there is temporary chapel,
in which Sunday-sehool services and
other religious exercises are held every
Sabbaih-day. On the street at right an
giles to the one just sketehed, and lead
ing from Front to White Oak, slaad the
buildings just erected for garrison hos-
pitAls, on which no other than rebel
labor has been expended To the south
Of them is the dreaded guard-house,
well known TO the eits of Chicago a. the
"White Oak" the mere mention Of
which to one conscious Of guilt IL suii
cisnt to send cold shiser from his
head to his heels, and in which Charley
Walsh aad Judge Merris (Brigadisr
Generals Of The Sons Of Liberty and
the rebel Colonels Marmaduke aud
Grenfelt, besides numbsrless smaller
fry, are awaiting their doom. The gar
rison Is well Supplied with good water,
and with conveniences Of every deserip-
liou. AZ the middle Of the division
fence is the entrance to the prisoners
quarters, supplied with shifting gates,
always well guarded, and seldom enter
ed by any but those who have earned 9
right to admission by treason. The
principal entrance 10 the camp Is on
" Cottage Grove Avenue, and any per
son having legitimate Business inside,
and properly yeuched for, has ready in
grsss.
While in the Southern country I
aonted, ! acknowledge, as mere flctions,
the reports. often read Of the exist
snce Of the reasonable order of the
Soma Of Liberty now doubt no long
er, for have had, since | have been
transferred here, oeulaF aud aurieular
demonstration Of the fact could not
believe that q band Of men could be
found among as, since the explosion Of
Know Nothingism, desperate aud base
enough 10 form themselves into an order
30 unserupulous in It's means, and so
reasonable in its purposes The re-
ports which have reached you Of che
magnitude and atrociousness Of the plot
formed 10 murder the garrison of this
camp, aud relea the $4,000 prisoners
which We guard, are all true, and have
no hesitation in saying that, had our
authorities failed to discover il, the peo-
pls Of the Free States would now know
10 all fearful reality, what civil war
means Think for q moment: In this
camp are confined 1900 Of the most
desperate wrstshes in existence They
are all stout, hardy villains, who would
no more scrupIe to cut 9 Yankees
throat or take his purse, or burn his
house, or steal his horse, or murder bis
helpless wife and children, than fierce
tiger would of rending and devouring
an antelope. These men once loose,
we'll armed and organized, and their
numbers augmented by Eeeessions from
the Soma of Liberty, and what would
have been the conssquences1 That the
| plot was real know, for formed one
Of the party that seized $50 splendid,
/ setvieexble revolvers, sad $50 double
barreled sho. guns, all loaded with
heavy charges, the latter with buck
/ and ball, At the house Of Charley
Walsh knew nothing Of the business
upon which oar party was bound, and
I was greatly astonishsd Ehen / saw re-
vealed to me the evidences of q conspir-
acv, the like Of which is seldom met in
these modern timea And be, who for
months had been collecting this arsenal
of arms and ammunition for the fell pur-
pose Of numbering my comrades and
myself, and of s1bjecting the people OF
this State to the tender mereiss of tbs
despsradoes we guard. What of him Z
/ never cav 6 snau more eonfounded. II
is always thus with men engaged in en-.
tarprisss OF vast sin and peril His house
is scarcely eighty rods from this camp
and was selected on account Of its prox-
unity to Lake Michigan, whence & force
eon!d easily reach Chicago from Canada
and also on account Of its contiguity to
the Camp, and likewise on account o.
its Eeelusion. he was evidently a mar
in opulent circumstances, and was sur
rounded BY young, blooming and affee'
sionate family. Blannerhassetts home
as pictured By the glowing sloqasnes Of
Writ, and the transformation wrough
in that domestic elysium by engaging IL
. treason, finds parallel In the case 0
Walsh. cannot pity him, for were Il
do SO, | should be unjust to ny eomradei
whom he eonspired to murder, to NJ
country which be eonspired to sabvert
and ny God whom he eonspirsd to in
suit
Other seizures we're made of arm
and ammunition, and the men Who wsr'
to serve as the tools of more designing
Williams, were hunted ost Of their hiding
: places, or captured on their arrival a
7 Chicago. AL these implements Of mur
der are in our possession, and so ar
those who formed but 3 portion Of lhl
l multitude who we're: 80 use them Bu
: svery dsy We are making additions, an
very many who are still at large ma