Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-15
Tn. stars ana stripes.

over every foot Of American soll, from
Maine 70 the Rio Grande?
The stars and stripes.
Rally round ths a4zs boys, give IL to ths breeze
That's tbs banner we love the iazd and seas
Brave hsArts are undsr IT, let ths traitors bEsg-
Gallant lads Are away. snd hEhss fer ne nag
Tksir Gag is but rag. o1rs is ths trus enc.
Up witn the stars and stripes' dove vita iha nsN
Lss our ooiors ay. bays. gard them day and
Ter vieseTs ' 4, ub.rsy. asa God viii bliss IA.
cxonrs:
Rally round she Gag, boys, give "a TO shs brssss,
That's the banner We love the ian4 aad 2e44
Brave hearts are under IL. let the traitors bras-
Gallant lsAs srs away, and hght fer she tag
FIsatinE high aboEs a, glowing in ths suz,
sp4aking loud 70 all hsaFts Of freedom Hoa,
Who dzrss 70 sHly 1t, bought wfIh precious bleoa,
Gallant iads, we'll fight for IT. tho ours skorld
zwssI the food.
Raiss. thsn. the banner high IS the true one,
Up with the stars aud stripes, down vita the rev
Ls, our color. ny. boys. Ensrd shs@ day AID
rar rieiory /. liberty. snd God viii bless the
Hss.-Eaiiy round the flag. &c
TyrAsss learn TO fsAr Is-frsnbls st iss sight,
All Who sigh for frssdom hail it With delight:
FREEDOM aad liberty-ist the scaces risg
That is What the world wants, and our nag will
Rails. the ths banner high, surs is the true one,
Up with the stars aud stripes, down wIth tks nsws
Let eur eolers ny, boys, guard thea day and ght
For vietary is liberty, AUd God vii bless ths
osUs.-Raily round The fag. DC.
Operations on the fennessee--.Des-
lructleR OF Boats at J0hns0nville.
We sre able to give very sucinct, clear
and interesting account of the opera.
tons on the Tennessee river, from the
30th Of October to the 4th inst, when
the guuboats TawAh and Key West and
a Dumbsr oftraasports were destroyed
st Jacksonville, TO keep them from falling
into the hands Of the enemy, furnished
by a gentleman who was aboard one Of
the gunboats This is, We assured, the
only correct account that has yet been
published;
The eaPturs Of The Undine
0E the 30th ult, at about ] O clock
p n information was received By tbs
commanding officer ST JohnsoBville, from
the officer in comm and at Pine Bluf,
Tennsssee river, that the enemy were in
strong force in and about Fort Hindman
at which point aud she vicinity they had
placed four batteries Of artillery, having
some eight or ten twenty -poander rihed
Parrott guns, aud farther, that they had
already captured and burned seven or
eight transports; one transport, only the
Anna having successfully run past
the batteries, bat in doing so was per
forated with rihe-shots, experiencing,
however, no other injury
Upon the receipt OF this informatlon,
the gunboAt "TaWah,' with two thirty
FOUNDER Parrott guns, got under weigh
and steamed down the river. At about
I clock r. NJ, when about t'Eo miles
above Paris Landing, which is on the
vest side Of the rivera man WAS seen on
ths east side Of the bank making signals
The engines we're stopped Aad boa,
sent for him. He was . messenger
from the Undine, sent by her captain 5
orders, with information o.tha cofnaaa-
der Of the Tawah, and asking for assis
tance, Saving that the Undins had been
caaght between two batteries, that en-.
sign Neave was killed and severe y wound
ed This messenger made the discovery
that the enemy had planted battery at
Paris Landing, north Of and behind the
down stream sud OF the warehouse, bid
from view in approaching from up the
river, until nearly abreast OF IL This
battery was not there in the morning,
when the Undine passed down the river
The Tawak, cautiously approached the
point whsrs this battery was located
without entering the narrow channel be-
tween Sandy Island and the landing,
and opened upon the enemy's battery
With the Parrots guun A few rounds
sileuccd them, but the enemy deployed
\ ssbarp-shooters along the bank and
g. 1 several vollies. The Tawah, turn
trg ;. uud, her head up stream, opened
~ ,hs. with her stern rifed guns aud
d;scbssr. 1 sevensy-five rounds At them
/, So thought prudent to leave
Johnsonyiile and to go below, and ths
Tawsh tbs,sso, returned to the latter
lion was received that the Undine's ;
ammunition gave on she had several
officers sounded besid, 5 ths one ki,lsa'
don her 70 the enemy
Capture Of the rebel armed s'e''"s' -