Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-13
News from gekel sourees.

From the Richmond Examiner, asy 2s
The Yankee warfare i becoming de-
pers,e. The press report from Georgia
declares that in their aavanee through he
country, "they levy heavy contributions As
they march, and burn all the mills, fac
tories, and residences One can mag
ine the devastation. What stealing Of
spoons aud forks what chopping up
of pianos; what barning up Of libaries, > p
| preparation of pictures aud wearing ap-
parvll Women taking shelter, cover
ipg, and shiverirg, IA the woods. with
thsir little ones, and 10 lkinx out from
their covert upon ,he blazing roof-trees
| of their own houses Such is the great
/ feature OF this campaign everywhere
/ Ia the Psniusula, also, and on either
bank Of the James and York rivers. de-
s,ruction Of private property 1ad Uutrs.
ges upon peaceful citizens have been
reduced 10 a more perfect system Than
ever before; and the constant eHploy-
ment of negroea in these Operations Of
war has given them an additional char
| acter Of brutal feroeiy which is grateful
10 the Yankee soul in It's present mood.
Seeing that they cannot subjngate the
Soath, they mean to leave il desert
and a wilderness Of ruins and ashes.
they are happy in the thought that they
can avenge the slaughter Of their
troops ia open battle BY torturing the
helpless, unarmed people along their
line Of march, il they cannot trust their
negro briEauds to 6ght, they can trust
them At least 70 burn, murder, crneify
aad ravish. This we call despera
ton.
The many anmistakable symptoms oil
( desperation visible in this wears cam
paign-.he employment of Grant him.
self with absolute dietatorial powers, be-
cause he was known 10 be the man who
would either effect bis purpose or throw
away his army-she insane drunkenness
in which be drowned the senses OF hil
troops kefore hurliuR them up against
The muzzles OF Confederate eannon--
the reckless and unsparing ferocity with
which quiet country Flaees are devas.
tated and covered with smoking ruins
and soaked with blood Of unresissins
people--All these things ought 20 sacoar.
age as: they consist well with what tbs
euemys public press has at any rata
plainly avowed: that ifihe grand CON
bined movement of 1854 should fail, thev
all was lost; that armies could no ionssi
be raised to continue the invasion; tha
anarchy and financial ruin would hreal
up their whole social and political sys
TEN, and that the Tn ted States WoalS
be no more q nation.
And that campaign (may we not al
: ready ssy7) Aas isilvd; It's force i
expended aud broken. Of It's fosr gran,
srmies, Que. is the Trans-M,ssissirpi, i
not longer an army; smother, IN Bermu
da Hundred, no care save to protect II
self from destruction, in froat by in
trenehments, in the rear By feet; Ia
two other armies, aud the two greatest
have advanced indeed with tremeudeu
waste of men and ms;erial to the point
at which Lee and Johnston, at the heal
. of fresh and eager troops. say to them
mo furtherl hitherto shalt shou COL
All the elan, all the drunksH vigoF Of thf
: opening campaign IS gone; the pluck j
: taken out Of it; and the invineiele Ian
: kee hosts, or what Is left of them, ca
!. do no better than turn upon The slrea6
plundered population IN tn II rear, rol
! few houses, ravish few women. cruei
: fy few 'secesh" planters, and 90 home
From The Army Of Northern FfFgiaic
ASHLAND, May 27.-Adviees ftom tn
= front are that the enemy have recrosse
=. the North Anna, and are again on ID
move IN the direction, it is supposed, Q
our right The enemy are said to hav
made an effort this morning to burn IL
!. bridge over the North Anna on the tel'
graph road, bat we're foiled. There VS.
s some skirmirhing this morning an
E. also some between 10 and IL ooloc
5 last night
Our army is moving rapidly on
/: line almost parallel with the routes vi
which Grant is following Atl2o clock I
!" day heavy forceof Fhe enemy appears
I'd At Hanover Court House and were pres
0' ing our cavalry back TO that point Tv
prisoners have just been brought N belor
ing to the 9th Corps. They ssy their cor