Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-16
HOW Traitors Talk.

The editor Of the Cairo Democrat who
was formerly the editor Of another rebel
paper or periodical at Vicksburg, If We
mistake not, has been recently on a trip
eastward, and dates letter from Au-
rora, in which he allows his sympathies
to crop out very plainly. lie was per-
baps inspired by the fumes arising from
the distiIleries and slof-pens ia that
place.
We give two or three extracts from
his letter to show the GniDsus Of the
writer, and call attention to the similar
ity Of language between his editorial let
ter and the editorials Of rebel papers at
Richmond and Atlanta. This confeder-
ate Democrat writes
The news is not very promising from
either Grant or Sherman. Notwithsland-
ing the studied efforts to deceive the
public mind, aud to produce the impress
sion that everything is moving on sue
cessiully and as contemplated, such is
not the fact, and both our Generals find
themselves checked at every turn. Their
losses have been very severe; and those
of Sherman particularly so to Illinois
troops, who may thank Gov Yates for
sending so many of them to the field
moro than were called for There is a
report that johnson has been compelled
to fall back fro Kenesaw Mountain,
from being flanked by Sherman, and that
| Marietta was in our hands, but the lat
ter report was spread by some hopeful
wight several weeks since, without shR-
dow of foundation. Not less thaa ten
thousand lives have been sacrificed since,
without accomplishing the feat 1t may
be true, however, that Sherman is still
advancing, as far as he will be permit
ted, only to receive some future check.
Not the half of ten thousand lives
have been lost in Sherman's army since
he left Dalton. But like all Confederate
Democratic papers, the editor of the
Democrat desires to encourage the reb-
els by exaggerating the losses in Sher-
mans army. Again, this writer says:
On Wednesday, Capt CARRIER, of the
35th KY, captured two men not far from
Greensboro, who are styled notorious
guerrilla thieves" and turned
them over to the Post Adjutaat of Evans-
vile, but it is believed by many that
they are Union men," and the horses
ridden by their captors were stolenl
None but those who esteem JEFF. Davis
better man than Abe Lincoln, pretended
to believe anything Of the kind, and the
captured men confessed that they were
guerrillas, but knowledge Of this fact
only inspires some Democratic editors
to rush more eagerly to their defence.
The joy with which this sympathizer
with the rebellion gloats over the defeat
of the gallant Gen. Wallace and the pos
sible capture Of Washington City, is
transparent in the following:
1.-THE rebels are announced this morn
ing to have approached Baltimore as
near as Ellicotts Mills, aud are said to
/ be In the direct route to Washington,
| about nineteen miles distant That bath
erskite demagogue, Lew. Wallace, of
| Indiana, has been severely logged, and
took to his cowardly scrapers, after hav-
ing his men severely handled. The rail-
roads leading north have been cut. Seri-
GUS apprehensions are experienced for
the Capital, and Mr.. Lincoln almost
wishes himself snywhere else. lie
regrets exceedingly he did not let the
bogus proclamation pass for genuine,
as it may have anticipated all the tribu-
lation a few earnest prayers may have
prevented
TIE crown the measure Of his infamy
this late emigrant from the South gives
a hearty endorsement to the infamous
speech, and more infamous resolutions
of Alsck Long and his co-traitors, at the
great reception on Saturday week, II
Hamilton county, Ohio, of which he
says;
The Aleck Long demonstration on
Saturday, IN Hamilton county. was a
hne display of patriotic earnestness
The resolutions present Mr.. Long as tbs
first choice of the Cd District of Ohio
for President, and James A. Bavard n
Delaware, for Vice President. Lonp',
speech is worthy of reproducton-it !,
earnest, if not eloquent, and appeals di
rectly to common sense and patriotism
]. b. NJ.
THE UNION LEAGUE