Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-13
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TIE FIELD, THE pUEGR0E. TEE TsCAPE.
~ ALERT D. RtchareG n lFritGns Oorremp0nd-
entl- 10 es. BroEhsr a Co., CfncinEaff. Ohio
When the firing Of the FIRST gun st the
walls Of Sumter ushered in the slave
holders rebellion and all the horrors of
civil war, there began q new era in
American literature as well as Americas
politics. The gsnuineness of Northern
politics, now in its FIRST great trial before
the world 5 tribunal, was 10 be tested On
many bloody battlefield, and the
glorious records Of its progress toward
success, the story Of its difficulties, dan
gers and final triumph, opened wide
field Of labor forsthe penman and Jour
nalists. Accordingly, in all the hazard
GUS undertakings of the war, in daring
adventures and weary campaigns, We
6Ed the interchangeable correspondent on
band, selling with prscticed eye each
silent point, and noting i, for future use
To reading public Ike ours, vitality 10.
terested in every movement of our vol
nnteer soldiery, and eager for the mi
rutsst details of every action, these per
pictures By eye Witnesses have been in
yainable-and it is largely from thess
graphic accounts that the future histori
an will complete his record of the war
Nor has the reporters task been easy OIL
without danger. Exposed to all th'
liabilities Of sickness, captivity snC
death, his comprehensive reports mus
be made ont in all sorts OF places AnS
in the midst of confusion seemingly in
extricable.
The volams before rs, 1.-THE Field
4 the Dungeon and the Escape" is per
sonal narrative of the experience of on,
of those fearless journalists who dare,
to penetrate into the very heart of rebel
dom and report the proceedings of ii
: traitorous conclaves. Starting in tn
early part of the year 1861, when ssces
sion was just being inaugurated, and til
spirit Of Southern hravado and intolel
snce was at its height, be visits Mem
: phis and New Orleans, is present at
meeting of the Mississippi Convention
holds familiar conversation with th
: most rebellious of Southern chivalr,
: and describes the state of popular fee
! ing from personal knowledge and actni
contact The luminosity and hatre
!. then felt BY the South toward Norther
1 journols, and especially toward the Ne
Q York Tribune IS the supposed exponsl
$ Of Abolitionism, can hardly be Apr
!, cialed by Us, and the narrow chAnc,
2 by which Mr.. Richardson escaped dete
l. ton as one of the reporters, give b
narrative the interest of . romano
. Safely returned to Union territory,
seeks at once 7" the seat of war"
2 present at Shiloh and Antietam, and
finally captured in an attempt to r.
BY the rebel batteries at Vieksbnr
His dreary confinement in Libby Prisa
: 6nal escape and journey EorthwAr
through adventures manifold, guided, {
Ia one occasion by brave Union heroin
r form history Of thrilling interest IT
"a book is well written, in pleasant co
|. versationsl style, without exaggeratis
"a or attempt ct effect. and its casual 0
DC servations upon prominent men al
q measures, appear discriminating al
just We are also happy to eommel
n the clear, easy type and general good a
r. pssrance in which the book was issu,
4 from the press-Lafayette Journal