Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-21
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4 letter has been reserved at Wash
iBgi0n from Gen. Thomas. giving a |!
bret history Of MS tennessee cam |
psign It appears thaths desired to &C |
company Gen. Sherman 10 Savannah, |
and named another officer the proper |
person 70 CONDUCT affairs against Hood |
Gen Sherufafr, howefer, pat fall conf. |
dsnce II him.aad a. the initialorT steps
OF hls campaign we're made u obecI-
enee 10 Sherman : orders sal
Gen. Thomas adds that this campsigu
should haze been different If Sherman
had not felt compelled to take most Of
the cavalry IN bis department, aud that
Hood cape With any part Of his army
was mainly dae to that fact He alluded
at some length 10 ihs reasons for his
prouacted delay in bringing Hood 70
igaf, and some Of this seems 10 ne due
to the suggestion Of sherman and orders
from Grant, and somewhat TO the non
arrival Of Smiths command from St
Louis, whose progress was delayed by
storms and excessive bad roads.
By making the fight farther north he
also hoped 10 ouateraet the deficiency
in cavalry, 50 as 20 make the pursuit Of
Hood more easy. Gen. Thomas init
mates that had be been free 10 exercise
bis own judgement he might have in
6icted sill greater damage on Hood
army. But as it was the latter com
priSed only disorganizsd mob
Hesays that the enemy entire loss
ia guns IN the whole campaign was sew
enty-tWo, and that he captured 5000
stand Of small arms The enemys loss
in killed, wounded and prisoners was
about 1900. Gen. Thomas does not
know his own loss h
The Chicago papers are rejoicing
over tie completion Of the bridge across
/ the Mississippi river at Clinton, Iowa.
| The bridge establishes a way for the
| Chicago L Northwestern Railroad Com
| pany, whose road runs from Chicago 70
/ the Mississippi on nearly an air line
Al Clinton a railroad through Iowa has
| been completed 70 near tie Des Moines
river, and will be extended 20 Omaha
CITY, on the Mississippi Thers are now
two bridges across the Mississippi, and
but few years win elapse ere another
| will span il az ST Louis Tie Chicago
| papers are pleasing themselves with the
| prospect that the emigration aud travel
TO California and the States on the
plains, and among the mountains. will
be over this road
RETALIATION Senator Howard has
| prepared resolution from the Military
/ Committee IN regard to retaliation, and
4 II e. n al "a
tbs treaiaseBt Of our officers and men
is unparalleled in the history q civil
lied lands, and, therefore, i is the
| judgment Of Congress that the Presi
dent should prevent such hafinri,ies
aud resort 81 once 90 retaliation. iniiet
ing upon the iusnrgent officers aud met
the same treatment our officers and mel
receive
The quiet 81 Henderson, says the Re
porter, was disturbed On Sunday nigh
last BY considerable shooting 1t wa
reported that number Of guerrilla
bad been seen in the outskirts Of Ia
town, when a party Of twenty or thirt
discharged Kentucky soldiers organizes
: to give them fght After sundry shoot
ing, a party ol armed men we're mount
ed and went in pursuit Of the Febs. bn
! We did not hear that they came up viii
( them During the shooting one ball en-
tered the house OF Mr. David Hari
passed through a picture Of che Lord
D Supper, and lodged IN The vail, and az
: other ball passed through the smoke
! house of Dan. Fisher, free man Z
color NOBODY hurt
A couple Of guerrillas entered ID
house Of Mr. J. G. Sayers, represents
= tive Of keaton County 10 the LegisIs
ture, on Friday last, aud stole sewers
oyereoats aud other articles They ais
/ took from Mr John g. Ellis, Jr.,
young man who boards AZ Mr. Sayers
house, gold watch and eighty dollar
in money.
The whole number Of prisoners fo
warded from Louisville since Decemb,
a 20, 1864, amounts to six thousand seve
i hundred and seventy, nine.
REBKL PmsoxERa-Nina more con
missioned officers aud cue hundred el
listed men arrived AZ Louisvilleon Tue
day night from Nashville One hundre
aud six enlisted men were forwarded
camp Chase on Wednesday. Eightee
e rebel commissioned officers are nov
r prison, who will be forwarded 70 Fo
o Delaware IN day or two.
i The Deerdeld murder Of which for
persons Of one household we're the vi
tins at the ha6ds of an unknown ASA
sin, is still more shroaded in mystic
3 than at FIRST, as Charles Keever, Il
, bonntyjumpar, upon whom suspicit
rested 40 heavily, has proven an ali
and been discharged from eiyii custo,
> at Cincinnati, The prisoner has be,
J remanded to the custody Of the militia
authorities, where he stands q fair chan
of being shot as deaerter, if half
says of himself be true The rewa
- offered for the apprehension Of the MT
y - :. a. nna