Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-29
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NEAK MENPHIs, Tenn, @
March az, 1856.
Editors Evansville Journal: t4
In accordance with my promise, i re.
new my correspondence with your paper
from this point. left Camp Douglas
Chicago, with few regrets, az the style
carried out in the Y. r. C. is not at all
to my liking. like to see good and
useful regulations well observed, but
when / see men ape the methods Of
those whose early training @aks them
accomplished adopts at the aBdsiness, my
lips wreathe irresistibIy into an expires.
sion of contempt It looked to me as
though they were Aahamed ofFvver hav-
ing formed part and parcel 81 CDR volun-
teer forces, and in order tolcOnceak the
fact they 30 overstrained themselves in
their efforts to appear regular" as
preposterously to overdo the thing. I
would find no fault with their procedure
if they honestly Acknowledged their in
feriority to regularly educateh military
officers, and took commenda6le pains to
supply their defects; but instead Of that
they presume upon pretension, and re-
main egregiously ignorant, thinking that
hlusser and tyranny will supply the hia-
tus Of more solid parts aud sterling
merits. With these reflections, I bid
adieu to the V. r. c., and thankful, too,
that / am cleverly ont of it.
found my old regiment in its present
camp, in prime condition, though with
depleted battalions. I received hearty
welcome from my former comrades, and
now | am as joyous as schooTboy in
vacation. Since my return, the entire
cavalry division made an expedition to
Ripley, but meeting with no force of the
enemy, the division returnedE6bUD OF
On the 18th inst detachmentsT from
the lst tbrigade were sent out to Whites
station on the line of the Memphis and
Charleston road, under the rcon1naudof
ColonelJ. p. c. Shanks, who now com.
mands the brigade. Their duty will be
to repair the railroad, but hoR far out is
unknown. The citizens on the line of
the road have pledged themselves to do
all in their power to prevent its destruc-
ton in the future. 1t is my suppression,
however, that the accommodation of the
people of West Tennessee Is not the
only consideration inducing General
Washburn to repair the road, bat that
it also foreshadows that at no distant
day something of an important military
character will take place in this Depart,
ment, The road can easly be restored,
and if the citizens can only keep faith, It
can easily be kept SO. Bands of guer-
rillas are not so numerous now as form
erly, as Forrest IL bueily engaged IN con-
solidating them into his force. This is
all that was needed to relieve this Sec
ton from these odious bands of depr reda-
tors. --.o-l "a, ,sg,iwEu1 'zTarai
On Saturday, the 18th inst, the entire tire
cavalry force at this point was paraded
in review at the Fair Grounds, on the old
Raleigh road. What the force amount
ed to / know not, but it was large-per-
haps S,0O0-and finer odisplay of
mounted men it has seldom been Emy
good fortune to witness. These troops
are of the best description, and when
General Grierson takes the saddle again
to hunt up his ancient antagonist, For
rest, he will most certainly annoy him.
y In military matters there 10 not much
doing here. All efforts are, being di-,
rected to improve the efficiency of the
command, by substituting good for bad
horses, good for damaged equipments,
and Spencer's repeating carbine for the
wretched things we formerly used. The
7th has an entirely new rig ont, and
feels superadded confidence in consgs
qnence. 1857 ~I~E . y 80
Most of the infantry here is of the
| colored persuasion, and give consider
able trouble by the frequent oathreaking
of their native ferocity. At times these
ebulitions amount to regular pitched bat
ties, in which more orless of these sable
warriors cross Acheron. hardly know
whet to make of the dusky heroes, they
have such sovereign contempt for hu-
man life; and would here state, for the
benefit of those who consider them good
material out Of which TO make soldiers,
that the prejudice entertained against
them by the white soldiers is fast deep
ening into a hatred that viii produce
fearful fruits hereafter, if some steps are
not taken to discipline them into better
behavior. 1t was only the other even.
ing that our regimental baker was shot
through the leg, at his bakery door, by q
ball from the rife Of a belhgerent dArky
belonging in Fort Pickering, who was
one of party who was waging war witt
another party from a battery close BY
our camp. Forbearance will soon CEASE
to be virtue with US, and then etahe
darkies caveat.
Memphis is q live city +" still Tn,
theatres are in full blast, especially the
New Memphis, under the management
of Fannihill and Maginley; and Dan
Castello's Circus is reaping a rich har
,, vest of greenbaeks, on the bank in from
: of the. city. But the people are stil
rather misbehaving, as :he following lis
ofthe expenses of the police force, amp
ly demonstrate: 80 8aLh5ol
For ths year ending June 30 1882, 40
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