Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-13
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/ ~ 5,.','' fFrom the New Albany compsrqial.
Left Out In the C0ld---A Sad, Gase.itl
! Several days since we, saw in the
EYansvilla Courier, a. correspondence.
which had taken place between Mr.. Kier-
Off Of the Courier, and Mr.. F. M. Thay-
.eF, Of, the, Journal. both Published at
Evansville. In. thei note written by Mr..
.Kierolf we Noticed the display of most
savage and bloodthirsty spirit. 1t was
dreadful. 1t seemed to US that tho let-
tiers were sword bayonets, the words car,
hines, and sthG sentences I" long -tdmsi.
punctuated by bomb-shells, with plen-
sifaf supply Of small arms and anfmuni.
ton, scattered around, loose. Thus thei
dreadful note of the incensed Xierolfapr
peared to our vision. 0n.the contrary,
the reply of Mr., Thayer seemed 10 usz
quiet and calm, manifesting- no particu-
lar desire TO provoke a quarrel, and yet
| it was SO worded that if there was
ground for difficulty, he alone was re-
sponsibles Now Aswe viewed these two
missiles, we could not resist the convic-
| ton, that il was. time fnrs thes Journal,
editor 70 put the codicil to his win, wrap
the drapery of his couch about him and
find out some comfortable and secluded
place In which to yield up the ghost.
We did think that he had dotted his
last i, and ciossed his last t, but we were
mistaken. His editorial labors were not
| to he SO easily and sFsstly terminated.
That waflike' Kieto1f Is cunning not
withstanding his apparent ferocity In=
stead of putting period to the exist
| tences of the Journal man. ha determin-
| ed that he would condemn him to a still
longer sabjection to the demands Of the
compositcgs for copy. 0 cruel Kieeolfl
Thy sin of revenge, in this particular,
may be- forgiven thee, but wefear it will
not. If it is, we poor sinners are all
safe. AS We cast our eyes further
| along. the correspondence we, discover
'that DR.. Brimstone would not, after all,
kill any onel very much, for he ended up
tths correspondence very much as littls
ifshce, AID calf otfer BOYS very nan g6ty
names.i So. did this Scandinavian war,
rior. The names were pretty hard ones,
it istrue, Ayetthe correspondence ended
thus; and n nation, sfshffdr Of the con-
sequences, was at last relieved and
4 drew along breath. 1satisfaction.
/ But why do We again allude to the
subject :. We viii steAr. sshe4 gentle
lte&fer. When we saw the correspond
| .enoe .aIlnded to, we avantnred to write
what we supposed TO be good .nature&
article, in which we conp1ime Aied the
hero Of EvaRsvilles5n the highest style.
! Of the sftsW were of the opinion that
We REGARDED the deeds Of this Evansville
AJAX, If not in Homeric verse. at least
i we did the BEST the subject Afforded ih'
| presses But however much we sought-t to
i'piease this fiery warrior, 1t seems that
we signslly faded. . He frowned upon
Rs, and we no longer have the satisfac-
lion of perqslpg the lively, witty, learned
and ravishingly beautiful columns of the
Evansville Courier, edited by the afore.
said Kierolfs Some years. SINCE the.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican, COM
plinented James Gordon Bennett, for
his public virtue saad hOl esty, andswas
\ In hike manner cnroff from the Herald s
exchange Iists But few months since
the. Chicago Republican, for similar
/ ofRshses was cut off from the exchange
1 list Of the New Xork. .HRald, u in like
4 manner. We therefore find it exceed
ingly improbable to be polite to those
great men; and ehalEbes veFya careful in
| the. future how we compliment them, for
it is evident that they do not like to he
4 praised. We must wherefore, bid fare
i well to KieEolf.., We..need not say that
We do this Reluctantly. Our anguish is
too great for expression; He is. az full
Of virtues as "!the milky way on o. frozen
nights full of stars;H but he is gone,
land we are left in sadness to mourn his
departure In the language of the poet
1--we may say, = = ~ F'si'st 40
Il :. None knew him but to love him, .fif ~.
| NoHe nsAneo MN put 20 PRAISE" ---s
Farewell, great hero. 3.