The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-23

| OF %. most estlma Die anu worthy
man-and one Of great promise-was
slain by vile assassin.
I believe, sir, | have gone further
in giving the names Of the various
individuals who edited the JOURNAL
thar you requested what you seemed
-tosdesire, was to know who established
it, and when; but since [ have begun
to =tresspass, and gone beyond the
line drawn for me, allow me to go a
little farther, and speak OF. my friends
Messrs. WILLIAM H.. and JOHN j.
hCHANDLER, and Gen. ADD. SANDERS,
who. were the Projectors Of the
JOURNAL. after the death of Mr..
Town - Messrs. CHANDLER first,
Gen. SANDERS next If ever the his
tory Of the JOURNAL shall be written
from its birth to its death-nIay its
death not take place while this world
exists their names will be placed
below none of the long list of Ed
tors, for the able manner 1t was con-
Quoted while under their care. At one
period, when the Messrs. CHAN
DEER published the JOURNAL,
the Wing party was very respondent.
The elections had gone against them
IN many Of the States-many were
renegades from it-others, for the
sake of lucre or Office, went over to
the enemy. It was greatly in the mi
nority, especially in Vanderburgh
County. It was then that they put
forth all their strength and power to
keep it alive Those who at that
time lived at Evansville, or the yicin-
ity oft, viii reminder how fearlessly,
zealously and ably, they supported
and maintained those patriotic prin-
ciples which the JoURNAL has always
advocated. We believe that it is
greatly owing to their .labors that
Vanderbdrgh Is now al anti Demo-
cratic couaty.
OF General ADD. SANDERS as an
editor, it seems almost superfuous to
speak. so many now living at Evans
vile having read the. JOURNAL while
he edited it. Who that has read, can
ever forget his .edHdrials?5 They we're
always lively, puHgent, aud full of
humor. He had a remarkable gift in
dressing up local items so as to make
them amusing. No person could haye
left Evansville atthe time he did whose
departure would have been more
regretted. He was offered, as you
probably recollect, by his brother,
who edited paper in Davenport,
Iowa, to become joint editor with
him, which, he accepted, and removed
with his family to that place. There.
he was much honoredi and beloved.
After enjoying much prosperity for-
several years, he was doomed to suffer
heavy calamities;- first to loose, by
death, all his children-two, how
ever. of them died before he left Evy
anSville-then his wite4a most bean
tifuf and lovely woman This last.
mister .pne aesFly gnpf9 20 him.
HIS distress was SO great that-de
would have been most welcome to
him: While in this state Of mind he
Joined 4 eompany-6FF' regiin4eirl+ ii IF Z cav-
airy, hoping that in some battle, while.
fighting for his country, he might be,
St6 bdie, aad hdss B3 Death
be relieved from the anguish of min6
that preyed upon him. But such a.
fafs PreYideneeJ 4dii{f tperWitE2ould,
befaH him. HIS military talents were,
soon discovered and appreciated. He
was promoted in rank from oba,
effee< t6i9adother til f5afIEY he'
reached, : [ Think, that Of Brigayl
der d General Certainly he, la5oted,
as General m one IF the, last.
andbefore tIaat, on after, obtained a.
Commission as,sueh,a - hae .GaUz
General s 4 sSSiI,1sfs, ID many a hE9ody.I
fgh+. gained great praise for hisa
bravery spdconducts HEHIhe last, if
| haze been. rightly Informed, though
the force he commanded was .Yiictori-.
Gus, he was. wounded and taken1prig-
oner, He was sent to<Andersonville |
prison. and there endured all, the cru7,I
elites, insults and atrocities which /
the fends who commanded there In
iieted upon their prisoners. He final .