Journal Buildings Locust Street Location
A brief item notes the Journal Buildings on Locust Street between Whist and Water, indicating a street location reference for the historic site.
18 Feb 1865
Page 1
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Newspaper
Evansville Daily Journal
Location
Evansville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1865
Page
1
A brief item notes the Journal Buildings on Locust Street between Whist and Water, indicating a street location reference for the historic site.
Rev. Alex Sterrits left for Cincinnati causing no service tomorrow at Vane Street Presbyterian. Meantime Vincennes hosts a protracted meeting led by Rev. Turver as Locust Street undergoes a basement expansion and funding for new church facilities. Mt Vernon and other Indiana towns report strong revival results with hundreds of conversions and additions. The New York City Mission reports 332 conversions at one station and 100 at another over ten years, along with extensive tract distribution and Bible/ Testament outreach.
The report details Sunday and day school attendance, Bible classes, church services, temperance pledges, conversions, and church unions. It cites 30 years of operation with thousands reclaimed, converted, and united with evangelical churches, and notes expenditures totaling $41 397. It also reports Elmira prisoners religious professions and denominational breakdowns. Reforms touch Methodists, Baptists, and the slavery question across conferences. The Baptist church revival continues with 13 immersions, Knox county congregations add 110 members, and a push for heavenly government based on the Bible.
A vivid sketch of Jeru salem streets showing ruined walls and scant lamp light. Merchants tout wares on narrow platforms while country women bring fruit and vegetables. Traders boast oriental bazaars with embroidered cloths, slippers, silks, and trinkets amid a market atmosphere of gloom and bustle.
A crowded bazaar filled with shrouded pilgrims and multilingual cries. Donkeys camels and horses add to a chaotic scene as a man toils by a small earthen furnace while vendors shout and crowds push through filthy crowded paths.
Southern theater updates claim Sherman’s left at Branchville and right at Charleston with cavalry at Florence while Schofield advances on Wilmington and Union landings at New Bern. Confederate reports confess Augusta Columbia Charleston and Raleigh fall. debate over Georgia secession and Union Army morale run through New York dispatches.
February 16 dispatch details a general order reorganizing military departments and command under Gen Canby with shifts across the Cumberland and Gulf districts. It notes Mississippi east bank governance and river navigation under pay orders, plus a brief river weather update and a Raleigh Progress editorial mention of Southerners.
The report details Union movement advancing two miles after skirmishing, holding the new ground, and low casualties. It notes British and Confederate naval concerns, conscription debates, and strategic positions around Nassau, Kingston, and James Island with mentions of Grant and Sherman actions and coastal blockades.
Advices from Gen. Sherman place his east wing 17 miles north of Branchville and near Columbia while his right rests before Charleston two miles away and threatening the city on the next move.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention February 17 items, a poet reference, and scattered figures. The text cites daily dates, figures, and phrases related to a bond, money, gold, and a meeting or opening, but lacks coherent context or complete names or places.
Additional river items report limited morning activity on the levee with several arrivals and departures. The Countess and other vessels travel between Paducah Evansville Louisville and Cincinnati Memphis as river levels rise slowly due to melting snow. A large freight discharge at this port accompanies Countess and Arizovia Fanny Brandies in government service. Capt Billy Voria, recovering from injuries from Eclipse explosion, inquires after hospital mates and shows concern for their condition.
A fragmented entry from Staceville dated February 16 mentions attendees including Meagher and Wamphrey and references agricultural implements and tobacco. The text lists several individuals and positions, but details are unclear due to OCR corruption.
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