Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 June 1863 — Page 4

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MONDAY, JUNE SO. ii i Letter fr mi Col. Walker IniiS ötaTt Aqtxcj, Ntv YoBi.JaneU. 1663. J Editor Scttixel: I have been '.jerauaded to ask you to publish a brief statement of facts in tonnection with the Allowing article, extracted from a late number of the Indiana, Journal. Speaking of the discharge of Capt Hughes from the service' of the United State?, the Journal "JobrTO. Hughes was a Captaia In the 35ih Indiana (1st Iri.-u) Regiment. As little can be .aid in prai.e ol hie military career in this State, aa of the way he began it. or of the way the War Office ended it. lie waa not a citizen of Indiana at all, bat. though the contrivance and aist ance f John C. Walker, then Colonel of the re jriment. he obtained a commission and a muster into the service, pronounced bj the War Depart bent a fraud. His 'irrposture,' as it m officially denounced, waa probably as ranch the work of the Cotanel aa himself, and if the former had not been dismissed for insubordination, long ago, there is little donbt that Le would bten 'lifted' oat a Ion 2 with Utishw for a share iu the 'clandestine auwl disgraceful muster.' " The abore U merelj a specimen copy of mimer as notices with which I have been favored, during the pnst six months, by the Journal and other Republican newspapers in Indiana. H iviugbeen indorsed by an election to the important trugt I now hold, in which I recognize the confidence of those ttan in my State whose good opinion is worth an effort to preserve, I have thus far passed by in silence the assaults of a subsidized press, feI1ug ih btte or tbe vicious to be a coraplimerit to, rather than a stigma upon, my character. It has been urged, howerer, that I owed it to my friends to refute the false charges which have been, from time to time, industriously c?r dilated against me. To do this will require an , article ao lengthy and so full of details purely personal to myself, that I hesitate to impose it upon the public.- Since," nevertheless, it may be red by my friertd., and. at the risk of becoming tedious even to them, I will present a brief history of the events which led to the conclusion stated, and misrepresented, both by the quoted extract from the Journal and bj the War Department at Washington City. j In 1861, after it had been declared by. Congress, and by the Administration, that the war with the States in rebellion was to be prosecuted sot to subjugate them nor to interfere with their established institution, but simply to restore the Union and viitdicate.throoghout that tbe Uuk,tlse Constitution of the United States, I yielded, with reluctance, to the persuasion of friends to accept tbe coBunand of a Cavalry Regiment, which they and I were subsequently authorized to organize. . I a-y that 1 yielded to these persuasions with reluctance for J doubted the good laith of the party in power, in the declarations made bj it. of the objects held in view in the prosecution of the war. ; Dy the time the organization of the Cavalry Regiment was perfected, and the Legislative au thority for putting it into the field obtained. His Excellency, Governor ilortor., became convinced through the representation of persons in tie north part of the Sute, who hare not yet exposed their valwsbie lires to the ballets of tbe enemy, tharit was uns. fe to entrust an important command to a man so firm in his political convictions and as true to the requirements of the Constitution "as the writer of this artie'e. -The services of the regiment were consequently declined, ostensibly on tbe gronnd that Cavalry were not needed and would not be useful in (his war. I took occasion, at that time, to expose the Governor's bad faith in this transaction, which, together with an eoiaode especially private in its character, establish ed between him and me relations of an unamUble od disagreeable nature. ' 4 Several months subsequent to these events, the centlemen engaged ii raising the "Irish re ImenTT urgel'm appointment to the command of it upon the Governor of the State. At that time the Irish, element of our population, at all incline! to enter the service, had been mainly absorbed in other military organizations, pad the regiment in question was recruited at pret labor and expense. It was finally ordered in the field with but about eif ht hundred men. Jirijn G. Hughe, of Dijton, Ohio, a Captain in the Mexican war, a M'jor in the three months ferrice, a jrvl.tnt soldier, an accomplished officer, and an Irishman hy birth, was pnrsn-ide-1 to accept a Captaincy in this Irish regiment. lie was commissioned as such by Gov. Morton, and being unacquainted in Indiana, succeeded, in the lira ited time jtl.pwft! hinein recruiting bntfew menp who. on the receipt of marching orders, were distributed throughout the corp., leiving the resrment with nine companies only, and Captain Hughes without a command. In March 1?62, while the regiment was still in Kentucky, a vacancy occurred in the Captaincy of companjr E. and, at the oiisnltmu request of the men, I assigned Captain Hughes to the, command of that company. As soon as an officer authorized to act in the premises could be found, Captain Hughes wm regularly mustered into the Service of the United States, and has drawn pay only from the date of th it muster. Thee are the facts in the case, and I will bere venture the assertion that there is not sn officer in the army who values hi reputation that will say the transaction waa either illegitimate or illegal. ' The true reason for the discharge of Capt. Hughes will appe tr further on in this chapter of outrages inflicted opou the dignity of tbe service and the personal rights of officers ia the field. " By reason of incapacity in some, and physical disability of others, the office of Lieutenant Colooel and five or six offices of the line, in the 35th regiment, became vacant during the time intervening between the 1st of January and the 1st of April. 1?G2. Some lime in April, ehe reg Iment being in the vicinity of Nit-hviUe, Capt. Hughes was recommended by nearly all the offi cers present, fur the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel. Other persons in the corps, favorites with their respective comminds, who had earned fie fiht to promotion by laborious attention to doty is the field, were also recommended to fill the other offices vacant in the regiment. ' Gov. Morton declined to eommhmion Cpt. Hughes as Lieutenant Colonel, but, instead of doing so, and Against the almost nnaiifmons wih of theoflSeers and men. promoted Major IMfe to thtt position. The Governor failed also to appointor promote more than one er two of the several persons rec mmendd to fit! the subordinate vacancies. Feeling this to be an Insult lo myself as well as the regiment, I forth eith Tisite-J NnshvjlJe. and , tendered my resignation at'Pepttrtment Ueidqaartera.. - Up to about this, period my regiment had not been .brigaded ami I had' u!-iu.Jly made my je port to. General BuelL .In puvatianre of his orders, I had nrviooly served on the Militarv BmH (consisting of three members,) appointed to examine into and report upon the qualifications of the Tolunteer officers of his command. I had also been left ia command of the post at Matifordvi!'e, Ky. where, my regiment arrived at the time the sever.U col u nans, of Gen. B iell's army hdeommeoceJ hurried advance Into Tennessee. An immense amount of Government property, necessarily! left behind the adraocing army, was scattered for miles about this place. Three thousand" sick and convalescent soldiers, not very well cared for. were -Lo left at MenfonisvWle. For tbe marmer in which I grtliVlj c("ccij Dd saved the Government property for the way I provided for the comfort 'ftfii &s;i;0 of tie sick and con valeaeet sot.

diers for my efficiency fn pW.tfcg itrspglers together, fn fortnrngxfrefcrctittients and commanding the active froo fit that place, I had been tl recipieiA.nf a, highly complimentary order from the Headquarters of the Military Department. Mach- surprle was therefore expressed at the

tender of niy Yesignation. I was informed that the General commanding had been pleased and satisfied with my conduct aa an officer, and that he could not consent, on the reasons given by me," to accept ray resignation. Shortly after thia, Lieut. Col. Balfe tendered hia resignation and left the service, and was followed by the Asaistant ' Surgeon, whose continued bad health compelled him also to resignl Thus I was deprived ef the services of a Lieutenant Colonel Major and Assistant Surgeon, nnd, counting the number who are generally on the sick list, my regiment, through the non action ol Governor Morton, was left with less than half its quota of officers. During' several or the following hot months, my command, usually consisting of cavalry aa well as infantry, was engaged in laborious marches over the larger part of middle Tennessee, or in tbe occupancy of extreme and dangerous outposts, in which the utmost vigi lance and prudence was required to guard against surprise and capture. I was al.o hi bid health, and the scarcity of officers added much to my laborious duties the incessant wear and exhaustion of which ulti mated In a nearly fatal at tack of typhoid fever. While temporarily at Shelby rille, Tennessee, during this time. Lieutenant Colonel Mullen ar rived at my camp, accompanied by about one dozen commisainoed fBo nt eiaty si pri vates, with orders for the consolidation of his 61st regiment (!) with the 35th Indiana Volunteers. The outrage contemplated by this attempt to force upon a regiment of veterans, in which were privates capable of commanding companies, more than a dozen officers, unknown to the men and nnpractiied in military tactics, thus cutting off all hope of promotion from the meritorious. could not but create intense excitement and in dignation in the corps. I myself very naturally partook of this feeling, and, while receiving the sixty six men of the 61st regiment, I declined to recognize as officers of the 35th regiment, more than two or three of tie officers who accompanied these men. Lieutenant Colonel Mullen appealed to General Negley, whose district extended to Shelbyville, for redress. Although time and opportunity to act on this appeal were not want ing. General Negley did not express to me. in any way, tbe slightest dissatisfaction at what had been done. On the contrary, he afterwords assigned me to the command of the po?t at Fayetteville, accompanying his order with expressions of unlimited confidence in my vigilance, efficiency, and capacity as aa officer. While at Fayetteville, I was disconnected from the command of General Negiey, and made my reports directly to General Buell. In the course of a few weeks,' however, when the army changed iu base, I came within the command of Brigadier General Smith, at Tullahom. In the meantime, the bitter feelings aroused in the regiment, by the advent of Lieutenant Colonel Mullen, had somewhat subsided, and I had received and put on duty ueirly all the officers who accompanied him. One Captain and three Lieutenants were sent with Mullen, for whom there were no vacant places in the regiment, and I could not hare received them bad I been even willing and anx ious to do so. I had determined to persist in mv refusal to receive E. F. Mullen into the 35th regiment, if for no other purpose, at least, to test my right to reject him. In my correspondence with this person, at Shelbyville, I did not, for di plomatic reasons, ' assign the main points on which I should justify my action. To General Smith, however, before whom Lieut. Col. Mullen brought hi claim?, I verbally stated my position In the premises in about the following terms: General Orders No.Cl , War Department.ief.l .prohibit the mustering ol a volunteer officer into the service of the United States, until such officer shrill represent a specified number of men, or until he shall Le ordered into the field with a command. Lieut. Col. Mullen and his dozen officers werealj mastered into the service at Indianapolis, while representing leas than one-tenth the number of men they were required to represent to entitle them to be so mustered. It is true that the?e of ficers bad been rr commissioned for the 35th res iment. then in the field; but. until the joined it. tbey could not be regarded as having a command. They, therefore, presented themselves to me un der a Ze muster, and it was my riht, if not my duty, to reject the'r services. Yet. I had concluded to waive the bar against their claims, eo far as to recieve those Capt.iina and Lieu ten. ants for whom there were vacant places in the regiment, intending to hiye them re mustered before their namva were placed upon the rolls and certified. - ! Gee. Smith conceded the correctness of my ar gument, but arced me, on the grounds of expe diency to' receive L'eut. Col." Mullen, as I h id a part of tbe other officers who accompanied h'in. and have them all rt mustered at some suh.e quem period. Being quite ill at this time, and. It must be confessed, entirely out of patience, and having had my right to reject Lieut. Col. Mullen acknowledged by a higher authority, I consented t? receive him, on the condition, however, that Gen. Smith would issue a written order requiring me to do bp. which .was forthwith, done by him and executed by me. 1 desired this order before acting in this ease, because I was not entirely snt is did that the reception of either Mallen or his officers; after they had been falsely mustered, even with the understanding that thev should he re mustered, was exactly legitimate,' and I was not unwilling that my immediate commanding General, who seemed dispose to assume it, abould have the responsibility of the transaction. Thus , the trick of forcing a large number of inexperienced and unacceptable officers on an old regiment, through (he farce of consolidation, was consummated The Governor's very small and transparent plot, however, had not yet reached its denouemont It was foreordained before Lieut. Col- Mullen left Indianapolis, bar iug become pliant in the hands of his master. that he should become the commanding officer of the 35th regimeut. Accordingly, after my re turn to Indiana, on a short leave of absence granted for tbe benefit of my health, I received an order from the War Department announcing the fact, without explanation or comment, that I was discharged from the service of the. United State.' Previous to this. I had not received tbe slightest intimation, cor had Oen. Buell, nor any of my intermediate commanding officers, that charges were any whet e lodged against -me, or that tov discharge from the servfife was in con templation. Why wasitdone? I was ioforme. by the chief on the staff of Gen' IliTleck," who consulted the records fr the- reason; that it tees done at th rreqtiei ef Governor of Jndinnm, becaase, as alleged, I would not receive' the offi cers he sent me. Gov. Morton knew, when he sent me three officers, for whom there were no vacant places in the 33th regiment, that I coold not receive them, i tie also knew, some time be fore my diacharge wa effected, tbar all the offi eers he sent tee, for whom there were vacant places in ray regiment. were received and assigned, to duty a rtpidly as a con ideratien of discipline would permit. Them being the fact?. His Excellency procured ror re moral upon a false charge lodged by himself. He ma; deoy thia. If so, the records in General Halleck' office st Washington will brand him as a co on mow liar. He may attempt to justify tbe arbitrary act en the ground that he has evidence

of my insubordination. It may be that be possesses garbled extracts from my correspondence with Lieutenant Colonel Mullen, or statements from a wandering vagabond seeking an office be was .afit to hold, or from menials wilting to parchase position at the price ot perjury; but he can not prove, to the satisfaction of a court of justice or a court martial, that the charge made by him afainst me at Washington is not as false as his own heart Is black as villainous as It's nature is cowardly and infamous. If this is not so, and Governor Morton simply desired that justice be done, why did he not cause charges to be lodged with General Buell, or with some other Geueral in the field, and hare .me discharged the service on the verdict of a court-martial? Why did he go secretly to General Halleck, while I was jet ill of fever, and without the knowledge of myself or friends, demand, in the name of the Governor of Indiana, that I be discharged without a trial or a hearing? These questions are easily answered. He knew that if any opportunity was given me to defend myself, even at Washington City, the seat of usurpation and tyranny, he would fail in his cowardly designs. He desired

me out of tbe service, because he was unable to purchase my friendship or poison my political principles. Having performed my du'ies well, and to the satisfaction of my commanders in the Seid, he could effect his object in oneway only, and that way; though secret and villainous, ns the reader has seen, was adopted. Letbim enjoy his triumph as he may, but, while gloating over it, remember that "Time at last ata al' thing eren, .And if wa lo but watch tbe hour, - ThTe nevrx u hnromn power . That could evade. If uo'orfriven. The patient rearcb and vigil long Of him who tieat-nrei up a wronr." With money wrung from the hard earnings of the people, his Excellency, by seeming charities, may seek to win the hearts of those whose friends he has driven by thousands to useless slaughter; by the division of the spoils of office with the cormorant recipients of his unmeasured patronage, he may hedge himself round with wealth and power; but no walls that he may erect, no citadel he may build, wilt shield hitn from the inevitable grasp of the heavy hand of retributive ustice. ' . - ; A few words will now explain the true cause of the discharge of Capt. John G.Hughes. In pursuance of the orders of Gov. Morton, my successor declined to recognize Capt. Hughes as an officer of the 35th regiment, and placed another offi cer in command of Capt. II 's company. In consequence of this, the rolls sent to the War Office must have shown that two Captair.a claimed pay for service in the sime company at the same time. It is fair to assume that the State Executive who had power to secure the discharge of the Colonel of a regiment, on a false charge, could alsb procure the discharge of a Captain on grounds equally fallacious When it is remem bered that the discharge of Capt. Hughes took ef. lect Irom the date of his muster, which, leaving the record of his successor clear, relieved the Gov ernorofaa official exposure of the consequences of his ignorant interference, the assumption that he procure' this discharge is both natural and probable. Be this as it mar, it is certain that the reason assigned for the discharge of Captain Hughes to wit: that his muster into the service was a falie muster, is as untrue as it is disgrace ful to the source from which it emanates. On the contrary, I sincerely believe that it can be established to the satisfaction of any fair military commission that Col. Mullen and some of his offi crs drew pay, not only for several weeks in which they were not even on duty, in the United States service, but that they are now on duty and do draw pay under a roaster which is essentially false and illegal. Thi i, of course, a matter of no consequence to me. as I was prevented, by my removal, from hating these officers re mustered and the dales ol their legitimate muster properly adjusted on the rolls of the regiment. " I there fore leave this subject to the consideration of those whom it may concern. And now, in closing this first and last defen?e of my conduct as an officer of the army, I have a fw words to say to the editor of the Journal, to whose malicious assaults the reader is indebted for this letter. "Conceived." as he was. "in tin and brought forth in iniquity," it ia but natural that the emanations of his brain should be as Uli getimate as the o(T-prIn:j of his body. He is a fit person to edit theorn of the hbriJ party h's piper represents- a party which has no parallel in history for the wickedness of it designs or the terrible consequence of its acts. Incubated by the pestilence of Abolition1 fanaticism, and h itched in the quagmires of Know Nothing in famy. itsprung into power shrieking for freedom free-lorn to act, freedom' to think and freedom to speak and has been the fires party in this coun try to forcibly apply the gag to the freedom ef speech, and trample in the dust those God-given rights which the patriots of the Revolution guar anteed, through the Constitution, to the white mrn of th'se United Sute. The disposition already manifested by the party in power to fasten a despoti'm upon this country, by the destruction of the ballot box, may yet comp! the people, nitu rally forbearing and tolerant, to rise in their might nnd teach our modern Neroes and Caligo las that they can nbt be enlaveJ that the de scendauta of those heroes wlto. nfter long end u rince of evil, wrenched from an unwilling tyrant the Magna Charta of Civil Liberty, are eapable of avenging their own wrongs, and ready, if ner cessity require', to show to the world that true patriotism and genuiue heroism are tint extinct in the hearts t,f men who know their rights, 'and knowing, die maintaiu them. Tbe Editor of the Journal is a historian and a philosopher. He should learn widsom from the lesons o( the past. and warn his masters that they are sowing the wind to reap only the whirlwind that, unless they change their policy, they may lire to see their partv and themselves co down, in a sea of blood, to a dishonored grave, greeted only by the widows' sigb, the orphans' sob. the peoples' eerse. Let us hope that the E litor of the Journal may become regenerate, in his latter lays, and ose the intellect inherited, through an irregular process. for the diffusion of truth instead of falsehood; and that the party in power may stop in its mad career, before the irretrievable step is taken which may f .Men npon the eutire country a reign of bloodshed and terror. J. C Want. . Advance t Govrrnar Tloriota It ia atated that the Comniiiioiieis of tb'a county have tendered ten thousand dollars to Governor. MotTOi to carry on his revolutionary government. Tlie Cornau ion era hit re no right to make such a loan, and they should he held individually responsible fur any such appropriation of the people's money. 1 here is no net easity or justification for ruau action. There is plenty of moi ey iu the State Treasury to pay all the obli gations of the State The great sifeurd a( a popular government is the right of the peopKVs representatives to levy taxea and direct their appropriation. It is the sure-it check upon oue man power. . Unless the people desire to surrender the right of self government and return to a despotic rule, they should carefully watch and resist every encroachment of arbitrary power. ' ' ' ' tThe following very severe thing is said of Oen. IIcxte by tbe New York Times: ' The mot remarkable events of his admlnistra tint! were: the battle iff J me Ialatid. which waa fouzht aaiiiot bis orders; the recent attnek on Charleston, in which he took no part ; and tbe siege of frort rulaakl, which wus conducted by an officer who Is now to be his successor. S7The Alabama 'claims to have destroyed

seventy-fouryessel. A- -s.;

, From tbe Baltimore A mer'can, June 18.

Cen. jrtllrov'e If rtrral front V indies er to Ilarper'e ferry Sie f.ee All Ilia Artillery Stores, Ammunttlvn and Uaian, Major General Milrov reached Baltimore at 1 o'clock this morning, from Harper's Ferry, and returned again with his staff on a special train at II o'clock. He eame down to have a personal interview with Major Gcaeral Schenck, and to waive all claims of rark in Interlering with me command at that poit.t. lie. however, desired to return to Ins men, and vtunteereu to act tn any position that be might be deeroeJ most serviceable : tv - - - s - W nad-a'brief conversation with him, and were I leased to learn that his forces have not suffered to so great an extent as wa supposed. At the lime he lelt the r erry.torty-iwo memoers of Alexander 's Maryland battery hud arrived, and it ws believed a considerable nunler had made their escape in the direction of Romney and Cumberland. They mostly seenrrd their hores, and have probably accompanied the cavalry. Thennly Maryland regiment tnat sunereo se verelv was the fifth regiment, known as Col. Svhlev'a. who waa absent in Baltimore. The enemy turned the juns of the Maryland battery on this regiment, and for a time they were in a verv hot position. The number knled and wounded is not known, though but few of them escaped either casualties or capture.', They fought bravely, td it is hoped that a good num ber of them are prisoners of war. The s'Xth Maryland ciment, which was re ported to have been cut up and almost destroyed, to the astonishment of every one, came marching into Harper's Ferry yesterday afternoon, with their flics flvins. arms at rest, and singing "Hail Columbia." with the gallant uoi. uowe attneir . . . ... a I TV m. -a head. It seemed J ike as If thev had risen Irom the dead, end their return caused great astonish ment. .' .. It appear that at the commencement of the assault on Winchester thoy were entirely cut off, and being surrounded by an immense lorce, furrendered, and were taken back of the works. In the confusion of the assault being made by 'the Rebels, they were neither disarmed or placed under guard, and Col. Howeknowitig the country well, and seeirg an opportunity to escape bv a side road, formed his men in line, and in the-j darknessof tbe evening moved quietly off. They were compelled to take a circuitous road to reach the Ferry, but went on their way rejoicing, with neither an enemy, iu front nor pursuers in the rtar. ... The cavalrv f rce of Gen. Milroy consisted of thelstiew Jork. I-Uli Pennsylvania and two companies of the 3d Virginia Gen. Milroy ordered them to retreat to Romney and Cumberland, and he yesterday received a dispatch annonncing their safe arrival at that place. The outer works at Winchester were carried iy the Rebel by storm lit f o'clock on Sunday evening, and the whole lorn heat ions strongly in vested by a force or not le?s thin fifteen thousand men, under Gen. Ewel! It became at once a question of ultimate surrender, or to make a bold dash to force their way through the enemy's lines. and a council of war held on Sunday night unani mously advised an evacuation. The large guns and his artillery were all spiked at once, and at I o'clock on Monday morning he abandoned every thing except his horses, and struck boldly through the enemv'a lines. The movement was so r:ipid that the enemy wss taken by surprise, and. the night being quite dark, the movement, so far ns the troops immediately investing the works wete concerned, was accomplished with but little loss They were followed bv cavalry, and a great manv strscplers taken prisoners, but, when four miles this side of, W inchester. at the junction of the road le itling from Bcrrjvilleto Buukr Hill and Martinsburg, they were intercepted by a strong Rebel force with artillery, and strongly ported in the woods on the roadside. General Milroy rallied his men nnd made several attemnts to storm aud cap'ure their batteries, but was driven back. Divlijiht was now rapidly spproachins:, snd it was deemed prudent to endeavor again to cut their way thronen 'the enemv a lines, which was successfully accomplished, though being without artillery, they suffered considerably before the enemy pave np the pursuit, especially in the cap ture of prisoners. About I? o clock, Monday, they reached Hul town. The enemy having abandoned the pur suit, after a short rest they marched to Harper's retry durinp the-afternoon, lire gallant fel lows were in a sad condition after so severe a march and fiuht, but were full of spirit and grati fication that they had escaped the cluiches of the enemv. AH the stores, ammunition and waeons at Winchester tell into the hands of the enemy, to gether with all the artillery, not a gun-having been saved, vi - -..- The telegraph is again working to H-irper's Ferry thin morning, and, ns far h. c id be aseer tnined. there have been no Relel movements on the Maryland side of the river. The telenph office has been moved on to the-Man land Heights, and there is every reason to believe that if the enemy approach in force the town will te abandoned, and .the whole force retire across the river to the extensive works erected on that 8 Iron" position. The folly 'of attempting to stand a siege in Harper's Ferrv was demonstrated hist year, and there Is no doubt that it will be soon if it has l.ot already been evacuated. Everv prcparstion h is bern made for such an emergency, and the ene my will obtain but little plunder. The town is thoroughly commanded from the neighta, and it can be made of but little or no value to the euemv. . . ' . . Secret Political Societies The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, an infln ential Republican pper, thus sustains the patriotic position of General Bibs'DK, in opposition to secret political societies.. It any: - And experience has ttn;ht m th it they have I been in 'the leapt degree dangerous, both to the Government wliicli they opposed, mid to the re i pie whom they protewea to Hsrve. I he very principle upon vrlnch they nre founded, w that o irresponsible violence ad bfood.-died. . .1 he tern ble scenes ihroniili which France has pawed un der the influence of secret societies should teuh the world that they leid only to ungoverne 1 le-rot-iiv mm uncontrollable -eaces-es. without ac coiniilirhing any .lasting pood. The tvranny o a mob is the worst tvranny that can be imposed upon people. .; ; v-4 , - , ! A'ain: beeret political - organization are es pecially d.iiigerou, from the fact tint they offer easy opportunities for cmftv and unscrupulous men to accompl..-h unwoituv rirsi-n. which would at onre be detected and exnote.! n the broad licht of popular inspection However ex cus.ible they may le in other countries there it no Miadnw of reison fur them in tin country The very principles of our t,overninent are an tajroni-tic to them, and render them entirelv use less, except to thwart the will of the majorities. w w w w We have been led into these remarks, in vie of an evil tendency and purpose upon the rurt o I good and loval citizens to orguiize secret Union .League, hoping thereby to counteract aud sue cessfully . oppose s:milar organization at . the JNortli hostile to our Government, we nre not prepared to think s ill ol the loyalty of Northern men as to bell ve that such a course is necessary I or pi, 1 tic. . True loyalty and true republicanism we btbeve they are synonymous terras are not unwilling to declare themfcjves fully, at all times, bef ore the hole people. , They t-eek no ecomplit-hments ou'side the declared will of ma jorities and the termsof the Constitution. , e believe lint the Republican partv. as such. is opposed to the formation of all secret political ocieiie,nnd concur mot heartily with the Jfew tork Evening l ost in the opinion that free and open discussion of political measures is the only true way iua free country. These remarks are both sensible and jnst. The names of the leaders of these secret Loyal Leagues are known, and they a ill have no envble reputation in the future. j , . Governor Cur tin and the Cabinet. Bv a telegranbic dep itch from Ilarricburg, published In another Column, it will be sen that even Governor; Ctrtin tf PeniHylvaiil,. is at length atUfted about the Irpbeci'iiy of tleC M net. In a speech tothe troops snrng whom ilU1 unt of the good, faith of the Federal Government existed w pain-ful extent, the Governor ! thoiig'H it necessary to pledge his sacred honor to them, placing his hand on his heait, that he would not permit them to be retained longer ihan the emergency or the invasion honed; mrd then Jie went on- to say that "responsible toldiera wonld lead them, and not he, who wndersfood I nothing of military affairs; and, "with mnch vet hemetice,!' be scathingly added. "I will not pliy ! the port ff the Cabinet of Washington npon the army f,f the Rappahannock. Thia Is significant j as to Governor Curtin'i opinion of the mllitnry enpaeity at Washington which ' has hitherto directed and couducted the campa'gns in Virginia. tIt ts saiJ the oDeratins of the neuro army now organizing? are to be eflrutive. - This la certilnlv irraLfvijie intelli?ent. as tha ODeratioos ofthekuegro bitLarto have beea mostly la-d I Fence. " ' " '" . " ....

Espionage. - - There is nothing more repugnant to a free

people, or to any people, than a erstem of espionage ' A spy is loathed by every true hearted man. especially those who for pay will become common informers, doffging the steps of their neighbors for the purpose of hearing some .unguarded ex pression wbicli may be distorted, or even used for theif injury. We would not believe man ho would thus prostitute himself. There can be no occupation more detestable than a common informer,' and especially the hireling. In the army hanging, the most degrading punishment, is the doom of the convicted spy. In all ages the stigma of infamy has been place) upon thoe who seek by surreptitious means to obtain information. The men who, lUtea at their neighbor's key-hole, or who by false information endeavor to inveigle their neighbors into difficulty, should be loathed and avoided aa moral lepers. It has been stated to ns that Government officials have established bere a system ofespt mage and have persons employed whose business it is to listen, or to procure, if possible, the expression of what is termed "disloyal sentiments. ' We are unwilling to believe that honorable gentlemen would lend themselves to thus degrade their species, or that they would give credence to the reports of such hirelings. Those who will, thus prostitute themselves, who will thus sacrifice every honorable and manly sentiment, will have no re gard for truth. Lying, deception and fraud be come their occupation. Who in tha community. no matter how pure, would be safe from the maehinationa of such a gang of hirelings; and for a greater consideration, they would eveu turn upon their employers, and use tbe very nets with which they intended to entrap others, for their des truction? It is not only infamous, but it is a dmgerous experiment to subject life and charac ter to the disposal of spies of common informers. '-' A Loyal Colonel. The claim urged bv the AtHjIitionists that their party is the only loval party in the nation, would excite onr indignation did it not first stir up our rid cule. One Thomas W. Higginson, a "rcver end," is Colonel of a South Carolina regiment of lieg me. Now, while it is possible for an officer of white troops to be only relatively loyal, while inuee.1 his lovaliv m.v often be iullv suspected by tho monopolists of that article up North, we can not coi c!ve a man who takes command in a regiment of black?, to be anttbing less than su perlatively, . excessively, indubitably and most dirt'rfssinglv loyal. Such a man is Col. Thorn is lliggiuüou He is eminently fitted to carry on a "war for i lie Union, as is easily shown. In lfo7, he, with others, f-igued a call for a convention in Worcester, Massachusetts, which reaoa as follows; "Believing the existing Union to be a failure, as being a liopeless attempt to unite under one government two antagonistic systems of society. which diverge more widely with every je.tr; "And believing it to be the duty of intelligent and conscientious men to meet these facts with wisdom nnd firmness. "Rifpectfullv invite our fellow citi.ens of M?snchueit to meet in convention at Worces ter, on Thursday, J.-inuary 15, to consider tbe practicability, probibility and expediency of a separation between die free nnd slave States, and to l.iUe f-uch other measures as the condition of the times m iy require." The convention met accordingly, and passed the following imong oilier resolutions; Rrtolnrd, That this Convention recommends. as the fiist. step lowaidj the accomplishment of this nlject. the organization in each of the States, of a politic il n-irty outside of ihe present Consti tution and Union apirtv whose candidates tdiall bfc publicly pledged in the event of their election, to ignore the re iernl Government, to reiiise an oath to its Constitution, and to make their re spective States free and. independent communi ties C in the loyalty of such a nvin be successfully impugne-i? Is it mi eminently proper that he. and the partv to which he belongs, should den xiix e life long Democrats ns disloyal? Springneld Jtigistrr. Grand Unity of the Drroaerary of Old T tt I an oiinift nnU llarbtcu Ht Andermon, Jul) 4tl, I8i;3. At a meeting of the Democracy at ihe Court Hoii-e in Anderson, on Saturday evening, June 20th, it wns: , Rrsolvtd, That theDemocncvof Mnlison and n'jinii.g ronntie hold, a MAS3 MEETING AND BARliECUE at Anderson on the 4tb of July, to which they invite II conservative citi zens who are in favor of free speech, a free press and Ihe hhertv of the cinzen. itsolrrd. That the Democracy of each townfhip be renes'rd as far as possible, to come to the Mim ilee.ing in delegation", and to bring banners, music, and baskets lull ol provisions. Rnolttd, That the committee' bf arrange ments be - Instructed lo procure beeves- to be roated whole for tbe cension together with fuch oilier raebt ana provision as in their judg ment the s zenf the crowd may demand. R'tolvrd. Tint the committee of rransement bo fun her instructed to procure a band, secure ground nnd fe its, and have posters and tiotu?pof the meeting prmtei and circulated, and make nil necesPHry arrangements for the comfort of the people sun peakers. The following speaker will be In attendance: Hon. D. W.-Voorliees of Vigo county. Dr. Oi'ls of Otiio, Senator Hendricks of Indiana, lion. R. T. Merrirlt of Illinois. Hons. David Turpie and J. r . Mi LMwell or Indinna. COMXITTEE OF AR&A5GCMI3T9 Beijannn Scbrtl, Joseph Ooburn, William Yonng. William Mt-Khu. Jrnnei Thompson, Joepb Shawhan, Ueorge V . Swallow, William ' RoachWilliam vV. Poland and Dr. John HuDt. COliMITTtK OX FI5ANCK. Benjamin Sebrel. Conner Jones, Joseph IIow ard. and W. W. NI umI, Ireisurer. On motion, it was nnlercd to hare these pro eeeding puhliühed iu the following Democratic Journals, viz: Central Indiana Times, Marion Union. II mcock Democratic Journal, and Indiauy Daily Sent'iiel. RICHARD LAKE, President. C- C. Mobrical. Stntetry Abe Lincoln Letter, on Vallandlg ltunia Arreat. This famous, jocular and interesting epistle would have produced a most amusing effect in these regions, had it not been for the mscally raid of the Rebels into Pennsylvania. In their fright over this raid, very lew of the radicnl p tpers have noticed the f residents letter at all foor UieHev, who seems to be reposing in conEciuus security behind his nine hundred thousand men, devotes considerable attention to the sub ject, and thinks the letter a good defense of the right of the r.et-i ent to arrest and exile any m-n tor his opinions, without an overt net of treason. during a time of civil wnr. Well, we take tbe world as it comes, and governments as we find them. If Poor Greeley 'a satisfied, we have no thing to any ngaiust il. But if the President can exile, he can also hang or shoot anybody whose opinions are distastelul tw htm. t ' 1 here is alwaya a certain stage in the history of every commonwealth when this doctrine is promulgated. It was practised in Rome under Svlla, Csear and Augustus; in England nndcr Cromwell; in r ranee under 3i pol eon and Hobespierre, and perhaps there is no reason why it hould not le practised here under the present nnd next Admit istrations. - We must accept hislory, Ni.cieut and modern, s it is manufactured fr uabv the files, fii It 63 a Democratic President may take the conduct of ibis AddPhistrati n aa a precedeut, end exile, hang or shoot all the AlKjIitioiiigW, beginning with those persons who declared the Constitution to be "acoven lOt.with death and a bond with llcll." and the editor ef th paper which called the Star Spangled Banner of the Union "a fliunting lie-" Greeley and Garrison will then be obliged to duff their neckdotlisand put on the halter, or to submit to be driven out of the country. That ia the fine dish thev are cooking and spicing for tbemsetvea. But if tbey are content so are we. It is a very poor ride which will not work both ways. N.,Y Herald.. . . ' ' s. - - , Denth of lion, iewla Proaarr. r Testenlay, 17th inst., at HI o'clock A. Mthe spirit ot Hon. Lewis Prosser took its flight to the God who gave it. No event within the history of the country ever btought Such sorrow to the hearts of the eople who knew him, and so (re queutly honored him with their.cynfideiice. No man had warmer friends. His many manly quaditiew had endeared him to a people who admire bolJness, unwavering integrity", and devotion to principle. As a neighbor, he was beloved; a a ; frieml he ws steidfust in hia attachments; and as a public officer' his integrity and houeaiy commended him to his bitter foes. Ht ha left u; but while his body moulders in the tomb, he will have a wnrra place in the hearts of tbe people. . We will give a more extended notice of tne I sulect of. thii UUeli ßeriUtr.--iHahvilJe Vaioa. , L . ' '., t

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K. B. 1LVORD. J.M.CALDWELL. M. B, AXYOED. ALVOltDy CALDWELL it ALVORDi WHOLESALE GROCERS, laKaTJTOR. 3DR A TiTHlS A.XB COMMISSION MERCHANTS, re la DAILY receipt of freak goods. Constantly on hand and Tor aale at th lowast prices, a large and uaortrd Mock of Coffee, Sugar, ' iVlelnaes,'Sy iip, ' Itlce, Tea, .Talla, Glaa, tvaadenwrarc, Soapa Candlea, Starcb( ItaialnSf Cigara Tabaccw, Mackcrelt While Flebf Cvraage Twine, Cotton Varn, OfcStnt fa. Kults, f Dates, Jslliee. Brandy, in, Itnm, U'lnes, Wlilaky Itellens ef all kinds, and Flantalien and IIokere Uilters. Particular attention (Iren to the aal of 63 East Washington Street, ITOIASrOLlS, 15D. apr25-dw VERMIN EXTERMINATOR. Far Ila1( Nice, Itonclir, Ant , Ited ling-, irlotha In Fnra, Woolen &c Inaf rla on Plnnf a, Fowl tnlniala. Ac. Put nnin tütt. SOe, and ' (V Itnxe. RottW rnd Flasks (V3 and S e fnr HontiJs Prai.ic lnmrmioM,. tnly infallible rcniedie known." . . " Free from Poisonf." - "Xot danjreron tn tbe Tinman PamflT.M "KtUcmie ont of thetr faolea to 4le. JQjSo1d Wholesale In all large cities. fjfjjySold by allDaconiSTsand IUtau.im even where. 4-v:Bcwraaa.'SoraU wortkleea ioiitotiona. ItÖT See that CostibV nama Is on each ßoi, Boltle and F1ak, beforey" buy. gyAddrea ( HEvltV Ht CSTAK. SfrmxcirAL DiroT, 452 Rsoanwiv, K. T. tfegr-Soldbr BROWNING SIXUN and W. R.VICKEK. noiesaleand Ketall Ar'nu, Indiana polia, ir2. eb-? TOMB STONES. WORKS. f TTTK KEEP Oy HAXD AKT) MAKE TO ORDER, ALL WW kin-i of Marble Uuuumeiiu and Grara Storea, carve to order, with dei(rn, emblem, or devica tbat may be wanted. Tboe decirinj; aoytbing In our line will do well to (titc us a call, aa we uae none but tha bert materials and (rvure al work. . mclill-dAwlyiJ HATS AND CAPS. ISAAC DAVIS, ' Wholesale :&Eetail a - DEALER IK Hats, ; Caps. and Straw Goods, ; ., . 'j , ' ...-. . . i . IAS JOST KECElTED BIS . -, SPRING" STOCK i ,T GO0D.4,DfRKCT FROM THE1 MAKtFACTCkEB ' ' In Ihe Kat. wblrh he will rell a low a tbe lowest. All the LATEtr kTvuts kep- at So. IS rennlvania treet, tour duora roam or tbe rr-rt I'mre, : .,r - . i - S '' ' 1 - - ' : ' ; : 0 " 1 Indianapolis, Ind. apr1S-dASm . WANTED. tr A A nOITIIl Wa want aRentt at fM a 30" month, expeiMR paid, toaell our roetlaMy fHCil; Orient j Jtrmtru,am 13 ,tbtrnw,a ful arnt curiuuj arucies. li eiri-wlara, free. myll-aSui SHAW A CLAkK, B.ddeferd, ate. ry e? A 'ItnTII! I want to BlreAteetalaar t j f D ery county at 79 a wioBtb, expaaaaa paid iw my new, (bean Family Stafe'i Uschluo, . . ' aarlt-wJia . AdJroaa. S.M1NiV, AJrj, ate. ,

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f i PATENT PLATFORM SCALES I ------fTt A IBBAXK'S C ATT LI, HAT,' COAL, GBAIS, WAREHOUSX, RAILROAD, TKACK, AVD C0U5TER SCALES, Manufactured only by E.r.FAlRBA5K mm Mr II tm 'M . f k.rl (..1 ' t . l E3:LZ?j m co., st. Job hntbary. V 3 V t"; l-t Vermont, ror a ala at Xanufatturera'pricetby W.P.31LLCP,Arent, 7VfstWuninctoBt.t apll-wly anapol a, Indiana. MEDICAL. MEDICAL BOOKS. &C. GALEN'S HEAD DISPENSARY. CIIAKTi:UED BT THK LF.GISIJtTURlt OF KKNTVCKT FOB IHt TUKAlMKNT OF ILL THK DISKASKS OF THC UUISAUt AKU GKMTAL OKUA8. mm mm Jt" mm ra a. a m& aa PRICK 03t,t TEN CK5T5. A Ictliral U?porl, Containing Tkirlv Fine J'!uUt ana Stiff rmritt goftAnatomy and 'tyrioltfry nj tk ütr Organs it tat ot iUitlth anuf lHjxttt. Oy A KIEW METHOD 07 itMtrtd Venerud Disa, incladt'.n Sjphili, in all it staices GmiorriM-a, Gleet, Strtctorr, Varicocile, and Hydrocele, Diseases ol tbe Kidueya, ß'.adder tc with out mercaryl cnotainitMr a valaable ireativeoo that wkle-npread ' malady of ytratU, Seminal W eatniw, Xnctiinial F.mitKion, Sexual Debility, lmKteiicy, Ac, tbt cret intinnitie of yoT m and maturity ariMDg from tba baneful habit faelf-abnse. To which ia added obnervations ca Female Uiaeaea. and other interertinp matter of tbe atmost fniporiance to the married and tboe contriflatlng marriadf. wlioentertam tnnttoi tt:eir pbyncal ao lity to enter tbat state. Sent to any addres in a scaled wrap per, on receipt of ten ccntc or four Mamp. we aevoie our enure nmr inu aunuion w tor irr tnent of the ration private dearer treated of in onr privat teport. Onr DispTiKry ia tbe only Inxtttation el tbe kind in America which baa been e tabliabed by a special cbarter.an-' thia fact ihnuld it a preference over tbe rarioua cnacka of donntiul character to bo loan all large eitle. Important to Females! Oneaepartment of onr THhpanaary ia rpecially devoted to tbe treatment of Die Oiseae of Females, such as Lo ehorrbea, er 'White," Irregular, Painful and Sapprees Menstruation, Kerroua and Ueneral lietnlny.Uteeaeeaot be Womb, Barrennea. Ac. CcnMiltationii and examination tree or charre. AIm for sale, DR. Dt.W EE'S Rl GCI.AT0K FILL For Female Obstruct on, lrr-c.laitie, Ac JJarrifa ladies In certain iluatioii bW not ae tbem, as tbey would cause miwirriace. Fricf f 1 per box, and may be sent by mail. UK.UALKN'8 I'KhVf.MIVK All invaluable amcJ. for tbose wialiini; to limit the number ef lhir fl.iprina-, of tb barren who desire cbiMren; warranted nut to in jure the healib, and wiil last for a lifetime. Ker.t to ary adilresa,nnneraeal, oa receipt ol tbe price twu inji LA KS. PATIF.STS AT A D1STAKCF Py aending a briet statement of tb'ir ymptn, will receive a Blank Chart contanifn a IM of que.-4iotir, onr terr.a for the courre of treatment, Ac Mrdicme rent to any part of tbe conntry to cure any eae at bon.e, free from dan per or cnrioelty. All transaction! private and confidratial. Eeuember the name and number. Direct all letter t GALEA'S HEAD DISrEJf S ART, D0vl5-62dAw1j IuUville, Ky. xiin ori:sMots axd r.xptui. HSCE OF A! INVALID, Pnbli-hed for the benffit, and a a warninr and C Cnoif To TOUXO MES who mifTer from wrroaa Debili-y. Premalure Oeray ol Mabod. etc , nrphlDa at Iba name lime. THE MEANS UK SEL-FCTLE. Bv one who ba cured b!tnclf. after lein t'tit loertat ejpei.fe and Injury ihroucb medical Lutnbtijr and quacVrrv. BvencUioinv a TM-t-pait addreaoel envelope, aingla copies may le bad of tbe author. AlHt?f I AIirAlK, r.rq.. vnrJS-wly HedtorJ. Kinrs county. S. T.: NOTICE. Augusta Gravel Koad Company. THE SrESCRfBERS to THE CAP1TALSTCCK OT TH Aorn-ta Gravel Road Company are notified that aa election will be held at Auirtist, Mri n County, Indiana, on the lt d.T of July, A. I., las, between tbe boara of 8 oVIork A. and a o'clock P. at , to rl-ct Mrectora for (aid Company. G OHOF. Yr. I CZAIf, AL!0.v A.L0FT15, Dr.TlT IS, JimelS-dltAwlt ' Committe V StopVboldn. FEED STORE. NEW FEED STORE, , 157 East Washington Street, fIN LITTI F.'S BLOCK. '. Costastlt ay hand asv for saix. bkst f(nal lira Hour, Corn-meal, 8iort, Pran, c. Articles lt liverf d to any part of tLe ei'y, frrf of chsrge. Term,, Catli . mjll-dSlAwtf ''FREDERICK WrSKLK. HARDWARE. , NAILS, STEEL, &C. II K OY, : FUY aV CO. DEALERS IX IKOJf, 5AIL-, STEEU WOODWark, Bcnt-atnck, Wo-Kjenwure, PlackMnitii'i Tuola, Thimble Sketu, Koxing, M!l'ableCatUiga, lLaj-pa, Filer, Springs, I'low W iiga,Ac. Ac. . i . - . Tbe Obl-t Kiver Salt Company. : The MadWn 5piee Mill. ; . The liadiron I'earl S'.arcb Cumpaay. . Coal Oil and Benzole 7 .. POMEROT. FHT CO., Ko 11T Wet W.fcbington ftreet, ' ' . .. Opposite thi State llousa," my 1S-4A wly I mltaaapolia, lad. DRUCCISTS. PUBLIC NOTICE. i . . awaasawao ru.TIJLISO. A. COX, Drnriiili, Ka, ' - 19 Kt Waahlnirton Street, Have been appointed areata for tb aal ef OK ANDCt TU881 LAG U, TUK WOSDERFi'L GttAWtLrS.fnr tbe cart of Cocaaa Colda, Sora Throat, BrottrUitia, W beer eg, trritatioa I tba Uvula and Tow-iIk, and Direaw of tbe LurK. Sold la re Hna. 1 -.. M ra..atMl f I each ' IMAalr REAL ESTATE ACEfaCY. - IiIcKernan & Pierce, REAL ESTATE AGENCY First Door East of Palmer Ilouse, -.'.i . - (CP STAIRS.) WE bare for ale Houea and Lot ia tba tr Indlanap'-ti, and Farm, and Fanntng Land thia aute,and will aall lower tkaa caa ba pare el-ewbere. Thefollow naeotnprlaea aoma of Ike property wa ar no .Iterinn at low price, for caah or n time, at mao uitthe purcliaaer. i febil-daoy ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. W -a, aa . i. .i w , , . . m . rpHE IKOERSIRÄlfD, ADMIK1STRAT0R OF TU I estate of Jficboel Boa-era, late of Marion Coaaty, Indiana, dereaevd, will aell at putlic aal, t n TaeMlay, tba Tth of July, at tbe late n ide ireof aald decedent, la Ilka lownabl(, County and State aforeaaid, tbe following daacribed personal property to-a It: Ooa keaper ltrehin Machine, Cradelinr Srytbea, Cresa Cut haw. barrel, Iren, Frougb and otter arüelea too tediou to mention. Vale tn eMMnnn at ! o'clwck A. at. of aaid dar-. Taia or eLC AU aura of t3 tu,4 amter ta ba paid lneh, and aM .orai over $1 a C:d!t of twelrt mnth( rillt riven, tba purchaser or purchasers rr.g tbelr ante with rood mm nrlty, walvina relief from valuauoa and appraiaaaoaM law, baarlag .irt fron data. . f . i . JtASlLi. ilkViRS," " JiiaaJ A-itw " . - . Adaiulatrator.

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