Randolph Journal, Volume 1, Number 1, Winchester, Randolph County, 11 July 1862 — Page 4

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RANDOLPH JOURNAL.

V I N C II MST i: K rridnr, - July If lr.e. c. ii. noNKiiriAKs:, I d i t r Our New Dress. Our readers will ce that the form of our paper his materially changed idnce it. Inst viit. We introduce it in its new dress, hopin that it rmy he even a more welcome visitor tint hen tolbre. Of one tiling we are certain the piper will he mm h neater and a 1 1 he a live institution. Of course, it can not be expected that a county town can po-si-hly furnish a paper to ie with j thoye published tn the Lastern citic.-, with their thousand - i rubicriben-, and corrc-pnmb-nt.-in every division of the am. v. j These an so patronized by ad-j iii 1 ertisen.'mts and bv Government ; that he piper can I c ivcii to the subscribers at the cot of the 1'lterill aloil" llep'Ul !m ' Oil tlie ty.or JliCL the 4 narMn of .uiii,v,.iiuii o profits. 15'.:t in County papers tili in j inm nil'e consequently tlie I ' . ' ' ' , i In U.ini b en V.epl up apparently hit;h. Still, iiolwithtandiu the lact that e't) pipers furnish more reading matter, yet t'.iey cannot supply the phceof a county press. l!ume enterprl.sej ned iN itdbeuue, ami would not iive i.idcsi it posstv-rd this medium through which to inform the pul, lie ol their intention-". Then it five life ar.d vior to the town and co7..Ty tu uliuiT h paper located, hhowi:; -xt all u not v,t dead, hat tint there is still life n:vX enterprise there. A County fceat without an'-wspapi j woul l be like a violin wiin om .trin-i. Those of cnterprife who Yxvchten in the habit of tahintheir I.orne piper will appreciate U vorth. not perhaps on account ci its able discn&sion of any p'C, but because it brings them into more intimate contact will' t'e tr.cu-est of their fellow citirn Tbrou-h it political phviriar.sinsy more easily f el the t.nt r .a i-c county ar.d watch. tli? di?iv.osii aihi pro:;u.?is d aiy polii'uMl inoveinenti. Su h men c an nUo express tluir view? to the people reailily and ft .real deal mere rtTectually than co.d.l nossihly I c done by viit in-; everv irosjood in the county. H in p..rticrdirly the interest ol every da:-) tr support well th-ir bo-ve pipi-r, re uu tube ri:i; that the more patronage it icceives l!ie i-.ore interesting it can be i mide. There is but very little money ir. publiihin- a piper .vhv) the country is Hooded with !nli"., l-.L.t w'.ile etb.er papers it i v e hrcoira embarrassed and bv t half lb. ir .b.v ription, the rircnlation of the Journal Irs hirt-aed full :.e hundred in the l it three month?, with a line ; ctpecl for the luture, if it : t r rids will aly votl.. llerftcfoTC, the gieat d Hiiiiity bni beenir d iw a irejit buci ;n a. , i'vx ythii bo.t a prh.t 11 cat b-'MNri.t i- tn b, whil l

three-fourtha of its lm$isnes3 i Jone on the credit syMem. Thin has been done to so great an ex tent that over a thousand dollars are now owin to the Journal, fo:ne of which outfit to hive been paid Ion; ago. To ovoid this in the future we have concluded tocit down the price of tho piper to o.ni: doi.lak ;rr ycar if paid in advance, or one

dollar and fifty cents Oll time, which brings it within tlm ios- ... . . Mbthty of every one to tahe it. live piper let our friends throughout the county cneoun-c . . . , and help u by -ottin- new subseribcrs and naiii'Ui) their old - jj " . W rivntnihil in tbe r fi refn 1 Perusal and earnest consideration f every !;re4sio!i District, (he article, h.itd I'!efl nl Afrm 'am i, ne-i.iec uou oi ueu . f r , Urs ol ConirrS" horn the Na tional licpublican, which will

he found Oil the third plge oTj ' l.,",n' mott. S.OOO of l,-m were K t ll : this inner. lI:tV.U--iven it a '"-!d. They .roo.l thedemllv fir, k , .f 'r mill witti a en.iraiv w-nrth n better roper ex inutntion ask yottrseii r inv,,, A,j (Mir .ti .j v,,,,!,,.!, ,),

t'10 question, Can I VOte tor a man wll ) is btlter Iirrpninted ...AiJ-ln-rc .fllw. -r-...t,f ... . ' Aumnilr.iuon, e.C VMO M servetl his constituents better in i : t . lx ini; true to Iiis country in this its hour of peril, or one who will more ably represent us in the t;et Congress, than the present incumbent We end the present number of the Joi-knai. to many throughout the county who are not subscribers, hoping tbat after a careful I i. .i.I.i i)!mi flint' tt'ill cntul il w ' ' J their Ulmes-, ami use incur mini i . i . i i I ence in obtiininc: a circulation for it in their neighborhoods. (iive lis your pitronne, friends,! and we will in return m ve you a piper every way woithy of jjjp 1 support of th public. This id not a fair tspecinin of what we intend to make the i . . . ..' 1 1 JOl'UNM., iiiwcs.Miii.uuu.i

er exetle nor labor to render it 1 to be lu l l ut Cambridge City nrt a welcome visitor to every faini I V ' Auput. Tin re is a cf t tiin elhy.ie in the i 1-. . 1, - ' Ii-tii ii( are li termined to nominate and second to no ot,:cr county;. , ,. . t. - b" a Canvfiümp, l;now mi: well whom the

paper in ttlO Ma. f. - The Governor Ins. i-ain made a call for 1 1 lleiments of Infant-

ry and C batteries of Artillery. Unütsm. What authority th-e men . . i : 1 . : - 1 h.olto meet TT miles from their several ( )ne Ke'iment in to berated in , . t. ..... . counUes and act tor the ; eic in this rnanevery Cmures-uoanl Dienet ' irr u x iVu r lVcul tt, pre. There i The one from tlie fifth is-tO ren- !nn-thin rotten ?n lhnmnk. It already drvom at Uichmond, Ind. The "b f h mistaken, we tl 1 . .,1,, dititiL'iiifli du dire Kdirore hi tie mlit. ouota or ui;t 0111 is a bout JUO rr. ... . .. . , I 11 ,.,.. rI hey are :vfr ud to leave it to the people, 111 U. icverr ftt'irt bein made to defeat this 1 Let these be raided itmnedi- dm. . ' Thfrr art not,arul r:nnnt be, anv ohjecntely as they will, hnnflolph tii,nl (ft a opuliif rittr btj aU)J h,nir, mitn eimnty is never Kliind ami will Why not ht the vtrs dee'de thisqisnever under any circumstances ti)n tin msdve-, and take it out of the , , 11" a.ia bends of tMditutans. Obieetiotm hive be elrtine'l hv tho net til t , . , . . ,. . ... . . . . , . been uri'i-l h;it liie nomination m iiavne any man from within her lord- nilI,ud.dph w.a, not f.irly made. How erS WHS ever drafted. Come nf.i:r: Were not Mr. Juli anVs opponents

out, younmer, anl light for your country, never dviii- honor await yeu. Th public installation of oflb cers ot tue I. V. u. j. came oil lat e onin a work. It wm a .t 'ri At! very mceillair. rheeraer in incherter i? tlourUhir.j finely, iv? it should. There are rranv rea-

sons why every voting nun, par- wir ,,rf rvtirrln" w ln OJr tuU't ... A ,- ... In tic mekt.ti.nr let the fTjU watch that ticularly, khouul connect bitn.elt 9wUUulk MjtftgU witll Oil Fellowship. (by wi'; i.ut.ticiai

The Ui u)t of ihr lUttli of Kit htnond. After ton dayi of u-mense In waiting for the particular of the h days' light bef.re UWhtnond, tve perhaps luve the key which hts us Into the result of thee terriVe engagement which Lave never had their equals on tlie American Continent. Thirty thousand men ani hois lay weltering in their blood. A fearful lo-i to conti -mplatc ! Oiu s heart bleeds to let les ni'nd i t for a Mnirle moment ii'on the carriage of this great battle. There is excite mmt and a certain kind of

jP' in eontctnplatin? n ehnrre upon rtn n,,tn-V5 ,,ut yUh lhe f!fM w)lfu 11,0 mrW has rli iirfil aw.av, when pnsloii ra,.0 ,avf. r,ItJr,, t bum in the boj - '! ,,,ir -reairn, atl you will b.i'"1'1 r;r?'r: ,M VV" th" Ur'U ,,c:,rt wri'p; arxl win n a'l tMi u!l tin1' arcun- .... n()tUll,; u i4 tnl wor-(1 I There t.,,.1 be r,o ,tnni:,-thr fan ,.ur f.,rcr,r,rrcrc-..b.il in frort oMJichrnon 1 wnli tlie If ol "i.itM ) nt our bt so!- i i ni. l a n im ?i)rri-. .iTununt of cornrn''iirv ftori'J, fltMiiutii to enou:'!i, the' 1 1 t ii' I r i . K t-T! Tii.rt t l.rivwntr ehi'in, to fre.l the inhoTiTib.-t irtnv three rn-Mh. Our hnv jaucht el!, bet wer outnumbcrc-l in ev- ! f rv ii't uwe, an I mt w ith a courage in t ... evi rv respect equal to M;c;r ow n. Fr,m rlll., u u teamed that wall dacU,,,, hror-Vt into the fi.U j formt r nmountini: to ,r ), were taken v ,,,r rn'-r- Two f' "'raU aNo f, U !i?to r 1 1 t 1 ; Km! wol.ivoni r. t r;i 1 Cdonel-, .1 I.u.i'.C uhne!-i, and fi Mn'n. The r,hcl Hum to h ive t .ken r,0 V) ' ? ri-oners v hi. h, of course, is an ever-

e-fWottc. Ihit w hr.t have ve rained 1 .till M., they poured it. in thn-n-s, to ' horled and execrited, pie: d and threatenMct.'lellati has cVintrcd his bae of ope- I the vtry evident ann7eti.ent of the Court ' ed, foul JUw r.fl the hm 1! fenerallv,

j rations to the .Tarne river, w fie re his nr-

my U und r he pr't-ction of the irn j have it all their own way. T hev had t no J he-cr d and he.u lit the rah di orpraniin uitid Minl.mU. n.id the advance upon j rnanairement of the previous Convention Z(r, by .all the'r hue of our dlstr.io.te1 Richmond wi'l be made in eorm c' ou i nnd though assun I th.it the l'.irm r oul I i coi-.ntrv, r.' t to co and do po. Hot all to

ith them The swamps of the Chi'kah"tnny wTe :il-o d iinir their worl roor,' itl'ct tnallv than the enetnv. Our trooj ar. now free fiom tlu ir deadly p- i-on nd in a healthful localitv, mi no danger of ha vine th 'r i!Wics c.t i (T as in the cup ef ?, art'i ra'd near White IIou-. I Siitc we are mwti r of the water', nri.iv store can ennc ria Fortress Mor.rnc np the J inic-. rirrr. In nM prohnbilitv the position of the nrmv ? h ttcr than before ; but whv this p"!ition wns pot taken at firt.nn l l.l.eO'l live unci ai d the chagrin of defeat avoidi d. i a ipietioji not easily pettlcd Later rews i tili p;-re eiicourain . Tbnt Cr ii ent'on. There n piite .an excitement in several of thf- counties of this Congressional trict in rerard to the Convention promosrm,lr would o.h e t if left to them. We ' Jo not c'ii'li r the Rctimi of these men :,,!tlii; nff 5n lho .inil ,,1 mit HCt , accorilanec with their rroramiae, unlen Invite to trot cut their man at the April :,'rtirt" "l J ir Wy co,.id?It wa n fult f his that thi rc wm no oppaitiii to hiinlii th.it election. The try all tic time 1. for harmony. Cnth'Miil be secured la any better minnir hn by hvin? all the c.miii dutm prerr tWr n.imc m m! ht tin m mike tneir ron.nnf.on, men m i tober fjuirUy di posit hcir bal.ot f..r the 0f their choice ? Tl.o.e who pursue HitTerentc-rfc will he respot.;Vr for

The Popular Vt svtim being A 1 opted, 'Little Union" hu lecUc-l to nominnte carxli. latex fcr Couiitr an-1 Conrei lonn' office by billot; the rote to be taken on the thir.l Sitnr'lay in An?ut. If w No re'lvcl - the Ponvf ritin which mule thl deetsion, tint tn eis tlie oth r counties of th District Mrello tipn n Con?re"onn Dclent ConTentlon, thl vote shall operate j Intrnctlona to the IVlfates from th evi-rat Tow ti-h;p. Tim three fourth of the Di-ttict, Hfndolph, Wiiype nn-1 t.hiion, in ncoplancc with the pr tct'cc hrrrtof ro, hive re-iolv-i'il in (aroriifthi.ii tno.li of making t nminafhiii. We have tint the ?ea-t iloubt

but that Ifinrv Rn.t Dilaware will, fr m1io, r;efr;rtf if t1ie wls)f8 of " coimiltnl. rTnt. r'UOf rf'n- f1' ,ovr' Jlrnrv 'VHirtv , ' ' " il ' 1 "nTrm",- rr'" 1..., I,,) I - t?. ;.... r. ccMÜn! of w hi' h will h. f.mn l in another IcohiiTiu.) t wti'rb it mi rcjnUfd to rioni- . M.r. 'onal ofiicc, bv Imllot. on the ecoiwl 11 1 . . . r . . i .il ! ' -v 1,1 -W'- l'l!l S roll on. I'or the Journal. TTenrv Tountv l'ipon ('nmvn?!mi. Mrsxn. rfUTns Thoeventful "2-th f J,. OMl1f. an, j,tlt ti)f. mPmrr of it will Ur hn; with o of the riieii.f lenrr rnuntv. I do pot rrof , rwff.,;nM ,.f ,u nn!ni, ilVmveMion, whM-h will npnp the , pwC-.s?Ie Cn,ri,r, but ?i rlv n brief nen.imt of what irm -.id nl done. On the dnv fixed bv nM..irrment. th j Convention ns,em hd,a,d thepeole wereI o. it in their strength. From ea rlv mom i II 'iie politician', who had ca'culatcl to lot re.a on a b!y , H iid proliablv would not turn out on tint day, nothin; ele would do; so by refu-iii' to put the qne-!ion on a motion to adjourn nine ;, previously in ide, the thiii wai er. .'ineered t hrou-rh, , and evirythinpin nice order as thev thoul t ; 1mpcp their nmuement, ump iiirp ii!! what in the world was the mat ter tint ni.my came out? 1 be irreat apathy hitherto r.:ani Tested perhaps an excuse for their not thinking at once, and knowinr (if they did not) that the uniu:th'rled action of the clfeon-tituted L uar lians of this District 's political weal, tvVl a "Congressional District Central Committee," propositiJ a return to the old system of a delegated district nMniiiatiiiLT eonvi ntion, wast the all-siUücier.t caue that roused them. After an or'anlition had been effected u. ,.,, rv, :r(t nf i,.n: Sll!pl. foP Iv: I ,i,int villi a Secretary nnd assistnnt, and ! the unanimous adoption of a resolution pti.lorsinj the action anil norriinces of the ' . State Convention, rejoin Hons were offered by C. Johnson repudiating the action of the go-called district central committee, and jettinir a - day for nominating caiulidates fi.r county oflices, and at the same time to nominate (as far as this county is concerned) a Conrre?srnan.Tlie blank r.is filled with the "2d S.iturday in An;m t." The b ill was then opene d bv J. T. Elliott, w ho condescended to vindicate himself from a newspaper charge of being a competitor in tlie race, by Maying he had no Conjrrexsiot'al aspiration in nrf, ha nM bren an! trill not be a riU'bfi.V.The Ju ljre was pained to sec a rebellious disposition manifc? ted, and in a judicial, prrhipis, I. ut not very judicious way, assured us that, on the day appoiuted ty the District Central Committee, Delepite! vnuld he nrpciinttd anyhow ', that the Cmcnsrioniil nominating Convention on the lh of September t?otild ie held, and a candidate nominated, regardless e.f course wliAt wc did that day. The inevitable c'lielu-don wa, that tie action of th.U Comraittve was authoritative and final. Of cours we thru all felt like we were on a fool'g errand, without authority to do anvthlnp but ratify BnJ sn.ctiou what had bce& alrcidy pre Jctcrnict J tdiouU Le done. The Julj:e admitted, s do all of u?, that, with but two C4Jidatf in the field, there wouU te no unpottmit difference in the tttnlt, on the dnTtTcnt plans propocj. l?ut,M he arpued, 'as it if, thf 51t ' t-Tple ysica ould ccabl i the minerty rule." Tbl jdaa, howcter, ti

Mnobjectioriiblf to h'm .nil hi a --ociate In cae of amity r.f.li'iM, where there nr many cirnli'lates, fchich ihmonttrated thf intincrritif of the objection. It 1 an evil, or at least a lifrcu!ty, neirlv nlway alten. lin ir a nuthiplicity of ran li ! it s, tint on" trill If ttlrttnl who pr'tnary Mifu. rtrrs ere n minority t f all the vote in the pirty ; but it require a nerton of the Julpre'i atuf 'tir to fee, for cornm mi pco)t f a n't, why the minority arc more likely to wh t l a WneroAS rower when ri.t?n;r tlirrrtltf, th:n through Deleprates. They, however, think they cm Hre how a very ?m ill ninority inuy, on th latter pi. m, or nt !eat how one whom verv few like, may b nominated on a rninprrtvv. They hive a 8Upic'nn that T'oliiiciam will tra-h when Of.portun!ty ofV. r. T'.iey have a (li-frut of these Con vi ntiot! h'uc lV!"Titc, nlivivs lnvincr (a they tmivf) .-(,r,ie d.cretionnry nnwer, tnay :'.?. ,', t, bou-ht. or if of imm ic.il ite t rib:ir, tnv b conxeil r driven, or, ?i-nre likely, durrl, and InJu eeil to vote foronptiot nt the 'hoien of the people, by uppcihs for unity and tnrnton v. "O! our bh-pilir? eimntrv ht if we fi'l to .iTrec." Ani fav7c (to the TX'keannn of tlw Deleft r -j.) eeinc such niul auch tinvnMp iirtrr trill accei i this or that p hi Ii 1 .tf, you now come o vote for tM one. mi 1 ei an ? such otrr

! wi" Ctwier le nnil wp ?h h ive hflrrnony.' F.-r orne pui li ehi-a;oi v n thi hv which I the n.o.t ponu'.r candidate .hould be eh.eated or.t of !iw pre-rtrrnp.ce the :nnsh rom fi-ntwl rorm..'tt,e ha.i midc ar. r.vipemeiif-. nel he Ji U'e and other opnnret of J.hn-onV i.-fohttions were .tiivimr t eirrv opt that plan, but for '"ee thev ?-rrial'v f.ilhd ; n?thou-h CA. Murpby scolded coi!idr-rably, end h?. T. Powell altf mat. V coaxed and cufiVd, cxwhile Ferris, u ith tear ith.iost in his evos, purpose. T :it juul ( nres alike un v;iilinr." The b ill h, a. led ma.fs were there, and having lu en sa often Matterini'lv to'd that Hiev were the source of j row er, thev st imi U v to-.t it for earnest. i and resolved to a drienUter a rentle rebuke. t their ftrvi nt, who went to Tndianapolis nnd did the thin thev were not .sent I to lo We were cautioned arrnint the arro jrnneeof one county attemn'in to dictate, to the whole District, (although they knewwevTire attemritinir nothing more than to pet at the choice of the inajorit in the county, and bat it should have its due weirht only,) yet a few citizens, meet inpr torether at Indianapolis on other business, may appoint themselves a District Central Committee, appoint a time, pre Fcrihe a way ftr the whole District, ln the face of the actum of ttr-j counties, dictate the appointment e.f Dcl.rates, At-.; yet these fair-convention men fee nothini; revolatitinarv in it! It is even o rtgula9 that the other way cannot be urged without incurring the charge of Leing rcbtll ious (lisorganirers. As illustrating the animus of the oppo fition, I will state that one of the leadcis, on the streets, charged us with beicg no better than the rebels, or, at least, oar leaden he haJ ro mire respect for. K. HricELiMD, Ilenrv Co. New Department. The Comnvsa.iry (JcmralVi Department of this State has been reorganized, arid an office opened in the State Capitol building, under the charge of Col. A. Stone, Commiisary General. This Department is to look after the wed fare and necessities of tick and diJa bled InJiaua sol Hers, etc. To Dolujqucnts. We propose to all persons now in arrears on subscription to the Journ al, that If they come forward immediately and settlesaid arrearage, and Eubfcribe for for another year, by paying in advance, they can have our paper at one dotier n year, instead of Sl,60 as heretofore. Thos failing to comply with thia propoeiticn may expect to be charged nt our former rates.