Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 189, 17 May 1911 — Page 15

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THE RICHMOND PAIXADIU3I AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1911.

17AYIIE COUNTY VMS ADOLIM HOTBED Old Newport, Now Fountain City, a Station on the Underground Railway.

At early at 1808, before Indiana became atate, tbe anti-slavery movement wat started In Wayne county. It wn inaugurated by the Society of Friend a and waa constantly fostered until the outbreak of tbe Civil War by that organization. Beginning about 1830 abolition societies became more numerous throughout the northern states. When and where the irst abolition society in this county wat organised Is not known definitely. In the spring of 1870 at the celebration held in Richmond over tbe adoption of the Fifteenth amendment of the United States constitution, Herbert B. Payne presented a copy of tbe constitution and resolutions, of the "Richmond Anti-slavery Society, auxiliary to tbe American Anti-slavery Society." The paper beort no date, but Mr. ray no believed the society waa formed In or about the year 1837. Old Newport, now Fountain City, was sV hotbed of abolitionists and was one of tbe principal stations of the famous "Underground Railway," Disregarded the Law. Many Wayne county people asslfted In tbe rescue of fugitive tlavet disregarding both tbe letter and the intent of the law regarding the reclamation of tbe law regarding the reclamation of such fugitive!. Arrests of fugitive slaves were not Infrequent In thla country prior to the war. One slave waa apprehended by a claimant under oath and brought before Justice John C. Klbbey, but the corroborative evidence of ownership was insufficient to Justify the rendition of tbe fugitive. Later the claimant seised the negro on the street and when the latter tried to escape his alleged owner felled him with a blow of his fist. The Southerner was then arrested for assault and battery, was convicted and it Is understood, was fined. The negro was then conducted to the woods by colored friends and for several days waa supplied with food in his hiding place by Peter Johnson and others who, ultimately helped him on his. way to Canada. One of the moat Interesting places la Fountain City Is an old house, now used as ft hotel, which was before the war the "elation" for the "Underground Railway." It was In this house that the heroine of "Uncle Tom's Cabin,1 Ells Harris, was hidden for ft short time after her thrilling escape across the Ice-covered Ohio river. It was William Lacey, native of Fountain City who was first to assist this faoous fugitive as she climbed the Ot!o bank of the Ohio river. Dr. O. N.Uuff In his article on "Anti-Slavery Heroes of Old Newport." has this to say of Ellift Harris: !-' Story ef Ellxa Harris. "There was an organisation of

young men who obligated themselves tor certain duties in aid of the colored people. John Lacey was ft reliable worker and bis son William Lacey did more than any one was ever able to And out. He belonged to sort of secret service,' the members of which petroled the banka of tbe Ohio river, watching for escaping slaves and directing them to places of safety.

"He was the man who assisted EllSft Harris, of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' fame up the bank of the river near Ripley, O., after crossing it In midwinter with

her child, on tne floating cakes of

Ice. He confided to a very few how

he watched with thrilling interest ber

dash for liberty on tbe Kentucky side with her pursuers In hot chase. When ahe reached the . river she hesitated, for It seemed hopeless, but when she realised that she was certain to be captured and separated from ber child, she clasped her boy more closely and leaped upon ft cake of floating Ice and from that on to another and another.

and it looked aa though she must be lost, but she would place her boy on tbe nearest floating ice and drag herself onto the same, and with renewed courage continue her daring escape, while Lacey on the one side and ber would-be captora on the other, witched with dated Interest. Finally with both her and her child nearly frozen, their clothing wet to the akin with Ice cold water, and almost exhausted, ahe reached the Ohio aide and waa assisted up the bank by William Lacey and directed to ft place of safety and protect ton. In her farther flight to Canada, she was shifted from the Sandusky line to tbe Indiana line, which passed through Newport, and ahe was at the home of Levi Coffin a number of days. Her name will live for centuries in tbe story of 'Uncle Tom's CabIn,' and the man who assisted her up the Ohio bank, was at one time ft resident of Old Newport"

PROBABLY THE LAST PARADE OF VETERANS The parade of Indiana'a gallant survivors of the Civil War held here Thursday may be the last In wblcb the veterans will participate in. The average veteran is now between 65 and 70 years of age, many enfeebled by Illness or wounds, and for this reason orders were lusued from the state G. A. ; R. headquarters that Thursday's parade Is to be limited to a mile In length. Many of the veterans who will start In the parade, it is thought will not be able to march even that distance and the local committees will be on hand to take care of any veteran who falls out of the parading col-

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Indiana in the Civil War

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF INDIANA, INDIANAPOLIS, APRIL 15, 1M1. TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: ' ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF INDIANA. I TENDER TO YOU FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE STATE AND NATION AND TO UPHOLD THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT. 10,000 MEN. . OLIVER P. MORTON, GOVERNOR OF INDIANA.

BENTQfl WAS FIRST To Enlist in Wayne County

for the War. .

The news of the firing on Fort Sumter reached Indiana on April 14, 1861. Early the next day the above message from Governor Morton ' to President Lincoln waa flashed over the wires and Indiana'a part in the civil war had begun. , As a result of the first call for troops that Governor Morton made,, six regiments had been organized and were under arms the Sixth to the Eleventh Inclusive. They were all commiaaioned for three months and were under Brigadier-General T. A. Morris. At the expiration of the period of enliatment these six regiments were returned to Indianapolia under order of Major-General McClellan and were reorganized and again sent to the front for three years service. During the period of the civil war there wat a total of 156 regiments organized in Indiana under Governor Morton's calls. The batteries organized and sent to the front numbered twenty-six. Official reporta have given Indiana more than 200,000 enlisted men besides 50,000 militia armed to defend the State. In the number of troops furnished and in the amount of voluntary contributions, Indiana atood equal to any of her sister States. "It is a subject of gratitude and thankfulness" said Governor Morton ' In his message to the General Assembly, "that while the number of troop furnished by Indiana alone in this great contest, would have done credit to a first-class nation, measured by the standard of other wars, not a single battery or battalion from thia state haa brought reproach upon the National flag and no disaatcr of the war can be traced to any want of fidelity, courage or efficiency on the part of any Indiana officers. Without claiming auperiority over our aister States, it is but justice to the brave men who have represented us on almost every battlefield of the war to say that their deeda have placed Indiana in the front rank of those heroic 8tates which rushed to the rescue of the imperiled government of the Nation." The total number of battles In the civil war in which Indiana troops participated Vwas 308, divided aa follows: In Virginia . 90 In Maryland 7 In Georgia 41 In Texas 3 In Arkansas 19 In South Carolina .....2 In Louiaiana 15 In Indian Territory 2 In North Carolina 8 In Pennsylvania . 1 In Tennessee 51 In Ohio 1 In Mississippi ....w 24 In Indiana 1 In Kentucky 16 I In Missouri 9 Total 308

Program for the Encampment

WEDNESDAY, MAY, 17. . Morning

Arrival of Council of , Administration and other officials of Indiana Department, Grand Army of the Republic, and opening of headquarters in the

Westcott Hotel. Main and Tenth Streets. The chief officers of the V. R. C

the Ladies of the O. A. R., the Sons of Veterans, and the Ladies' Auxiliary, Sons of Veterans, will also reach Richmond Wednesday morning and open

headquarters at tbe Westcott. .

Registration . of Delegates of each of the organizations, at Leeds' Room,

S21 Main Street. Afternoon.

Presentation of flag tol Richmond High School hy Indiana Department,

Woman's Relief Corps. Exercises to take place at 2 o'clock, at the building,

North Eighth and B streets. '

Meeting of the Council of Administration of tbe Indiana DeDartment.

Grand Army ot tbe Republic,at the Westcott Hotel. Also sessions of the ad

visory boards of all auxiliarykbodies.

Evening.

Reception in tbe Coliseum, v North Seventh Street, near Haln. in honor of tbe delegates representing. the Grand Army and all auxiliary organizations.

The public is cordially invited. Judge Daniel, W. Comstock, commander of Sol Meredith Post, will preside. The program:

Overture ........High School' Orchestra

Delivering tne Keys to tne city ...Mayor W. w. Zimmerman Invocation Dr. S. R. Lyons Music Quartette Address of Welcome, in behalf of Soldiers and Sons of

Veterans Judge D. W. Comstock

Address of Welcome, in behalf of Citizens .....Hon. W. D. Foulke

Address...., , John E. Gilman, Commander-in-Chief of G. A. R.

Response to Welcome, for Sons of Veterans' Auxiliary, by Miss Addle Wallace, Past National President.

Response to Welcome, for Sons of Veterans, by Legrand T. Meyers, Ham

mond, Indiana.

Response to Welcome, for Ladles ot tbe Grand Army, by Mrs. Alice Kramer,

Lafayette, Indiana. Response to Welcome, for Woman's Relief Corps, by Mrs. Dr. Alta M. Boram, President, South Bend, Indiana.

Response to Welcome, for Grand Army Com. A. P. Asbury Music Quartette

Address ..Hon. Thomas R. Marshall. Governor of Indiana

THURSDAY, MAY 18. Morning f Openiu; of Department Encampment, O. A. R. in the ColUeuru. Opening Besslons of the W. R. C, in the Gennett Theater; the Ladies of the U. A. R., in the High School Hall; the Sons of Veterans, in the Circuit

Court Room In the Wayne County Court House; and the Ladies' Auxiliary,

Sons of Veterans, in the Superior Court Room. Afternoon. The thirty-second annual parade of the members of Indiana Department,

Grand Army of the Republic. The Sons of Veterans w ill also participate, and

in addition there will be several of Richmond uniformed societies in line. It is desired by tbe committee in charge that a special effort be made this year to have every visiting Grand Army member in line, as well as every member of the Sons ot Veterans organization.' . Evening. Camp Fires will be held at $ o'clock in tbe Coliseum and in the Gennett Theater. At both places programs of special interest will be given and several of the speakers will be heard at both tbe Coliseum and the Gennett. Participating in the exercises will be the following: Fred E. Bolton, Commander-in-Chief of tbe Sons of Veterans, U. S. A. The Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker. of Ohio, Soldier, and former United States Senator and Governor. General Warren Kelfer, of Ohio, Soldier and former Member of Congress. Hon. Frank Tilly, of Terre Haute. Judge Joseph Letfler, of Muncle. . Rev. S. It. Lyons, of Richmond. ' v Rev. J. Everist Cathell, of Richmond. Gertrude Seely. of Ft. Wayne. . - Sara Henderson,' Recitationist Laura Burr, of Anderson, Soloist. Anna M. Fetta, of Richmond, Reader. The Apollo Club. Children from the Knightstown Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans' Home. At Campfire. at Coliseum. Dept. Com. A. P. Asbury will preside. , At the Gennett Theater, Hon. John L. Rune will preside.

fJ vl. ' 7 oi V l WS J r

rember 25, 1828. At fifteen years of

age he was at work In Cincinnati as a chainnaker, remaining there two or three years and then coming to Richmond,v He later returned to Cincinnati and when tbe Mexican war began he enlisted as a private in Company K, U. S. Regiment of Mounted Riflemen. 1 He served fourteen months. Upon his return to Richmond, be read law with William A. Bickle, was admitted to the Wayne county bar in 1851 and began practice with Charles Clark. From 1852 to 1854 he served as district attorney. In 1855 he was married to Sarah A. Wiggins, daughter of Daniel A. Wiggins, of Richmond. In 1856 be was elected judge of the Common pleas court, serving one term. When the war of the rebellion began he formed a company in a day's time, Anil 16, 1861. and the day following reached Indianapolis. He was unanimously elected Captain of his company which was assigned to, the Eigth regiment, Indiana Volunteers, and was soon made colonel, commanding the regiment at Rich Mountain. After three months' service he reorganized the regiment and reported to General Fremont, September 14, 1861. His regiment served in the memorable campaign in Missouri and Arkansas. At Pea Ridge. Colonel Benton commanded a brigade and for gallantry was promoted to brigadier-general. He returned to Richmond following the war but a year later went

to New Orleans under a government appointment and died , shortly afterward.

SOUVENIR PROGRAM WORK OF D. S. COE

The souvenir program for the G. A. R. and allied organizations encamp-

Lments in Richmond, from the press of

Nicholsoa & company, is one of the finest books of its kind ever published in the state. Demas S. Coe, auditor of Wayne county and a former newspaper man, wrote all the interesting articles it contains and the general public will never know the great amount' of work required of Mr. Coe in securing the material for his articles and obtaining some of tbe old photographs and wood cuts with which the book is illustrated. The only photograph in tbe book Mr. Coe did not secure was the one of himself. He never knew it was in the book until it

came off the press, then be

peevish, fearing the public would thlaSc j . him egotistical. How the Coe photograph, w as smuggled Into the valuabl little book will not be told for fear Mr. Coe will learn the dark secret.

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LINES EXCURSIONS

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Elwood Iloltomo Logansport

Wayne county's first soldier was a war veteran at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. He had served

in the Mexican conflict and it was the

expected that happened when he took the lead in the formation of the first

company formed in Wayne county to

answer to the call of Governor Morton for troops. It is a matter of historical record that General Benton's company was the first to reach Indianapolis to report to Governor Morton. General Benton was a native of Newmarket, Frederick county, Maryland. The date of his birth was De-

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FRIDAY, MAY 19. ' Friday will be devoted exclusively to the business sessions of the Grand Army and all auxiliary organizations. Most of the business will be completed before the noon adjournment and officers elected. .. The Encampment Committee found it impossible to arrange for any special entertainment for Friday owing to uncertainty of the time of adjournment of the conventions of the various bodies and because of the fact that most of the delegates will desire to leave for their Domes during the afternoon.

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