Winchester Journal, Volume 1, Number 28, Winchester, Randolph County, 16 January 1863 — Page 2

WINCHESTER JOURNAL.

w i n c H i;vjt 1:11 : t'ritln). January in, isni. J. il. BKVERLV, t : Editor. Importnnt .Notice! Notice is Jerljr riven that I have iVu diy kcM Ij Dt. J. E. hvair rny ii'trreit in thf o.1:e of the U'lhi-histi All tlwte kr"win themselves Indebted !j t:e or tj t'ic linn of Di in a Dim Kr, on r-ic ;f "rriptloti, il JtrtisMig cr j (') wrtrk, tvi!l sec the ncceüy of initin in me Uate f ttlefurt, at I am dctcru)iuJ lo clo.o uj iny book. L. Ci. Dl .. Mo.-vda, Novellier i'l, 1-62. News of the Week. The pre-ent week ha been a' I wee!; of rather discouraging!

, " V x idie(j of conseMivr chills alter exevents and news. On Mondavi . . , . , , ,t, . . ,. 'posure Hi the lcksburgh battles, ll'i. r-f tt n twin- -.I II. til l.. .

we got the news of the taking of Springfield, Mo., on the 8th inst. Our torcrs there are said to be equal to L',0l)l). witli a large amount oi armv tlores. uen. - .

Drown, comr:ia:;uing our jorceji i . ,. , . ,IT i it- i Ii i it certain which, hieut. . lieethere, had Inn shoulder so badly i .... ... bT was wounded by fragment shattered as to necessitate nnipu- , . .

tition, if even that would save Iiis life. the vif K.suritc; aitaik. Our rno.it reliable account of the Vickburg repulse is to the fleet that oar loss and de!eat were not quite so bad as at lirs! reported. Tho center under Smith and Blair made the attack in cood order and canied tlrir . ' ? oy me ri"iu anu ieii were compelled to fall back. Our troops were embarked under a brisk pursuit of the rebel, who, when cominjr in range of our gunboat?, were driven back with loss. Gen. McCIernand, it is said, was to have taken command, but did not reach the ground in time. The result is supposed to be the loss of about ii.OOO men, and nothing gained. We 'may have further particular in time to print them yet. . On ..Monday we had also most disastrous news from Galveston. The following is the Gazette' brief but explicit summary: The news from Texas, via NewOrlcans is of painful inter est. The rebel have tor once been' suereful. On the first inst, five rebel steamers, supported by a land force of ;",000 men. under Gen. Magruder, attacked our fleet and troop at Galveston capturing the steamer Harriet Lane, after a desperate fight, in which nearly every person on board Ayas killed, and compelling two of our gunboats to seek safety in flight. Commodore Kenfnav it ig sr.ip, trie v, e.tiieM, waa uzrouud in another channel, and consequently did not participate in the fight, ft was feared that she would fall into the hands of the rebels, and she wag cor.cquently set on lire. A premature explosion ensued, killing Com. Rensiiaw and Iiis Loit's crew. The land force, which numbered only three hundred, fought gallantry from a whaci igainst the greatly superior num. ix r of the enemy, butwere tinal- ' compelled to surrender. All our vessels in the vicinity have ailed away. One of them has reached New Orleans, and by an arrival yesterday at New York, from that city, we have the facts above stated. On Tuesday we had the glad tidings that it was all a mistake about Springfinld,. Mo., being captured by the rebels. They, on the contrary, hid been repulsed at every point and had not injured ihe town. Gen. Curtis hrd three colums of troops after them. It is rumcred that there are some forty fat sailing vessel, t"vd out in english ports, engaged .transporting munitions of war and clothing into rebel port. Hope this may turn out another mistake, but have fears. Richardon was elected Senator from Illinois, on the 12th. The vote stood Richardson W, Yates 37. Northern Virginia is said to be alive with runaway Negroes, Reeking protection within our JinM, in cone(juencc of theproc-

CASL'ALTIIIS or tiii; LATL iiattm: aitectj.g out own .Mi;..

Many rumors have been circai latcd among our citizens the last few days concerning casualties among our own men at the bat ties near Murfreesboro and Vickslurgh. We have too good evidence of the t ruth of eorne, while others remain in doult.j from Liuet. J. K. Martin, now ihere, we are a?sured that Gabriel CoHtswas killed, that William Segraves died of measles and 'mipclis, on steamboat Crescent

City, at the mouth of White ccs than pure cotton or Jinen rags river, twenty miles above Na-j"" be "worked in," in its manpolcon. Kli Kdwards died ("future. Very few of our exat mm locality of con-1 changes come to us now on such

sumption. Asa Ilavncs" flua,,l 01 P3Pcr as Ilie ,or" Iii m i t rn ?

not bavin- fully recovered from ' recent sickness. l r .. v . ,. . I -'III.. .1 J fillf....! . J . 'i rf i i'd - in Iii i U"i8 a 'killetl or üieü ol disease notr oi snen iwg nus urouen isuoing well. M V Jt.'j II "V lit fc llllll around us for the past few dav

in relerence to the reported deith j look for much decline for a while; of Serg't, James A. Steele, of Co. land the more especially if we K, :Wth Begt. at Murfreesboro, jar to have a new inundation of is at length turned into eertanty. j Treasury notes unless, indeed, We not only find his name in , it be from one of : those freaks oi tK lief nf Uli.! hilf rtvr btvoltf.idc for which there i none-

nll - . I . V. I'll. UIV .Iii jit from private sources. T - . in me same list we una tne name of another one of our own boy?, John Nelson Johnson. To the parents and friends of

the slain we can onl tender ourlr." ÜJ V n.incni ques- . i ji ; tion. Until there U some (tie-

i On Wednesday, at the. time' agreed upon, our Legislature elected U. S. Senators. We have only room at ihi? late hour, to give the matter very briefly. Mr. ShoafT, of Allen, nomina ted David Turpi- for the short term; Mr. Moorman nominated I). D. Pratt. Vote Turnie 85. Pratt (VJ. Mr. Bloch nominated T. A. ' Hendricks for the long term; Mr. March nominated Joseph A. Wright. The vote stood, Hendricks 85, Wrieht C1, Colfax 1. Hendricks and Turpie were declared duly elected. The election of the State officers resulted as follows: Agent of State, Mr. Walker; President of Sinking Fund, Mr. Talbot; Suto Librarian, Mr. Stephenson. A rather comprehensive sumLmaryof Legislative proceedings for the last few days had been prepared IV this No. but cannot be got in the forms. The proceedings have not been so very important in any other way than as shewing the temper and d.tcrmination of members. The Democratic members show a disposition to make the most of their numerical powers. They have furnished liberal cvidence in the way of bills md reso lutions against the emancipation policy of the President, and every thing else having an anti-slavery look about it, and for the enforcement of the 13th article of tht Constitution, the exclusion j of negroes and mulattoes, and other measures of the same character. The most important thing done is the election of U. S Senatort, of which we give ac-

count. No action yet on contest i as a ?0llrPe 0f unqualified happied seais. We are clad the "nir. ness to those whore hones and

ony" is over a!:out the Senatorial election, and think the Republicans did right. Persons having items that ought to go into our paper, will confer a favor by giving us particulars as early as possible. The Indianapolis Journal says: McTaggart Dunn paid to Collector Haughey on last Saturday $2,300, the amount of their Federal tax on hog slaught

ered thi (Mrn.

PIUXTIX PAPIin. 1 There has been some show

jmnde in Congress of either abol ishing or reducing the duty on imported piper and paper mate rial, but, so far, there appear to 1 be but little probability of such consummation. The price of pipr seems now for a time about stationary. Printing paper is worth about 20 cents per pound. This particular kind, and espej cially that on which newspapers j are mostly printed, will probably decline, as many otner sunsiani i . . i r . merly useu. me i. l. lriuune, nieriy useu. inen.i.irio never too fastidious in this lasuuious ' . 1 1 resjPect cornes to us 011 a dec'dedly i .'111- ry . I poorer material, anu mc hineinI lint I i.n-ctt PThirilt n 11 l t n rt speckled nect with stray old tMrJ rtin,..;n c",t,--"-M s showing that much of the material has been in press"' before. But b't no one complain. Give a little indulgence, and let papers have a chance to work through In fine white paper we do not i counting. 1 his kind of paper is now worth from 40 to 50 cents a pound. Congress is almost exclusively : - 1 I .u n ? . I ment of that matter very little oll,Pr bu?iness can be proceeded . . . . . with. At the present the prospect seems to look toward a further issue of Treasury notes. In consequence of this probability, gold and silver hat taken a very sudden and energetic, though it I ma he' Pnodic, "jerk" upj wards. Stocks have done the! same, to a less extent. Governi . ... .... nlem securmes -"'"SOER CAUSE Amid AD. V.e notice some indications of a more favorable state of feelinjr toward our cause among the European powers and people than we Irul been led to suppose existed. It comes through "reliaLle sources" that the French Emperoi has declared himself actuated entirely by friendly motives towards our Government in his late piopositions for mediation. How much that is worth we can't tell. The following, by the late arrival of the Jura, is encouraging po far as it goes. Cotton had fallen slightly from the - i f aiscovery oi a larger stocK on hand than had been supposed: ft RE AT IN I ON SYMIMTIIIZINC MEETINt: OF MANCHESTER okk.mi:. A meeting of the workingmen of Manchester was held at the Free Trade Hall on the 3 1st of December, to pass resolutions in support of the Federal cause, : and agree on an address to Pres ident Lincoln. The Mayor presided, explaining that he did not do so as May or, but simply ns a Belle Hayward among Quakers. Mr Rirnllv. M ll . nrwl ftiA no. gro jackSon, Jeff. Davis' escaped cocahman, were present. A letter was read from John Stuait Mill, warmly approving the demonstratio as a jut rebuke to the mean feeling of a rpnf ivirtinn nfthf nnnnU nnl feirs in the interests of humanity are bound up in the prosperity of the working classes. Resolutions were then pisrrd, expressing sympathy with the attempt of President Lincoln and his colleagues to coerce the South and high satisfac tion at the pro clamation of emancipation, and other measures tending at ence to give freedom to the slave and restore peace to the American na tion. The address to Mr. Lincoln congratulates him on his humane and righteous policy' of emancipation, and beseeches

!him, while vet hi enth!isim if-

nllame, and the tide of events run hih, to finish the work ef-fectually.

The reader will find several articles in this number on the sorghum snbiect. These are printed because the subject is

regarded &s important to us in'e11' drivin everything before

this part of the country and is!incm cross oayou nicy

' likely to become more so. The use. of the syrup is becoming almost universal, and, it is leing

turned to a variety of uses to j '' üut ine lie,(J was ours- Ane which sugar was before regarded j sixt)'-nint went in under a pera. alone fit, till experience has ! fect phou'er of shel,s an(I baIls demonstrated the equal adapta.Uhen we were in the hottest of bilitv of the syrup. Besides ! tlie firc the 1 14th 0hio came run which it is to be expected, fromj nin Pel1 n riSht ovcr us- A the start already made, that the i ,nore scared Fet of cowards you granulating process will vet be ! never sav- The C9th fixed bay. simplified and perfected 'till we !onels and threatened to shoot ev. will notvonly make our own su-jer-v one of iherr- This topped gar from the sorqhmn, but willjlhem and one Captain, seeing also furnish it to the "rest of the Position in which he was pla-

mankind." There is no longer any mistake about the nroductiveness of the crop. The question" is on the manufacture ' into sugar. On what subject would it be 44fizable"as our friend 44Mike" would say, to start a new periodical at the present time? What hut the sorghum culture? That's it exactly, and here it is; we have it: No. 1, vol. 1, "Clark's Sorgho Journal," Cincinnati, O., issued monthly; $1,00 a year. Of course it is "a street little thing." It is very nicely got up and filled with matter interesting to us all, and particularly to our farmers, many of whom are so much intresPd in the Sorghum culture. We will willingly make ourselves agents for such as may want to seud for the work. FROM THE ODTII REGIMENT Miltkfn's Lading, Louisiana. ) Near Vicksiur.r. .Tan.3. 1pM. 3" ÜEAtftfounNAT.: As we have passed through some rather interesting scenes since I last ad - dressed you, it may be interesting' toazain hear from this part of i the army. We started from Memphis the 20th of December, our Regiment

getting aboard the Sam'l Gaty, P1. no m, opposing. The place an old rickety steamer long sirceM pprfectly fortified both by nacondemned ; 'nut she served us ajture and art. noble purpose, for, as we werej 0"r army aS composed of 4 going down the river, the rebels j divisions. Gen?. A. J. Smith would always select the nicest! nn(' Morgan Smith were on the

boats to fire into. They teemed to reverence old age, and would as soon have phot their grandmother as the Sam. Gaty. The fleet was one of the most imposing ever witnessed, consisting ofj nearly one hundred vessels, all loaded to their guards with human freight and their implements ! of warfare. The men were en-j thusinstic in the hope that the! stubborn fortress of Vicksburg must now fall and the Mississippi be open again to free navigation. The sight was grand above ex pression. An amusing incident happened just as the fleet was moving off. One fellow with lusty lungs sang out, "Attention, Universe! Bv Kingdoms, right wheel!' Well, .ve reached the Yazoo river Dec. 2Gth, and steamed up that stream about 6 miles, when we ran ashore and landed, and were immediately drawn up in line of battle, the enemy having anticipated our place of landing, and being prepared to m et us. Our pickets, h wever, drove them hack, and the GOth returned to the boat and slept quietly until early in the morning, when we were again called out and marched across the country about two and a-half miles. Here the front of our division, commanded by Gen. Morgan, began a hot lire, which continued until darkness put an end to the fight, the rebels having led f,un nrnhlr .nth! wiji it wvv. g waa- j l morning the liht commenced again at daylight. It was Sunday, and a more beautiful morning the sun never lighted and warmed. The front 'of our division wa?

again engaged, and the tide of battle seemed to ebb and flow, and uncertainty veiled the fortunes of the day. About ten o'clock a bayonet charge was ordered and the 54th Indiana, with

several others, went in with nj 1-1 1 I'l "t 1 a l

cnargea line oevus, cnasing injioiKs at rmme, ana wisning inemiso cltectuanv Hirtea up ' Dytne

rebels more than a quarter of a mile. Both sides sulTered severe - c,n h,mpp,r' dreu" revolver, ! and Parting back, cried, 44 Boys, 1 bdlow mel and they did follow i r ; : i ,um lorming again ingoou oruer. I he next day these same men fought like devils. Our Kegiment took a position in the woods lately occupid by the rebels. Pools of blood might be seen at different places where brave men had fallen, but fighting in a very bad cause. We had now reached their fortifications, from which they poured shell and canister thick as hail. Our batteries were also hard at work. An extensive description of their fortification is impossible, save to say that there is a range of hilU called Chichasaw Bluffs, extending from the Yazoo River to the Mississippi, a distance of C miles. These hills are all fortified from bottom to top in the manner of steps. Upon each alon; nearly the whole range are -.u . i . ri ertrui-worK wiiu emurasures mr J T P . . cannon. In front of these are rifle pits in which thousands ot soldiers can secrete themselves ! ar,d fire upon an approaching enm' in perfect safety. In front of this whole range of lulls is the Chickasaw Bavou, impassable except upon bridges, rendering it almost impossible for a force to right; Gen. Steele on the left, and Gen. Morgan in the center. On Monday all these divisions were to move on the works. Col. DeCourcey, I think, was the only commander who crossed the Bayon. He lnd command of the 51th and 49th Ind. Volunteers. and 22d Kentucky. These three Regiments charged boldly up the hill and drove the enemy out of their first line of entrenchments I3ut the skillful engineering of the rebels had so arranged it that their rifle-pits and breastworks all opened toward their batteries, and when our men were once fairly in them, the enemy opened with grape and canister, mowing the men down like weeds. It I was impossible for them to stand longer. The retreat was ordered and effected, but with the loss of 300 killed on the field. Many m were wounded and made prisoners. Our dead and wounded lav on the field two days, the rebels stripping them of every article of clothing. Our men sent over a flag of truce and were permitted to bury the dead. While the flag of truce was out the pickets of the two armies t ame and talked together very familiarly. They Ion? for a compromise, and place great hop in the Democratic victory in the North. Tney gave us la'er news from the North than we posscssourselves. During the charge above" spoken of, the mir was I . . . 1 1 under a he.vy fire. 3Iy Company was deployed as skirmishers, ft

,i I . t il not a single man flinching from the chalk line. Neither phell?,

and wen (iia iney noiu meir po j""-'"'! nmiu-. uaii stion from morning until night, jfrom other States say if ever

nor grape, nor minie balli, crmld

make them give an inch. Passing over many interesting events, we will come to Xew Year?. We got up early in the morning to the tune of whizzing shell?. It had rained ail night and we were wet as cats. Alter , thinning oi an -.he oiu anu young . I I il ja happy New Year, we went at ! our old business of fhootini: reb - els. There wasn't much done tnis day, but it was the general J understanding that in the morn ing a general attack would be made. We lay down at night firmly expecting this to be the programme; but judge of our surprise when we were waked up about 10 o'clock and ordered to evamate the place. This was done so secretly that the rebel pickets never drei med of any thing unusual. Our Regiment j w.is the last to leave the woods tWo companies being detailed to cut trees across the road. We fell back to the boats, steamed down the Yazoo and up the Mississippi some 1G miles from Vicksburg. We arc now lying here. What is to be done, I know not, neither do I care; but when it is done will let vou know. G. II. BoNr.BitAk'K. dpt. Co. C. frh In.!.. Vol'. 4 Omer Ind. Mn itarv .agfxcv, j Mr.Mmts, Tmx. J k.n 7th, lbC:i. S

Ed. Journal: Your issue of (hung a man for tearing it down: 2d inst., reached us to-dav, and! Gen. G. N. Fitch, ex-senator was read with as much gusto, as w.ho hungers for treachery to though it had been a will be- j hl tvot)V: v Senators! uire and W right, who. queathing me a fortune. j w.rr arnfn;? tne mo,t c.arnest lor I am here in the hoj.bd of ; ne rrn ol lier:

rebeldo'n, where the ?v?7v i"uirnate rendezvous as the point

most acressihl? for the receipt v, ', v ,. r f . '! D. S Dickinson, one of the of news. Th they are well j mos. HRrif.nt Jvocates for unaware is the all-important mo-jtV negro in any way that will

ment, as upon the issue of tho battles now pending, hangs their only hope of success. Though ostensibly they are in good spirits they are really despondent. Rosecrans has thrashed their Braqy commander, and Sherman has as good as captured the Price of their army of the West. All eyes and ears are nowanxiously turned to the Fast; they for the hope of possible existence, and we for the speedy ter mination of the war. But even! t rit.

uri auiiiasn.i, nii.il iij,u -"";.inj Cominoii 1'lrü and Wurnr Coirmon

we have, unless our policy is changed. As fast as our fighters conquer with the vital blood of

the Nation, the army suckers fol- It'" follow ins r:.i-sut situated iu iiau- , i ft i it r dolr-li countv, Indiina, to-wit: Iow,anu, like the cowardly Irish . p:irt of "tii inith-etuartir of the mercenary. Murphy, at Hollv i souti.-.t qunrtcr of nccti..n thirtj-four.

Springs, surrender all we gain. No longer ago than last week, a Federal officer was caught, here smuggling goods over the lines to the enemy. Let the first post or pillar be the end d all such vi Ilians for an example, and the gailows that of all who refuse to take the oath of allegiance, swearing to protect and defend to the death, if necessary, ti e Gov. ernment of the United States. And further, all who violate this oath shall be speedily hung and not allowed a burial. Pursue this course vigorously and "by the eternal" we si. all soon have peace. Continue our present policy and we shall poon eflectually succeed in making ourself. a byword for the Nations of the earth. Our armies in this Department are at present unusually healthy. When the new Regi ments firft came here they puffer !ed severely with measles, but the most of them have recovered and rejoined their Regiments. The hospitals here are now in fine or der, neat, well venti Hated and attended by zealous and skillful Surgeons. The Agency established here oy uot ...uonon 11 a great nenelit r c. . .1 10 our ,oiaier, and tne praxes or. 0ur hoys for the "soldier i . . triam " hat-A nn m I, ltn.. they reinlist they will go from Indiana. Thev eagerly ask, whv

i don't our Governor lookafter us?

All the boys from our county are doing well. J. Wright, of Capt. Carter's Co. was wounded in tn& ! forearm, by a guerrilla, preity se. , verely, but the wound being a j flh wound I think hi arm can be paved without difficulty. The cotton trade, which was n il .t ! guerrillas in the vicinity, has ! nrrm rrsiimed its usual vior. and to-day the promenade above the landing, is covered with bales of the staple of the South. Fires arc not so numerous as they were; jevs are at a discount. The pick-pockets and rogues of the whole country are here. Theft and murder are of nightly occurence. The 89th is all the Indiana Regiment stationed here. Yours truly, R. Boswckth. TREE DEMOCRATS. Dkmocrats, prominent, uncompromising, intelligent, and influential, were: Gen. Butler, the first general to receive negroes and refuse to deliver them up: Gen. Cochrane, one of the first to favor confiscation and military emancipation: Gen. Hunter, the first commander to ijsue a war-power proclamation of freedom: (Jen. l)ix, who first ordered to shoot down on the spot any one who should attempt to tear down the American flag: Gen. Butler again, who first Col. F. S. Nickerson ot Me. who ofiVred to lead a colored quench lue rebellion: Gen. Busteeu, one of the same: Gen. Hunter again, the first to raise a colored regiment: Gen. Sprague of R. I., the first who proposed to head a colored regiment. Steele Brothers, of San Franeicco, lately made a cheese weighing 1,140 pounds; which realized $140. Sheriffs Sale. 13V virtue of texen Execution to me I lirectl from thr Randolph Circuit 13 lire l'lf;i Court, I will rxo-c to sale at th cirt!iou-e door in Winrlimtrr, KutuJolj Coniitr. TimI., on Sati:r!.ir ti e 7th ii.iv of February, fa, In tn n tne hours of 10 o'clock am ami 4 o'clock n ni of Kai.l 1. - r ' - - - commencing six anI n half r' north of tfe oiith-eist corner of said I.ind, thenc i wot sixty-lour feet, thence -.:th twentv ; thtncc 'xtv-four feet, thence norm iweniy icei in ir.c jjince 01 oepinninjr; al.-o, a jn I of the kouth-ea.t quarter of the south -ea-t juartr of tcctioa thirty. four, township nineteen, range fourteen, east, commencing at the oulh eit corner of s iM trtrt and running north eiphty-sevrn feet, thence west -ixtv-four feet, thenre north twentv fect, thence west one hundred und sixty feet, thence south fix anli-hlf rrnln, thence est one hundred and seventy feet to the phce of heMiinin, exrentins the ground v where the .Maonic fla'l stands ; Io the undivided one-third pirt of ft frt of the west hilf of the south-west qurtee ection twenty four, townh'p nineteen, rnnpe thirteen, e t, commencing fifty-one rod south of the north west comer of Mid land, thence south twenty-one rod, thence enst twelve rod, thence north tire rod, thence west two rod, thence north sixteen rods, ther.ee wet ten rod to tr place ot hcirinniri, together jith like interest in the remains of n hurnt mw mill : l-o the nn-lir'nled one hull of tw acres of land out of the north-eat corner of the south-east quarter of the southeast quarter of section four, in tonhip nineteen, ranpe thirteen, esl, together with a like interest in the remains of ft burnt saw mill. Kxecuted a the property of Renjamin Hunt. Lev! C. Harris and Elih Shoemaker, at the fait of Ifenrv tix et al., R. W. Hooth et I., Miller L Rrowu, Lewis Burk and Marcus Fecheimer. A It JENKINS3, Jan. 14.UC3 2d Fee $9 Sh'fflt C Sheriff's Sale. FY virtue of a venditioni etpona ) and execution tn me directed from the Randolph Coro -on Tie and Circuit voiirt. I wijl expose to sale at the Court IIoue door ;n Winchester, Ranlolph county. Indiana, or. Saturday the 7ih dav of February, 163. between the hours of 10 o'clock m. nd 4 o'clock p. in. of s.ti.1 dar the following real estate, ;tu te4 in Randolph county, Indiana, tot: - ur te .tb-enst quarter of the ao.uh.wret rjuirtir of srrtion sixteen riliV.i teen (14( east, " r " " v - e' - Executed as the property of Meredith SmU at the u'H of John PhoekneT, rieaant Unthank sr.d GrifTn Pvi. A. !!. JENKINS. ... 12, Urfvef b'fT K. C.