Winchester Journal, Volume 1, Number 42, Winchester, Randolph County, 24 April 1863 — Page 2

WINCHESTER JOURNllT

WINOIIKHTEK" Pridar, - April 21. 1C3. News of the Week niKWinASci: in Indiana. Snmc of the citizens of Brown county in this State, attempted to hold a Unioa Meeting last Simrchy, (Apr. 16th), but on as. ambling, they found a large number of copperheads, armed with revolvers and squirrel guns, und led by Lewi Prasser, already on the ground. The Union men selected another place for their meeting, but Prasser and his troop followed them up. While Capt. A. D. Cumming of the 70th Ind. Reg. was speaking, Prasser began to threaten some of those near him, wearing that he would kill two of them before night. . Sergeant Daniels, of Company M, 3rd Ind. Cavalry, approached and aked whom he was going to shoot, Prasser aimed his rifle at him, but the Sergeant wrested the gun out of his hands, whereupon Prasser drew a revolver and ahot Daniels through the heart, killing him instantly. Another traitor named Snyder iired at another loldier but missed him, the ball passing through the bonaet of a lady across the treet. Capt. Curnming seized a ritle from one of the K. G. C's. and phot Prasser, breaking his leg. Snyder was at once arrested, and tent to Indianapolis under guard. Th dispatch to the Gazette of Tuesday, says Prasser had not yet been taken, but that leading Democrats have gone to Brown countv, to advise obedience to the laws, and prevent further bloodshed. On the same day that the affair in Brown county took place, a iquad of mounted men, armed with revolvers, came into Danville, Hendricks county, and said they expected Dan. Voorhees to speak there that day. They all wore butternut., and went about " flourishing their weapons, and cursing abolitionist?. They soon got into arf altercation with n Union man, and then began to fire on the people. Six Union men were wounded, besides a little boy who was mortally wounded while walking alon the street. A company of the Legion was assembled ai soon as possible, and then the butternuts ran away. The number of the insurgents was greatly exaggerated by the first reports. LATEST NEWS. A number of the leading Hendricks Co. rioters have been arrested and brought to Indianapolis. Several of them expressed the bitterest regret that they had been deluded into joining the K. G. C'l. and made affidavits revealing what they had learned of this .treasonable organization. It appear that a large number .of men are inarms at George- ' town.JBrown Co.,'Ind., to resist ' the arrest of Prascr, who phot Sergeant Daniel?; but the number is doubtless over estimated. There has been an advance from the Rappahannock; a large cavalry force under Gen. Stoneman having occupied three or four small town?. There was a little skirmishing, nothing important. The movement has been delayed by a heavy rain, which raised the small streams beyond fording depth, and made the roads too heavy for the progress of artillery. On the night of the 16th, Admiral Porter ran past the batteries at Vicksburg with tlx gunboata and two transports, carrying a hrge number of soldiers from Gen. Grant's army. There 1 are now eieven gunboats below

ÄeTVi7k76ürg" Hatten es," Inclüd ing three under Admiral Farragut. It is - said that the rebels ar evacuating Vicksburg; but this is uncertain. It seems likely that the surrounding country

may be occupied by our forces to such an extent as to make the rebel stronghold either untenable or useless. -Gen. Foster, who has been to long besi;ged at Little Washing ton, I. C, has succeeded in passing through the rebel forces and has reached Newbern in paiety. His men are supplied with provisions and ammunition, and, it is thought, can hold the place till he can organize an expedition for their relief. The boat on which he escaped was exposed to a continuous fire from batteries and sharpshooters, for several miles, and was almost riddled bv shot and shells. The pilot was killed. No other loss of life. Adjutant-General Thomas has issued an order relative to the organization of the 1st Regt. Arkansas Volunteers of African descent. Lieut.-Col. Wood, 1st Ind. Cavalry, is to be Colonel of the Regiment, and the Field, Staff and Line officers, are all but one Indianians. The Gazette publishes an article from the Lexington Observer giving an accout of rebel outrages in the mountain region of Kentucky. Some, of Humphrey Marshall's men have been burning the houses of Union men in Owsley county, stealing all the horses and robbing the houses of valuables. In Wolfe countv m they burned forty-three houses. The Union men are beinz driven j from their homes; hiding in the mountains, they suffer the greatest distress, and their families are in danger of starvation. The Nashville Union Club to-night, passed unanimously, a resolution that slaverv dishonors labor; smotfrera enterprise; is incojppatable with intelligent, pound morality and the permanency of the Renublic: that it prevents the development of the resources of the State, drives out the industrious, and lessens the free population of a free country. The resolution declares it should be abolished as soon as compatible with the safety of slaves and the interests of loyal masters. The clnb consists of five hundred member. Gen. H. B. CoVrington who has been for some time in command of the District of Indiana has been ordered to turn his command over to Gen. Milo S. Hascall, and to report to Gen. Burnside at Cincinnati to give an account of his administration. We do not know what reasons the government may have for this step, but we do know that it saddens all loyal Indianians and makes sympathizers with treason rejoice. Gen. Hascall is an ex. cellent officer, and has done well where he has been tried. ANOTHER VOICE FROM THE AK.MY. William Hall, of the 13th regiment, from Hamilton county, in a private letter to his mother, from Suffolk, Va., March 22d, gives the Copperheads some stinging blows. He savs: "I wish you had given me the names of some of our pecesh neighbor?, for I would like to send a few of them the sentiments of this part of the army. Oh, how I wish I could be there only one week and hear any one use language said to be common there. I think if ou had a few soldiers from this" place among you at home you would get the job of burying some of the Copperheads there. You have little idea of the indignation of the soldiers here, when they read ol the proceedings of the Copperheaos at home; for well we know they are doing us more harm than any rebel we meet on the battle field. I could kill any

one al home for his treason with '

much better grace than 1 could any rebel on the field. Sometimes I think it well none of us can get furloughs hom, for if we could come these cursed and worse than traitors would be doubly sure to meet with treatment they little dream of.. I mv?elf voted for the rebel Breck inridge for President, but long since I saw my error. I missed it with my vote, but I have been more than two years making it right with my musket, and I know I have not missed every time with it." He adds in regard to peace: 'We cannot help but succeed if we are only true to ourselves. To talk about peace by submitting to the rebels now is nothing but cowardice. True, we have some soldiers writing home that ithey are tired of the war, and that we might as well give uJ. I know some of these; they arc grumblers, and never have done anything. They are always sick when there is a fight in prospect. They are hooted at in the regiment, and do not deserve the name of men. They are noteven good ninnies. Such are the men who write about dissatisfaction in our armies. I am sorry that there are plenty of would-be editors who jump at such garbage for.pubhcation." CONK .NOT LOST. Died, tit Georgetown, District of Columbia, on the 2:th day of February 1G3, Brother Joseph Cook, a worthy member of Lynn Lodge, No. 223, State of Iti'iintia, and First Lieut., Company C rJtQ Ilegiment Indiana vouluntcers. We, the Committee appointed by Lynn Lodge to drift Resolutions expressive of the sense of the Lodge on the death o our deceased Brother, Joseph Cook, beg leave to submit the following: Whsrea, It has plea&ed the Grand Architect of the Universe to call from labor to repose our worthy and beloved Brother Joseph Cook; therefore be it Resolved, That we deeply mourn the loss of our worthy Brother, whose pure and elevated character and walk in life, commauded the respect of all who enjoyed tits ever social acquaintance and friendship while living, aüd for whose true Christian and Masonic faithfulness the members of Lynn Lodge will fondly cherish his memory in death. Retolttd, That in the death of our worthy Brother, community has lost one of its most useful men and society a social and genial friend, while Maonry has lost a shining light and a devoted and endeared member. Reiolred, That we tender our warmest sympathies to the bereaved family nd numerous friends of our deceased worthy Brother, and would especially commend then to Him who rules the boundless Universe, and to whom all must sooner or later bow in humble submission ; and we humbly ask hereby to mingle our grief with theirs for the loss of our much loved but departed Brother, and would say to them There's a World where all are equal; We are hurrying to it fat: We hall meet upon the ' level " there. When the pates of Death are past. Resolved, That, as a token of respect to the memory of our departed Brother, the members of our Lodge will wear the usual badge of mourning for 30 days. Thus has another patriotic heat throbbed out its love of country in its sweetest trains, and is stilled and laid low in the grave; another funeral cortege has passed to th tomb to deposit the loved remains of ont of Death' victims, cut down in the prime of life while in the service of his country, far away from home and home's sweet, heavenly influence. Resoltecf, That the Winchester and Richmond papers be requested to publish the foregoing preamble and resolutions, anJ that copies thereof be furnished, as far as possible, to the family of the de ceased. Johw Harris, C. LovcrrLi.cw, Nathan Harris, H. D. Nickoi.s, Committee, mum Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm, reformer, editor, etc., has, it is said. jut been put in a position in the War Department. Salary Si, 000 per annum. She is full nouh of "fight" to command a legion of soldiers in the field. The bill to prevent the immipration of negroes into New Jersey, alter passing the House was amended in the Senate, and eventually lost. Anothkr Awful Outrage On Freedom or Speech. The following instance of suppression of the freedom of speech occuried at Altoona, Penn.: "A copperhead remarked to one of the soldiers that he was only fighting for thirteen dollars a month and the nigger. He had scarcely uttered these words when he took to his heels at the rate ot 2:40, the soldier following with fixed bayonet. The copperhead, better at running than lighting, escaped with a flight bayonet wound.

Army Correspondence. St. Grmivieve, Missouri,)

t,. -n "1"' I ' , April 9th, lfG3. $ i i .u m.u j 1 Dte last the 24th was under k wrote last trie ium was under iiimi vittii w m - O ' In pursuance of ..id order. ! left CamD Benton on Salbatl. morning, oi course, aim em i barked upon th "John Warner1 or "Young's Point;" but just be fore the boat left the wharf, Gen. Hnrtis came in person to an lounce that a dispatch had been received from Washington counermanding the order eending us to Vicksburg, and giving our Colonel permission to take the Regiment back to its old position in Missouri. Our trip from St. Louis to this place was exceedingly tedious, and to me as disagreeable as tedious. The distance ran is only CO miles, but it occupied from 1 P. M., Sabbath, until 4 A. M., on Tuesday, having enjoyed the felicity of sticking on a sand-bar for 29 hours and be ing tied up to the bank for 8 hours more. The boat was loaded down to the eunwale with freight before we embarked; then in addition to the Regiment, baggage, supplies, horses, etc., there were about an hundred straggi;rj returning to their Regiments at different points down the river. The boat is old, very much strained, had only been raised from beneath the water of the Mississippi a few days previous to our trip, and was so heavily loaded that the river ran over her deck amid-ship, so that she was only kept afloat upon deep water by incessant pumping. You may imagine that riding upon such a craft, with an excellent prospect of having to swim lor one's life, was not more than agreeable. Over the drunkenness, swearing, blasphemy, gambling, etc., I would drop the veil; would I could erase from my own memory the sights and sounds that trip exhibited. During the trip I saw an exhibition of inhumanity which deserves to be published everywhere. Owincr to the excessively crowded state of the boot the Senreant-Maior of the 23d Iowa was pushed from the hurricane-deck and fell uoon the main-deck; in addition to several severe contusions, the poor fel - low had his thigh fractured. - - The Surgeons of our Regiment did for him all their circumstances permitted, but as it was impossible to render him the assistance his injuries demanded, they ordered him to be carried on board the Tug-boat 44 Frances Fisher," and to be taken back to St. Louis for hospital treatment. On his being carried on board the "Fisher" her Captain seemed much exasperated, and demanded to know "Who was going to take care of him?" On being told that a comrade had been detailed to attend upon him, he replied, "Thtn throw him down!" Surgeon Little, who superintended his removal, inquired 'if the poor fellow could have a btate-room?' "No!" said the Captain, "I've no state-room for him!" The Surgeon then inquired "if he could get a mattrass to place between the deck and the sufferer's bruised body?' One of the deck hands ran and broug'it one, when the Captain brutally ordered him to "take that mattrass back!' I regret deeply that there is no statute-law by which such an inhuman scoundrel can be punished aa he deserves; but, in the absence of such law, have done what I could to let every soldier in the United States Army have an opportunity of putting a black mark against the name of Capt. Briwer, of the Tug-boat "Frances Fisher." We go from this place to Pilot Knob as soon as our wagon train arrives. A. L.

- MrarRExstoRo, TixxxstrrJ April 13th, 1C3. ( Editor Journal: I am in the

S ny of the Cumberland. take the responsibi ity . y . J j.ä " ; - coming , also abiding Confidence in its leader, (Old Rosy, as they call him.) In all that great army you will j hear no word of complaint against Gen. Rosecrans. This is the test of strength in any organization. His fortifications are of the stron gest character, and built with a view to permanent occupancy. They will be completed in a few days. There is daily skirmishing in front, resulting from attacks upon our pickets by the rebels. Before coming here I visited the 84th, which is at Franklin under Gen. Granger. As there is said to have been a great deal of dissatisfaction in that Regiment with respect to the conduct of the war, and the good people at home are anxious to know the facts, I shall speak more particularly of that. As to its location and description of surrounding country, your readers are already sufficiently posted. The morning report, which I took from the Adjutant's book, shows conclusively the falsity of the stories which have been cir eulated at home. Here it is: FrrscDt Commissioned Officers.. 34 Enlisted men Q'2'2 Total present C"6 Absent (lucluding sick) ICO Aggregate number ... . blC I have inspected Indiana Regi ments in different departments, and know this to be above an av erage. Unusual harmony pre vails among officers and men. Col. Trussler and Maj. NefT arc wry highly esteemed, and the)' are truly deserving of it for their gentlemanly deportment and kind ness to their men. Others, of whom I have not room to speak, are deserving of credit. Captain Miller is in hospital ; has had typhoid lever, but is slowly convalescing. As to the jeeling of the boys, 1 wish it ! were the same at home. The j 1)0S are n11 riShl- They hail the Uia!1 Wl very wlseiV a in?' that the n,ore men and the j sooner brought into the held, the jsooner W,U lhe war be ended; at the same time expressing a desire that certain of their friend be included in it, that they might be brought to Dixie and learn to be loyal men; for it will only be necessary to form the acquaintance and learn the hatred to Yankees of rebels, to convince them that a vigorous prosecution of the war is the only way to peace. Thev denounce the deserters from their Regiment in the bitterest terms, saying, it not only places a stigma upon their record, but places double duty upon those who remain. And if you at home, who have discouraged the boyi by your calumnies, could hear their disapprobation of your course, you would reproach yourselves. They say you are heap, ing upon us double duty, pro tracting the war, and that much! longer delaying Our return to our homes and families. There is one suggestion I wish to make to all who have friends in the army: Write them more letters. If you could eee them crowding around the mail-bag, watch the expression of joy upon the receipt ol a letter from home, and the disconsolate appearance of those who receive none, you would write often. You should make it a rule to write at least once a week whether you receive any word from them or not. Your lettere generally go immediately to them, but on account of many hindrances, theirs cannot come to you punctually. R. Boswobth.

Died. WAY. At the residence cf hit father In this place, ca Monday, April 29th, Henry T. Way, a soldier of Co. H, 64th Kegimcat Ioiiaca Volunteers.

He enlisted last August, was taken sick about the 1st of March at Nashville, and was brought horse by his father some two weeks go, but it was too late to restore him. II 1 (besidas very many relatives and friends. !Hew" in the com?an froro thil r,4Ce 5n the cth Keeiment during th thr montha'erriee at the beginnin- f the war. This ij.oot iaor offering od the altar of our couctrj. CHOPPER Wednesday April 22. 1?C3, Wm. A., onlr son of Daniel n,l Elizabeth Cropper, aged nearlj four and a half tears. Just when little Willie has become interetin and pleasing to his parents ind relatires, the relentless hand of Death grasps and summons him to join that Innumerable host that journers to the realms of eternit?; but we hare thia one consoling thought: He vis but a mere child, and it is said cf children that, "Of such Is the kingdom of heaven. Willie dwells no more with u, but with the "angels aboye." E. NOTICE TO HEIRS Of Petition to Sell Ileal Estate. State of Indiana, Randolph County. NOTICE is herebr pTen that Silas T. Gordon, Administrator of the Es tate of John B. Havenridge, deceased, hss filed his petition to sell the Real Etate of the decedent, his personal propertf be ing insufficient par his debts; and that said petition will be heard At the next terra or the Court of Common rless, f said county. Attest: JOHN B. GOODRICH, April 18th, 1SC3. Clerk. . 42 APFOIIVT.TIErVT. "jVTOTICE is hereby given that the tinJ dtrsigned has been appointed Administrator of the Estate of Lorenzo Byrum, leceased, lat of Randolph County. Said Estate is iir;ocd t be solvent. CALVIN I. HICKMAN, , April Slth.'le'C.?. 42 AJm'r. AppllcTon f TOTICE YS HER for License. JVTOTICE Yi HEREBY GIVEN, that y the unyersirned wU make Applica tion to the L" ard of Comm:s?ioners of Randolph county, Indinna, for a license to sell intoxicating liquor in less ouanti ties than a quart at a time, to be drank on the premises at the following place, to wit: llepinning rj feet east of the South west corner of inlot No. 1?, on Washing ton Street in the north-east square in the town of Winchester and county aforesaiu, running meiice easi 10 lett, thtnee north 40 feet, thence west' 15 feet, south 40 feet, and in the house in which Pat rick Kellev ha been keeping Grocery. JOHN GUEISH EIMER. April 24, 16G.1. 42 CAREY S. GOODRICH, Attorney at Law, TTTIIT ATTi:M) PItO.MPTLY TO collecting and 6ecuriug claimi and obtaining pensions and hick pay for soldiers and their heirs. Office on first floor of new Jail Building. ANo, Notary Public and Agent for the sale of Ileal SsUte. n3Cly THE Family Sewing Machine, FOR ONLY TWELYE DOLLARS! f lHIS ia a need of crtry. family where 1 clothing is to be ytwed or ilothinp worn. With this midline a wonj.ni cm take fifty stitches to on lv Iihii1, mvi tltt-reforc saves time, and time h inoiu v with women 'as well as men. This machine i not ti dilfjcult to use or ?o liable to ret out of orJir us those hi-h priced and complicated machine. t does u 1 1 kinds of ewiug equally well, the Üinst muslin or coarsest cloth. To be appreciated, it neeJj but to be een; and we have no doubt all ho purchase it will consider it the best investment they ever made with twelve dollars. We offer th machine to the citizens of Randolph County, through our traveling Ajrent,. Anv one wanting one of these machines; by addressing a line to Nelson Sawyer, W mchester, Ind., thall Lave one delivered at his residence. . JOHNSON JJROTIIERS 4 CO., 41 Manufacturers. State of Indiana, Randolph County. la the Randolph Common Pleas Cocrt, June Term. Ie63. : Jeremiah Smith ) Complaint ts. V to Carl Hammel. - ) Foreclose Mortgage. The PlaintifT now comes and files his complaint herein, together with an nffidarit that said defeudant if not a resident of the State of Indiaua. Notice is th-refore given fail defendant that unless Le be and appear on the 1st day cf the June Termof th lUn.lolni. I CoHirt of fiimmnn f'l.ic I i i i I the Court House in Winchester, on the 4th Monday of Juno. !-M .n.-. f w i i a an: it the complaint or demur thereto, the same will be heard and determined in Lis absence. Witncn my hand this ICth day seal. of April, JOHN H. GOODRICH, Cl'k. Corporation Election. THERE will be an Election held at the Court House in Winchester, on Monday, he 4th day of ily. leG3, for the purpose of electing five Truste, a Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor and Marshal, for the town of Winchester, for the ei suing year. J. D. SMITH, April 17, 16C3. 41 Clerk. JOHN D. CROWLEY, M. D. PHWCIAX AXD SLRGEOX. . Part'euUr .attention paid a diststs of THE EYE AND EAR. OTFien and RI.SIDE.XCK north side of Washington ftreet, near north-west corner ol Public Square, Winchester, Ind. 41 For the latest telecrarbic news, alwayi ' consult tht Winchester Jcnsai..

ABBOTT'S HISTORY

or THE GREAT REBELLION! Abbott! the mostnoted wr'.ter and essayist of the diT, &d bis time. He shows that more than thirty years ao the rebellion ws inaugurated, "which wii then at a little c'oud no larger than a mao'a hand, bet 'which continued to prow aad spre.i l until, as a solid phalanx, its dark folds from horizon to zenith orershtdowinp our whole country, and pours out it rial of wrath in lightnings and thunders. Fellow-citizens, you lore your coutry, and hare an interest in its history; you feel honored by the brarery and berim of the fathers, husbands and sont of Indiana, who so nobly rislted their Irves at their country's call. Iadiana soldiers bare bonorad the State and Nation ar.d have therefore largely contributed material for Its historv, of which Ab bott haa given due promicece. He baa vividly portrayed those acts or patriotism and bravery which 11 the highest part n bwtory, and will atand engraven in tb highest niche in fame'a cloud tipped tcmpie. i arent, i; you wish to have yoor children intelligent and patriotic, gtt them Abbott's History ol the Rebellion it is written in the most faicinatinr etvle. And what will, afford the soldier more pleasure, when he returns, to tisit hla friends, branny the cars of many a well foupht battle, than to find with" them a book with the history of the buttles of Donclson, Shiloh, Morfreebro, Pea Riilre, Rich- Mountain, Antietam, and ft host of others in which . he performed such a heroic part. e pive a few of tht names of the mary Statesman, scholars, and soldiers, who have patronized and recommended Abbott's History of th Keeiliou. Jarel Sparks, Edward Everett, II. W. Longfellow, Wm Sprapae Gor ernor R. I.; Richard Yates, Governor vf Illinois, Schuyler Coifs x, Lewis Wallace, and O. P." Morton, Governor of IndJ' ana. J. C. OIBBONS. Aentfor Randolph Co. Mrs. N. A. Williamson, MANTUA MAKER. OFrnits urn sfjivicfs to the ladies of Winchester and ticinity. Havinp had several veara' ex perience In New Hampshire, she feel confident of piving satisfaction. ResMt-nce in the Frazee property. South of the Seminary. 40 Spring Dress Goods! Just received at the TRADE PALACE. 2G and 28 WEST WASHINGTON-ST., INDIANAPOLIS. SILKS, CHECK POPLFNS, FRE'VCII POPMXS, JIOZA.MMQUL'S, r.MPitr.ss ct.otit, FOULARDS, Npw Style, rOITLllCD DEL WES, SPKnO DEL AN ES, FRENCH CALLIO. nUME, LORD k CO., Lnte H. A. Tletchrr & Co. CLOAKS AND SHAWLS Smethns new and beautiful, just re ceivel at the . , TRADE PA LATE. HUME, LORD & CO. CARPETS. The li r?rf. ftocli in the Wect, eomrriinr evrrv cra'le from the beautiful Medallion to the common Hemp, bought iiinrtr dars Afro, und will be sold at a small advance on old prices. ALSO Oil Cloth?, Ruj:, Mat, BufT Holland, . .. Green Hotlnnd, - Curt&ini, Pnmak Shndei, Embroidrr"d Krppt, Straw Mnttiup, Coco Mattinf,' &c, A.c. At the TRADE PALACE. Hume, Lord tfc Co. PAPER JÜNGINGS, A very large stock of all grades, selevtei with much care for Spring trades ALSO WINDOW SHADES,' GILT CORNICE, BANDS, CORDS Sc TASSELS, PICTURE TASSELS Together with a complete assortment of House Furnishing Goods: TRADE PALACE, K26 AND 28 Wct Washinffton-Ht., HUME, LORD & CO; , ' PIK)PniETOR S. .. Appointment. jyrOTICE Mhereb pirtn, that the tinll dersigncd has Uen pp'in,' Administrator of the est-ve of Absalora Hur t, decra-rd, late of P.anJo'rh cooety, Indiana. The eMute is rrob,lb,t ! PEQPGEjJ'y KS;. Arril 0. lrC3. 40 Administrator. , . . NOTICC is hereby given that tte jmiersipned has teen appointed Administrator of the Eetate of Allen Thomas, deceased, late of Randolph Countf. Said Kstate i sorrowed to ba solvent. IRA J. HINSHAW, April 11, 16C3. 41 Adniaistrattr.