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Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-12-12
From Fort Monroe.

FORTRESS MoNRoE, Dec. 9th.
Tile steamer Spaulding arrived
here this morning from Hatteras
Inlet, and brings Intelligence of
a naval engagennt between the
United States gun boats Stars ard
Stripes, Underwater, Puanam
and Ceres, and two rebel gun
boats Between 20 and 80 shot
and she'll were fired on each side
without doing any damage. Sew
eral shots cane close to the
SpauldIng fron the rebel boats
to which Capt. Howes replied
rom his guns.
By this steamer we learn that
on the "a inst. a furious gale pre-
vailed at the Inlet, but the FORTH
cations remained uninjured by
the tide, which was not as nigh
As that OF the previous month.
/ ne troops were III goou health.
A flag OF truce has Just come
down from Norfolk, bringing Ho-
rotio Eagles and 5. ladies' and
children. Mr.. Eagles was, re,
leased on his parole. The pas
sengers report nothing new.
According to a dlspat,h dated
Augusta, Tybee Island was evac-
aaied by our troops, andthe light
house blrned by tie rebeIs.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-12-12

PRooLanATIoN ~ rhE GoysaxoR.-The
Great pni,'ic lroubles, and distress now
Existing, are such that, in my opinion,
the public welfare requires that the Leg
stature should be- convsaed: Therefore
the several members Of the Winchester
Legislature OF the State Of Indiana, are
hereby required to meet in their Hall. in
the Court House, in Winchester, on FRI
lay evening, the 18th day Of December,
lsGi. at ! O'Clock p. N, fos the purpose
Of transacting the public business.
In testimony whereof have hereunto
subscribed my name and caused The
seal OF the State a. lie affixed this 30
day Of December. 1861.
JrR. SMITH.
By the Governor.
+. L. WarsoS,
Sccre' arv Of State.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-12-12

Ding dong! ding-dong! went
the Court House bell on Satur-
day. Its slow and solemn peal.
rung out upon the dali and murky
day Ike a funeral knell. We
lelt that some great comiag event
was casting its shadow before it.
For some days past, certain indis
putable indications, that we might
mention, betokened that some
thing, ;nomentous and alarming
was a5oGt 10 transpire. As a
faithful chroaicier OF events, we
.eIt it oar duty to be on the alert ;
when the day arrived, we deter
mined to be there. Armed with
pencil and paper, we repaired TO
that unique, bat somewhat dilap-
dated Temple OF Justice located
near the center OF the Public
Square, took our seat on a three
legged chair, and awaited patient
ly the progress Of eyeats. Fo- a
long hour nothing was the order
Of the day Presently, after lauclI
maneuvering ard considerable
whispering, a few Of the crowd
absented themselves to the uppe.
rooms. We inquired why they
did so, and was told tia: if any
body asked, to tell them, conf
dentially, 'Ihat we didn't krow.
Not satisfied with this informa
ton we employed spy and learn
ed that these p-staiIs gentlemen
were Initiating a few OF the unln-
formed into tie mysteries OF the
order OF tie KNIGHTS OF TIL
j. L. G..
Three times did the bell ring
and each time It was rupg long
and tolIed solerDnly, bat notwiih
Standing all ,histhe masses d.dn
cone. At hall after , o'clorl
p. vi. SEVENTEEN DEMocRAr.
were present. KS we sat ant
sazed upoathe varant seats arounc
us orr heart was moved with pity
We Involuntary exclaimed:
"Where is that proud and def
ait Democratic party whose bat
tie cry, in years lgone, was hu
the challenge to victory? Where
is that giant NatIonlI party, whose
foundations were lid in the Con
st,ution, ami which existed in il.
full vigor and beauty in ever,
State OF the Union:
Echo, family aud mournfully
answered where?
We were aroused from thii
melancholy reverie by The stento
rian voice OF Hon. Jere Smith
who nominated the eyer.prescht
never-aspiring, alw+ys ready-ior
any kind ot.a,job MUS Hum
Esq for President. Jesse StlcI
(wno wasn't elected to the Sepat,
because his came was lef;.off' th'
ticket seconded the motion. Th,
question was put, foui weak anC
Nalf-smothered Alternatives re
spondsd, and Miles vas uaapi
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-12-12
DEMOCRATIC
MASS MEETlNGi

Seventeen o. the Faithful
in Counci!i-TeYyible Con
niCt between the rsardS
and the liberals = the
HaYGS sc G.St Triumph
ant, but are finally ae-
pulsed with Terrible
Slaughter the Liberals
remain in the undiSput-
Cd Possession OF the
Fold!
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-12-12

Those young gentlemen who
spent last Slbbath evering de-
ring service at Chn-oh. t2lAing
laughing, and writing, 10 the great
annoyance OF every body near
them VIII Gnd their names, to-
gether with their pareats, in the
Journal, in large captil letters
upon a repetition oil similar Goa
duct 10 church.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-12-12
Thursday, Dec. IL, 1861.


The PRocEEDINGs OF Con-
GREss so far has not amounted to
much. They are discussing the
coNrRABAND question, the policy
Of exchanging prisoners, and
talking about inqulring into the
causes OF our military disasters. 4
resolution was passed inquiring
into the cause OF the imprlson-
ment oil slaves in the Washington
Jail.
Trunbull, Of H., made a
speech on the "contraband
question, which we shall publish
next week.
The war news since our last
issue amounts to nothing at all.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-12-12

Go TO the Union Grocery and
Rasery.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10

LOUISVILLE, July Notwithstanding the stop
page of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad the
American Letter Express Company continue to
receive and forward mail matter by way of
GAINESVILLE regularly, and travel North and South
continue by the same routeszayE
Unreliable rumors are prevalent ofapprehended
danger from 7 ennesseeans in reference to the
stoppage of the first named roau.
A special TO the Nashville Union of the 5th
from Richmond reports Pattersons loss in the
skirmish with Col jackson at eighty. Jackson's
force was $500, whereof six were killed and 90
wounded
The Nashville Advertiser of the ID inst saws:
Five thousand Federal troops are on Santa
Rosa Island
The New Orleans Picayune of the Sd inst says
the Confederate ship of war Sumter, ran the
blockade on Saturday, putting to sea. She has a
crew Of sixty five men and twenty marines.
The following appeared in Southern papers of
the 4th: 81. > ..rrsa
New ORLEANS, July 2-The enemy has seized
the telegraph instruments at Pass a / Outre
The United States steamer left the bar yester-
day. .s,.ss.
A collision occurred on the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad on the LIST. at Trenton, Tenn wherein
two soldiers were killed and twenty five badly
wounded
Reliable information from Trousdale, Tenn.
says the measles and small pox are prevalent
among the soldiers. Every train carries twenty
to thirty sick into Nashville, and seldom train
without corpse or two.
An eve witness informs us that ON the Fourth
the IL o'clock morning down train from Louis
vile was stopped at Richiand, Tenn, ostensibly
to await up train. The train was ordered to Camp
Trousdale; while there file soldiers under Major
Howard surrounded the train with loaded arms,
putting three or four into the locomotive and
three into each passenger car, with instructions to
shoot engineer or anybody who opposed them.
Further on at Fountain Head, Tenn, the up
train was met, and both trains together with q
/ freight train were set back to Nashville
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10
sunday Nights Dispatches,
From St. sLouis.


ST.. LOUIS, July THE Goth Illinois Reg
ment, Col. Marsh, arrived on Saturday, and went
into quarters at the Arsenal, whence they will
probably proceed south by the Iron Mountain
Railroad. - N - ~ .'@a- -
Col Winans' 18th Illinois Regiment left for
Rolla last night, fully equipped for long march.
Gen. LYONS command was two days march
thrty-one miles-south of Boonville, on the 18th.
Several officers of Lieut.. Col. Blood's battal-
ion. 9th Missouri Regiment, which went downthe
Iron Mountain Railroad on a scouting expedition
on Tuesday last, have returned. and report the
death of and capture of three secessionists in
little skrmish near Valley Forge on the 4th.
The federals surrounded Pennington on the
night of the Sd. and next morning thoroughly
searched the town, and administered the oath OF
allegiance to some fifty of its citizens. The
troops then marched to Pilot Knob, where they
encamped, waiting for the balance of the 9th
Regiment from Illinois, when 1t is thought they
will march southwark. CO.
The Missouri State Convention has been Off
cially called to meet at Jefferson City on the 22d
of July.
The 18th Illinois Regiment arrived from Pla-
cerville this evening, and marched to the Pacific
, Railread Depot, whence they 60 to join Colone
Seigles command of the Northwest. = ?.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10

FoRr KEARSEr, July 5.-The Pony Express
With San Francisco dates to the 26th ult, passed
here at o'clock last night.
II. s. Templeton, an experienced Indian fighter
has been engaged in the interior counties organi.
zing Regiment of mounted Rifemen, consist
ting of 1000 men, of which 500 have been al.
ready enrolled. BE proposes to offer the Regi
ment to the War Department to guard the over
land mail route. and protect emigration, from
from which the Federal troops are being with
State are engaged in the movement, and it is re
ported that Senator Baker, Latham and McDou
gal will urge the acceptance of the Regiment BY
the War Department.
destructive fire occurred at Cottonwood, con
Stunning the entire business portion of the town.
loss about $4,000.
The grain harvest was commenced in all parts
of the State. The crop was never finer.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10
From, Buckannon.

BUcKASxoN. July Forty five men belong
sng to the Sd Ohio Regiment, under Capt Lam.
son. while ona scouting expedition last night, fell
in with an ambuscade of several hundred, at Mid
die Fork. Bridge. IL miles east, and were sur
rounded. After a desperate fight, they cut their
way through with one killed and five wounded
The enemy lost some twenty killed. Five dead
bodies were found to-day.
Col. McCook, with the 4th and 9Th Ohio Regi.
ments. and the 10th Indiana, under Col. Manson
with Loomis' Battery and Burnett'e company OF
cavalry, moved on and took possession of the
bridge -efsa.r s -r.rs eabsk y.
Early this morning. Gen. Morris advanced fion
Phillippa to within mile and half of Laurie
Hill. Ex- Congressman Garrett is in command
of the rebel forces there 49,
Gen. Mcclellan, with large force, moves to-
wards Beverly early 10 morrow morning.
A battle is anticipated within forty eight hours
The 10th Ohio arrived here to-day.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10
COMM ERcIAL,
IBf IELkGkAfH.
New York Market.
Nrx Yong. Saturday. lulr q.

NEW YoRx, Saturday, July G..
Flour still rules in favor of buyers with less doing fer
export with only very moderate demand for other
grades % 6593 10 for superne State; a O54 is for
extra State % so as IS for ssperne Western; q Is
g. IS for shipping brands round hoop Ohio a. so
S6 90 or trade brands do market closing heavy aud
inactive y
The demand for whisky is moderate without material
change; sales at l59l5e; chiefly at the inside price,
Wheat less active and scarcely so firm; good sound
spring scarce and held pretty steady Milwaukee
club sO9s2c amber lows 92995c Northwestern club 81
@s5c; winter red Western 81 O59l 0s. aai q
Rye unchanged at 6796sc a,fa is.sss Ell
Barley and barley -nlalt dull and nominal -..f =
The corn market opened heavy and closed BIC lower;
5S945c for unsound new mixed Western; 4a45c for
sound to prime do; 4s95oc for Western Yellow 4s95lc
for white Western lss -
Oats dull at 2s92sc for Western and Canadian sosc
for State. :
Pork quiet and scarcely firm; sl4 go for mess SO
for prime. - irf'f y 81
Beef rules quiet; s494 50 for prime; % 5oas for
mess; $40 for repacked NESS sl0Gi1 for extra mesa
Prime mess beef dull and nominal
Beef hams unchanged. ia'A -d
Bacon quiet and unchanged. .-r
Lard quiet at S99c. ID Seem. t...f t.-
Butter Is selling at 79l2c for Ohio and 7slsc for
State.
Cheese selling at 297c, as to quality M
Sugar active and K9xc perlb. higher; Cuba 4x9s;
refined sugars are also frneF with strong upward ten
dency. f,-
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10
Prom Quincy.

- QufscY, H., July 5--Sawarl, the man who
assassinated Capt. Howell at Canton, Mo-, on the
Fourth. was arrested the same day by the Ger
man Home Guard, who were persuaded by Sena-
tor Green to give him in chage of a constable to
be taken to Jail at Monticello-Green's Intention
being to release him after leaving the town. They
were met on the way BY Union company from
Lagrange county. who had heard of Green's in
tentions. The prisoner was taken BY them from
the constable and returned TO Canton. Green
fed, and although hotiy pursued made his escape
by leaving a horse hiding In the woods.
Two more companies of Colonel Palmers
Palmer's regiment started for Canton.
About twenty troops under command Of ex Gov
ernor Wood. of this State. who were in pursuit
of Jim Green, have returned, having cap
|ta-ed him about twenty miles on the road to
Monticello. He,was placed for safe keeping in
the College Building, which Col. Palmer is using
rs banacis for the present.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10
The Great Evil.

If there be one public evil against which the
people Of Illinois should set their faces more
sternly than against other public evils it is the
evil of irresponsible banks. The late banking
system may have furnished advantages, though
we doubt it; but, whatever these advantages may
have been, they have been ten thousand times
outweighed by the Disadvantages Of the system.
II was pernicious from beginning to end. 1t was
a system not for public but private uses II was
conducted not by lenders but by borrowers Of
money. Sooner or later ii was certain to come
to a violent end, INJECTING immense public loss.
That end has been reached. The system is
dead beyond The hope of resurrection, unless the
people Of Illinois shall permit its termination.
This, we venture to assert in their behalf, they
will never do.
|; 1t will be the duty Of the constitutional con-
vention, soon TO assemble. to prescribe system
of banking. Experience has proved that the
System Of Ohio and Indiana is better adapted to
the wants of the Western States than any other
systsn.-Chieego TSmes. r1
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10

~ A British officer, writing from Teheran,
Persia, to the London Times, reuarks:
"A Cathartic Pill, manufactured by an Ameri-
can chemist, (Dr. j. G. Aver, of Lowell, Mass. }
has cured the Shah of liver. complaint that
threatened his life. This simple fact, as might
be expected. renders the Americans immensely
Popular here, while we English are overlooked
Doubtless our own scholars made the discoveries
which he employs. and thus it is everything; we
do the labor, then the mousing Americans put
their mark on it and take the reward. Doctor
aver is idolized BY the Court and its retainers
here, which will doubtless be reflected to him on
q gold snuff-box or diamond-hilted sword, while
the great lights by which he shines, is known
Neo York Sunday Pepper.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10

Impotence, Sexual Debility &c their deplorsbie conse-
quences upon the mrd -end body; pointing out the An
thors New Method of Trestmen-the only rational and
successful mode OF cure shown by the report Of
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tempating marriage who entertain doubts Of their phy
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Those afflicted with any Of the above diseases before
placing themselves under the treatment Of any one should
frsf read this invaluable book
The Consulting Surgeon be consulted daily from
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treats and all patients at distance. by sending
Of their symptoms have medicines ant
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| and communications considered confd<nfiaL
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Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10
! From New york.

= 2
NV YoRk, July THE sTribunes's special
; W ashington correspondent says: ferssf ~
~ Hale's Senate bill authorizes the Secretary OF
Navy 20 employ merchantvessels for war Also
to increase the Marine Corps. - a..ti !.
The rebels at Bunuer Hill have joined the
main body at Winchester. i,
The Herdid's dispatch says:
The rest of Stones command has Joined Pat
terson.
Patterson and Mcclellan are pushing forward
to point south of Winchester to co operate with
the coIumne starting here for Richmond.
A portion of McClellan's column has gone tc
Cumberland Gap to protect the Unionists in Eas
Tennessee
The rebels again extending their lines in
the direction of Falls Church.
The following is a joint resolution to be acted
on in Congress
. Resolved, That all extraordinary acts, procla
nations and orders of the President, are hereby
approved and declared legal, the same as if au
thorized by Congress.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10

BuRSISe OF SALE FRY's REsIDEScE.--The La
fayette Courier says that the handsome residence
of 8. F. Fry, on East Columbia street. in that
city, was destroyed by fire on the morning of the
4th. Mr.. Fry, as Quartermaster General Of the
18th regiment of Indiana volunteers, was absent,
and his family had no knowledge of the fire un-
I'll the rear of the building was enveloped in
flames. They were awakened by stones thrown
through the windows of their sleeping apart
ments, and had barely time to make good their
escape. The loss will exceed IS 900. The house
was insured for $4,000; the furniture for 5000
There are circumstances which go to sh9w that
the fire was the work Of al incendiary.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10

THE GRowTH OF THE UNITED STATES has been
about3 per cent per annum, while the increase of
the Mexican Mustang Liniment has been from
20 to 30 per cent, showing the estimation and
increasing popularity Of this invaluable article.
1t has, no doubt, saved the country half million
. year in horses and cattle alone; while for hu-
man ailments, such as bruises, stiff joints, rheu-
matism, pains. cuts, burns, bites, caked breasts
&C.. it has no equal. Did you ever see it tried
without success upon either man or beastf II
should always be kept in every house and stable
Accidents will occur. Promptness is efficacy
But be particular and buy of none but respecta-
BILE dealers. See that every wrapper bears the
signature Of D. s. BARNES, Proprietor, and CIV
SWnrsaooxs Chemist, and the precautionary
words Trade" Marx. !" in two Medallions of tn.
Federal Currency.
Sold at IS cents, SO cents and 81 per bottle, b.
all rsspsctabls dealers throughout the habitabI'
globe. D<S- BARNES 4 CO.,
,rf-9s - sl- : -
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10
From New York.

New YoRK, July 6.-The report of the Score
tary of the Navy states the force in commission
to be 50 vessels, carrying upwards of 100 guns
besides several steamers and other small Graf,
temporarily in service. y 5s5
Twenty-three gun boats have been contracted
for. I'll
q Since the lst of March 269 officers have re
signed and been displaced
The report recommends the appointment of Q
Director of Ordnance to have the supervision Of
the details of that branch Of the service. Also
the appointment of Board to inquire into tn,
expediency of building iron clad steamers. Also
an increase of the Clerical force of the Depart
ment. Also the appointment of an Assistant
Secretary. s ttse
1t estimates for the service $35, $780, 52.
Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10

There is q regiment being formed i'm New York
upon an exclusively moral basis-the members Of
which are required to be strictly virtuous men.
Wheth@ sthis is intended to serve an adjunct
and collaboration to the pious regiment, anudH to
by US on former occasion, or Is set up as rival
and antagonist TO it has not been made to appear.
Religion in general Is prone to look with distrust
upon morals, and to pronounce those who rely
upon their virtne as meritorous, to be ain the gall
Of bitterness and under the bondage of iniquity.'
The uniform Of the moralist is esteemed but as
'filthy rags" at commissary department of the
'.church militant" and it is difficult to see how
they who wear it can be received into fellowship
and be permitted to fight in the same battles with
those Who are clothed according to the regula-
How individuals who apply for the privilege to
enter the ranks of the moral regiment to prove
their qualifications for active service therein does
not appear. If the officer whose duty il win be to
muster them into service, is to determine their
qualifications by any evidence patent upon their
persons, il would be interesting to know in what
| it consists Can it be found by looking at their
teeth. humping their stomachs. or any of the
usual tests applied in immoral casesf And is a
man who is toothless. blind of an eye, or lame
Of leg, to be taken into the service merely be-
cause he is virtuousl tr "a
The style of weapons with whichs the mora
regiment is to fight, is not laid down in the pro
gramme. They are to be moral weapons, oil
course-otherwise. wherefore the demand foI
moral soldiers? But where they are forged what
they are like, how they are carried-whetheI
they are suitable for distant attack or 4 close
encounter; what is their range, and at what an
gle Of elevation they are discharged to render
them most effectual; whether they produce the
effects instantaneously, time is requisite fo
their development; whether they are expected Il
act upon masses, or only upon single individuals
and whether the party acted upon is destroyed, o.
only made to undergo a salutary change, arr
points upon which, SO far as we know, the work
10 totally destitute of information. 'ss '-ss
1t is to be regretted. Now, when We are q
war, every invention. calculated to give create
efficiency to the military arm, should be mad
public as widely and rapidly as possible. We, a
public journalists, have always been ready to al,
lin giving items of authentic intelligence respect
ing every Improvement in the machinery for con
Iquerin& peace on earth as rapidly as possible
singing the praises of different styles of breech
loading cannon, breech- loading muskets an
breech-loadng riaes-for it is in one direction
that all research at this time seems to be directed
fand hsthiag would give US greater pleasure thai
to print full descriptions Of the form, range an
mode Of using the implements of moral warfare
provided nothing in the same is improper to ar
pear in the columns of a family newspaper
Cincinnati Press.