Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-18
TVFII TIIT y TIINHN
To the Public.

last week, abusive of me, an humble citizen
in the private walks of life, quietly attending
to my own business without molesting or dis
turbing any one in attending TO his, is so ut
terly false, that deem it proper to notice it,
lest nv silence should be taken as an admis-
sion OF the truth of the statements contained
in it.
That swore worse than an Algerine Pirate
or swore at ali, or used profane language, is
false. That | said that Shanks and all (or
any) OF his supporters were traitors and mig
gerites, is false; but said that all the Niger
ties had voted tor him-which all know is true.
| did not speak about soldiers, nor use the
word soldier in either of the conversations
hereinafter mentioned; and, of course, did not
call them tories, traitors, or seceSsionists; and
/ did not say a word about Mumforlville, nor
hanging soldiers, nor hanging any body else.
All this was manufactured of the whole cloth
at the time, by those whose object it was to
raise a mob.
| went to Portland on the 18th day of o.
tober, the day after the election, to attend to
some professional business in court. When |
arrived there, knowing that Mr.. Black, the
landlord, was a Democrat, and, of course, an
ant-Shank man, jocularly remarked as |
drove up, as have heard remarked perhaps
a hundred times in my life, is this Shank
tavern? Ii it is, guess Ill go farther" Mr..
Black coming up TO my buggy, remarked, Il
guess its all right. Judge; get out" l again
jocularly remarked that did not want To pat
ronize an abolition ouse.
Some OF the persons around (none of whom
l knew angrily began 10 denounce me As a
secessionist, &c., and denounced abolitionists
back again, and within a minute of the time
l stopped my buggy, Mr.. Underwood came
up to my buggy, and said that he was Mar
slal OF the county, and warned me how
talked. This fired me up, and said excited
ly, "Well you had better arrest me and take
me to Fort Lafayette; dare you to do it. -
He mildly replied, that we dared to do things
that we do not want to do; and 10 get out and
put up. His manner and language at once
calmed my excitement, and remarking, "Lei
these scoundrels not bother me then," OF
keep away from me-" or let me alone;" | dc
remember which way / said it-got out of my
buggy, and went into the sitting room of the
hotel.
Having sat there some twenty minutes,
went to the courthouse, and remained till the
court adjourned. MIR. Hawkins, the clerk
came and saluted me, and | chatted with hin
till all had left the courthouse, when l re-
turned to the hotel.
After supper, in the dusk OF the evening,
started out to the stable to see my horse. as i
is my custom. Mr.. Joseph Maddox met me
on the way and commenced talking with n,
about politics, he urging Republican view
and | sustaining Democratic views. Th,
conversation was mild and respectful by boil
of US, and continued some five or ten minutes
perhaps longer. In the meantime a consider
able crowd gathered around us, when youn.
man at my left hand said, "Old man, yol
must hush up" Another Immediately, at m,
right hand, said with an oath, you mus
leave" Maddox Immediately crouched dowI
and slid away from between them. l wa
surprised, bu., was immediately convinced tha
there was concert among them to do me per
sonal violence. The two men who thus frs
spoke, did not know, and they were dressed
in soldiers clothing. About a half dozeI
voices Immediately spoke up. 1 stepped ;
few PAGES TO the fence, and placed my bacl
against it. Twas wholly unarmed. The erie
were, "you must leave in twenty minutes; !
"where's a watch;" "hang him. "ride him oil
a rail;" where's a rail-" &c. / said / haC
come TO court TO attend to my business il
court. and had a right 10 STAY and attend (,
it. "You shan't;" ''let it 90 undone;" 'yol
called US seceSsioniSts," &c, were halloaeC
back in the crowd. continued, and said tha
had started to the stable 10 see to my horse
and came across Mr.. Maddox, and stopped
and talked with him; and have said nothin,
disrespectful of any of you-which was true
All this transpired within two minutes of time
a kind OF lull then occurred. / saw littl
opening in the crowd, TO my left hand, toward
the house. i started to the house; the secont
or third step was tripped and fell. A friend
whose voice / knew. stopped over me and toll
me to get up and come with him into th
house. did So and at the instance of friends
] was conducted to place of concealmen,
where ] remained an hour or more, shouli
guess. A friend then came and told me tha
my buggy was ready, and it was agreed tha
] should get into 1T and 60 to Mr.. Jonas Vo
taw's. ] went with him 70 my buggy, SUI
rounded by crowd, cot into il and drov
off, Soon after crossed the creek, Mr.. We
taw came riding on behind me. We went o.
10 his house, put up our horses, and / staye
all night
Next morning after breakfast, while tn
mail was being opened by Mr. Notaw an
lady, the soldiers wagons came along, an
stopped in the road opposite the house. On
of them came in whom / knew to be IN
second one who had spoke on the night pre-
vious at my right hand, but did not know h
name. lie stayed in some FIVE or ten MINUTES
/ eyeing me sitting in the public room, an
then went out; and after a while they starte
oH Had Ia or anu of fko,,. than affarp