The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-07-21
rnA RAID ON NEwBuRo.


By the steamer Eugene, which returned
from Newburg Saturday morning about 2
O'Clock, we gather the following particu-
lars in addition to those Published in Sat-
urday's Journal:
The Eugene, with two companies of con-
valescent soldiers, and section of the Union
Artillery, left, as stated in Saturdays Jour
nal, about 81 o'clock, preceded by the
Courier and Commercial. On coming 10
sight of Green River the Courier and Com
mercial were discovered "Iying tor and
soon jet of smoke from little swivel on
the Courier's fo.tc,s | Indicated that she
was firing at s.me ii on shore. The
Eugene ran up Grreu K about a mile,
and landed one OF the c6trltnies, " no were
deploved across lie mar euinsula be-
tween the two iivtis ski misheIs. But
the birds had WI. The f rryman, whose
wife informed .,ur bays ibat lie was State
Rights map, was arr-s;td ADD his fats"
e., placed 10 charge If TIE Courier, which
returned to the cts. while the Eugene
passed on to New u. :.
On arriving at NJ 4 5urs it was found to
be nearly filled with well armed, resolute
men, who had focked in r, N the surround
ing country to drive the marauders from
the State. Col. Foster, aFirra short consul
tation with some of tnr it FMS who had
been robbed by the marau ers Immediately
passed over the river vi the Eugene ana
took possession of al n fl is aud skiffs
that he could discover on the Kentucky
side. Some were scut:ed and others
brought to Newburg. We then made care
full inquiries of several tf lie citizens of the
tOwH rho saro- -tt.v r., .ierllar or their
humiliation as follows:
Several citizens of the town, it is sup
posed, have been in comm unication with
the guerriIlas fer many days. Indeed, Eve
men, heretofore living in Eewburg, are
known 10 have joined the rebels Their
names are Robert Slaughter, VIM. Lukin,
Andy MeffOrd, Jim O'CounelI and Charles
Apologize. They are outlaws, and every
citizen is justi6able in SD ing them down
whenever and wherever he comes ACROSS
them. The guerrillas were thoroughly
posted both as to the de-en>, less condition
of the town and the carvlp9sness of it's in
habitants
On Thursday one of the two men who
were shot, 1--WE think it was Muffordl who
had been absent for svse.al days, returned.
On Friday he went across the river and
held a consultation with Johnson and his
pirate gang About n Friday, " hen
most of the citizea. were away from the
landing and at their dinners, the maraud-
ers placed their men in the ferry boat, con-
cealing them as well as pUssl ole, aud rowed
rapidly across tie river. % landing in
Newburg a dash as made at the hospital
and the arms found tuere s-cured. Pickets
and guards were THROWN cut in every di-
rection and the CT zens given to under
stand that their on'y chance of safety was
in keeping quiet. Johnson, the leader of
this precious pack Of thieves, Informed the
citizens that he bad battery planted
on the opposite side OF the river, and if
any resistance was tnade TO his demands he
would Immediately shell and destroy the
place. The fellow is u proficient in lying
as well as stealing.
With cool az .acily the leader of the
gang of free boo;ers then made out paroles
of honor for all tie soldiers in the hospital.
which he signed A. R. johnson, G. s.
A. Meanwhile, lis men, guided BY some
of the citizens of the town, commenced pill
laying. Horses were taken out OF their sta
bles, dwellings entered aud searched, the
hospital was. ransacked, and every thing
calculated to be Of any service to them was
appropriated. The uo0rs of the dwelling OF
Mr.. Union Bethel were broken open, and
the whole house ransacked. The horses of
several gentlemen from The country we're
pointed out and taken. La one stable the
free-bOoters were on the point of taking all
the horses, when one was pointed out to
them as the propetty Of Jesse Fuller, of
Boonville, which was passed, the scoundrels
remarking that. Jesse was all right
Jesse was equally fortunate 10 securing
some coffee that the thieves were about TO
appropriate to their own use.
Several of the cit zens of the town min
gled freely with Johnson and his gang,
drank with them, and seemed highly graft
fed in having made their acqnaint ance. As
some of these men are under arrest. it may
be proper not to criticise their conduct too
severely just at present.
After remaining 10 The town four or Eve
hours the free hooters departed with their
ilI-gotten gains. Andrew Huston a resi-
dent of Newburg, helped to terry the