The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-04-24
Butternut Riots in Indiana.

county, on SATURDAY. II had been
secretly given out that Dan. Voor
hoes woUld speak, when a crowd of
mounted X G C.'s rode into the
place, armed aud adorned with but
tetnuts. This display OF disloyalty
caused come excitement, aud soon
after row ensued between a Union
man and one q; the mounted men,
Revolv rs were drawn aud fired, re.
sulting in the wouudiug o, five, four
of whom were Union men A boy
thirteen years old, son OF John
Witherow, Union, lawyer Of Dan
vile, was ahot through the abdomen
while walking on the side walk and
will die. The buttcrnuts retre.ted
from the town immediately. Voor-
hees did not come aud no meeting
was held.
Tho news spread throughout the
county, and by nigbt, two hundred
and fifty homo guards assembled in
Danville, to protect the place from
a threatened attack OF the X. G. C s.
AT Needham. in Brown county;
u Union meeting was broken mp on
Yesterday by armed knights. led by
Lewis Prosscr. formerly a member
Of the Legislature. Prosscr. armed
with a rifle, threatened to kill a SOL
dier, Sergeant Danie's, OF the 3rd
Cavalry, when his rife WAS wrested
from him by Daniels. Brown then
drew revolver and shot Daniels
through the he ,rt, remarliing to a
follower namei Snyder, to shoot any
other soldier who was present
Snyder fired. bat missed his aim,
the passing through lady's bonnet
Capt. A. -. Cummings. who had
visited the place to make Union
speech, then drew hisreSolver and
wounded Prosser, reaking the bone
o. his leg.
Snyder was arrested and brought
here. Pro-ser escaped, but will be
brought in dead or alive by squad
Of cavalry sent ont by Gen. Caring.
tons orirrs.
Gen. Darlington has ssued an
order declaring that members Of the
secret society known as the X. G..
C.'s will be treated as public enc
mics, and punished accordingly -
He also declares the wearing OF
burternut emblems a disloyal prac.
ice, punishable as other disloyN
Dtienses are.
R4plrts have been received 10.
night from CArter.hurg Hendricks
county, that ths X. G. C's ar.
npon that place in num-
bers, with the Intention of attacking
he Homo Guards and disarmiug
them
One shoutcr for J,ff Davis has
,een sent to Dixie; another saved
lis bacon yesterday by enlist ny in
he G3l Indiana.
The excitement has abated to
great extent in Hendricks county,
The forca sent there last night, re-
BORT that all armel men have die.
,ersed and gone home. The turee
companies OF Home Guards will be
'ble to keep down any further dis
urbance in tn cDnuty.
Warrants have been issued for the
arrest OF ali the parties engaged in
he disturbance on Saturday. In
Brown county, matters do not l.uk
10 encouraging. l'rosser has been
emOved to his residence at Georgc.
own, and it is said that he is sur,
'onnded by number oi armed men,
pho swear that he shall not be TAX
m. His thigh bone is said to be
broken.
A Union man was killed yester,
lay in this same county, by one o.
hese bands OF j,yhtvksrs. Prom.
nent and leading Democrats from
he ali iniug counties have gone to
Brown connlY TO counsel .ubmission
o The laws aud prevent further
'looJshed. Many prominent Dem
,crats, who were not members, aud
louLled the existence of the X G.
)'s, now denoudce the organ zatior
'un say that it must be put down at
MI lazsrds.
INDIANAPOLIS April 21. - The
military force sent 10 ID ,u>ille re-
urned this morning, with seven OF
he Iiuglcaders OF the rebellion there
IN Saturday last, viz Fred Bus,n,
)no X Edwards. Anderson uedge,
Seorgc Stnger. Noah Bateman, An,
Ire W Ciihu an John Ramsay.
They had hearing before the U.
). Commissioner this afternoon, and
were hnund over to tho May term
)f the u. s. District O.ur.. One of
he party cOmmltt,d 2 rurder IN this
same county a icW years since.
After their TX tmins:ion, they
n ade affidsvits No 70 tho existence
of tho X. g. C's, that they we've
and made a complete ex.
position of tue wholu affnr.
1t ia said upon good authority,
that Prosser has several hundred
meI now guarding his house in
Brown county, who declare that lie
shall not be arrested.
Gen. Burnside is expected here to.