New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-01
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Arrested-uany Sent south-bfy FISH
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THE Copperhoads Terror s'ri'Aen-
"pcucc to The Mansions"


from oa' AsSa' tsIos COUNT H. Apt a. 1901
At last have good, true, ana plenty Oh ne"s oo'
eerning tie Copperhcads Of Southern Illinois fo'
nearly year have kept you posted regard ~ VIC
| treatment to which Union men have been tutJec';
and add that within the las. few months Mailer
have grown 70 much worse that Dot only have large
fine orchards belonging to Uuion men been ruined
ani other property destroyed, but they have been
assaelIed bea;en MANNED, andsome 70 much 50 that
they ecu but be crippes for lie. Tnis IN Union
Conniy. You will have printed by this Tine tne
account o. the attempt 10 arrest TWO desertere 40
Joues5oro, the county seat OF The mob which caufeo
their reeass by threatening TO haug the cicers, ani
The murGcr OF AIR. Wtlsh who assisted them, by li0
mob. lh!s was o. tue 18th. SiIce then, several
Union men are reported TO have BEEN hung by ;hi-
JOnei bro mob; and II is Certain that one OF lien,
| Ar Nrcley, VINO at attempted t. kill Mr.. Nash, wac
shot by Mr.. Nash. and 1t is thought pOitly
wounded.
lie next day company Of Iowa soldiers came M
from Cairo by special train, aud reached ADna, ore
mile from Jonssbo o, 10 which place they proceeded,
but when They arrived every nlun OF the towD, con
tanning some 2J0 nhabi ants, bad fed and the
could 90 nothing. They returned the esme nieht q
! Cairo. But the next day they cane up Oh We
regular passenger Tram at O'clock \. M, ana gong
over at once. they surrounded the busi.ess pat OF
tie town before lie alarm was sounded, and at
once proceeded 10 make arrests.
They took pOs ssiOn vi tie Court Home, and no
one was allowed 70 leave the tv@n. The lime OF
hhIvesi--for everything, lie il good evil, has ts
haIyes'-b6G clearly come. IL rs proper " remark
hyie that 1t has long been known thai there
are Only three Uuiob men in this town. OEe ls TIE
postuester, ole JOhn Dougaerty, aud one me
oEhBlc.
About twenty Of the principal men were rent TO
Cairo, and dsy before yesterday something he the
sane number weIe added. ILey will De forwarded
10 Columbus, KY, where they viii be tined aud
sentenced, or furnished transportation aIto DiAie'
where they belong. They include the business men
OF tie town. aud their miserable, drn0ken, negro
hunt1ug swearing, ioui-moutLed Dangers-on. Dome
Of the former are wealthy, and the hysiciAns ahd
lawyers are well represented.
Among oibers, il tue keeper OF the jail, the Rev.
j. n. ALBRIGHT. lie Is tue precious INDIVIDUAL VINO
figured some line since as The Claimant, or some
eacb character, Il fugitive at Ottawa. IN THIS
State, which sfair made great sur nj The lino.
He ID Methodist prraci or, and since tie war, IN
,ernou end conversation, has bewailed The bard lot
of his Southern brethren, forced to light Tor tneir
riobt.. H.. will weigh ABOUT 200 POUNDS, and IL a
good epecimen of red Pro-Slsvcry hesh. There are
sver very biz fish ia tins net, but as IL 10 not yet
clear what 10 10 DO their tate, will not speak Of
them nj pfeseut. ....;...
To-day affairs have assumed new proportions,
arrests IRE commencing through tie county, and
the conformation could not DO greater were we
cholera ureseut la ALL about 70 are lying guarded
in The Courl-IIouse, or have gone South, but hs
soldlers are going through tho coun and PisklIg
no more. ~ ia impossible 10 tell how many VIII be
" forced from home and all It's pleasures
There is something very rsinarkaoie abont the
ease ,ad osrtaluly with Which the officers seize upon
the riQbt man; for iuILance; they I1eet Buttefnut
lld AK linn II his name y "Soi" 10 ssys mo-