Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-21
For thf sentinel
Dem &C rattle barbecue in the sPocket,'
Morgan Excitement Loyalty. &C.

EDITOR SENTlNEL-
Pursuant to notice, meeting variously essirla-
ted from Eve thousand TO eight thousand persons
assembled At an early hour Of last Saturday. on
the fair grounds near BoonVille in warrick
county. TO join IN barbecue given by the De
mocracy Of Warrick FOR that county and the
adjoining counties. The Hon. VIM. b. Richard
son OF Spencer presided.
Provision had been made for 90 900 persons,
The Hon. Daniel W VOORHEES, and other listing.
u-bed citizens of Indiana had been invited and
were expected 90 be present 90 address the meet
ing Every effort was made by the CON iuittee Of
Arrangements to obtain the speakers advertised;
aud II these did not come, NAV remark that
there was nothing lacking in other attributes Of a
hrst class barbecue Fair women aud brave men
sang patriotic national songs. as also Demo
cratic song which has been sent YOU The
American flag WIS hOsiei with due ceremony.
The band played national music OF less than "a
thousand string-' Local orators, or rather ora
tors OF lesser note than the Daniel who did u't
come To the judgment OF the Pocket" on this
occasion, entertained the audience Major G. J
Blewett made very effective speech iull of
sarcasm, wit, hGmor and eloquence; the Hon S
VI. HOlcomb of Gibson county did his part toward
making the people forget the absence OF the ex-
pectod lions of the day.
have said that provision had been made for
2O,OOO people. Ihs number, without a doubt
=
ctement which ragged over the State II is true
that this county. "a W ell "a Warrick is more than
hundred miles, on the river, below Brandon
burg. the point at which Morgan was reported TO
have crossed. yet. every few hours Morgan was
reported 10 be taking Evansville, burning Owens
boro and Princeton, sackng R0ckport and
marching Boonvile and Newburgh These
counties are hundred miles from New Albany
and Salem, vet Morgan would be at the barbe
cue. The people we're pressed under arms far
and wide, and crowds attending the barbecue
were turned back
am informed that young captain of cavalry
OF Warrick, came upon the grounds and called
for "oyaP mes 10 leave Fifteen hundred pounds
OF barbecue bre al, ~ Newburgh, were cOufisca-
ted tor the use of the citizens in camp above
Newburgh This deficiency was promptly made
up by Democratic women
| could name many vexations. but it NAV
be readily understood that under the circum-
stances the barbecue was materially interfered
with
For my own part, | never vas great admrer
OF barbecues a. compared with basket meetings
This one was ~ substantial il the eating line as
any that has been held in the State, yet the con
tretemps of this one will 20 far toward making
them unpopular in this section OF country. The
eating, at best. in all of them has more character
tor proiuse wastefulness and sameness than vari.
ETY. and quality. The monev thrown away on
them would be much more effectively applied for
newspapers BY all odds, il circumstances com
pei u TO quietly fill ourselves when Ohm Morgan
Is SO near Us as 4 hundred miles or So for Heav.
ems sake give US a basket of provisions in quiet
nook where we may be free from the observation
OF his advance guard
FUNNY INCIDENT
| am told that on Saturday. Major Roberts,
being in command at Newourgh in the absence
Of nd Col al tba
Legion there, fred blank cartridge at a Govern
nent transport to bring her in at his camp above
that town The boat stopped. VIII al her Captain
asked what was wanted The miIitias reply
from some one. Wa, Come in, Cd d-n YOU -
The Captain of the transport seeing no flag h0is
ted. and obta ming no reply but the repetition of
Come in. Cd d-n you" run his boat down
fifteen miles 10 Evansville. six pound ball
was sent after her. striking bale of hay near the
boilers. but doing 10 material damage. Arrived
at Evansville, the Captain reported that he had
twice been fred upon by a battery above New
burgh. that NOrgans forces there in strong
force. &c-(tbere was about "a thousand of our
BOYS there.) Very extensive preparations were
on the eve OF being made By more officers of the
Legion. when "A courier arrived by land (ten
miles, from Newburgh, who said that one of the
enemys gunboats had run by the Newburgh bat
terry, and would 40 doubt be in town in few mo
meut>l Thus two of the thousand and one ru
mors we're stopped By the great force of heavy
collision
Parties at Newburgh f. nous for installing
the enemy. 1t WAS upon this town that the first
raid into Indiana was made When Adam John
sons force of twenty seven men, or Il part of
them, were aboard scow in the middle of the
river. speculation rife in Il crowd upon the
banks "a To- whether che small force were Union
refugees or guerrillas The fntl conclusion WAS
that it guerrilla force-hut only to make
another mistake OF mObbing Democrats. going
from twelve u twenty miles in the country for
reinforce ments. and not Il citing the enemy at
the start Instead of hunting up SUSPECTED citizens
On this occasion. it Is due to Major Roberts who
is a very clever gentleman. To say that he did
all he could TO prevent the mob mistake and to
organize for future defense and more successfully
than the Hon Joseph l. Mcdonald i'm the recent
trial of the Newburgh cOnspirators gave him
credit for
may say here that Major Roberts is an indie
pendent Democratic war candidate tor Clerk Of
Warrick county, and it is thought Is mistaken as
To his election.
ANOTHER MISTAKE.
The commandant of very fine cavalry com
pany of farmers of Wsrrck, uniformed aud
armed with Henry rifles (the same Captain who
Is said To have gone upon the barbecue grounds
To spot out the 'loyal' men) on Friday started 10
hunt Morgan Arrive at Rockport in the night
without sencing any kind Of advance ahead nc
approached the pickets close to town with the
reply To their hail, that his were Morgan's men
Two or three shots were fired at his command
without effect The section of six pound bat
terry trained upon the river. wheeled in
position TO rake ms mpnny with grape and can
mister shot Some women recognized the Cap
tain. and his company barely escaped the shower
\ sreat many ridiculous occurrences might be
mentioned. but - have now occupied too much
space, will close with the following
INCIDENT or DRILL.
AT Boonyiile. Monday, a Young man refused
to drill. saving tina, he had served eighteen
months ia the army and knew all about the drill
Before the squad ~ho sent after him. he
cursed the Captain, laying Il will not drill under