The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-15
EVANSVILLE, IND, SATURDAY MORNING.

peace meeting. He was accompa.
MED by seventy or eighty men from Ioka
and surrounding country, all armed, for
the purpose of inaugurating that blissful
state of peace so ardently desired by
northern traitors They proceeded un-
molested through the town to a grove
northwest and near here At this place
meeting was organized and Talley pro-
ceeded to deliver an address, in the
course of which he made use of the most
outrageous language, appealing to the
passions of his hearers, to array them
against their fellow-citizens and their
government No notice was taken of
this by the loyal portion of the commu-
NIFTY, and Talley was allowed to complete
his reasonable harangue, without even
a rebuke being administered to him.
In tho m 90 ntirAa,--tho- un;e-. ln--:---,
portion of the community, learning that
Mr.. Littler, of Mt Pleasant, was in the
village, got up an impromptu Union
meeting in the town, and Mr.. L.
was invited to address them He
accepted the invitation, and was in the
act of delivering telling and patriotic
speech from the portico of the Wyandotte
House, when the rebels, who had been
informed of the meeting, came back
through the town Whilst passing the
place where Mr.. L. was speaking, "Cop-
perhead pins and butternuts the
badges of treason-were de6antly exhib-
tied, and number of the rebels took
occasion to flourish their arms A young
man named Norman, who has been in
the service of his country, and who had
received a severe wound in one of the
hard fought battles, unable to control his
deep Indignation at this shameless exhi-
bition of treason, advanced to one OF the
wagons, and seizing young man therein
soon stripped his butternut from him.
lie was proceeding to serve others in the
same manner, when his father, fearful of
the consequences which might ensue, at.
tempted to stop him He was also seiz-
ed by one of the Copperheads in the
wagon. During the struggle which en-
sued, pistol in the hands of the elder
Norman was accidentally discharged,
doing no damage however.
A few moments after, Talley raised in
his wagon, ard gave the word to fire,
Galley himself setting the example by
firing two shots from his revolver direct
ly into the crowd which had surrounded
the wagon,) which order was promptly
responded to by volley fred into the
crowd surrounding the Wyandotte House.
Almost simultaneously the Union citi-
zens, or rather those who were armed,
also fired, killing Talley, who received
two balls in the head, and wounding
man named Wyant, from Millersburg,
Iowa county, in the thigh The rebels
then drove of, vowing to return and
burn the town;--,lRnnners were dispatched
On the next day squads Of men began
to arrive at the appointed place of rem
devious, near Sigourney, all armed and
organized, each squad acknowledging
the leadership ofsome one of their num-
Der. During Monday and Tuesday men
continued to arrive and 60 into camp at
a point about four miles west and south
of Sigourney, between the north and
south forks of Skunk river. They came
from all directions, many of them resi-
ding in neighboring counties: There
were companies from Poweshlek, Iowa,
Mahaska, johnson and Wapello coun-
ties.
During these preparations, he Union
lists who had assembled for the protec-
ton of South English had been by no
means idle. Monday morning Col Chip
man, of Gen. Curtis's staff, who was
fortunately at home on visit to his
friends in Washington, arrived here, and
Immediately set about the work of or
ganizing the forces here, and placing the
town in a state of defense. A compa-
ny was Immediately organized. Tues
day morning the arms arrived, and with
them the "Washngton Provost Guard.
During the day (Tuesday) five other
companies of State militia arrived, most
ly from Washington, Poweshiek and
Iowa counties, one company only haihnf
from Keokuk county. These were i'm
mediately formed into a battalion, ane
Col Chapman assumed command Th'
town was turned into a military camp
and preparations were Immediately com
menced for vigorous defence. BARR
cades were erected in all the approaches
outside of which mounted videttes pa
troled the country; within, double ROY
of pickets we're stationed. The fore
gorrisoning the town numbered abou
/ four hundred, and with The efficient oil
ganization, superior arms and BARR
cades, could have successfully held tn
town, had they been attacked.
Monuay uIgnE s7rr0-'Ha - --ii va
| here and arrested ten of the leading me
| charged with "inciting the mob, The
. offered no resistance whatever, beln
/ perfectly willing to let the law take it
course. They were taken before Ju
tice of the Peace, and bound over in tt
!, sum of 1000 each, to appear at tt
d next term of Court. A messenger a
. rived here Tuesday night from the cam
&c y. of the "Army of the Skunk" demandin
'f the immediate surrender of the allege
lie offenders, threatening vengeance in ca
ly of a refusal. This Uery reasonable +
v. quest was, of course, refused, and Il
messenger returned. Iu the meantim
y the rebels having learned of the PREF
IN rations being made to receive them, b
came more conciliatory, and were mo
ch ready to listan to reasonable propo
tions. The men charged with the criI
of riot, wishing to avoid bloodshed, d
patched a committee of citizens, mu
against the wishes of their friends, of