Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-03
zr ENROLMENT N oHIo-REsIsTAScE TO THE
OFFICERS n HOLMES COUNTY.

from tho Cleveland (Oh;o> Herald Of Mondayl
Provost Marshal Capt. Drake. with posse
81 mon. ON Sunday went to Napoleon tn ar
re.t four men known - belong to party by
whom Mr.. Robinson. an enrolling oiflcer. had
previously been stoned our Of TOWN.. These men
wore armed. and refused to surrender to be
rrioI hy court martial: bur on being assured
,f trial IN court. they Submitted. One oil the
iris l,r.rs acknowledged that he belonged to
!, sr,.rc: s,r:c,v whose members were sworn
10 protect each other from arrests. on
thcir WAY L. Cleveland. s"vcra! armed
,,arti..s we're r.r,. who retired on cxplana-
ton nt the prisoners Ar last party 81 one
hurried an! fifty armed men were encounter
ed. Thcsa roming MP. ordered the prisoners
from the Wagon. They took rcvolverS from
some of the nticcr> and. after dlScharglng'
returned them. Surrounding Captain Drake.
with twenty rifles pointed at his breast. they
,'~man,lc! that i,r should resi- en- his office. that
he should promise never 10 come again INTO
their town. ~. *. "u PAIN ot instant death;
To- nj of which Il. replied that IL compliance
wG,ll! he ,liShonnrablc. that another would he
aroointrh II You wish 10 murirr me, You
have it IN vomr power. They th"n dcmandca
lii revolver. Tic Captain promptly replied ::
You snail not hav" il: Will xii tho hrSt
tm.r7l who attempts I" take II. The "lcrrN
were then L.: 60 On the l,rh and 18th IN
start the enrolling officers were driven ont oi
the otE"" townships in Holmes county.
Marshal Bill, "n oltainin" the names o' the
rc.cucr>. returned 10 Cleveland, leaving Com
missioner White Ia i>Stic warrants for them.
On Monday, the 18th. after tie marshal left,
two men one who had hccn in Napoleon on
! SATURDAY and one on Sunday, 18th and i+tlI,
brought authentic news L. this effect, thar
| .Gi,i, men were III camp abou; Napoleon. we'll
armed With squirrel rifles and revolvcrS; that
they had come from Holmes. Knox, Cos
hoctHn. Summit, and ether counties: two
or .hvcc w-sro from the State Of Indiana
that they were being organized into COM
ranics and drilling. Provisions were coming
in hv the wagon load. Furloughs were being
Granted. P!ckets were thrown on III every
direction S;gnal guns were placed which, in
w., hours time. would increase this force 10
| | 500 men, All wrr" breathing defiance 10
| the G.pvrrnmcnt The Union men in the
| ne;ghhorhn"i had hccu di>armed. One Ger
man. frr rc;,i :ing ~ iun thur l"d been. taken
| from his hot So It rope thrown over u limb 10
han. him. and he was "nl. SAVED by tI'c tears
ani rnrrcarr, Of his wife and children In
dor these circumstances p", mp: measures were
,lccnc, necessary t. suppress III" insurgents.
G mmiSsioncr White went TO Columbus on
Monday evening and reported he fact 10 Col.
PARROT. provost marshal "f the State. wiin
| promptly on Tuesday night. dispatched Il
| body 81 troops to the infected district. II"
! rioters. rciu>in. To b. warned, were fired upon
and dispersed ".irctuaIy.
\ correspondent; Of the Cincinnati 'G"
! .ctic" describes the suppression of the out
! break:
Gel. Wallace. with about four companies OF
! infantry and "ur section Of n battery, arrived
| at the place where the mob WAS reported t" b'
| located. al the afternoon of the Eth. He SEM
forward Captain Mo"n with abont forty men
| to find the enemy and report. He discovered
| them on IL farm owned by Il man named
| Jackson. on the road from Mount Vernon Il
| Milicrslur~ and three mics south ot Nano
| Leon He charged "n them and drove them
| rapidly rct2catin. bchi'rI Il high stone wall
i we'll intended for brcastwork: tw" were taken
| prisoners. \ number of shots were fired Joy
| either party.
! Cap;. Moon stationed his men in two par
ii.- Ill the opposite corners III 4 field III
! front Il the wall, while liz returned to Colonel
| Wallace to rnpnrt and have the whole force
hrour,. NJ. cxpcrtin" Il battle in front ot tho
| high wall. When the force came up they char
rcd the wall. took seven prisoners. the rest fee
| inr over the brow of the hill AMI dow int. the
| thick wood One man named William brown
| was hit hva hucksh"t. it passing thron I'll his
| leg above the knee; not s., woundlng him II
| ;r a:eycnt his escape. lie, however. satisfied
| with war and the error 81 his way. came mt,
cnnp on Friday. and gave himself up and has
the ,urgcru Grr*,. his wounds. About th'
samc rIlnc ucorga But or. one Of the insur
gents. Oh horseback, came riding up to ON
tincn.a giving 5ic:n ss,:n and anticipating N
! answer: thcv ordered him to surrender him
! self: seeing MS mistake, nc turned about am
rode of, our men iir!n- upon him ~ ball pass
cd through his thigh he. however, escaped.
| The artillery was brought in position f
/ she'll the wo,ls. where is was supposed the
| mob was gathered parties We're sent lorwar'
,n rccpnnpl;rc thc woods: but M evidence I"
! them was :ouni The sam" evening TIVE
horses we're taken. ard another pr!S"ncr.-
This ended " cdnc:lay'> -kirmish. with pros
! acct ii fighting on Thursday. Rulnor, bus,
rs usual. had With .om" degree Of success
induced uS To believe thai Il force would conn
irom Knox couMty. during the night, to nj
the mob. and unr u III" prisoner, stated tina
about two hundred were in thcwo"ds east Of IL
only half mile. all armed and ready for fight
Dnrin" Wednesday afternoon were found il
houses known tn b" owned AMI inhabited blu
then deserted l.v mciHi,"rS of this gang. I;lrg
quantities; oghrcat--:rmv brcad--and meat pre-
parcd for the camp. FAR beyond the nccc>Slt!c
Of Il private i;,mly--ic<! med, no doubt, for thi
gang. Srliirrs remarked that that looked! ik
Dixie, where The r"hcI% had rm,amprd bur bcc
driven >ilrIdrnlr"i The boys helped tilrmsclvc
-takinra lcnt' each Thursday. Instead q
battle W" hal diplomacy. 0nc Lclbcttcr ant
Colonel French from M;llcrshurg. came +
camp. Offering u ir:"rr"dc, u>c their in
fIurnrc. and il possible settle the matte
M without further hIomi>hrd. The term
rcduirrI lv Cv!"ncl Wallace wcrr. tina
the rr>ruci DISORDERS should be delivered up
amd also. the r.scucrs. rs prisoners. u hc d,
lvrrcd into the custody Of III" district mar>h;
for IN" Northern dis,rir; I'll Ohio. Also, II
urnrr resistance 10 the draft. The iav Wa
scent waiting for the result Lcdbcttrr an
, French ven jask and forth. from the mob /
camp. settling questions that w"r, being raj
cd. On Friday. little lniorc noon, the pc
saa< demanded. - far Il, thcr could 10 iounc
ware brought in and delivered up. Th"-r wl,
could not be found they pledged thcmscivC
should lr delivered NJ t" tn" authorities
, These leaders further pledged themselves an
their honurS that there should be 10 furih,
difficulty, and that the draft should 90 on III
d, mnInstcd. and tina; hereafter ':<ertcrs be take
}, without opposition.
GEN. GRANT IN ACTION.
| Correspondence Cine rrati Crmmrrci1l.l
\ early c"cry general in command Of Il
,r,,,,, las Il peculiar habit which he cxhibi