The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-08

sore xeund from the katte ~ as we rose,
nut it went over We started at rum
Che two right companies coming up INTO
5;ne and the balance of the regiment
shat had not vet fled to the front, marcif,
ed by the left flank, over the fence, anu !
into the field This threw our two com
NAMES some distance ahead. zen
eral McGinnis stood on the renee
within seventy yards of the battery
cheering us as we went. As~we came
mn the lane, a couple of old houses when
stood to the left of the lane, fully pro-
tected MS from the fire of the battery I'M
, III we had passed them, when we iound
ourselves not thirty feet from the battery
Atthe first glance had Oft the gun
ners were all at their pieces, and just
shifting there guns to bear on u.s. l al
most shut my eyes, and held my prea'n;
. for expected to see hlngdom CUM
the next minute. But IN an lnS'an1
y dozen rifles cracked and every gunner
l. went down in his track; the next we
. were over and through the battery.
:, The infantry support was stationed JUST
, behind them, in the low ground at inc
head of the hollow, and the two com
at MES separated, going each side OF the
20 hollow, and pouring a cross hre at aoous
twenty Yards, which killed and wounded
lg between fifty and seventy-hve men
er They then rushed down into the hollo",
re and in less than three minutes we hao
taken about sixty prisoners between 1ne
ev- rs from another battery, three quarters
4e of mile away, but Klaus's Indiana bat.
terry came ny and soon silenced them.
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ply Bg Several days ago we copied an
IN article from the Chicago Insurance ana
and Rait,0ay Register, derogatory to the
ue character of the Western Union Insu
ne rance Company, of Stirling, Illinois In
yht the same paper of last month we fine
the following retraction of the previous
so statement, which we copy in justice tc
to the company itself and its agent in thi;
IN city. The following is the Register
mo- amende honorable: ..5
NV The WESTERN UNION ms. Co., Oh
- STERLING, ILL-We regret that unwit
Gu tinglv we have done this Company al
injury An item appeared in the las
to issue OF the Register, stating that We
49,. had supposed the Company had gone GU
of business many months ago, NC, &c
ngs We have certainly labored under thi
impression, but a letter received fror
my the Secretary, containing statement {
the business done for two years past ell
mo- dorsements from prominent residents {
nel. Sterling, &C., &C., compels us to believ
o-t we were in error, and we cheerfully max
INV the correction. The statement show
IN the number of policies issued in 1861 t
was have been 1914 in 1862 only trif
per- less-1523. The returns made to tn
aro Commissioner of Internal Revenue sho
for six months past assurances effecte
to the amount of 100000, on which ia
, was paid From all these indications "
-ner are satisfied that the Company is ally
had and prospering. having for its Officer
the NJ S. Henry, Esq, (late Bank Commi
the sioner, President John G. Price, e
49, Mayor of Sterling Vice President al
'ne H. A. Munson, banker, as Secretary al
OF Treasurer
cor We present herewith a portion of
h.s letter written to the editor by the POI
FOR your information, state tn
ca the Company has been doing a unifor
business since its commencement, whiC
an their records will show. In publshir
this the article alluded 10, deem you ha,
ST cone the Company great injustice upC
liar misrepresentation by parties, who q
~ not wish the Company success. tru
III after you learn the facts as to the r
sponsibility of the Company, you wi
lose no time in setting the matter RICH
ms, From an old and personal acquaintanC
onel with the officers and those to whom i
for business management entrusted, l ca
of also say that they are gentlemen in ever
:, way qualified by integrity and ability
Nay give character and standing to the Con
pany, and render it popular with til
business public
Yours, very respectfully,
In > l.. KING HAWTHORN,
Mr. Post Master, Sterling, Ill.
nty, From the Chicago Insurance an
r. P0;Iro1d poo;oJou IL, 1920