Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-04
DAILY SENTINEL.
THE UNION-IT MUST BE PRESERvED.-[JAcKcsS
WEDNESDAY, MORNING. FEB. 4.
ssKcsistaucc to the Are. % Dcserters
in Indiana,

The Abolition papers. from the Cincinnati Com
mercial to the IndiamaI oils Journal, seem deter
mined to make lying their stock in trade One
and all make il business to wituliy miSrepre
sent, With the hope of proloneing the Lie
rotten cause. The telegraph is likewise used and
abused to spread Interpretations over the coun
try until the unreliabity of that source of in
formation has become proverbial All the ave
nues to truth, and fairness, and Justice are blocked
up by the party in power. Under the head of
resistance to the arrest OF tieSeifers in indiana
we find the following batch OF falsehoods tele
grhphei TO the Cincinnati Commercial from the
Governors office in this city and which appeared
in that print of yesterday,
On Friday last small squad of soldiers
sent to a village named Waverly, Morgan coun-
ty 10 arrest some deseittrs. Upon their aTJi val
they were fired upon by some of the citizens and
informed that the deserters would be protected,
and under no circumstances would they be sur
rendered he squad being too small to effect
the arrest returned TO this city and reported the
facts 10 Col Carr.hgton, who sent twenty FIVE
cavalry after the offenders. with orders to arrest
them. dead or alive The cavalry arrived there
about noon ON Sunday. and were fired upon by
about forty mounted men. The cavalry immedi
ately charged upon them. when they fed in all
directions. throwing a"ay their arms. The cav
alrY captured nine of the COW arily rlsc.,ls with
two OF The de>erters. and marched them to this
city, where they how m close confinement
Colonel Carrngton will send hundred cavalry
after the balance to morrow.
1t is rare find butch OF lies in small a
compass. and We copy it TO show the means EN-
l,loyed TO IIejujce the public mind. There was
no resistance made to the arrest of the deserters
by the citizens OF Waverly. The cavalry were
not fired upon "by about forty mounted men. " and
~e erelihy Informed that the citizens ar
rested and brought here are A. innocent
of resisting the military Waverly as the
editors OF the Commercial or Governor MoRToS
Neither has Col CaRRIxGToS sent a hundred
cavalry after the balance. nor did he order the
cavalry TO arrest the d.serters. dead or alive.
There would have been 10 disturbance at Wa
VERY if the military had confined themselves
solely 10 the Of Geserters. One OF the 50
called de.eriers was par0led prisoner. he was
absent by permission OF officer OF his com
pan, for the reason that he could tot be com
fortably provided Tor in camp here. and he was
ready 10 return whenever il Mas Necessary for him
10 do 80. Ii the private property and the rights
of citizens had not been ner.ered With. il citizens
had not been abused for opinions sake. We should
never have heard of trouble in Morgan county
or shall We hear again of difficulties elsewhere
between the military and citizens. if such out
RACES are not repeated
I 1t seems strange that the Abolition party 30
entirely ni>apgr,head the sentiment of the people
of Indiana. The poricisns are not leading or