Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-29
A Racy Description ct the DiffIcuI-
ties ~ sfrown romnty.

Racy Description CT the Difficul-
ties IN Brown County
BLooNi>eTaS, lND., April %.
Ep sEsrIxKL: For seeerildays.the good folks
Of Bloomington have been l4boring under n se
we're fever OF excitement, originating IN the
Brown County difficulty aud kep, alive by reli
able reports from that section. An account Of
AIRY which had resulted in loss OF lie. vas
soihcient 10 satisfy evsFy +" lOsa - MAJ that .ibe
men Of Brown County had placed the las; ieath
e. mon tie came's back
On Ns day evening", he ouief of those II o
were w0ut 70 congregaie upon our Public Square
to plan campaigns aud exercise discreet oves
sight in the domestic affairs OF their ueighbors
as startled oy The appearance Of a man. dasfing
N haste through the streets on horseback The
loyal man. VINO mad a right % know. extracted
from the new conner lwho proved - be gentle
man who holds a military commission of our raj
ers, that he hailed from the County of Brown.
which was IN state OF nsurrection thai fifteen
hundred armed men had assembled at George
town. to resist any attempt to remove Lewis
Prosser from their midst, which number Won d
probably be increased double By midn ght. a
dispatch in almost these word We are inform
Ell. was sent to indianapolis. accompanied with a
demand for troops In a few moments, the town
was in possession Of the startling intelgen e
IL was deemed prudent by ali q take measures
for safety. public meeting wss privately called
u which those only deemed LOYAL by their fellow
citizens" were invited. Il was resolved TO or
Zanize military companies. aud send for arms
The meeting was composed entirely OF " loval
men, il adjourned 10 meet again. During Tues
dav, no reliable news received from the seat OF
At two O'Clock, a meeting was called at
the Court House. Ii was composed chiefly OF
residents of the town. though after dinner the
ar,co Of IN
down street, armed with a rifle OF Revolutionary
memory reminded one Of the patriotic days OF
Lexington and Concord. a Committee. ap-.
pointed the previous evening, reported. through
Judge Hughes a series Of resolutions pledglng
the meeting 20 an unconditional support Of The
Government. and deuouncing mob law. The
whole series if carried out in good faith, should
be endorsed by all The time, Gust after dinner
the occasion and the subject. opened teld tor
oratorical display The intrOducer of the resolu-
tions availed himself Of the happy opportunity
His address was certainly satisfactory 10 all Tn.
ion men, and had the rare merit of being well
adapted t. the critical situation OF the communi-
ty Ii reminded one If the DAYS of inspiration,
a. the speaker with flushing eve, required To his
patriotic warnings of the danger of the course IF
politicians who had differed from him and the
singular fnlfi lment of the predictions in the mis-
guided course Of the men of Brown County
He advised military organizations but thought
the safest and most prudent course, would be 10
send our own troops To other points. and to per
init troops from distance to quell the present
outbreak He was followed by other gentlemen;
by whom it was declared that arms would lie
forthcoming at an early day. to he placed in the
hands of loyal men. The resolutions
then adopted In the evening. company com
posed of our most loyal" citizens. organ
lied, on whose roll are 10 be found, we are in
formed, the names of Major Mulky Judge Bur-
kirk J udge Hughes aud other prominent men,
who are IN the ranks.
But alas that the patriotic efforts of good men
avaied them Daught. Ii has come 10 pass that
we are able to say with this day, there was no
gathering of the clans in the county of Brown.
nor anv approach TO military resstance-that the
military have not occupied the couuty--that the
pc ip'e have been and are at home following their
plows-thnt the title of Major General. with
which Colonel Hester was 50 tacetOusly dubbed,
was a waste of ink-and the tale of the original
murder has degeneratei into what an investiga
ton will show to he ustlfiable homicide. For
the truth. 10 the true character OF the Brown
county difficulties, we refer to DR. James d. Max
well, who returned to-day from the neighbOrhood
of Georgetown. where he had been called to visit
a patient He j. leading and influential Repub-
lean, and reliable man. He SAYS there has
been no attempt to resist the execution of the
laws or constituted authorities, and the only foun
dation for the wild reports in circulation. Is the
fact that the Sheriff of Brown county having
writ for Prosser, placed a guard OF twenty i've
men around his house to prevent interfering. who
remained there n day and mig t. when they were
discharged v lille we may boast OF some evil
minds, who like the evil srirc of the Latin Poet
as it looked down upon she gorgeous palaces. the
wealthy marts; the happy prosperous people of
the CITY of Athens lying beneath, well nigh went
because it beheld nothing there ut which TO weep.
every good citizen reioices at the dissipation OF
the serious trouble with which were threaten
ed The statement in the Sentinel of the 23d
inst. .that Gov. Dunniag had been refused ad-
mitance in the insurgeht lines, is without fouu-
dation Gov Dunnne mas never been in the
ne g hborhood of any such lines. UNION.
From the Cincinnati Enu'.rer