The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-11
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well, which met the approval OF the c
emocracy." We conclude, then,
,dge Turpie didn't tell them that he
tied to retain the $500 exemption /
ause in the CONSUMPTION bill, while such
lack Republicans as Henry S. Lane
nd Schuyler Colfax voted against 1t.
{ he had we doubt not his speech
,ouldn't have been so acceptable, as the
euunciation of that clause constitutes
arge part of the Democratic stock IN
rade.
The Democratic Convention of War.
tick county nominated Dr. JOSIAH
Brown for Treasurer, Robert Taylor for
Clerk, John NJ. Mills for Recorder, Felix
for Commissioner and Mel
son G. Dubois for Real Estate Appraiser
Judge David 7. Laird delivered the
speech of the occasion, a copy of which
was requested for publication. We shall
be- pleased to see it in print. --
The Seymour Times cites "another
outrage" 1t says: just few days ago
one John H. Morgan, a Democratic citi-
zen of the State of Kentucky, while hunt
ing his rights and few good horses IN
the State of Ohio was arrested without
civil process, and forcibly and without
trial was incarcerated in loathsome
dungeon in Columbus. This outrage
was committed with the sanction of the
1" abolition authorities at Washington.
The Times wants to know how long De-
mocracy is to be trampled upon in the
persons of its distinguished championsl
The same paper thinks that if the
hangman is cheated by the death of VIM.
L. Yancey, the devil isn't.
The Putnam Republican Banner de-
sires those democrats who deny the ex-
istence among them of a secret organiza-
tion, to explain the following fact. 1t
says;
There is neighborhood in the south
east corner of Greencaste township,
where, regularly every Saturday evening,
as night approaches, you can hear three
signals given in this way: Shortly before
night fall, one gun, musket or revolver
is fred After few moments this is
: answered by another, and that in few
, moments responded to by third. Soon
after you can see men of the butternut
persuasion vending their way to some
; dogfennel corner. No doubt they go
there to hunt their lost rights "a bottle. }
Putnam county, it is claimed,
/, will have three full companies in the
six months service This accounts for
= the confidence of the copperheads that
: they will carry the county at the mex
election. We're one or two more com
The Carbondale (IlL) Times saws
e that on Tuesday night last, John P.
: Law, in company with Augustus Lamer
and Charles Fiss, approached house
about six miles west of Golden, in Union
= county, to arrest some deserters. Law
5 being in advance of his companions, was
ordered to halt when, almost simultane-
Gus with this summons, several rifles
were fired, and Law soon fell from his
horse. Lamer and Fiss tried to rescue
bis body, but receiving heavy fire from
, the house, were obliged to retreat. Tween.
ty or thirty shots were fired This makes
the fifth Union man murdered in that
section of Illinois in eight months, and
little or no effort has been made to arrest
the perpetrators. Can neither State or
National Government afford the proper
protection?
The Terre Haute Union Democrat
, says: 1--WE have reliable authority. that
few evening since, Mr.. Voorhees, made
use of the remark, we presume in refer
, ence to the Kentucky elections, that the
ballot box was played ont, and that here
after voting would be done by bayonets,'
or words of like import"
The Bonneville Democrat says a dis
graceful drunken fight occurred in that
village on Saturday, the lst inst, as al
ways happens when the same class of
men assemble together 1t was demo-
cratic county convention. Toward eve
ming, bad whisky began to take effect
Butternutism became rampant-and not
being able to find a Union man who
would listen to their aeLguardion, -
they congregated in crowds before the
whisky dens, and went into regular
dog-fght among themselves. 1t is to be
hoped that they will select some other
locality for such displays of their brutal
ity hereafter
The Nashville Union of the ID inst
says gentleman just arrived there from
Chattanooga asserts that the rebels are
making no preparations to defend that
place, and will fall back on Atlanta in a
few days
Sir hundred and sirty-three dollars
and fifty cents were subscribed to the
Christian Sanitary Commission at the
various churches in Indianapolis, where