Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-30
For the Indiana State Sentinel.
The >peck of War at Raleigh, Rush
Couuty-A rruc statement of Facts.
RALEIGH. Rush CoUATY. ISD !
March 2}d. 1863.

county, sruc statement OF facts.
RALEIGH. Rush CoUSTY. ISDy
March Odd. 1863.
Mr. Error: | find in the Cincinnati Gazette
Of the 2lst inst the following special dispatch
from indianapolis to that place. dated March
Doth:
"a small spcck of war came off in Raleigh,
Rash county. Indiana. Yesterday. A squad sent
down to arrest deSerfer< had captured sir of them,
and were on their way To the carS. when they
were set upon by a mob of one hundred Butter
nuts, mounted and armel with rifles, and their
prisoners released
Upon learning these { cts, Gen. Darlington at
once dispatched two companies of infantry. when
the Bntteruuts skedaddlei and the soldiers re
captured most of the deserter<. Thus does vigor
nip treason in its bud "
Now the facts are about asfollows:
There were some soldiers in the vicinity of
Raleigh. who had returned home TO visit their
families and friends, ~(vithout fIrloughs, as a
matter of course. for Il seems that none are
granted. which many of Us think is a great mis-
take) If there was liberal system of furlough
ing granted and practiced upon, il does look
reasonable that there would not he so many de
serters. the most of whom, a. ] understand. were
making arrangements to return to their regiments
in accordance with the proclaim tiion OF the Presi
dent upon that subject, when, rs there is reason
to believe, some AbolitioniSt who wished to see
Democrats punished, reported to the Governor
and Col. CarringtOn. or some one in authority.
something not warranted by the ficts. Upon
this statement Col. c dispatched a squad to ar
rest them That squad was led on by a man by
the'name of Shannon, living in the town of Dub
lin. who once volunteered but failed to get a po-
sition that would pay, feigned to become very
much afflicted he obtained a discharge After
ward he plead the baby act for his son and got
him out of the service.
The squad went to Raleigh and Shannon. be-
ing veIy impudent. got 10 the impression that
they were going to arrest several of the citizens,
and among others the wife of one OF the soldiers.
This news spreading over the ne;ghLorhood and,
as usual in such cases. losing nothing by circula
ton, brought some forty men to Raleish. In
the meantime the squad arrested one soldier, and
unnecessarily handcuffed him. and carried him
away uRmOfesfed While they were in the neigh
borhood, the squad arrested two citizens aud
handcuffed them, but soon atterward released
them.
That squad proceeded to indianapolis, anu
from what we can learn reported some fish story.
(which it is supposed must have been done by
Shannon. for l think the balance. or most of
them were gentlemen and next morning the
quiet citizens of Rsleish we're surprised tn hnc
all of a sudden. their village surrounded by one
hundred soldiers. Before the commandant Of the
posse comif0fus learned that he had been mi-in-
formed. he arrested some OF the citizens and held
them in custody until he learned the facts. when
he released them with the proper apology. stating
that he would not have done so if he had not been
| misled.
While in the neighborhood they picked up two
more of the soldiers.
Now it the Gazette or its correspondents can
not come nearer the truth than they have done in
the above disp1tch, what reliance can there be
placed in ANYTHING that NAV be found in its col
umns? | think it high time that newspapers
should quit lying or that our people would learn
that some are more given to lying than Others.
Our officials should be very careful to know the
facts before they set the whole country in com
motion bv ordering the soldiers (who are sworn
to obey all orders to arrest and handcuff private
and unoffending citizens. ramsack their houses,
under their bells and all other private apartments,
when il would be an easy matter 10 ascertain
whether deserterS were about without so abrupt
and insolent > course RALEIGH.
TJomrnal please copy.