Daily State sentinel., 1863-08-08
nent. Dale ualk.d hurriedly up the ai.l.

aisle. screaming AZ the top of their voices Halt
halt while those who remained outside formed
line in front OF the door, completely prev eniing
any outgoing or incoming The scene that i'm
mediateiy followed beggars all description. The
women screamed with terror and one or two
tainted Two of the church members, one OF
them an elder. met the sQuad and eudeavOred 10
turn them back. They informed the soldiery
that they were about taking sacrament, and
begged them not 10 make the arrest until the ser
vices were concluded. No, they would not do IL
Dale bad worn Outternut and must be arrest
ed." While endeavoring 10 turn the squad back.
several made short speeches TO quell the Storm.
Order vas finally restored bv DIE surrendering
the butternut, which in his pocket. 10 some
one, when the crowd left the church, and the
members concluded their sacrament and were dis
missed But the peice was broken. After such
a scene the people could scarcely worship with
such eQuanimity as before Many citizens took
their families and left tor home during the melee.
declaring they had come there for worship and
they would not leave their wives and children
there TO be terrified with the sight of mu,kets in
church OF ccurse very many did not Justify the
wearing of offensive emblems on that day, but
even though they were worn. thev had been
moved long before the guards appeared armed
Good citizens can and will not endorse the action
Of the home legion in making their onslaught
Hniita ltdCtdDlc dLD ptOus tbiiEfc-htlOu hcIC
celebrating the Lords Supper Whatever may
have been the ohense of Young Dale. spirit of
respect and deceBcy should have controlled the
home guards until services we're concluded. AT
ter the dismissal OF the congregation 10 farther
attempts at arrests were made.
Such are the facts, and an intelligent people
may now Judge them. lfit s for the purpose o.
disturbing peacelble people that the home guards
are organized. and displaying their arms on ali
IL I.1
well know IT, No people have been more sland
cred aud traduced than the Democrats of Boone
county. and no people have more forbearing
Democrats time after time, have been arrested
on the most silly charges. and with few excep
tions, almost Immediately discharged. Taken
from their homes. compelled to lose their time
and spend their money To crafty the mnlevolence
OF some of their enemies. Again. no natter how
triumphAnty they may be acquitted, the perse
cutions DO not cease. The cry OF traitor is still
sung in their ears, aud the tongue of SANDER still
endeavors 20 poison their peace. But so far the
shaft has missed its mark No epithets however
insulting, and no treatment however scandalous,
has driven the Democracy of Boone from the
correct path OF duty. Not a Republican paper
in Indiana speaks of Democrats except as butter
nuts and coDperheads. vet they are intensely dis
gu>ted should a Democrat meet them in good
humot and wear Din. Old Democrats ia this
county have been derided in their fields
simply because the garments they wore bad the
butternut hue Democrats who pass peace tbly
along minding their own business are frequently
salute1 with the words, There goes Id but
ternut son of a b-h;' Yet the persons who freely
apply these epithets are excessively loyal that
their patriotic ewes burning hercely with the lust
for power, are sadly nsulted should a simple but
ternut pin make It's appearance Old men have
never worn them, nor would boys do so were the
epithet forgotten. But enough. The Demo
crats of Boone are to day as patriotic and Union
loving citizens any ot the proud hosts of
Abraha m" or "Oliyer." They never declared
that 1.-THE Union could not exist half slave and
half free nor did they for the man for Gov
ernOr of Indiana. who, in 1856, supported by
party that followed the hig Of only sixteen
stars. If it is the intention of Gov. Morton and
his toadies to crush all opposition 10 abolition
policy. and what is still worse. no longer let the
civil law protect men "who worship God accord
ing to the dictates of their own conscience" then
people in Indiana have fallen low in
deed c.
LEBANON, ISD., Aug. D. 1863.
-RusH CouNrr-The Democracy of this
county will hold convention in the Court house
in Rushvlle. on Saturday. the 5th day of Sep
tember. The elections for delegates will take
I,
the 29th of August, at o'clock p NJ.
The Hancock county annual agricultural
fair will be held on the fair grounds near Green
field. commencing on the 2l of September, and
continuing four days.
There is not a single tenant in the Tippe-
canoe county Jail.
The corner stone Of a new Catholic church
will be laid at Oxford. on Sunday the 9th inst
1t will be one of the finest church edifces in the
State.
-CoRS-We fear the corn crop in this yicini-
" will be more than one half what it was last
year The frost of the 18th of last month com
petely killed whole fields Lafayette Courier.
-DIscHAReE or JAMES POLK. THE MURDERER
OF STEwART.-Our readers will remember the
trial Of james Polk. about tour years since, for
the murder of John Stewart. near the Battle
Ground and his sentence TO the Denitentiarv for
twenty years. He was discharged this morning
my order of Judge Perkins of the Supreme
Court As the case has excited some conSidera
bic interest and is of great importance to the
legal profession. give condensed history of
the whole Transactions
Polk was indicted by the Grand jury and tried
pN the Ohcult COurt upon the charge OF murder
in the second degree there being no count in the
indictment for manslaughter which is murder in
the third degree. The verdict of the jury was as
follows:
I'VE. the jury, find the defendant no, guilty Of
murder, as charged. but find him guilty of man
slaughter. and sentence him TO twenty wears i'm
prsonment in the State prison.
After Polk had served ont three years Of his
imprisonment he took an appeal to the Supreme
Court on the ground that the Judge had m-di
rectcd the jury in regard TO the defense of inssn-
ity. and the Supreme Court set aside the verdict
and ordered a new tri
POlkS counsel then applied u Judge Perkins
of the Supreme Court for 4 writ Of habeas cor
pus. on the ground that Polk could not he tried
twice for the same oiiense, thereby placing the
defendant in jeopardy. Judge Perkins on this
application, held. that there WAS no count in
the original indictment for manslaughter, OF
which the defendant was committed. that the
judgment for acquitta of murder in the second
degree stood good. notwithstanding the reversal.
and that the empaneling of a second jury WIS the
jeopardy to defendant contemplated by the Con
stitutiOn, and that the prisoner was therefore en-
titled 10 bis discharge The order tor his lber.
alton was issued above stated and Polk is
now at large Lafayette Courier.
-DENocRATIc Mass MEKTfSG At PERu The
Democratic mass meeting at Peru last Thursday
was one Of the finest county meetings we ever
attended The number in attendance was est
mated at from 000 to 900 Several hundreds
Of the Democracy were IN attendance from CaSS