Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-16

THE MoRsAS RafD-The dispatches - the
Associated Press viii hereafter keep us Informed.
se suppose. OF the progress through Ohio Of TIE
famous John Morgan. he will probably raise q
hornets nest in Ohio ss he did IN Indians. bu,
whether he will get stung any worse than when
he was here remains 70 be seen. II would apoear
from the preparations made by Gen Burnside
that his crossing is cut of. but John PLAYS so
many strange pranks that II j. quite possible that
be my have knowledge Of some undiscovered
bar. and step over il some fne night while the
noted foFdiDg places are carefully guarded by
guhboats and by brigades Of infantry That the
worn out force Of Hobson will ever overtake him.
y not ~ the range OF probabilities. unless John
has stomach hungering for eight and waits
deliberately for the pursuing force TO get up.
While Morgsn was in the State. il is very clear
that more men were killed and wounded in the
heat and hurry Of preparation 70 get after him.
than were hurt by bis forces The loss OF life
has been At distance from the enemy. and il has
been causad BY the absence OF that GOODNESS that
40 eminently distinguishes the movements of the
raiders IL was probably necessary 20 get M an
excitement on the first fash Of the news--ve
don't think il was. but il may have been: but u
certainly not necessary to keep il up.
That our troops raised on the spur of the mo
ment are brave they are patriotic there il
no question. and had thew encountered Morgan,
under competent commanders they would have
proved their mettle just surely as the sons of
Indiana have proved theirs on other fields Where
they came in contact with equal forces of the
veteran enemy they whipped them
At Providence IN Clarke county. a company Of
minute men met an equal number Of Morcan's
force. charged upon them and drove them pell
nell, killing two. woundng four and capturing
nineteen and this without the loss of a man.
These men were hurriedy drawn together from
their homes and their brilliant little victory forms
bright spot in the chapter of accidents that
chaTacterizes the raid
A most lamentable affair took place near
Harrison. Ohio on Tuesday night, and one that
will cause mourning in many households in lndi
ana
The regiment of Col Shyrock was at Harrison
when. at about 10 o'clock at night. a courier,
pale and terror stricken dashed in with word that
Morgan had been headed off and was returning
desolating the country with fire and sword Col
ShyrOck's regiment was paraded and marched
out. In the darkness. the head of the column
halted The order to halt not heard in the
rear. and the platoons soon closed en- masse All
was confusion at once The word flew from
rank to rank that the enemy was near. aud some
of the men exclaimed that THAT was as good n
place to fight as any, and commenced firing
without any order a Thinking company in a
field, supp0sinc they were attacked by the enemy
in force, poured a volley into the mass Of men in
the road and killed seven and wounded twenty
or thirty others.
Another account states that the regiment was
moving around hill spur, and that the wings
met, m;stook each other for enemies, and com
menced firing
Tie account we give first we received from a
member of the regiment. and he would be
likely 10 be well informed. we are inclined 10
think it the correct version OF the unucky affair
Last night the bodies OF FIVE of the killed ar
rived at the Union Depot. to be sent to their
relatives The names are. John Porter of Han
cock county; Ferdinand HafneT. Of Hancock:
John Gordon, of Randolph: William Faulkner,
of Randolph; and Oliver y Jones. OF Wayne.
The names of the other two killed we have not
been able to learn.
Among the wounded are Judge David 5 Good
ing. Lieut. VIM Hart and Benjamne Rains, ali
of Greenfield. Hancock county. The first report
was that Judge Gooding mortally wounded
but gentleman who arrived from Lawrenceburg
last evening. where the wounded men were sent
saws that the ball struck a rib and glanced, in
stead of penetrating the body as at first tee
graphed 10 his family
dispatch was received at Headquarters in this
city. last night. stating that Morgan had at
tempted TO cross the Ohio river ut MaysvilIe. bat
had been driven back and defeated in his de-
sign.