Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-03-23
'HEADerARTERs, CNcINNATI, O.,

ICaptain Lewis F. Hake, with Compa-
nies B and H, I15th o. Y. l., provided
with three days cooked rations in their
and seven uncooked and forty
rounds Of ammunition in their cartridge
boxes, will report to o. s. Marshal A. c.
Sands, to proceed to Cambridge, Guernsey
county, Ohio, for the purpose Of assisting
Marshal A. G. Sands in making such ar
rests in that and adjoining counties as he
may be authorized to make, and bringing
the persons arrested TO this CITY,"
aIn accordance with this letter, Marshal
Sands left Cincinnati yesterday morning
at o'clock, in company with the two COM
panies Of soldiers, numbering about l8O
men, arriving here last evening about Z
o'clock. The troops were told on their way
that they were going to fight home trail
tors. The announcement was received
with loud cheers. On their arrival at this
place they met with most fattering re-
ception, the inhabitants turning out in
large force to welcome them. United
States Marshal Sands Immediately, on his
srriTal, busted himself in procuring quar-
ters for his men, and succeeded in procur-
ing from the town Council the use Of the
court house, where they were soon COM
fortably installed. The Marshal, who in
future We shall term the General, for the
sake Of convenience, took up his quarters
at Browns Hotel He then proceeded to
organize staff, and to hear the reports Of
several refugees who had been driven
from Noble county by the rebels there
One Of them, named ]. F. Lukens, who
only arrived the same afternoon, makes
statement TO the effect that Mr.. Hardy, the
man who received the five Union soldiers
mentioned in the first part of this letter,
had been assaulted by a band Of thirty
armed rebels, who attempted to pull him
from the horse on which he was riding,
and proposed ducking him him in horse
pond; then they dragged him toward the
woods with the avoWed object Of hanging
him from the bough Of q tree, and then
again going of for fence rail, on which
70 treat him to a free ride. Finally, for
what reason he could not say, but probably
in consideration of the just retribution
which would surely follow if they commit
ted these sets Of violence, they let him go.
another man named latson, saddler, os-
eupying one Of the three houses composing
TIE town of HoskinsVille, cripple having
but one leg, they assaulted in body about
twenty in number, beating him in a
shameful manner, and threatening to hang
him If he ever dared to advocate the sup
port Of the Government; and yet these
men announced themselves as good Union
men and Peace Democrats, in favor Of q
reconstruction Of the Union on 8 strictly
constitutional basis. Another statement
which he made toward the end Of his mar
rativs is the most important of all. On
the Saturday after the GorporaPs guard
had left, a large meeting Of the Butternut
Democrats Of the county was held at Shs-
ron, the object Of the meeting being to de-
eide whether the ehivalrie Butternuts had
better fight out the battle with the squad
O9 soldiers whom they presumed would be
sent, or whether they had better hide. By
8 large majority the meeting decided on
fighting out the battle to the last man, re
marking that they would have to fight
sometime, and they might as well COM
mencs at once, OF wait until the draft wal
enforced, and resist that. After this &C
ion had been taken, these traitors regu,
Iarly organized themselves for resistance
and prepared themselves for an attack
some state, terrifying HoskinsviIle, while
others say establishing themselves on ont
Of the hills in the vicinity. Hoskinsvilli
Is . small, contemplate, diminutive place
hardly deserving the name Of village
containing church, 9 school house sDt
two houses. It lies north Of small rui
known Is Duck creek, and is Commando
By hill which lies directly north Of it,
The woods which surround the place haY