, 1863-08-15
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i spR1SnR1x1p, August 13, 1863
HOW THET ARM TIE TRAITORS.
It viii be matter Of surprise how the Cop
pe1heads pfecarc arms for The members Of
their society. But understand it Is done.k4
this why: Every one that Is Initiated into the
4. &. C-'s Il asked If be hos any arms II he
has not any, he Is asked to buy suitable ones.
II he has no means to do so, they are pur-
chased for him ont of the find for that pur.
pose. They boast that they hare enc hundred
: ,thouEand Of these oath-bound, armed men III
: this State. 4 large number Of the arms are
no doubt weapons stolen by deserters and
Others, from the Government r.
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA s1SGLETo1ENs1.
y Brig. Gen. Singleton who, went into the
Quincy Herald with such flourish ot trum-
nets. as Its: editor in-chief, has ingloriously
yacated The cnair, Which has again been taken
possession Of By Austin Brooks. The General
pald S5, 900 for his hn1f interest, and while here
: few days since, offered taS6en out to Hg-
gins, Of the STATE Register, for 5000. Single
toms peace resolution, and ADORE Ill, his con-
nection With that dirty dog, Henry Clay Dean,
were too much Tor any ordinary mortal. !. The
only official posltion which the General now
holds, is his Brigadiership In the &. G. C:'s.
But this not paying at present, he is selling
of some Of Els property, probably to meet
Lis losses IN politfcs-1osses bT bis connection
with the HTald, and also By bis efforts to
desttted his old friend In bis extremity.
F.. WOULD NOT GIVE THAsks.t
The Egyptian Copperheads I1earu, as gen
eral thing, paid no more attention to the
Presidents proclamation than II they had
been residing in Richmond under the yery
nose of JEFF. Davis. Indeed, 4 learn, that the
z. G. c. drilling went on as usual on that
tie holtday to steal of to their meeting places.
The Savannah Ibst says that in that place no
notice Thatever was taken OF Thanksgiving.
STATE FAIR AT DECATUR.
The good people Of Decatur ara making
preparations for the State Fair, to come of
at that rlace. They expect rich harvest.
Tfey promise fine fdr grounds, good accou.-
1nodations to all who attend, &c, It is to be
hoped the Fair will be all that can be desired.
ard mechanical exhibitions have not been
what they were previously thereto.
TIE RETURNED SOLDIERS F1ouGNG COPPER
~ HEADS. ''-
About one-elghth Of Gen. Grants army Is
Just now returning home on farlougn, full Of
spirit. loyalty, pluck and ambition: But they
also feel an almost urcouquerab1e itching to
give the Copperheads, who have been SO bust
y--with hellish desigSnE-getting up the later.
nal fire in their rear. I hare heard It stated
that they are bound to each other to whip
every JEFF Davis sympath1zer whom they may
hear spouttug treason. On Thursday last, q
soldier very much reduced By diarrhea, stop
ped at Decatur, On his way home; At the
railway platform q Coppcrhead pitched into
him, and the soldier returning his compli-
nents IN kindred language, the cowardly JEFF.
Dayjs tool drew pistol upon him. In the af.
ternoon the soldier WIS again at the depot,
where he saw tn ee returned soldiers. and 1n-
formed them Of what had occurred. They
Immediately went up town and found the Cop
pe1head, who was great hardy fellow, tn a
saloon. Here he again commenced abusing
the soldiers as Aboliliouists, fighting an Abo-
lition war, dc. With that, one Of the soldiers
grabbed him by the WHISPERS and proceeded
to castIgate him. The lubbcr begged hard
for mercy, denied having presented the pfs-
tol, begged all their pardons, &c But this
was not enough for the soldiers. Like Gen.
Grant {when he was passing through the
State with his regiment, on the way to the
war, and threatened to hang man unless he
would do It J one Of them wrota out the OATH
Of allegiance, another read it to him, and the
third sTore him to sacredly abide b its pro-
visions. They then left him. One Of the SOL
diers was from an Illinois, another from an
Ohio, and the third from the 1sr Vlzgfnta regi
mcut, ZErA.