Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-06-25
Thc Insure .tion in uoImc. County.

hObiSONt VI w hhhllbbVu toNissnlp, WIS
the militia of Rchlaud. lie Is VIGOROUSLY
unpopular man In that community, and while ma
king the enrolment he called at house near De
Wirr's cross roads and said to the women pres
ent, who were frightened at the enrolment being
made, "you need not care for your husbands be.
ing taken away; can attend to all the women in
this neghborhood." This brutality of RoBrsoa
spread all over the township in very short space
of time. A day or two afterwards he called at
place where four Democrats were working al a |
cellar, and commenced to talk to them of "But-
ternuts" and "Coppcrheads." This added to his |
treatment Of the women, was more than they
felt like enduring, and they run him half a mile !
with stones. A few days after Provost Marshal
DRAKE and U. S. Deputy Marshal AsDERsoN
with posse of l2 men came and arrested the
four men who had assaulted RoBIsoN. After pro
ceeding few miles with their prisoners some fif.
ty persons stopped them demanded aud obtained
the release Of the pl isoners and their arms and
made them promise never to come back TO the
township on n similar errand
The pistols were fired OFF and returned to them
All was then quiet until "Wednesday Of last week
when some COO soldiers made their appearance in
the township under command of Col. WALLACE.
These were distributed in squads over the town
ship. One squad fired upon GEORGE BUTLER, of
Killbuck township, who was travelling to Knox
county on private business and so severely woun.
ded him in the knee that he W i'll probably lose his
leg, and possibly his life. Quite number of
citizens Of Richland and adjoining townships in
Knox and Coshocton countless amounting in all
to several hundred. hearing of the arrival of the
soldiers assembled to protect their neighbors from
arrest and danger. During the evening squad
of citizens fired upon squad of soldiers without
efle, t; the soldiers returned the fire and wounded
Ar. Brown in the leg. On Thursday morning
Hon. d. z. LEADBErTER, JOIN FRENCH, Col d.
FRENCH, Lieut.. Col BAKER and ROBERT LONG, the
three former Democrats and the two latter Re.
publicans, went out to use their endeavors to set,
tie the difficulty without further bloolshed They
finally succeeded in compromising on condition
that the four men who ran off RoBisoH should dc.
liver themselves up to be tried by the civil au-
thorities, and that Provost Marshal DRAKE might
arrest nine of those who had been most promi
nent in the rescue.
With this understanding of affairs Col. WAL.
LACE left with his command for Columbus imm me.
diately, and the citizens, who had gathered qu-
etly dispersed.
During the time the "Pcacc Commission" as
it is commonly called here, we're cndeavoring to
settle the affair a number of abolitonists from
this place and elsewhere, used all their endcav.
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ed Col. WALLACE to arrest Mr.. LEADBETTER and
Col FRENCH. They were anxious to see civil
war inaugurated here that would result in fear
ful destruction of life and property
The rebellion was not confined to the Demo
cratic party. Many Repablicans of the immedi
ate neighborhood participated in it. After th'
trouble was fully under headway three Republi
$ cans deserted and went in Col. WALLAcE's S cam
J. and rendered him their services, which he de
= clined.
q In the settlement it was understood that Mr.
II DRAKE was to send decent man to make the en-
rolment of that township.
u Rake out an equal number of the basest pimp
Z that nhabit the abodes of perdition, and the,
e would stand no show with the Millersburg abol
G tonists in lying about this affair. They have
T. used the Cleveland Herald as their mouthpiece
Unfortunately for the peace Of this count,
Provost Marshal DRAKE selected, with few ex
!. ceptons, imprudent and unpopular men to max,
. the enrolment. The men chosen were partisan
~ pets of his.
: While the soldiers were PASSING down to Rich
"a land township, and also while they were there,
,. number of aboitionists used strenuous exertion
to get them to come to Millersburg and destro
rs the private property of Democrats. Col, WAL
"a LACE invited number of these unprincipled out
avs to attend to their own business and assure
them that he understood his. Those of ou
friends who conversed with the Colonel speal
y very highly Of him as gentleman and soldier
X About 100 men who came as soldiers but di,
~ not belong to Col. WALLAcE's command, hav
lr since renamed in the neighborhood in violation
lie of the agreement. 1t is rumored they are com
10 mittng various outrages upon the citizens, amon
he which is that of forcing oath upon men not Il
'e vote the Democratic ticket.
N So far as we are informed about dozen per
III sons have been arrested. The four who ran Of
ly RoBsoN have been released on bail
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