, 1863-09-24


POPE COUNTY AFFAIRS.
The political affairs Of this county'are now
merged In two barbecues, one to be held at
tional Union men, at which Gov. Yates, Col.
Vim. Dougherty and Gen. Haynie, Col. G. B.
Raum, and Rev. G. ". Hughey, were expec-
ted to speak. Great preparations were being
made, and it WAS thought 1t would be one Of
|he largest gatherings ever had In Southern
Egypt. On the other hand, the Copperheads
are to have barbecue on the same day ut
Grand Pier Church, fifteen miles east Of the
sboVe Place. They expect ": j. Allen, Wm.
3. Giten, and Judge Duff, as speakers.
There Was quite an effort on each side to out
do the other. If the Copperheads should
outdo the Union men, It was expected It
would make them quite bold and oyerbearing.
On the otht hand, If the Union men carried
the day, It would do much good. The
Union men never had fears as to the results.
4 CONFEDERATE OFFICER DRILLING ILLINOIS
CoPPEAHEADs.
About the first Of the preeent month the
people Of Carlyle, Clinton county, were hon
orea ~ with visit from one Ohm Carlin, or
he styles himself. Your readers may rccol-
lect 1he gentleman. He was Captain OF
company Of bushwhackers In North Mis-
souri, was captured, and after being In stdu-
Innce vile" in 8t. Louis for some time, es-
capped. He has been drilling Copperheads In
Clinton county for nine weeks. While there
he Was toasted md petted by the K. g. c. at
take him, 81 for hs had the men to back
him !" In eho1t, he was q lion among them.
With few exceptions, each one stroye who
should lionfze him most. Yet those men who
halbor traitofs aud gecrete them when uec-
eseaty are very indignant when called such.
AH1cE SPECIMEN.
The Copperhead candidate for School Com.
missioner in Morgan county, Samuel II. Mar.
tin, was appointed By the Free State party o1
Missouri, delegate to the Chicago Gonven-
tion which nominated Mr.. Lincoln In 1860,
but he mansged not to be present. He then
came to Illinois, md Vas active in forming a
UrIon party at the breaking out Of the. war,
sayiDg that he Waa an unconditional Union
mnn. The Copperheads then gave him the
cold shoulder, especially after he WAS defeat.
ed By Tom Springer in Convention for the
same Office TO which be now aspires. After
his signal defeat he turned to the Union par.
y and urged them to organize q Union
League In Jac cksonyille. and having belonged
to It some time Us an, officer, left It and
Joined the Coppe1heads. Such a man, 1t will
be seen, is y holly unreliable politically.
= JERSEY COUNTY.
An intelligent gentleman writing from Jer.
tey county to5s:
lat the beginning Of the war, meeting
was held ct Newbern, ut which compromise
and peace resolutions we're the only grouuda
clearly distfnguishablo; while In the midst oil
the tall timber of the Macoupin, 60 called
= saSs o1cso1.a ras he'd t sosis
tie party leaders here, as in other places,
1aye forced the rank and file of their forces
beyond the line of their own immediate con-
troll, and now would fafn restra.n them. Not
being themselves ready to meet the ineyita.
BILE consequences of their oHn teaching, they
taEe caused 1r1eparable damage, but will
st1oIg aud yigflant, and will pull back the
mates, and compel them 10 field negative
obedience TO State and internal laws Our
successes againBt the enemy are too marked
to allow them to countenance for a moment
sny actual outbreak or. open resistance
to the constituted authorities. Several
attempts have been made to establish peace
and Golden Circle combinations in this couu-
~, but they faye not been attended with
much success. Hence the hope Of the enc
niles Of the Administration Is now placed In
the old Democratic Organization with doc.
trines ard principles a. thoroughly adverse
to Republlcanis1n and to every Union senti-
ment E9, as e1istinE ei1cumstaaees VII permit.
We ere not apprehensiye Of trouble in this
section Of the State. Deserters are from time
to time arrested without open opposition,
and q draft could be enforced without diff.
culty. Our Provost Marshal and other off,
GERS are well selected and are fearless and
efficient. We have several Copperhead mill
tia companies In the comfy, and also large
organization. What CoPperhead d peace com.
paDies want with arms / cannot see as they
ore opposed to offensive warp
MlssoUR1 BCsHWuACKERs IN ADAMS COUNTY.
I regret to learn that large number Of
Mis6ou1faus have taken up their abode In
Adams county,, aimee the war commenced.
Mcny Miesopn bushnhnckers have been shel.
1e1ed In that county by their brethren, the
CopE 4 majority Of these Missouri
ans, before they came over herc, never tired OF
eu,tiDg Illinois md nlinoisian5. They hare
now moved over for eafety, and are yet as dis
loyal ard t1aitorous as they were before they
came. Gen. Og1esby's portrait Of the Macon
county Coppe11eads won1d also do for thoae
ef Adams, a friend met an old gentleman
from Missouri. In Adams county, 5 few days
einee: He had bssn driven over foE shelter.
corditionally for the Union. Over year ago
his son was thot down in the presence Of bis
wife, at Canton, No., for no cause saye that
he was Union man. His sons store WAS
1obbedb by band Of bushwhackers, and while
bis wife was begging. the rnf1lans to take all,
uAe - hta4 e AEA AAeU4uQs ut 4t1& 1T QEE lEEt
aid diea from his wounds in three hours.
The leader Of the band which did that deed
has been the1tered By an Illinois Copperhead,
In Adams county. The lender is named Smith.
The nan who was murdered, and whose store
was robbed, is named Carnegie.
coprERuEADs In GREENS COUNTY.
As an Indication Of the Cspperhead pro.
cliyittts in the nejghborhood Of Carrolton,
Greene county I would state TINT there are
abopt sixty copies Of ths Chicago Times taken
at Il g Pestof1ice at Carro]lton, nearlyas many
Missouri Rtpatieans, and two copies Of tho
Cticsgo Ibst: Geo. II. Davis, Clerk In the
Office Of the Provost Ma1sha1 Of the 10Th Dis
,rict, is agent for the Times, and it. is thought
that this traitoruus Eheet has been circulated
too extensively in the county Of Greene. Of
course the Provost Marshal is q Union
man par excellence, and he would not
hare such men around him as this Davis aud
paper that advocated the twenty-third resolu-
tion, ard recommended the Chicago Times Us
the best Union paper in the country, and
hoped and expected that 100 copies would be
taken in Cauolton- The Copperheads In the
county, am informed, are very bold, are all
around ard sEeak openly In any part Of the
have organized IL tie county under the militia
law, and elected one Andrew Headrick Cap
tain, who has applied to Governor Yates for
arms, faye the mark! Headrick Joined. q
company ct the SGD regiment, while stationed
at springfield, and went to Carrolton osten-
sib]y to recruit Tor the company. Among
wished to enlist, that It was good thing,
that be would get his pay and wouldn't have
to fight, as the South would whip the Aboli-
tionists before the SD got into service. He
found that be ,7as mistaken and managed to
get out Of the regiment himself. He now
wants a1ms for company Of Home Guards,
there call them Z. G. U's.
There are from fifty to sixty deserters In
this county, but nothing is done to arrest
them. .
GREENE COUNTY AFFARs.
A friend, writing from Greene county, says:
"There are copperhead candidates for county
Cfffces, but no Union, nor do think there
will be my. The Court House clique are all
Copperheads, ,bnt lpresume are too smart for
the < G. Cts who are to do the'murdering,
burning, 1obbing, de-, when the time comes
for concerted action. Hon. G. D. Hodges Is
endeayo1iug to pacify the mob. Whether he
will succeed Is doubtful. Knapp, Of jersey,
and Bun, Of Scott, have applied the 1eayen,
and It has worked admirably.
MORGAN COUNTY ELECTION. -:
In this county, BEistow, Coppethead candi-
date for County, Clerk, mot Treasurer) has
suit for libel and slander against one James
Danyerde1d Of Jacksonyille, laying his dam
ages at 5000. The cause for said suit Is that
Dauyerdeld had charged Bristow with running
off two OF Kinks negros and selling them in
Tennessee some time ago, The general i'm
PRESTON is that be has brought the suit to
help in his election, and that It most likely
will not be tried this term Of court, which sits
on the 4th Monday in September, and that
before next term he hopes to be elected.
THE yAHplL1A AFFAIR AGAIN.
A gentleman residing st Vandalia sends me
some further interesting particulars concern
ing the affair there. He states that the rebels