Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-22

The Democracy Of Whitley calnty assembled IN
mass convention in the Court house square in
Colun.bis City, on the 18th instant. The News
says:
There were upwards Of 1900 people congrega-
ted in the court house square and immediate vi
cinity. who. in enthusiasm. patriotism aud deter
mined spirit to maintain their liberties trans
mitied To them BY their glorious ancestors chal-
lenged the admiration of everybody. Every
township in the county vas largely represented.
Speeches were made by Hon. ROBERT LowRY,
and BY Mr.. EDwasD EvEKs Of Chicago.
Resolutions were offered by A. ]. DOUGLAS and
unanimously adopted as follows:
Resolued. l. That We fully endorse the reso
lutions passed at the mass convention held NJ
Indiana polls on the Doth day of Nav last and
those passed At the Democratic State Convention
of Ohio held At Columbus, and the following in
addition:
g That We are as heretofore attached
to the old time honored principles Of the Demo
cratic party as taught by Washington, Jefferson.
jackson, and the other fathers of the Republic:
that we believe with them that man is capable Of
selEgovernment, not only in times of national
peace aud prosperity but IN time Of war also; and
consequently the privilege Of freely discussing
and printing on all subjects connected with the
policy Of administering the government, and
crticiZing the acts OF those who for the time be
ing have the control of the government in their
hands il n right inestmable to US. and formida-
bic to tyrants only.
3 That the recent rebel raid into our
State by John Morgan and his men, and the con
sequent loss Of property 20 citizens is the lie
climate fruit of the teaching of. and Justly
chargeable upon, the Abolition patty. who. for
nearly two years has falsely represented the De-
mocracy of this State traitors and rebel sym
pathizers, thereby inducing the rebels TO invade
our State with the hope of receiving aid and COM
fort from our citizens.
A. That c. ". Hughes, Provost Marshal of
this county, deserves and does receive censure
from every good aud loyal citizen Of our county,
for bringing unnecessarily to his assistance large
body of armed sodery. together with "a number
of lawless citizens of Noble county, for the
tensible purpose of ntimidating The people and
creating disturbances: and that it is the opinion
of this convention that such an unwerrantable
proceeding is the nstural aud legitimate result of
the partisan course pursued by our Governor in
organizing and armBg hume guards. who readily
Weld their manhood and their love for consttu-
tional rights, and willingly become the tools in
the hands OF an unjust and unwse administration
in the work OF tyranny.
B. That we, believing the hope and safety of
our rights and liberties rest with the Democracy,
will all honorable. fair and constitutional
means To preserve the same, and that as the hal
lot box is all that is left Us, we will make every
effort to obtain fair expression OF the ballot and
do now in convention pledge ourselves to the
support of the ticket this day placed before the
people of Whitley, and will use every laudable
means for its success.
-DEATH OF GEORGE W SPrTLER.-We recorded
a few days ago the death of Mr. SPIrLER, by
lightning He was known to a large number of
the citizens Of Indiana n good citizen. true
friend. faithful public servant, and, in all the
relations of life. can honest man, the noblest
work of God" A correspondent of the Lafayette
Courier furnishes the following sketch Of his life
and the circumstances attending his death:
The death of George W Splitter Of Rensselaer,
by lightning, ON the morning of the l7th instant
of the most peculiar instances of the
kind on record. The house is situated about one
mile from town. on a considerable sand ridge i'm n
grove OF tall timber, and is two and half stories
high, protected by lightning rod the first three
sections of which is ginal copper; the balance
is rod iron. The most reasonable theory is that
the copper received a greater charge than the
iron could carry off The consequence was that
. portion OF the electricity was diverted from the
copper to the house, entering the roof some little
distance from the rod Ii passed down into
the apartments Of the dwelling. meanderng its
way through some four or five rooms, and
severely shocking several persons that were
. asleep in them as it passed II entered the room
of the deceased which is on the first floor. where
he Was in bed with his wife Ii passed up the
foot post of his bed through his body, and down
the head poast, killing the deceased aud shvering
il as il passed; then through the floor into the
ground His wife, who WIS awake at the time
unconscious that her husband struck.
and only felt the shock I'm her foot in which she
il afflicted with'rheumltsm. He had been awake
but moment before. and had changed his posi-
ton in the bed. She bad been up but moment
before and closed the door The deceased had
changed his position 20 the back part of the bed
: to enable her to get in without inconvenience
I lie lay quietly. Death had done its work so
suddenly not To disturb muscle. The bed
room was lighted for a moment by the flash. and
as above stated Mrs 5. felt slight shock in her
lame foot. Little dreaming that her husband
!. was corpse BY her side. she quietly remarked:
a"That shocked my foot " There was no re-
espoDse The remark repeated; but still no
reply. when placing her hand upon him. the
dread truth flashed upon her mind. An ex
animation of the body disclosed no marks. save
slight discooration Of the skin in straight
line from the foot 10 the head. There was no
distortion of the features-all placid as though
aslsep
The deceased was among the first settlers of
Jasper county, sld for eighteen years flied the
Offices OF Clerk. Auditor. and Recorder of the
county. He was possessed Of fine business quail
,fcations. and has been identified as Director in
several of the public works OF the State. He
had many virtues of high order Charity and
kindness we're the chief characteristics of his ma
ture. It Is no exagcerations 10 saw that thou
sands of poor people. if al were living. would re
afer 10 the time when he was more than friend or
brother And strong did they manifest their
sorrow when thousands met. from his own and
adjoining Counties TO mingle their tears a; hs
frneral. 1t is no idle nhow, 1t j. genuine grief
Look, behold that poor widow: her ewes are red
with weeping She has been telling how he sent
wood during the winter storms, when she could
get it nowhere else; how he sent her meat and
-four when she had no money TO pay. Hundreds
are telling similar circumstances Such grave
needs no sculpiured monument TO mark the spot
The well beaten paths in the grave ward will lead
you to it. The epitaph is more lasting than upon
marble. L.
The Draft I'm New York.-ProcIama-
ton of GOV. Seymour
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. Aug /, 1863
have received information that the draft is
about 70 be made in the cities of New York and
BROOKLYN. and understand that there is danger
of disorderly and Iiotous attacks upon those who