The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-08-13

AEJ1AAOAs M" "A :
TIE Uprising 81 ssessA IN Ksskuk
County.
| We have been permitted p red avery
gnphic and copplsss sssoa.s ofnilitary
opsntions in Ksokuk eounty oostaiasd
in = private lsttsr 70 General Curtis from
Col. Chipman, Chief II bic SsaG. The
letssf WAS not designed for publication,
bat Is all the more reliable and interesting
on that account, and we give it to our
readers that they may have N inside
view Of the Copperhsad rising in Ksoknk
sosnty. = 9S
We preface the letter with. N account
Of the original difficulty. which We clip
from the reliable esrresspdent Of the
Auscatins Journal. He says:
On lAss saGssSsy. (Asg. isa,) . nss
residipg 10 Ioka, situated in the southern
portion Of Keokuk county, who has, from
the outset of the war, made fierce OPP
position 70 ~ pvosecutien, s,umping the
country 10 favor Of "peaes." and making
himself essesaily obnoxious to the UnisD
iovisg portion Of this section of coantfy.
saue 70 this plsee for the purpose ef
holding sspssss'' nssting. Hs wss 90
sonpanisd BY seventy Or eighty men
from Ioks and Surrounding country,
oil soeH armed. for the purpose of insugu-
rating thst bhssfui ststs OF psase 80 ar
dently desired BY northern traitors. They
proceeded lnmolestsd through the town
70 : grove southwest and near here. At
this place meeting was organised and
Talley proceeded TO deliver an address, in
the course OF which be mad use Of the
most outrageous language. appealing tc
tbs worst passions Of his hearers. to srrsy
them against their fellow -ciusens and
their Government No notice was TAX On
Of this BY the loyal portion ef the com
mnnity. and Talley was allowed 10 com
plsts his trsasenAbls hanngue. withsu'
even . rsbuks being administered y
hio. .assI r as s'<r
In the meantime, the Union loving por
tion Of the community. learning that Mr
Listlsr, ot M. Pleasant, vas u ths.vi
lsgs, got up an inprompts Union meetinI
in the town, and Mr.. L. was invited
, Ipddrsss them. He seosptsd the invita-
4 tion and was in the sct Of delivering I
! telling and patriotic speech, from the por
taoo Of the Wyandotss House, whom th
rebels, who had been informed of tn
i 1seting, sans back through the town.
: Whilst passing the plass who're Mr.. l
a was speaking, 'sCopPeThead pins and bu'
lterDais"--sAs badges Of trsason-wsz
. de6antly exhibited, and = number OF th
y irebsh took osoasion 70 Asurish their ARM
u A Young man named Norman, who hs
b bean in the service Of his country an
;. bnvsd death IN its defense on many I
the .batils-felds Of the West and Souu
, west, ard Who had received . saver
l. wound 10 enc Of the hard fought bsttls'
. unable to control his deep indignation /
/ this shameless exhibition OF trsaton. q
vanced 70 one Of the wagons, and seisin
ID young maa therein soon stripped b
10 butesrput from him. He was preoesdin
. 70 serve sshoss in the sams manner. whs
his father, isarful of the consequence
! which might ensue, attempted to ste
: him. He was also ssized by one of Il
D, Coppsrheads in the wagon. During Il
Or struggle which cnsued. Q pistol. in Il
:. hands Of the eldor Norman, was acc
4. dsstslly discharged. doing no damag
however sf A
= A few momsnts after. TAllsy raised
q his wagou, and gave the word to 6r
Of Talley himself setting the example
l. firing two shots from his revolver direct
:, into the crowd which had surrounded q
= wagen,) which order was promptly re
'n ponded to BY volley fred into the crov
is surrounding the Wyandott House. 4
most simultaneously, the Union citizen
or rather those who were armed, also Era
!. killing Tallsy. who received two balls
" the head, aud wounding . man nam
q Wyant, from Aillsrsburg, Iowa ooun,
on in the thigh. The rebels thsn drove o
" vowing 10 ret1rn and burn the town.
: Runners were dispatched that mig
: throughout the surrounding country.
'as On the next day squads of men beg
Tor to arrive At the appointed place Of II
it. devious, near Sigourney, oil armed a
oryanised, each squad acknowledging
lsadership Of some Of their number. d.
ing Monday and Tuesday men continu
to arrive and 20 into camp ct po
,ed about four miles west and south of s.
er- Quincy, between the north and 50.
,.e forks Of Skunk river. They came fr'
i. al directions, many Of them residing
80 neighboring countiss. There were 90
de- panies from Poweshiek, Iowa. Aahasl
nj Johnstoa and Wapelle eesstiss. ]
Jo.I majoity II tksn. however, came from
an southern portion Of Ksokuk couD
!. which section Of country. is the head I
w front-ays, and the tail. too--of the @
o. psrhsad fraternity Of this State.
mo
=, SIaouRHEY Iowa. FRIDAY,l
- aA Au0vvr 8, 1869.
GxxERAL Having reported 70
"o- Commander-in-Chicf the Governor, ,
lsss been relieved from further military du
hey 4 proceed 70 ths discharge Of my duty
,sr. sending you : narrative Of the doings
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