The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-23
The Law Abiding Democracy.

The preamble passed at the late But
ternut Convention at Columbus. begins
BY declaring that ''The Democratic par
ty has ever been and yet is a law-abiding
party. 1t asks nothing but its rights un-
der the Constitution and laws. 1t re-
sorts to no violation of either" In our
late exchanges we find the following evil
dence to the point.
The Philadelphia Inquirer has the
following from Reading, Pa.
The enroller of Brennock township,
Berks county who is member of the
Society of Friends and named Joseph
Diei.err0rr,- WIS arrHCkeu at his feSluence
on Thursday night. The dwelling was
much damaged. On Friday he received
notice that "his grave had been dug"
and on that night three shots were fired
at his sisters house. This morning he
came into Reading and resigned his
commission.
MORE RESISTANCE TO ESRoLLMENT--
Provost Marshall General Parrot has re-
ceived information to the effect that the
Copperheads of Harrison township, Knox
county have drove the enrolling officer
from the township, and that they refuse
to allow any enrolment to be made
They have threatened to shoot any per-
son who makes his appearance in their
vicinity with that object in view. In
neighboring townships in Knox, Cosock-
ton and Licking counties there is appre-
hension of serious trouble and it may be-
come necessary to take effective means
towards having the enrolment taken in
those .places.-OhiO State Journal.
The enrolling officer, who was fred
upon and driven from White River town.
ship, johnson county, on Friday last, ap-
piled to the authorities for military
force, and was sent one company of the
list Indiana Before they arrived at
their destination, they learned that the
guilty parties had succeeded in raising
some thirty persons to resist their arrest
and that they were posted i'll wood
short distance off. The list surrounded
and succeeded in capturing seventeen of
them, whom they brought to this city,
and placed in the hands of United States
Marshall Rose One of the party has
confessed the %hSs Rsn Az sbs8s
looking considerably chop-fallen, COM
pany of East Tennessee conscrips recruit
ed from among the rebel prisoners in
Camp Morton for the Fifth Tennessee
Cavalry, and dressed in National uni
forms, passed by them on their way to
the depot, cheering for the Union, &C.
They have gone to the headquarters of
their regiment at Lexington, Ky.
Some Copperheads in Fulton county
captured an Enrolling Commissioner in
one of the townships in that County and
destroyed his papers After warning him
not to return again they set him at lib
erty. The parties are well known, and
will be promptly arrested Indianapolis
Correspondent ofthe Cincinnati Gdzetts.
To this, the correspondent of the Com
mercial adds:
Senator Hendricks, Judge Perkins and
other leading peace Democrats, declin-
ed to keep their promise, made to those
in high authority here, to issue an ad-
dress to their partisans, asking them to
cease all resistance to the enforcement
Of the Conscription Act.
CoPPERHEADs IN HOLMES County,
OnIo.-About ten days since, Mr.. Elias
Robinson, whilst enrolling the militia in
Richland township, in this (Holmes)
county, was set upon by a number of
Copperheads, and beaten severely. He
reported the facts to the District Provost
Marshal, who, with small posse, pro-
ceeded to the township named, and ar
rested few of the ringleaders. Before
they got out of the township they were
stopped by body of armed men, who
rescued the prisoners, and. as the storv
that he would not attempt another ar
rest, or ever again show his face inside
the township limits. The number en-
gagged in the rescue 1 have heard vari-
ously estimated at from fifteen to fifty,
all armed with rifles and pistols The
unterrifed of that township, and, in fact,
other townships in this county, say that
not a man shall be forced to fight in this
damned Abolition war. - Mansfield
Herald.
RESISTANCE TO THE CoNscRIPT Act
| It is with the most sincere regret thai
we record an unfortunate and melan
choly casualty which occurred yesterday
at Manila, small village in Rusf
county, near the Shelby county line
The special deputy went into a house
to make the enrolment, when, it is re
ported, a party of some ten persons
arose in wheat field near by and hret
upon Mr.. Stevens and Mr.. Clayheid
who we're sitting in buggy, killing tn
former and mortally wounding the LAT
ter. The special deputy was also fire.
at. but he escaped unhurt. The partie
wi ho made the assault are not recoe
nized, except one person, and it is eA
pected that he can be identified. A cay
airy company, under the command
Gen. Mansfield, was sent to Manila la:
night to arrest the guilty parties in thi
outrage, if possible, and we have ever
confidence that Gen. NJ. will discharg
the duty intrusted to him with prudenc
discretion, and sagacity, and we hope b
: may be successful in his mission.-I
dianapolis Sentinel
.. We would continue the catalogu
but have not room to-day. We agrt