, 1863-08-13
From our Regular Correspondent :.


COppERuEADs oEGANIzING.
The late victories, after ali, do not appea1
to have entirely dsunted the CopperAeads
On the contrary, after a few days spent ii
mutual condo1ement and attempts to keep NJ
each others courage, they have taken heart O
grace and made fresh start. The Grand Sec
rotary Of The secret Order in this city is very
busily engaged in forwarding political docu
rhcnts and dispensations to open E. G. c.
castles, and has Ills hands full. He has, how
ever, grand assistant, who attended the se
c1ct meeting in Chicago, which numbered
several members Of the late Constitutional
Convention, who at that timo took m oath
that they belonged to no such order. - They
are also holding pic-nics, so called, In various
places, which arc nothing better than open
Z. G. G, meetings, and ut which the rankest
treason is spouted to deluded followers,
UNION MEETINGS.
In the meantime the Union men are holding
meetings, ut various places, and In doing Sc
show that their strength is much greater thar
TINT Of their opponents. a grand rally WIS
held on Saturday last at the farm OF ]. G.
Bane. Esq one mile east Of Pleasant Plains,
and about fifteen miles north cast of this city:
It was one Of tho largest held In this county
for many months. Among those present
we're Gen. cClernand, Rev. Mr. Buck, ]. G.
Ketchum, Esq, Hon. ]. G: Conkling. Rev
John Slater presided, 8ir. Garner acted a
V1cc-President, and the following gentlemen
Us Marsha1s; T. L. Harrison, J. G. Bone
Edward Tomlin, and John N. Erwin. Prayer
was offered by the Rev. Mr.. Dodd. The as
sembly was ably addresred by J. C. Kctchum
Esq, Of Jacksonville; Gen. AfcClernnnd and
Rev. Mr. Buck Of Jacksonville. Music ana
patriotic songs interspe!sed the proceedings
and sumptuosis COLLATION. Eas served up.
a similar meeting was also held at Charles
ton, Coles county, On the S1st ult It was
one of the largest meetings ever held IL
Southern Illinois. It wus addressed by Gen,
Oglesby, Hons. +. n. Thompson, q. n.
Mou1top, and other gentlemen.
Waycrly, on the same day. Three thousand
persons were present. Il was addressed by
Gen. McClernand and others.
Similar meetings were held at Trenton,
Clinton county, on the LIST, aud nt Carlyle on
tie 5th. At the latter Gen. Haynie made !.
very elective speech.
The several meetings to listen to Hon. John
In this connection might add, that i graud
Union mass meeting Is to be held at Shelby
vile, H., August Goth. Among the distin-
gui6led gentlemen who are announced to ID.
dress the meeting, we notice the names OF
Gems; MecIe1nand, 0g1esby, I. II. ua7nie,
tion is extended to all who are in favor OF
supprcssiag treason. Il Is to be hoped that
the people Of Moultric county will turn ont
largcly.
TIE LEGISLATIVE JOURNALS STILL SUP
PRESSED.
The journals Of the late Legislature are still
scaled up from the public. The last heartl
Of them, they were In the Treasurer's oM:e.
This Is fitting place for them, As Staync lends
himself to all the schemes Of the worst f1c-
uon of the party. He is peace Copperhead
of the Vallandigham and MaloneY stripe.
When the war commenced, he said that it he
fought at all, be wonld sooner fight for JEFF
Davis than Abe Lincoln. And this is the
traitor who holds the purse strings Of the
lo5 al State Of Illinois. The people can imag.
Inc wha: State government we Wonld hare,
had the new Constitution been adopted, as
come men calling themselves Republicans
sought to effect. have no ilea bn: that I
would be ont Of the Union BY this time. At
any rate, the Copperheads intended fully TINT
1t should have been.
NO LAGER BEER AT DRILL.
Some OF tue German troops in camp we're
In the habit Of having lager beer brought out
uron the paIade ground during drill, i: Camp
Butler. As Its effects were not very highly
psomotiyc Of discipline, Gen Ammeu Very
properly Put u stop to It. This aroused the
was, to Some extent, the consequence yester-
day. But the General was firm, and has Issued
orders that any officer allowing ths beverage
upon The Favade ground during drill, would
be dismissed the service.
oIEFISG OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
observed that before the captures Of Vicks-
burg and Port Hudson, the Coppeshcad news-
Papers of the State were charging that these
Eassf never sou1d 1 be t hs "a, Admin
lana capitalists and rallroad monopolists, who
never intended that they should be taken, &c.
Indeed, 1t vas reported that the Government
Was bribtd not to take them, by these cap1-
talists. Among the papers foremost and
1nost no., ns,utsfpeken j. these charges. wegs The
Vicksbufg ard Port Hudson hayc
been taken, and, To-! the papers afore-
said changc tle1r tune. They now ear the
captures Of these places amount to little or
nothing; that the cutting Of tho Confsderacy
IN tfso is q matter Of mere moonshfne. that
the riveris not ret open, and TINT the North.
west suffers as much as eyer: / notice AL ar
ticle TO the above effect in that brilliant lu-
minaIy, the Lincoln Courier, Logan county.
1t bears the ear.1natks Of q member Of the late
Legislature whose Southern sympathIes are
SO unmlstakablc as to amount to giving aid
nrd comfort to the enemy, ct least Of an intel
lectnal character, that Is II he had them to
give. Ier contra I read In secession pzpcr a
few days ago IN acknowledgment that the
river vas open aud tho Confederacy cut in
twain.
TIE TROUBLE At LAoM1-K. G. c's.
Ieent you an account OF difficulty ut L.
omi, about fifteen miles south Of here, By
rot work repeat Il. It appears that Deputy
Marshal Bargcr, under United States Provost
Marshal keya, Of this place, took FIVE cavalry
with him on Saturday and proceeded to Lick
Greek, ncar 1aorai. to arrest some deserters,
On arriving at place near the railroad on
who were armed, and who flied on his party.
Capt. Barger charged into the bush and scat.
tered the assailants, and shortly after captur-
ed man with an army revolver and belt,
four barrels of which had been discharged.
BE took the weapon from hin, aud proceeded
to Laoui.
On Sunday some hundred ard fifty z. G,
C.'s, from the country around, came within
two miles Of Laomi and sent in word that
they would burn the town, If Ba7gcr or the
revolver (thcy did not care which, was not
given up. 4 committee OF Democrats OF the
place went out to meet them, to try and per
suade them to retire until the matter was
Investigated. In the meantime, the Union
men o1 1aoni, to the number Of about Two
hundred, armed themEelyes to meet the r.
g. C.'s, and at one time battle was consid-
cred imminent.
Yesterday the Deputy Marshal returned to
this city bringing the revolver, and was fol-
lowed BY the Democratic committee, who de-
Sire to lave the weapon returned Marshall
keyes LAS not done so, however, nor Is he
likely to, as 1t is Government property, prob
ably stolen by some Copperhead dcsertcr..
Burger Is the officer Who shot the deserter
Heudley, ut Chatham, a couple Of weeks ago,
and on account of that affair his life has been
threatened by the z. G. C.'s. He has been
several times waylaid aud shot Ut. Such
man should be sustained in the discharge Of
Ills duties, by all the powers Of the Govern
ment.
ONE OF THE SECRET MEETINGS FOR DRILL.
The Olney Qdchland county Journal pub
fishes communication from gentleman rc-
siding In Bridgeport, in that county, giving
an account Of The adventures OF an old gen
tleman residing about two and q half miles
Z. G. C's. He was out in the woods hu1ting
luis horses near the railroad about milo west
Of Bridgeport, when he came among . con-
pany Of men in the brush, estimated at forty
or fifty, mostly armed with guns, but nine
had clubs. He recognized many Of them, and
nothing wrong, said " Good even.
ing, gentlemen" No one responded, how
ever, and he passed on his way, and was i'm.
medtate1y followed By four Of tie party, who
seized bold Of him; nourished their clubs over
bis head, and swore he must go back or have
his brains beaten ont. Of course resistance
IVES uscless, and hc Was taken TO headquarters,
arraigned before the commanding officer, and
questioned as to who sent hin there, what bis
businets Was in the brush, aud he was repeat
ee1y warned not to tell who was present,
what they we're doing, &c. lie was then
allowed to proceed. As be Wus not uolestiue
t he .coEstitution as 1t is'' in hunting his
ut this summary invasion Of his rights.
The question arises, what were these men