Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-10

ment in England is to be put right by such teach
ers, we are fearful that Ike the demoniac the
last state Of that people viii be worse than the
first.
-AFFATRs IN BRowS County A few DAYS
since the news was published in johnson county
that an organized band of Copperheads under
the assumed name of Morgan's men," were per
petrating all sorts Of wicked outrages. such as
numbering. stealing and burning property. in
Brown county. On my return from Nashville
to day, whittier had been attending the Court
of Common Pleas. learned that "fve hundred
men" were banded together and were numbering
the inhabitants and burning wheat stacks anG
dwelling houses Of course the .JiUe hundred
were Democrats.
Possibly similar stories may be in circulation
elsewhere. tor inasmuch as Brown county gives
large Democratic majority, in proportion 20
its voting population, as any other county in the
State, besides having furnished her quota of
troops last fall by means of which the draft was
escaped and as il is affirmed is entitled TO a credit
of surplus volunteers, which will again exempt
from the draft, it is more than likely that the
shOddy patriotism of other counties NAV give cur
rency to equally unfounded and slanderous re-
ports.
For the benefit of reasonable men of all par
ties who desire to hear the truth and TO preserve
the peace of society. write this:
TUESDAY evening when left Nashville there
was no ill-feeling. no excitement. nor cause for
either. perceivable; nor did ! discover the leisi
symptoms Of either along the route | travelled
homewards. There were no rumors adoat, of
marauding men-there appeared no fear of any
such men
But events have ,trsHs9ired in Brown, upon
which these monstrous funfDrs have in all proba-
bility been bulk. Some time ago. a murder was
committed in the southern part of the county
The parties, who were intoxicated somewhat, bad
disagreed upon political subjects while at the
supper table Of the flecelsei's father. but this
latter gentleman acfel as mediatOr, and. he
thought. the matter was settled That evening.
however, after one of The parties got to his
house and his bed, his wife was awakened by the
swapping of piste! IN the window near her head.
and, IL sing. 81 c saw the person who did Il; and
awakened her husband, who seized his gun,
opened the door and attempted To shoot his
sailant The gun failing To go off. he cubbed It,
knocked his asSailant down, and then knocked
him with his fists in true western style The
woald be murderer begged for his life, promised
to conduct himself properly, and was permitted
to rise: but sooner was he up than he eaped
upon his victim and stabbed him. from which he
died in few hours.
The death bed statements of the deceased were
fully written out. as | understand Now this
seems tn he a very horrible murder and when
Democrat and the murderer Republican, We
must credit the Democracy of Brown county with
a very commendable degree of Difference to the
requirements of the law
Those who counsel mobs simply to put down
free speech, Il free press, and the consequent
freedom OF thought, and to resist legal powers
would hardly permit the law To take its course
where they had the power. in case one of their
number was brutally murdered. aud the murderer
known All honor to the loyal and law loving
Democracy of Brown county.
Again, after events of II deDlorable nature have
occurred in Brown. Some days ago two or three
uninhabited cabins one wheat stack containing
one said 100 dozen, while another declared 100
bushels OF wheat. and an old wagon WAS burned
and man in the neghborhood shot and wound
ed a. this occurred in an opposite part of the
county from the murder, there can be no connec
tion between them The property burned is
partly Democratic and partly Republican, and
the unfortunate man wounded is a Democrat
and always votes the ticket. So was informed
The perpe,ra or cf this wick edness is supposed
10 be deser;er or ieserters. though nothing upon
that score is certainly known. The cause of the
properly being burned is ouy conjectural, and is
that the criminals hope to get up state of con-
fusion. during which they may be overlooked and
escape. Ii is rumOred that the wounded man,
who is said 10 be remarkably inOffensive. gave
notice "a TO the Whereabouts OF some deserters
which led ro their capture. and this rumOr
Strenst thens the helie: % all concerned that the
mischief j. done hy mnie Of the deserters.
Now the troubles in Brown rotin,y amount to
this and nothing more. and deem il due that
the honest cl,sS ut the people here aud elsewhere
who mtv be alarmed over the feriul and ere
liable" stories which theg NAV hear of the un
lawful doing o. the people of Brown. and of the
good people of Brown themselves tn say this
much to qniet apprehension nn our part. and to
do justice to them Weave all more or less dis
posed to accent rumor fact. and hereafter.
when the COpperheads, 3uiternuts Or Democrats
of Brown are said 10 he in a stite OF nsurrec
tion. what that is wonderful, let
member the terrible stories of this people we have
heard in days past and how little foundation IN
fact there in them.
Franklin, JULY %, 1853.
JAIL DeLrvERY.-Two prisoners, William
Smiili and JoSeuh Sterling. broke the Putnam
county jail on Monday last, and the latter was
captured after days liberty. They burned
hole in the floor OF their cell, through which they
. let themselves down into the room below and
escaped out of the window. The noise reused
the jtor. who got up, and. upon going TO the
OF their operations. he found the birds had
flown.
-OyE OF MoRGAS's MES.-The Greencastle
Press. in referring to the case of young Stone.
remarks:
We told th Il Stone resided in Greercastle
during 1862 '6l and 90. which will be news to
US all AsD that he very zellons advo
cate of Dan Voorhees, first nomination for Con
gress. and made speeches for Voorhees, on the
stump The halance Of the article is on par
with the above decllratons. and Is about des-
titute of truth. Young Stone resided in Green
castle few weeks ar months only. during which
time he studied law in the Office of Judge Eek
els. A. to his making speeches for Dan Voor
hees. or advocating his first nomination for Con
eress. we were in total Ignorance until so inform
ell by the journal mtIi On the contrary, we
remember voung Stone "A supporter of the
Breckinrdge and L,ne ticket. and that he made
speeches in IT, behiif throughpu' the country
This during the Congressional campaign OF
that year; aud " hen il H. remcmbered that Mr.
voorhees, was supporter of Judge Douglas. the
falsty of the Jouru lps accus Ition is evident
-ESRoLLNEST FOR THE SEVENTH DisrRIcr.-
The following ia the result Of the enrolment for
the 7th district:
First Glass. SecoRa Class Total.