Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-08-04
ANTI.FAT.
More About Morgan and His Surrender
An Error Corrected.
NEW LISBON, July 30th, 1863,

New LISBON, July 3Osb, 1868.
Ma EDIroR:-The report which your cores
pondent mado to you from this place last Sab.
bath, In relation to the surrender OF Morgan and
his men to Captain Burbick, was correct 10 ev-
cry particular except that Burbick was not with
Morgan at the time, as captured scout, but
had been detailed BY Captain Curry to pilot
Morgan away from New Lisbon, as part OF the
compromise which he had made with the rebel
chief. Curry having no horse, declined, on that
account TO 20 himeelf, and therefore agreed
that Burbick might go. Il is ve,y notsble
circumStanoe, that the flag of truce sent by Nor.
gan 10 Curry, aud which led to the negotiations
referred to, halted at butteTnW tree, cut
across the road By ouT szsIsl 10 o55;TIos she
march of Morgsn's forces, where 1t was met by
Curry and negotiations commenced.
The worst scsIe Ia this county, since the
Commencement of the war, took place last ues-
day. About ten o'clock in the forenoon, two
men, Known 10 be "relisble" by the Loyal
Union Leaguers of this place, dashed into town
from Salinevllle, shouting every time their
horses lesped, that 1.-TWO hundred of Morgan's
men, joined by the Copperheads, were 6gning
the citizens OF Sslineyille when they left there,
and that they we're coming to burn this place
and Salem" The Court House bell was i'm
mediately rung, the cannon fred few times,
and In less than three hours not less than one
thousand cayalrymen Zone half Of them Copper.
head DemocraIe) were here on their way to
Sslincville to meet the enemy. Ia the mean
time the military forces OF This town had or.
ganized and departed for the seat OF war-tbe
artillery company commanded by Colonel John
Watt, the cavalry company by Captain James
Burbick, and the infantry company by General
john ArmsroDg-All Democratic Copper heads.
The infantry company, disea.ithed win Captain
Curry g soldierly qua tiles, as displayed BY him
against Morgan the Sabbath day previous, had
elected General Armstrong for their Cal tain al.
most unanimously, jnst as Captain Curry came
| forward to take command again, which 30 in
censed him that he left the company aud 70
mained In town until the scare was over.
After It had been many times reported tina
a dreadful battle was being fought at Saline
Vile, and while the women and children, OLE
men and towards, were breath essly anxious Il
hear who had been made widows and orphans
by the slaughter OF their brave and loyal hus
bands and fa,hess, our forces came rushing into
togn from the soene OF conhict, as II closely
pursued by the Morgan men and copperheads
with the blessed Intelligence that there were nc
Morgan men 10 Salinevile, nor had there beer
any there that day aud that the alarm had beer
raised to save fsw L3Sal ULion Lesguers'
of SAlinevlllo from au anticipated chAstise
ment, which their guilty conscienoes sold then
they richly merited al the hands of an enragst
Democracy, for instigating q few hwiess Penn
sylyania soldiers, the day preEious, to ride On 1
rail and nearly kill Mf. MaIey, the Assessor
OF Wayne township, In this county, who ls Q
Democrat, and as respectable and loyal as any
man in the State.
| Tho DAmonranv nf lhia cOulLV won g be dAt.
isfed with less than fifty thousand majority fol-
Vallandigham and Liberty, since John MorgGr
lost his army in Ohio, without getting singlt
recruit from among .he two hundred thousant
copperhead Democrats, where be was assured BY
the Abolition presses he could recruit Democrat
enough to enable him to 60 South again AMI
successfully attack Rosecrans 10 the rear, wbiI'
the Abolitionists, in the meantime, expected b!
this strategy to elect John Brough, the grea
Abolition Mogul, Governor of Ohio.
COLUMBIANA.