Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-12-19

sentence has been approved by the Presi-
dent and there is a reasonable proba-
bIIity that il win be enforced The In.
dianapolis Journal gives the foIlovine
sketch Of these bounty Jumpers
wAsa srEt arrested, cAsrIss BihsrsIsy sAvs
sls nsns - Sssrss Reh~Fsz- Ths cath af sIls-
gtAass vss e eund upoa bis person IN ths aans oi
Cooper. whieh he said he tso9 unssr khat narne.
And wAs . deaertsr Hem the Ist Georgia fraheN
regiment. Suhscqnsnx fnswstAgAffeu showed that
b had sniiase6 ia tws o. thrss IHaiAnA rux uents
a. ainersnt tines and had ance beeu SEAT 10 Chat
taeeega as . dsssrtsr, whsrs. aftsr hslng coafnsa
foF * ne tine. he vas ist en- pkFale, which b.
FtolAfed An4 cams noFth e : rsfuEes snd took the
oash of s1egia1es Ths nsmesr ef times Bfis
Itngsisy has ezllstsd and deserted l. net knaxn
BAT be stated 20 some of hls pFi.en Rssociatss tha
be had ealisted In B0stoa, zna hAA besn snxaxsd
n The bnsiuess ever slacs bcuztea wers arss paid
thsEa - ems q tbs s'ruaghs." II enl std hsrs
wita Cotorel A d. 6srelgha fn ths Sfst InaaanA
and tmnsdAAteiy deseF ed. When arrested ana
aftsrward, be boAsisd thai Be hsA jumped fArsr
awAy. He Is bao.n aaeaz the class 70 whish Sc
eslSass - > osspeezte nkarzeteE Hs = 81 Isish
birth, and Aboat - Year, sf age.
Thsmas DOfIs aod Jdhs Murray are ffom Casa.
Ia aaa hsFs heen sailors the lakes. They rAaa
fFeG chlaAzo 10 LzfASssts nud enlisted nud wsrs
sahf % camp Carr nKtons whence they im aaed Ate-
~ Deserted. They wsEe arrested % the cars BE-
tws~E IRdiaH4polia Ana EsAzyetts IA eftfr=a
clothes Tisy are rep rtsa a. .,ala jums.sT.. :
ans sviasntiy intended e desert When they ea-
listed and wsrs swors Ia Th=y are beth Aboas =.
yesrs q asss AHa spPsssatiy Of low, aissipAssa
eablts.
It is high time that something be done
TO stop the disgracefal system Of bo0uts-
jumping. The death penalty ought q
have been inflicted months ago We
learn that the last draft has failed to
secure the men called for By the Prssi-
dent, because their places we're supplied
by substitutes, who, IS soon as they re-
eeived the bounty, deserted The draft-
ed men Of Marion County provided sub
ssituses, bus few Of whom are now doing
dasy in the army. Nearly all these sub
stieutes were professional bounty jump
srs, who, vhen caught, we're indifFerently
psnishsd BY being marched through ihs
prinoipsl streets Of Indianapolis, pre-
ceded by negro ringing bell Little
they cared for such proceedings, be-
cause a professional deserteg has no
sense Of shame, Why the authorities
have not, long ago, applied more rAdiesl
measures TO cure the evil is 3 mystery
TO us Not only has the Goverumenl
been grossly swiudIed, but the couptey
disiricts whose drafted men have either
sheaidsred gun or supplied bona. 6de
substitutes, who to-day are in the ranks.
battling for the dsfsass Of Nashville.
have also been cheated The drafl vas
designed 10 secure men. Through The
iasuunsHtAhsy Of boantyjumpera. il
has proenred for the Government nei.
ther men. nor money. Had prompt
measures been taken Al the outset to
punish dsssruon By death, bOantyjnmp-
ing would never have reached it's pres
ens magnitude, nor wosld the auihorL
tiea BE- gravely discussing the necessity
Of another draft II anoiheF draft ia
ordered, ws insist that il ought to be
made alone in those districts which have
not furnished their quotas Of men under
previous calls Il Is most anfair 70
Gospel districts which have furnished
their fuli quotas Of men TO make up the
defeisncy cf thoss whose men we're
never more than men Of straw. We
dare say, IL counties were compelled 70
keep their quota Of men In the Geld, re
voald hear Of bat little bounty -jumping