Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-13
COpperhead MoYements---The Clay
County disturbance.

We yesterday morning published the
report Of Col Straight to Gov. Merton,
relative to the late demonstrations Of
tho Copperheads of Clay and Putnam
counties, near Brazil. The Indianapolis
Sentinel and other sheets which sympa-
thize with the rebels and desire to work
a diversion in favor Of Lee at this crit
cal juncture, affect to riaieale the matter
and denounee Col. Straight as having
been the wrong doer.
Three hundred men Of one political
faith do not congregaie, armed and or
gained, for any lawful purpose. There
was evidence Of the most perfect con-
cert Of action between various detach
ments, aud there is not the shadow Of a
doubt that the movement in Clay Coun-
ty was for the same fell purpose as the
assembly Of like band Of traitors, n
month or two ago, at Charleston. ILL.,
to kill Union men and Federal soldiers.
That occurred while Forrest was
threatening the border, and was doubt
less meant TO favor his plans This was
made when every soldier was being push
ed forward to meet Lee aud johnson,
and was unquestionably for like pur-
poss---to divert troops from the field.
Below we copy, from the indianapolis
Journal, an article which speaks for H.
self--only adding that Captain Jeptha
Garrigus threatened TO shoot his own
son for having enlisted in the service Of
his country, il he ever crossed his path.
These men are all disciples Of Dan
Voorhees,, and never breathe loyal
thought, but should be watched closely
and their reasonable purposes defeated.
Copperheads, banded together by Sc
cret oaths, and for purposes inimical to
the Government and destructive TO good
order, alone, can get up gatherings Of
this sort without public notice. But to
the article from the Indianapolis Jour
nal:
Last week number Of the Copper
heads Of Clay and Putnam counties as
sembled with arms in their hands, fol
the avowed purpose Of breaking up re
eruitiug meeting at Brazil, Clay county
There were two bodies Of them, on,
about three hundred strong on the west
the other about fifty strong on the east
Of the town, each understanding tn,
movements Of the other, aud acting viii
a common purpose. They were eithe
rioters or armed traitors--iu either cas-
fit subjects for rough handling. Co
Straight, who was to speak ut the meet
: ing, took command Of body Of HON
: Guards in Brazil, and dispersed them
( He made brief and straightforward re
!. port OF the affair 10 the Governor, whic
- the rebel organ in this city thus disered
4 its:
l. Nobody can read the report Of Co
>. Straight without coming TO the conclV
d sion that either he was humharged. con
pletely sold, or else that be was maxim
: an effort to humbug O. p. NJ. Probabl
the latte-, for nobody else would be d.
= eeived by such batch of inconsisteI
e cies, contradictions and hifalutin.
EITHER Col. Sreight lied to the Co
3 ernor, or be was humbugged aud sold
p That is, that there were no armed banC
70 at or about Brazil, or il there were the
4 had gathered for fun and to practice
Joke on the Colonel The suppositio
that men would ride from FIVE to twent
tive miles to practice 'jcke" on an
body is little too silly for anything bl
the Sentinel to entertain, and we pass
~ to look at the contradiction of the Col
u, nsls statement as to the presence
armed men on the occasion in question
Capt Siunkard, of the Brazil Hou
Guards, under date of the 4th inst, senS
Col Straight list of names, as far as !
NJ could OF has otoa kaoicledqe, of the me
ag men whom, as be says, I'VE saw at Hal
way Cross Roads, and West of Brazil
he adds that the Colonels action thu
day "had good effect, and that the cit
zens of Brazil are greatly obliged f,
Is him" The following are the names
e. some of the armed traitors of the gang
alluded to, whose violent threats and hol
tile purposes the Sentinel coneeals, b
ridicnling their exposure. The countr
ought to know who such men are, and
Is shall: .T
= Poland, Clay county, Ind--Wm.
Walker, A. D. Trussel, Calvin Moor,
Wesley Mccullough.
jackson Township, Clay county.-wu
Mccullough, Thos, Mccullough, Davi
a Moore, James Short, Clark veach, (e,
- hep.,) Jesse Myers, Frank Brandenbur,
\. Capt, Van Buren, Helton, Arthur he
I. ton, Robert n. Rose, Shubei G. YORK
RI Reelsville, Putnam eounty.-Stephe
g Taylor, Newton Mills, VIM. E. Barnet
IN George Foster. Stephen Barnett
N Van Buren, Township. CLAY county,
u John Trump, Alex Greenlee. Fran
Niooson. (ist Ii \ Elias rvars ~