Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-30
The gatile Of Greennllle.

The Ohio Sfafesaaaa recently eontain-
ed an aeeoaHt Of mob at GreenEiiie,
Darke Couaty, on A0aday Of last week,
10 which it Was alleged that the law o.
fee Of William Allen, ex-Cons nsreasmAn,
was assaulted Asd gatisd, aud vioIsat
hands laid on that gentleman; the re-
spousibility for which the Stafesmaa
lays at the door OF Abolition fanatics,
Loyal Leaguers, aud ''drunken sold.
isrs. We doubted the accuracy Of this
report, notwithstanding the Statesmaas
exalted reputation for impartialiiy in
matters where its party IS couceraed, aud
now have the facts from q gentleman,
resident Of Greenville, who was an 10.
voluntary eye witness 70 the whole az
air.
To begin at the beginning. some
weeks ago 3 returned soldier OF The 9th
Ohio, hearing that bloviating balternut
was lying about the grog-shops. drinking
bad whisky and expressing an ardent de-
sire 10 have chance At Lincoln hire
ling, very improperly decided to afford
him the opportunity-and meeting .aa
individual whOm he supposed 70 be the
brAggart, turned in and thrAshed him
sonndly. He mistook his man, however,
aud whipped the wrong person, was 10
dicted for assault aud battery aud fined
BY the Judge 500 A short time after
another soldier was knocked down aud
abused BY = eopperheads without provo
cation, and fined By the same magistrate
but FIVE dollars, it being, in the opinion
OF that impartial dispenser Of jastice.
uInety-iive per cent worse to assault and
batter the sacred person Of eopperhead
than that Of Union soldier. The BOYS
eoaldnt see the equity Of this mode Of
deRliag With offenders, aud notified The
cops. that seventy-hve dollars must be
refunded or there would be reckoning
for iE All very improper; but il afforded
| the eopperheads an excuse for attempt
| lag 70 clean oats-tAe soldiers. They
sent over the ceuEtrY for their bullies, and
selecting some forty ofthem ,rendezvoused
on Mondsy night in the law ogsce of Al
len i Corhin and that Of DR.. Matchefte,
armed esp-a PIE, with the intention oI
cleaning out some returned soldiers b
the Goth Regiment, whom they knew e
be at party that evening. and wouId
&
About twelve or one o'clock at night, The
boys, Eve in all, escortiug their ladies'
passed by, and were fred upon frun ths
Office. They had among them bat ene
revolver. Taking their girls home on
the double-quiek, they seized their mus
kets, and making 3 barricads OF sal
barrels a short distance from the enc
my's fora6eation. proceeded to blaz,
away very leisarely. A sharp fasilad,
ensaed, and as the balls penetrated tbs
thin shells wherein Law and physic wer,
ordinarily dispensed. panic seized up
on the copperheads and they evacuated
without waiting q summons to snrren
der Those who saw the performanc,
say there never was such time recorded
over race-course as these belljgeren
copperhesds made One Of them, Bar
ney Collins, . pettifogger, his hair snC
coat tail streaming behind him, jumped
! ten rail fences with marvellous agility
and took refuge behind 4 cedar
; where be lay close, dacking undel
whenever the report Of musket wa
. heard No reply coming from the enc
! mys fortlhestlon, the soldiers marched
! in, and occupied till morning, that being
: they said, according to the law and asa
. ges Of war. They had sent for re-inforc
ments, intending 10 capture the garrison
: had Il not sncontinently run away. Bu
: one, however, was injured in the aaair
D William Bowlyor, who incautiously Ikras
bis head ont OF the looRrhole in Dl