M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-04-14

gohs under the straw. Mr. Elem arrived
, about Two O'clock lie quickly saw tnsl
both soldiers and citz ms had been drinking
qn'e freely as they were using inlemperate
language and laboring under quite a degr,e
ol excitement, ani that speech would ne
tessarlly result in disiurbrucs, II accord
lnSly revoked his app0inlm-nt. Tue excite
incut was not to b. allav.d, aud The leading
: p1IhucrdlS oi The cuu'l, inluced maly oil
'ha people 10 return to their Ii ,meS. aud over
lwo-thlrds Of those who canI- out 10 heJr
Mr. Eden left town before .hree e.. clio X, gu /
some hopes were enteItain,d OF preventing
SnJ disturbance. About four o'rlu i h W.
ever, soldier nam II Oliver SIZE, in pass.
ING clli2sn NAMED Ar'sol Wells rIll
against hun, asked if there were a.,v Goa
psrhtads in The county s4iG he cuuIu whlp
any CopPcrhedd III the rodnIy. &c, AMI final
" ASKED Wells II h. were Copperhca L.
Wrl's replied ia the Affirmative. Salee put
his hand on Wills shunl Ter. whl stepped
backed anI said. ii you lay your han Is on
me VIII sho lOu.' Salee sail he would
shoot hick.' A minute after. i. is said, b,
Weiis fred his pistol, whether at Sll:e ur
not, Isnot knlwn. Revolver, were drawn
al once, aud used with terrible eff .cl, as was
also The shot guns with which the people
l'om y Hairs ncighbOrhoOd were provided
Some oil the soldiers were armed vita Re.
volvers, anI some had their muskels whore
they soon grt hod OF them.
In two or three minutes Major York Sur
geon OF the Eilih Illinois and A, Swim. J.
Goodrich and w. &, Hrt Of the same reg
inent, aud ~ Wells. were MORALLY woun
ed and have since died. Col Mitchell. o
Salee. J. N'er w. Decker, e, Ross, L. J..
Brooks, soIdieIs, were wounded rs were also
w GiIlmn, J. Trimble AMI s Nyes, Re
pubLlcanS, and G J, Collins, J. w. Hern
AZ, Democrats. The m.n hon 0'Hair's sci
lement then left town. About half an hour
alterWar Isl prisoner nomel J. Cooper at
tempted To escape BY running into the sore
OF J, Jenkins, u very cslimab.e citizen und
K pIbIlcOh. A volley was fired, which
Killed both Cooper aud jenkins, making the
total num5cr Of killed seven, and wounded
eleven.
Col. Mitchell tei'grdpiel to M.ttoon AMI
2GJ of his regiment came ~ 10 Charleston.
a''' Squ'ds were sent out an m4uy PrisVn-
cts arrested.
J. H. Flea left town as sJon a. the aIrly
commenced, which with other Democrats,
he had been endcavorlng lO prevent.
kuhois were pIevVlcnt tia. some three
hundrel! mon cOugrtgt ted at Holiday, Mills
seven miles from Charleston. Col. Mi ch.
ell VISITED tie p'ate, where he w14 in.ornl.. 4
lhi camp WIS lOidtc at Nonnlk u p,mt
some w'lve miles furth r, and which h..
dee'hed 80 mythical h. did no, visit. RI.
norS hS1l ano.her camp near Wmlslr Sc
Ell miles west ct this place bat the Forty
sa\encnih lnIiana aui Fudy first liIinoi,
Visited .he place bcIu,e dyli, hit this NOR.
n'ng aud faces to discover traces ul there
hdNIhg been camp in that vicinity. RI
njfs Ot D0motrals marching OIL M,tlDou
and Charleston originated either in the fears
OF some people or circulated by others for
aliert. No dongef is upprhenI,d, ana the
Fofty seventh Indiana has already left, Al
mas also doIdchlEcnt Of the Sixth AIss1uri
commanded b. Lieutenant Galva. Tue For
Iy Inst Illinois will probably lave in the
!" "hiH6 uhd WIN lne Ellndfal OF tTOuuS
tie "Xc''em ut will Subside Tears will grsd
ua'iy dle Odt, and tho usuli qlist b5 r,stur-
cd
Democrats and Republicans deplore tae
matter Equally and hold That .he coaI act of
thos; from O'Hair..s setlIem,n, was hish ly
Monday was the first day OF the Colrs Co.
ClnuiI Court AMI large number Of tn, pso
pie o. Coles CJunty were in attendance,
Ia the afternoon numjtr Of sJdi5s went
to the Court ilOuy1. One Of their nu uber
Jos'let cltjE.n named Es, Wells. VII,
warned him not 10 do so again. Wells wa,
again pushed, when he stated that he would
hlIl any bOjy or hit auy ole whl INFESTED
him. Ii la stated, however. that Wells wa.
k He'd, an was the first Que killed. Firm,
then became general when DR.. York went
TO the door OF the COuI! hJuse aud dlschars
ell his pistol several tinof. Some b hy
that was near shot and killed hlm. Col
Mitchell WIS wouulei III tn: mud sigh ".
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