The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-11

VII. AAvle
LATEST From the NORTH.
We have received, thssseh the courtesy Of shs
e@csm Of the Exci,ange Bureau, files OF Northern
papen - late q Tuesday last, the 5sh Inst. The
ssws is NOT important, but noticeable TACT u
s"ss sne papers src entirely silent oil army mat
sers. This h sisniAeans OF active operations. w,
give summary Of the iase,lisence
rns tLLMors RnRUrs-rHs CAUSES or TIN
OVTDRBAk-THk "INoURRRCTION" QuELI-
se-hATrooM oARRlsoNED.
The papers coasatn full accounts OF the reesn'
Disturbance At Nation, Iiiaois. II appears thu,
ssas ef The Federal sesaIsm had snssaasasa q
deaellsh "soppeshsa4s pap4sss = 36Uar eosa
y, Illlnoas, and had forced Tie u1te - apeSeslEs
Tor his Attacks on the Adntnistsaiioss. TIE peo.
pie there determined that this buliyiaS 0pssaston
souid b the last In that section Of he Ssats, and
the anti Liac oiniies armed themselves to prevent
another one. None OF the d;sturAance occurred In
Missouri, though some Of the citisens from a1join-
Ing counties Ia that State paSEcipated in Il. The
fight occurred At Charleston, ia Coles couaiy, III.
mole. letter from that place, 40 the Chicago
Tribune, (Blaek Repusliean.) dated the Soih ult.,
says:
This af,esnoon dreadful aaAM took placs in
oor tsWa, The moss shockiag In In details that hns
evsr occurred In caS part Of the State. Early In
the morning squads OF tnsulgenss came In town
from VARIOUS disectiops, and, ~ the sequel win
show, armed, and detcrmined upon summary ven
eeance upon our s0idlers. During the day pre-
@onitioas Of the coming trouble were too evident.
Some 0f the s0idiers about 10 return to their Tegi
ments, were somewhat excited BY iiqdof, and c0H-
scqusntly rather bois,crous, but not belserent /;
were more disposed for fun than fight.
About four o'clock soldier, Oliver Sallee, itep-
ped up 10 Nelson Wells, whs has been regarded ~
the leader Of the Insurgents IN this county. aud
placing his haads geod- nataFsd'y against him,
piayfuliy asked him II there were any busternuis
In the town, Wells replied, s'Yes, you,
1 am one: :" and, dra1 Ing his revolver, shot al
Saliee, but missed him. In an instsnt SaIlce was
shot from another direction and fell, but raising
himself up, hc nred at Wells, the ball TAX
ing effect IN bis vitaIs He (Welis) wen, a. far as
Chambers MeCroFy's Store, and, passing in, fell
dead.
The insurgents were gathered behind Judge Ed
wards's Office loading their fire -arms, aud then
would step out and ERE from the corner at The SOL
dieEs Unfortunately with guns and revOivers.-
Vi course, having come fully prepared, they had
vastly the advantage over the soldiers, who were
not expecting such an attack. and were, for the
most part, unarmed. Those who were armed
would hardly know At whom TO fire until they
were fred upon. The insurgents were seen to
huny to their wagons hitchrd at the square, and
xStucG tuCICIIOm HcvtId1 guns, WHICH WSIS CUu-
cealed under the straw. They were freely used
and with terrible effect. Thomas Jeffiies was tho
next TO fall, receiving an ugly wound In the
neck
William Gi,saan was shot by B. F. Dukes, the
ball sinking 4 RIB on the left side and gRneing of
Dukes was then seen TO fire as Col Mitchell, aud
afterwards declared that he had killed him. Col
Mitchell received several shots through his clothes;
one hit his watch and glanced OF. producing only
slight flesh wound on Ills abdomen. The watch
thus pr0videRtaily saved hts life. Dr. York, sur
seon Of the 5lIh ineis, while passing through the
mind, who took deiibera.e aim and shol him dead,
the pistol being placed so close IN him that the
powder burned his coat: So far as We can learn,
save in his professional capacity ~ surgeon, and
In trying to restore order.
soldier, Alfred swim, OF company G, 54th
Illinois, was shot, and taken 10 Drs Allen and Van
I'd somewhere near Casey, in Clark county, where
hs leaves a wife and three children He il spoken
of by all rs having been an excellent soldier aud
good citizen. William G. Hart, Deputy Provost
iarshsl, was SHOT In several aces, in the head
and viisls !; his wounds are probably mortal -
James Goodrich, company q, 5ith Illinois, receiv-
ed shocking wound, being shot in the boWels
his wound. We fear, will prove mortal.
URliarmed as our boys were, Col Mitchell soon
rallied all he could, cilizens and soldiers, and i'm
pF0vistBs such arms ~ could he had, gathered AZ
ihe soathwest corner Of the square, a. lhe insue-
gents 1etreated down the street, running eaat there
iron. Dispatches were ssns TO Maitoon Tor sol
diers, aud three hundred were soon on the way -
The insurgents halted some where near Mrs. Dick
sons, and remained for some time, then turned
and went of. Beyond ]. II. O'Aair's residencs
they gathered together, consulted for time. and
then moved off in nOrherly direction, cutting
the telegraph wires as they went, unfortunately
before sispatch could be sent TO Dr. York's fam
iiy, at Paris, giving notice of his assassination
= Abont i've o cleck the rcinf0rcements from Mat
soon arrived, and while in the Court House yard,
Mr.. John Cooper, from Salisbury, was captured,
and bIoafi. N E a. prisoner. ny Mr. W. II. Noe,
part in the ufray; when In front Of Jenkinss
he attempted to escape, and when commended 10
halt refused to do %, whereup0n Mr. Noe fired
over Mr. COOpsr's head, who, In return, fired at
some Of our men, when orders were given 10 fire
upon him, which was done, and be fell dead a
Jsnkins's door. Unfortunately one of the balls
passed through the closed door and struck Mr. JnO.
ably mortal WoHnd. Mr. Cooper was shot through
the neck aud shoulder When The insurgents were
halted near Mrs. DicksOn's. he was heard to say
that as they now had 40 leader he was ready to
lead them back and kill the - soldiers and burn
the town, or die IN the attempt and at various
places he was heard to threaten to cut out the
hearts Of the &C. Ab0litioaists," and use kindred
expressions.
mol know, nor can we estimate the number, save
by the si1e Of tie squads that rereated In several
directions We think there may have been sfrom
one hundred to one hundred and hfty, and ali
mounted. Who their leaders were we do not know
precisely. H. O'ElaiT, Sheriff Of this c0univ
was seen to ire three times AT the soldiers. John
Frasier, while sitting On his horse, was seen to
deliberately ere 1--WE times at them, and then
leave. Othsfs Of less prominence were equally
wsrilke.
The 81. Louis Democrat says:
il Is nothing new that Ia many portions of I'LL
nOts, particularly tho southern portion there have
existed the most dangerous clemens The wOrst
kiad OF COpperheads are to be found there. No,
only are resident llitnOisians to be foQpd among
them, but . considerable number OF dangerous
characters properly belonging to this state have
taken shsltcr there, where they have found congo
Mai company, and would not be likely to be 80
closely watched by the military authorities as
here. We have not failed to give timely warning,
a. fxr q we had the ability, Of the movements OF
these men, telling our Union neighb0Fs across the
river to be on their guasd against them. This
warning is never mo appropriate than at the
present time. The Prcsfdent's amnesty pr0eIama-
tlon has brought rebels in large numbers among W
ff0m the eneWy's lines, many Of whom may md
is agreeable extend their travels 70 points where
they are not 20 well known ~ here
Another letter from Msttoon, dated the 3lst uIs.,
says:
Thyouehous last night and all Of this morning
the excitement continued among our citizens, and
the most vigorous measures were In progress 10
sdsiss the appsshended attack, bus Il seems that the
capture Of the spy last night was Cf inaFs impOr
lance In military point Of view than was Al nrst
Believed. He was taken In . suspicious locality,