, 1864-04-02
NEWS: BY TELEGRAPH
Later from the Coles
County Disturbances.
THE LIST OF PRISON
ERS IN CUSTODY.
Examination Of Witnesses
Begun.
Testimony Of Eye Witnesses
Of The Eneute.
FROM Observation-Disclosures
CONGRESSIONAL And
MILITARY.
Military Appointments and Con-
firmations.
FROM CAIRO AND BELOW.
Military appointments and Cen
iifMati0nS,
FROM CAIRO AND BELOW,
The Last Obsequies Of
Owen Lovejoy:
THE COLES COUNTY DIS.
TUEkESANCE.
Further "Details OF tho AHair-LtHt OF
Prisoners, de-, DC.

! {Onr special reporter at GAttoon, gives Us b.
telegraph, carefully dctat]ed account Of the incep
tlon and nature Of the tragedy sustaining In ever
| point the account published BY the Charleston
Plain Dealer, given in another column. We omit
those portions which would be in tho main repet,
tion, and commence his narrative 1T the point
where the other ceaaes.-Eps. TR1n.}
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago THbnne.1
MArroos, IL, April l, 1861.
About halEpast sfx Gionday evening" large
number OF citizens and soldiers, having obtained
horses, started ont IN purauls in two seuads-one
under command OF Col. McHensy Brooks, and the
other In charge Of Lieut.. uorncr--and captured
some dve prisoners. which they brought that night
The next morning some fifteen were brought In,
among whom was Green Harks, u leading Copper
head Of Edgar county, ~ho boosted that he had
killed Dr.. York and that he came to town tor that
express purpose. Another Of the gang belonged 10
Edgar comfy, and on his person was found an oath
Of allegiance recently taken By him 1T Paris.
As the rebels wese retseating they captured SOL
der named Levi Frfesner, whom they took on with
them ae fr as Murphys, about ten miles northeast
Of Charleston. Here they left him with guard !;
but the relation Was quickly changed, for Col
Brooke' scouts came along aud captured the whole
party.
At Tom Deals, farmer about eight miles from
Charleston, John O'Hair LEFT word for Col. Mitchell
that II he woud 1rake 1ie soldiers behare he would
make the rebels do the came.
Among the wounded were Decker, Company G.
bsth Illinois, Geo. Ross do, William Gilman citi-
zen, John 1Eumbull do, Sanford Noys, soldier.
These are 81 doing vel, and viii recover. sa,ee
is NOT expected to Hive.
" A. Whiue1nore and Mc1ain, two Eota1ies,
were busy yesterday, and to-day, taking the atada-
sitt Of those who know anything Of the clscum.
stances.
Geo. NcNute, one OF the deponentA, makes atl-
davIt that he saw John H. O'Hait ehoot 1T the SOL
diere twice, and that at one Of the discharges he
sew James Goodrich fall. This deponent also saw
Robert NcIain ehoot several times at the solders~
BE also eaw Miles Murphy loading the guns and
hnnding them to others to lire. He also saw John
Ftazer. ono Of the 1eadcre, in fact the principal
one, shoot several ttmes.
Marcus Hill testited that be saw John Frxze.,
Nelson Wells. dead, james O'Hair, jess o,Hai.,
john o'Uair and Henderson O,Hair among tbs
rebels, He heard James O11air eay II he could ret
MINOR York he won1d be satisfied.
Samuel Beckam testified that he eaw John Fra
zcr Fhoot three times ut Col. Mitchell.
Robert Kimhan testified he SEW James o'uair
shoot It Lewis Mullen. He eaw John Ftazer shoot
1t the foldiers.
D. D. Vail testified that be heard Simon Hen.
dsics eay he would rather fight for the South than
n.uss
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sh.,. 80. ~ -. e.! AeP a~e1, W tae1. uus
1sssaa..e.. a osr4Is ~. ~ -. ".
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tar1 ~ .hSs +h,.s - ~. ~ .-. 49, s.o.N., :"
o'aair also eaid that the soldiers had been rnn-
ming over citizens and they going to clean the
soldiers ont He saw Henderson o'HaIr running
with a pistol in his hand. and abootIno n thc
soldiers. Saw John Frazer m horsehack .bootino
At the soldIers. Jamea OtHa3r Jease n.E.3r
Frank Talen, and othcra, rushed to their WAGONS
and took their rims. sud he heard onc Of ,he I,rn
say stBv God The town IL ours.s'
Eden. the Conne,head cnneressm,n fror, thi.
district WIS announced to speal to I,fs friends m
Monday last, but he anticipated disturbance in
which he did not want to implicate himself. Ac-
r,,rdfnr3~ ahort Ana4, ,,{,,,.+o, 1>ot,-s +k. .f.