Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-23
STATE ITEMS.

-TnE CLAY COUNTY Troubles The Clay
County Democrat thus comments upon late
article in the indianapolis Journal in regard to
the reported troubles in that county:
Saws the Indianapolis Journal:
Last week number of the copperheads of
Clay and Putnam counties assembled with arms
ia their hands for the avowed purpose of breaking
up recruiting meeting at Brazil, Clay coun-
ty.
This is lie Of the first magntude-dark dar-
ing and damnablei The meeting had no such
object and not appointed for hostile purposes;
besides il was called long before the order for the
present $4,000 volunteers was made. Ii was
publicly announced upon the streets of Bowling
Green as early as Saturday, the 23d of April, aud
everybody was invited
Again saws the Journal:
"They were either rioters or armed traitors;
in either case ft subjects for rough handling"
There is truth in his either. They were
peaceable citizens. and MS we are told. were upon
that occasion particularly quiet and orderly.
They hid no intention or desire to disturb any
body. What if they had armsr They had right
to carry them. They we're going TO drill, as they
had right to do. and they would have use for
them in the exercises As to their being '.trai-
tors. we dare say there was not one among them
whose patriotism hung so loosely about his shoul.
ders does the Journal editors: surely there
could not have been a more defiant secessionst
among them.
Col Srreight, who was to speak at the meet
ing. took command Of body o. Home Guards
in Brazil and dispersed them"
"Dispersed" who, the Guards7 The report
shows that there were some $50 citizens, and we
presume he can testify, from some of his exploits
in the South. that 'armed traitors" do not ''dis-
perse" SO easily. The truth is. the brave" Col
onel took "boiy gusrd" aud went out and in
informed them trouble might come IL the object
of the meeting carried out, and the crowd
with perhaps few individual exceptions, rather
than create disturbance by carrying out the
original objects, since the refusal of the aho-
litioBists TO participate would have given it the
appearance of partisan drill, 'dispersed" them
selves. and done il to preserve the peace. not
from fear.
- But listen at the Colonel:
81 will here remark that they were very hard
looking set of men; not an educated. gentleman
| ly appearing man among them"
We twill here remark" that if the list OF names
forwarded to the Colonel by Captain Stunkard.
"of men whom he saw and knew of his own
| knowledge" aud which found its way into the
the Journal, approx Il mates correctness, there were
some present with education enough TO read and
understand his hbel upon them. aud character
enough to chastise him Tor IT, were IL necessary.
IL is his opinion that ''upless some of their
leaders speedily arrested. we may look any
day for startling news from Claw county"
If he continues TO pera mbulute the county,
and make of himself and tools Of his ad-
mirers. there is no knowing what the result will
be. Ii he will be kind enough To write his sen
sationaf penny line" reports to the Cincinnati
Gazette from battle fields in the South. we will
has no trouble here and he can have the safis-
| faction of seng his name in that print often
as he likes. aud the Il" asfrequent as he chooses
to use it: he may also relieve Misrepresentation
that is growing upon the people. that most
excellent Governor has progressed so far in Roy
atty as to have "King's Fool
| The Rev. DR.. Cuyler. OF Brooklyn, ia a re
cent letter from Culpepper. Va, gives the fol
lowing picture OF the results Of the war in that
region: am ensconced TO day in the gallery of
deserted Episcopal Church. in the ancient, srs-
tocratic CoIpepper. Down in the broken rews
on the lower floors, the Pendletons, Hills, Mer
GERS, and other CnlPeppsr patricians have ''said
! or sung" the English liturgy for generation or
more. ImmediateIy under the church ~indow
lie the family Of Gen. A. p. Hill, who was born
10 yonder old brick house on the corner The
tents of our soldiers stand close up to the graves
Of the proud old aristocracy OF the days OF Mad
4 ison A few rods OF Il the Methodist church
now used as cavalry stable -.
/ tB-A rich citizen OF Springfield transferred
severai shares of stock resident in order
TO evsde the tar thereon After receiving sever
al Fat dividends. free Of tax. he died, but nov the
4, heirs cannot find the bogus stockholder. and the
4 company refuses TO sign the transfer. A bad
Il Joke for the heirs.I . f-al-..0fl ,..- 81. r-