, 1864-08-18

From our SpecIaHo-rc.rondent.1
1NplANAroIts, Aug. 15-
The political canvass opens glofiouslY.
Mectfrge hsye been held ut Grccucastle. CO.
lumbus and Franklin in tho southern part Of
the State, and at LaPorte, South Bend and
Goshen in the northern part, all of which
tayc been addressed by Governor Morton,
and have proved that the Union men arc
thoroughly awake to the importance Of the
contest before them. The Governor return
ed from his Northern trip On Saturday, and
expresses himself as being perfectly satisfied
10th districts. The ball thus started will be
kept vigorously in motion until tho day Of
election, and we shall not fail from present
appearances TO give brave majority for
Morton and Baker.
Meetings arc held In this city every
Wednesday and Saturday night Ia tie Gov.
errors circle, and each one h larXer and
better than the last Capt. James WILSON.
formerly Congressman from the 9Th district.
made q rousi6E address to the meeting last
Wednesday night. and Gen Eo Dnmont FOL
lowed 1t up on Saturday night with another
large Eumbefs, md the Union cause is gain:
ing ground every day. Our .Copperhead
brethren on The contrary are snr1y and glum.
Nothing pleases them except the gold quota
tions aud occasional bits Of bad news from
the front, and they tako no pains to conceal
their bad tempers. The peace men are
cursing Joe, Mcdonald and his brother can
request to bring the soldiers home, and say
that Joe is d-d'fool for going round max:
ing speeches with Morton, &C. But the real
reason WHY they curse him, is because they
distrust him. They don't consider him
sonnd on the goose They want him to
come ont square aud fair Tor instant and im.
MEDIATE peace. They don't like the way he
talks when he gets into the strong Union
counties. For Mcdonald, when he gets into
"the pocket" or the other butternut parts
of the State, is all right enough on the great
iesue = He don't 70 for the var In any shape.
But when his route leads him into regions
where the people sIe IN ta1os Of euhlgattn9
his peace piece and takes the var tack. He
rever dreams of anything like consistency,
for be dent believe In 1t; nor do any Of the
rest OF them, Dave Turpie. for Instance,
Vas elected President Of the Copperhtad
State Convention, and nominated Is Lieu
io1m, and In two weeks attetwsrd5 he &C.
.crpts the nomination Of Representative for
the 9Th district on just the other platform.
Alt gether, this Turpfe Is beautiful specl
men: He goes about the State cursfns Coy.
Morton Is on usuFper, and talks about his
WlEappTQpT1Rl1ulF1 1ua pEQplE3 lu0Q3 HHu ll-
volying the State in debt.
But perhaps the best index OF the real
tpir1t tbat animates the whole Of this bogus
Democratic party, is to be ioun6 where 4
few Of them sre gathered together In some
back wood, church or echoolsouse In some
thoroughly copperhead county: Thsre, Sc
cluced IRON the eyes Of did lincoln hlre-
liDee and spt e." they get up their t.llest la
tignation, and have . biz time generally,
CURING and rerillpg Old Abe, and Morton,
and the soldiers, and hterlng tor Vallaadig-
ham and JEFF Davis. At one such meeting
held in Bloomfield, Grten county, Indiana,
til. other day, they wero unanimous In re-
arms. So they baTc resolved At meetings ta
other counties Of the State. II that isn't
treason, or something rtry near 1t, I'd like
to know what treaeonis. All hopo is, that
they III hare tho audacity to try 1t on, aud let
the question Of the feasibility of such resist
ancc be tlectuallT settled at once aid fo1
ever. ... -.......
Michael C. Ker, tho present reporter o.
the dtciiIons Of tie Supreme Court, has
| been nominated bS the Copperheads for C0n'
! eress in the III district Michael is man =
fair abilities, and would be IS acceptanlr. t.
the Uuion men Of that district ns any othe
| one OF that stripe Of politics. but hls Election
| is not 20 SURE as hc thinks tor. Thr. votes o.
I few soldiers who are coming nome mn,
spoil lie soup for him. The Uy.iou Conyen
| lion for nominating candldate 1or Congress
| in that district, will be held at New Alb2u,
on the 18th inst at which, time Gov. Nor
| ton will address them.
5Gth Regiment, Lieut. CO.. essie, numberIn,
some $50 men. havtux re-enlisted, arrives
last on 2 th'ty Lays turlongh and hav
gone to their uomes. They viii have re
ception y zen they return to this city to g.
1n1o eampagaln: The 4ttli Regiment: Co]
+ morning to assist In s1uelchtng gucFi&las an
all other rebels The guerlllas have bee
unusually bold on the Kentucky side Of tn
| river lately. It IL probable, however, tha
the guerilla business Is now about playe
out, at least for the present. Gen. Pane
moving on them from Paducah, Gen, Bur
bridge from Louisville, and Gen. Caring
toms forces nre ready to give them all th
lighting they want from tue northern side o
the river. We shall probably hear no NOR
;: ofthem for while, as they will no don't
break up into small squads and skedadd
In every Direction
Brig, Gers. J. L. Mansfield and Jane
Hughes, Of the Legion, have been promote
by Gov: Morton to the rank Of Major Ger
| erals in the came eervfce. tGen. Hughes IN
stuff have gone to Evansville to put the Ii
gion in good shape and make all necessar
preparations for defense Of the borde
Henry Jord2n Of Hayri5on tSa ,a'n s4nnty lat
i |
mounted infantry, hos been appointed Bsi!
adicr General of the Legion In the ed Dl'
trict. He will make an excellent office
md will fight, too, If necessary. Efforts al
being made to recruit the Legion all throug
the StAte, az there is no telling what cmel
: gency might arise when the services Of
body Of troops would be needed The cit
: regiment {1S4d) Of ono hundred days me
will probably reeulist for year on the e.
: piratlCn Of it7 present term Of sersfce- Tt
| Goth Massachusetts,, Col. Naas. LOTT stron!
arrived here yesterday morning und.r Q
dcrs 10 report to Gea. Cart1ngton. Th
regiment was raised In Boston and vlci1tt
are In tie hundred Gays sersi,e, and La,
l eighry-fvc days yet to serve. Their pre-
encc hire will relieve our citizens OF q
anxiety in reference to any attempt at a
Outbreak on the part of the COCO rebel pri
!. cners, sud will be an assurance of gui'
{GermaL) regiment, Col. Erdelme,cr, a
rived from the front last night. Their tin
has nearly expired, and they will soon
mustered ont Of the service. They are
haTe reception at State House Square t.
+ Nothing much is being done towards raj
E Ing volunteers under tho late call, the Eeop
. generally ,prefer1Ipg that our quota should
ni'ed. By draft. Camps have been establis
i. cd In each Of the eleven districts, that Of Il
1 9Th District at Michigan City, and that Of Il
. late Of the 7sth regiment has been appoint
: commandant at the latter place. Lieut.. c.
: MSron Baker Of the 74th reg iment was kilt
j. on the 9th inst. near Atlanta in skirmls
. He was gallant officer aud bis loss is 1nour
n by large circle Of friends. Capt. Thom
:. Morgan has been promoted to the Majori
: of tie came regiment.
i There has been some considerable cxcii
d | mcDt in the cit, OF late In reference tn I
Il | running Of negroes through the State, to
= taken to The Eastern States as subssftut.
:, A number of unauthorized and 1rresponsi1
= = parties hare been engaged In picking up t
. poor fellows wherever they could find the
: in disregard Of General Order No. s2227 Of t
~ War Department, paying them from 500
T. $500 apiece, aud selling them at the East
$500 Of S., ,000. 1t is estimated that q, 900
them have been run through tile State
= = ring the past month. Some Of the part
have been arrested, md the provost qua
- now search all the trains, and dctain all p
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