, 1864-08-02

i1om which they were released on the dAy Of
tae outbreak. This ynn was told me By
respectable and Intelligent man, who uu-
oouotedly believed that every word he spoke
was true.
THE TRUTH.
It Is unnecessary for me to state that the
version ofthe Copperheads is fabrication
I lie made out Of whole cloth. That the
boys were intoxicated and beat the Copper
heads there is no doubt, but that they>e7er
Is false. have no doubt, however, that the
leaders told their ignorant folio Wers SO, aud
that they rellgtously believed 1t.
TIE o'HA1R SETTLEMENT.
About seven miles north east Of Charles
ton lies the O'Hair settlement, resident Of
which John s. O'Hair, at the time Of the out
break, Wes, and still IL, Sheriff Of Coles
county. The settlement Is on beautiful and
fertile rolling pralrie, and the farms owned
By the consplrators are among the most ex-
tensive and productive Of any in the State.
The psopEietoB Of many Of these were en-
gaged In the atfray, and hare found 1t con-
venient since to keep out Of the way
Of its military authorities drove
merly occupied BY the fugacious OF and
the F1aziers- / WIS everywhere received
with respect and they courteously answered
all my inquiries, although It ta doubtful If I
should have been treated with 80 much con-
sideration had they known who was and
for whom Was making the inquiries. The
farms are we'll kept and carefully cultivated,
that OF John 8. OfHair being In charge Of an
intelligent Kentucklan.
THE o'uAIR FAMILY.
There are two branches Of the 0'Hsir
family, one ofwhich resides In Coles county
and the other In Edgar county, adjoining.
John g., of The one branch, Ii Sheriff Of
Coles, and William, of the other, Sheriff of
Edgar. OF the Coles county branch, John,
Joseph, jesse and Henderson were engaged
most prominently in the affrA5, and al have
fed the county. The Edgar county branch
was not present.
THE EDGAR COUNTY SETTLEMENT.
About eight miles from Paris Is the settle
ment Of the Edgar county branch Of the
O'Hair family. They have located in fertile
tract Of country and are engaged CT tonsively
in raising mules. a Agentlem1n IN of Charleston
gives me in word their most striking pc
culiarities. He says: they hunt coohs, wear
coon SKIN caps and their highest ambition
is to own tourth.alass stallion"
KILLING Or o'HA4R AND FRAZIER.
The reported killing Of the Sheriff and
Frazier, detailed with great particularly By
your Cairo correspondent, has not the slight
est foundation in fact. Not ANN, woman,
Or child In the settlement. or IN Coles county
is aware OF the circumstances set forth in the
NVAAAAA6 VI L4E 4AAAUNEs fALA1u tAu
month 0'Hair has been seen In Indiana, 5at
Sullivan and at Evansville. from which latter
place be crossed the river Into kent1cky,
where be is doubtless now concealed. Some
OF his friends say that he has Joined his for
tunes to those of John Morgan, and that he
will lead the redoubtab1e guerilla 'chiettain
into Illinois when be makes his next raid
His Wife reefdes In Charleston, and she Ger
tainly is ignorant Of the fact Of his assassin
alton, and says she knows 1t Is not true. ~
ooPPERuEAD CONVENTION.
Hearing that the notorious John r. Eden,
Gopperhtsd member OF Congress for the
dress the Convention at Chnrleston yester-
day, came hither. John was In Springfield,
engaged with Robinson, Moore, Knapp, and
Others, In selecting candidate to be run for
gube1natoria] honors.. He therefore could
not be present. The object for which the
convention Vas called vas to place in nomi-
nation q candidate for District Attorney for
the Fourth Judicial Circuit. The gathering
wss tame and ustless affair. There were
just thirty delegates present, from the
counties Of Coles, Clark, Cumberland, Edgar,
Eflngham and Shelby. The Convention was
Organized by the choice Of Anthony T. Hail,
Of Shelby county, rs President, and J. E,
Mumtord, Of Cumberland, and B. F. kauaY,
of EHtngham, ~ Secretaries. AS opened
my note book at the reporters stand, one Of
the Secretaries noticed the words - TRIBUNE
Correspondent upon its back, and asked II
waB reporter for that Is damned Abolition
TRIBUNE" said stYes." "We11," said he,
s'al1 I've got to say is, that this Is a damned
queer place for 8 TRIBUNE reporter" meek
y told him that thought could stand the
pressure II he could.
President Hall addressed the Convention
briefly and '1aboriously. There WAS nothing
pointed OF remarkable in his speech, save that
he studlously avoided a1l aQusidn to politics.
Neither he nor any one else referred to this
"cFuel war" or the rights gnd sufferings OF
our ssSouthern brethern.n
After twelve ballots, aud after several re-
cesses were taken to enable the brethercn to
"hnrmoniZc," as member facetously called
1t, 8, s. Whitehead. Of Clark, Was placed in
domination Mr.. Whitehead was called upon
to address the Convention, just now become
as solemn as prayer meeting, to which In.
yltat1on he acceeded, and mounted the
rost1um. He delivered himself Of
feeble effort that would have done dtscredlt
to any twelve year old school boy, and sub
sided. Not solitary cheer or mark Of ap-
plausc, distinguished the convention from Its
beginning to Its conclusion. It Vas as 1ugu-
brfous as a funeral. Some delegate rose in
his seat, and moved With heightened coun-
tenance and WateTy eyes that Hon. O. B.
Flcklin be requested to address the Conven-
ti0n. The President put the motion with
great formslity, and It was carried. But
Ficklin was too old bird to be caught with
such chaff, and left the house. So there were
no speeches and 10 resolutions, and the con.
vention sclemnly adjourned. Bop.