, 1864-10-02


11ie Vf John 02Fllns the ao"rste~-
: Col. Ol&nRman. ef u1ssoor1-&ests
seyyiiioofoi,s,esl 1rs IL - leS sspes.s, 'isa sse.
from Our Own Correspondent!
JEa&11v111z, JcrssJ Co., Bepk =, 1854 r.
Ibave lA,eiy traversed axeeton innocent
OF railroads and telesrapbs. and hare been
dependent uron the old fashioned stage
coach for conyeJance for myself, and upon
the mails Tor the tyansmission Of wnat tltde
Of 1ews had to tell. nuke no doubt thit
your readers thank their stsrs tbst they aro
tins spared tho petuad- OF voluminous dis
patches, and etM more yo1uminous lctters,
but there arc somc things that Wiah to talk
sbout, and Lam strongly tempted to do IT,
from Je1teJviilo. 80
norks or TRAVEL :. ~ ga.
Tic history Of y j;urney from Quincy TO
Jack sonvlllo odcrs nothing Of Interest TO or
dinary newspaper readers. The only feature
that interested me was the fact that On tha
train that reached Springfield were many OF
the mtn lately drafted ftom 'Woodford
comfy. =. Thsre were: Soma ONION
men smoBE them, md they stood up oold.y
ioE Lincoln and tho: Government, but the
yast majority wers CopporheAds and weut
for Mcclellan OEe Of the former called f.R
cheers for "0ld Abc,n but these were Gu
tiruIy y.oyer~he)med by the vociterous cheers
that tbu,st forth Tor JED. Davis and s'Llssle
Mac" ,~..,.,.s ..~e
The woodfe,d conae,ipts wero largely IN the
eubeutute bustAtss-; EAca mothur's son Of
them bad snug]y. tucked away ia csp,ctous
Provost MARSHALL, ordering him t5 report at
tho draft rendezvous 1t Springfield, aad each
had his pockets lined with greeubAcks. more
Or less ahundantly, with which to purchase
9 substitute when he reached Springfield.
Some bad taken time by tho forelock, aud
aecured INTO themselves str1pping- mig
gers" It would have maze mujo laugh fo
see how suddenly these patriots had become
lmbued with love Of the dusty chil1rua Of
Ham ! noticed one man particularly, who
xas body gusro to likely 3anng African.
Whenever sanbo mo.ed. bis dear conscrspt
Che platform to stretch Ills lc.s, t6o cousrr.pt
atreiched hls legs TOO, Did 8smbo atuep, the
coEecr1pt slept. Did sAmpo Iutimsta tnst
be would like whisky cocktail, th3 con
script 1uthed to saloon and brought it to
hlm. Did sameo want to smokc, tao con-
script rendered him fragrant Hasaa.. He
wss continually tormented lest hls pdza
should escape; lest some Other man With morn
Rreenoacks than he should secure tha q =.
ylces OF The black man Hambo knew aIa
im.ortatce, and lordcd It orer his peace
fI!end nke . Kentucky planter OVER bis
train reached Springfield, beeume dlssusted.
and said. looka hesh massa, you've dun.
gone carried this hing too tar, pea bearnn
tell that snb'stutea 10 woth $500 in sprtng-
! field YOU'VE sg1eed to pa. me sol, bas
.e ,tMeI't @ 90 nasks. ean'e 90 tor ron" I
Of astonishme Mt and despair that came over
ttat Copperhead's- -Yiase ~ he heard thsso
Alas, that poor. darkey had Sounded
krell TO all bis hopea and Ill hls e1pecta.
nona Of tscap,ng the Union service. There Ia
enc CspperIeso from Weodfora county who,
c1e this, fs dressed Ia blue aud carries one of
UEc1o sam's regulation muskets, who, per
haps, ~ am writing, Is doing guard duty
over A1ot OF comm1SsAU stores, or stapi1iar
/ 4 6entiLel tpffont Of some abolition Co!ot e
quartera. don't wish t } Seem tfreverene, but
! feel juAt like saying - Hsllelnjah and
IAcKsoEvnLg.
Ispent the night Of the 9Th at Jackson
ienttons from that siannch old friend OF nj "a
AZ sonEn-M Mart Cassel. had not time to
10 h srourd ahe tnWn and visit the ColIcrc.
sne the stata Institutions for the Deaf md
Dumb, the Bind and the Insane, but Waa
told that all vert abuncantly patronized.
Ihe dtait has been made IN some precincts
Of Morgan county, but Jacksonville IL ahead
on su ca4s, her much, Ibid not learn.
The political situation In MorKa1 couaty
10 Inter resting. In 1860 tho Democracy car
RED the county b. small majoritY-less than
hundreo, but tnit year VIC shall carry it By
TWO huadted-pcrhaps five hundred.
cARHoLTos, GREEN oouHN1.
Thirty mlles south Of Jacksonville, is
Whitehall tho present southern terminns Of
the Io1,ca .3n and Petersburg, Or Is 1t Is more
Vile apd st. Louis Railroad, and thirteen
miles directly south Of that Ia Carrolton. the
shire town OF Green county. This Is reached
b an Old fashioned stage coach, and 70 I
roae ahither yestcrdsy; The to N IL an
Inhabitants. There were but p73 Repnblicsp
Union votes cast In the county ut the ,ast
Presidential election. Mr. Dougl2s ascured
something like 9, 200. We are hoping to im.
prove upon this exhibit at the cnmfng elsc.
tion and tne Indications are that ne shall
= JOIN oARLrx TIE GUERILLA. ''-
Ca.rolton Ia noted for being thu home Of
the notorious Colonel John Calm, tho rebel
! guerilla who made, not long ago, this acc-
lion Of the State uncomfoftAbly hot for
Union men. and who was subsequently dos
| geratelY wounded, captured and confined ut
Camp Butitr. John was several yeass ago
married to an eatimable woman, but tor
some cause, they separated, and one IT them
obtained divorce About three years ago
he married Miss English, An amtable, in-
tellfgent and wealthy resident of Cazrolton,
but an incorporating sebel. 70 her IN.
! aueuce, 1t ls said, Carlta IL largely Indebted
for bis connection with the rebel army and
his subsequent connection With the shlev-
Ing gang. that bore his name Like true
Woman ehe sticks to him noT that he is un-
der cloud, a1d 1t he shall recover from the
severe wounds he received at the tiue Of bis
capture. It VIII bo owing to her tender and
| -~"%%%s@NN*
COL. cl1NuHAz, or MISSOURI.
/ Clingntn, after he was dlslodged from
! Bond and Montgomery counties, mRda Jer.
aeT and Green h1s place OF rendezvous The
stsRc road TO JeneJylllo passes directly
through tho forest whero his ba4d of desps
citizens Of Green. I an told, VISITED h!rn Ia
camp under = dag Of truce, and demand
cd that he should leave tho yislnitY, To
this hc conseated, provided he waA len IN,
molssted tor tTenty.feur hours, The etipa,
lated tine had not halt expired before 4
county fell upon him and caueed him hastilj
TO evacusso tho position. Here It was tht1
Carlin W9a wounded and captured. Cling
nan ana h1a crem passed leisurolg and In TIT
DAY time, across tho country until he struch
the Maeoupln bottoms, when he, made fol
the river and crossed over into Missouri
This sppesrs to have been the last Of Cling
man In this regtnn: He W1s an ardent s.De
moczat" OF the modern Jet Dayis breed.
PREPARATIONS FOR ou7nnK1K. -,
There L. yesy 1ltt1e doubt that had II no
oeeh iot tho timely tntsrference Of IL,
authorities, this rs3ion would have nop
heen the thestsr Of oTxaulxcd rebellion. Til.
draft mould have been the pretaxt for risinV
n 5e nv; ~ si!a,ge 1i,Yg OF PGoyldence, or Appl'
in Ca1rolton and In Jerse,vllle, there AZ
| Ngn WhQ before the draft RWore mighty s,.th