The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-02-17
A "SPECK OF WAR" At MlUMEE !
Wonderful Reformation Among the
COpperhCadS.
THEY "TAKE THE oArHi"

During Saturday and Sunday last, there were
rumors in this locality that they were having
"great doings' and terrible withAl, in our neigh.
boring village Of Maumee. We accordingly paid
a flying" visit to that locality on Monday last in
the hope Of arriving at the truth Of the natter
We couversed with several PERSONS, ard found that
there was very little difference in their statements
We therefore give the rumors of the affair as we
learned thcm believing thst they substantially
correct. Some Of them may however, be some
what exaggerated, though not by us;
The difficulty was wholly between veteran sol
dicrs, now at home on frlough. and class Of per-
sons familiarly known as Coppcrhcads. Iopp2ars
that some Of the Copperheals had been, on Friday
last, indulging in abusive language toward some of
the soldiers, calling them =" Lincoln hirclings," aud
telling them that they ought to be ashamed Of
themselves for being OF in the army, fighting their
"Southcrn brethren" 1t didn't take very much
Of this language to secure for those using it a
"thrashing," and after accomplishing this, it
seems that the soldiers conceived the idea of max
ing all the Copperhcad voters take the oath of al
legiance. Accordingly some fifteen or twenty SOL
ders formed in "double .flc' marched to the re-
celebrated Coppcrheads, made known the object Of
their visit, and requested the company of the
.'honored one" 1.-THE request was respectfully
complied with, they merely marched their
"prizc" to the Office Of Esq, Couaut, required
him to "takc the oath" and pay for it, when he
was permitted t, 60 about his business.
Two or three insolcnt and refractory individuals
received n drubbing before they would comply
with the request of the soldiers and it is sal that
one rery refractory fellow was finally taken to the
Justices office by the aid of wheelbarrow and a
bed-c cord
One man, mechanic, drew an adj, and throat
cned to annhatc" the first man who nteriIred
with him, but he was told that if he struck, or at
tempted to strike, he would be in great danger o
"never getting ont Of his shop - whcrcupon ht
quietly surrendered and" took the oath !"
Another person, who heard that the soldiers wcr,
looking for him, " stole march " on them, rushc.
to the Justices office, and took the OATH of his owl
accord
In one instance some property was destroyed. /
is stated tAat the keeper of grocery there, hal
few days before let a crippled soldier have liquor
until he became intoxicated, and then Kicked him os
Of doors When this person was called ON to tax
the oath, lac was SO insolcnt and abusive that til,
soldiers bocarl exasperated, and cleaned out " hi
establishment pouring his liquors into the street
and destroying som' grocery furniture.
The soldiers commenced operations on Friday
afternoon last aud did not get their task compctct
until Saturday evening and, with the exception
Of some Coppcrheads who were absent or sick, they
made remarkably clean job =
During this time, it's said that they "jerkej
within the pale Of loyalty some twenty five or
thirty heretofore ineorrgolo Copperheads. We
believe howe that Of the latter claim thai
the proceeding WAS clearly violation Of the I'm
ion as It was, and the Constitution as it is"-anj
if such is the case thcy my consider their loyalty
null aud void! :"
In concluding this item, we take pleasure in
congratulatiug this new accession to the Union
ranks, on having taken 50 good resolution, even
at the eleventh hour. MAY they never rcpan; it
o. be found among the list Of " "backsderS r.