, 1864-07-26
The Voorhees, Riot at Grecncnstle,
IEfnn thu lnd1npnnoIia Ionrnal l.,ls.

A citizen Of this place addressed letter
to friend in Grcencastlc III relation to tue
"peace'S and - free speech' manifestation of
the constituents Of Dan Voorhees,, an ac-
count Of which VIC publish iu-rhe Journal Of
the 21st Inst. a reply has been received
lication. The account is given by an eye
witness OF the affair, and shows the conduct
Of the "Peacc Democracy in worse light
than the statement we first received. The
account given by our friends correspondent
Is nB follows: g.
GnEKNcAsT1E, Thursday, r. II. I.
Lieutenant John Cooper and private Lyons and
east corner Of tho square when Allleon hnFrahed
for Abraham Lincoln. the best man in the United
Statfs TO TIL you3g rebel replied "Yon
wrong crowd.'' othe words passed, and young
Lon Ldsons Ihe,ns % pear Ills siz.) knosksd the rebel
toaN down two o. tsreo times Then Sol; Akers, Of
stpped 70 aad Eas sa met :;
Lieutenant Cooper, who told him to stand off, thst
b.: s1FElces vas not required. AkeEs replied, .r
eaid Cooper, :" and hare known you too, md
hesa artw r. 1neyitablS revolver and dcIibe5ssiy
itEewise. tpsn. his pis toi IN his pocket: Jast
ihe5e. Martin TGnsy came =, nP aad crisd out;
but Cooper cut: short his treason BY striking
him four times with twenty ounce billiard cue.
Il hare seen bloody men, but he was the bloodtest
ons!susht upon the soldiers. The Cont House
yard WAS full Of men and women all crying skill
him. kill him. kill the soldiers" Cooper ran back
wards, THROWN! stones as he ran, while orer one
east corner Of the square, and when he had out
hankcd the rebels. leaving none in-his rear, he
drew his Ie1olyeru up and nred at The advancing
street towards the Putnam House, {owued by Mrs.
Walls, the widow OF soldier OF the Mexican war.)
about sixty yards. when be discovered that Sol.
Akt r. and two Others, tnamcs unknOWn,l were fol-
ncain opened IRE. and 70 the shsme q bis Tires rec
gallant pursuetB be 1t safd, they halted too After
e1chargin. some Ehots, which wounded one OF the
three rebels, the crowd nnmbering over 900 camc
him." 81. following Lieat cooper; ttil he TOOK
refuge in the Putnam House, In which no breath
Of treason is tolerated by 'ts loyal lsnllady.
9ateopa e Gso noT his bnE I'm 5asSc b
a huge, Bo1tc knife. again ...'callcd a 'halt,'
and threw up breastworks." On came the
crowd with more terrible charge than that Of the
famous ''six bundred' We read Of. But here
could enter at one, and who should they be, echo
answered who? No daring brave responded to
the call, and as towards only could. they began
stoI ming the hotel. when the 1ady Of whom you
inguited, appeared in front Of the crowd amid the
hail Of stones. sword IN hand, hfustipg right and
left leaving her marx upon several Of the attacs.
Ing rehela. uer name Is Miss Lon Walls. After
venting their spleen. upon ''w1dow woman's
house," and soldiers widow at that, they skunk
away. apparently ashamed Of their own tnfauy. !,
To the credit OF q number Of Democrats could
infamons affair taking place. The reeaplsu!ation
is; Rebels none killed, s1x wounded. Fedora i
none hnr-but Lieut.. Cooper says tiiat the stones
This il the true statement as Witnessed by the
writer. II Jon desire yoQ eau use It for puRlica-
tiou.