Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-01-17
MortaIitY.

couDdrels have been caught and hung
Mortality.
Not dear 50 many men have been
si.led il battle or died Of disease IN tins
psr as nahy imagine Various ealcn-
atious have bseo made showing that
he popular notion OF this point is
wrong. For Instance, Ohio has sent 70
the Geld 2Ii,794 soldiers. or these
l6,5l6 have died in tie service from
sickness and TIE casualties Of battle,
being about one IN thirteen. The num-
Der pefmahently disabled Is 1866, max /
ing the total OF dead aud disabled lit
tie less than ode-ninth Of the whole |
This information was obtained By a
careful census taken BIZ public officers
under the State law providing for the
support Of soldiers families, and may be
considered as substantially correct /
will be borne IN mind, TOO, that Ohio
soldiers have fought In almost every bat
de frou Ban Bun down, and her NOR
tally lists are perhaps a. large as tbose
Of any State ID de onion in proportion
to the number Of men furnished.
Hoxs AoArk We had the pleasure
yesterday, OF call from Capt StaIiings
aud Lieut. Endicott, Of the 6Oth Indiana,
Who arrived At home By the steamer Ms
souri, having both 1arved our their term
Of enlistment and retired honorsbly
from the service.
We are indebted to them for New Or
leans papers Of the 8lh inst, and TO-
many items Of news, some Of Which.
would not be proper 70 publish atPresent
Some changes have teken place III
some Of tho Indiana regiments in the
vicinity Of New Orleans
The oath and 9th regiments have been
consolidated, Col spieely in com maud,
The 60lh has bsen consolidated into
-DAAAA4tOH f-a
Tie boys OF the 24th aud 60th are
mostly in good health The veteran or.
ganization ofthe Goth has been aunubed
they not having served two years when
they veterani1sd, aud have had to pay
back their extra bounty and will be nus
tered out at the expiration Of their three
llyeers, WHICH will BE- IN March
MoRg ARREsfs.--William Lsgos and
washingion Baekey were arrested a week
ago by Captain Parker and q squad Of
soldiers on Allison Prairie, Lawrence
county Illinois. There is strong evidence
going to show that they were mixed Up
iirthe conspiracy Of the Sous Of Liberty.
hagow was near neighbor, aud en-
ry.intimate footing with the notorious
DIR Morgan, Representative in the State
Legislature from Lawrence and Wabash
counties, on whose premises Captain
Parker some time since found large
quantities Of fixed ammunition, guns,
caps, &c. 81 4 So s 0
)hagow dealt largely in pistols aud other
symbols of peace by which the copper.
bead persuasion of the Democratic party
was distinguished
IL These arrests will afford good excuse
to the Vincennes Sun to utter another
howl about mean and contemplate mis-
creants 'sih our midst --be sure and pat
in our midst in this time, Greene
and the " dirtywretches. Who, with their
supporters and admirers, il is 10 be
hoped viii soon reap ;hs reward Of their
| patriotic labors.
Nor ViTUpER4TIvK-Tbe copperhead
editor Of the yiuesnpes San still denie.
that it was vituperative over the arrest
Of Dr.. Patton and Sheriff LaHue. He
only used the words miscreaut, calling
them "mean aud contemplate" dirt
wretches, and other mild and placid ep
ithetsaT n a
This disciple of Dodd, BowIes, auS
Dan. Voorhees,, repeats part Of his orig
4 nal item, ba, leaves Gut ,he explanatorl
clause ia our midst, which be intima
ted wasin il. in his article compliment
ing The Journal.
The Sun now uses whole half eolam
in bis efforts to ffss himself from his IN
enviable position, and we are willing t,
refer the whole matter 10 bis in,ellieen
readers If he has any Others we woul.
not expect and do notdesira 10 convince
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