The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-12-04

priated for the state Printer, $4,000 fOr 1SG5,
and 81 600 for issG, making ssSiy.fre thou
sand. Independent of the present session. How
many ihou.ond morc does he aow ask added
for the present session. by the by, is he seek
ing to have the prices raised, nearly doubled
Why rot just turn the state Treasury over at
once 70 the Journal Office.
| Assault Upon Hon. a.. ". Julian.
/ EDITORS CINCrSATI GszErTE II send
! YOU a statement, derived from an eye-witness.
Of the assault upon Hon. q. Julian ON Mon
day last, 20 which refer.Dce j. made i'm vour
paper OF Yesterday. The attack was in every
sense OF the wOrd brutal and cowar,llv. on
Monday morning, Meredith, and a man re-
Gently IN his employ, named Marquis, inquired
| AT Centeryille whether MIR. Julian Was i'm
| town. Receiving contradictory replies, Mere
dith proceeded by railroad 10 Richmond. leay-
| INK Marquis NJ CeiIteryllle, Who learned lv in !
curry at two or three OF the stores that Mir.
Julian had gone to Richmond, and would prob
ABLY return Ia the evening. Marquis followed
\ hun 10 the latter place, aud ut the time OF the
assault was in Mereuith's company and to
gcther With some hVe or six fellows of the
Daser Sort Hike himself, formed ring for
rather hne-Ju1En and Meredith being IN
corner OF the gcntlemen's room or the depot !
10 prevent interference by Mr.. Jlllian's friends.
| which they succeeded in doing.
Nj. Juiian hid, during the daV, been in
| formed that conspiracy was OH foot 10 assail
him, but having met Meredith fifty times or
| more since the close of tile war, when he mani
| Tested no disposition To attack him and not
being aware OF any fresh cause Of complaint by
| Meredith against him, he disreyarded the
| warning, As he had done many similar ores i'm
the past few months. MIR. Jrlian has been in
| feeble health during n consid cradle part of the
past summer and autumn, and never carries
weapons. Meredith found him with his shawl
around his shoulder and tucked under his
Is4ll viii 10.
cane hooked over the. sane. Approaching
him IN pleasant manner, Meredith asked II
/ he had requested the Agent Of the Associated
Press TO publish dispatch stating that he
Meredith had been. relieved from command
at Paducah ON aecsnnt of sympathy with
! traitors.
Mr.. Julian replied in the negative, as he did
1 IN reply To the question whether he had made
a similar request If the editor Of the National
RePKbhcdn. Thereupcn Meredith struck him
one or more heavy blows over the head with "A
piece of iron held in his band, and, Selling him
| by the shoulders, threw him upon the floor,
which he did thu more readily from the fact
that Mr.. Julian has a Lame knee. and was en-
numbered by MS shawl and the bundle under
his arm. Failing under the shelf of the ticket
/ window, with the ends of his shawl under HE
body, Mr.. Julian's arms. or rather his elbows,
were plniOned TO the lOor, while he was stun
ned by the wounds upon his head, one OF which
was bleeding freely. Meredith proceeded to
lnfict 4 dozen or more blows upon his head
and face, plucking out handful or two of hair
which was afterW ard picked up by bystander.
FINALLY, he drew a heavy whip or eowhide,
and continued 10 beat Mr.. Julian till he was
tired or willing 10 stop
During all this time the cowardly brutes
around him We're cheering him ON, crying,
"Gise it 10 him." FlOg the id Abolition
ists9' "Give him what he deserves" Hands
on Let them two fight ii out" etc. Mr..
Julian was not making, and could not make,
amy resistance. Two or three of his friends
were present, viz: Judge johnson. of this
county. and MIR. Cheney, of Randolph neither
Of them men of any physical strength. Mr..
Roswell FOrkner. Of CenteryilIe hitherto |
believe, friend OF Meredith, but gentleman
and friend Of fair play, united with the other
two IN repeated and vigorous efforts 20 relieve
Mr.. Julian, all of which were defeated by the
confederated buliies who had come for that
purpose. and who hurled them Violently back,
threatening them with u logging if they per-
sisted.
They did persist. however. to the last, and
one OF them begged a prominent lawyer Of
Richmond, who Was looking on with a COM
placent and serene countenance. to :. Come.
Tor Gods sake, and assist i'm stopping this dis
graceful outrage" With undfsturbed caIla-
nmity. the prominent attorney replied. 1T
was no USE They We're determined To nog
Julian, Nothing could be doner' etc. etc.
and refused TO show, by voice or gesture. his
, disappr0batiOn of the proceeding. And so the
murderous, cOwardly, and devilish work went
\ on. OuIsluer- ulu not. a YOU were informed.
succeed in their interference.
The reason assigned for the assault is as
, everybody knows, mere sham: for Meredith
had no greater cause of complaint on the Cay
: OF the attack than he had six months since
when he was removed from command M pa
ducah for active sympathy with traitors 4 a
any one will learn who inquiries Of the Score
tary of War and when he had the impudence
to assert i'm "A speech at Paducah, that his son
, had fallen in battle, "slain by his sider' The
. | frt.. = l.. 1.
hatred of Mr.. Julian on the part Of a miserable
faction OF disappointed politicians, whose at
/ tempts TO destroy the confidence Of this people
in their Representative have been SO often and
so sorely baflled in the past few years.
Always on the point Of success, in their OWN
estimation,) they have seen him again and
again returned TO Congress BY increased
majorities, notwithstanding the tOrrsat Of
T SANDER and yisuperation by which tLsy have
sought his destruction. At a time when the
very seventh vial of their wrath Sas poured
out upon him through the cOluIsI.s of the In
dianapolis J0uTIadl, and when they fondy i'm
agined they had given him tie coup dc grace.
by charging upon him hostility to Governoy
Morton and refusing =, publish "respect-
ful' denial OF that @ninitigated f;usehOod
they are chagrined 'eyond measure and he
yond endurance by the enthusiastic reception
recently accorded TO him al IndianaDolis AMI
by the publication Of his speech IN the Cincin-
natl Gazette
Determined 10 silence him at all events and
every other resource having been exhausted
they have Escorted 10 rowardly attempt upon
his life. which will prove about As eflectual IN
convincing the world of the purity u pheIr
patriotism A. their former lying assaults unon
his reputation. If anything could disgrace the
4 indianapolis Journal, the dispatch Of their
Especial reporter. detailed for this occasion. and
the editorial conlileats thereupon would effect
| mat object. Any one who remembers the fend-
ish JOY with which the Southern pres gloated
over the assault Of Brooks upon Sumner. will re.
s'gnize in the editorials OF the ,IonrnaI for
Tuesday and "Wednesday the self->lrre suirt
and the >elf-safe forms Of expression. Common,
i useless. p
Afer putting the aboy e in type. We received
a detailed statement from Judge y II. John
son. Of Centeryilc. who was am eva-y-tt,s.. -
the occurrence. and sought 10 rescue Mr. Julian
but was prevented bN an organized band of
rutfans " no were pres M. There i no essen
tial difference between the two aceounts and
We Therefore omit judge JohnSon's c0mmuni-
cation. With the ltttr however. came the
following from citizens ~ Richmond. which We
print with the names attached. These docu-
nfelt> need no comment The brutal outrage
: strongly condemned by the people. and am
Indignation meeting viii be held al Star Hall
Richmond. this evening. 70 give expression 10
the sentiments OF the citizens of that place
Meredith has been arrested and held for trial
Mr.. Julian'> condition j. critical. and i, !
feared he NAV not recover.
RICHMOND, Ind, November -.
EDS. G.,zETTE:-Th, foregoing statement Of
the eowardiy and brutal assault On the Hon.
Geo. W. Julian. 10y Gen. Sol. Meredith j. sub
mitted by Judge johnson. IL Csnterviie an
eyewitness, Whose Neracity will not De called
N question. The undersigned. citizens of
Richmond. disayowing for the city al respoa-
sibility for the horrible outrage. respectfully
submit judge J0hnson's ssaieiacni Of the fl.s,
A. he saw thtgn. a. III explanation Il the man.
ner IN which. even in quiet and peaceful
place like ours, sueh brutality i possible
We respectfully request the publication in
your valuable paper Il this statement Of facts.
leaving the blame % IAN where II Ia justice
/ belongs: ~
:. l. lippineOt Charle, T. Colin.
jess :. Wilson. \. IL blanchard.
stephen Strattsn. Timothy Nicholson.
John Nicholson, Henry HOome. Jr
I Arthur \. Curmc. Isaac hinlev
/ squire l.. HIttie, John G.. Chandler,
! Luther Croker, NOhle Newport
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