Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-19
ORDER OF nGoop TEMpLARs., \,

the above order--one soldiers, the
other a citizens lodge-each holding
weekly night meetings at the City
Hall. The order is q secret one,
and, we are informed, is making
fourishing progress in our commu-
nifty. It is devoted to the cause Of
Total Abstinence, and for the sue.
cess with which it meets in its cru
SADIE against the monster, Intemper-
ance, cannot fail Of eliciting the good
wishes of every right-minded man
and woman. -
Acting upon the principle that it
is easier to firm than TO return !,
to SAFE from .falling than TO rescae
the .tal1en, the order claims as its
first and paramount object, the bring
ing of the young of both sexes into
its fold, "to be trained up under the
guidance of their parents and older
friends in the principles Of strict
total abstinence, that when the. next
generation comes upon the stage Of
action, the ruling and motive part of
society will entertain healthy senti-
ments and practice temperance To
promote this desirable end and its
kindred purposes of striving persist
emily to save from ruin all of every.
age, sex and condition, who may
chance to be misled into the habits
and vices of intemperance and to
extirpate the very root of the evil,
even to the extent of outlawing it,
the members of the order are taught
to throw their whole hearts and
energies into the work which is set
before them. az
By no means deferred by the
herculean nature of the task aimed
to be accomplished by the order, the
members of it here and elsewhere,
are keeping steadily to their labors
and duties, and are, as we have been
told, achieving great success.
MURDERous ATTACK ON THE
PASSENGERS OF A STEAMER.-The
Cairo Times of the 18th, relates that
while the steamer Ben Stichney was
lying to at woodward at Yeatman's
Landing, about 35 miles below New
Madrid, desperate outlaw known as
Arkansas Bill" came on board pre-
tending to be drunk, stepped up to
the bar, took drink and then walked
ashore, hourishing pistol the willie,
and made offensive allusion to the
soldiers of the I'D Illinois Regiment,
who were passengers on the boat.
but many of whom had gone ashore
to recreate themselves. He was set
upon by two or three Of the soldiers
and felled to the ground. A pre-
concerted alarm brought from the
woods contiguous a large body of
armed men on horseback, vino fired
a volley into the crowd Of unarmed
soldiers and passengers effecting
release of "Bill" and forcing the
soldiers back upon the steamer.
They then put spurs to their horses
and in moment were out of sight.
Two of the shots fired took eff
fect-one in the throat of Levy
Derby, private OF 20. " Il, )" 72d Hill
nois, and the other in the right breast
of Sergeant-Major G. Y. Blake, of
the same Regiment. The first named
is still alive, but the latter died last
night, the ball having dropped into
the stomach.
AS soon as possible the soldiers
supplied themselves with weapons
and secured the adjacent country,
but the scoundrels had fed. Their
residences, however, were discovered.
and burned to the ground. Three
men, known as desperadoes, were
found skulking in the woods, with
arms on their persons, and brought
to this city and handed over to the
military authorities.