Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-13
ng aousgd tAA ny Ests n religion
that have Been M tn rkui tsouEy hvSAdSr hSa have

ng adJouMed, thaA Coup nos
nearly full of thu Snd d hoh mas
that Aeve been i tn hal Of rRujis
Copper6eads in this part Of the state
n Yearly all of them being experienced
snake killers. .,.
E ,fke sand smiles that had been light
ing up the countenances of the -indi.
viduals, who came to see the fun
changed into horrible CHASTITY ,grina as
they began to comprehend The situation.
Winks gave place to ominous shakes of
the head sapda anRlssasRt side glaHces'i
and now and then We thought we de-
Etscted afsihilAns noise jlas:s thoughts PINE
copperhsadIwabohissing his dissatiafsc-
ton at the turn affairs were taking into
EaJfriendly eqTet bis side.vysi Vi
Bu:, although unpleasant, the cfowd
could be endured. The Union men.
would be unable TO agree upon plat-ll
form 'bf fes5lutions,d There would be- a
/ quarrel al blow upsiandiIa scattsrationl
So there was but not of the kind antici.
.psted by the. Coppsfheads aforesaid.
When Capt Reavis' was called Qua, and
bis bold utterances were 80 enthusiastic.
cally applauded there, was % good deal
| Of sqdirming, ana eyes were tdirected to-
wards the door By some, qss though the
place was getting too warm for comfort,
and fresh air was especially desirable.
/" Hold on = whispered the leaders; {" wait
till Tie J Committee Oh Resolutions re-
ports; ..we'll see fnn theuaq- Don't you
see Major Robinson isready 70 pitch in.s,
Thus encouraged, the Copperheads stood
Captain RsasislH roasting 80 best they
could. bnB ni.sEaqaH HoiHsiMnob
The gomhittessscii Resolutions re-
ported. : This report was highly applaud
ed. Cops, looked glum. Things were
turning out badly. ss, Here and shere One
slipped out The door, having heard
enough 's Ay this iddctafes Msior Robin
son ar6bs and saidl dRl preside mt, ]
think che resolutions are deficient ID one
respect" A CLEAN Of Joy lighted up
the couptsnances of ,thss lCYPA II NooY,
boys, look aptrrtheHe 8 fun aheadl We
knew its we told youiso. 600
at think" continued the Major, 4 this
@0onvention ought not to adjoarn With
out, adopting q resolution deppapding 8, in
4 the name Of Justice and humanity, that
some 5fsthsaleadIBg StfaitossS bs Broughi
aitn fFtshahd punishs3Nith deathiffound
| guilty3 He then went ON, picturihg in
his peculiar manner, the atrocities
which had been committed by the lead
ing rebels; how they bad starved Union
. soldisrsto death; and murdered prison
ers on the = slightest provocation.
4 His remarks were greeted with the
4most enthusiastic Applause. Had q
FboniB shsllhff6ui a II inch 'Dahlgren
2 exploded Ia the little circle of Cops who
.wste anticipating 80 mdrhH ehjoynent
I from. the Major speech, .they could moi
havea been more confused and alarmed.
/ They dueked their heads ito .azoid the
4 Majors Shots and skedaddlsd out Of
the house in less time, than it takes US to
ten II. One alone was f"Suf6cisat fol
-tbese -thipgs, until the Major got
throughs bnthe coaidn' t wait for the res
olatiop which the. Major proposed tc
write out and which was afterwards
adopted 80 unanimously. The Cop
seemed TO regard the Majors remarks
J af personal, and left in AisA dudgeOD
We regret they didn't derive the salts
f faction from the iimestidgtAey anticipa
ted, and we invite them to come again
ii Perhaps they will succeed sbeitsr mex
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