The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-05
From The New Albany tqmmeFeial
Correspondence With Judge LAdV0f
cafe ~. Il. iIHFneff,

MONDAY Diet something fetfiblq was
about 10 befallihe Union pafls III this
district generally, aad the E9mmegeiaf
-6iiiee specially. Some dtbadfal trap
was abaat % be sprung upon both,
The amp NJ 6faee was about TO be
eiyenflS tAt pq7gIlfelgl ebelifiog
sheet TIE New Albany Fr.mddieyeiai
Sly piaks aud mods, half suppressed
ssbaaElfigs and ! NesF4l aiss AID Aifti
ner on the part u the Copper John
son party heFaabants indicated that
they khHWfh thihE afstEbt Alittla beti
her than anybody else We felt as
thedgh q mine was about 20 eRplqde
sEoiadSfh afe near sasg bht tet f5fea hhst
remain content and take whatever
eame, lteame II exploded.
Yesterday fAiolhnkiWe W4fe waited
upon by The Deputy Sheriff Of Floyd
County, aud Summoned ~ be ahd abf
pear at the next term Of the Circuit
Court, and answer 10 the Hon MI
ahaal Jtis ksfF Ibf DEPUTY AAhlin,
probably Tearing we might escape him,
managed adfoitlyta ealai as ia our
private room at the hotel, and there,
Gfael man, ihebntiaeatly ~ the pffsi
en6e Of our family. served upon as
the awful document ln order ~
make a sure thing Of NJ another OH
tsrbaban WIKI al ihd hotel We are
expecting another repetition Of IL this
morning, These gentlemen are evil
Udtiitlg deeply impressed with the hs
lpaftahes Of aefyiag the writ 6f tile
Hon, NJ, q, Kerr upon as ia eamplis
Vaaea with all tie ii1iHis and is6ianliiiT
ties aud technical tiles OF the law,
When they have fewfitted rs a few
nmofa times they may say, "Hued 4if
Title Id thing sticks WE ''rais
The following Ia . copy Of the Hon,
M o. kefr's complaint
>" bfAfE o. fsbrAaA. | T., ni'h pIl4
FLoYn oouHTF, eP'fa A.
0lQfMiebael. q, Kerr, plaintiff, aam-
plains af James r., 1.aae, w, II
behuylef, Austin Hafrit, defendants,
and says thai said defendants did, on
The iitst day Of October, 1866, A. said
county publish Ia q newspaper called
the New Albany conpaefoiaL OF aud
concerning the plaintiff, The following
false aud malicious libel, fezgifi
Kerr tmeaaing the plaintiff % word,
Why should a man who, WAS n traitor
10 his country III the hour Of ita Peril
expect any body 20 believe him,
especially when ID ID his interest 10
taleily7 Thereby meaning and In
VteadinE 10 charge the plaintiff with
having committed the crime of treas.
on, aud that he was therefore IN
worthy Of belief, ena alse this. tQsieiti
80 Let u DO remembered on tho day Of
election that Kerr, (meaning the
iplaintiii,) the Son Of Liberty, Kerr,
tmeaninA the plalntiil tho home
traitor lAarfg lmeapipg the plaintit,)
Tho betrtyer bf hts country Kerr the
deHeftef OF his own party friends ia
thelf day of personal trouble Kerr,
the Migrate, Kerr, tnieaninE Elephant
ill., the ap0lagiet of jefferson Davis,
the murderer, Of our brave sons, broth
ers aud lathafn, asks you 10 reward
his treason and peftdy by giving him
a aeai III Congress- thereby a6areIne
falsely aud malieeusly and intending
30 to charge the plaintiff with having
eomniltted tho crime Of treason aud
murder TO the damage Of tho plaintiff
twenty thousand dollars, for which no
demands Judgment,
! Saith N Ghprmley and Davis,
Durham and Wllaou, attorneys for
plaintiff,
Twenty thousand dollars damagesl
IT a mere noephite elama that much,
what would grand high cock a lor.
uip Of the Order claim,
We stated Yesterday what we BIO.
lieyed' ~ 10 the Sons Of Liberty, and
the ohiqets Of the Order, We regard
that man OF prominence, Intelligence
Hnd high oihoial position IN Indiana,
who connected himself with the Or
der aud eoiheided n los damnahle,
bloody and reasonable aphemea al a
q tfaiter--a traitor of tho very blaekeat
character and a. deherying the Aoyor.
bat punishment ever melted out 10
treason,
Geps barnett 4 speech last night da-
closed somewhat sooner than wewiahed
a portion OF the evidence upon which
we rely to support our opinion and aa-
lterlion, 1--WE Iaddrgaaed Yesterday TO
General Burnett, who was Judge Ad-
veeate during tho rebellion Ia the
celebrated TREASON trials, aud whoae
reputation as an officer and man
ranks with that OF tho ahleat and
pureat men IN the nation, q note of In
curry Ia relation TO Mr., kerra con
neotion with tho sons az Liberty, We
aubjoin the noteand General Burnetta
reply, merely femarking that the ovi
denee Ii not yet all'in, Mr., Kerr ahell
have II 70 hiA heart content before he
gets his $40 900 out OF the temmereidl
office, The following IL the cores
pondoaee !lt nabaalH4ap o1
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