Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-18
Bourbon Correspondence.
BoURBoN, Oct. II


THE ELECTION IL BOURBON TOWNSHIP.
EDS. REPUBIICAN:-Last Tuesday vii
long he remembered by the Union men o
Bourbon, and we presume by the Copper
heads also. Although the township had
been thoroughly canyassed, and the people
awakened to a sense of their duty, yet Il
was no. expected that il would be fully re-
deemed. Blatant COpperlicads were san
guine of success. and some even bet on -
Democratic majority. On the morning o.
the election the Union men conceded TO the
Democrats majority of about -. but IN
the afternoon our hopes frightened. and
by evening we confidently expected q
small majority. Even the COpperhcads
were disposed to grant Us a majority Oi
about H.. But when the result was an
nounce,l-'.12 majority for COllaX-the
scene which followed beggars description.
For a minute everything was quiet a. tho
the pcople were disposed to diScredit the
report. but when the result was fully real
lied tire shouts of victory surpassed any
thing we ever heard. The shouting was
caught up like contacion until the entire
j town was engaged. old men and young,
/ vigorous and nfirln. mingled in the happy
( throng and eyes spake TO eyes that met.
while honest hearts were thrObing with Il
/ loy that found no expression. The boys
went for the boxes and i'm a few minutes
huge bonfire lighted up the town. by the
/ light of which were seen faces never hap
pier since the reported fall of Richmond.
The Coppcrheads Who had 80 boastingly
talked OF sweeping majority for them.
/ sneaked to their holes and were not again
I seen during the evening. An attempt was
made at Specchifyins- but the crowd was
not i'm listening mood, and their dcafcn
ing wells soon pat veto on oratOrv.-
While the anyilS were booming and shouts
Of 10Y made the welSin ring, Mr.. VIM.
Reed, with his arms full OF bread and but
ter mounted a pest ON the northwest cor
ner of the square and hcgan distributing II
To the crowd amid the most uprOaIiOus
laughter. About this time commenced the
burning of hats. The more valuable the
hat. the more anxious were the boys 10 OF
fer il IL a burnt sacrifice, and many were
the silk plugs converted TO ashes. If any
person male an effort To recover his stove
pipe. it WAS rudcly stamped in the mud
until worthless and then consigned TO the
flames And we discovered that even our
self WAS not exempt from the stamp act
ON that occasion. The jubilee was kept
up until quite late when the crowd, hOarSc
and !sa,s.headetl. repaired to their homes
to dream of Union and victory. llav-
inc been assured nv some Of our Ply
m0uth brethren that Centre township wO'd
10 well hc- p.r. We FASTENED to the tele-'
graph Office Ia ascertain the result in that
your township. We must admit that.
when we wcre informed of the result, we
said SON urly thinIs about you, but we
finally concluded that we loved orr breti-
rem wheresoeycr disPerScl over the earth.
and one or two of our Bourbon workers
could redeem You nj the next election
Every m1n was early To rise on the FOL
! lowing morning To ascertain the probable
result in the district. and every loyal beart
was .laddencd bv the intelligence borne
on the electric wires, that SChuylcrs major
iiv was at least 2.00n. COppcrheads who
had l.cclv bet that Turp:c would not be
beaten 400. ,9Cked 'gium' enough. while
the cOuntenanceS o. mon men were nrlGht
in anticipation of 'lftssnI-, n at The eN-
pense of their desrondent OppUIe.-'s. Some
COpperheld Siumpcrs. OF whom VI "aVe
spoken in former article attributed thS'r
defeat in Bourbon to the Plymouth pOliii-
clans who devised the electionocrihg pro
gramme. They were confident that the
result wOult. have been quite different il
course As it was fimily matter We were
willing for them to- rest in that belief if
thew derived any consolation from it. The
Coppcrhcad candidate for township I-Ses-
or has published his intention to cmigrate
To Canada and several Union men have
expressed willingness 10 transport him
free of charge.
~ the date OfthiS writing the political
excitement has almost entirely subsidized
and special attention is given To business.
Those Cops who expected to clothe them
selves in garments bought with Abolition
money have concluded To wear their old
'dudS. and our Merchant TailOrs are busily
engaged manufacturing coats pants. etc.
ut the Cops expense to be worn by those
who opposed the white mans candidate"
Baker. Grouse & Co. have sold their
Dry Goods to Heller & Galentine. We
understand that Mr. Baker goes to War
saw. and we regret parting with SO valua-
able a citizen.
The Union school house, after so long q
time. is TO be fitted up for winter school
thanks to some body.
BOLD ROBBERY.
This morning. about one O'Clock, six
men BACKED and otherwise disguised, ci-
fected an entrance into the residence OF
Joseps. Davis, jun, by forcibly breaking
down the t,.,or with 'butting ram. AS
soon as the door i;as broken open the ras-
cas- rushed to the bedside OF Mr. Davis,
and. before he was fairly awakened, beat
him with clubs until ne was entnely Selp-
less. when they demanded of Mrs. Davis.
the keys TO the safe, from which they took
$50 in money and about $4,000 in notes in
Guiding check on Plymouth Bank. The
scOundrels remained in the house almost
half an hour. during which time they rum
mayed every room. 4 Dutchman. an en-
ployee Of Mr.. Davis. and young lady liv-
ing near by were aroused by the noise, and
suppOSing the cry was OccasiOncd by fire,
rushed to the scene. but were met at the
door by the villains who prevented them
from sounding the alarm. Mr. Davis was
the owner of powerful New FOundland
do- which they took occasion TO poison
early in the evening. This morning some
of our citizens found paper Ofburnt cOrks
near the Union school house. used by the
deperadoes in Disgusting themselves. Mr..
Davis is badly injured, his shirt and the
bed in which he lay being perfectly satura
ted with blood which flowed from the
wounds inflicted on his person. During
the struggle Mrs. Davis received a severe
blow on the side of the face, which was
probably intended for her husband.
Bourbon is all excitement. and measures
have been taken to ferret out the daring
robbers. and before many days we hope TO
record their arrest lOurs, Gc.,