Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana : historical and biographical, Part 8

Author: Goodspeed, Weston Arthur 1852-1926. cn; Blanchard, Charles
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : F. A. Battey
Number of Pages: 788


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The following returns of October, 1854, show the superior strength of the new (Republican) party :


PARTIES AND CANDIDATES.


Centre.


Union.


Washington.


Westchester.


Morgan.


Liberty.


Pleasant.


Porter.


Portage.


Essex.


Pine.


Boone.


Aggregate.


Majority.


For Congress:


Schuyler Colfax (R).


248 78 59 64 202 11 21 25


30 53|21 19 74 40 92 39 18 56 54 19


9 6 52 8 20 39


753 604


149


Norman Eddy (D).


Prosecuting Attorney:


243 78 58 64 204 11 22 25


28 50 19 19 67 40 92 43 21 56 61 19


8 20 33


615


......


Martin Wood (R).


140 76.57 64 291 13 23 25


29 49 19 19 66 40 92 43 21 56 61 19


9 6|50


8 20 41


713


109


Representative:


A. V. Bartholomew (R).


E. E. Campbell (D).


229 76 57 64 212 10 21 24


32 55 20 19 69 39 10 6 51 90 37 20 57 63 18 7 20 37


727 617


......


....


M. H. Weir (R) ..


9 6|52


733


118


D. J. Woodward (D) District Attorney:


604 ....


J. A. Thornton (D).


..


Robert Stewart (L)


2


2


10


.


1


E. E. Campbell (D)


378 314 6


A. Freeman (D) ..


9


39 7


Jackson.


-


110


35


306


74


HISTORY OF PORTER COUNTY.


PARTIES AND CANDIDATES.


Centre.


Union.


Washington.


Jackson.


Westchester.


Morgan.


Liberty.


Pleasant.


Porter.


Portage.


Essex.


Pine.


Boone.


Aggregate.


Majority.


County Commissioners:


John Hardesty (R) ..


239 78 55 64 204 11 23 25


27 47 19 18 68 40 92 46 20 57 61 19


9 8 6|51 20 39


720


94


Philip Hall (D).


Collector and Treasurer:


268 76 55 63


29 39 19 17 62


40


6 2 51


727


95


William Wilson (D) ... Sheriff :


181 18 25


25


92 53 22 58 68 19


11 21 39


632


T. G. Lytle (R)


250 75 49 61


22 49 17 17 58 39


10


652


705


77


A. W. Rose (D) Surveyor:


191 14 27 27


99 42 22 55 66 20


7


20 38


628


...


John Garis (R).


241 67 59 64


21 52 22,17


72 35


11


3 50


714


73


T. C. Sweney (D).


204 22 19 25


100 40 18 55 58 34


6


20 40


641


...


Coroner:


R. W. Burge (R)


237 78 58 63 205|11|20 25|


11 49 17 19 70 40 111 43 24 55 61 19


9 6,50 8 20 39


707 641


.....


(R), Republican ; (D), Democrat.


The following continuous exhibit illustrates the political situation in the county from 1836 until the present time, and shows the electoral vote at each Presidential election since the organization of the county, except where the same was unobtainable :


NOVEMBER, 1836.


NOVEMBER, 1840.


TOWNSHIPS.


WHIG. Harrison and Tyler.


DEMOCRAT. Van Burn and Johnson.


Centre


149


137


Union


3


19


Jackson


11


9


Liberty


7


Pleasant


11


6


Westchester


20


13


Boone


19


10


Total


220


194


NOVEMBER, 1844.


NOVEMBER, 1848.


TOWNSHIPS.


WHIG.


Fillmore.


DEMOCRAT.


FREE-SOIL.


Van Buren


and


Adams.


Centre


75


100


2


Union


30


30


3


Union


29


33


9


Washington


36


38


Washington


36


43


3


Jackson


18


16


8


Jackson.


28


16


22


Liberty


13


10


...


Portage


22


16


...


Portage


19


16


5


Westchester


10


24


...


Pleasant


11


33


...


Porter


39


40


3


Porter


33


55


21


Boone


43


40


Boone


38


39


10


Morgan


25


11


...


Morgan


34


29


5


Total


311


305


14


Total


343


401


77


59


45


Jacob Wolf's


14


George W. Turner's


...


William Clark's


14


6


Total


87


Frelinghuysen.


DEMOCRAT.


Polk and


Dallas.


LIBERTY.


Birney and


Morris.


Centre


62


57


...


Westchester


12


14


...


Pleasant


17


33


..


Liberty


24


13


...


HOUSES WHERE HELD.


WHIG. Harrison and Granger.


DEMOCRAT. Van Buren and Johnson.


William Walker's .


TOWNSHIPS.


WHIG.


Clay and


-


-


-


626


O. J. Skinner (R).


66


Isaac Hutchins (D) ..


18


69


...


Taylor and


Cass and Butler.


75


HISTORY OF PORTER COUNTY.


NOVEMBER, 1852.


TOWNSHIPS.


WHIG.


Scott and


Graham.


DEMOCRAT.


Pierce and King.


FREE DEMOCRAT,


Hale and Julian.


TOWNSHIPS.


WHIG.


Scott and


Graham.


DEMOCRAT.


Pierce and King.


FREE DEMOCRAT Hale and Julian


Washington


33


46


3


Porter


46


54


10


Jackson


30


13


30


Boone


32


40


14


Liberty


15


17


3


Morgan


46


30


...


Portage


21


13


...


Pleasant


13


44


...


Total


236


257


60


NOVEMBER, 1856.


TOWNSHIPS.


TOWNSHIPS.


REPUBLICAN.


Fremont


Dayton.


DEMOCRAT.


Buchanan


Breckenridge.


AMERICAN.


Fillmore


Donelson.


Centre


270


204


Porter.


110


57


Union


121


23


3


Boone


86


71


3


Washington


65


60


4


Morgan


86


47


Jackson


91


16


Pine.


24


18


Essex.


19


17


Portage


73


23


Westchester


69


123


Total


1054


712


10


NOVEMBER, 1860.


TOWNSHIPS.


REPUBLICAN. Lincoln and Hamlin.


DEMOCRAT. Douglas and Johnson.


DEMOCRAT. Breckenridge and Lane.


Bell and Everett.


Centre


412


313


5


1


Union


160


44


Washington


77


36


Jackson


125


13


2


Liberty


72


44


2


Portage


84


40


1


Westchester


117


92


15


1


Pleasant.


54


42


5


Porter


124


93


Boone


127


72


Morgan


112


56


1


Pine.


39


30


Essex.


26


14


Total.


1529


889


28


5


REPUBLICAN.


Fremont


Dayton.


DEMOCRAT.


Buchanan


and


Breckenridge.


AMERICAN.


Fillmore


and


Donelson.


and


Liberty


Pleasant


40


53


UNION.


and


and


and


NOVEMBER, 1864.


NOVEMBER, 1868.


REPUBLICAN.


DEMOCRAT.


TOWNSHIPS.


Lincoln and Johnson.


DEMOCRAT. Mcclellan and Pendleton.


TOWNSHIPS.


Grant and Colfax.


Seymour and Blair.


Centre


424


300


Centre ...


546


406


Union


152


30


Union.


144


57


Washington.


65


33


Washington


77


49


Jackson


139


63


Jackson


175


69


Liberty


80


42


Liberty


109


72


Portage.


81


40


Portage.


105


48


Westchester


110


101


Westchester


201


106


Pleasant


50


54


Pleasant


78


81


Porter


106


77


Porter


133


88


Boone


116


91


Boone


167


147


Morga


107


43


Morgan


92


44


Pine


18


45


Pine.


43


69


Essex


21


17


Essex


22


28


Total


1269


936


Total


1892


1264


NOVEMBER, 1872.


NOVEMBER, 1876.


TOWNSHIPS.


REPUBLICAN.


436


345


3


Centre


582


539


Union.


122


44


Union


152


53


Washington.


55


42


Washington


105


72


Jackson.


144


54


Jackson


168


114


Liberty


105


44


Liberty


107


92


Portage


105


30


Portage


140


65


Westchester


257


83


Westchester


233


133


Pleasant.


64


53


Pleasant.


113


95


Porter


117


57


Porter


131


93


Boone.


147


111


Boone.


196


154


Morgan


97


39


Morgan


97


45


Pine ..


23


59


Pine.


33


95


Essex


13


17


Essex


25


37


Total


1685


978


3


Total


2082


1577


NOVEMBER, 1880.


TOWNSHIPS.


REPUBLICAN. Garfield and Arthur.


DEMOCRAT. Hancock and English.


GREENBACK. Weaver and Chambers.


Centre.


666


567


5


Union


173


70


1


Washington


108


71


3


Jackson.


180


84


12


Liberty


105


74


21


Portage.


136


59


7


Westchester


249


125


64


Pleasant


112


94


...


Porter.


148


93


...


Boone


202


169


...


Morgan


119


83


...


Pine


45


89


4


Total


2243


1578


117


REPUBLICAN.


and


Wheeler.


DEMOCRAT.


Tilden


and


Hendricks.


Grant


and


Wilson.


LIB. REPUBLICAN


OR DEMOCRAT.


Greeley and


Brown.


DEMOCRAT.


O'Connor


and


Adams.


TOWNSHIPS.


Hayes


Centre


REPUBLICAN.


77


RECAPITULATION OF TAXES IN PORTER COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 1880.


TOWNSHIPS.


No.


Acres.


Value of Lands.


Value of Im- provements.


Value of Lands and Improve- ments.


Value of Lots.


Value of Lots and Im- provements.


Value of Railroad Property.


Value of Personal Property.


Total Value of Taxables.


Polls.


Number of Male Dogs.


Number of Femnlo Dogs.


Centre


1


18128.77


$3.17275


$109945


$457220


$7415


$10845


$152875


$122710


$743650


168


118


10


Union.


2


18977.66


266695


63030


3297:25


2370


7765


149290


68890


555670


143


75


6


Washington


3


18699.93


317865


39175


357040


315


1600


176600


49470


584710


112


55


Jackson


4


17140.88


287900


48735


336635


20


20


90495


65355


492505


142


97


1


5


15861.48


192445


18285


200730


50185


41990


302905


145


88


6


6


21883.22


217280


40895


258175


775


775


255155


81815


595920


122


89


4


Westchester


7


19955.51


148060


50095


198155


14395


48760


336415


93090


676420


224


151


14


Pleasant.


00


36062.51


194570


29400


223970


1840


10195


67330


58765


360260


135


71


3


Porter.


9


28413.55


387240


72330


459570


25610


78205


83295


100270


548480


216


80


1


11


28782.21


343975


57510


401485


385


1905


142925


33000


311950


86


81


7


12


16709,91


113225


22800


136025


332760


790200


41025


401075


1232300


450


63


5


Total


262791.55


$3056310


$599130


$3655440


$385885


$950270


$1545590


$1295400


$7446700


2222


1129


62


TOWNSHIPS.


State Tax.


School Tax.


State House Tax.


County Tax.


Township Tax.


Road Tax.


Township Special School Tax. Tuition Tax.


Dog Tax.


Total Amount of Taxes, 1880.


Delinquent Tax, 1879, and Former Years.


Total, in- cluding De- linquents.


Centre


8975 39


$1272 87


$148 74


$2760 21


$446 20


$1115 50


$785 18


$785 18


$138 00


$8127 27


$1562 21


$9989 48


Union


738 24


960 48


111 12


2071 72


388 93


833 42


1146 98


869 17


87 00


7207 06


692 64


7899 70


Washingion.


757 65


991 54


116 94


2160 96


175 42


877 06


320 36


1080 49


55 00


6535 42


523 56


7058 98


Jackson


661 80


858 71


98 46


1843 35


295 39


738 48


809 49


246 16


99 00


5650 84


539 84


6190 68


Liberty


435 99


557 16


60 58


1162 98


393 78


454 37


339 17


793 53


100 00


4297 56


812 32


5109 88


Portage.


776 06


1014 41


119 18


2006 19


238 36


893 82


685 97


924 32


97 00


6955 31


625 19


7580 50


Westchester


923 78


1194 38


135 30


2347 36


338 26


1014 74


2817 93


338 27


179 00


9489 02


1450 64


10939 66


Pleasant


499 80


643 90


72 05


1364 41


180 13


540 38


754 27


430 04


77 00


4561 98


1153 23


5715 21


Porter


748 81


971 24


111 22


2083 42


278 04


834 12


874 88


1152 92


85 00


7139 65


405 98


7545 63


Boone


766 25


985 67


109 70


2082 76


548 54


822 81


1205 09


1316 51


82 00


7919 33


1638 47


9557 80


Morgan


641 05


835 40


97 17


1807 15


291 51


728 86


612 04


709 21


86 00


5808 39


320 49


6128 88


Pine ..


417 35


542 13


62 39


1166 01


187 18


467 94


333 46


208 68


95 00


3480 17


420 39


3900 56


Valparaiso.


1703 73


2196 62


246 46


4661 20


739 37


2196 62


73 00


11817 00


5180 15


16997 15


Total


$10045 90


$13024 51


$1489 31


$27917 75


$4501 11


$9321 50


812881 44


$8854 48


$1253 00


889289 00


$15325 11


$104614 11


10


22172.72


239780


46930


286710


82130


485820


116


82


2


Pine ...


Valparaiso ..


V


HISTORY OF PORTER COUNTY.


Liberty


Portage


96540


556110


163


79


3


Boone.


Morgan


78


HISTORY OF PORTER COUNTY.


CHAPTER III.


BY REV. ROBERT BEER.


MILITARY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY-SOLDIERS OF THE EARLIER WARS- WAR OF THE REBELLION-POLITICAL SITUATION IN 1860-CALLS FOR TROOPS-FALL OF SUMTER-WAR MEETINGS-NEWSPAPER COMMENTS- VOLUNTEERS-THE BOYS IN THE FIELD-DRAFTS-FACTS AND FIGURES -MUSTER ROLL-PUBLIC FEELING AFTER THE CLOSE.


THE territory comprised in this county has been, within historic times at least, the scene of no invasions, sieges or battles. Its settlement having been begun nearly fifty years after the close of the war of the Rev- olution, not many of the survivors of that war could be expected to find homes or end their days here. So far as known to the writer, the only soldiers of the war of Independence who have ever resided in the county were Henry Battan and Joseph Jones. Of the personal history of these but little is now known. The name of the former is found on the poll books of an election held at City West not long after the organization of the county, from which it is inferred that he was a resident of Westchester Township at the time. From the records of the Presbyterian Church of Valparaiso, it appears that he was received as a member of that church at its organization, on the 3d of July, 1840, and upon evidence of his good standing in the Presbyterian Church in the State of Virginia. Sev- eral of the old citizens of Valparaiso remember him as a Revolutionary pensioner residing here with a daughter, but have no recollection of what he may have said as to his services. From the records of the same church, it appears that he died on the 1st of February, 1845. His pas- tor, Rev. Dr. Brown, in an anniversary sermon preached in November, 1859, speaks of him as " Old Father Battan, at once a soldier of the country and of the cross. At ninety-four he gained the victory and the crown."


Of Joseph Jones only these things are known, viz., that before com- ing to this county he had resided for some time in Holmes County, Ohio ; that he was married to the grandmother of the present Mayor of Val- paraiso, the Hon. Thomas G. Lytle ; that in the spring of the year 1841, he removed to this county and settled at Boone Grove ; that after a few years he died at a very advanced age and was buried in the Cornell Grave- yard, where his place of repose is unmarked by any monument.


Mrs. Susannah Fifield, the widow of a Revolutionary soldier, came to this county from Enfield, N. H. The writer is able to state only this,


79


HISTORY OF PORTER COUNTY.


that she was received by letter into the Presbyterian Church of this place August 22, 1852, and that her pastor says of her in 1858: "Out of her Revolutionary pension, she annually gave me $10 for Foreign Missions. A godly woman, at an advanced age, she recently crossed over Jordan."


Isaac Cornell and Robert Folsom, soldiers of the war of 1812, were buried in the Cornell Graveyard. John Curtis, who went from the State of New York as a farrier in the same war, came to this county in 1836, settled near Wheeler, and died there in 1865. Eliphalet D. Curtis, an- other soldier of that war, enlisted in New York, came to this county in 1838, settled near Porter Cross Roads, and died in the spring of 1865. Myron Powell enlisted in Vermont, moved subsequently to the Western Reserve in Ohio, came to Porter County, Ind., and died here in 1865. The only soldiers of the Black Hawk war who ever resided in this county, as far as learned, were Ruel Starr and James M. Buel, the former now deceased, the latter is a resident of Chicago.


No company was organized in this county to serve in the Mexican war, but Joseph P. Smith, of Lake County, at the time holding a county office, resigned and enlisted a company to serve in 1846. After the ex- piration of their term of service, they re-enlisted to serve from 1847 to 1848. About thirty persons from Porter County enlisted in that com- pany, among whom were William Unruh, Ezra Wilcox, Peter Mussel- man, two men named Aley, two named Patterson, Mr. Brown, Mr. Risden, Mr. Preston, Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Wells. It is believed that the only survivors of that company, now in the county, are William Unruh, of Tassinong, and Jacob Aley, of Hebron. It was the duty of this company, while in Mexico, to guard wagon trains, and the climate proved to be very deadly in its influence upon them, as out of 119 men who went out, only thirty-six returned. In addition to these, Samuel Meekam, now of Valparaiso, Clinton Frazier, a man named Briggs, an- other named Hesser, and still others from this county, were soldiers in that war, but in what organization they went out is not known.


The War of the Rebellion .- The political campaign of 1860 waxed warm in this county. The great majority of the Democrats voted for Mr. Douglas, though there were some votes cast for Breckenridge. On the one hand it was charged upon the Republicans that they were responsible for all the dangers that threatened the country, and on the other that the Democrats were in sympathy with Southern secessionists. In reality, until the Southern States began to pass their ordinances of secession, none really believed that the issues between the two sections of the country were to be tried upon the field of battle, much less that four years of blood and horror were soon to follow. After the election of Lin- coln, when the alarm had become general at the threatened insurrection


80


HISTORY OF PORTER COUNTY.


in the South, when conservative men of the North and South were en- deavoring to avert the calamities of war by timely compromise, the gen- eral opinion of the Republicans in this part of the country, as evinced by the press, was decidedly against any compromise which might bind more closely the fetters of the slave or recognize the institution of slavery as National in its character. The Republic of that day, then published in Valparaiso, was very decided in opposition to the Crittenden and all other compromises, the tendency of which would be to surrender any vantage- ground that had hitherto been gained in rescuing territory from the domination of the peculiar institution. All who are old enough can remember the peculiar feelings which prevailed at that time. There was a class of politicians at the South called fire-eaters. They had always been given to bluster and hifalutin. The people of the North had become accustomed to threats of the dissolution of the Union, and they had list- ened to that kind of talk until they supposed it might go on ad infinitum, and nothing ever come of it. Yet things were certainly looking more serious than ever before. South Carolina had seceded. Mississippi had seceded. It looked as though all the cotton States would go out. They did go out, one after another, in rapid succession. Men who had been elected to the legislatures of their several States as Union men were either persuaded or terrified into voting for secession. Twiggs proved a traitor and turned over his forces so far as he could to the cause of disunion. Pensacola and Mobile, with their fortifications, fell into rebel hands. But still the feeling was strong in many minds that all this had been done by a sort of collusion with the administration for the purpose of terrifying the North into compromises which would forever perpetuate the slave power in the Union, and set it in unassailable control. It was believed there were too many friends of the Union in the South ever to suffer the fire-eaters to sunder the bonds of the States. The old Whigs, who had no sympathy with that sort of thing, would assert themselves, and the sober second thought of the people would be for bearing their present ills rather than to fly to others which they knew not of. And then, suppose they did rebel ? What of it? The North is stronger than the South, and whatever may come we will not submit to have slavery enthroned over the whole land. We will not suffer men to bring their slaves into the free States and there hold them. So the Republic, voicing the feelings of one party, said emphatically, "No compromise." The opposition paper, on the other hand, was saying in effect : "See how mad you have made the Southern people by your abolitionism. We always told you this was what you would bring the country to. The only way now to escape dis- solution and the horrors of war is to submit to what the slaveholders demand for their security, and let us take charge of affairs. It is no


Nelson Barnard


83


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wonder that the South should rebel at the election of an Abolitionist for President." But when the memorable day came, after all the uncer- tainty and suspense about the Star of the West, and about what would come of it all, that the flag was fired upon and that the South had invoked the arbitrament of war, all the talk of compromise ceased. The great majority of all parties said, The Union must be preserved. Over the wires came the proclamation of the President for 75,000 men to serve three months. In the South it was received with derision. There it was known far better than here that 75,000 raw volunteers would not be able to put an end to a conspiracy so vast. With the Mississippi River, Gal- veston, New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Savannah, Charleston, Wil- mington and Richmond in their possession, and with sympathizers in Kentucky and Maryland and Missouri, it was childish to suppose it could all be ended in ninety days and by soldiers the majority of whom had never smelled gunpowder in their lives. But who can describe the thrill of patriotism with which that message was received in the North ? Sev- enty-five thousand men ! They would overawe all opposition. When the South saw that the North would fight rather than surrender all, that would end the matter. Each volunteer then felt strong, and with the almost unanimous current of feeling it was thought by many that they would have a kind of holiday, would play at war for awhile, and then return home when the Union had been restored to receive the plaudits that would await them. It was an era of hallucinations. None foresaw the future, none in the North and none in the South. The Southern fire- eaters had utterly miscalculated the spirit of the North, and the terrible earnestness of the Southern fire-eaters was not understood in the North. On Sunday, April 14, the telegraph carried the news of the firing on Fort Sumter. On Monday afternoon, the 15th, the following call was issued for a meeting at the court house.


Americans ! Union Men ! Rally. The war has begun. Fort Sumter has fallen ! Our flag has been insulted, fired upon and struck to traitors! A Pelican and Rattlesnake banner floats in its stead ! Let it be torn down and the stars and stripes float in its place, or let us perish in the attempt. Davis, the traitor, says that next the Secession flug shall wave over the Capitol at Washington! Shall it be so ? A thousand times No ! Then to- night let us rally at the court house, burying all party names, and come to the rescue of the Republic against its mortal enemies. We are beaten at Sumter, but not conquered, and must rally to preserve the inheritance left us by our fathers. Come one, come all who love their country ! To-night let us pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor to the defense of the proudest flag that ever waved over a free people !


War Meetings and Enlistments .- The court house was crowded early. The following are the official proceedings of the meeting. "On motion of R. A. Cameron, M. D., editor of the Republic, Dr. E. Jones was called to the chair, Messrs. E. R. Chapin and Alanson Finney chosen as Vice Presidents, and J. F. McCarthy, Esq., and J. A. Berry, editor of E


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the Starke County Press, chosen as Secretaries. The object of the meet- ing having been fully stated, on motion of Dr. Cameron, a committee of five (Messrs. Cameron, S. S. Skinner, J. N. Skinner, Jacob Brewer and M. L. De Motte) were appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting. The Committee retired, and after a short absence re- turned and reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were received amid deafening applause. (Here follow preamble and resolutions of the most patriotic character.)


" The meeting was addressed by Messrs. De Motte, Cameron, Lytle, Jones, Rock, Pierce, Putnam and others, Democrats and Republicans, who, heretofore differing widely politically, were a unit on sustaining the Government, protecting the honor of our flag, and rebuking the thieves, murderers and traitors of the South. At the opening of the meeting, two American flags, emblems of our nation's glory, were brought in and suspended over the stand occupied by the President and Vice Presidents, which were hailed with long, loud and enthusiastic raptures of delight by the large audience present, to which additional excitement was added by the presence of the Union Band, that discoursed a number of national airs, such as 'Hail Columbia,' 'Marseilles Hymn,' etc. At the close of the meeting, an opportunity was given those who desired to register their names as volunteers, when a number of gentlemen came promptly forward, enrolled their names, expressing the sentiment that it was not for glory, but to fight."


The same number of the Republic contains general orders numbered one to twelve from Lewis Wallace, Adjutant General in regard to the organization of military companies, a proclamation of Gov. Morton call- ing for the organization of troops, the account of the bombardment of Sumter, and also a proclamation from Gov. Morton convening the Legis- lature in special session on the 24th of April.


The following number of the Republic (April 25) was issued with the name of E. R. Beebe as associate editor, R. A. Cameron having gone to Indianapolis with his company, and the first editorial correspondence, dated at that place, appears. Henceforth, correspondence from the scene of active operations made up a large part of each issue. Letters poured in, not only from the editor, but from Gil Pierce, who even then wielded the pen of a ready writer, De Witt C. Hodsden, J. F. McCarthy and numerous others. On Thursday, April 18, a meeting had been called at the court house (in the afternoon), to which the citizens came en masse, without distinction of party. Joseph Peirce was Chairman, G. Bloch, Secretary. Speeches were made by Messrs. Morrison, Hodsden, W. Bartholomew, J. N. Skinner, Rev. Gurney, M. L. De Motte, I. C. B. Suman, Charles Gurney and G. Bloch. Among the resolutions adopted,


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was this : " That if it is found that there are Secessionists in our midst, we will not encourage violence and bloodshed at home, but we will with- draw from them our social relations, and if business men, we will not favor them with our patronage." After the adjournment of the regular meeting, those who had signified their willingness to volunteer for the defense of the stars and stripes, whenever and wherever called, remained to organize and elect officers. The following were elected officers : R. A. Cameron, Captain ; Lieutenants-First, I. C. B. Suman ; Second, G. A. Pierce ; Third, O. H. Ray ; Ensign, J. F. McCarthy, etc.


On Friday, the excitement was still unabated. Numbers enlisted, and the office of the Republic, where the lists were opened, was crowded most of the day. In the evening another meeting was called at the court house, presided over by T. G. Lytle. Some 200 blankets were donated by the citizens for the use of the soldiers, and $40 were raised for the purchase of a flag for the company. On Saturday afternoon, the Union Band presented, through M. L. De Motte, their beautiful flag, which had a short time before been presented to them by the ladies. Speeches were made in behalf of the company, by Cameron, McCarthy and Rev. S. C. Logan. On the Sabbath, a sermon was preached to the company by Rev. A. Gurney, and on that evening the company took the train for Indian- apolis, many of the citizens accompanying them as far as Wanatah.




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