Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana : Historical and biographical ... . ed locality, wherepublic works are destroyed, and the officers, whose duty it is to defendthe laws, with blacked faces, trample them under feet. On first open-ing this paper, Ave felt hopeful, thinking there would be light shining inthe midst of darkness, but we discovered that the Clay County Citizenonly makes darkness visible, as it is the organ of the canal cutters. In compliance with the urgent appeal of the canal company for pro-tection, Gov. Wright ordered two companies of militia to repair to thescene of trouble, und
Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana : Historical and biographical ... . ed locality, wherepublic works are destroyed, and the officers, whose duty it is to defendthe laws, with blacked faces, trample them under feet. On first open-ing this paper, Ave felt hopeful, thinking there would be light shining inthe midst of darkness, but we discovered that the Clay County Citizenonly makes darkness visible, as it is the organ of the canal cutters. In compliance with the urgent appeal of the canal company for pro-tection, Gov. Wright ordered two companies of militia to repair to thescene of trouble, under command of John W. Dodd, of the Governorsstaff, who acquired the title of Generalin that campaign, which he hasever since retained. Gen. John W. Dodd, unless recently retired, is atpresent a resident and active business man of the city of force, preparatory to the march to the seat of war, was organized andequipped at Evansville. At a public meeting held at the courthouse, atthat place in pursuance of the Governors proclamation, a number of young. HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY. 51 and single men enlisted, in obedience to public sentiment, to fill up theranks. The compensation was $1 per day, from date of enlistment to theclose of the campaign. This part of the force was under the immediatecommand of John S. Gavett, then Sheriff of Vanderburgh County. Onarriving at the Junction, some time in June, 1855, the command was di-vided into two detachments, about fifteen remaining camped there undercommand of Capt. Charles Denby, now a prominent lawyer of Evans-ville, to protect the lower reservoir, and about fifty or mure going on upto Birch Creek, where they occupied two old canal boats. They employedmost of their time in fishing, chasing ducks, playing cards and shooting ata mark with the Clay Countians. It is said that after seeing Clay Countyriflemen knock a dime out of a forked stick, at a distance of twentysteps, at every shot, the army of occupation had no anxiety t
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