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It was stated in the Northern news yesterday that detachments of Federal cavalry had been sent to Southern Illinois to seize the arms of the citizens there, who, it is stated, are drilling in large organized bodies to resist the draft. In Williamson, Jackson, and Franklin counties, public meetings have been held and resolutions unanimously passed in favor of resistance to the Washington Government. To show the "loyalty" of the people of Indiana adjoining the disaffected districts mentioned above, we take the following extract from a letter in the Washington Republican, describing the aid and comfort Morgan met with from them in his recent raid:

Two things are to be noted. Morgan knew, before he crossed the river, who were his friends and who had arms. Upon entering Corydon he showed a list (and so at Salem) of every citizen who had a Henry rifle or other improved arm, and immediately sent patrols to bring them in. In Corydon the spy was a young man who visited there three weeks before and returned with Morgan. At Salem, a deserter from the 69th Indiana boldly joined Morgan and was armed by him, but was subsequently captured and is now in Salem jail.

Good guides were always found, and strange as it was, money in specific some was demanded from persons who thought only their best friends knew they had it. Yet, with much of local treason, the people as a mass were true, and Morgan himself, in some instances, swore roundly at some who boasted that they were opposed to the war, and repeatedly showed favors to others who bravely maintained their attachment to the Union. With here and there as an exception, there was no favor shown the Copperheads, or those who skulked from the defence of their own homes in avowed sympathy with the South. Where the K. G. C.'s were thickest there was full information in Morgan's possession of all he wished to know, but when he got what he wanted he treated his tools as badly as enemies, and bade them good bye by taking the horses with which they had followed to guide him. Already steps are on foot to detect these men, and some who have figured no little in public life may find the cell too thin to cover the favor they showed the freebooter and big crew.

For a space of ton miles in width every horse was stolen and individual residents were insulted or killed. The same policy was pursued at Salem and all along the route. Ransom, money, or the flames, were the alternatives presented to every wealthy manufacturer or miller, and everything was merged in the one desire — plunder. Singularly enough, greenbacks only were current, and all money was required to be in Treasury notes. Nearly 1,000 horses were taken between the river and Vienna, and in Salem alone three citizens were each put to a ransom of $4,000 to save their mills.

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