John M. Boicourt to Richard Yates

Golconda May 26th 1861

Hon R Yates

one more I trouble you to day Brings this news yesterday Hon W Sloan came over Sole and body to the union cause it will show you how things are geting along I told you I would try to Silence our paper I faild to do so in the way I wished which was to cause him to come out for the Union I then came at him with a full batery I aranged it to have several to quit him and I think in a short time it will go down or change hands I send you a letter written by a good man the editor Read it and threw it down in the office I thought if it was published in some paper & Leave out the names with a few Remarks it might do some good it is Rumered heare that the Mosurians intend to be friendly with Harney and get him naping and over run him Harny never has ben caught naping but it would not hurt to Let him know the talk four men staid hear Last Knight from New orlean one of them my acquaintince has mad 71 trips to the City as stearsman

on the Road he was accausted and his carpet sack Broken open and what mony he had taken he knocked down and kicked two other hands of the same boat had there wages which was taken from him and left penyless the old man came to see me he lived in Newburgh Indiana and told me his distress and I said but little to him he went out and I found whare he was encamped I went down they all told me the same story out of any thing to eat Mr Kimball & Wilson went with me and we obtained bread and cofe and when the packet cam we aranged for them to go home they was quite thankfull tears came in the old mans eys as we done onley what it was our duty I have nothing more at present only that parties are dieing hard deaths in this conty it did not Require much change it some those Like myself I have voted one Democrat vote in my Life for Presadent to wit for S A. D

Respectfuly yours

JM Boicourt