The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-19 00:00:00

the Arkansas. With the appearance of the tug,
however, flying her Ku-Klux ensigns, he was appre-
hensive that her intention was to run him down in

the middle of the stream, so that the hated arms,
Houstons, and all, might go to the bottom to-
gether. Not to be caught iu such a trap he
at once ran in shore. The pirates once on board
began an indiscriminate firing and demanded
the arms and the Houstons. The captain and
his brother, however, had no intention of
thus being murdered, and scrambled up the
bank for the woods, several shots being sent
after them while climbing the hill, from one
of which the brother received a severe wound in the
heal. After the Houstons had escaped, the rebels'
attention was turned to the arms, the tug mean-
time being lashed fast to the steamer, and the two
moving slowly up stream. The first report of the
crew of the tug was that, the boxes being broken
open, the arms were passed up from the boll to
those on deck, who, takinl them one by one, broke
them over the wale of the boat, and threw them
into the river. It was insisted, and I believe is
pretty well stuck to yet by the otlic?rs an 1 crew of
the tug, that all of the arms were thus destroyed.
The story of the crew of the steamer, however, as
well as facts since brought to light, disproves the
story. Indeed, it is now tolerably certain that
several hundred, perhaps a thousand, of these arms
were put into the tug and landed on -the Missis-
sippi shore fifteen miles below here. It is said on
credible authority that many of the arms were car-
ried in the tug, and we now have intelligence by
" Grape-Vine Telegraph," or from coloured sources,
that several waggon-loads of muskets were teamed
from the river into the country.

TEXAS.—William G. Kirkman, an agent of the
Freedmen's bureau in North-eastern Texas, was
murdered at Boston, in that State, October 7, and
in consequence of the recent and rapidly multiply-
ing outrages on Union men, General Reynolds,
military commander for that State, issued an
order authorizing all civil officers and all military
commissioned officers of every grade to arrest on
the spot any person wearing a mask or other dis-
guise, and hold him for trial.
GEORGIA.—In Georgia the Democrats were con-
fident of carrying the State, and anticipated a ma-
jority of 20,000. They held a great meeting at
Augusta, while the negro Republicans met at Sa-
vannah, where they indulged in some loose and
foolish talk.
SOUTH CAROLINA.—There have been half a
dozen incendiary fires in the vicinity of Charleston,
S.C., lately, which are laid to negroes, in retalia
tion for the outrages committed on their race.
Wade Hampton and others of the Democratic com-
mittee for the State have issued an address against
assassination, which would have been better received
before some hundreds of loyal men had been
murdered, though still welcome.
ARKANSAS.—James Hinds, a member of Con-
gress from the Second Arkansas district, was assas-
sinated Friday, Oct. 23, while travelling through
MonrGe county, and Joseph R. Brooks, who was
with him, was dangerously wounded. The murder
was done by George A. Clark, secretary of the
Democratic committee of the county, who was
drunk at the time, and who has been arrested. Jas.
Coolsey, a leading Republican of the same county,
was murdered a few days ago ; and at Dacdanelle,
Ark., on the 20th, there was a fight between citizens
and 50 negroes, in which the latter were defeated.
There are now at St. Louis ten thousand stand of
small arms purchased for the Government of Ar-
kansas, but no steamer can be got to take them on,
and it is to be hoped none will be found till the
State is more quiet, or they will probably meet the
fate that overtook the former consignment.
Other items of Southern news are—Forrest
has published a challenge to General Kilpatrick on
account of remarks made about him in his recent
speeches. On the 23th ult. Mr. Rocheroch killed
the son of a prominent Democrat in Wayne county.
Mayor Thomas issued a proclamation on the 29th
October with a view to prevent riotous proceediugg•
Besides closing all drinking saloons he orders that
no minors will be allowed to be on the _streets
on Tuesday, the day of the elections, and that
all public and private schools should be closed.
The latest despatch from Little Rock :is as follows :
—On the 24th inst., while Capt. Willis, Bureau
agent, Capt. Porter Andrews, Capt. Prosser, and
Sheriff Stuudle were en route to Rocky Comfort, in
Little River County, they were fired upon by the
Ku-Klux-Klan, who were concealed in the brush.
Capts. Andrews and Wilts were killed, and the
Sheriff was badly wounded. Before the band had
finished their murderous work, a negro came along,
who was killed. Not far from this place they wet
another negro and killed him. Capt. Scott, Senator
from that county, is in cl inger, and the loyal citi-
zens have turned out to protect him.

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Chief Justice Chase is to leave Washington for
Savannah, Georgia, where he is to hold a session of tii°
United States Court.
General Cassius C. Fairchild died on Saturday
morning, Oct. 21, at Milwaukee, from the effects of ti
wound received at Shiloh.
William C. Kirkham, Freedmen's Bureau Agent'
was murdered at Boston, Texas, on the 7th October.
THE AMERICAN HAY QUESTION.—At the 'fleeting
of the council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, 01
Thursday, it was decided to memorialise the Chancellor 0
the Exchequer to remove the restrictions uponhe impor-
tatiou of American hay.
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