, 1861-05-31

l. hr-a--E- MATTHEW'S formerly 4starrl
county, Chic, has just accomplished onc .
the sessrest Journeys s.egeri under 4tSEen /,
A'netlaby one eRho is not exactly a: 'fugi
hye- slaHe-haYing Travelled On foot .ftnu
houston eountyrTezas, to Ionton,: His
sour, sleeping inwoods and swamps traYF
ersng prsiEiee and mountain ranges ant
suffering: alternately from the ragages o
/ vigilance committees. and veunin. Il: Mr.
a1atthexp'eft TEXAS s. the last week o
April and reached Ironton on: the a4th .
thepresent tmonth, whence he was brought
tootsore, exhausted mud penniless, to Chi
eago, by the kindness Of: the railroad off
cera. ~. i, W.: '" ::-,. =: = r. ~ = = :;
/ Wien the news Of the bombardment q,
Sumter reached Houston county, the hos
dlitS 10 persons of Northern birth became
go virulcnt TINT Mr., Matthews deemed an
earIy departure essential to his personal
safety. Wien thi4 Xas 1lolleMed,, *bY~ tue
news Of President Linco1n's proclamation,
he was required to join The rebel army in.
stanter, or take his chances in what they
denominstea a court: martini. He deter
mined to do neither, and: thcreupon, with
the nortl, star for his beacon, and the night
for lis leave taking, commenced his long
and Wearisome march. for the free States:
What with frequent bewildernent in the
woods and more frequent dodging and re-
treating to escape, vigilance :rommittees,
Mr.. Matthews. thinks that; he must have
travelled fully light. hundred miles before
reaching an atmosphere where he could
safely say that he was born on this side of
Mnson' d. Dixon At Archcdelph1e,i Ar:
kansas lie was tried for the offence Of trav-
cling notthward, end after escaping from
the majority Of. the jury, by means Of a
tax, receipt and favorable notice in
Texas paper, he was taken in hand by the
minority and threatened with hanging in
true 4 1kansas style: He managed to. Glade
themin.the: night and secrete7 himselfiu-
one Of the mountain ranges north Of that
place: short time previous to his e.
cape, three persons hunting for cattle in
the woods. southwest of. :Archidelphia
were hung by band Of regulators merely
because, in their terror, they became con-
fused, and were unable 70 o:g;ye such an &C.
count of themselves as would be gatishc.,.
tory: TO-: their captora. Trackless:. woods
and swampa deep rivers and heavy Y rains,
continual arrests and Prosecutions, .wcre
his portlon:dming the whole ofthe Journey
until he reached the Missouri line.
LII many parts Of Arkansas, M1r: Matthews
found Union men, and IN: some places
Batesville for instance), they were in the
majority. These persons lived IN perpetual
terror, aud were longing for nothing so
much as the sight Of a column
of Federal troops To- reinstate
the supremacy Of the laws. The price Of
corn IN that part Of Texas where Mr:. Mat
thews lived was between three and four
dollars per bushel, and all their supplies
came from New Orleans by way Of shrevo.
port. Among the, poorer classes there
was great'sudering for the neccssaries Of
life, and he. believes that in spite Of all
that is being done 10 increase the pro
duction Of grain at the South, the block7
ade at cairo:willl starve out the rebellion.
: Is there reign Of terror at the South?
Apply TO hlr. Matthews for an answer and
read 1t in bis wan features, This ;swollen
feet, lis crippled climbs; his dllapiaated
clothing, and his shattered health, ,