The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-24

fight the South" They all rely or
on a reactiou,- q rising up of Ill
masses at the North to cut tn
,,throats Of the rulers. A day or tw
since, a man named Daniel Hog,
formerly resident Of Chicago, ha
bis head shaved, and being othel
wise maltreated, was put on North
ern bound steamer. Here a cou
pany Of Soldiers, bound for the Ran
dolph rendezvous, seized him
and shockingly maltreated him. Fl
reached Cairo more dead than alive
No one on the steamer dared to in
terfere.
Our readers will recolect a deal
er in horses, named Horton, for
long time resident Of this city
His ordinary turnout was a pair o
long tailed blacks to a light buggy
and his general appearance that O
a sporting man the heavy blacI
moustache and j.unty air markin,
him as a man Of the town. IL
went South last Fall to sell his stock
We heard, not long since, that h
had been stripped of his propert,
and severely whipped; and to da,
our information is that he will D.
hung by order of the Committee o
Safety, on Saturday. His crime wa
that Of being Northern man. III
was a Democrat OF good party stand
ing when here.
We regret to say also that news
of the death of Printer formerly o
this city, named Sampson Kennedy
son Of the late Alderman Ken edy
came to Memphis in the latter par
the week. He was the Superintend
ent Of the mechanical department O
a country paper at West Point. Ar
kansas; but "a we are told, neve
feared to avow hls Republican sym
pathics. He is said to have bect
hung on account Of his politics.
Tho above are but two cases o
downright murder by The mob
that have been related 10 us: anc
we repeat them now only because
the sufferers were Chicago men.
There are now, it is estimated
about ten thousand troops of the
Southern Coniederacy in rendezvous
awaiting orders to attack Cairo. O
these. 1000 are at Randolph, as
above stated, 5000 are At Corlnth,
Mississippi, forty miles below Mem
phi1.
These had orders few davs since
to remove to Randolph. There ara,
also 1000 we'll armed and fully
equipped Arkansas troops at camp
Rector, at Mound Ctg. where two
'teamboats, the Otio RG'is. anu
Mas, Cincinnati boats, are us "a AZ
officers quarters AMI hospitals for
the troops. This regiment is armed
with the munitions stolen from the
Little Rock arsenal. There are al
30 thrci regiments bcirg filled at
Memphis. At a point four miles
North OF Memphis, called Fort IIar.
ria, there is battery of six pound
ers AMI about 500 troops. Every,
bcdy's belief is thai an expedition
will move from Randolph made NJ
from these troops as enumerated, ~
attack Cairo. 1t is believed that
they will rendezvous at CoIumbus,
Kentucky, twenty miles from Cairo,
for bold stroke.
Memphis has made herself the
seat of a war which will overtake
and punish her nest o. traitors, The
Express company has ceased guar
anteeing the safety OF money pack
ages since mails and express matte,
are freely pillaged, Bills due in
Cincinnati and Chicago and Mem
phis for collection, arc returned
" WiH pay achen tito par is ocer."
This is one page in the history o
Memphis, a fearful exhibit OF the
fruits Of rebellion. A day of reck,
oning will come when another page
shall be written, when Memphis
shall be held by federal troops
And this day will come. Never die
a nest OF pirates more loudly cal
Tor the strong arm of constituted Law
to wipe ont these insults to God and
humanity.-[ [Chiclgo Tribune.