The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-04
Invssisu Or gvenssu, Me.-Lincsim's Troops
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Invasien or 1ronseu, Mo.-Limceim's Troops
shoot at and Take Citizens Prisoners.
The Memphis Tenn.) Bulletin is permitted
to publish the following extract of letter 10
q gentleman in that place, dated lronton' NO
May %. /; il probable that the INVASION Vi
Iron ton and the atr ocities herein det1iied gave
rise to the reports about Jim Lane being De-
tween Pocahontas and Jaeksonpers, Me.;
Yesterday-W ednesday, the 22d-Was gay
never TO be forgotten by us In AIcaoia aHey
I pray that may never see such anothei oay
OF horror. Lincoln has guerrilla soioieiS,
com posed of the 10 west class OF Duteh, With
he has turned loose the border States, 10
MAKE war on ali the Secessionists-to take
freemen as prisoners, and court mafuA tue,n
for treason II they fail 10 take the oath VI al
legiance to the Federal Government.
Early yesterday morning gentleman eanie
oaIiouinS mn To our house, warning US TO
hide, that the Lincoln soldiers "oeIa DC oi
US shortly. He said they had aireaoy shot al
him. One OF my sons was In the nelo PI 10,
| ing and 1 ran out 10 tell him to hlde by tue
| time l returned, / heard the guns hrihs III
every direction and the women In the Faiiey
screaming | then ran off and hid yseif
where l could see the soldiers. Ahey eoon
came along some On horse and some ON ioot.
NV son, who was ploughinS the Heio, was
| seen by them running through Inc rye heiu,
| aud Immediately two soldiers on horseoaeh
| started after him They threw down Inc
| fences and pursued him. They commanded
| him to stand and yield himself Il prisoner; he
maid no attend ton to them, but ran on Ihey
then not at him. and came near strihihS MIN
Finally he gained the woods and escaped.
| I'm to this time they had committed no dep
relations i'll the house. The horsemen then
| returned from the chase to the house. They
| got an axe and broke up my furniture, stole
| every cent OF money we had, split open my
| closet doors, and scattered my groceries all
| around a gold watch was hanging IN one OF
| the rooms; they stole that. They also stole
| new coat, pair OF new boots, par OF pants,
/ also n rifle, saddle and one horse.
| My son, who escaped, is still In the WOODS,
and dares not come in to town. 1t Is dreadful,
| what will become of us? They took an old
| Doctor of our town prisoner. 1hey even TOOK
| his poke knife from him. but in consiuera-
| ton OF his decrepitude and age, released him
| after two hours detenti
! An old gentleman named Brown, very
| strong Secessionlst, aged near So years, they
| knocked down, jumped upon him, trampied
| on his breast, and injured him so much that
| lie is obliged to die.
| Two male members of my family
! are still hiding out OF town, and will leave as
| soon as possible.
| Such are some of the incidents Of the civil
| war i'll our midst. l am strongly reminded,
| by what has taken place here, OF Cromwell 5
| times. The Round Heads he turned loose on
| the Royaiists, compare to the Black kepub-
leans and Sec essionIsts on the Border States,
| only the Round Heads went about their dep
| relations with whining hypocrisy, while the
| Black Republicans use the utmost profanity.
The Black Republican soldiers are armed
with Minnie rifles and bayonets. They shot
at negro boy and said they tried TO Kill him.