Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-12
FEDERAL KxCEssks AZ ARKANSAS.

From the Little Rock Democrat
We have received various accounts of the acts
Of the Federals in cur SSste and of the atrocities
committed by them, giving the names of the
sufferers and particulars of their infamous deeds.
{ Those who have not witnessed their acts would
scarcely believe that human beings, in the pres
ent century, could be capable Of such viliainies.
After leaving Independence county, where they
seduced e & eat many negroes frem their mas
ters, and lsvishly supplied them with pewter
money, they commenced a systematic destruc-
tlOu OF al property they could not steal. Ev-
eTything portable they carried off, and that
which they could not carry, they destroyed
They broke open bureaus, trunks, wardrobes,
etc, and such clothing as the negro wenebes
who they had with them did not want, they tore
into shreds before the eyes of the persons whom
they robbed. Every mgr5el Of provisions they
carried of, tore down fences, turned in stock
and destroyed the growing cTcps. In some cases
they tore the rings nom the ears and fingers of
ladies' and offered other indigaities toe disgust
ing for narration here. A favOrite Amusement
With them was to put a rope around the neck Of
the owner Of g plantation and hang him unless
he told where provisions or Yaiuables were con
cealed- They caught women, and putting bay
Onets to their breasts made them tell where ne
groes were concealed or property hid. Every
law book or other book Of value they destroyed,
and were careful to burn the records Of all coun-
ties that they could lay their hands on.
A small force IS now ct Helena, and have
ruined the country about there The plants-
tions Of General Pillow near there are utterly
ruined; not a fence rail, ratteT, or vsstige Of a
nome left. Lately q band OF thieves cana down
IN Washington county, arrested a number OF
citizens, among them Hon David Walker, and
stole every horse and mule they could find.
These things are done By The troops Of Curtis
and Fitch, who repeatedly assured the people
that they came to protect them and their rights.
Curtis wrote and published letters and Fitch
made speeches full OF honey and blarney. They
Indignantly denied that any excuses were or
should be committed, and upon the heels of their
declarations followed a series of out ages unpar-
alleled IN history.
There are a few Federal soldiers at Heleua
and its vicinity. The people of Helena, with
few If any exceptions, have treated the invaders
with contempt. When their peddiing, trading
boats came there, the citizens refused to buy.
We learn that the Feds attempted. to give a
ball at Helena, but if they hadRny females there
except the eolored 'far sec,' we are mistaken.
Last week they collected all the hAt-bOats, wood
boats, baTges and crafts on White and the lower
Arkansas rivers, took them to near tie mouth of
White river, aud told -- that if he permitted
them to be injured they won d come back and
destroy his place. The patriots in the neighbor-
hood got wind oft, and q small force went there
and burnt the boats. Their gunbosts paid a
visit to Napoleon, where they committed several
In one instance they presented a
at the bosom Of a lady aud compelled her
to give up the key Of her husbands safe, from
they stole lsrge amount in specie. They
went Town TO Chicot county, where they stole a
.aTge number OF nagsoss. We are to d that Judge
Rngo, Hon. H. w. Hiiliard a8d General Gaines
were among the sufferers. T5ey took General
Gaines prisoner, but released him.
After what has bsen said and written, il IS sin
yulsr that people viii lea' money and property
siihin striking distance Of the invaders. Their
)rOtestations and declarations about respecting
private property are lies. they steal every thing,
wen property for which they have 10 use.