Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-12-26

Hebei BarBarIslc. In Arkansas emp mis-
aoufI.
!. A correspondent q ,to New York World
writing from Helena, Arkansas, under date
Of the Sd, thus dstais The atrocities Of the
rebels throughout that region:
..... LEx TALIoSIs.
Gall tho world has heard Of the irnpu.
dent and Bullying demand Of JET. Davis for
the surrender Of Gen. Mcneil Of Missouri,
as special pleader for humeDe warfare.-- -
Wcro no othoF instances wtianug. g.unhappily
l have just come into possession Of the evi.
deuce, damniBg and revolving 10 the trans
ccndenily infamous barbarity with which
the war has been wSged on the soil Of Ar
kansas--Gen. Holmes may bo spared the
murder Of Hthe Bext ten Federal officers
which may fal into bis hands" !" inasmuch
as himself and bis predecessor have Offset
the execution Of the Missouri guerillas by
tenf-old sacrifice. Not less than hund-
red Of our soldiers and loyal citizens have
been murdered at Little Rock within six
months. .its
"How many nameless victims have dis
appeared throughout the State, may never
be reckoned up. The picture presented 10
Us by persons who have escaped into our
lines, although narrated by sober, hard.
working farmers, is moro like the horrid
phantasm of an opiats dream than tho paint
iug OF actual life. .-
cLndAcTERTo or BARBARrrY.
HAfkausasl that home Of the robber tho
horse thief, the land pirate, the couspirator
and assassini That nursery Of the savage
and selfish in human natureI The home
Of the repeater and bowie knife, and tooth
pickl The market for bad whisky and bad
women. Arkansas, thou haunt Of the
panther and tiger in human shape; to thee
belongs the bold, freezing distinction of
slaughtering old and young, male and fe-
male, black and white, in cold blood, for no
better cause than private malice or naked
robboryl n
"Houest men, dreaming no evil, breath
ing no malice, speaking no wroBg--no
crime but that Of loving the land Of their
birth and the flag of their worship, have
been shst on the highways; their houses
burned at the dead hour Of night, thoir ten.
der families outraged and cast adrift to the
pitiless wilds Of almost primsyaI forests
Young lads, crazed with drink and madden
ed by the reProacbcs of their older and
wiser neighbors, have been killed and rob
bed for their superior wisdom and virtue
Along the road from Helena To Clarendon
the graves of Union men and Union sold
iers are thicker than mile-stones. All this
has happened in Arkansas, in the nine
teeuth century, and under the dominion
of that preceptor Of humanity, Jefferson
Davis
"Colonsl Compton, who accompanied IG
other paroled prisoners from Little Rock,
yesterday, under flag of truce, relates sew
eral instances Of cruelty. He never ex-
Pected TO return, but to be shot He was
a acotion-buyer, and was seized while BEYOND
our lines, some three months ago. He was
shown money, gold and treasury notes in
large quantities, taken from our soldiers
and civilians. He is satisfied that the own
ers IN most cases were murdered. The vii
lians admitted as much, saying that "Dead
men told no tales" Noreport is ever made
Of booty of this sort; it is shared by the
gang, and there is the end.
"0ne case of abhorrent cruelty deserves
more particular mention. A reputable
gray-haired old planter from the Northern
part Of the State, had been sent TO the filthy
prison at Little Rock for his Union senti-
ments. On his Incarceration be was charg-
ed to speak no word to any one. More
than once he refused to respond TO the call
Of the jailor, not knowing but be was being
tricked. For this offence, that poor wretcbed
man whom fends might have pitied and
devils wept over, was taken out and whip
pei ike q common field hand, for contu-
macy. Can the annals Of Sepoy atrocity
or savage cruelty furnished any parallel TO
tbisi Is there man whose blood does not
burn at the thought
"Well may some Of these dauntless and
outraged spirits, looking with frenzied eyes
upon our soothing polier, and hcedless Of
law and precedent, rush out to their revenge
single-handed. A dozen Of these men are
now beyond cur lines, resolved, II die they
must, 10 live until they have dispatched
their prosecutors 10 their eternal doom! -
Fighting the devil with fire, hiding behind
fences, in..chapparsl and eane-brske, lurking
like the wild tiger, rife IN hand, ready 70
WFeAk solemn and haIlowed vengeance
upou the authors of THAR foul yzron0s1