New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-30

Their Previous Tsistery-At Slave
drivers and Wsmep-W hippers-Guer-
riIln Band Broken up-Thcir Terrible
Murders and GUtrages-klOw n Negro
Soldier Avengcs En-nIis and injuries
The Law Of Seif-Defense.
From Our Special Core pondcnt
Knoxville. +. T., April IL, 1864.
The news Of the capture Of Fort Pillow by
Forrest, and the covardy butchery which followed Of
b,cs and whites slkc has produced profound
iya here TIC universal sentiment is" let Gu rtor
be shown to these dastardy butchers of Forests
mend while the war lnst2.'
These FORESTS, the Oldest Of whom. Gen. Bedford
Forrest has ~ this and other atrocities obtained such
record Of iaflmy were al negotraders There were
four brothen-Bedford. who kept ncgro.pen for five
years before the war on Adams street, in Of the
Episcopal Church, Memphis; John, cripple and >
gambler. who jaior snd clerk for BEDFORD Bill
Forrest extensive negro-tradcrc Yicksburg; and
Aaron Forrest general agent and soulryer TO scour
the country for his other brothers. They accumulated
large sums Of money in their ncfarious trade and Bed
ford won by that and other influences natural promo
ton 10 O Brpcdicr In the women-vhpping baby.steaL
ing Rebel Conioderacy. lie is about 80 years OF age
tail gauut end saov.visar,d with q long nose. deep.
ta,hc and hair worn long lie usually wore, while in
the niger trade in Memphis astovepipo hat set on
tie back Of III. head at an once Of forty five grres
Ie was accounted mean yiadicHye cruel and unscsu-
puogs. He had two wye.-one white. the other
colorad Catlarino. BY each Of which he had two chill
dren Ills "ratilrcha" wife, Catherine, ard his
vlie wife. had frequent qnarIcls or domestic jar
The slaye pen OF old Bedford Forrest, on Adams
IT,, ,.rf..t i,rr.r IN poprnos ma mar
His mode Of Furnishing refractory slaves vas to compel
four Ok bis fellow slaves to stand and hold the victim
stretched out in the air, and then Bedford and his
brother John would stand one each side with long,
heavy hull WHY'S, and cut up their victims until the
blood tricked to tie ground. Women were often
stripped naked and with a bucket Of salt water stand
iug By in which to dip the instrument Of torture,
heavy leather thong their backs were up until the
stefs covered the wioio surface. the blood Of their
wounds miugling with .ho briny mixture to add tor
men, to the infection. One slave man We whipped TO
death Nv Bedford. wFo used race-chan doubled for
tic purpose Of punishment The save was secretly
buried. and the circumstance only known 10 the
slaves Of the prison. who only dared to refer to the
circumstance in whispers.
Such are TIE appropriate anteccdents in the character
Of the monster who murdered in cold blood the gallant
defenders of Fort Pillow.
party Of suerilas about thirty in number has just
been disposed OF by party Of under Capt Rey
uolls. They were heard OF in Green County roaming
over the country killing men, and boys Of tender years
pundcrinc houses steoliug horses and committing
other atrocities IN keeping with thci 1i,iainous profess
sion. Accordingly detachment consisting of the Sd
Indiana Cavalry and OF Capt Reynolds Old party Of
scouts we're sent in pursuit. Tho Union forces were
divided aud scut to guard three roads. The party
immediately in command Of Reynolds came upon
squad OF the marauders and killed ten Of their number
taking no prisoners. The Cd Indiana Cavalry with a
captain in command intercepted another portion OF the
same theving crowd and took fifteen Of them prisoners
among tho rest, Capt Reynolds, desperate villain,
who has been the terror Of that region This man
took out OF the hands OF aguard three OF our men
some time since and deliberately shot them with
his own hand. One. receiving the ball through
IF, check. fo'l and len Tor dead. He aftcrward
came 70. escaped. and is here 10 testify against
tho assassin. lie stand. good chance 70 stretch
hemp within ten day. from this date. We cap
tlrcd thirty horses all their arms and considerable
quantity of bsdqults table crockery aud every kind
~ household articles which these scoundels had aeon
in their marauding expeditions.
Tie details Of the colbloodcd murders peructrated
by these gucrrlas "a wholly irresponsible set Of high
y aymcn) would curile the blood Of all civilized men.
Even boys Of T. years Of age have been deliberately shot
they would not tell tie place Of conceament Of
tLcr fathers And women have been punished with
laaes tie naked Aosh TO compel them " el where
their husbands were, OF to poiu! out the place where
they had concealed the food TO keep themselves and
family from starvation. \ perfectly credible person
who is familiar with tho history of these mrrdeious
outragcs in the upper counties says he to graves
u ten persons fron boys Of twelve and fifteen years
up TO Old OF sixty rio compiled 70 dig their
ora gyaUs aad get into cn and heE sho. 10 4, ~
all or he crime Of being for he Union The capture.
killing and dispersion Of this hand viii break up Tor
tine those lawleas and inhuHan proceedings in the
neighborhool referred to. Capt. Reynolds, tie old
scout, who los so often distinguished himself in
hunting and dspersne these guerra,. Is entitled to
great credit Tor this last achievement The Captain
commanding the detachment OF the I'd Indiana Cavalry
II have not lis nance sAori also receive due share Of
credit.
A black soldier belonging 70 Major NcGowans Reg.
.meut u Let U. $. Coored Artillery heavy) yesterday
shot another white soldier. belonging TO the 10. Ohio
heavy artillery. This announcement know will sond
thrill u holy horror through the land and there viii
be a universal howl over tho circumstances, With re-
zsSed derunsiations Ok he negro regiments. Not for
no benefit OF such men bu! W satisfy the good aud
oy. people Of the cosntry, all Of whom VIII sincerely
lclors tie occurrence win stats Whist is known Of
The affair At headquarters. Tie black soldier who
killed the Ohio soldier had frequently been set upon IN
suited and marealed by tho men Of tits battery, and
by this very man. lie had been stoned and threatened
with death, and this conduct had become so habltaa
that no black solder could pass along the road where
these batterymen without being stoned assaulted
or in some way abused. Tho officers had submitted to