Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1865-08-18
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Editor chroniek;--I have put of writing ;his
letter till SO late hour that shall have time 10
say but lit,lsi which none, perhaps viii regret, for
II may be said Of my letters, expect
.Clrhcy "Waut bu, liitls down below, 7 tlj
Nor want that little longr'
In the FIRST place wish 70 correct an error that
fell into IN my Fist communication, in confound-
ing two Mr. Carriers OF this city. In speaking Of
the candidate for Congress, said he was formerly
President Of the Bank of the Union, and ls,,erly
proprietor Of the ST. Cloud Hotel. II was Mr.. Dam
lei r. Carter, who was President OF that Bank
not s. J. Carter, the candidate. In making this
corrcction1 do not feel that ! detract anything
from Mr.. S. j. Cs honors for Of latter days Il takes
smarter man to "keep hotel than Il docs to
run Bank, and Of the two, edGteris pdriLus, l
would sooner trust the hote-keeper In Congress |
By the way, have something TO say about both
hotels and Banks, here, but must defer that "say'
till some other time. 3r.r ~ 7a,ao ses -
great deal OF surprise, and much feeling was
occasoned here, yesterday, by the arrest Of Major
Dick McCann, late Of the Confederate army. lie
had surrendered, and been home several weeks un-
der no apprehension Of being molested BY the au-
thOrities feeling perfectly assured Of personal safe
ty, under the terms Of his surrender. Yesterday,
however, an officer arrived from Kuoxville, with a
warrant for his arrest and orders to take him to
that place. With two OF three officers Of this city
he proceeded to the country, some twelve miles,
where McCann was sojourning, and made the arrest
The prisoner was brought to town and lodged in
the Penitentiary, and was TO be taken on to Knox
vile this morning, with Gen. Rodey, also prison.
er. Mccain will be tried in charge Of murder
for his connection with Court-martial ut Knox
vile, in 1851, that hung couple Of men for bridge
burning. The fact of McCanus lawful and regular
commission as Confederate soldier was settled
some time last year. believe, when he was cap
ftured by the Federals not far from this city. He
was held prisoner some months, and finally ex-
changed, as learn from citizens.
Mccain, | have been told surrendered under the
Grant-Lee terms that he would not thereafter be
molested by the U. s. authorities, so long as he
conducted himself as peaccabIe citizen. wheth-
er he was arrested under military order, or civ
il Indictment do not know, nor by which author
| ity he will be tried. a l7 =
Champ Ferguson's trial still goes on at the rate
of about one witness a-day. Ferguson is accused
with the killing of more men than was ever before
laid to the charge Of any single individual To
what extent he is guilty of course we do not know,
but If guilty Of half that Is laid TO him. he must
have been born inhuman altogether, or else some
deep soul-corrodng wrong demonizcd the man.
and Invested him Of every feeling of mercyt
One incident of his life that have frequently
heard related, and never heard coniradicted, will
give you. Early in the war, when he was absent
from home serving as private in the Confederate
army, body Of men, made up of Federal stsiers
and personal political enemies among his neigh
bors, it is said, wentto bis house, and after offer
ing other gross indignites to his wife and slsug-
Ter, wound up by compelling the two women to
denude themselves-in palmer English, to strip
entirely naked-and dance before them! When
Ferguson learned this, it is said he swore an oath
more bitter than Tarquins, that every man en-
gagged in that awful outrage should perish by his
hand There were fifteen or twenty men in the
party, and of them all not one lives to-day; every
man of them has been killed ferguson Tam
told, does not deny the charge Of killing in any
case where the victim was one Of this party.
must close, or will be too late for tho mail.
| will try to do better hereafter, and noa put of
writing till the eleventh hour and then have to do
it under locomotive pressure.
Yours truly, vipEo.