Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-11-30
tain's face and using the most abusive

tain's face and using the most abusiv
! language. $751;.
Il AFTER ordering the Colonel to leave
: repeatedly, without effect, the Cap
tain ordered the guards to arrest him
Obedient to the order, the guard,
/ marched into the Office and took hole
OF the ColonePs arm to lead him to TIL,
guard house, but the Colonel cursed
and threatened unutterable things, ant
refused to go so they dragged hin
to the guard house. After confinine
him three or four hours, Capt. Peel
released him and allowed him to de
part. a .. ....a.... .
have given you, Mr.. Editor, the
real facts, as related to me by Capt.
j. G. Miller, who is in command of the
post, and Lieut.. William White, Adju.
tant, who were both in the Office at the
time and saw and heard all. These
two officers, with Capt. Peck, arc the
land sharks mentioned above.
l now give you southern editors
version Of the matter "
EXCITEMENT AT HAzLKHuRsr-AssAuLr ON pnu.
| H mill -a...f RI ,. BROwN. g..atsF
| Our readers have been made familiar
| through our columns, with the gross Outrage
pcrpetrated upon Col, Drury j. Brown, OF
Copiah county, by the Provost Marshal of the
Freedmen's Bureau at Hazlehurst On Mr..
Brown s return to Hazlehurst from this city,
whence he had come to seek release from
the extortionate grip of the worthy Cap
tain Peck, he met that gentleman and be-
came involved in difficulty with him. After
they were separated, the Provost Marshal call
ed out his negro guard, who seized Mr. Brown
and rudely dragged him by the heels from the
scene Of the rencontre TO the guard house
The outraged citizens arose in mass and de-
manded his release, which was speedily grant
ed, and the chivalrous Captain Peck himself
fled from the place jackson News, 17h.
This, believe, is fair specimen of
the tone and spirit of the big and lit
tie editors in this region. The Jack.
son Necs is the official journal of the
State, and is published in Jackson,
the capital of Mississippi. Governor
Sharkey resides there. There, too, is
the headquarters of Gen. Osterhaus.
This false statement by the Nescs, of
course, is copied by other journalists
in and ont of this State !; for instance,
| took the above article from Louisia-
ma paper-The New Orleans Times.
No doubt thousands Of pardoned and
unpardoned traitors in the South, and
some copperheads in the North, have
cursed the negro guard" and chuck
led over the scene which Southern edi-
tors--noble and loyal men SAY took
place in Hazlehurst. 1.-The outraged
citizens" says the Jackson Neus,
arose ia mass they did before the
guard came into the oflice--and de-
manded his (Col. Brown's) release. :,
Yes, but their demand was not grant
ed till he had been in the guard house,
some hours, and then not at the de-
mand of the mob. "And the chival-
rous Capt Peck fled from the place"
He left two days afterwards in the
cars for Vicksburg, to see Col. Thomas,
as have said above. fH.g e
After brief statement of one fact
which took place during his absence,
! will relate briefly some facts which
occurred after his return. / arrived in
Hazlehurst by the same train which
took Capt. Peck to vicksburg. The
good people of the village had just Or
ganized the militia in obedience to
Gov. Sharkey's proclamation, and they
felt quite jubilant over it--and why
shouldn't they? for, by this mastcrly
stroke Of the Governors, Mississippi
would soon be rid of the detested guar
dians Of the hated negroes, which
would soon be followed by the with
drawal Of the still detested "nigger
soldiers I" Well, it is not at all sur
prising that few tried to increase
their happiness by tasting little of
something stronger than spring water.
| arrived in the forenoon, and in the
afternoon, as Lieut.. White and / sat in
the Office, we heard some loud voices
and arose and went to the door to see
what was going on. We saw small
crowd collected in front of the saloon,
not far from the office, and the Mayor
elect and another gentleman leading
away a young ,man--a returned rebel
soldier with an open knife in his hand.
When they got opposite where we
stood. the anger of the young rebel
broke out afresh. He strove to break
loose from his captors. and fiourishing
his open knife, his eyes blazing, he ex-
claimed, "There's two of the damned
Yankees, now Let me at them | Ill
cut them up. They know I hate
them," &c. (Now, mind you. omit
the oaths.) Neither the Lieutenant
nor had spoken word neither of
US was armed, nor had we moved a
step from the door As all authority
and power had been two days pre-
viously taken from the military and
given to what is called "the civil au-
thorities," and as the Mayor elect had
seen and heard all, nay, had acted as
constable in taking the young rebel
away, l thought it possible, barely posi-
Die, that the "civil authorities |" might
take some notice Of the affair. This
was on Saturday. On Monday morn.
ing learned that no notice whatever
had been taken Of, it. l left about
noon Go much for what taak nlaco