Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-02-01
The Feeling In the south.

established at Memphis. Tom. In it W
find letter from Grenada, Miss, which VI
take as pretty fair specimen Of the feeliny
Of the late Rebels towards Union men.
is very evident these gentlemen are not ye
ready to be reconstructed. The lette
says:
! A loyal man, however, rningling with thi
4 people, will have no difficulty in finding rea
sons why the United States should be rep
resented here BY force, and that, too, il
greater activity than at present. He feel
bas cautious as though within the rebel lines
and in danger Of being at any moment ar
I through the whole vocabulary Of profanity
He is provoked into quarrel, that an ex
cuse for taking his life may be found or,
I perhaps, wantonly assaulted. There is a re.
spectacle minority Of considerate and high.
minded gentlemen who have no sympathy
with these outrages. who, indeed, frown up
on them at a careful distance, but they are
utterly powerless before the mob of row.
dies.
Since the surrender" as it is called, a
Baltimore merchant came to Granada to
collect his dues. The rowdes hunted him
with q dog collar in which to parade him
through the streets. The other day for.
mer officer Of the United States army, trav.
cling the Mississippi Central Railroad, was
recognized near Holly Springs by rebel
prisoner once in his charge, aud brutally
assaulted. The rebel called for a pistol to
shoot the Yankee, but his friends. thought
that the beating was so handsomely done
that they would let him off with his life
1t was remarked, .' would like to do this
to every damned Yankee officer. Perhaps
he thinks he will do something terrific at
Memphis. But civil law is restored now in
Mississippi and Tennessee, and, damn him.
let him get his redress" A heightened
gentleman, who had spent good share of
the war in our lines at Memphis, was salutod
on visit to this place as "a damned Yam
kee detective. In accordance with the
rules of chivalry he declared that any man
whe said that was liar, and his mother a
-" The first speaker, after the Pick
wickian code, disclaimed the sentiment as
his own. The high-toned gentleman then
oath to the Yankee Government, but be was
just as good Southeraor now as ever be
was. He had taken it three times, and it
had never hurt him. While in Memphis,
he saw a white man kill damned Yankee,
and he swore in such a manner as to acquit
him. This perjury was told with the unc-
tion of a triumphant vindication. am told
this was heard without remark by company
of genteman-some, doubtless, abhorring
him, but well knowing that the slightest
disapprobation would be the signal for an
attack. Not long since the Postmaster here,
who is cripple, was approached, and
threats made of taking his life, because he
he had taken the oath required to do the
duties of his Office. 1t has baen remarked
by officers Of high rank in the rebel army,
that every Southerner who took that oath
ought to be shot down like dog. -. |
Does the United States allow her citizens
to be insulted and outraged abroad Will |
she, her citizens and officers at home? Is |
il is fiction that a citizen of onr State is !
entitled to any privileges and immunities in
the several States?
Ii is fact that there are parts of Missis-
sippi in which they can be secured only By
martial law. Indeed, this Stare seems to be
in much the same condition as England be-
tore the monarch had quite attained his
supremacy over the barons. Law had GER
tain force, but was liable at any time to be
under foot by high toned gentle
y followed, and yet disorder and confusion
abouuded. Brute force was not yet subject
10 moral sentiment.
There is here character that in such
times appears as chief of his people. He
IS known as "Bill Forrest" Capt. For
rest, or plain Mr.. Forrest" and is a
brother of the famous General. He has
heavy frame, black eye, but not a prom
nent nose. His bearing is rather qpiet and
'eserved. 1t is said that he can shoot with
,ut a tremor. When Bill says, "A man
Who says so and so is liar, a coward and a
ion," &c, the men who fight everybody else
ire careful not to be that man. Strange as
t may seem to some, this man is one of the
,est friends Of law and order here. Some
ime since, gang OF rowdies took the town.
md were rioting in their own way. Bill
leard of it, came out upon the sidewalk,
lrew his revolver, and as they, armed to the
eethy rode past, ordered them to halt and
They knew Bill could shoot
traight, and obeyed as meekly as though he
lad a regiment behind him. He turned
hem over to the militia to take to the stock
de. He ciques with nobody, and INDUCES
n little of the slang about the Yankees.
From the insecurity of whites in this coun-
ry, you will readily understand that it is no
paradise for freedmen. l am told that
twenty-five have been murdered in Carroll
.Ou county WITHIN the iuSC SIX weeks. a
planter near here swears he will not hire his
negroes, but will kill every one that leaves
ais place. He assaulted with a club black
nan who came for his wife with papers from
Chaplain Livermore, the local Commissioner
FOR the Freedmen's Bureau. Only few
have received the merest pittance for last
years work. Under the laws of the State,
The planters in Carrollton County have ap-
to themselves, without wages, all
the boys and girls from ten to eighteen, even
when they could earn hundred dollars per
year. One man has thirty bound to him.
1t is as nice a fortune, and as handsome
of the institution as STAKEHOLDER
,ould desire. All who could be indicted for
any offence have been, and let off on prom
ses of work for their bondsmen or ibera-
tors for an agreeable term Of years. Where
there are no United States forces the coun-
try militia are robbing the men aud outrag-
ing the women. Whippings are not as fire.
Iuent as formerly, but are still an incident
Of freedom in Mississippi. Since it has be-
come somewhat dangerous, the favorite ex-
pedient Is to hire the most brutal to do this |
work,
'"But where is the Freedmen's Bureau ?"
The citizens say ''It is nothing now but |
box y. that they" have kicked all the draw
ers out OF it," Col. Thomas, the Assistant