The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-23
"A NEW WAR UPON THE SOUTH.

Under this head we published in our last
issue portion of an article from the Metro
politan Record, exhibiting the spirit which
actuates the Northern destructives. The
press teens with evidences of the vile ma
chinations of this crew, designed to perpetu-
ate the mutual auimosity Of the two sec
tions and provoke bloodshed and ruin
among us, and there is abundant evidence
that the country swarms with the cmmissa-
ries of the fcndish party As an illustra-
ton of the working Of this plot, almost at
our own door we are permitted to make
publication of the following portions of a
report from the sub-COmmissivner of Freed
men, at Magnolia, GA the New Orleans and
jackson Railroad, whose name is 3IatHers
at was thought that while civil law was
established, when laws were passed for the
protection of the freedmen against the evils
that might arise from their sudden enamel
patton that these philanthTOpic IaW-glYers
would at least accedc to tire negro the right
to live and own and TO accumulate property;
but today the ugly fact staTes us III the lace
that there is wide gulf between our antlcl-
pations and TealiZations. On the 18th day
of December, 1860, negro reported al my
office and informed me that his former mas
II,
him into Amite county on business, and that
he would call and see me on his return. On
the ensuing day he returned to nay Office
most shamefully beaten, and stated that
after he had performed his mission with Mr.
Aliens son-in-law, he lodged for the night IN
the quarter on the place, by direction OF
Mr.. Aliens son in-law-that while lii bed,
about II, P NJ, some six Or seven white men
came and bursted into the house, and asked
him what he was doing there = when he
informed them that he was sent there by
Mr.. Allen his master and that if they would
go with him to the white folks house, he
would prove his statement but no" they
told him, eve don't care a d--n for that, we
want you to go with US" His report says,
then they took him OFF, and meeting q squad
of fifty militiameR, (the volunteers the Lieu
tenant ordered him to be taken out and
whipped-which was done by six men
stamping on his face and breast, &c, Sc
He then says that he went to Holmesville
on the 18th December, to investigate the
beating of negro, and found out that
nigger ball had been broken up by militia
company and one negro badly beaten-he
then says that two men, with drawn pistols
in Summit, Miss, cut off the buttons from a
L. S C. / mans coat and gave him an hour
to get away-this was on the 24th December.
The, same day party of twelve or more
broke up 'nigger teacher who had received
permission from the Provost Marshall at
BrookhaTen to teach He then calls atten-
tion to many brutal outrages committed by
Capt Fenns volunteer company in Amite
county, aud says that on Christmas day they
gave all the negroes general whipping
He says that on the Kane plantation, near
Zion Hill, woman was literally cut TO
pieces, in which Kane himself, a militia
man, took an active part that the same
night woman was badly beaten on the
Lumkin place, in which Mr. I.unkin was
engaged The following night negro had
two ponies taken from him, and when he
produced his bill of sale, was told by Lien
tenant no negro could own anything above
chicken. The Lieutenant. Kane and Lum-
kin,ghe says, can be Identified as having
been present at these dastardly outrages
All these are members of Capt Fenn's com
pany. Here is the climax:
respectfully invite your attention to a
murder committed by one j. II. McGehce
some nine months ago, which would chal-
lenge the world for an equal in studied bru-
tahty, which was reported 10 me some time
since, but tor want of facts | did not feel
warranted in reporting it before The negro
ieds murdered, stlRRe2 and .AiS skiR nailed to
the barn
After naming 4 witness to this bloody
tragedy, he expresses desire that these
midnight schemes be made known to the of
6cials of the State in order that they NAV
see their workings, and says that nine-tentbs
of the people in four or five beats in Amite
and Pike counties, have committed perjury
by taking the asnnesty oath, aud swearing
not to dojust what they hare done He saws
that IN the neighborhood of Zion IIin, not 4
man in ten can lay his hand ON his heart and
swear that he has done faithful part by
the freedmen. He is particularly hard on
Captain Fenn's company, and the Zion Hill
people and because of the vindictive feel
ings of the people, not only existing in, bat
ooRtroitihg their minds. he recommends that
troops be stationed IN that neighborhood.
or that freedmen be allowed TO remove to
localities where their lives will be safe from
such monsters This individual signs him-
self j. H. Matthews, Capt. &c, Sub-Com-
missioner of Freedmen. Sc
Now nobody familiar with the south can
for moment believe these airocious cal.
nmnies, and tits plain that they are intend
ed for Northern consumption, and to serve
as fuel TO the flame of radical hatred to the
South
We hope that the parties whose names we
copy from the report will take the pains to
answer these charges so unblushingly made,
and fasten the slander upon the party utter
ing it. Our columns are open for any state
ment they may desire to make.
II A New Yorker recommends as a per
feet Atlantic telegraph cable hollow one
This, he says viii not touch the bottom, but
win lie in dead water, as it is much lighter,
and viii not be subjected to so severe
m4rair in having ont