St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-05-24
Outrdges on Union Men i'm 4r-
kansas.

A Little Rock ARK. correspondent,
of the New York Herald, writing May
10, atiirms that there is no safety for
Union men in that State, and cites the
following catalogue of outrages in proof:
"Only few days ago, two men were
hung in Chicot county for their Union
sentiments. They were taken from the
field in which they were peacefully al
work. and, after five minutes being al
lowed them to prepare for death, hung
from the limb of a tree and left there.
The rebel desparadoes, who committed
the deed, seeing that they had been dis
covered by an old man and a boy, COM
mitted another double murder by hang
ING them also. The four bodies remain
ed hanging five days before any person
dared NEEDLE with them. The Grand
Jury, recently in session in this city, had
this case under investigation, but failed
to discover the guilty parties Two sol
diers, going from here 10 Arkadelphia in
an army ambulance, were murdered on
the road, and their bodies, after several
DAYS, found in the woods. In Dallas
county, an old woman had her breasts
cut of. because she would not tell where
her husband. who was charged with be-
inc a Union man, was. and. from the eff
fects of her injuries, died. A grandchild,
a boy eight years old, because he refused
to tell. had all his fingers and thumbs
chopped off with an axe. In this same
county and Pope county, several have
had their feet burned off; and SO fire.
quently has it been done that the gang
it is said to be the members OF certain
gang who do it - are called feet burn
ers.' In Craighead county. man who
had been in the Federal service came and
settled there. He was quiet iard well
behaved, but his being Yankee, was an
act Of felony in the eyes of his neighbors,
and 30, Notwithstanding his assertion that
he would leave the country, if they would
spare his life, he was taken out into
the woods and hung. In addition to
this, two men have recently been killed
in Clark county, two in Washington
county, and one in Prairie county. and
all because they were Union men. ]
am told of man, living In the same
county, who joined the Federal service
during the war, and on coming back to
reIoin his family, found his lite threaten
ed; and, 10 save it, had TO keep himself
concealed In the woods. \ Mon man.
telling HE this circumstance. SAYS he and
other Union men knew his place of con-
cealment. and managed both TO furnish
him with provisions, and stand sentrie.
10 give alarm II occasion should require.
the Supposition being that he has LETT the
country. For agents of the Freedmen
bureau to be shot at, Is no uncommon
occurrence. | have been told, of two
happening recently: the subjects al these
mur,lerou> compliments being Lieut. Bar
ton, nj Pine Bluff, and Lieut.. TAYLOR. n
lIanley, Not very long since, General
Ord, in IN official order, called attention
10 a gang of de>pcradocs in Woodruff
county who, according 10 all accounts,
have evinced capacity for any crime to
lie fond in the Newgate calendar The
band i made up o. men belonging To- VA
giou> guerrilla companies during the war.
and they are still Prosecuting the same
>pecies OF warfare on their own hook.
burmin" the houses of Union men, steal
ing their stock. and. where one is known
TO have money. giving him the choice Of
handing ii over or be shot or hung.