Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-23
THE MARSHALL COUNTY INSUR-
RECTI9N.
An Anthentic Acconnf.

ment Of the facts gathered from every re-
liable source Of information possible; also
statements from c0lored men, and ten or
twelve Of said CARROTS insurrecGonary
band, who say he pressed them into service
to annihilate tho Ku-Klux bauds, about
which we know nothing. The facts are
these On last Monday night, negro
man named Lewis Stegall said he was
struck seven ticks by men In disguise, at
David C-isman's, about one mile from
ChaEd Hill; at which time said negro said
the men whipping him we're fred upon Sy
an unknown body concealed, and several
shots we're fired from both parties, when
both parties disappeared. Whether be
was whipped OF not was not known, except
from his own statement. Said Garrett stated
next morning that he and his band were
the men that did the firing, and it is gen
orally believed that the whole thing was
fixed hp plan by said Garrett, 70 get some
party 10 do his murderous work, as infor-
nation was given next day that he had
been TO Nashville to get orders 10 have a
company sent 10 Chapel Hill, and was told
they could not be sent unless he would
come back and raise difficulty, and as
soon as be returned all this occurred from
the occurrence on Monday night No one
has ever heard Of any ones being hurt,
killed or missing, nor any horses being left
at said Crisman's, or anything Of the Sort
except what is stated in the Press and
Times, and il seems no one knows all these
facts but said Garrett, and that he com
menced raising his company that night,
which did not begin to develope itselfto the
people Till next day. The school-house at
which said Garrett had been teaching
school for FIVE or six months, probably is
some two or three miles from said David
Crisaman's, and no one has ever heard Of
him or any of his scholars being disturbed
at any time, that we ever heard of. How
does il happen that said Garrett knew pre-
cisely what was going to take place at said
Crisman's at a particular time that night,
and had his armed body of eight men
stationed there to fire upon them at par
ticular place, over two miles from his
school-house +? Where did he get
them and their arms? When did
be get them? and what induced
him to do so? are questions addressed
TO the common sense of every man,
wrapped up in some MYSTERY, that the
Press and Times ought to give us some light
upon from some other source than Mr..
Garrett and his clan. The next morning
after this, the said Garrett was seen in
arms in the neighborhood near the alleged
whipped negros, and said negro in arms
with him, with his seven or eight others,
about two miles from Chapel Hill, about
seven or eight o'clock, marching about to
the terror and disturbance of all civil COM
munity, armed with muskets, var rifles and
pistols, all apparently boys of fifteen or
eighteen years ofage, pressing from the fields
and houses of the neighbors all the negro
boys and guns he could get into his ser
vice, and when white men asked him what
was his object, he would answer he intend
ed to kill all the Ku-Kiux, and continue
his march. This was the first information
the whites or any one else TO their knowl-
edge ever had Of those matters, which was
Tuesday morning, and the statement in the
Press and Times that lawyers, students, rag
amufins, etc, or any one else, knew anything
about these things on Monday evening, or
did anything whatever, is a willful per-
version Of truth, known to every white man
and colored man in the vicinity Of Chapel
Hill. No lawyer was in the vicinity OF
Chapel Hill on Monday night that any one
ever heard OF, nor was any student, unless
it was Garrett, and the students he came
from Nashville TO teach, lecturing them as
10 the proceeding that was to take place that
night and next day, and the author of this
statement, hached it up as an after thought
from what source we know not, TO hide his
treacherous and dark deeds. This band oil
about ten men travelled in the direction oil
Caney Spring, pressing boys from the
fields and houses, and gathering all the
guns they could get, terrifying the
women and children, and greatly
alarming the men wherever they would go
till about O'clock in the evening, wher
they numbered eighteen or more men
The people becoming alarmed at such IN.
explained demonstration, agreed to send
out several citizens to confer with said
armed band, and try TO prevail upon then
TO lay down their arms and quietly retir,
to their occupations at homes, but were
ored man named Nicholas Owen, Of infu
ence and intelligence, TO confer with them
as they thought he could better find then
and persuade them to come home, disbanC
and 60 TO their daily occupations. He re
turned and said he saw them, and SAID
they said they would come to Chapel Hill
aud do what was right, but did not start to
wards Chapel Hill; on the contrary, they
moved oil in the direction of said Garrett
| place Of residence or school-house, aud con
| timed to press in and recruit Before al
/ Of the men sent out had got back 10 Chape
| Hill, Esq Street had issued q States Warran
| and placed IL 10 the hands of an officer
| who summoned pOssee OF men and start
cd out 10 arrest said band of instruction
lists, abou. six o'clock Tuesday evening, an
| if the Press and Times means to say Their
was any lawyer or student in this possee
tells willful lie, for there was no lawye
! in Chapel Hill that day or nigh
that anybody knew of but the Pre-
and Times. When the officer or som
of HE possee got in sight Of said Law
less band they we're not marching i
the direction OF Chapel Hill at nj
but were going in the direction Of said Ca
retts house or school-housea as If 10 establis
quarters for the night Some Of the peopl
rode up in about one hundred or one hur
bred and ninety yards of said lawless ban
and ordered them to halt that they migl
read the warrant to them, whereupon Ga
rett and his band or some Of them immed
ately fred upon the people and some
the people returned the Gre, when the n
groes fed 10 the woods, bursting many car
and firing some guns as they went. Nigl
coming on the officer with his people T
turned to Chapel Hin, and remained ii
next morning, which was Wednesday NOR
ing. Ii was not known that any one vi
hurt in this firing. About S o'clock ne.
morning, citizens came in and stated th
Garrett with about forty armed color
men were on the Eagleville pike, terrfyiI
and alarming women, children and me
The officer with his force started after sa
lawless band, and just as they got out
the vicinity of Chapel Hill they met thr
negro men coming in from said directio
telling them that said Garrett was tryil
10 press them into his band, and Won
not 90 irto any such murderous wor
The people told them to 60 up into Chap
Hill and the people would protect the
They did 50. These were old negro men, o
a preacher. The people then went in
direction Of Unionville, in Bedford count
and trAetsd the laWless band in about I
miles Of said plaza Being in Bedtd
county, and desiring TO proceed legally IN
went To said place to get States wars
but found no Magistrate there they IN
went 10 Conlinis Gross Roads to get W