The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-20

the residence OF an old man near Rockford, who
| bad fallen under their suspicion, took him from
his bee, hanged him up and cut HIM down
three different times IN order to extort con es-
| zion from HIM, and the last time he was cut
| down they left him In q state of stupor from
| wh ch be never recovered, but died in halt an
mses.
The Jackson County Mob has regular or.
| RanlzatiOn. We are told that 1t is composed of
| three "rings" or distinct clans. The inner
| passes speedy sentence upon them, without,
however, arraignlug them or examining their
side OF the question. These are the ''Star
Chamber" chaps the bloodiest villains of them
all. The second "ring" is composed of the
execuilouers-the men who seize the victims,
iasten the ropes around their necks. aud then
the limb of tree, The third ''rIngS is made made
OF "cisquerS," fellows OF the ba3er sort, who
do the casing and blowing for the hrst and
second ,'rings,' set up" jobs for them, and
is said that the inner "Ting" of this mob is
composed of the best citizens of Jackson
county. II thiS be true, God pity the worst
The IDEA Of good citizen engaging In wholesale
murder is perfectly preposterJus. Tue idea of a
good citizen engaging in the most fragrant vioa-
tons OF law indeed, utterly setting the law at
dehance-is absurd. Toe men engaged in this
mop are Understanding more, and no b ing
less. There is no telling where the outrages OF
this bloody mob may end. On Friday il prosti-
tuted the telegraph win es to its purposes, and in
u iODB utSph Gu 10 tn0 ASnOClaJpu ITeSS most
scandaously l5eled Hon. Jason B. Brown of
Brownston. because as an attorney he accepted
lee 10 de'eDd man accused OF robbery, and
used his legal kno Wedge in behalf OF the man
when on trial.
The Necessity OF Yroops I'm Tennesses.
correspondent at Brownsville, Tenn, says:
-"Formerly there we're O good many white
Republicans in Haywood county, but number
are the Winheds, Mr.. Poston, Mr.. Mum, and a
lew others OF the whites in Brownsville
large majority are bitter, well-meanlng, preiu.
DICED conservatives, VIII didn't want radicals 10
come among them. A great many of them are
Ku-KluX, aud their secret organization has
completely co wed the white radicals and terrified
the negroes. Unless there are United States
troops sent here or State militia, to give some
protection, not one negro in hundred will dare
to vote.
$50 scared are the negroes that they did not
this year dare to celebrate the first of August.
Many of the disiranchlsed swear that they (the
disfra 0chsed) will vote al the Presidential cleo
tiou II ybody else does, or will die. The black
and white radicals of Haywood county are very
apprehensive of another civil war. Time will
show whether they have cause. That any con-
Siderable body of the southern people want
not the fact, but there is a large number who
are determined 10 Drive out or scare away white
radicals, and crush the negro back toward
slavery. They think this would be for his good
and their own. They will certainly try to carry
out their purposes and there is very great dan
ger that anarchy and bloody civil war may re-
suit. They a:e in all parts of Tennessee trying
to scare away white radicals and terrorlzlng
negIoes.n