Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-15
They Seize the Coal Oil and Ear
and Make Preparations 40
Burn the TGyym.
Prominent Citizens are Thrown
into Prison and ETaTeat-
ened with Death.
A Reign OF TerrOP--TEle Tnhabi-
tants Fleeing fer their Lives.
All Law SubVerted--A Carnival
OF Outrage.

j war. The public were made RWar OF
e the first movement Of the militia by g
dispatch which was sent TO the morning
papers (but which in some u accountable
manner Only reached me OF them), an
nouncing the seizure OF the town Of Au.
gusta by an armed band Of militia, under
t " General UPham.
] since this first dispatch nothing fur
Their could be lesrned-all communica-
ton having been cut OF immedi-
ateiy on the taking o! the
. town, until the arrival OF the
| steamer Liberty No. ?, directly from the
scene, which brought about thirty ref
gees from the Inflated little place, maj
{ OF whom brought their gO0is and mol
able property away with them. Among
the latter Was d merchant named Jacob
SiHOns who, we understand, was COM
PEELED TO leave by Uphsm.
The facts of the seizure Of the town
and subsequent events, are about Is fol-
lows, as near as we can earn them
During the late election it appeses that
come person or persons ia disguise shot
at Upham while be was Iidi0g in the
peighboThCod Of Augusta. Oa last Mon
day morning, "a week age yesterday
Uphsm assembled about s hundred men
at Batesville, and first cutting the tele-
graph wires, 80 as to prevent the people of
Augusta from knowing any thing Of the
movement marched on and surprised
the town.
The first act Of Upham Was TO issue an
Grdyr declaring the own under martial
law, and under his cOmmtno, appoint
ing provost marshals, etc. He then
caused sever of the most pIumiaent citi-
zeus 10 he seized and confined in the
"Hough & Erwin block, aud having
seized al the coal oil, keToe sEesSnd tar
IL the town, he issued IN ouler declaring
l. ne or his troops we're mOlested be would
pat his prisoners to death and burn the
tOaCn! Pickets were thrown out, cOE-
pleteiy surrounding the town, and every
one vas prevented from coming n or
going cut.
Upasm, who styles himtelf "Briga-
der General commanding immediate
ly seized on two fine residences, but
very lately flushed at 3 cost Of 5000,
and belonging 10 Capt. Frsnk n. Ma
han, {of the house OF Tool, Phillips s.
co., Of our city, for his headquarters.
The Erwin & Hough Block was
taken for offices, etc. Uphan then went
70 the prominent dealers in groceries,
etc, OF sll sorts, and helped himself
bouBtifully TO everything on earth that
they contained, in the way not only OF
provisions and Injuries, bit dTygOUds,
etc, taking q hundred and fifty yards OF
cRryetlBg from q man I'd carpet his
quarters With
Like master, like man. TIE " SOL
diers 4" (dOes rot every m,n who ever
carried 3 musket or u RsbTe blush at the
prostitution OF the mama? p literally |
q went through " and guytei every store
ia the plsce. Nor were private houses
exempt, Everything that caught the
eye and excited the cnpidi.y OF pleased
] thu Fanau nj fheea Fhfavffuu pnn1nArola I
they took and appropriated to them
selves. To use the words Of our inform
ant:
ain about two hours after their srri-
val every rsgsmufiin OF them was
clad in the best that Augusta sf-
foTded. Here came Ons in O long
tall b~roadcloth, rev hat and fine
boOta. Ere he crswled into this suit he
was the picture Of e perfect begger in
tattered Earb. Next comes & greSsy-
heel in q new suit, but il-itted, with
-lOT-quarteTed shoes, smoking a fine Ha-
Vans, swinging 3 couple 81 boxes of sRT-
dimes, and singing "Hail Columbia"
Next, you sse four or five 10 a group, all
CLAD by piecemeal for instance, a good
coat and old pants with probably q pair
Of fine boOts, three sizes too large, all bois
terOusIy TALKING aDOut who was entitled
ID the biggest part OF the candy and Oys.
ters in their possession.
"The telegraph operator, Mr.. Sam
Holman, was arrested soon after their
! eafge. but Wss relieved on his promising
only to send dispatches OrJered By Up
hsm, but had to leave oil Wednesday,
as he was suspected OF seRciHg messages
! That would sadly damage the upright
BesE Of Upham's tea party. An operator
has since been sent there, snd we learn
Mr.. Holman is stil! there or Whereabouts.
"On Tuesday nifhL,'' oar Informant
| continues, "three terrible ghosts, GATED
! x, KS, clsd in frightfnl cSetumes, made
their anpeaTanca 20 a squad 81 fifty who
went cut Of town several miles to make
| arrests. This was Dl0fe than Upham
looked Cor. At once he pressed 10 every
conceivable genus ho52o, and forced them
to throw up Dresstwcrks, sAd then occu-
py them during the night srEled Yish
REVIEWERS, shot guns and c irving knives.
TuTpeutine balls were 3 lie and coal Oil
J was put up 10 convenient cans, 50 as TO
| spripkia on the different buildings, thus
| expeditiRg the Games with which they
meant to deyOGT tbs city, in case these
| outside parties made al attack, A de-
tail Of the Older citizens y'as sent out TO
pasn them that if they attacked them,
| Uphaaa gould fret Kill all prisoners,
then fire the tSg2 and retreat to some
other seaport, In which t6eTe were none
! of the bsd men-meauing the X. KS
this prevented the attacking party from
| coming in upop them. Iiut we think it
d~uestiOnabie wbethek thin was good poi
lev. One Wholesome lessUn 70 these vile,
thieving rsscals would tend lar more
than sught else to prevent their future
~depredetions upon inotfeusive communi-
ties.
last reports were TINT Capt. Joseph
Shelton, with z gOO0ly nRb4ber of citi-
zsns, wss at Gfayis bridge, eight l1iles
from Augusta, who sent word 70 Upham
that II he did not cease plundering he
WoHla pgsctice a little military strategy
up0n hini sOsae dark night.
Negroes in ana shoIt Augusta are
| being mustered into service, and are
. made efficient soldiers as last as boots eau
De- placed on their mud trImpers. Three
negro cOf1PaHias are really at Helena to
march 70 their reiiei, hgi the distance is
50 crest that they msy have TO cast
/ D,aav vishful chances Augustawstd ere
I thsv eSn accomplish their mission.
! some thought tael the " bite river pack
/ etc could be pressed 10, ont we under
stand that a positive Vet) Is recorded by
both CSpt. Elliott Of the Des Arc, and
Capt. John EusnD OF The Liberty"
Meanwhile the p%lnn6iEing OF the citi-
/ LHtE EOLALtluEnf Ana O'CAJ sA2SBl SsEA1
/ 10 use the words of u informant, from
ssrdines up TO stoves Bs;a Iuthlessly sp-
pTopriated.
or e0uTse, every IN Rh0 could leave
the city or send away their families did
80. The ~baleaguered citizons looked and
longed for the coming of the steamer
les Arc as one means OF getting away
from tss bowling p a ndemonium into
winch IGham ans his numbering thieves
had CONVERTED ::ha once ga.st and bssuii-
fOistoWn.
But the Des Arc hearing Of the troubles !
when about q mile frout the city, snd her
captain and officers being obnoxious to
the truly " loil," conci lded IL wss best
not 20 go any nearer, and depositing her
passengers and freight, turned around
and left without taking any away. Many
left and went into the aejgh5oriBg Coun-
try and t0WEs.
When the steamer Liberty No. 2 ar