Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-19
THE ARKANSAS TROUBLES.
Condition OF Affairs In Wood
ruff, White and Jackson
Counties.
The Country Cursed with q
Reign OF TerrOr-WOrk
fer General GiIlem.

The subjoined extract from a private
letter from Des Arc by business firm in
this city, contains, among other facts al.
ready given in the Avalaaehe, much
relative to the troubles ine that State that
is quite interesting. 1t reveals most
lamentable condition of affairs. The let
ter bears date the 10th:
"Matters are in an awful state in this
region Of country. The militia are quar-
tered on the citizens In Woodruff, White
AID jackson counties, and are robbing
everybody. And unless something is
done by the United States government
the State of Arkansas is gone to the dogs.
Business is almost entirely suspended at
Augusta, and so~called Brigadier General
| Upham, Of the Arkansas State militia,
makes all steamboats, report to him, and
docs not allow any freight or passengers
to be received or discharged without his
special order. And he issues orders to
boats not to land anywhere without his
permission. Verify, he acts the monarch
right royalty. He has pressed every shot
gun and all the powder and shot in the
community, not leaving even canister
in the hands of q merchant.
He took from Messrs. j. Simons &
Co., fine carpet GIG yards) to carpet
his headquarters; and from the same
house ten barrels -four. thirty pairs
boots, five cases boots and shoes, coats,
pants, etc., Gd li6itum. From Messrs
J. C. Berry & Co., he took ten bedsteads,
mattresses, bed clothing etc. From the
shoemaker there (Augusta) he took
thirty-six pairs boots. From Messrs.
Vaughn & Whitcomb, ten barrels of
-four and all their powder and shot. From
Hamilton & Penn, two hundred shot
guns and all their ammunition. UPham
went to private house and 'eaptured"a
fine gun costing one hundred and fifty
dollars. From another house he seized
five sacks coffee, five barrels -four, sugar,
molasses, and all the powder and shot.
j. N. McCurdy has also suffered heavily.
Golders & 60. received an order just be-
fore l left to furnish two hundred and
fifty pairs boots and shoes. They have
seized some fifteen or twenty horses,
robbed the farmers of corn, ETC., killed
all the hogs in the vicinity, and arrested
many of the best citizens, and kept them
in custody for hours, then turning them
loose without explanation.
Everybody who could get away has
left. Brownlow's thieves are lambs com
pared with these scoundrels. God only
knows what will become of US if the
United States government does not inter-
fere."
Now the statement of this correspond
ent is that Of everyone who writes or
comes from this Radical>curSed region.
An entire community has been placed at
the mercy of armed marauders, melted
by cupidity and malice, and who scruple
at no villainy in the performance of their
work Of ruin and devastation. Yet Radi-
cal journals in Tennessee chuckle over
these outrages, in the name of loyalty
and congratulate the country that "Reb
els" are receiving their dues in Arkansas.
Why Gen. Gillem does not promptly
interpose his authority to restore quiet
seems almost inexplicable. 1t is enough
for him to know, without seeking to To-
cate the blame, that a reign of terror
exists IN territory under his cOmmand.
Why does he not act?-Menaphis AUa-
lanche, Dec. IL.