The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-25

man, guess, you arc hunting for l was the
man who did that little trick. Captain Wagner
replied, You are the man we are bunting for"
upon which Mr.. Green touched his revolver in
tellgenty; however, evidently not noticing
Lieutenant Ryan, who sat in the adjoining room
with coat off and cigar In mouth, who quietly
rose up, pulled on his coat with a reyolyerin IT,
and stepping into the adjoining room, at the
same time drawing his revolver in a concealed
manner until at Green's side, when he quickly
presented the muZzle of the same in close prox-
Unity to Green's throttle, exclaiming, '1f you
move hands or body you are dead man." Mr..
Green, being a man of quick pcrceptibiltty in
stantly saw the situation and suffered Captain
Wagner to dsarm him, after which he took up
his line of march with the aforesaid gentleman
for this place, and has since been boarding in
the stockade. The proprietor, Uncle Sam, gives
good aud substantial board at moderate prices.
is very magnanimous aud takes no ofense
when any of the friends OF his bolrders feel in
clined to give them a few rclishes or delicacles,
and even suffers his servants to carry them in
and return the vessels used in transportation
Another man confined is one Rose who some
two or three m .nths ago saw an enemy of his
sitting at the table in one of the hotels down In
town, and, thinking 1t fine opportunity, raised
his revolver, fired, and shot him dead another
is man named Weaver, who, with others, muir
dered two soldiers of the 9th Cavalry; another
by the name of Robinson, for the murder of a man
named Salmon; another is man named Fakey,
confined for the murder of a man named George
Mann another, named Bishop, was a member of
| Bakers band of bandits, who have murdered
scores of whites and hundreds of negroes, aud
who short time before came down here was
shot (Baker, meau) and brought here to the
! commanding officer of the post, for whose body
| a reward both by the civil and military, had
| been offered.
| Three others, Denton, Ward, and Blake were
| brought in few days ago from county north
| of us for the murder of several citizens. The
rest are all confined for horse stealing and muir
| der. A few weeks ago, a noted outlaw and
! leader of q band of outlaws, named Bickerstaff,
| and one of his men, were murdered some dis
| tance west of us. About two weeks ago one OF
| our soldiers was murdered down in town by n
negro, who stabbed him nine times. An even
| ing or two since that white man was shot in
town, and | think afterwards died am not
| certain, because murders are so frequent, and
| the particulars of them confused in my mind
| Last week there were three murders at Marshall
| little town twenty miles from this. Among
the number murdered was the sheriff of the
| county, noted and persistent Union man. |
| had this from Captain Wagner, who commands
the post, day or two since, who is personally
| cognizant OF every case. To-day a strong guard
of cavalry left here for Marshall, as l under
stand, to insure the safer execution of the law
in hanging two murderers, who are to be hung
| there tomorrow.
AS my friend and fellow officer Lieutenant
| Colby was on his way down here from Green
vile, this State, couple of weeks ago, his party
| and escort were fred on 1--WE never travel ten
miles without an escort); he followed the party,
fred on them, and wounded dangerously one
|
neighborhood of Greenville, which is about a
| hundred miles west from this, Capt Tolman, one
lieutenant, and thirty men were surrounded by
about two hundred of these bandits, and held in
siege tor, | think the captain told me, two
weeks. This happened month or more ago.
Since this trial by the military commission
began, couple OF men who gave States evil
dence and testimony in the case have been
| threatened with their lives, and are obliged to
leave this country. They are now making pre-
parations to go, and although one of them has
nearly hundred thousand dollars worth of
property here, he does not dare to go
out from under military protection, such
is the state of society here | might
spend half day relating crimes which
have been committed within space of hun
dred miles west of the Louisiana border at this
point, and fifty miles north and south of this.
But will not weary your patience. 1t will take
some little time yet to settle up matters and
reduce society to a civil status. 1t is probably
not known TO you that there has been quite a
number of troops sent to this State, and nothing
could have been done for the State to facilitate
reconstruction more than this. The Rebel
element were fast anDihilating the few sparks OF
| loyalty and Unionlsm which had existed and
sprung up in their midst, and which was and is
destined to ameliorate society and inspire loyalty
and good feeling toward the General Govern
ment, and re-establish State government loyal
TO the General Government. The case above
mentioned of the murder of the Hon. George w.
| Smith and four freedmen was political murder.
The parties murdered were loyal, and supported
the Reconstruction acts of Congress, whom the
| Rebel element not being able to control, de-
stroyed. At that murder which was committed
at 'Ute CGlaboose' Ga jai), fifteen United States
soldiers, on guard for protection of Smith and
the negroes, were disarmed and held in custody
by the mob while the murders were committed.
There were, however, here only about thirty
men stationed at the post, entirely unable to
| Withstand so many outlaws-all of whom were
armed with double-barreAed shot guns, reyolyers,
| etc.
We have now, however, larger garrison,
composed of portions of the 11th Infantry and
the 4th and 9th Cavalry. The country feels the
relief given by the presence of troops and loyal
men breathe more freely. The cavalry have
been keptquite busy scouting in squads for these
fugitiVes from justice, rather criminals, who
have hitherto had no justice to fear.
! JUDGE CHASE.-A Chicago radical paper con-
tans the following special despatch from New York