American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-01-30
THE ARKANSAS MILITIA.
Some of their Villainous DoinGs.

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Views to Hamburg, where they ar
rived on Sunday the ODD ultimo. In
the vicinity of Moro, they appropri.
ated few choice horses and a wagon,
as we were informed by citizens OF
that place.
| The arrival of Catterson in Ham,
burg was n perfect surprise to the
people, thinking as they did that his
career as IL l'rigadier General was
well nigh closed. But he is there,
and the people know it. We were
at Mary Saline on the 3lst, and the
accounts given us by citizens of
Ashley were Of very distressing
character They report that upon
eutering Hamburg he took posses
sion of nearly or quite all OF the
business houses and put them III
charge of his own clerks, and arrest
ed and confined the very best citizens
Of the town and county.
At Mary Saline ia landing and
warehouse ON the Ouachita river)
we saw with our own eyes the signs
of their robbery and lawlessness,
Here Il company came on the 2Sth
ultimo, entered che warehouse break.
ing open boxes Of goods, barrels ard
packages, and appropriated and de
stroyed their contents in the spirit
ard manner of genuine bandits.
These empty barrels and boxes were
there to show for themselves.
About Il half mile back from the
landing is the store house of MesSrS.
Harris Il Files, containing small
Stt OK OF goods, valued at $4,000 or
$500. Mr.. Filss informed us that
when the militia had done their
work, $500 would have bought every
thing left
! he militia are also represented as
foraging in most eXtravagant man
ner, using two or three times as
much corn AZ is necessary This
seems to alarm the citizens as much
as everything else, us they tear their
supplies will be cut SO short as to
prevent them from making another
crop.
From reports given us us we came
up the river last Thursday, we could
extend this article indefinitely.
Stealing, and i,upresSing horses and
wagons, robbing wagons loaded with
and the like are report
ed as the everyday doings Of Cat
terson, the law.abider and peace
maker.
we saw several gentlemen of Ash
ley who had LETT their homes and
families to save themSe VS. trI III
personal violence They expressed
great alarm and dread at the present
of their county, and
thought that the presence Of the
militia would not only destroy the
future prosperity Of their county in
II meteT!al sense, hut drive off per
many OF the best citizens /
Or course in a teA days after lie has |
d0ae his work Of impression aud /
Catterson will report in fam
ing characters, " Order reigns in
Warsaw
The case of the Estate of Arkan.
Sas VS.. Columbus Bucket" char ged
with an assault, with intent to kill,
was regularly reached, tried and de-
PENDANT acquitted. The guilt Of
Bucket as charged in The indictment
was believed conceded, bnf the Lew.
iledgcd carpet bag attorney for the
State, Mr.. Griffin, forgot to prove
the Venue. and under the in$truc.
lions Of the court i, the jury was com
PEELED to acqult. Thus the ignorance
If this new Importation, II violater
IT the peace is forever acquit. H.
stead Of proving that the act was
lone in the county of Ouachita,
State Of Arkansas, he cOntented him.
self by proving that it was done in
he Town of Camden, county of
)uachita.
CATTERSON'S RAID.
Material so crowd themselves upon
,ur attention, and new facts accumu- ,
ating every day, compel us, in jus. i
ice to all pal ties, to defer making Il {
newspaper report OF this memorable G
aid through our county. BY our
IrXt issue we expect to be in posses
ion of all the important facts bear
NJ on the case, and if uuifdmmpled a
nd Tree to speak, the dark deeds OF a
andali>m that marked the progress [
+ these licensed outlaws through Il
he county shall he fully and freely
entlated in our columns. Suffice n
that enough is already known to a
lakea record that will forever make u
he name of Catterson'S militia hate a
nj and infamous. -1i0nticcii0. Ark. } 4"
IHdrdidn, 9TH.
a knowing gentleman, who deals
OF in fancy, stated that Woodruff n
Ounty will not get over her invasion Il
v the Arkansas .iayhawklng militia II
u the next six years. II
Many families would have settled te
/ its rich low lands, but for this
fair, have sought other localities - 81
'ecord, 9,h. a,
MILITIA. ia
Our town WAS visited on Sunday
1T by between two and three hun. V
lttl -AIhdnSHS HilIilldllItfI, uUlpE Ia
,inmand Of Dale and Monks The II
timer notified the merchants of the &C
lace to meet him at Berry'S store, &C
nj when a number had assembled, W
Alivered IL harangue to them, the M
lrport of which was to get SIP 70
les for his 8 troops" The upshut Ii
the matter was, he secured sup rs
les from our merchants amounting co
six or seven hundred dollars, with III
e aSsura ice that they would be to
nd for by the authorities. We
,pe our merchants may get their ali
~. but don't believe they will, for tn
q law requires the State Guards to III
rnisA their own clothing, and as tia
p supplies consisted mostly of ot
ltlIng, blankets, shoes, etc, the m,
ate authorities may refuse to pay as
r them.-Nortd (Ark, Times I'd. to
A WOLF. Gle
We have heard of a little incident lie,
at took place at Parrakeet Bluff in fur
iich the characters of Dale aud al