The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-29
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Affairs In the state or Arkansas =
GOVePnOr ClaytOn's AceOHAt or
: Matters.

MEMPHIS, January. 28.-At an inr
terview .sith the agent of the West
zern Associated Press to day~sG ov.
Clayton, Of Arkansas, gave the Hol
lowing account of affairsin that State.
It is his desire the whole tfuthsh 0uid
be known and nothing covered sup.
The militia had committed outrftges,
but the offenders, as far. as .,prae kea
bic. had been summarilyi dealt with,
five having been executed out OF
force. numbering one thOusaud.l kOn
tile whole the militia had acted as
well as auy militia would have done.
MANY of the .outFages reported had
not been done by the State troops,
| but by marauders, who followed in
| their wake, representing themselves
las militia. AS the State is too poor
Ito uniform them, this evil could not
| be remedied, but the officers had in
| structed tie citizens to shoot down all
| pretended militia.
/ Another cause of reported ouirages
i was the fact that commissary trains
i cjuld NOT be organized, it .heang lm-
| practicable, and he had ordered the
officers. to subsist. off ilrsJountry, and
give vouchers, where the claimants
/ cduId establish their loyalty to the
State, and they would be paid.
r In regard aualhe policy OF calling
out the militia, he gave his reasons,
almost idf ntically with Porter s report
to Gen Grant, and said that many
good Republicans had differed with
him in regard to that line of. policy,
5lbut was determined to cure the evi
for all time by making the work
short, sharp and decisive. Seven
, counties which had been under mar.
tial law, have been restored to civil
, rule. No counties In the Unitet
. States are now more peaceful, as th'
military had driven out, or eXtermI-
] mated the outlaws infesting those sec
, tioEs, and relieved the citizens of tn
t terrorism that militia operations, ant
the Inconvenience of having them IL
: the vicinity, had impressed on sth
r peaceful citizens who were hithert
massive and inactive. The import
ance of seeing the laws enforced. mar
, fial law still exists IN Dew, Ashley
: Bradley, Crittenden. Mississippi
q Greene and Craighead Counties, sbU
the military force, which now mum
:, bers about 1000, Is gradually bein
reduced, and from appearances, IN
r short time the necessity for trooI
will cease to exist.
In regard to the operations in Crl
tenden County, he said the 'nilitai
had committed outrages on the ladie
but four of them had paid the penal
s. with their lives. All had been pul
1r ished severely who had been guilty
le mjsdemeanors. 49,.
~ In regard to the execution of Ia
nv, Tyeer aud MeAllister, he sa
IN they had been regularly tried, co
teI victed aud justly punished; but
n would have preferred their being ex
at cuted as an example. As for the st
ries of the prisoners being tortur
Y in order to make them confess, t
Ill story was wholly untrue.
A Golfer was now in Jail at Mario
He had been sentenced to death
court martial. He would certainly
us executed.
av In conclusion, he said the effect
- his policy had exceeded his most sa
US guine expectations Its effects we
for also felt in Tennessee. Brownl
he would have no trouble. as there woI
inf be no. fighting; and finally, that
1. had given Arkansas peace.