The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-13

lFr m the Memphis Avalanche, Jan. 81
CIayton's loyal bloodhounds are still, numbering
plundering and outIaging the unfortunate people
OF Arkansas.
Only day or two since they fell upon a most
pesceabe and unofendng citizen By the name OF
Dillsrd as he was returning from his place OF
business, and. for attempting to escape. murdered
him in cold blood. Yesterday Mr.. John Organ
was shot dead at Fifteen Mile Bayou, near Madi-
son, where they now have eight or nine hundred
head of horses and other property, stolen from
citizens of the surrounding country.
At Madison they broke open every house aud
building In the place. regardless OF locks aud
keys and the citizens are fleeing In every direction
leaving everything behind.
One hundred and thirty were expected yester-
day evening at Hopefeld, where they also have
large number of stolen horses.
We heard of two other men who were shot
down, day or two ago, near Madison, but failed
Yesterday the steamer Linton was boarded, near
Madison. by a number of officers and privates,
who robbed the bar, cursed the officers Of the
boat telling them that they were all damned Ku-
KlUx, and ordering them to leave.
As the boat moved of. 1t was fired into, and the
bsr-keeper barely escaped with his life:
The citizens are reported as hiding IN the woods,
and business entirely suspended.
number of refugees arrived yesterday even.
ing, who were being hunted down like Gogs and
who had to fee for their lives.
Among the outrages Committed by these thiev'
three well known and respectable citizens of Har-
deman county, Tennessee Messrs. l.. NJ. Bray,
John Thompson and Archibald Mayfeld, who
have been back of Crowley's Ridge to purchase
land.
They reached Mound City, from Marion, in the
afternoon and stepped aboard the ferryboat to
come to Memphis Before the little steamer left,
company of militia, commanded by man sup
posed to be white, came aboard and arrested the
three gentlemen. In reply to questions, they were
informed that they must go back to Madison at
once. They were placed under guard and sent
back. For nearly half the distance, and especi-
ally on reaching muddy places, the prisoners
were compelled, at the point of the bayonet, to
"double quick" and their ears were RECALLED with
such choice epithets from their negro custodian
as i'd rebel" and "d-dKu Klux." i
Once In Marion they were taken before Colone
BcWray for examination. The white officer who
effected the arrest finally arrived aud testi cd. He
pronounced Messrs. Bray, Thompson and Mayheld,
three men whom he had for some time partic nlarly
desired to capture said they were Ku kiux,
and had been melting resistance. Two or three
negro militia, whom the prisoners never saw be-
fore, swore to personal knowledge of them for
two or three years. and pretended TO identity their
horses as the property OF certain Loyal colored
| persons in the county.
Unfortunately for the rascals, they proved en-
tirely too much. The prisoners found no difficulty
| In establishing that they had been in the State
| only three weeks, and in that immediate section
| simply while making the trip to and from the
| river. Everything sworn to By the white officer
| and blacks was so clearly shown to be lies that
| the colonel. though stepped in infamy, was com
PEELED TO order the release of the prisoners, who
regained the river late in the evening, fortunately
| in time to be ferTied TO Memphis.
The above are fair samples ofthe outrages daily
| committed by order of Governor Clayton on law
abiding people unfortunate enough to fall Into
their clutches. These outrages all In the name
of "oyalty all designed to streng hen the gov
eminent and illustrate the beauties of reconstruc-
| ton as ordered by Congress and executed by car
1 And hn NUhn arrn
| ont against II is denounced by the Radical press
| of the country "rebe and traitor" to "the best
| government the world ever saw" Late reports
| from parties Just from Camden, on the Ouachita,
give the following particulars of outragea com nit.
/ ted, very recently, by the negro militia appointed
| by Governor Clayton, the Radical governor Of
| Arkansas:
merchant OF Petersburg, of all his money. cloth
ing, bed-clothing, goods, and OF everything that
| was Of any service to him whatever robbed Mr..
| Pugh, merchant of Orion, of all his goods and
| money robbed Mr.. A. W. Files, merchant OF
| Hamburg, of all his goods, caught him, aud by
| tn eats induced him to pay $1,000 In greenoacks
and $1,000 in gold in order to have his life spared
| and TO be turned loose met some ladies going TO
| a little social dance in the country robbed them
of their bopnets and aha Wis and made them dance
| in IL e road injured Messrs. Flies d Norris. al
| Marie Saline, 10 considerable extent by plumber
| ing their warehouse. They are robbing the people
of all their corn and provisions mules and horses
| prop iats TO their own use. They did not spare
mans purse, AMI by presenting loaded gun Of
alasy six, AXE him she'll out the ca b. TIT
citizens are in state of great CONSERVATION, anI
many are leaving their homes. They are nov
going around among the people 10 the country
with o document, which they make the citzen
sign, binding them to protect the negro milit'
which they intend organizing In said county
those who refuse TO sign they say they intend 4
burn out They are composed of Kansas jay
hawkers and men from Northern Arkansas. The.
! commit these depredauons only in the countie
( declared under martial law. Neither the live
l nor the property Of citizens are safe where the.
| are"
At Hamburg, the militia took possession an
sacked all the stores in the town.
AT Marie Saline the militia took possession Q
the store and warehouse landing of Files & Norris
the major commanding standing at the prncips
| door with drawn sword. and with revolvers In hl
| belt, whilst his minions plundered the premises
They also took possession of goods lying on tn
landing at the place, belonging to many diferen
persons in tie county, and carried whsteve
they wanted away.