Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-30

What CIingan and his Braves
are Doing.
OmciaI from the Seat of War

| hours duration, in which the militis
cleaned out six thousand seven hundred
| and fifty Ku-klux, more or lees, with thu
loss Of one piece OF thumb chawed of
| Clingsn and his braves seemed tC
have subsidized entirely, and we cam'
near losing sight OF him entirely. W.
find the following from him in the Nssh
| vile papers of Saturday. 1t is q report
to Gen. Cooper, aud shows very graft
flying condition OF affairs in the camps Q
the gallant defenders.
HEADQUARTERS FORKDEER.l
HUMBOLDT, Tenn, March p, 1863 !
Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Cooper, Commanding
! Tennessee state Guards:
Dear Sir: l have the honor to re-
spectfully forward you the following re.
port, which l hope will meet your ap-
| pToval:
In obedience to verbal instructions
! from you whilst in Nashville on the 10th
inst, I proceeded to Brownsville, Hay
wood county, TenD., and Immediately
made arrangements and procured civil
papers for the arrest and trial Of those
| parties who had committed oUtrsges
upon the Redman family in said county.
! They were handed over to the Sheriff Of
/ said county, and he Immediately made
application for troops to make the re-
| quired arrest. Upon receipt of instruc-
tiOns l Immediately dispatched to Hum
boldt for one hundred and fifty troops,
who arrived by special train at about
six O'Clock pm, being desiTOus that q
portion of the command should arrive at
WOodville, in said county, where the Of
Tenders reside, before they could get
news Of our coming.
l placed pickets upon ell the leading
roads from Brownsville to WOOdvilie,
during which time [ mounted some
tweDty-seven men by pressing horses
belonging in Brownsville, placing Capt.
w. l. Hicks in command OF the infaD-
try with instructions to report at Wood
vile as early as possible.
1, in chsree of the mounted men, pro-
ceedRd without delay to Woodville, ar
irving about twelve o'clock that night,
and Immediately surrounded the town,
and searched the houses of the suspected
parties, finding and arresting but one Of
the parties, all the others, three in num-
Der, having made their escape by lesy-
ing the village on the evening previous
TO my arrival. It being raining and cold,
l qusTtsred my men in an old church IN
the edge of the town. The infantry ar
rived next morning at about eleven
o'clock, and after providing then with
quarters, / dispatched the mounted men
ia different directions to summon Wit
nesses for the trial Of the prisoner, which
was to be ct Brownsville the next dsy,
also with instructions to make inquiry
and search for those parties whom we
had writs against. The day Of trial We
forwarded the prisoner to Knoxville, the
prisoner being bound over to the court
by civil magistrate, was permitted to
return home.
Wishing to ferret out the nsmes Of
those parties who had fired on the State
troops under the command Of Lieut.,
Lowe some time previous, and also 10
find out if such conduct met the ap-
proval Of the citizens generally, l called
3 convention OF the citizens of the viii
lage and informed them thst l would
hold them and the community in the
vicinity Of the village responsible for Sll
such conduct. They requested sugges-
tions from me IN reference to the course
they should pursue in order to satisfy the
authorities, stating at the ssme time
that they would be in danger Of beiEg
personally molested or otherwise dam
aged. / informed them ! had no sug
gesIiOns to make, but stated that they
could and must satisfy Us as to the char
acter and whereabouts of some Of the
parties who did the firing on Lieut.. Lowe
at Woodville, Tenn.
l withdrew from the convention In
short time, aud was requested to senG
for certain citizsns and hear their testi-
mony, which Yves done; also hearing
the testimony OF several parties residing
in the village, and l am satisfied the
leaders Of the party who fired on Lieut..
Lowe we're reckless char agters, and that
a portion of the citizens % not approve
Of such conduct, whilst Others appear TO
encourage those bad characters by re-
manning quiet and not giving iniorma
ton which would lead to the arrest of
such characters. From the evidence,
our conclusions are that should q
strict law abiding man divulge the
names of those bad characters his
life would not be safe in that |
We also fOHDd that |
Tjeut. Lowe and his men had behaved |
well and were highly spoken |
OF by some of the citzers. The citizens
were considerably alarmed, and so eX-
pressed themselves st our presence IN
Woodville. Being satisfied, after di igent"
ly searching two days and nights iD and
around WOodville, Tenn, for the parties
who had been committing depredations,
thst il was useless to remain longer, they
having fed or were 50 cOnceRted as to be
beyond our power to find them, we then
"a arched for Brownsville. On arrival, l
returned all horses ard equipments that
had been pressed, giving receipts for
said services, returned TO Humboldt on
the first train from Brownsville; arrived
here al about 81 o'clock p. M, on the 24.h
inst, without accident, finding ali qaiet
aud iu order in camp.
= In al cases where il became necessary
to procure rations and forage, memOrsn-
dunn receipts we're given aud reported t.
toe Qlsrtermsster. And, General, l
should feel wanting in patriotism should
I fail to compliment the officers and sol-
diers Of this command for their good be-
havior and conduct whilst on the march
and at WoOdville.
General, again hoping this may meet
your wishes, have the honor to be with
great respect, your obedieut servant,
]. X. CLINGAN, MAJ COndg