The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-06-15
military Arrests In snIisssssIippI,


| nIilitary Arrests In nEisstssippl.
The County of Kemper: has been in
vaded by something OF an army Of Fsdev
raj soidiers, with oil the pomp. and pm
rads Of glorious war. We have heard oi
them m-neither bushwhackera, RuefiiIas
nor regulars. Still the cam iSiien has
not been without excitement, as willra rap,
pear. These troops are divided into
small squads, and, guided by negroes,
take by-paths, como suddenly upon citi.
zens, such, no doubt, as have been spot
ted for them by little radical clique OF
the County and with arms presented
demand q surrender, which in most cases
has been promptly made. Up to latest
accounts, III this way they have succeed
ed in arresting ten of the citizens of this
County, to wit: j. III. Ball, Jimmy
Terry, Frank Ross, Tom Wilson, two Of
the Novels, Pulaski Grny, one or more
of the Parkers and one or more of the
Edwardses.
On Friday, an attempt was made to
arrest George Alexander. a negro pi-
loted the squad to where he was at work
in his new ground, but, having an idea
that, legs were good for anything, they
were good to get man out of tho way
of harm, the valiant squad witnessed II
sight they didn't often SEQ during the
four years next preceding the last past
Southerner flying before them for dear
life like frightened deer. They had
an exciting chase of three miles, but the
Southerner won the race, and is now
probably fighting mosquitoes in some
dense swamp, sleeping i'll n hollow log,
and living daintily on blue whortleber-
ries, where the valiant boys in blue and
their sable guides don't know where to
hunt him.
A squad went for another man. They
thought they had him surrounded, and
were sure of him, but, seeing no other
chance of escape, he went into hole in
the ground and pulled the hole in after
him. They were all greatly puzzled to
know which way to look for him, and
speculation has taken wide range
among them, whether he will come out
on this or the other side of the terrestrial
bail
Ten prisoners have been bromght into
camp at Lauderdale, aud are held there
in close confinement under guard. We
heard squad of negroes discussing the
matter yesterday morning in fcrvor of
exultation: 'Dem Ku Kluxes got Ku
Klnxed deyselves dis time. Anti glad
And dey got handouts on 'em, goody"
Whether the exultant negro was posted
about their being Ku Kiuxes, we don't
know. Wo believe, from informatiou,
that his rejoicing at their being hand
cuf1ed was without cause. The prison
ers are kept in close confinement, strictly
guarded, and nobody allowed to speak
to them. At least, we know party who
went to Lauderdale to SEQ them, and
learning from outsiders that it would be
useless to, did not make the effort
When the news that these arrests were
being made was first received here, to
the inquiry, what for? we heard it
glibly asserted that a negro had been
killed. That is very likely. but we have
not been able to learn of time, place and
circumstances.
We have no reason to believe, from
anything we know of the condition of
Kemper, that if q crime has been COM
mitted, tho criminal could not have
been proceeded against successfully in
the ordinary way of affidavit and civil
process.
Radical pimps of military authority
we suspect, are ut the bottom of these
high banded proceedings in Kemper.
Meridian Mercury, June 1.