Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-10
SUNDAY APPEAL.
SUNDAY mOBHING. BAN. 10, Isss
aFrarEs

publish n following nom Il Littl
Rock Gazette Of Tuesday LAST, concern
ing the present condition OF affairs il
the northeastern part o. Arkansas
sour information from Augusta, th
headquarters Of the Department @
"the northeast came by the las
"stesmer from the upper White rive
country. UPHAM's militia has IA
"crsGSed from one hundred, at the dat
gDANFoKTH's report, to one thousand
cat the present time. These compEis
"both whites and negroes, who are IL
ing about idle, without discipline o.
"drilI-a msrs mob, lg!th loose picket
"hrosra out and squads cJJorGgers com
"iag and going IA al directions. A
Thousand Hsen are thus being fed
"elothed and mounted from the privstG
property Of Woodruff and adJaeen.
"couutiss. add to that 5chat these rug
"Eaas wH cGreiessly araSis and par.
"posely destroy, and the aggregate los.
"tO The people Of that section Ua
"eguGl the total fruits o. he pas.
"ysar's tabor, and generally all ha.
"hey possess, sqrs perhaps The soil
What will ths sensible, sober, unim-
"passloned people o. quiet sections o.
"our country think Of these things
when they shall come to know il all
" There IS no longer room for doubling
"he truth Of the representations made
4" concerning this 5rgand militia, for L
4" Is q matter Of public record, and
"he North can learn the main
"Jaets from the Radical press itself.
Then, since ever the best disciplined
4" troops will commit some OutFages while
in ths field, what shall be expected Of
"a body Of men wholly without discip-
line or supplies, and with mslics IN
" each besrt, Ofiea Of years growth,
/" turned loose under the leadership Of
"unscrupUl0u5 men Tor the sgowsd pur-
pose Of making The executive branch
Of the Government felt Il is even
4" difficult te Restrain men from ~encrosch-
"ments on each others rights il the
4" most quiet times, ana by the aid Of the
WA1I7AA EWEa " 2 AAC u ~ 70 "a
"pected where there Is no law but mob
"law, and when the aggres5ors are
" plainly told that those il their power
have no righte."
An ex-Union Cm,er writing from De-
Wallis Bluff, on the On Of November
last, thus relates facts as be knows them
" our lQyal G0peraor is giving Va a
'' JoretGsts Of his future administration,
"6y O~UerTuaning the State nth his negro
"mHiHG, Killing good citizens and plua-
" dsriRg The country. II seems he IS de-
" termiHed 10 force tie citizens into
trouble, 5chettsr they 1gant Il or not
and the Legislature endorses al his
acts. II GRANT and his army ID net
leone 70 our aid, the Lord only kRozCs
" 5ohat Is to become Of the people"
GRANT hiss been TO their aid, Ia the
persons Of PORTER and BABC0CK, both
of whom endorse CLAYTON and the ne
gro militia, who are killing and have
killed the good citizens alluded to.
Another letter writer Of De-
wallis Bluff, writing on the 24.h
Of November, thus pictures the con-
dition Of affairs at that time, and
which PORTER and BABCoCK, after one
or two days residence in Little Rock, as
sure Gen. GRANT, was necessary to a
proper substantistion Of the power OF
Governor CLAYTON
. at Il was not for one fact,
" we would all rent our places very
" high this year; but the militia move
" ment distur6s everybody. We now
" have encamped back Of the lake, neal
i" town, two hundred or more negroes
" infantry, uniformed and srmed-and
i" u hundred cavalry, (whites,) all
/" here rendezyouslug prior to going to
" Bradley, Ashley. and Drew counties.
+" They ere still mastering in negroes,
Z" and will not move, 1 iearn, until they
Is get shout four or Ave hundred men.
50 or course il takes that many iaborers
81 out Of the field, and demoralizs . the
81 balance dis3oursges our planters now
90 here, and drives away all new comers
81 who have come here to rent places for
90 next year. II these troops 20 to
- the above named counties there will be
50 bloodshsd. Nothing on earth can stop
q 1t. Our people are disposed to be quiet
81 add obedient 10 the laws, bat they can
81 not tske everything, and they will not
g submit to have their women insulted
a. and threatened, and their houses bro
s. ken open. To-day came near witness.
90 ing trouble here. These negroes are
80 eneamped near HaTdi1g's place, lust
" over the lake. They very grossly in
50 suited Mrs. HENRY ATKINS and the
81 Misses HARDING, and frightened them
" to such an CxseBt that they retired to
50 the house aud fastened the doors and
"a windows, taking the ~pFecaution, how
- ever, to send z message to several Of US
81 in town. Of course the town in s few
"a moments wes IN q stir but we repre-
"a sented the case to the Sheriff, telling
I" him il he did not or could not afford
81 protection to the psrties IN danger. that
" We, the citizsns, would take it into our
" hands, and stop such outrsges. It
was ali done quietly, and, thank God,
this time at least trouble was averted.
1.-The Oaited States military are q
a. ~nOnentity here. They will taka M
'' steps against the militia or So oov-
Sc ernment-consequentIy are vo-sa H.
{" useless, being merely one nsa1-
"a whereby, deeper oppression M
81 perpetrsted, in case CLAYroN,g
IL groes fall to crush our people. We ca
. only hope and pray that further troD.
"a bic may be averted. 1 am rejolced =
81 thousand times that mother and sister
- were away from the effects of these
stroubles; bat, come what will, 1 have
: the happy and consoling thought that
{ you and they are safe from harm"
An intelligent and influential gentle