Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-08

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Arkansas, makes the outside of tina
charnel house look quite fair tits wha
we might have expected, and did ex'
u.ct. when we saw the public notice o
The mission of that officer, which should
have been kept secret pending the pro-
posed examination. We feared and sug
gested that he would be dined, feted and
taken in hand by Clayton and Company
and the truth concealed, instead OF being
exposed. It is impossible that so many
| we'll authenticated reports OF outrage on
outrage should reach as, and the militia
be under proper control, and to such an
extent blameless as the report repre-
SCENTS. We find the following further
details in this mornings Apa!dnche :,
Clayton's loyal bloodhounds are still
numbering, plundering and outrag'ng
| the unfortunate people of Arkansas.
Only day or two since they fell upon
| a most peaceable and unoifending citi-
zen by the name of billiard, 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 Madison, 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 and building in the place, regard
less of locks and keys, and the citizens
are fleeing in every direction, leaving
eyervthing behind.
One hundred and thirty were expected
Yesterday evening at Hope6eld, where
they also have large number OF stolen
horses.
We heard of two other men who were
shot down day or two ago, near Madi-
sen, but failed to learn their names.
Yesterday the steamer Linton was
boarded, near Madison, by number OF
officers and privates, who robbed the bar,
cursed the officers of the boat, telling
them that they were all id ku-Kluxes,
and ordering them to leave. As the boat
moved of it was fred into, the barkeeper
barely escaping with his life.
The citizens are reported as hiding IN
the woods, and business entirely sus-
pended.
A number of refugees arrived yester-
day evening hunted down like dogs, and
who had to flee for their lives.
Among the outrages committed by
these thieving vsgabonds yesterday, was
the following, upon three well known and
respectable citizens of Hsrdemsn county,
Tennessee -Messrs. l.. NJ. Bray, John
Thompson and Archibald Mayfield-who
have been hack of Crowley's Ridge, to
purchase land:
They reached Mound City, from Ma
rion, in the afternoon, and stepped
aboard the ferry-boat to come to Mem
phis. Before the little steamer left,
company of militia, commanded by
man supposed to be white, came aboard
aud arrested the three gentlemen. In re-
ply to questions, they were informed that
they must 90 back to Madison at once.
They were placed under guard and sent
back. For nearly half the distance, and
especially on reaching muddy places,
the prisoners were compelled, at the
point of the bsyonet, to " double-quiek,.
and their ears were RECALLED with such
choice epithets from their negro custo'
dams as i'd rebels" and id ku-
Klux."
Once in Marion they we're taken before
Col, McWrsy for examination. The white
officer who effected the arrest finally ar
rived and testified, He pronounced
Messrs. Bray, Thompson and Mayheld,
three men whom he had for sometime
particularly desired to captures said they
were Ku-Klux, aud had been melting re-
sistarce. Two or three negro militia,
whom the prisoners never saw before,
swore to personal knowledge of them for
two or three years, aud pretended to
identify their horses as the property OF
certain loyal" colored people in the
county.
Unfortunately for the rascsls, they
proved entirely too much. The pris-
ouers found no difficulty in establishing
that they had been in the State only
three weeks, and in that immediate Sec
ton simply yhile making the trip to and
from the river. Everything evorn to
by the white officer and blacks vas so
clearly shown to be lies that the Colonel,
though stepped in infamy, was com
PEELED to order the release OF the prs
oners, who regained the river late in the
evening, fortunately in time to be ferried
to Memphis.
The above are fair samples of the out
RACES daily committed by order of Gov
ernor Clayton on law,abiding people,
unfortunate enough to fall into his
clutches. These outrages are all in the
name of "loyslty all designed to
strengthen the government and illustrate
the beauties Of reconstruction as ordered
by Congress and executed by carpet
baggers and scalawsgs; and he who cries
out against {. Is denounced by the
Radical press of the country as Trebel
and traitor :. - :hc hes. hes. ;.s-cc.
the werld ever saw" Late reports from
parties lust from Camden, on the
Ouachita, give the following particulars
of outrages committed, very recently, BY
the negro militia appointed by Governor
Clayton, the Radical Governor OF
Arkansas:
sin Ashley county, they robbed Mr..
Wimberly, merchant Of Petersburg, o.
81 bis money, clothing, bed-clothing,
aud OF everything that YES Of any ser,
vice whatever; robbed Mr.. Pugh, a mer-
chant Of Orion, of all his goods and
money; robbed Mr.. A. W. Files, mer.
chant ef Hamburg, Of all bis goods,
caught him, and BY threats induced him
to pay $1,000 in greenbacks and $1,000 in
gold, 10 order to have his life spared
and to be turned loosei met some
ladies going to G little social dance
in the country; robbed them Of
their bonnets and shawls, and made
them dance in the road injured Messrs.
Files 4 Norris at Marie Saline, to con-
siderable extent by plundering their
warehouse, They are robbing the pso-
pie Of all their corn and provisions, mules
and horses, guns and pistols, which they
either destroy or appropriate 10 their own
use. They do not spare mans purse,