, 1869-01-07

AFFAIRS In ARKANSAS.

n Nfiu-EAt com ncAHp IL get tHelf 1u1lAon*dol1nT
oh through before the 18th OF March.
AFFAIRS IN ARKANSAS. !
from *Enara bs.sFfrt-ff.b.E nisFoprk. |
Bsnaasioun ora CT. nrEthle AIroc.
llEes tne Ku~Kiu1-WhY tho nj. !
Ifsia wsS Called Oui-Rcfsscutio IN Vt |
Uf ION d. en-. !
TO the Editor Of tho Washington Ctroai.le:
In an article In the EMHtay Express, OF the
Sth inst, devoted to Misrepresentation of |
st1ai1s 10 ark1nsas. occurs the following Ian.
guage: Is 1t not enough to make the blood
Of tha white man boil to read the accounts
whfcn come up from tuat State {Arkansas)"
I would answ.r it Is indeed, but fur different
reasons than those assigned By the sheet
tom which til. extract Ia taken. 1t Is enough
TO make man's blood boh to read the IL.
ing accounts In rebel Democratic papers; but
when these articles are copied aud recupied
by the Republican press, one Is at . loss f'r
language 10 express bis feelings. 1t should
By agents Of the Aseoclat d Press, who
are either rebels or directly In their interest.
It 1naY he asked Why these reports arc mol
cot1rndicted.
The reason Is that The reply wou3d not be
sent bY the As6ucllted Prr-s agents. so that
TtFi1tt NOulu purify CutGElHl-E
at individual expente, and would reach only
the papers 10 which thcY were sent. rhe re-
ports currently circulated through the coun-
try represent th~ militia as proWling, preda-
1ory bands, compos d OF negroes, and cnua-
mar d. by irresponsible parties, Whose only
and numbering Is they go. The people Of the
country might we'll conclude, from ,ch re-
port. currently glycu IN ali the Northern
papera, that the white rabcls of Arkansas arc
| the best abused people In the world.
| The oily facts recorded arc that there Is q
counties haye been placed under martial law.
The other portions Ut these reports arc pure
| fabric ations. I Viii hot trespass at any
| length ou your columns with = statement Vt
| the reatons why martial law Was proclaimed
and lie militia called INTO service, but vii
Of the counties the civil officers have b.cn
iorccd to resign, and In eutne instances ever
compelled by the ku-klu1 to recommend
members Of that organization for the posi-
tiDns thus MaGt vacant
l,urlnC the N nths Of August, Scntcnbcl
and October, soule twenty lcadi"g Republi
cans OF tic State werc murdered or severely
wounded py those tIlc-a6.dinY Ehut nitn
Anuug thu Victims were lion. James 1linds
| 1Iun. a. II. Johnson. Captain Mason, Hon
Joseph Brooks. and ft"n. Stephen "hrrrr
In uddlt on to these. over 200 colotrd 1l.l
| wcrc b1u,ully n,uroetcd ior political reaMls
Notwithstanding these ourakcs were know
throughout tue Stale, the aGeots o: tbs A*su
cialett Press did not give them to the puhllt
nor d,d the special coercspondcnf o. 81 J,
ihe srt;eel, cxccp, In Tho cuse of tho murl.
of ri Inn: s J4s.es lilnds aud woaulluE oi ilor
Joseph brooks, which waa Grutsiy uilarsk
resented: Il was ttste'l that the as-as.,
men were specially nsiecsionahlu !
the Radical party. iM, etatc!u.nt va
mado when It was we'll known thu! ITO
sass,u was follow by thc nnms of Gin I
l,ctnocrs tte Comtnlt,cc Tim tars that uiAr
wss the murderer was fuu Il hy ttt utlan
tnuns verdict OF tlle Corunerfs Jury. Lsk
be remembered TINT .peovious t" c.!,lnK o.
the thlitla mol a kiuslo case of retaliation u
,to part ut lilo Unl.p uicn has u1nr buc
: | clhrHc1.
Thc ,nnra'rrrrs IN many essca wore know
. and wrre hllt.wrd 10 live IN pcrjeGt tuclutt
{ In tho communities III wll'ch ;ho oute4g
WIRE cotn,ultlcd. II attempts wrru III 4,
!. deal With ilenl Oy tia elyit Law. thu '!llsci
4 were oreriMwered, kil1ca or driven olI !
d | meat notorious o, tfu1u assassins rudn ot
{ thc country tuhkinx speeches bJ !
t yltatiun, tu rAlch they uU4at Vi sls
4 uuiruHes. ln tytry part Of Tau ela
}cadfng rch'ls were continually q I'm thlll
opposition t, thr Stntp tsovrtument aud Il
It law. mada under II. Little Ruck WAS GRO
g ed ty rtflr.es tr.m tho ynad trratinuns
i. ttrtc prosecuted Individuals. tiov-rn
:, Clayton oti]ce WAS daily t'cstcKed by RS
= gccs bsEaipg protection from tno state
II tlc!r rights uniirr it, laws. Daily the IN
brought TO him ret.ston@ nnu,usuuaiy slgn
ID by toyul men. both wttto al.u coioret, pls.
u Ing With him to defend thrm IN THUR IL
u aud property.
| ,,sr Ut The t11rnns IN hts hands to asGc TIM
a. ttuth OF llv stnlcltht,t< mad xtla "tnti iu
u convinced that civil Law cuastt hut bu
10 | futcpd III tl sr cttint "a. he ~ Il Inst rus
tr doc nr martha, Law mud cal!et OFT . III
r, TN. n ,xnicu hu wu+ snsi att ID ~ thu INN
d ri,us vote vi tho i.ev!alatuto.. Ito 'utIl
U. f,4t te.,s to The Er1a In ~ &c nat treslp v
MI white tnrn, mini ri WHOM havu ErnIt
If. v,ro III lla tinted h'a'es volunteer Vt
It anrl, 4 ltis lRto war. ,,.-
u 'fht,c wnrp attacked BY IN "rxa"tssd y !,
W. IN Reylrr Coant,. QUO VI lh"'F atsMl'or XII
10 il t;4.yu,nor Clayton haa Hot orsanl1'st
III cutnrod Eulngera |, to the militia aofe
should he rnfpr!'ed.
ua kuow tust Govcrnor Clayton. ordsrs
III. very 6'rict In regard II III ,tulalatnG d
1T pIinc, n1!u respecting private property :"
,is. moi luuy, ln ths hand. Ut armed mn',, or III
OF in cppoa,ti n to law. Let IL bo rlnuihb
ess that d.riug the three mouths neTelnbe
or. namtd d. nut single on Of tue Ienel ssa
of vert puni-Ard by tue civil Or aay uthcr
cnt Ihey had iutl sway and carried OUT l
I'm. lamnabe schemes Wl.nouL l1al VI IN II
'er- ttou, knuwnc They ha! passive, II not acl
s. support irom the co 1.tnur!'i.s In which
atl, ! lire, Governor Clsysot Was lOlh to call
ny; thc militia during the cungas>, lcari:.
III. might lie Construed into 10 elec.IA
un. ing scheme, aud long bore INC ii; ::
ally | o3 j government which did uot protect II:
TO- lzens, and only consented when nit
.,sl- ho,e o. good orle, failed Heretofore 1
.ney the war it has been peace to the rebel, bee
the be has not bern tnoIesled; hut II ms
eci- war to the Unioh man, 'or not a GAY ~
t in In which some OF their pumoeF dlo n not
the b9 the hand OF the rebel asss t'n ate:
ec.- ing teen thus eoaded to dc:pe5auon'
on TInfon n1ru mare finally resolsed to
! 1ta Eeace 1t slt hazards. hey propose tt
ling FL isr enough sith The mli;la s,us, 70 q
ter that end. ana ~! Hnnut1" .od do;n.
offi- II, lon men are not Influenced III this mo-
.fnes malice. Their only ain Is the elloFce
res. of the Laws which guarantee equal Pr
rate, tiop to Ill perso:s. The obj Ct IL cert
'rrti- landabfe, AND the determinatton 10 ~
orsr. ou, Is -una,ter.bie. We ask the SYM
40. snd @ support Of the loyal men Of ths eou
,url. md clalm that Cur toEnearancs mas enl
ouIs Us 10 Euch consideratlon-
m:e, lmay add n CONCLUSION that private
ccn. | yicestfon re lb;e sources clearly soo"
path, the course being pursued Is haNns
.-est, s.Iutsry effect. Mnny OF the best Ut
,uds. who :. ere rebels during, the 'Har. and
,yery an. E opposed rccou ,.suc:iou sre no" d
were iug IN favor OF acknowledging the &C
oara- meut OF the State II properly coust1
roycrnuer and that It Is the duty
ro d cit;ztt1> 10 submit to It's anta
,1ess, This end ne sought lot - all otner
jn,ou before calling on The military, tae
:gezy ! going Will only cause tn 10y al men !!
7ht countrJ 10 fully invtsti4ate onf eonoal
d ter- A1knn1ns, and ~tl,h the tssttmony :.
a1fuag forming Their couciusIo, 8, nv ottect II
nd i tog viii be ,ully attained. YefF n z
atsng WA.u1so.o,. D. C.. Der. =, ls5s..
cou- .-nar C~rs In
ed 10 necneut'
West- The Superior Court, atler adtournt
r. 1a- Abbott murder ttiai Yesterday. sraute
tleth Toree TO nary l.. Wneo1, o. snls ss3
.sth the petitiouer to her maiden nauie, b
rtione Martin. This Is the teEm,nation {
,r.nr. case which has been termed the -
s.,fa-s Ardeun. case, because Mrs; W1lco:
Il was 3.ttIleyine her first husband Il 'hn q.
~. to TO be dead. che married another ma
which af,ern a, her 1tst husband tnrned
,v for this case,. however; as onr readers
crpTI. mamber, the first husband din not
,nbary and utholdipg the felicity Of bis WI
npany i'm about and die, nor ha9 ne pke
ted b. been CAST a"as " TX a5'f., hao,, 41 ~ :,
~ H. fiom which he did rot at once
Leg is to MS VIC, rs ~ n.4n1 oasG ~
1attar return brought suit again ct hts 7
,1s,;on hicsmy, aud another sV.tost her seen
nsttng batd. Berfamin Hotchkls<. 'or a,
.,Tions Neither charge vas -ustatned, the Cit
:sers IN ac4ulttlpg both honorah]y, unc,it