Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-09
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| From the Meridian Mercury. June l..
| The county of Kemper has been
Invaded byJsomething of an army
| Of Federal soldiers, with all the
| Pomp and parade Of, glorious war.
| We have heard Of no hostile forces
| in Kemper TO oppose them-neither
bush whackers, guerrillas, nor regu-
lar. Still the campaign has not
been without excitement, as will
appear. These troops are divided
into small squads, and, guided by
negroes, take by-paths, come sud-
denly upon citizens, such, no doubt,
as have been spotted for them by a
little Radical clique of the county,
and with arms presented demand a
surrender, which in most cases has
been promptly made. Up to latest,
accounts, in this way they have
succeeded in arresting ten OF the,
citizens Of the county, to wit: J. III.
Bal, jimmy Terry, Frank Ross, {
Tom Wilson, two of the Newels,
Pulaski Gray, one or more of the
Parkers, and one of the Edwardses.
b. On Friday, an attempt was made
to arrest George Alexander. "A
negro plotted the squad to where
he was at work in his new ground, |
but, having an idea that, if legs
were good for any thing, they were
good to get man out of the way
of harm, the valiant squad wit
messed a sight they didn't often see
during the four years next preced-
ing the last pasta Southcrner
flying before them for dear life like
a frightened deer. They had an
exciting chase of three miles, but
the Southerner won the race, and
is now probably fighting mosqui-
toes in some dense swamp, sleeping
in a hollow log, and living daintily
on blue whortleberries, where the
valiant boys in blue and their sable
guides don't know where to hunt
him. , ~ 81 ~
1 "a squad went for another man.
They thought they had him suro
rounded, and were sure of him;
but, seeing no other chance of es-
cape, he went into a hole in the
ground and pulled the hole in after
him. They are 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 ball. -l4t
4 Ten prisoners have been brought
into camp at Lauderdale, and are
held there in close confinement un-
der guard. We heard a squad of
negroes discussing the matter yes
terday morning in a fervor of ex-
ultation "Dem Kukluxes got .Ku-
kluxed deyselves dis time. Amt /
glad. Whether the exultant negro
was posted about their being Ku-
klux, we don't know. We believe,
from information, that his rejoicing
at their being handcutfed was with
out cause. The prisoners are kept
in close confinement, strictly guard
ed, and nobody allowed to speak
TO them. At least, we know a
party whc went to Lauderdale to
sec them, and learning from outs
siders that it would be useless 10,
did not make the effort. pa.
When the news that these arrests
were made was first received here,
to the inquiry, what for 2 we heard
it lglibly asserted that a negro had
been killed. That is very likely,
but we have not been able to learn
of time, place and circumstance.
We have no reason to believe,
from anything we know of the
condition Of Kemper, that if q
crime has been committed, the
criminal could not have been pro-
ceeded against successfully in the
ordinary way of affidavit and civil
process. LCS.tE -
Radical pimps ofmiiitary author
ity, we suspect, are at the bottom
of these high-handed proceedings
in Kemper.- ELti