Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-13
ARKANSAS.
State OF Affairs by a Radical
Correspondent.
He VeriGes the Worst that has
ben said.

From The Cincinnati Commercial OF Monday.
The Democratic or rebel party, 10 sd
ditiOn to the above, makes up the aJcie
ty here. Iu $ State where there 81 4,
many cor f etiEg elements, it Is u0 sur
Drising that frequent violations Il IaN
and order should trsnsplrs.
Murders were belly committed IN or
der TO crafty psrsOuaI spite and emily
But with the evidence in most OF thest
cases there IL DOge 10 chRrseteriZs any
Of them IS political assassination. II
40 Instance have the murdereTs beer
brought to justice, or even accurately
discovered as the perpetrators Of the
deed. La no instance have the civil au
thOrities ate empted to arrest the guilty
parties and met with determined OpDOsi-
tiOn. From sll that can be gathered or
the subject l cannot ascertain that the
5heriffJ have tiled to exert their su-
thority to the full extent Of the laws.
In one Of the counties nov under mar
tlal law, committee Of eiGzsEs repre-
seutad 10 the Sheriff that one hundred
men would bind themselves to accOmpa-
ny him, ct any time OF the day OF night,
to assist III enforcing civil authority.
Yet martial law was declared Ia this
very county, Notwithstanding this effo {
} TO avert or render It unnecessary. OIL
I GERS were appointed to organ the m;-
litiR. The State was divided into fCUT
/ districts. Generals CatteEsOn, Mallory
and anOt2e-, we're sent 10 the ) ulhern
Districts, while Gen. Uphsm took conn.,
/ mand OF the Northern. Whether Gov.
( Clayton had any right To declare martial
law, is not the question for discussion in
this article; bul the measure was IN
dORDtsdiy luxurious to the country. L.
will be seen by every reasoning mind
that persons Of pr0perty-u.erchau al
faTmers-H5uIC not iesve their business
6nd their crops to attend the bidding OF
q military chieftsin; consequently the
only material Of sChich force could be
raised IOGs The class I haze described "a
border rt.Didiis, tCaO Ol5H no property aid
hare nat The slightest interest IN the tCcl-
fare Of The peoP'e, bUt sueJy thing 20 gain
ba con nfttsio73 and StrJ6
D. f. J'phGB5 is q nan Of this stripe
He ssTUed az neither army, Uld has not
one qualification d q patriot or q soldier
Since The lUTr, JQijHg 10 MAKE q living Gi
his iegitiDluts business, lghich is keeping
saloon, he selected politics as O field J0F
Ais talents and q sphere ia t0hica 10 raise
u fortune u3t0 name. Having excited
snmity by speeches and bsTSDEues, Il il
not stTar q that he was fred upon while
riding along an az frg quented road but
Il IS singuisr that Gov. Clayton should
appoint Il mSa t. Clig5 Ia county
where he mad personal jury 10 syenge.
G. II. Upham commenced organizing his
force 81 B5tesvite, aad on the nCrlirg
of the tn Of D5esm u Der. 1868, he entered
Augusta with seventy men, which fQrce
has since been augmented 10 nearly one
Thousand. From the moment OF has hrs5
appearance there has been an entire
cessation Of business, and the most IN
qualified tyranny has taken It's place.
Now it is evident that tbs population Of
that thriving little towD, which numbers
over q thousand Inhabitants, sould have
easily killed every one o. Upham's orig
iDal force, its gallant commander in
cluded, had they been disposed TO resist.
But they were not, and for what reason ?
Tdey feared the political consequences
ard preferred to ses their houses entered,
their provisions a. i furniture seiz q, snd
themselves thrown into custody, to rails
iDg hand FOR protection OF ;heir lives,
liberty and property from the absolute
control and disposition Of a military des-
pot. Not q General during the recent
COT Il ct had such unlimited opportunity
for carrying cut his designs as UPham
now Possesses, an army could &c trans.
ported from Washington 10 Cincinnati
sooner than message could reach u o.
hSm from the cspitRl Of Arkansas il he
disregaT d ID the wires. fet there he is
with iawiess and uDgOvernab,e band
When l visited Augusta, the seat OF
war, OF the 1st OF January, several bun
dred Of the " IMllish, ," as they cGN them
seiues, f0cked dora 10 the landing 10 gaze
on the steamer. Such q sqltGiid, HliseFd-
Die looking set GJ creatures can sEGTeeig ts
conceded Of ty any one lgt0 has not tain
IN Lfb6Y or AHdsFSOEU}ite prisons. They
pay no tdres, have no location, and are
almost acIaOu5 name o. identity. Cast
of Confederate and Federal unll0rms
were the best clothes J saw, while the
moiety Of the,a sniy covered their na.
kedDess by blankets, shawls and old
wrappings OF cotton bales and b3gging
materisL The most Of them dourished
pistols OF every dcscI lptiOn, FROM the old
flint lock to the mOdsTn revolver. In
playful manner they would point these
81 the pa seagers on the steamer, who
evidently did not appreciate the sport.
The General and stsff occupy the largest
house in the town, which is strong
ly stoakadsd with CedsF poles, aud
the rank and file are GusrtCred
Ia d dwellings. TheFs are bat few negro
soldiers, aud thsGs are only used for e.
tigue duty. / found one pacing befyIe
the headquarters with musket and an
old silk hat. This Is q specimen Of the
militia government, and I feel cOnuiEaced
that an experienced person tC0uld prefer
the sGv1ge5 qf A5ygstgig as Tlstefs.
RdGj0Gfs ard rebels unite ill condo Rlaleg
the measures, as no distinction IS made
6stt0eeB them. Oae Of tins most tUh4sG-
tisl eitzsns of sn aJj)ini1y cluuiy, q
firm supporter Of the Republican party,
who did not sppFehspd the siigE test dah
ger, wss arrested by Gea. Uphsm, while
saying his respects to that officer, and
thrown into prison. This was for sd
vising the farmers OF his own county to
remain 81 home and attend TO their eTops,
He was only released Dy direct interfaTs
euce Of the Governor, after several days.
confinement.
Wherever the militia are this state Of
tdsC,esSneSs prepd3s. What motive the !
Governor has It is difficult 70 IS ss;ertsis. |
He vent into the House OF Representa- |
tiyes while 8 resolution ind0Isipg bis /
declaration OF martial law WAS u1deT /
consideration and by his presence pfoba- |
bly, gained many votes fer the measure. /
How long IL will continue Is also uncer- /
tain, IS the matter lies wholly with its /
That the desire of all par /
ties Is to have peace and trGnguility 0cR /
be seen from the readiness and j0y ptth /
which officers Of the U,aited S2otes army |
toere received, Goh0 Egeye supposed 10 c98le !
ToT sAe pnrp9se Of tayestigGtilag Etese /
troubles Gen. Ayres arrived at Devaiis
B aft, and proceeded to Augusta on the |
same steamer, He had an interview |
with Gen. UphRm, but Of an entirely !
unofficial character, He returned by the /
same steamer and arrived at Little Rock /
to-day. He, Ia the character Ct Inspee /
tor General OF the Department OF Ley /
isiana, will visit the different military |
posts in Arkansas. II Is probable that |
he may make some Re port of other mat
ters, but his visit is not for that purpose |
In Cincinnati, Diaeteeu women have |
10 nsd an Equal seftfaxe Society.