, 1870-07-26

pie Yesterday {AloudAyJ Was the appointed
day Of General Leach and 3Ir. Scott, can.
d!dates for Congress, to address, the 1,,aols 4,
tars"ei. kLk, with portion Of his COM
maud. about ESQ III humber, reached Yam .cy-
Vile about ha1f-ra.t o'clock p. IN Jas; a.
Sr. scett had conin,euce., liz erccch. fileel ill.,
tnen INTO ifle enclosure and around the Court
House. then filled with people, and then
placed his guard al the catrance OF the square,
with ordt n to let no one raes ont Hts then
proceeded To arrest Sheriff Graham, tue Hon.
;Shn n1 = he"' non; HAN Samuel +. iIt.I, !t!!I,
the former siltritY, Wiley, and ten others Of
the most respectable, lAw-loviog. anil law-
abiding citizens Of the county. No can=e A.
signed aud no warrant uf authority given in
any hiugte instance. The.e men, a. tlcr were
a1Eested. were confined in the various roor,4
OF the Coutt House. the Afamanre prisoners
having l,een culiinptl in one uf tue looms uheu
the cuutnsnl tirst arrived. Colonel Withese.
who. II at nilicer Of tue county. occupie
room III the Court IIouse, was iufced ty Kirk
to rAcate his room for this purpose aud to re-
move il1H bed and baggage. While Leach was
speaking, squad OF soldiers was sent INTO the
court ioo1n to arrest one Of tile Oldest and
most respectable citizens Of tho
T. county, ". B. Dove. The officer iii cum
mand asled him il Bowe wAs lus uame Epon
his 1epl,ing that it WAS. LIE Was told 10 con-
s'deI hlm-. II under arrest. s. By Whist Auhur1-
~ asLed Dowe 1n ntucl. louder aud nore ILL
solent so1,e the ran,e thing was repent..l-
Consider yourself under arrest. sir. aud at
the same time the officer put ont HE hand
If to take him by the collar, when Mr.. Da*e
Put out his LanM agaiiet tile officer i i,t:A.'.
stepped back. and desired again 10 know by
what autlsut7ly. The uau IN command ot titc
squad thtu ra:kri hih pistol II l.owe'E fare a',1
attempted to fire. The csp e,r',i'-1, ha' ~
Co.oHcl fin,sia, Who Was s,Andiug ts. kn.ci;rl
~ the |ti-t"t-a larse-rix.=l ,ra.r r.p.A,er.
The soldiers then commenced <einl. tie e.7r..
'.:'iH.ui thu damned rascal. kill the da71..sd
1rla. LII the last damned one Of thc.n."
There cries were taken up OH the out -!sle, .:,l
t"f while it te"me1i IA il all ls-i:am hal
broken ioosv-olticrrs and mesl a,iAu siIuut-
it's aid curesuS-tLt wLulr cumuiaui .,u
the outside. With m%sk.ss cD:kcI
and pointed to tlle windows. de .lalr;,g tYl.,r
at the window. OF course there wAs i'd ap-
l'easallce- FINAL; the ntlnsl returned II. the
outside having '{efori1rtl their pr -nncr- m |
confinement Ill one Of the Toon1 below, when |
uniet Was reesO1cd.i though tIe whole command
remained with rochtai guns in tIp III ti.e otit-
a'dt i"r considerable TIM. thereafter. The
ctirr crnmd nf citizens was kept in the ,s,rt
i.a'iu until ) O'Clock, with two Or three eAsep-
i1otr, who we're IIahecl ont BY the -1rsItl |
rder OF Liil. The curoner aud every man who |
had been lit any way concerned with tle Curo-
ust inquest upon tue body Of Stephens wero
From, private letter from a gcntlenl1n Of
tho hlEs,crt charactcr 1 take Tins extract: ~ |
s&w All officer viii, lia hand o,, Judge karrs !
lack. With his pistol cooked and c1cIftl with
liquor, and WaH only prevented! from mis- shirf
'ty h!s tnp.rihr, in whore custody Mr. Kerr
"as. olont OF these mon arrested arc oil.
Er.y-Acatel citizeas, standing NJ high AZ the |
highest. both i'll tho various churches and the
community. These facts may 10 relied
OIL. They CON. lH,til t,s letter and IRON
one OF our citizens Of um1oubted re1ia-
t:llty. who was present at Tancevvillc anl
All eye witness Of the proceedings though lie
Was hot iuridc the Court Ill-;), and left there
last night. The people there. AZ we'll a. here,
are excited and deeply Indignant, hut ,loin
all they can to keep cool and to prevent riot
and bloudsl,etl. Il it e1pedi,nt to hold pull
lie mcctinsr. ~l.all lie -il' grin. and ell
tiure III Negroes were u-.4i III pnt. 10 the
various squads engaged in making .i,- arte-ts
We, hire iii Greensboro, lave hccn war1,el
that we we're to furnish our quota to the army
uf kitk'e pfieouers