The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-08-10
The Bavonet in North Carolina.

The Bayonet in North Carolina.
The state of affairs in the counties of Aamance and
Casswel is deplorable 1t was charged by Gov Holden
that these counties were in state of outawry falsely,
no unprejudiced mind will doubt, whereupon he de-
clares them under martial law; imports scoundrel
from Tennessee by the name of Kirk, who is placed
in command of negro militia end arrests and i'm
prisons many quiet and respectable men, denying
them the right of the writ of habeas corpas merely
upon the ground that they could have prevented these
pretended outrages. A Mr.. Frank Wiley, whom the
United States officer who arrested him, calls of
the braves men he saw, seems to have been ar
rested upon the vague charge that be had said he
wasn't afraid of thousand men, badly beaten,
tied on bareback horse and taken to Yanceyvlle and
imprisoned.
The Hillsboro Recorder gives the following account
of how some of the arrests were made
Kinks troops arrived in the suburbs of Yanceyvile
Monday evening about 2 o'clock. There was going
on in the courthouse political meeting-a discussion
between Leach and Scott Kirk waited outside of the
town till the courthouse filed and the speaking
had begun Then be marched in and depoyed his
men in and around the room. The door was closed !;
and ther Kirk made the first arrest. Going up to
Sheriff Griffith, who stood in the vestibue, with ps
to cooked in his hand, he laid his hand on him and
said: "You are my prisoner" Griffith asked: "By
what authority" ''Yonder is my authority" replied
Kirk, pointing, as he spoke to his armed men. The
courthouse then kept closed for several hours,
and the balance of the arrests made in good order,
till late in the evening" when big row came nigh
coming off from the arrest made OF w. b. Bowie
ESQ. Mr. Bowie is an old gentleman, and one as full
of stout pluck as an egg is of meat. Late in the
ing, major of Kinks command walked up to him
and said, You are my prisoner" Mr. Bowie asked,
" By what authority do you arrest nue. ?" The officer
replied, II can't give my authority" Mr.. Bowie
hereupon as told struck him in the face twice
This created the greatest and most fearful confusion
Soldiers ran their muskets in at the windows; Mr..
Bowie was once twice dubbed with their guns ps-
tolls and guns were brought to bear on him; dozen
caps exploded in the courtroom; officers and
citizens and soldiers crying, halt!' while out
doors the and children praying the soldiers
and people to have mercy" 1t is fortunate that the
affair is no worse
Among the arrests was that of small boy nine
years DID, whereupon old United States soldier was
heard to suggest that they would be after taking
up cats and dogs.
We are so perfectly we'll satisfied that lying is the
principal stock in trade of Southern Radicals that the
accounts sent Washington of the state of affairs in
North Carolina would not have a feathers weight with
US. The thing is in nutshell. Holden wishes to in
uence the approaching elections, and gets up these
" disturbances for the occasion. We have in this
State and parish had too much experience to fail to
cognise the trail of the serpent.
It. is said that the report of the Russian Minister of
War shows that the Russian army possesses 566 1882
needle guns, and that 100000 metal cartridges
manufactured daily in the arsenas of Russia If this
possesses the very great advantages claimed for
it, it is passing strange that Napoleon, after giving
it, must suppose thorough trial, should have
ected it in favor of the chassepot. Our dispatches
would convey the idea that the revolving cannon the
proper name of which telegraph operators in Wash
ington and New York seem not to have yet learned,
will cast the needle gun completely in the shade. We
do not know the popularity Of these guns. The name
would indicate that grape shot discharged from
them and yet that is incompatible with the idea of
long range. Mr.. E. J. Leman informs that " nit
railleuse" is the proper spelling 1t is said that it
can be fred forty times minute. We presume it
is so arranged that while one of the pieces, if we
might so say being fired the others are being loaded
and by revolving are brought to bear, each in its
turn. However, we are pretty much at sea on this
subject. Suffice it, that it is novel improve
ment in gunnery which is claimed by the French to
be superior to anything now in use.
The following; gentlemen have declared themselves
candidates for sheriff of De Soto parish subject to the
nomination of = Democratic convention: Robert T.
Carr, for reelection; James P. Cafey, j. NJ sansom
w. C. Reynolds and j. W. Allen. J. P. McElroy as
We have before noticed, runs upon his merits. We do
not know Mr. McEroy, but fear that the man who at
this uncture, (when it is vitality important to re-
deem the State from Radical misrule which is rapidly
running it into hopeless bankruptcy is willing to
weaken the Democratic party by dividing it, permits
his personal interests to take precedence of his
patriotism. We assume that caucuses, to which the
gentleman expresses himself opposed, are not now,
(whatever might have been their character in the old
party contests before the war; merely the tricks of
party or of cques used to forward the aims of cross
road politicians in reaching the pinnacle of their
ambition, were it to nomination for Congress
or constable. On the contrary, we hope and believe
that every is actuated by an honest desire to
shake off this old of the sea, typifed by Radi.
calism, who has been sadded upon us by the mag
nanimity of the conquering North. He must be
shaken off by strong efforts for it seems he will never
be made drunk by spos. His passion for pilfering
and capacity to hide are too great to permit us to
hope that he will fall from repleton.
The man, then, who is willing from motives of
personal aggrandizement, political pecuniary to
jeopardize the success of cause of such vital i'm.
porance to the wellbeng of the country, must needs
be deficient either in head or heart
What terrible excitement we should have wit.
messed upon the victory of the English yacht Cam
bria over the Dauntess-if it only by one hour
and fifteen minutes, and if the Dauntless did lose
two or three hours in picking up couple of her
who saw proper to be knocked overboard-what an