The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-08-04
RADICAL RULE IN -
CAROLINA. IN
Doings Of he North Car.E.
arbitrary Arresis and a. -''''.a-
WhiPpinga Railroad 49,
FROM Tie Raleigh ~. q e..,,

From the Raleigh N. c. sen,,.,
The following letter sets 49,, guy E
the brutal manner In which k,s5i ia detH
esPerAu3es are executing the a 1la
o oi, s,,o :. " i,, from gentleman of1s
GREENsBoRo' y. g. JulyIs,-
GENTLEMEN On Sunday
camped siN miles from lan,s-snt k.
MS Alamance prisoners, seven NJ ,gle nj.
Ohe OF these. old man Hender.+tA lAof.
ABOUT slNty-lNe years ~ ace. a,i '.1H
years cripple. YESTERDAY NJ iof a.-
the appointed day Of General osllal b
scott candidates for ConVrees Artk
the people OF Caswell. Kirk. 49, a,.
ton 81 us command, about 250 ir d.
reached lanceyyille about ~ .l.1s,
O'Clock, y. m. Just a. Mr.. Scofi I.
lhenced MS speech; filed hR me-
I nSl1sute anu around tie Court-ho..-
filled with people, and then t,is,..'liI,,u.ie ~
az the entrance OF the suuarg .A Oh.
70 allow no one to pass out az .l a.r.
ceedcd 10 arrest sheriff Grinfl .0 ir.
John Kerr, Hon. Samuel Il. mn Nv. ht
Roam, j. NJ. Neal. the forpes nf AN
and ten others Of the most re.r,..'..' Il, v ..f.
| loving and law-abidng Citizen. .,,..ia llt.
| ~. No cause assigned. and nj ~. ", ea..
authority given in any sinoi., -I'aal
These men. ms they were arrested ',,..li..
| fined Ia the various room. of ,'t
house, the Alamaucc prisoner b.,1
conhneu ~ one 81 the rooms WHOM 3.
mhhc hIst arrived. Colonel WrLs-
a. an olheeI OF tie county orcup.eI
ia Tue Iourt-house' was forced IN Ej.l
yaeate his room for this purposs N.h
move his bed aud baggage Wt ttl F r
was speaking, a squad 81 solIies' A.a'
| into the courtroom 90 arrest az.
| Oldest aud most respectable ritj,.r y or
county, W. b. BoWe. The onis.. y. a
mand asked him II BoWo Ma .l 'oa.
I Upon his replying that Ii Ma ~ NA.ae-
20 consider himself under arrest .5 - ..
authority z" asked Bowe. I0am.. H.E
and more insolent tone, the s,me y, .lliH
repeated-"Consider yourself IN .lk pa
sir and at the same time the og'.l.' Asie'-
his hand as IL % take him hy basor ll' '.i
MIR. Bowe put ont ms hant agaibftt.t.N
GERS breast stepped back and desired ...
90 know by what AUTHORITY. T,s -A.N
command Of the squad then u,Is.l XIV
tOl 20 BOwe's face and attemufa5 Nv
The cap exploded, bat the pisto. J.i ~
of. As the hammer fell Colonel p,
who was standing BY, knocked A.
Zle OF the pistol-a large-sizod niyyr..
err. The soldiers then commenced !.
the cries, "shoOt the damned rsmI tm
damned rebs, XIII the last damned ~.
them" These cries were taken ub ~.
outside, md for "a while &c seemed 4. t
bedlam had broken lOOse-ohicprs sef
alike shouting and cursing-thc whole.
mand on the outside, with muskcs ~.
? and pointed 20 the windows, docaHrrr
intention 20 shoot the first man Who aa,...
cd nc the window. or course Thorn "a.
appearance" Finally the SQUAD r.m,.
20 the outside. having deposited uaru.
oners in confinement Ia one of hs ~.
below, when quiet was restored hoHH
whole command remained with cooked IL.
In line on the outside for a cOnsiderabft-|
, thereafter. The entire crowd of fHl-|
was kept In the court room until hye6e.4
with two or three exceptions. who ua
J passed out by the special order of Kr. \
( The Coroner aud every man who had I'll
Ia any way connected with me C0f0Ha,
quest upon the body Of stephens wefar
prisoners, except the negro jurors
5 From "A private letter from o gpnHfnr
p the highest character ] take this fitr
Il saw an officer with Dis hand oH j. !.
Kerr's back, with his pistol cooked arl u.
r cited with liquor, and was only pryH
from mischlefby his superior iu Wh0e-
tody Mr.. Kerr was Most of these
, arrested are Old, gray-headod c.lir
standing as high as the highest, both Ha
3 various churches and the community. I#
, facts may be relied on. They come Dob
letter and from one Of our citizens Of
doubted reliability, who was prtH
Eanceyville and an eye witness OF Ne r
= ceedings Though be was not insIi.
, Courthouse and left there last night
, people there, ~ well as here. arc rrt
aud deeply indignant, but doing a ..
I can 70 Keep cool aud 10 prevent rrt
! blOodshed. Is II eXpcdieut 90 bold r..
, meetings, or shall we he still, grim aul
dure ~ Negros were used o. pilot 20 .
= various squads engaged in making ilc
3 rests. We, here IN Greensboro, have Del
warned that we were b. furnish ou I1r
20 the army Of Kinks prisoners