Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-18
oUTRAeEs IN ARKANSAS.
Bands Of Armed Marauders, Black and
White, Securing crittenden County.
Two Parties Of MemphIans Robbed and
Beaten Nearly to Death.
Thsy are Threatened with Hanging, but are
Rescued.
A Reign Of Terror.

For several months past profound peace
and quiet have reigned throughout the
length and breadth of Arkansas.
Having, with his brutal, ignorant and
%ferocious negro militia, carried hre and
sword to the nethermost ends of the
state; having tortured and murdered her
sons; having given over her daughters TO
the lust of his negro tends; having
robbed her public treasury and stolen or
destroyed the property aud effects of her
peoples; having, in a sentence, converted a
once free, happy and hOurishing state
into a mi itary satrapy, with no laws but
ms VIII, Clayton turned his attention 10
Specializing IN railroad bonds, and in pur-
suiJO of the project which has in a few snort
months Welded hiu untold wealth, forget
or fOrebore to Oppress and destroy, and rs
we said peace quiet has reigned within
her borders. Undcr their benign Il
ences the people began again 70 be Cheer
fui. and the dark aud deVilish scenes of
murder aud ruin were beginning 10 fad
from TIER (and our memory; or, if re-
mefubered, were only thought of as a hid
eous dream OF he past. But we fear, from
the news received by us from Crit
tenden county last night, that there
is about TO be q rude and ter
ribible awakening from this happy
period. We learn that armed bands of
~marauders, comprising negroes and whites
in their ranks, are providing through Crit
tenden county, and on Sunday committed
Two DARING oUrRAGEs
on citizens of this city. How many others
we're perpetrated we have no means of
knowing as yet. The first OF these was
committed fourteen miles back Of Hope
field. Two men, named Peter McCelley
and N. O'Farrell, were waylaid Ia the
road by a gang or aCout thirty persons,
two of whom, with pistols cooked, conf
mauded them to surrender their valua-
bIes. Finding resistance vain, they gave
up all their money, amounting to
over eight hundred dollars, mostly
in gold, and their other valuables. The
~rufliaus having possessed themselves or
the plumber, Messrs. McCellsy and Oar
reIl fell upon them, and beat them nearly
20 death. and lett them in the road. They
made their way to this city, reaching it
YESTERDAY evening. They heard before
reaching town, that the two men who rob-
bed them, were then in Mound City.
When we saw them last evening, they
were having their wounds and bruises
dressed, and they presented a sorry spec
tacle.
ANOTHER.
Two gentlemen well known in river cir
cles, named John Sherman q - Kun
kle, went over to Hepetield, on Sunday
afternoon. fishing, taking with them a
supply of lunch, provisions, etc. Having
been successful in their sport, tbeylighted
a fire and cooked their fish. Just as they
were proceeding TO sat them, hOwever,they
were suddenly surrounded by "A band or
armed negroes, who pointed their guns
and pistols At them and commanded them
to surrender. They did 50, Of course, and
their captOrs, after putting aguard over
them, deliberately ate up their hsh and
A. r---E. - anVaUGaA thar an
petite the ringledders searched the prison
ers, and after going through them, old
them that they must die. a rope
was produced, and every prepare
lion was made for a speedy
execution OF the sentence. While the
prisoners were pleading for life, q party
of s~teamboatmsu from Mound Cltv came
up, and recognizing Sherman and kunkle
intercseded for them. The negroes wore
that they were robbers, n had been
plundering them, and that they should
hang. They finally, however, were in
duced to release h prisoners, who lost
no time getting over TO this side.
oIP ACTION
must be taken by tbs authorities in this
matter. What this sudden uprising Of
these bands may mean, we do not know
and cannot imagine, unless it be TO give
CLAYTON some excuse to put the county
under martial law and call on the mill
tia. thus giving them employment, and
unlimited opportunities for plumber. We
viii know shortly.
4 BEAUTIFUL lot OF dress goods offered
this week at twenty-five cents per yard.
HERZOG IL BRO.
REMNANTS to be closed out at
MENKEN BROS.
A GENERAL REDUCTIONS 1t B. Lowen-
stein & Bros.
WIoGANs IS THORN have just finished