Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-01
will put it through. The rebels must
be punished and subjugated before the
country will have peaGe.

ers have You arrested?
Colonel-I have twenty. There
are two more to be arrested, and Twill
90 for them and get them, too.
Correspondent = What are the
charges against them?
| Colonel am not at liberty to say
1 what the exact charges are, but they
are arrested for Ku-Kluxing and de
nying Union men a right to free
vote.
Correspondent-By what tribunal
will they be tried?
Colonel-The court is already or.
dered 10 try them, and they will have
a fair and impartial trial. II found
guilty they will certainly suffer for
their crimes.
CorrespOndent-Did you make the
arrests of your oWn accord, or were
you instructed TO make them?
Colonel was given a list OF the
names of every man | arrested. /
am obeying the orders of the Gov
ernor, and / intend to carry them out.
NO ADMISSION TO THE PRISONERS.
Correspondent would like to see
the prisoners and have talk with
them, if you have no objection.
COlonel-That L can't allow. Up to
yesterday l allowed their friends to
see them, but since then | have given
orders that nobody shall be admitted
to converse with them.
lie WILL HOLD THE PRISONERS.
Correspondent - Have you heard
that Chief Justice Pearson has decided
that the hdbeGS corpus in the cases of
these prisoners must be obeyed?
COlOnel--NO, have not.
Correspondence Chief Justice
has so decided, and has ordered the
Marshal of the Supreme Court to
bring the parties before him.
COIOnel-Well, the Marshal may
come, but / viii never give up the
prisoners without an order from Gov
ernOr Holden. l will hold them while
there is a man left of my command.
COrrespondent-But the Chief JUS
tice decides that civil law is supreme.
How will you get over that?
COlOuel-IIere is a letter from Gov
ernOr Holden, of date the 22d inst.
1.-THE day the decision was rendered.,
in which he says: "Chief Justice Pear
son has delivered his opinion in the
habeGs corpus cases to-day, and he
substantially sustains me. am also
gratilied to state that President Grant
approves my course, and he has or
dered the best halt regiment in the
service 70 be sent to Caswell." That
is my authority, and l will stand by it
to the last.
CorrespOndent-Give me q copy Of
that letter.
ColoDeI-No, I can't; but you can
read the portion l have just read
doubling up the page and showing it
to mel. There are some secrets in the
letter which l am bound to keep, in
tended for no other eyes than my
own.
The secrets were, no doubt, an
order from Holden to allow no one
admission to the prisoners.
THE CoSIsiAND IH BAD TRIM.
Correspondent-YouF men seem to
be young and undisciplined. Have
they been drilled any?
COlonel-They have been drilled
very very little, and are quite green,
but they are good set of boys never
theless. They have only been in
service three weeks yet, and many of
them have not yet got shirts. The
command is in bad trim, but that
wont last long.
Correspondent-Some people say
they were mostly recruited in East
Tennessee. Is that the case?
COlOnel-NO, sirI it is not. / never
enlisted a man the other side of the
line, and il any of the Captains did
don't know it. j am from East Ten
nCsseemyself, and am proud to say it.
COrrespondent-Will you be kind
enough to give me the names OF the
officers of the regiment?
COiORei-That would not like to
do without their consent, and ] don't
see what use il would be TO you. they
are all good Union men and have
good war records. My Major is a
preacher, and all my officers are
church members.
Correspondent-What is the num-
ber Of your command, rank and file2
COlOnel-Between 900 and 700, sta
toned here and at the company's
shops, and they are coming in every
day.
FEAR OF THE RU-KLUX.
Correspondence see you barricade
the doors and windows at night. Do
yOu anticipate an attackg
COlonel-Nes, / do. The Ku-Klux |
will make an attack if there is any
chance of rescuing prisoners and kill |
ing every one Of US. 1 have infOrma-
tiGn of this from the most reliable |
source, but ] am prepared for them. |
/ could defy $4,000 men in this house,
and / will never give one OF the pTisO- |
ners up while there is a man left. |
The walls of this building would re-
slst twenty pound shot. could lick |
them easy from the windows and
doors.
COrrespondent-When will the pris-
Dners be tried?
Colonel-As soon as the witnesses
N the case can be produced.
Correspondent-Are all the prisO- /
lers criminals?
Ooionel-I think not, Some are
held as witnesses only 10 testify |
against others. We had men who |
Oined the Ku-Klux Klan and be-
.rayed them, and we have got the
lead wood on a good many of them.
There are over five hundred men TO
arrested yet,
THE STEPHEN MURDER,
During the above conversation the
Colonel was nervous and excited, and |
he seemed to feel that he was engaged
IN bad business, which required all /
-he bravadO at his command to defend. |
He stated that Colonel Wiley, the
OTmer Sheriff of this county, now one /
Jf the prisoners, was the suspected
murderer of the late State Senator
and that the eeircumstanctial /
evidence against him was clear and
He also said that Nc |
AOons, one of the Alabama prisoners,
was the greatest scoundreI unhung."
His language was quite expressive but /
rather inelegant. There is also here a
battery OF the Fourth artillery from
Fort Mcl1enFY, who have an utter
contempt for Kirk, his officers and
he miserable fabhle he commands. /
One of the officers OF tiig battery told |
ne that the manner in which Kinks /
Command entered this village, with
.Ocked pistols in thei.r hands and mus
Tets on their shoulders, was both cow
lrdly and a disgrace to the uniform
hey wore. Kirk is fearless despe-
ado, but his entire command are now
demoralized and they
would abandon their leaders, IL they
iare, in . body. The desertions viii,
loWever, soon reduce the regiment to
/ mere squad.
Yesterday Kirk arrested and con-
ined a Virginian, from Danville, on
he information that he was the COM
nander OF a legion Of the Ku-Klux,
stationed two miles out OF town, and
gaiting until night TO attack him.
The troops were kept on their arms
III night, but no Ku-Klux appearing
he ViPginIan was released this morn
Bg.
The children of the Orphans Home
,assed M the Mobile and Ohio rail-