Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-03-17

dtftYaees Had taken place. and Oven 0T1Tl
5own lives wero threatened a11 ALSO stadd
him cHaiaa net thfnk be- efSiP atl5oFiti
were. t,f,jfCispt lsr6t 9eto t4e a Items an
AIife aud probertva1rIq consS 4sossib1y1 tsli
al Issaid 10 the sGoVerHoE- Il toid hinIbAe
condisi on of AFFAIRS were veFgIhad, aTfdEto'
send tr6o,>eIElI thibh 4 cang to tett Ainal
j onee after lDAtIav wa h'gugsi told In IN OF
tho terror the oufrages Lad CAused to
every PROMINENT IL Publican 8llnlt scoantv,
mybelf among tIl9 nub1beF. I"Tepeated D
lin It',t ts3f4i 0eeasion that the Gfvl3 aa"
thorltIes were unable 70 4srotact 5ftFess Oh
Republicans? We did21sssI eoii 5s<3ar3 oar
selves T,etgoHa ~ tIasaG G "a nth aaftersOu
lasr34g "a ha4igal 10 ,DE4 on asdss 1aW zlu.
+ Fat Of the tins l. ysTRfs awe y fro :ar tfTa
l1RH,l I,ests at tho luntatie4lslauf ere, aad
part travelling fu fahfy healtil Il TIN K there
@efeIaio 1i,iliso fssundna eai att parties for
whipping Harvey anI RleeelatIi's kno y
Of no spe-iat or general bill IA any such
scsses Ia fact, knew nothing ubpp5 Il nd
ing of bills one way or amos lier-tiUi g.
coIect about preeeeding51 ono way Gruah-
other I tell thn' court that ] " ~ afraid,
durinf,t that timeL- 1869 end part 81 iSf0--
to do my duty "a smBgIsSrate. 81 / he only
cases I sat on wa8 Harvey 4 ard RlE gstali &.
Don't know whether EinfBtatt was at eotart
to prosecute or not. Fl g was not theiBiB z
staff examined the other day, Ihis one
has left the county. i was SID that he
wae WHIPPED for steatings bacon. He at
TEN pied. no pros eottion at tire Court. Il am
not personally ga badtetn With5aa 9 tlsv-
n,lghbors, but uio W4th' 30taJ Of 3hent. 7a
bad contracts to furnish / roo pSa with Ds'
and wood liitfliA no. cat til. al before IL
stoUIs were sent to un2ails,5.s / did not
have Guy ttpJtD sent IA 1862. j DON'T
think applied fol' them, bat IapprUVa4
tI,e application. aFne Governor sentC"ptJ
bc6her with e0uU thirty r5eD in the SpfiOg
of18GS II There wele Esou1s twenty "a -
left .with7ulof when Capt Besher ieft. /
Ioane a ltp y Of tn ~ TO ne white foR4'
20 another aud one eaeiftO. tWO rDtOr%f
men. These were pnblc arms LETT wish
me for distribution 4 was Mayor OF It "a
town, but these man I les have the gnas
lived IN the country 3in0 iowa cOmnts-
sioneFs passed an ordinance ii pE5oihGing p
town police of five men four BLACKS cod
one white al med them - gJGGftt. Yaey
were on duty ONLY rs al gut Tor about :.
week previous TO the arrival of Boshe1. /
did not appoint the negroes as an Ofienc7 to
the citizens. BOsher came from Raleigh,
had troops which We're rails IL IN Raiclgh n.
ia conversation with the Cow rDor after
wards, he told me he ordered Bo5. q mp
there. They remained somo twenty or
thirtyIdays In 1Efafch-6r- April, 1869. jost
latter the firqt rail WA lna1sI by t.lt, il -
d
Iernor for United s'tate3 tfroapL, not for
Kinks troops Idkuew nothing of tisls
Kirk business mt il it was on foot. I did
not nor do I knOe of any t.tbiZan ot-tus
county who asked the Go cnol'i to send
Kirk aud his troo714 I i@iaed'the Union
league in 1867 was taken Gown Rick soon
after and GOA @eehentlF had bnt little 20
do with it, T. have only catseftC.cd two
meetings since, not as n member. bht Was
= go. 1T first VTT.c
Inst after the first Ku k!uy raid ard Ont
lew and others invited me ITO atfehN to
advise them. pile proposition WaatoFe
talfate npon The iigcs. BOT advised them
to go home md rely seieiy u n0n the civtl
la ~ for protectionLLt49 resort 10 40 r.nlaF7-
fuI measures. Il 99as agreed that this
course should be pursued. | don't know
tofeuy barns beiHg btsfned in the conntY
before Thu a2Alex Ruf1in aud Allen Pa!5
ley were fpretnoss in their dem ands for re
taliatioh,a Wyet5 Outlay foremost in -dF,
posing it. HtnfGh was enc of Rrk' SOL
diers last SIMMER a. Paisley, n e3ro
Ipraacber IS now III the .pebIfeutlirY for
ku kluxing other fiayr0@S 8. I VGsl NOT &c
tive in giving ala TO Kirk and Bergen Jas
! sunsmer. fornished ,s nj nsi,er Of MINES
!ofptO u6inenti 1ftn whom ] had heard
co.nn!aints egainSt Ii4{tte rs cOrlr II issioned
f9rica4 er.t1 en- eraI, btlt had 20 brigade i
T. -
braces sevefal cobnti,se. I have 80 rcsi-
inentn.e. wis NOT paid for my ae-r9iccs. 1
was ar; eaint%d- by tlie sC;oYerncf r 20 as TO
SIT ~! t:lo military court h0 intended -hsy-
linz, far the trial Of tht, ~ Fscncrs. r tGll
nae isc appointed me for tltnt purpose. I
may Have tcld MY brother shat | was get
ting $3.50 per month tor services rs brlgn-
dierlgetcra:, hut r was only Joking. IneYet
did set a coat. did net tell Linn that
I IL. ~
it until it iiat been done. DID not tel
tJohn E StOclard THAT eighty or one hun
dred 81 tli2 prisoners w"ald BE hnng on
shut. dii Give Stockard paper, signeG
by myself as briralicr-"cneralI to Erevcn'
It's arrest ~ Kirk 81 fterrcA, Int il dir
not do any good, for Bergen refused /
le3recb lny order. did not tell him I gay,
hint tho PAPER to keep him from Ieiu
, fshot. as''.H-t r.'s5 ai's@-'-'.
After tLe arruBtInS cpmmGLGp,, paEtle:
catuc to iuo and asked mo to protect them
l came to 90 th0 GQyarnur ali at i, ana
} he told Lac If thy would hlSn papers les
they had been ln4mbers Oh tho Au-htuA
and would make ~ l. Oae1t atntGment abou
the. whole matter, fer lac to give ti4em pa
pers relieving them from trfest. ana htgk
would respect them. Hero DIR. Grabau
. handed witness several papers, which Ia
identified as having been signed by hlnl
self as brigdt1er general, addressed to DIFF
l fcrena parties suggesting that they woui,
lsign papers seYerluG themselves from tbt
/. order, aud proposing to thcm.) didnot tei
= Stockarl TINT VIC had evidence against par
G ties who were en- gaged IL the hanging {
Outlaw, and that every one would be hung
" did say hoped We would get the eVi
deroe against every one connected wat
the a1air, and that the full penalty wou4
/ be visited upon them / may have bee
at the Shops the day kjrk lett for Yancey
- vile. rocollect meeting Austin Nhltee'
at Kinks camp. I may have pointed 10 IL
[ priaonelE.- and remarked to Whitsett = :.
1t lam sorry for some Of your friends "--bat
o ibid DOT say to him that certain OF the1
"a would never return. I did not say tn.
IL 'Dclph Moore would never Return. 7
,r not reco!lect saying to Stockard fiat Xii
y had a way of losing people. \ day orstw
: latter Boyd was arrested, ] commenca
" negotiating FOR his release. I was ;
% Kinks camp after BOyd's arrest, md
Q approached me and asked me to- zee th
4 Governor in his behalf, J. came at ono
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