Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-25

country ig in the EARNEST cas-, yours IN the
far,hest west. For what purpose do you
come so many thousand miles across the
scar Is it to inquire about the vessel de-
stroved. the Gen. Shelman4 Her men
committed piracy and murder, and they
were punished with death. Do you want
our land9 That cannot be. Do you want
intercourse with us2 That cannot be.
Exeunt Ku-KIuxers.
/ Judge.Poland who has been acting as
chairman of the Ku-Klux INVESTIGATE =
Committee left here for his home Friday
night in Vermont. The Committee is to
discontinue its examination in few days
and take recess till a full Committee
meets again on September second.
The Hitch on the Alabama Rail-
l FOnd.
The employees of the Alabama s.
Chattanooga Railroad having taken pos
session of the road between York station
and Meridian, the Post Office Department
now sends the mails for jackson, Miss,
by Montgomery, Mobile and New Orleans.
The section in the hands of the employ
ees is said to be only four or five miles
long. There is no delay Of the mails
through Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas,
aad Alabama, temporary contracts having
been made for service until January 1st.
Meanwhile new proposals will be Invited
for carrying mail in those States, the
| former proposals have been defeated by
straw bids on important river and stage
| lines.
Testimony of an Ex-COngrcssman.
]. 81. Christy of Athens, Ga, was ex-
amined to-day by the Ku-Klux Commit
tee, and he testified in substance that he
knew of no Ku-Klux organization in his
district or any portion of the State. In
answer to an inquiry as to what his facil-
tiles was of knowing any thing about it,
| ne stated that he has been twice elected
to Congress for that district, and usually
attended the courts of the Western Cir
cult as well as portion of those of the
| Northern Circuit. In response and on
Interrogation, he stated that he believed
that he was personally acquainted with
| the people generally. And there was no
more crime committed now than before
the war in the Southern States. He ad-
mitted there had been some violations of
law by disguised persons for the purpose
of furnishing men and women for living
in adultery, etc. He stated also that it
was the general opinion in the communi>
ty that the people took the law into their
hands because so many criminals had
been pardoned.
Another circumstance which gave rise
TO many exaggerations in reference tothe
SO called Ku Klux was that mischievous
young men for purposes of amusement
sometimes wrapped themselves in sheets
and scared superstitiOus negroes, some of
whom it affected to believe they were the
ghosts of deceased Confederate soldiers.
These negroes had disguised themselves
and whipped white man in Clarke coun-
ty, and there had been but little said
about it. Another party of disguised ne
groes had attempted to murder a white
man in Hancock, and had been convicted
and sentenced, but were subsequently
pardoned by the Governor.
Witness expressed opinion that Alf.
Richardson had not been attacked on po-
liticsl grounds, and that no negroes had
been intimidsted from voting the Repub-
ican ticket, but some had probably been
prevented by threats from voting the
Democratic ticket.
When asked if be had not heard of
great many other outrages in other pOr-
lions of the State, he replied that when
in Washington he could hear great
many stories of that kind, that they were
greatly magnifed and distorted for po-
illical effect, that there was less violence
in Georgia than in the New England
States, New York, Ohio, or anywhere
else.
Exit PleasantOn-In a Few Days.
NEW YORK, July PA Washington
dispatch to the Times says it is exceed
ingly probable that the change so long
looked for in the Internal Revenue af-
fair will become an accomplished fact
within the next few days by the removal
of Gen. Pleasanton. There are no indi-
cations at present as to who will succeed
the present Commissioner, and it is
thought the position may be held open for
some time with Deputy Commissioner
Douglass as acting Commissioner.
One of the unfortunate results OF the
situation of affairs between the Internal
Revenue Office and the Treasury has been
the resignation of Chesley, chief of the
revenue law division.
Official.
WAsHINGToN, July 24.-NumerOus in
quiries having been made as to the au"
thority by which the President psrdoned
bigamist Bowen, it may be replied that |
he did iC by authority given him in the |
Cd section of the I'd article of the Con- |
stitution of the United States, which |
gives him power to grant reprieVes and
pardons, except in cases of impeach- |
ment.
An Unexplained FracRs.
The following private dispatch from
Yorkville, South Carolina, dated July "a,
has been received by gentleman in |
Washington:
The Military Committee on Southern
outrages arrived here yesterday evening.
At the supper table, in the hotel, Hon. j.
E. Stephenson, of Connecticut, and Hon, |
a. ]. Wallace, Representative of the dis |
trict, were assaulted as they took their |
seats, by Maj. James Barry, prominent |
citizen, and pitcher of milk was thrown |
over them. Wallace drew a revolver, |
but Maj. Barry was surrounded by friends |
and he left the hotel. At 9 O'Clock the |
committee was serenaded by negro band,
and crowd collected. AS the band was |
returning an ARRAY took place, and one |
negro was shot, receiving three wounds. |
No arrests have been made.
The total loss by the explosion at
Washington arsenal is 1852, 900.
More Charges Against the Raln- |
more BOrstas
One of our citizens has received let |
ter from Mrs. j. G. Wharton, sister-ln- |
law of Mrs. E G. Wharton, now in Jail
in Baltimore on the charge of poisoning |
Gen. Ketchum and attempting to poison |
Eugene Van Ness, in which she says:
"My dear husband and child died. l |
did rot know what was the reason of |
their desth, but after my child's funeral,
only a week, believe, was taken sud-
denly i'll, and at one time was thought to |
be dying. l told the doctor l was |
poisoned the day l was taken sick, and l |
then suspected she had poisoned my hus
band and child. l told brother, and all |
my husbands family also, when it &C.
Cured, nearly four years ago, l was
brought from her house, and have never |
had but one opinion: that she poisoned
them and l barely escaped with my life. |