Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-14

0UcC UlhENGlOu6ll AAGll uAlNA AAldE LAAALClA
county. The small farms along tn
roadside for fifty miles south OF COrintl
are well cultivated and teeming witt
rich harVests, but no sooner does tn
traveller enter the broad, level prairies
once endless cotton and corn fields tha
sustained Confederate armies whel
the South was desolate, than he find
the scene wholly changed. A wOrst
than sirocco's breath has laid field
waste, expelled toll, bl6ckened abode
Of former Opulence, and shadOWed tn,
land in gloom. Weeds and grass hsvt
OverspFead the finest farms, fences ar
broken down, Osage orange hedge
long neglected, Overspread the hig gh
ways and the narrow acres planted il
corn and cotton will not return tht
seed the husbandman planted. FOl
sixty miles the Mobile and Ohio road
Eraverses this prairie region, once the
most attractive portion OF the South
at every station idle, ragged negroes
are gathered by the score to gaze
stupidity at the passing train OF sell
tribes to travellers. The country and
people are stUpehed. A listless indif-
Serence pervades all classes, and none
are occupied save taX-gatherers and
$be countless swarm of Office-hOlding
Sereauts, State and Federal, that
-. -1n and curse and desOlste the
S,ntb Negroes, in most instances,
1I-s-3 bir 4 for q share of the crop.
M K1-E1, = war began, fields were
5oSo-+o5 - Nnd weeds given spacg
80 r-,,i, -, =, 'UeleSs. SambO dis
ana crops were va. y toll vvss DrnfIt.
covered that furthe. oiit, 49, ~ 66oIoat, 6LOIt
less, the fields were finl. S1o.5-- -;
and universal idleness p.
versal poverty.
how THE KU-KLUX WAR BEL'pN.
Some months ago Governor AlCOrD,
cOndemning, as DO all good citiZeus,
many deeds alleged to have been done
by an armed secret organization, is
sued a proclamation, Offering a re-
ward Of
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
fW the apprehension and conviction
Of any member OF the Ku-KluX Or
ganizatiOn. A plot was conceived
and slowly perfected, by which it was
proposed 20 enrich ring Of OfficehOld-
ers through the Intervention Of the
Federal court. With this end in
view 4 sort Of joint stock COM
pany was created. It's leading spirit
As q carpet bagger from Ohio. AnOth-
er member Of the ring is said to be an
eX-rebel sheriff Of LOWndes or NOXu-
Der county; the United States Mar
81 al is the head center Of the combi-
nat ION, and the inactiOn Of Alc0rn
and ,NOmplaiSanCe Of the United States
Judge, at Oxford, induce many to be-
lieve that the bench is as corrupt as
its ghas tly crew Of executive officers.
The plan was to ,Sdect the arrest and
conviction Of at least one hundred
members of the Ku-Kl lux OrganiZa-
ton. The cOnSummatiOn OF the
scheme involved draft upon Aleorn's
treasury Of $50, 900. Tbs whole male
population of neighbOrhOO DIS were ar
rested and borne beneath glittering
bayonets to Oxford, the sest OF red
eral justice. There grand and petit
juries sat in majesty. There two law
yers of eminence and social worth !
were hired by the Immaculate ring, |
Bach 70 receive $4,000, to aid the
stupid district attorney in conducting
the villainOus disgraceful prosecutions.
The iuries were models Of intelligence
and panty. Stupidity or leering vii
lainy and devilish cunning was
written on the face Of every knaye
that kissed the book and sWOre to ex-
ecute honestly the cOuntry's laws.
Two stupid negroes from this county
and two OF the same sort from |
Lsowndes, constituted the members
of these Federal juries. No white
man, ut tOr foul tasks imposed by the
ring Of knEves who planned the ex-
hsnstion of AlcOrn's treasury could be
found in these two counties. The
fnha1 invested NTH R.1a /
powers Of a Deputy United States
Marshal, directs the movements Of
Federal soldiers at viii.
THE FIRST RAID.
His irst descent was made upon the
Qnsuspecting people Ia the prairies,
now almost deSOlate, in the vicinity
of Aberdeen. The learned Federal
Judge declared that an Indictment.
"a. Vnd by his immaculate grand Jury,
IN. dtuted priBsG facie evidence Of
yUiIt Snd therefore each suspected
5ersop ,.yas forced to prove that he !
Vs. NOT On uty. There was only one
mode Ot M, wing such a negative
Drops,sitio6. an, each of the hapless
DeoDle was iorced 20 establish an 0li6i.
h deprive them Of this recourse and
prevent the proof Of pa 7esence at home !
when an alleged crimC was COM !
nitted the whole m.Sle Popu- [
alton Of the vicinity was az :
rested and all were indicted. 1t /
that one single farm, ,sr OF =
he ReiRhbOrhOOd was not taken '
away to Oxford. He closed his dOOlS, {
eft his plOW In an unfinished furrOW, {
and went 10 the scene o. trial. he i
here made his purpose known TO /
share the fate of the rest and requested I
he officers Of the court TO have his I
name included in the indictments. He /
Ieared that his exemption from pros I
seatiOn would lead people to believe ,
hat he was not gentleman and good !
citizen. :
CONDITION OF OTHER COUNTIES. Z
NOxubee and Winston counties have :
been Overrun by negroes and soldiers. I
NuUbeTless arrests have been made.
Fields are left untitled and armed !
lands gather up victims of the 5000
Fifty or more have
,een arrested, and to-day an armed c
Dand is at work among the hills and '
lOllOws Of Il
WINSTON.
There the people never owned many l
,laVes, and thitheT, after peace, many y
1agrOes went from the rich prairle5. I
Hes roOsts suffered, cattle and swine s
clothes were stolen, and Q
he cO1R4Ty was becoming uninhabit- y
.ble. The ku-kluX came and Sambo I
-ested from his nocturnal labOrs. But g
he fight was forgotten, and many L
negroes became intOlerable nuisances. )
chis county tits white pOpulation) Is a
n,1re addicted to republicanism than L
nv II this section Of the State, but .
While SSmbO was very proper voter 1
,e was an ynmitigated curse as petty 4
hief and idle vagabond. am much b
Inclined to believe that the Republi- d
ans and Democrats Of Winston con. g
UFrad In this estimate Of SambO's a.
0orth and that efforts were earnestly a
made 70 induce the return Of blacks "
y the prairies. 1t is no less true d
hal stories OF Grimes PerPetrated
nj of enOrmitieS done are Il
without foundation or grossly eXag- o
serated. There are negroes OF the "a
1etter sort who cooperate with whites. k
These blacks cultivate farms and are e.
opposed to the imposition OF uDheaFd p
i burdens by that organized system q
i unblushing knavery which leVle5 tl
rom 20 to five per cent. upon the n
IeOple as q school tax. No industrious T.
legro has been disturbed, and in deal q
ng with worthless vagrants il has d
lnly been sought TO cOnhne them to v
counties which were once teeming
with wealth and are now scenes Of un- Il
varying desOlation. 1t Is q fact that a
those who never owned slaves and v
counties Of Alabama and Mississippi \