The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-12-02

EouIi keep me ouf
'Fstvfsi Papers dont 10 an
good fhess times I've scsn ihsr
take men ~ h. inil with their poct
ets Tall oi paper. This i q pes
machine they're running up thef'
It's worae than waf times.
The speaker was the picture o
solemnity, aad biz IDEAS wefe =,
highly eolored that | could not he'll
laughing.
'You may laugh u you want 10
but II you get Into jail up there you
won't feel so funny he said.
Perhaps might not, but certain
ly | should not have to remain long
in durance vile, for as soon as Grant
heard Of Il he would fash word over
the wires from Long Branch, or
Portland, or wherever he happened
to be staying all night, to release
me. | have assurances that the
President reads the Commercial. In.
deed, II Is said that he bankers after
II. and could no more do without Il
than he could his cigars. OF course
he would not let one Of its cores
pondeuts pine away in a ku-klux
Jail.
'You won't 60 up the country with
me, then ? Isaid to the solemn man,
as the train came in.
'No, you better believe | won't
Perhaps you are recently from
there ?
'That'f what's the matter and we
separated.
That is what is the matter with
hundreds. THERE'S a genvine stam-
pede from oil the nine counties
placed under martial law. Now it
strikes me that in this case the
wicked flee when no man pursues.
They all claim to be innocent, but
what do they run away for, leaving
home, family aud business I! They
are guilty, either directly or indi.
rectly, in ku-klux operations, and
therefore they make tracks from the
proclaimed region. An innocent
man will not run. lie would rather
take the risk of a few days detens
ton than to pull up and leave home
for an indefinite period.
CHESTER.
After crossing the Chester county
line, we were under martial law.
But I noticed no sudden change Of
atmosphere or physical features of
the landscape. The line of demar-
cation between the 1own-troddcn
section where constitutional liberty
is entirely squelchcd out and the
rest OF the country is not well defin-
ed. -.......-
We arrived at the town of Ches-
ter at IL o'clock, and there / left the
Charlotte train to take a branch
leading to this place.
So far there have been but few ar
rests made In Chester, active operas
tions being confined principally to
Union, spartanburg and York coun-
ties. There is only one company Of
soldiers there, and il Ia supposed that
they are soon to be reinforced, and
active operations to begin. Some
wholesale justice is needed there as
well as in the other counties.
I walked through the principal
streets OF Chester trying to see some
thug of the awful condition Of the
people and stagnation Of business
that l had heard about, on account
OF martial law. But everything ap-
peared to be moving along as usual.
The business houses were all open,
the streets were lively with the 60
ing and coming Of all sorts Of vehi-
cles carrying cotton. The negroes
and small farmers were disposing Of
their years crop, while the more cx-
tensiye raiscrs were holding back for
a rise. There were good many
loungers upon the streets, but It be-
inn Saturday this was to be expected
The groceries were not suffering un-
der the whitening blight Of marital
law. Each one had its proportion Of
customers, some drunk and Others
sober, some noisy, and others de-
sree or two beyond the noisy point
None Of them were writhing under
a military despotism that ! could no.
ticc. In front Of one saloon | saw !
fellow sitting on an empty whisky
barrel reading copy Of the New
York Day Book, from which ! judg
ed that he was not suffering for lit
crary nutriment Of the paper sort.
A ROW.
To get the tone and sentiment o
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