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

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4 ksow tkey ". bot Il slsi Mas
"a sss 3 hse III aevss wsst fof say
+ thing he'd iaAs cafe of .ms lhsss
Troublesome tines lIut you're not
! broke much, massa Jones.
I'm getting old, bat ana sofse
broke in mind thah II body. II
seems "a though ws never would
have any peace. That iron there Ia
to make our jail larger. wha, do
yoa think Of thatf
| Il tbink It's largo enough
Not II they are going 70 put us
ali into H.
'All aboard ? broke IN on the IN.
tcrview between these ancion. laui.
marks Of Of the good old times, and
We ratified OF at a rate Of speed
about such a. Weston would make
II he was just waiting for fun and
not going anywhere in particular.
The passengers were neither nu.
merous nor select. There were q
a dozen negroes returning from mar.
ket with the proceeds of their years
crop in dry goods. They were hap.
py in the possession of few bolts
of calico, enough sugar and cofee
to last month; each new pair Of
shoes, prodigiously large aud mono
appearing troubled over the unhappy
condition Of the country. Indeed
they were so jolly that the conduct
or had frequently to Tell them to
DRY up Keep less fuss, Don't raise
the DEVIL and so forth. Then
there were two or three old men, one
or two old women; some children,
bright as dollars and as happy as
birds, their ringing laughter con-
trasting strangely with the low tones
of the sad old men, who bewailed
the fact that many near and dear 10
them were In Jail, victims Of the
savage clutches Of merciless Gov
ernment Then the rest Of the car
60 was made up Of q soldier and two
or three miscellaneous fellows.
A little girl Of the better class ap-
preached the soldier timidly, at first
aud then on better acquaintance put
her lilly white hand on bis knee,and
wanted to know II he was not tired
of wearing blue oil the time, and X
he didn't have little girl at homo,
and ifhe wouldn't like to SOC her
and why he came SO far away, and
when ho was going back, and thus
rattelng along in thus simplicity Of
Of tender years. asking fifty ques>
tons minute, and saying significant
things without knowing It. Oh!
the charming innocence Of child.
hood. Five years hence this little
girl will have become . belle, for
her wealth Of auburn hair and great
blue eyes will demand for her tho
social status always awarded to
beauty, aud then she will not
speak 70 o yankee.
AT six o'clock we arrived i'm
YoREyILLE,
which 10 the focal point Of interest
at present, Here the Kings Moun~
tain Railroad ends IN clay bank,
where the main street Of tho town
begins. as.as.r tsp.i.ssa
The outward aspect Of things as I
stepped from the cars was decidedly
warlike. Great army wagopa came
up to receive supplies, sauads of in,
fantry and cavalry were moving
about, sentinels were slowly pacing
up and down, orderlies dashed thro'
the streets, and there was a modified
clangor Of resonndipg arms to DO
heard on every side.
This IL, perhaps, the most extern
sivc military post in the ku-klux
country. There are about four hum
dred soldiers here, Of whom some
two>thirls are cavalry. An active
campaign has been going on ever
since the proclamation Of martini
law. The extent Of the business
can be judged from tho tact that
about one hundred and seventy men
have been arrested, over one hnnd-
red are now in Jail, and fully two
hundred have run away, fleeing from
| the wrath to come, or Which has al
ready come. All this, mind yon, in
one county. Something similar has
been gong on IN All the nine pro-
claimed counties, but the result can
be best judged In this Coioncl
/ Merrill, Of the Seventh cavalry, haa
been here for six months carefully
collecting an the information 10
could, and preparing to strike when
tile time should come. Ofcouns he
could not tako offensive measures
until the writ Of hdbels corpxs w
suspended. The moment tint Mas
done he struck rapid botlly
sending cavalry intoIeverp part of
| the county, and arrseting epsEy Dnn
he could catch against WhQnl 4 n