The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-12-01
Correspondence q The New York sun
RULE OF THE B8Y0NET.
THE RECONCILIATION WAR III
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Army Disguised With It's
HoTk-A Visit to the
Prison Pens.
The Trials Of the Kluz-Ths
War in Union County.

\ ORKvILLE, S c., NOV 29-During /
the past few days there has been a per /
ceptible decrease IN TIE number of priso>
pers brought IN by squads of soldiers seat !
out to make captures. Yet almost every /
day these squads are coming in With from /
one to half dozen uufortunates, " ho are /
Immediately deposited in the Jail with |
those first brought 10. Personal liberty |
is thing Of such trifinE value under the |
Grant military regime here that such !
atrocIOus occurrences have ceased 70 ex-
cite comment
TEE AMY AeHANED OF ITS WORK.
II is easy to perceive that many Of the |
officers ami priYases of the army feel
ashamed of the proceedings In which
they are required to participate. Almost
every one Of the former with whom |
have conYersed freely expresses his abb /
horreace 0 such work Among the latter
there is more freedam of expression and
still stronger manifestations of sympathy, |
some oEthcm going so far as to coyertiy
assist suspected persons ia making their |
escape from these arbitrary arrests !
have heard of one instance where a few
soldiers found a young man, whose ar
rest had been predetermined. IN an int0x-
icated condition, and unable to get away
They Immediately made up from the con
tents Of their scant pay the sum Of $50,
helped the inehriate on his horse, gave
him the money, aud urged him to put
distance between them at once 10 ans
other instance of similar occurrence the
citizen escaped, and the soldier who
aided was detected and is nos himself
prisoner. II Is evident that Grants use
of the army ia this section has developed
in it a manly sentiment Of sympathy with
the unresistiug masses against whom their
bAyonet5 have been causelessly turned
JURIsPRUDBScB UNDER GRANTS CODE
a month has elapsed since the frat ar
rests were made by the soldiery here, AMI
IN len days more the court meets before
which the prisoners are to be tried OIL
the one or two hundred men to be put
upon trial not one has seen or been able
to procure the charges upon which he ID
to be arraigned. This appears to me TO
be course in which the Government
proposes to hold the prisoner at every
disadvantage as TO procuring testimony in
his defence. or allowing his counsel to
become Instructed IN the merits OF the
charges. IL proposes to reverse the usual
order Of administering justice by presum-
ing the prisoner guilty in every INSTANCE,
and requiring him to establish his limo
cence as an Affirmative proposition, at
the same time placing every obstacle IN
the way of his making such proof Such
seems to be Grants notion of jurispru-
denoe
VISIT 10 THE PRISON ZEN.
This Is a large, square brick structure,
situated in retired part of the town. The
first floor seems to be occupied as u Ies-
dence for the keeper and his family
Along this floor runs an open passage
way, on either side OF which are some
four oar five rooms about l2xl4 feet In
each of these rooms are confined from
ten to twelve Of Grants prisoners Many
Of these men are the same in personal
appearance, manner and department as
the merchants from the South who visit
New York every spring and faI. Seyee
raj were boys apparently just trcajing on
the verge of man hood, while here and
there the frosts of old age we're visible on
others
Passing up another stairway Is th ton
foor of the prison. the heavy iron doors
8nd grating marking it rs the place of
deposit Of feions OF the first degree under
the civil uses for which it was construct
C4 nc pt-SDIGt5 ga lilo AAJOI were OF
she sane order az those below; but the
rooms are smaller and poorly ventilated,
to remedy which lattsr a faint rlce of
chloride of lime had evidently been aD-
piled rs dieinEectant The men seemed
to be cheerful and good humored, and Git
being the hour for visitora) received the
visits of their friends and relatives with
apparent satisfaction.
pIsTIKG IsHED 5,g-ssL
Information has o-s received here to
the effect that the H"r Reverdy John>
son and the Hon Henry Stansbury, ez
United States Attorney General, kAye
been secured as counsel for the prisoners.
If true, thc offended Constitution will have
able advocates at the approaching trials.
Their efforts cannot repair the crimes
that have been perpetrated against iiber~
ty and law; but they may help to arrest
the progress of the Grant dcspotism aud
oonlue it to the section row suffering
most severely from its sway. If this much
be accomplished the nation ought surely
to rejoice.
THH WAR IN UNION COUNTY.
In the adjoining county of Union-the
subject of Grant s clerical blunders-ths
war upon liberty has began in earnest
Capt Thomson. who could not syn9athise
with the objects IF il, has been removed,
and another commander substtuted. At
last accounts the tovn of UnioB-the
county seat-had been captured, aud was
surrounded by troops, who held all the
roads leading out, and refused egress TO
men, women, and children (Wbite) alike,
without written permits from tae COmman
Ger officer Colored Democrats, or those
who voted with the Relo IL. party, are
charged as ku kluE, and several have
been incRrceratcd, as was done here.
The seTach of private houses by the sold
ieFy, tbs Wholesale arrests Ci citizens,
and the general terrorism practiced,
seem from ali accounts the same as were
carried on here and elsewhere. Before
it conclude q If il over shod.d-no man
in the South will feel safe in joining a pc
i.ical club, or voting with u political
party If it be in opposition to the Grant
Naturalization. This is not sensation
idea reckiessly asserted bus solem be-
liefdeduced from the fearful facts ! see
enacted daily in this sect on.
How They Treated Him.
The Brownsville Bee says that Ken.
tlemau came to that place week ago
from Louisiana, who was on his way
home from California. lie had the miss
fortune to be in Chicago Rhen the fire
broke out and destroyed THAI wicked city.
He was Master Mason lie lost all that
he had in that fire, money, clothes and /
all Learning that the railroads leading /
into Chicago had offered the Mavor Of {