The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-10-05

#&eH atAF@MH lid Nne state ~ All. anu haNt&Ap
nersonM kmoNledge OF outrages having
puesti0n. M do not require aar itnesstb
eoaiine 1ffmseM TO matteTs w5thip DIS pew
soiIal knowledge. You wilIpaease state any
information in reference to all these sub
jeets which you may have derived in any
mode that you con slider authensic. q ~
Answer.
oUTRAGRs
have frequently been brought to my aiten-
ton By information; and have seen facts
stated by newspapers OF both parties, aEd
commented upon 20 as 10 eoExince me very
thoFoughlg that &s So ~ f28 Z
THERE HAVE BEEN oUTRAGEs
perpetrated in the State. For the last few
Inonths-perhaps four or five mo.ths-I
have not had any particular aud reliable
information of outFages having been peTpe-
trated in other regions than those along the
Alabama line. In the first tier or INC of
counties bordering on that State.
Question. State any instances or 'partic-
ulars of hich you have information show
ing the state of affairs in hose eounfiesz
Answer The information which have
received lIas been some v hat contradictory I;
but think it Is admitted by all that there
have been murders committed in those vi
entities. Men have been taken out OF their
houses and
MEN,
numbering sometimes one hundred or more.
Do you desire me TO mention particular
| cases!
The whole tenor of this scandalous re-
cital is apparent. 1t is disingenious.
Under velvety coating it carries the
sting intended to poison. Murders
have been committed" there was a
great deal of violence" twas there ?)-it
is "sligttly' Gust little) ION the de
crease" And all that sort Of wretched
precisely the hell-broth these
agents of Radical vengeance and section
al strife, wanted served up
BRINGING THE CHARGES on HUG
GINS"
/ Question. Name any instances that are
within your recollection, or of which you
have information.
Answer. One of the most noted instances
| of which | have heard is the case of Mr.
| Higgins, in the county of Monroe, who, il
it said, (and | have never heard it denied.
was at late hour of the night taken from
the house OF q citizen with whom he was
| stopping, carried short distance from the
/
Question.
WHO Is MR.. HIGGINS?
| Answer. He is gentleman OF Northern
birth whom | have slightly known for prob
| ably over two wears. He was fllinr the
two positions OF county superintendent O.
| education under the State government, ant
revenue officer, or deputy revenue officer, O.
| the United States.
Question lie was an assessor OF collec-
| tor?
Answer. He was one or the other [ dc
not know which. donOt know the extent
| of the damage they did to him further thar
! that / understood he was
STRIPPED, PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY, FLoGGED
and ordered to leave.
Question. Did you understand the pre-
| text for this?
| Answer. | do not recollect; but it wa;
| on account of his being 'carpet-bag Office
| holder" think, or something to that effect
SLIGHTLY CONTRADICTORY.
Subsequently witness was put through
course of cross examination by Cen
Blair in which he testified that he did not
know whether Higgins was whipped fol
being "carpet-bag ofiice-holder or not
Read
/ NSuSSIlOI' HlS man, HONGNCf. WAS Il col
! lector of revenue?
Answer Yes sir; United States internal
revenue That is my impression. and | be-
| lieve SO from the fact that | understood
when they whipped him he was told that he
should not collect that revenue. | infer
| from this that he was collector of revenue
! Question. That was the declaration made
| to him by the persons who whipped him?
| Answer That is one account. | have
| heard another, which is that they wanted
| him to leave because he had used his influ-
ence to induce an exOrbinant expenditure
of money, requiring an eXorbitart taxa
| ton.
Question. Then nothing lcdS said about his
being a ''carpet- bagger ~ The simple ohjec-
ton TO him was that he had advised the levy
of an exorbitant tax?
Answer. do not haOto achether there tcaS
anything said about his JeiRgd ''cd7pet- bdgger
or not He was 'carpet-bagger," though
that is to say, he was northern man.
| knew him before he went to that county,
| INSPECTING THE MANNEpC on TIM