The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-27
94csrible Death After tho Most Fisnd.
ish Observation-Disclosures TO the

NEAR NEW ORLEANS, La,
September 18, 1874.
To my brethren in the North this
horrible tale of,my suffefiuss, arons
the White Leaguers, is addressed:
I have been carpet. bagger-came
South and went to Northern Louisiana
over three years since. How I was
elected Sheriff OF County it is unne.
cessery to relate. Perhaps the lesa said
on this subject the better. Two years
I served. when one day found m yself
being chased through wood and aamp,
through bog and log. by vile gang Of
miserable out-throat White Leaguers
and their blood hounds. I finally
"trced" in hollow, PROSTATE tree.
Those fellows have an instinct for fer
reting ont oarpet.baggers They found
ny log
"Hallo, in there, you oppressor, you
carpet.bag thief. come out aud be
leagued," was their polite invitation.
Without due consideration, I an
swercd, II amt i'll here" just like Ben.
Butler when he was "bottled up" ON
the James
"Oh, You aren't, eh?" answered q
gruff voice. "Well. we'll see. We
have two cans Of nitro -glycerine and
ten kegs of powder under your present
residence, and are Just about to fire the
train"
sob, all! DON; hurry. What do
you want?"
Come out and be ku Kluxed Qui-
city, and we promise only to happ
you; otherwise, vonr fate will he dread.
| fnl -
"But Congress has passed a law al
lowing the President to make use of
troops for yonr DISPERSAL; the writ of
Aa6eds corpus may now be suspended. "
"And so ill your corpus be sus-
pended; that, too, this very day.
Come out, say"
demonstrated, entreated, finally
read the riot act, the law allowing GER
tain rights Of doubted constitutionality
70 the President. and even Grants last
proclamation.
'Ugh! dry up your readin' lessons.
Are you comm ont? I'll count three,
then if you don't" =
He counted three pretty rapidly, |
thought, as I supplicated iu vain.
And in the midst OF laundering c1-
ploslon that seemed almost to split my
log up-up we went. the log aud my
selt-up through and far above the
great tree-tops, swiftly up and away
toward the sun, with the speed of
llghtning. soon recovered from the
shock, and finding myself unhurt,
clambered mp to the aperture of the
log, which kept in q perpendicular po-
sition owing to the weight of the dirt.
encumbered roots. Looking out l saw
we were flying Southwark. The speed
of travel was such that in few mo
ments the log alighted OIL the evee of
the Mississippi River. not fur above
New Orleans, and such WAS the force
OF our a!!ghting that the whole leyee
was crevassed twenty feet up and
down the river. had no time or op-
portunity to spring upon the land be.
lore my tree was carried swiftly away,
onward and yet onward to aud down
Lake Ponchartrain, upon whose banks
l soon stranded in q small, land locked
bay, fringed with monster cypress.
Stranded an:! landed in the hands of
the White Leaguers of Louisiana.
Right among these expresses they
We're holding secret meeting, and l
had come upon them in tue midst, and
witnessed most of their ceremonies.
They seized and bound me. I pro-
tested, supplicuted -promised-swore
never to dlvulge anything l had seen.
and mover will. All availed not. l
must die, they said. No trial was ne.
cessary, BY my accent they knew 1
was carpet -bagger. 1 must undergo
the penalty made und provided for
such cases. l was led to little knoll,
and securely bound to q stake. While
these preparations were going forward
L had time to observe my prosecutors.
They were all in uniform-the uni
formity of the ~ OCT grotesQue variety,
some having wings like Satan's, which
ceaselessly Tapped forward aud aft;
others were adorned as ebony skele-
tons, and their bones clanged with a
hollow rattle that froze the blood in
my veins. The majority had coven
feet, and all sported long devils tails,
terminated by arrow heads, which, as
they continually cooked their tails
over their shoulders in my direction,
shot forth fiery tongues, more horror
inspiring by far than the worm that
never dieth." impatient it seemed to
lick the life. blood from my frame.
The colors of their habilments we're
ms varied as the wearers were hume.
rons. yet one tint prevailed-a kind of
snlphurous, glowing, yellow green
uhme, which in ShnDes that were M