Wilmington journal., 1876-09-01
AND ssTrLE sUsrA.NED asn :

during the Holden-Kirk war. 1t will
be remembered that Mr.. Turner was
arrested by order of Governor Holden
in the county of Orange by a body of
armed men from Kinks Regiment. 1t
will be remembered also that the cnun-
ty of Orange had not been put under
martial law as provided for by the I'D.
famous Shoffner act, that the writ of
Ha6eas Corpus, that ''little pisce of
paper" as Judge Settle calls it, had
not been suspended and that Governor
Holden ordered the arrest for strong
denunciatory language used by Mr..
Turr er about him; not stronger, how
ever, than that used by Judge Settle
the other day at Jonesboro, when he
called portion OF his audience 'Infer>
nal fiends of hell" It will be reinem-
bered also that upon the article of Inn
peachment charging Governor Holden
with violation of the law in the arrest
of MIR. Turner, that even Radical Sen
atcrs voted guilty. It will be remem
bered that during the whole Kirk war
Judge Settle substantially sustained
Governor Holden and his army and that
too when he could have driven them
| from the field at any time at moments
notice, simply by signing his name to
the "little piece of paper" enforcing
the writ of Ha6eas Corpus. It will be
remembered also that the Radical
Party. at it's first State Convention
thereafter, formally and emphatically
endorsed every thing Holden did. 1t
will be remembered also that the same
Judge Settle is now it's candidate for
Governor and that the same Holden is
it's chief adviser
| We trust our readers will bear with
US for referring thus to the sickening
and disgusting details of the outrages
inflicted upon innocent and honorable
citizens by a brutal soldiery under
orders from the Chief Executive and
sustained by the Supreme Judiciary OF
the State. The fact that the Radical
Party has so persistently and so re-
Gently endorsed and adopted the acts
and the, policy of Governor Hoi-
denis administration during the time
he was, with the assistance of Jndge
Settle, military monarch in North Car
olina, makes itsour duty to tell the
people plainly what those acts were.
But the half of Holden's outrages will
never be known. We print this morn
ing from the Report of the Holden
Impeachment, page 894, as follows:
Josiah Turner, Jr., being duly sworn
testified as follows:
was carried to Yanceyville on the
9th and I remained a prisoner in the
court house until Saturday, the 18th.
O. Was anything done to you pend-
ing that time? A. The first two or
three days I was prisoner in the room
where they said Stevens had beer muir
dered.
O. Who was with you? A. No one.
On Monday night some one came in
with bucket of water and threw it
upon my ted. It was a good long
reom, nearly half the length of this
Senate chamber. I ran the fellow to
the door and enquired of the man at
the door who it was and he said he did
Directly some man came up 11s af1u sGahiaeR, Gahiaeee
the sentinel and told him il was a
shame to treat prisoner in that way.
He said: "You shad better hold your
tongue about it, it was one of the Off
GERS who did it." The next night the
same thing was repeated, though a
less quantity of water was throwl. All
the windows were put down and as ii
was hot weather I asked if the win
dows could not be raised. He said the
orders were to keep them down, and
they were kept down elise. The next
night, when the water was thrown, !
ran for the fellow who threw the water
when Kirk came up.
O. Was that water thrown on you or
on the bed? A. On me and on the
bed. He came up and he ordered
seven men under Captain Franklin into
the room. Before that the room had
been guarded by sentinel at the door
and at the windows outside. They
kept seven men in the room. Franklin
said that his orders were that I was
not to speak unless to ask for some
thing to eat and drink. He put man
in each window ana he said J. was not
to go to the windows, and that I must
confne myself to the back part of the
room, and was not to speak to any
one without permission. These men
remained in the roor1 with me until
we were marched from there on the
18th. I frequently saw these men
[ saw one with a rock raised at Mr..
Hill, and [ remember some one cursed
him and told him to put it down and
| hot af fo fhray
rocks at a prisoner. 1 saw other SEN
tinels staggering with guns in their
hands and stated on one or two occa-
sions that they ought to put sober men
on guard, that these men were too
drunk. I saw them frequently point
ing their gums, raising rocks, making
threats and cursing the prisoners. It
was an every day occurrence.
O. State whether Kirk said any
thing and if SO what, in your presence?
A. had but very little to say or do
with Kirk. When L went into the
room he came to shake hands with me
but I put my hands behind me. He
wanted to know what I was arrested
for. I said had come to find out,
that supposed I wonld learn from
him. He said that he had not heard
of it until now and he did not know
anything of it-that that was the first
of tiny appearance there. Kirk
came in occasionally once or twice into
the room and had little converse
ton with him.
| Q. You were not with the other
prisoners? A. I was below in the
court house and the other prisoners
were above. He came in twice that
remember. After giving me orders
that was not to talk to anybody, he
came in with Marshal Carrow and
when he spoke to me told him that I
must get permission from the captain
of the guard before I could talk with
him. Kirk told me that already had
| nermission I told him that that was