Year: 1870

We ask the attention of the public to
the following letter, not so much be-


cause oil any new facts contained In 1t,


as for the reason that they can rely On


its statements as true. We vouch for
the high and unimpeachable character
and position Of the writer:


PIrrsYLvASIA Co., Va, July %.
Ny Dear Il have received but one


letter from you since left Baltimore.
The crops in this country are very


promising indeed, and / should feel very


comfortable were it not for the sad con-
dition of things in North Carolina.


The last Radical Legislature passed
military bill which gave the power Of
declaring any county under martial


law. This is the law which drove Col.


Wheaton Green from the State. Un-
der this law the Governor has declared
two counties under martial law, and
has placed them under the control Of a
Col. Kirk, from Eastern Tennessee-a
notorious blackguard and cut-throat


This man shot down fn cold blood, dur
ing the war, a child who was on his
knees begging for his life, because he
thought he was giving information TO
some of our men. This ruffian has ar
rested and keeps in close confine,
ment some OF the most respectG


bic, orderly and law-abiding citi
zens of the counties Of Almance and
Caswell-men whom know personally,
and know to be incapable Of doing any
thing dishonorable. He arrested them
without alleging any crime against
them, and now has them confined.
When asked by what authority he did
this, he pointed to his soldiers, and said
they were his authority. When writs
ofkabeas corpus were served upon him,
he tore them up and said such things
were PLAYED out. Two of the most
respectable citizens Of North Carolina,
Governor Graham and Hon. Buiord
Brown, went to Washington 10 see
Grant about the matter He was pack
ing up to 90 to Long Branch, and they
said showed himself perfectly indlt-
ferent and callous TO the matter. Said
TO them he had been told by as respecta-
bic men as there were in the State
that a Union mans life was not safe in
those counties This most respectable
man was a Judge Little, whose father
and grandfather were negro traders,
and wLo the war spewcd up into the
office OF Judge, for which he is not at all
qualified. Finding he cannot sustain
himself there he wishes to get to the
Senate of the United States, and he
knows he cannot do this unless terror
ism is used in the elections, and the
people are prevented from getting TO
the polls Some Of the best people of
these counties have fled to Virginia to
escape arrest. One Of my friends who
had come over said he was going back,
but expected TO bc arrested, not that
he had done anything, but merely he
cause he had some respectabllty. \
noble young man Of tho very finest
character and attainments. was arrested
for merely serving writ upon Kirk,
which he was directed to do by the
Chief Justice of the State. This man
Holden, who is Governor, is the son OF
depravcd woman, and cannot forget
the low instincts whence he sprung
This Judge Little. has the ear of Grant
through young Douglas, whose grand
father was old Bob Martin, notorious |
negro trader. Such intense suppressed |
Indignation | never saw in my life |
There is much more feeling than there
was during the war The people say /,
the times are worse than then.


1t has completely stopped all emigra.
ton to the State. Since it has occurred !
they have been unable to sell any land. !