The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-08-05
WAR Ar MOI e.!
rEnv GREAT kerr NJ p N T
ONE HUNDRED MEN IN ARAa

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On Wednesday morning, Constable
Pete Slubblpfeld on orders from the
properly cons,itut d civil authorities,
went out to Camp Cobb, near Green,
WE'LL to arrest Mr.. A. johnson, tor
selling whiskey contrary to law lie
took no deputies with him, and no
weapon of defence but q crooked han
die slick-di,l not think it necessary,
AZ A. Johnson's house was in a de
serted nick Of The woods, and he did
not expect TO meet viii, any resist
pnce. Alas. we cannot loresoe the
dangers that lie bpfnre Us, If we could,
then would We provide for them , aud
dangers provided for, would rot b.
dangerous. In this instance, f"nsta-
HE Pete Stubhlefiell did not foresee -
course, and when he GIT to A J"M-
SONS house, in the vicinity cf31a'np
Culb. he'founl there six vy!;est war
,iors If Uncle Sans co1nl'Tny, ready
TO Fight either f'ror aga'ns, odds.
Constable S'uhblnti.ld touk out his
parchment authority, to represent the
State of Louisiana. and arr st A. John
son to bring his "hobeus corpus be-
fore Ju lice Walters court in the
second district A johnson begged
to be excused politely lien declined,
ard afterwards ro~iivtT refused, 700
Constable Stubbl"fpld laid violent
hands Oh A. johnson came
to the rescue wit, raised "war clubs
aud were about to 'lav on" "a Mr..
Macbeth hath it--Mrs. johnson inter
posed aud saved the Cons'able's head
from being cracked, Discretion be-
ing the '"beti.r part of valor,' the
minister If law. let go his held, and
with bottled up indignation lett the
premises II this respectable the
king Of France = ,r'thout the men, he
"Marchel up a hill aud then ---
Marched ,iowh again.
The assistance Of AIR. r Bradford
WAS obtained. With a couple Of elo-
quent persuslers they went back TO
Camp Cobb. and on marching into
head quarters. Informed Capt Barry
of the rumpus; htreuron, the kettle
drum (Which il ever the tocian of
wary sounded - about one hundred
men assembled IN line and With guns
Gas usual glis'ening 10 the mo'uing
sun, marched over 10 Mr.. A. john
sous shap Terms Of capitnlaion
were proposed to A. johnson. and in
this instance, as in all siu,ilar instances
of history (where there has been vast
odds) were accepted. Indeed, what
Is the use in kicking against ''bricks"
or standing up against odds when you
know for certain yon will be knocked
down. A. johnson acted in this mat
ter az A. Jones. or A Smith. or A.
Brown would have done H. agreed
to turn over the six valiant men, who
never before had been conquered. save
Ly "Olj Rye" at the battle Of Man.
gehela; and If Constable Pete, would
act like gentleman, he had no OBJ
lection to coming to tpwu In his com.
pauy; az he was perfectly willing to
look the unnecessarily" offended law
OF the land, full in tue face. The men
were marched Oft to Camp Cobb, "pri.
soners Of War" and Mr.. A. johnson
came to town for examination.
The evil Of liquor selling about the
Camp, is serious indeed The men
ge. drunk ARE punished. aud desert,
Between thirty and forty have dessrt-
ed. The troops we're sent out. in or.
der to keep them away from the evils
of lntemperance IN town, aud q lot OF
idle vagabonds in society, hang about
them. to sell liquor to them, get them
drunk, and real the pi'tapce allowed
each, which, in the aggregate. is a
good round sum We think Capt.
Barry would be justified in making an
example of some of 'hem, by introduc.
ing the stocks to their attention.
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