The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-07
THE ENROLMENT.
Scenes and incidents In :" Dublin
Arrest of IS Ladies Fair"


Thursday was rather an exciting day IN that
norton of the city known and designated as
aDublin.n district lying and being at the
lower end of Third street, and pounaeo on the
southeast by the mighty Mississippi" and on
the northwest by a chain OF hills or bluffs run
n;nr narallel with the aforesaid creek (N1issis.
sippi.
At an early hour of the morning the indie
fatipable enrolling officer, Roger Munger, Esq.
was ON the ground accompanied by large
staff of deputes,-and here let us pay WELL
merited complimnt to Mr.. Munger for his de-
meanor and perfect fitness for the office to
which he has been appointed. All through the
day he manifested the greatest good humor,
and evidently looked on the whole matter in
philosophical light Itwould be well that the
same need of praise could be awarded to all
his deputies, but we must say that a little
training in selfdiscipline would improve one
or two of them before they are again inducted
into a similar Office.
One would think to 90 down to that densely
populated region, that it was almost exclusive
Iva feminine settlement. There was not a
masculine visible under the patriarchal age OF
three score years and ten.
There were only one or two incidents Of any
account to vary the dull monotony Of The day.
A few of Ewes fair daughters, with the usual
obstinacy inherent in their nature, refused to
let the officer have the patronymics of their
lords and masters, and declared that they
would suffer any amount of torture before
they could be made to utter syllable that
would put their ''wOrser half" in q position
qualifying him for the Office of Brigadier Gen.
eral.
In the earlier part of the morning few
names were enrolled when the whole party
came to deadlock with young lady who in
dignantly refused to furnish any particulars
whatever as to her man. or his whereabouts.
Soft talking. threatening, nor any other mode
procedure, had any effect, and finally the
officers concluded to arrest her. She asked to
be permitted to 60 into her shanty and get her
shawl, which was permitted, when she caught
up an axe and made an onslaught on one of the
officers. who quickly and with slight degree of
gentle persuasion, threw her ON the ground and
disarmed her. She was then, with another
woman, who had come to her assistance put
into a carriage and conveyed to the United
States Commissioners Office, from whence they
were transmitted to Jail.
After this things went on TRANQUILITY for a
short PERIOD and few names were enrolled,
the majority of whom were over fifty years of
age-at least so their ''vrOws' stated Well,
it is said that the course of true love never
runs smooth, neither did that Of the enrolling
officer Oh this occasion. Another lady was
found who not only refused to give the neces-
sary answers, but fortified herself in her shanty
and treated the representatives of Uncle Sam to
shower bath on a small scale. These gentle
men, or some OF them, having a constitutional
objection to cold water. stOrmed the shanty,
battered down the door, and with little more
gentle persuasion, hoisted the recusant lady in
to carriage and conveyed her to the same
destination to which her fellow-rebels had pre-
viously been consigned -g
At this juncture, the Chief and Captain of
Police came on the ground, and by using lit
tie judicious persuasion, succeeded in smooth
ing the way for the officers, and no other
trouble was experienced until the whole Of the
locality, with few exceptions, was enrolled.
There were good many persons to be met
on the streets yesterday who professed to hav-
ing foreboding of a bloody riot being about
to occur, and who evidently felt a melancholy
pleasure in the idea that their representations
would be fulfilled and, of course, when every
thing passed off TRANQUILITY were considerably
disappointed. ...
Another arrest was made in the evening in the
same locality, of person who. we understand,
offered some resistance the last time the officer
attempted to get the names.
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