The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-12
From New Orlc.
MIDNIGHT SEARCH OF GENERAL, sr,

NEW ORLEANS, August 25.-I have
TO relate to you most extraordinary
affair which took place in this city on
the night of Wednesday last, about /
a. M, ut the residence of General q
L. Beauregard, on Esplanade street
About the hour indicated, the
family, Including the brother of Gen
eral Bearregard and number of
guests, were wrapped in profound
slumber, when an extraordinary noise
was heard Ill the court yard of the
house below. The ladies were FIRST
aroused, and became suspicious that y
burglarious entry was about to he
made, and accordingly they awoke the
t4eneral and his friends, who went
down to the back doors and into the
yard, where they found some men in
c1tlzcns clothes, ef whom they de-
manded their business and errand.
The reply was !. seizure of the per-
sons Of the General and his friends
declaring them under arrest, and the
opening of the gates and doors, letting
IN small body of United States sol
dlers, under whose custody the prison.
ers were placed, separated from one
another SO as not to be able to commu-
mcate. The apparent civilians and
their military assistants then COM
mcnced IL search of the premises, in
v''dlnG' every spot, ever so sacred,
from Sarret to ground, not forgetting
the coal-hole, and infiictiny bayonet
stabs lnsmattresscs, pillows, sof,ls, etc.
Of course General Beaurcgard pro-
tested against this mode of treating
IN officer and 81 gentleman, who had
gwen hls parole of honor to the
United States, and had not been
charged with Il violation Of it, hut no
attention was paid to this, except to
make the manner and style Of treat
mcnt even more rude and insulting.
Ihe search Went on, but revealed
nothing which could bring discrcdit
upon the distinguished object of their
attentions, and some time after dav-
light it Was; completed, and it's failure
to reveal any thing improper, made
manifest
EUDENEss TO- TIE LADIES.
1t the time OF the alarm, the ladies'
h;'d come down and were mute spec
tators OF the singular arrest of their
relative and host. Observing one of
them, the general, who was standing
under guard in the corner. spoke to
her III French, and advised her to 60
to iler room and complete her toilet.
Ihc chief OF the invading party fol
lowed her to her room and pushed
2nto it after her, Upon her rcmon-
stratnlS with Lim ut this intrusion,
he made an Insulting remark, and
threatened her with violence if she re-
pr;tted what she had said, which she
nevertheless did, without his vcntrr
ing to carry his ,1nnlanly threat into
execution.
At last morning came, and tlav
brought with it III end to this singular
domlclllal.y visitation; the search was
given up, and the apparent civilians
and their soi,lier-aids departed, lcav-
ing their prisoners weary and wan,
but ut liberty. Before they left, Gen.
Beslrcgard asked their leader his
name, and it was given him us COL
Young
GEN. HEAC1:EGAKD AND GEN. SHERIDAN
At the proper hour, Gen. Beaurc-
gard repaired to the headquarters OF
Nalor-Gencr,l Sheridan, to whose
presence he WAS ut once admitted, and
ny whom he was treated with the
greatest consideration and courtesy.
Gen. Sheridan assured him that he
had not directed, ror was lie aware Of
any intention to make amy such search
or to nltfict any Sucl! insult upon the
former, and assured him tlakhe would
take particular pains to see that mono
s1ch should take place in the future.
These particulars have been furnish
et 10y eyc-witnesscs and subjects of
tins very singular ana most reprchc1s-
slble piece of espionage, and are, l
presume, altogether correct But wLc-
1ner strictly tr1le or not, I think al
fiSht-nllnlcd persons, not war-prcach-
rEs, VIII admit that neither the time
nor the place, nor the objects Of this
search, We're riShtiullv chosen.