Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1865-10-25
BAD PRoE THE SOUTH.

and the course OF action based thereon In
the adjacent section of Alabama
One or the reasons why these are being
I SO much denounced at the North, and one
OF the main elements creating a strong party
at the North TO keep their Representatives
out OF Congress Is that they do not by their
acts give any signs OF loyalty to the U0ion,
ana tney nave never proiiered any of those
| proofs OF sincere repentance for their past
| tfansgressions, and of determination to do
4 better IN the future, which are expected OF
them. Not a day passes but we hear some
thing which shows that the animus still re-
mans. Only last week case occurred in
North Alabama, which deserves more than
| a passing notice. For the main items In
tllS case we are indebted to The JaclSon
/ county NetCs, and In a personal conversa-
ton with the editor Of that paper, We learn
still further about the impudent rebellious
character OF the instigators Of the affair
The Sheriff of jackson County, man
named Snodgrass. issued a call for special
meeting TO be held at Scottsborough, which
Is not the county town, and on a day ether
! than court day. When this original court
| convened it was found that the Sheriff had
In charge fifteen discharged Union soldiers
/ OF the First Alabama Cavalry. arrested and
| placed on trial tor murder, that is for killing
/ Rebei soldiers, guerrilias and bushwhackers
/ while soldiers OF the United States and in
/ the line of their duty This self constituted
| court remained in session Is days. when
Gen. kTyzyanoski, the commandant OF the
district OF North Alabama, hearing Of the
aiiair went doHn to Scottsborough himself
and ordered the self-styled court to stop al
proceedings and discharge the prisoners.
After All the Geaerai had left the roon9tbe
Shcr.T rose stp az the courtroom and said
pa,bttcty: Those id DutcI are not rui,-
| ming thts pooc. Re are ruautng THIS ma
cittae, and would not release the prisoners.
The General hearing of this the next day.
sent down some colored guards to Scottsbor-
oagh, released the prisoners and sent Air.
Sheriff to Nashville under guard Gen.
kryzyanowski having been mustered ont of
service, some parties have begun TO try the
thing over again, ana Gen. Grierson, the new
commander of that district, has been com
pelled TO Issue the tollawinss n.l
HDQRs, DIsTRICT OF HUNTSVILLE
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, Sept 81, 1855.
GENERAL ORDERS, No 1T having |
come TO the knowledge OF the General COM
Handlng the district that persons formerly
III the service of the United States have been |
arrested and imprisoned for acts committed |
while IN such service, it Is hereby ordered /
that the civil authorities within the counties |
constituting the District eff Huntsville will |
aot be permitted to'arrest, imprjson, OF bring |
TO triai any person or persons who have been |
N tle service Of the United States as sol |
olers or scouts during the late Rebellion. |
for acts committed by them Whit ii such |
service and acting under orders from proper
military authority. All proceedings institu-
ted against such persons wall be immed;a G
y withdrawn and cancclea, and where ar
rests have been MADE ior such alleged OF |
ienses, the parties viii be released.
Byorderot Bvt. Mai Gen b. IL frierson.
j, 3. SAMPLE. Major ard \. ). G.
0n,y :ast Friday we published an account
o. tbe killing of young man who had for
merry been a scout In Cur army, by discharg-
ed Rebel soldiers, IN the north west part of
Georgia, at the same time running of some
Union men who had returned to their homes
IN that neignborhood We have boen IN
formed that Il IS .RRsoJe. for q Jiton niun to
90 ltto the country fifteen o. ttyesty miles
from Stevenson, Ala, and in our own State
we hear cf cases being gctton up against
men for the killing of Rebels, or the burn
lug of houses done schile IN tie S.5Utce ofI
the battet. States. All these instances, ,
however, important as they are in them
selves, are as nothing compared with the re-
cent dolngs of an Episcopal Bishop of the !
State of Alabama. This digUitary. tile
Right Rev. Richard Wilmer, in a letter to
the Clergy and tLalty. recommends the O.
mission III the services OF the Church, In :
hat State, of the prayer for the President
IT the United States and al In civil authority. 5
Is 1t any wonder, after the exhibition OF I
uch a spirit of inalignity and party spite, D
hat the Union men OF the land are afraid d
o trust too far those who have lately been J
n rebellion against the Government? We p
ioubt whether any one at the North has 1
he least desire to mlSconstrue the inten- |,
ioRs OF the Southern people, bu. aee caa {
My 7etttge OF H0t0 they feel and think IN .
hetr acts, aud certainly none of them have =
ffered any proof of readiness on their O
'art to advance one step forward in the >
attn OF reconstruction further than they v
re compelled by military power. ~ ~
On the above exhibit. The AGsHcille I Press 4, I,
nd Times thus properly comments q
This is a very severe reflection upon the OF
rofesslons of the people ofthe Rebel States, 81
nd its particularization adds to its severity. al
Fe have read nothing in The Chicago III d;
.ae, Aisti-.S2aoeTy STANDARD, and other co
ltra Radical journals Of the North, at all u,
pproaching in the foregoing detailed state ro
tent In the sharpness of its censure. IF I'll
le people Of the Rebel States are possessed M
the temper ascribed to them by TIE VIC
Gazette, they will certainly de- m;
at the President benevolent confidence rie
Nv reposed in them We shall weep in be
e dust of King David humiliation, with sill
the tears OF irrepressible sorrow should an
ch be the mournful, unhappy. grievouss tTwi
mentable and agonizing result Of unpre- AM
dent clenency. of
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