Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-21
Tennessee and Alabama.

The Chattanooga Gazette (Tennessee)
of the Sd instant gives the following most
unwelcome account of the state of public
opinion and the course of action based
thereon in the adjacent section of Ala
hama:
One of the reasons why these are be-
ing so much denounced at the North, and
one of the main elements creating a strong
party at the North to keep their repre-
.sentatives out of Congress, is that they
do not by their acts give any sign Of 10y
atty to the Union, and they have never
proffered any:o of those proofs Of a sincere
repentance for their past transgressions,
and of a determination to do better in
the future, which are expected of them.
Not a day passes but we hear something
which shows that the animus still re-
mains. Only last week a case occurred
in North Alabama, which deserves more
than a passing notice. For the main
items in this case-we are not indebted to
the jackson county Nea0s, and in a per-
sonal conversation with the editor of that
paper, we learn still further about the
impudent rebellious character of the in
stigators of the affair. The Sheriff of
jackson county, a man named Snodgrass,
issued a call for a special meeting to be
held at Scottsborough, which is not the
county town, and ON a day other than the
court day. When this original court
convened, it was found the Sheriff had
in charge fifteen discharged Unionosol-
diers, Of the First Alabama Cavalry, ar
rested and placed on trial for murder,
that is for killing rebel soldieas, guerril-
las and bu~shwhackers, while soldiers of
the United States and in the line of their
duty. This self constituted court re-
NAMED in session for Is days, when Gen.
Kryzyanowski, the commandant of the
district of North Alabama, hearing of
the affair, went down to Scottsborough
himself, and ordered the self-styled court
to stop all proceedings and discharge the
prisoners. After the General had left
the room, the Sheriff rose up in the court
room and, said publicly-HThose id
Dutch are not running this thing now.
We are running this machine" and
would not release the prisoners. The
General hearing of this the next day,
sent down some colored guards to Scots
borough, released the prisoners, and sent
Sheriff to Nashville under arrest
Gen. Kryzyanowski having since been
mustered out of service, some parties
lave begun to try the thing " again,
md Gen. Grierson, the new commander
# that district, has been compelled to
ssue the following order:
DEADos. DISTRICT OF HUNTSVILLE,
Huntsville, Ala, Sept. ~, 1865.
General Orders, No. IL.
It having come to the knowledge of
he General commanding the district that
'ersons formerly in the service of the
United States have been arrested and i'm
'risoned for acts committed while in such
it is hereby ordered that the civil
authorities within the counties constitut-
ng the District of Huntsville will not be
eTmitted to arrest, imprison, or bring to
rial any person or persons who have been
n the service of the United States as sol
iers or scouts during the late rebellion,
acts committed by them while in such
eryice and acting under orders from prop
military authority. ALI proceedings
instituted against such persons will be
Immediately withdrawn and cancelled, and
here arrestes have been made for such
offences, the parties will be re-
By order of Brevet Major. General B.
Grierson.
s. B. SAMPLE, Major and A. A. G..
Only last Friday we published an &C
'unt of the killing of a young man who
nd formerly been o scout in our army,
discharged rebel soldiers, in the north
est part Of George, OF the same time