Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-04-11
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Local Department,
Hall, Agent 0fthe Freed

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Lieut.. JgTJH.iHall, Agent ofthe Freed
nen's Bureau :,
On Saturday, the sotb ult, the orderly of hi.
military magnate, delivered at the Herald office
an order, signed BY this said coasndndng officer,
demanding copies of the March issues of the Her.
akt, and accompanied with inquiry as to1the
extent of the circulation of this Journal. Neither
of the Editors happened to be in at the time but
being Informed of the demand, the required zpss
pcrs excepting the issue of, the l4th were. for
wardcd to him, withthe following note
HERALD OrFIcE. WnoDsTock, VG.,l
'NfSs~' * EsdEha& March 80 1867. asEaJ
Lieut. .HALE:-We were fortunate in having
several back numbers of the. Herad. to III your
order, at the usual charge of ten (l0) cents per
copy. The number Of the l4th inst. has been con-
sumed by the pressing demand.
AS your inquiries were also as to the amount of
circulation, we presume you desire to odrertise,
and to accommodate YOU with our III ses, we en-
close card. sgtsAH1 Respectfully, Be- 3
LAKEWOOD q TROUT.
- Ehe only reply which this military gentleman
deigned to make to the foregoing was, that hes@as
acting under authority and by order. of the Com
manding General of Virginia Gen. Schofeld, and
that the required papers should be obtained even
though it should be necessary to unfile them at
this Office - EtAtf7Aa
Now Lieut.. Hail either acted upon the authori
ty of Gen. Schotield, or he did not act upon such
authority, but upon his own individual assumption
of authority j. and he either told the truth, in
stating that he acted upon such authority, he
was guilty of faIseheoa and deception.
Upon theirst proposition we state emphatic
ally and advsedly, that he had no such order from
Gen. Schofeld, and that the statement to that eff
feet was false and wilfu.ly so. 800
81 Upon the second proposition, we say that he
acted upon his own individual authority, or to-
gether with the advice and counsel Of his co-qdju-
tors in this place.
We believe, (and.we may. yethave'an opportuni-
ty ofsatsfying ourselves upon this point that we
hare not yet arrived at that degree of demeralza-
ton to quietly and silently suffer this shoulder
strapped satrap to play the military tyrantwth our
private property and personal rights upon an or
tder that refers itself ono higher authority than
that indicated by the signature of Lieut.. j. T. H.
Hall, &q.sf However successful; in our mountain
districts this gallant Bombastes Furiosus may
have been in his daring exploits against peaeeaole
owners ofprirate property, which we wiHieave
for future chronicng, We must warn him to
desist from his praediory excursions upon this Of
fee, made upon his own authority. We receive
a yearly stipend from patrons to act as journ-
alists for them, and mean, to the best of our
bilitv, perform this trust, without fear favor
and five are unfortunate in, transcending our
limits, which we have not the disposition &c do
We shall expect the proper censoss. to suppress
3 but never, neter shall we be driven from tilcpah
of known duty, by the pompous display o.. :. un-
fiedgcd shoulder straps, nor be inundated by the
unmsnly assumption of nn1nerited authority.