The Republican journal., 1874-11-05
The Hand of the Administration in
Alabama.

a rather unpleasant experience just now,
but they should possess their souls in pa
tience as they will doubtless be allowed
to enjoy their ordinary repose after the
election is over. The United States mar
shals are too busy creating reign OF ter
ror to allow of much comfort among demo-
cratic voters. They commonly choose the
night for their visits to suspected parties.
it would seem, and succeed in getting up
very dramatic effects out of exceedingly
small materials The Alabama papers de-
vote themselves mainly to the publication
of atfidayits showing the outrages perpe-
trated by the marshal and his men; and
the stories which are rehearsed, if less
bloody than those Of Congressman Hays
are certainly more amusing, The soldiers
evidently take up the business of making
domiciliary visits in the spirit of fun,
tnged at times with malice, and will not
kill anybody unless they happen to miscal-
culate the strength of some southern wo-
mans nerves.
A single number oil the Montgomery
Advertiser contains three or four incidents
Illustrative of the style in which the prin-
ciples of the Declaration Of Right are OBJ
served in the south One affidavit details
in mourniul terms the case of negro mes
senger who was dispatched in the night
from Judge Nashs place to Livingston
after doctor. The Judges son was sick
of a fever, and the symptoms were 50 I'M
favorable that the physician was sent for
in accordance with his directions. The
negro met squad of federal soldiers as
he drew near the town, and they took him
off as a guide a distance of twenty-five
miles The atfiant tries to make it appear
that the sick boys case was made extreme
ly hazardous by the delay in notifying the
doctor, but that is stretching the matter
too far into the region of consequential
damages. The real point at issue is not
in any way affected by the patients recov-
cry.
Another case is still more curious. It's
related under oath by colored lad bear
ing the euphonious name of Beauregard
Sledge, and the son of old Sledge in all
probability. On a certain Wednesday
night the bold Beaurcgard was awakened
by the barking of the dogs and was or
dered by his mistress to go and see what
the dogs We're barking at. He opened the
door and asked who was there, probably
expecting to be snatched away by some
evil spirit every moment. From behind
the trees came the not very assuring
answer "Friends Of friends, " and Beau.
regard saw advancing toward him soldier
with a leveled musket Several Others
stepped forward at the same time and be.
gan to beat a tattoo on the front door
Signor Beauregard Sledge stood not upon
the order Of his going, but went at once
One OF the soldiers fired at him as he was
disappearing around the corner OF the
house, and the ball happily lodged in the
said corner, where the curious BeauregarC
found ii neNu morning. Tins transact;o
took place on clear moonlight night, but
even if it had been dark the story would
have been fully as minute perhaps, as this
class of witnesses are as much at home in
midnight obscurity as the cats
Other affidavits detail the proceedings
of the soldiers after the flight OF Beaure-
gard Sledge. A Mrs. G. w. Clary de-
scribes how she had to get up to save the
doors and admit the visitors before she
was in presentable condition to be
seen by gentlemen" She don't mean to
say that she was not dressed, but insinu-
ates that she had no leisure to put the
finishing touches to her toilet. She prob
ably was obliged to appear without put
ting i'll her teeth or arranging her CHG
non, OF adjusting her panier. Like the
celebrated visiting committee in Don
Juan, the marshal and his men seemed to
lite, and Mrs. Clary complains bitterly
that they ransacked her bureau drawers
and boxes, and, unlike the committee lust
alluded to, overturned her bed and bed
ding. They didn't find the venerated Mr..
Clary for whom they were looking, but
they took ample revenge it seems on his
furniture, and carried off his gun to III
sure his future peacefulness. Mrs c. fur
ther deposes and states that, in her opin-
ion, they were somewhat the worse for
liquor, and they handled their guns and
pistols IN such careless way as to fright
en- the whole family. In order to apply
the rules Of the civil rights
bill, they visited the chamber of the col
ored girl and also overturned her bed
clothes in their diligent search for the
Mr.. Clary. 1t must have been
great larks for the soldiers, but was rather
for the women. All this Mrs
Sue Sledge, who was present on the occa-
sion, corr oborates, and alleges in addition
that the soldiers visited the upper part OF
the house, where cotton was stored,
searching around with lights, and disre-
garding the interests of the insurance
companies in the most painful manner.
This playful little episode under the
of Landulet Williams, the
chief OF the department Of Justice, took
place between one and two o'clock in the
night. 1t is to be hoped that these are
not fair specimens OF the style in which
the entor cement act is carried out.
Mr. George J. Varney of Bath is writing
lecture on the 'Humors ofthe Aroostook War"
Bangor Commercial.
Our neighbor should state particularly
which of the Aroostook wars is meant.
The first one was when the hot resentment
OF Maine took arms on the boundary ques-
ton to oppose all the armies and fleets of
Great Britain, and Of which conflict a few
veterans still linger among us. There is