Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-09-27
For the Monitor.
LETTER FROM KENTUCKY.

Having received letter from a lady,
formerly of this vicinity, who now is the
wife of a clergyman in Kentucky, we
wrote her asking if she would write
few letters for the MONITOR. giving the
true state of affairs in that section of
the ''solid South The following letter
is received We suppress names for the
safety of the writer and her family:
-, Kentucky, Sept. 8, 1880.
Mr. Editor Your favor is received and
read with pleasure. In reply to your en-
quiries in regard to the state of society
and the condition of affairs in this section,
l will answer by giving you an account of
our experience with the Kentucky ban
ditti, known here as ''Regulators. We
had been holding religious services in
-, part of our charge, and were en-
tertained by Bro. - and his estimable
wife, On Saturday evening festival was
held for the benefit of the church. Not
being able to attend the evenings enter
tainment, retired early with the children.
About IL O'Clock my husband returned
with the members of the family and / was
awakened by the friends and invited to
rise and partake of some of the ice-cream.
I was obliged to refuse the invitation,
and soon fell asleep. Soon after, perhaps
an hour, / was aroused by the heavy
tramping of men in the house and in our
room. The lamps were burning dimly
and / saw that the room was filled with a
band of rutfianly men, all heavily armed
with pistols and shot guns. They were
loudly calling for Mr.. -, our kind host.
They were band of regulators, who
had come to seize or murder Mr.. -.
They came at the midnight hour, expect
ing to surprise him in bed and make him
an easy victim. Mr.. - and others had
not retired, and when the ruffians knock
ed at the door he stepped out and bade
them enter, asking them who they were
and what was their business. "We are
regulators and have come to seize Mr..
- Another gentleman who was
present carried on conversation for mo-
ment, while Mr.. - escaped out of the
front room, through the room in which
| we slept, and thence to the upper part OF
| the house. Mistrusting that he might be
secreted in our room, the REGULATORS
| forcibly entered and demanded the owner
of the house. Some one in another room
called out, ssThere is no one in there but
the minister and his family but they
proposed to make an examination them
selves. They went to the bed where my
husband was lying, and holding a revol
yer at his head, asked him if he was Mr.
- He answered that he was not
They then approached the bed in which
I was lying with the two children ant
satisfied themselves that Mr.. - was
not concealed under the bed. They the1
went to another part of the house, bu
were soon called out by the captain, whC
was watching outside, and who apparent
ly became frightened by some noise o.
| commotion that he heard.
Instantly there was the sound of ;
heavily loaded gun, the crashing of glas
and great noise and confusion all abou
the premises. We comprehended the sit
uation, and knew the house was attacked
by regulators. We sprang up, ant
putting on part of our clothing, snatch
ed the babies from the bed, expecting tha
a volley would be discharged at the house
and our lives put in great peril. 1 starte'
for the door with my babies in my arms
but turned back to help Mrs. , ou
hostess, who was pale as death from
fright, and who expected that her husban
had been or might be murdered by th
assasins. We managed to escape fror
the house and went some distance, whe
Mrs. - turned back, saying that sh
would go back and perish with her hus
band if his life was taken. Her husban
had then come out of his hiding place
! and stood on the piazza, the regulators