The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-20
TeFFihle Condition OF the Country
VI AnnIihia RlnhniArlh.


terrible Condition or the country.
Around RiehmAnd.
Ftpsi he Richmond Time y Fddqy lass.
b AmSat unhappy state ofafIaltS exists
50 the portions u Henrieo county adj
jaeent to the city, which, 81 mot shortly
Improved, must drive the few remain.
ing inhabitants into Richmond for TINT
security Of person and property which
the country does not now AFFORD, Rob,
berry and spoliatlon Of the most de)iber.
ate and systematic character are daily
and nightly practiced with absolute Inn
pdnity, upon the defenceless people,
who are being rapidly stripped Of the
little property they possess, and which,
under the most favorable circumstances,
would have proved inadequate TO their
! Subsistence during the winter,
Bands Of armed men, white and
black, sufficiently numerous to put out
OF the question the idea of successful
opposition, roam about the country,
carrying of the crops from cornieldS
and p0tato patches, stealing horses,
and cattle, and robbing hen-TOosts.
Nearly every farm withiniRfadius Of
five miles of the. city has been put un-
der contribution by the maruuderS, and
many Of them stripped Of every hog,
COW Innd fowl, The farmers and their
families live in continual dread Of raw
age and personal violence, They feel
that their lives are complately at the
| mercyio Of the marauders.' va N 20 81 n
The latest raid that has come 10 our
knowledge, was made bya band Of me-
groes IN broad daylight, on W ednesdny,
upon q small farm three miles north Of
the city. Agentlemano Of this city, who
was hunting IN the neIghborhood, wit
messed the Whole affair. The negroes,
some tlfteen'or twenty in number, de.
Iliberately took possession Of the farm,
and carried Oh che corn, poultry and
pigs, before the faces ofEthe owner and
his family. lGi y
Another recent Outrage or similar
character, which we shall mention, was
il perpetrated last Monday night, by Fed
eral soldiers, on the farm OF DE-. John
b. Friend four miles east OF tho city.
DR.. Friend and family were aroused at
the dead OF night by commotion
among the fowls roosLing In the trees
about the house. on looking out they
discovered That the house was surrounds
ed by soldier, some armed with mus;
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10 when remark the party ADDRESSED
replied, no: Let the 40gs alone now
we have got as much as we can
carry; we will take them the nexttime."
With the announcement Of this ar
rangement they departed. bearing each
ms share OF the booty. After their de-
partnre the negroes came up To the
honse and stated. that while the plum.
derinp WINS being done their quarters
lind been guarded by armed men IN the
same manner as the Doctors residence,
From the number seen around the
honse. together with those who kept
watch and ward over the negro ouarteFs,
1 II IL estimated that there were between
ttwenty.fiye and thirty men in this band,
i This II the second nocturnal visit DIR.
Il Friend has had from bandItti, On the
nrevIous occaslon. some ten DAYS ago,
/ thew carried al MI his geese. His iat.
teninr hog. il Is feared, will prove a
snfiicIent Inducenleflt 10 secure him vet
another visItatIon. = 7-'T1lii :. =
| The cnse inst mentioned. with all the
tcircnmstonSes. has bpen reported 10 the
military authorities. who exnressed
Themselves anxIons md determined. II
i noSsibIo, 10 nut sinn 10 Sneh ontrapeS,
\ rhe authorities suErested, il mny be
mentioned. that the particular exploit
reCitel above was performed by some
cavalry, who having since been sent
away. there would probably be no re-
\ petition Of the affair. We may here
State that on tho night before tho rob-