The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-22

A MosT SHAMEFUL OUTRAGE A most
brutal and shameful outrage has been commu-
nicated to the military authorities at Whining
ton having occurred Wednesday night
last week between that city and North East sta
ton on the Neld0s railroad. Some six negroes
clad in uniforms and armed with uluskets with
bay0nets, visited t"o CT three houses, took all
tie money they could ind and beat and abused
the occupants in cruel ana shameful manner
piercing them quite severely with the bayonets
at different times. and Threatening frequently to
kill them outright. Only two names of the
three mcu beaten could be remembered-Mr.
Williams and Dir. Collins One lady was treated
in similar manner. One of the rasca!s have
since been recognized aud is now held under
arrest at North E4,t bridge by the military
force there Williams and Collins live, it is
said, about six or eight miles from the city,
that some clue my be given by which the whole
Of the brutal soamps may be brought to justice.
So the Wilmington herald informs Us.
ssg~ Heretofore the Black Republican sqgcs Of
Massachusetts have quietly controllcdthe polit-
ioal opinions Of their brethren in Ohio. The
.''buckeyes" have harkencd obed;ently unto
Faneuil Hall, and have been patted 90 the head
and patronized for their dociIity. Suddenly,
however, the Republicans in Ohio have set up
for themselves, and have sacrlegiously broken
the commandments Of the Massachusetts elders
They have nominated a candidate for Governor
General Cox,) who claims the privilege of
thinking for himself, aud he has declared
against negro suffrage, and says that as condi-
ton precedent to their voting, all the free ne
eroes arc 10 be gathered together, separated
from the whites ard colonized. lie would thus
throw them upon their owp resources, and let
them vote undistu.ed BY the presence of
white man. his doctrine the Massachusetts
Radicals, who have eye to controlling the
votes CT the free negroes aud al the same time
keeping them in the Southern States, do not
approve, and they modestly ask General Cox to
Withdraw; but as Cox Intends to be elected and
is a soldier OF pluck, he refuses to obey the
Massachusetts, dictate, and WILL Of course, be-
l,elccted.
COLLECTION OF SOUTHERN DEBTs-The
National lntelligeneer mentions an interesting
case which up, last week, in the New York
Supreme Court, being an action brought by
Stewart & Co.. to recover 81 ,295 63 tor mer-
chandise sold in 1860 to the defendants firm
then doing business 4 Columbus, Georgia
Netmore, one OF the firm, sHered denying
sufficient information to form belief that goods
! to the amount specified were sold by the plain
tifs to the defendants, giving as d reason for
such want Of knowledge the Interruption of all
! communication duriog the last four years with
the South. Dir IL II. Rice, on behalf of the
plaintiffs, moved to strike out his answer as
frivolous, on the ground that the sale was con-
pleted in 1860, yeaf before the war com,
!. menced, and that one partner was boand to
know of the acts of his co:partners, unless such
knowledge was actually impossible. The mo-
ktion was granted, striking out the answer and
giving judgment on thecomplaint with costs of
motion.
An irate wife in Newbur5port stopped her
husband from visiting grog shop by nearly
killing the srog shop keepe-.