The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-01-16
STATE ITEMS.

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| FL Battle Of the Supreme Court, and Hons. 4.
b. Gillian, D. G Fowle, Ralph Buxton aud
! Anderson Mitchell of the Superior Court, have
! taken the oaths of Office within few days
Raleigh Sentinel.
! LEWIS HANEs, ESQ Owe learn, from the
Salem Press, that the Hon. Bedford Brown, be-
| ing satisfied of Mr. Hanes' election to Congress,
! has waived all claims to the Office. This is no
more than we ex pected from Mr. Browns high
toned personal integrity and lifelong regard for
! the ascertained voice of the people.
~The Hon. Geo Davis late attorney geo.
eral of the late Confederate States, arrived at
| home from Fort Lafayette, (after six weeks i'm
! prisonment) on Saturday morning the 9th. He
was relieved by the grace Of President johnson,
| and kindly restored to the bosom OF his fumily
and friends, who deeply appreciate this behefac-
ton at the hands of the chief magistrate. MIR
Davis was met at the depot BY many friends,
and received with warm hearts and honest hands
to the home which he has, and will adora if
! G cd spares him Wilmington Journal
Ba= o II Perry, Esq former State Librarian,
has been re-appointed to that position by His
Excellency, Gov Worth.
MILITARY AFFAIRs.-The following distri-
button of troops,-all Of 128th Indiana has
tuSt Uccu Wduc lOE h91clSu ouu pOiuIo " est,
| viz:
Raleigh, Cos E. & G., Capts Barnett, Mills
and Corbin; Salisbury, Cos A. 4 H., Capts
Campbell and Powell; Charlotte, Cos d. & K,
Capts Keith and Hinton; Morganton. Cos G. &
L Capts Frazier and Binnishal Asheville, Co.
f, Capt Bliss The military post at Green's
| boro' is discontinued.
The l20th Indiana regiment has been relev-
ed and gone home.
CAVALRY FOR North CARoLINA-We learn
| that four companies of the 9th U. S. cavalry,
serving in the vicinity of Cumberland, Md,
have been ordered to report to the commanding
officer in this department for assignment to duty.
-Ro1eigh Progress.
| DISORDERS IN THE WEsT.-A correspondent
writes to the Raleigh Standard from Henderson
county, N. G., as follows: 127
"Robberies and thefts are of daily occurrence;
! two houses and saw mill, belonging to Joseph
Henry, of Henderson county, were burned on
Sunday night Gath Dec.) and one house in
Pennsylvania county, belonging to A Miller,
burned the same night. These Iucendiarisms
are supposed to be the work of white thieves
aud robbers. Lawlessncss is on the Increase,
and We must have law and courts to enforce
them. l regret the Legislature did not mature
liberal code of laws for the Freedmen |
hope the members on their return will be pre-
pared to act on that suhject'in liberal spirit"
| LAwLEssNEss-Ac correspondent from below
| advises that 1t is believed that bands of per-
sous, in the counties of Wayne, Johnston and
Lcnoir, are leaeued together, engaged in steal
ing horses, cattle, cotton, &c. The citizens are
on the alert and it is hoped will be able to bring
some Of the depredators to justlce-Raleiyh
| Sentinel.
Al
Freedmen's Bureau, 10 Salisbury, has established
a chain gang for the punishment of negroes in
his department, who outrage the laws. We
think it good idea and would like to see it
established here, provided they we're carefully
| guarded and not allowed to make their escape,
while out at work. The streets in many parts
of the city need repairing, and if offenders
against the laws were made to do the public
some good, while undergoing punishment, by
+, being made to work where it is needed it would
compensate for the expense it costs to keep them
aight.-Ruleigh Standard.
VIM McRac was elected Superintendent and
| W A Walker Treasurer, Of tho Wilmington and
! Manchester Railroad last week. =
,WILMINoroN-The Journal complains of
the excessively dull aspect of business affairs in
Wilmington, but INDUCES in the hope of an
carly revival of trade, when produce will pour
| In from the surrounding country sufficient to
supply the immense amount Of shipping which
ia constantly arriving at that port. We hope
the Journals authorizations may be realized but
the query suggests itself, where ID this produce
to come from ?
! OUTRAGES AT BEAUFORT.-We learn that
1.-The colored troops at Beaufort, in this State,
have recently been guilty Of shocking outrages
in the neishorhood cot that place A squad of
ahem visited the town Of Beaufort, few days
since, violated the police laws, were arrested by
| Mayor Duncan, and sent to Fort Macon, in
! charge of some Of the town police. When the
police officers reached the fort they were threat
cned by the colored troops, disarmed, and thus
allowed to return to the town. Some of the
negro soldiers, We learn, threatened to turn the
cannon OF the fort Oh the town of Beaufort
But this is not half. A few days since
squad OF these soldiers went to the house of q
white citizen not far from the fort, aud while
the man OF the house and his wife were held,
they ravishcd their daughter, girl fifteen years
OF age. Another squad went to another house,
aud attempted rape child ten years of
| age. We learn that four Of these devils will be
identified. Let them be shot Immediately.
| They ought to be burnt at the stake for this
| horrid crime
| We trust these colored troops will at once be
removed from Beaufort, and regular white
troops put in their place, Ooe company of
white regulars would be am pie for both Beau
fort and MoIehead Clty.-RuleiyA Standard.
| -Four negro soldiers arrived here yesterday
| -.