Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-14
From the Louisville Democrat, Sept. It'll
AmaIganlation and nd Alisceg genStiOnD


A Disgusting -Scsn4 in the CITY COur
"A Practica1 BelieVsf i'm the Doc
trines of Fred. DOaglRss d Co. i71t
Persons who were at the City Court yester.
day morning were witnesses of disgusting
scene, which Is the practical result Of the
teaching Of equal rights to all, no matter OF
what color. DuriBg wednesday night Off
GERS Antle, Rogers, Sayers and Arthur,
paid visit to house situated on Four
teenth street, where they arrested John
Clifton, negro man, and MOllie Douglass,
white woman, who were living together
as man and wife. The parties were before
the City Court yesterday morning, charged
with sdisorderly conduct, in cohabiting to-
gether, contrary to, the laws of this State,
and decency. The man is a mulatto, with
the features Of the negro more prominent,
is about six feet high, we'll prOportioned,
stout and tolerably good looking for one of
his race. He Is probably about forty years
of age. The woman is about five and a
half feet high, slender made, dark hair,
about thirty-fve, might be called, hand
some. They had with them q beautiful
child, about six years Of age, which, the
woman said, was by her first husband, who
was white man. The Judge, upon hear
ing the testimony, fined each Of the par
ties $40, aud held them in 500 each for
thirty days, In default of which they were
committed to the wOrkhouse.
The woman is Of good address, talks
freely and sensibly, giving evident signs of
having been well educated and raised. How
she could sink SO low ID beyond our concep-
ton. She stated that a number ofyears ago
she was married to George Douglass, a white
man. who resides near OwentOn, bOwen
county, in this State, by whom. she had
three children, the interesting little boy in
court being one Of them.S The parties did
not get along well together, and, after living
together some eightor ten years, separated,
he taking two of the children and she one
james w. Douglass. After the separa-
ton divorce was obtained, and Mollie
Douglass removed to Ohio. 1t was there
that the first notions of analgamation were
inculcated into her mind. She soon became
belieVerin the doctrine ofthe equality Of
the races, and formed the acquaintance Of
Jno. Clifton. They became Intimate with
each other, vows of love were exchanged,
and the two were at last married at Xenia,
Ohio, by preacher Brown, Of the Methodist
i Church, or, at least, this is the statement Of
Z the woman herself.
MollIe is a practical Believer In the doc
trine taught by the extreme Northern
Radicals. -onol clalmeQ 0Onn as ner nus
band, said she loved, honOred and would
+ obey him. Shewould bewith him intrials
and tribulations, and would not leave him
until death did them part. q N 1.f ti =
T After the case had been decided, a rule
was ordered against Moiffe TO show cause
why James w ,her son, should not be taken
from her and bound out. The Judge, upon
hearing the proof, ordered the child to be
taken from her. When the decision of the
court was made known, the mother grab
bed her child, that motherly love for her
offspring still burning in her heart, burst
into tears, and shed tears of grief as only q
neither can. When they were about % be
separated, the child el0ng to its mother,
crying, which, with the grief of the moth
represented q most affecting scene, and
brought tears to the eyes Of the sternest
man In that whole court room. Mr., Kirk
patrick, the keeper Of the work-house, said
that he would take the child with him that
the mother could daily see it. and the
three, the negro man, the white woman and
the boy took a ridei in the Break-rock to
the cave. efuaf-eis