Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-27

Sie1..Ws0 KiIls ISIS bride and
Throws Her BODY into q Aivs
er.
A most shocking murder has been com>
United in toe eastern part Of Rowan ceun- |
tv. North Carolina. The following are the
particulars, "a given by the Salisbury Buns |
mr..
II appears that one Rufus Ludwick mar
riea Miss Campbell a5oat three weeks
ago. against the wishes OF his parents
She was denied the privilege Of entering
their house, they protesting against Their
cons wing with her. She suddenly dssp-
peared. ard was gone nearly a week, when
The ueighbers, becoming suspicious Of foul
play, had Budwiek arrested. and instituted
. search for his wife, and found her dead
in the iadkin river, near the premises Of
his parents An inquest was held over the
body yesterday, but We hare not heard
whe.hc sny marks If violence were found.
The general believe prevails that Lud-
wick murdered his wife ard cast her into
the rives, and thathis parents were accessory
to the deed. The matter was yesterday. or
will be to-day, fully investigated. Sufi.
cient evidence has already been enlicted TO
commit Rufus Lodwick to jail.
p. s. Since writing the above, we learn
that the body Of the dead woman was re-
moved from the river last Wednesday eve<
ming. A bullet hole had been shot through
her showed that she had been shot with
a rifle her throa. was also cut; either Of
which wounds would have proved fatal
This is the most shocking murder IL has
ever been our duty to chronicle. A young
and highly respectable woman, just mar
ried, has been most inhumanly treated,
first by the parents Of the accused, in de.
nying her access to their house, and finally
most brutality murdered, by whom it is not
positively known, but believed by her hur-
band, assisted or instigascd by his inhumsn
parents. The facts, 80 far ELECTED, go.to es>
tablish this. We have not heard whether
the parents Of the accused have been ar
rested or not, but We presume thay will be.
Congregational CarelessIess.
No sharper reproof has been administered
TO 1.-THE narrow minded bl,ckheads" in
Congress who stined oil discussions when
their plans were unfolding, than that given
by the Nation, the leading radical organ.
1t says: IL 10 not often that We meet
with 90 scathing exposure Of the results Of
carelessness and haste in the transaction Of
important business - is to bs found in Mr.
6tanberry's opinion on the power q the
military commanders ct the South. The
reconstruction act was undoubtedly intend.
ed by Congress to make the military ofiiceri
supreme in their districts, but it Was framed
In such . name. that no machinery Wal
provided for carrying on the Reconstruction
process ct ali. This Was remeded by q
supplemental act, aud now the two havinl
. been submitted to an acute lawyer, b,
!, drives coach and six through them showi
\ that the State governments which the &C
was intended to displace are still in exist
/. ence and in full vigor, and that the military
commanders. who were selected with d
, much care, are simply peace officers suffice
to the civil power.
Mr.. Stevens now calls for Q meeting O
Congress 10 amend the bill, but We shoul,
: think he and some Of his colleagues woul,
,, be heartily ashamed Of their work. The,
~ appeared to think during the session tina
= the great duty Of loyal men was to driv
&c bills through the House without letting tn
- Democrats debate them. We wonder
= what has happened will teach them that til
previous question is a two>edged sword
g: and that freedom of debate il just - likel
at to serve the promoters as opponeots Of mea.
m urcs. Had the reconstruction act bee
:; thoroughly discussed, there Is hardly
re doubt that its glazing defects would hav
r sooner or later attracted the attention {
J. some lawyer on one side or the otter, an
IN that, let party spifi, have been ever 4
r. strong, self love would have tempted him I
IN expose them This is exhaustive. W
rs only say "ditto to Mr.. Burke"
In Springfield boy six years old, son
-, an Irish woman, stole S95 from his moth,
- aud disposed Of among his playma'es. I
:, punish him Tor the theft, his mother tie
-, him hand and foot TO post, and kept hi'
!, stark max ed out OF doors in sun and stor
~ every Cay for week. Not content wit
n such brutal treatment she kept him for
u fortnight Ion er tied III A similar way To