Wilmington journal., 1867-11-29
STATE NEWS.

a SHOOTING AFFAIR-A FILE OF ONIItD
STATES TRooPs DEFIED.-On Saturday last
the citizens of Washington county were
startled by the announcement that their
Sheriff, Dateman, in the discharge OF his
official duty, had been shot down by ne
gro offender.
The facts as reported to us are as follows ::
4 negro man, by the name Of Stephen Gills,
had committed considerable thieving oper-
ations in Martin county, and to escape
detection and punishment, had skedadled
for Washington county, his former home.
A due requisition having been made
upon Sheriff Bateman, he proceeded with
a file of Unitod States soldiers to arrest
Gills, and not finding him at home, searched
the woods and bushes near his house, where
he was found secreted. The demand for
surrender was scornfully laughed at, and
when Sheriff Bateman advanced in the dis
charge OF his duty, he was met by load
Of buckshot from the hands of the negro
even in the presence of squad Of United
States troops-the effects of which are sup
posed will result seriously if not fatally to
Mr. Bateman.
Owing to the darkness, the rascal escaped,
and though we understand the Military
turned out in force to capture him, no ar
rest has yet been made.
Tarboro' SOmher7aer, 21St inst.
FRAUD AND OUTRAGE. the Nahunta
box in this county, we learn from gentle
man who witnessed it, that a white voter
presented his ticket, but was turned off
because his name lid not appear upon the
books. A negro next came up, and his
name could not be found. The pollholder,
i,1fC mt M or.9 in
low tono of voice said: " We can't find y0au'
nstn1e t0-C1C9y; come back tO-mOrroar, and a0eW
ind it," We had hoped that after consoli-
dating the voting boxes to i've in the coun
ty, enough men could be found who had
some idea of the responsibilities of an
oath to conduct the election fairly,
Goldsboro' NeaCs.
CoTToN.-despite the great decline in
this staple it is literally pouring in from
the interior. The freight train on the Sea-
board and Roanoke road arrived yesterday
morning from Weldon, having on board
972 bales. Most of this is destined for
shipment North by the Old Dominion
steamship line, and is being dispatched in
large quantities by every trip. This cotton
is principally from the Eastern district of
North Carolina.
WAKE CoUNTY.-The Raleigh Sentinel of
the 22d instant says: Harris (negro) and
Andrews, franklin and Williams, white
Radicals, are certainly elected by consid-
erable majority. The white men of the
county have no one to blame for this re-
suit but themselves. The blacks, it we'll
be observed, have almost uniformly voted
up to their Registration, while the white
vote falls quito one-third behind In Ral-
eigh, perhaps, there were between forty
and fifty of the eChite men who voted the
Radical ticket, and in the county $50 or
thereabouts. But at least all equal num-
ber of cOlored men either voted the Con.
seryatiyo ticket or refralned from voting.
Had not the. white men of Wake manifest
ed SO much apathy and indifference, they
could have easily elected their ticket
Nat Jones is, we believe, the only eX-
ception to these remarks. The white men
there polled their full strength.
Defeated though they are, our candi-
dates, and especially Judge Fowle, have
established IL claim upon the gratitude of
our people which can never be forgotten
or ignored.
ACQUITED.-Gen. Candy has approved
the proceedings of a military commission
recently SOlfSuo1 III CudIlSStOu, OF WHICH
Brevet Major-General r. o. Tyler was Pre-
sident, acquiting Mr.. Jesse C. Griffith,
Sheriff of Casweu county, N. c., of the fol-
lowing charge:
Gmye-'' Misdemeanor in Office
tSpecifcation-''In this that the said Jesse
G. Griffith, citizen of the county of Cas-
vel, in the State of North Carolina, while
sheriff of said county. and having, under
the laws of said State, the custody and con-
troll of the Jail of said county, and of the
prisoners therein incarcerated, did wanton-
ly, unnecessarily, maliciously and cruelty
confne one William NJ johnson, citizen
of the county of Rockingham, in the State
of North Carolina aforesaid, who was com.
mitted to the custody of the said Jesse G..