Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-10-09
Diab olicnl OUTRAGE,

Diab 0licnl Outrage.
4 N,yro Auemp1 70 Coo.nsa Rape Upon
q Young Lady lie asses KMje and
Ecateo, ent in this Commuaiyl
o. Friday evening last, ns Miss Nora
Filler, dlu,h ter ofCaptain JOS, Filler, was
passing from the lower part Of town to her
hom,. a few hun dred yards distant, just as
she stepped from the northern end Of tho
wire bridge" sh was met by q negro man
ell about, ami sci zcd her, attempted to gag
her, ami threw or to the ground. 1t was
then Just dusk b ut a cloud had arisen in the
west and u viole mt storm was approaching,
which rendered the evening rather dark. -
Still there wa, sufficient light for Miss Filler
to recognize h or assailsnt, and she called
him by name, begging him to desist. He
replied that he would "cut her hear out" If
shs~ resisted, and would shoot her it she
told on him." drawing knife as he said
these words. Though frightened almost to
death, the poor girl struggled heroica!ly and
succeeded in keeping her iendish assallent
ut bay until he heard the approach OF some
students going to town, which drove nm
away before he had accomplished his pur-
pose Half dead with fright and terribly
bruised, the young lady went toware. her
home, shrcking and crying, and passed the
night in state Of distraction. Parties who
visited her the next day, informed Us that
her face was much cut, and that the marks
of the negroes efforts to gag her are left On
hcr throat aud cheeks. Miss Filler. on
Saturday evening, made information before
Esq. Nicodcmus, charging. John Brown, q
negro lately hostler in the stable Of Mr..
John Little, as the perpetraitor Of the crime.
There was unaccountable delay in making
the information and the affair was kept so
quiet that but few person, knew of it until
Saturday evening When it became
know, howeve, there was universal express
effort was ut once made to arrest the Grim
nal. A reward Of one hundred dollars was
raised by the citizcns aud squads started
out in every direction to find Brown. At
this writing he has not been arrested. He
Is short, thick-sct, stoop. .shoudcrcd fellow
with goatce, and isl bout twenty-five years
odd. One Of his hands was cut in tho strug-
gle with Miss Filer.-Bet!tord Ca.,ite.
We publish this and another similar case
occurring in another state. Thee are some
Of the moral results of the working Of the
so called party Of great moral deeds.
Ever since the army of the South was dis.
banded, the negroes Of the South have been
puffed with the knowledge of their freedom.
Their ignorance leads them to believe that
freedom means privilege 10 do anything
and everything, and under the government
Of the Freedman Bureau system they have
been permitted to carry out any fiendi>l
designs they may have in view. Cases Of
this character have frequently arisen in the
Southern states, and have been treated by
the Ioyalpeople as just retribution upon
the females Of the South on account of the
rebeious spirit existing among them. The
negroes arc made to believe they are equal
to, if not better than the whites, and their
insolence leads them to the preparation Of
fendish conduct.
The Freedman Bureau officers, and the
Military Despotism commanders, sustain the
conduct of the blacks, and punish by order
of military courts any whites who may at
tempt to restrain the negro population.
These arc the pleasures Of Republican rule.
They are now being felt in our own State,
heretofore noted for the small number Of
crimes committed within its limits. Should
Radical administration be allowed 4 few
years longer, we may expect the continua-
tion in numbers of these grcvous offences,
or VIC may have the ex.erniuation Of blacks
by war Of races.
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Ha- Under the provisions Of the internal
revenue law, all goods, wares and merchan-
disc Or articles manufactured or produced,
Except what may be produced in small
way less than 81 900 year by single ind:-
yidual or irm) is subject to taxation. In
the case of small manufacturers, whose pro-