The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-11-12

by the usual majority. Negro and fe-r
male suffrage are defeated by small
majority. ~s..
A Tale Of Awful o Outrage--Brutal-,
ity UnparaileIed--A Negro Raw.
ages a Lovely Young White Girl
and Afterwards Tears Her Tom
que from the Root. ,sl.
One Of the most shocking, most hor-s
rible events ever known to history, oc-4s
CURED last week in Maryland, by which,.
one Of the most prominent and wealthy
citizens Of Cumberland county has been
reduced to condition thousand timesn
worse than death. Mr.. Charles Dean, o.
resident of Brady's Mills, on the Baltic
more and Ohio Railroad, a gentleman Of
education, and possessor Of the lHges
mill and other property in the village
had an only daughter named Bessie, o.
young lady not quite seventeen, possess-a
ed Of refinement and every virtue and acss
complishment which nature could gives
or money procure She had q form Of
exquisite symmetry and grace,l and rare'
voice which cultivation lad trained to-
produce the most perfect Rarnong--she
was indeed most charming singer and
belle of the country. ieu sss
For some months past there has beent
prowling around Brady's Mills monrs
ogsrish looking mulatto, supposed to haves
formerly been tire slave Of brother of'
Mr. Dean, living in Georgia. algs
This monster has lived in = filthy huA
at the foot of Brady mountain,l with an
old woman who seemed to be mistress.
mother and housekeeper, altogether. No,
one knew his name but by the wags of
the town he was designated as Dan
Scrunch. Sc
On Monday, the I'd Of September, Miss
Bessie being at home, having left school
at Baltimore, where she was attending,
on account of the serious illness Of her
mother, went, unaccompanied, to spend
the afteIDoon with neighbor, some disc
tance away, and returning in she early
evening around the mountain, q snddsn
thunder shower came on, and meeting
Dan, was induced b. him 20 seeksshelter
in the hut. s1sI4e sieaaA v4siilfm
Alasl poor child, no sooner, had the
door been shut than the fendish de-
mon seized apea her. aud despite her
piercing screams and struggles and in
the preseneescf the old witch woman, he
committed upon the chaste virgin the
foulest outrage, of which the human
mind can esneeive or man is capable
He then dragged her insensibIe form
Tout of the hut. The coola air revived
her, and again her lips uttered aishrill
cry, when this savage beast in human.
shape, standing upon her prostrate form,
with the insane idea Of putting it ont Of
her power to tell Of the crime, crushed
open her mouth with the heel OF his boot
aad with his hyena claMsnh he tore the
poor girls tongue from her threat. A
small boy, driving COWS in the vicinity,
hearing the screams, gave the alarm, but
before help could arrive, the fend had
fed. The excruciating torture Of the.
delicate sufferer and the frantic anguish
of her parents, no imagination can con-.
|ceive. Sc Ding
She is said to be in q dying condition
modification having set in, and her
Invalid mother cannot long survive the.
shock. Dan Scrunch is still at larges--
The old woman was taken into custody
the next morning and stated that the
brute had returned during the nights
The woods are being secured in avery
direction, and he cannot long escape.-
Patriot and Union. aiTaa5 u biUods
LIVERPOOL, November THE alarms
about the Fenians in this city does not
Isubside. Troops have been. sent here
and others are arriving. Sir Alfred
Horsford who was so active and efficient
in suppressing the outbreak in the South
of ireland, is in command Of the milita-
ry forces. M asF 81 a5s.ss ~
CopENHAGEN. November 4.--The
Island of st. Croix is not included in the
reported sale of the Danish possessions
| in the West Indies to the United States.
LONDON, November 5.- Parliament
has been called to reassemble on the 18th
Of the present month, 5arlass
The destruction in Matamoras by The
tornado of the 7th ult., appears to have
been most terrible. The lossis estimated
at So, 100000. -, =
Every stamp you put upon . deed. cheek
or mortgage, is a sticking plaster TO
remind you Of war brought on By Abo.
llition agitation and of the immense debt
piled up by shoddy thieves. =.