The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-05-01
From the Savannah, Ca, Republican.
The Latest Rebel Outrage"

One of the most brutal and savage
murders ever recorded occurred on
Wednesday last, in Barnwell District,
8. c., which shows that the seed OF Rad
icalism, so thickly sown in that State.
is bearing fruit with vengeance. We
are indebted to gentleman in that To-
cality for the particulars OF horrible
tragedy. :,
It appears that on the day mentioned
the overseer on the plantation Of vii.
liam ]. Lawrence, Esq, "a cousin OF
General Lawton, of this city, near Al
lendale, Barnwell District, S. c., told
one of the field hands to go to work
and commence plowing. To this the
negro objected, and difficulty ensued,
and the wife of the negro came up, and
by her language further increased his
ire, and he raised heavy hoe that he
had in his hand and attempted to strike
the oyerseer on the head, but he mall
aged to evade the blow. The negro
then attempted to strike a second blow,
but the overseer drew pistol and shot
him in the face, infiictiHg A slight
wound. He then retired to hB house,
and for about half an hour all remained
quiet.
? The negro, meanwhile, had been
among his fellows, melting them to vio-
Ieuce. and soon a ovid of them assem-
bled around the overseer's house. Near
ly all the negroes on the plantation
were in the assembly and the overseer,
seeing that his life was in danger, jump
ed out of a window and ran. Shots
were fred after him, one Of which
wounded him. He still continued to
run, however, thus wounded and bleed :
ing, and pursued by the savage crowd
of brutes, new infiamed to perfect
fury. After o chase of about mile, the
overseer reached the house of Mrs. Ma
led, whose husband was absent at the
time. He implored her to take him in
and shelter him from the yelling pur-
sners who were seeking his life, which
she did willingly. Then she took her
stand outside the dsor, and for more
than an hour held the murderers ut bay
resisting all their efforts to effect an en-
| trance, and refusing to accede to their
demand to give up their victim. They
strove to get her away, but she strug'
rled nobly, heroically maintaining heI
position, and receiving many bruises at
their hands. ssfE 'r.s
Finding that they could not intimi.
date this courageous lady, the foremost
of them broke in the window of the
house, and they were quickly followed
by others, and the wounded man
inside soon fell victim to thoir savage
fury. Shots were fred at him, and
eleven -buekshot entered his breast
While he lay upon the floor, in the ago.
nies of death, negro women came up and
beat Ihim with sticks, and some of the
worst of them declared that they would
not leave without piece OF hssh to
carry home with them.
A more brutal and diabolical murder
has, perhaps, never been committees
and those who perpetrated the bloody
deed, while in t he act Of executing theil
horrid purpose, acted more like demons
let loose from Pandemonium thar
anything in the semblance of humani
ty. While engaged in their murderous
work they were frequently heard 20 cry
out that the Radicals would protect
Ithem-thus showing that the RESPONSE
bility for the terrible death of this
Door man rests with those who have
scattered broadcast throughout tn,
South the seeds of bloodshed and dis
order.
Our informant could not recollect the
| name of the murdered nan, but sale
that he came from southwestern Geor
gia. He was good overseer, and al