The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-11-19
Items of News.
The Belair, Md, Kgis says


lady, about FIVE miles northeast OF TINS
place. The lady was SO much abused
and SO seriously injured that up to the
time of writing she has been unable to
give any detailed account Of the brutal
conduct of the negro. This is the
fourth or fifth affair of this kind which
has happened in this county within the
past year, in which negroes have been
the actors ard white women the suffer
ers. In this instance the lady was re-
turning from church, and had left the
buggy of her husband but a few min
utes before this outrageous assault was
made upon her. Her husband, it
seems, conducts or carries on two farms,
and on passing the one on which ne
resides he put his wife out few hum
dred yards from the dwelling, intending
her to walk the balance of the distance,
while he drove to his second farm to
see after things there, and Immediately
after he had got out of sight the attack
was made upon her. On Monday a
negro was arrested and placed in the
county Jail, on suspicion of being the
guilty party, and subsequently fully
identified
On Tuesday, the Sd instant, most
horrible crime was committed near
Swainsboro, Emanuel county, by ne
gro named Pierce Bolding, upon the
person of Miss Virgins, young lady
of fifteen years, and the daughter of a
respected citizen of that county. tap
pears that she was ON her way to school
in the village, when the negro rushed
from the roadside, Knocked her sense
less and accomplished his purpose; she
was found lying insensible by passcr-
by and carried home, and onrecoycring,
related what bad occurred. The off,
GERS of the law and others started in
pursuit of the scoundrel and oyerhauled
him near Summeryille, in the same
county, from whence he was carried to
Jail, when he confessed having commit
ted the deed. The same night body
of armed men proceeded to the Jail,
took him out and hung him. Previous
to his execution, he stated that he and
several other negroes had formed a plan
on that day to violate the persons of
several young ladies, who attended
school in the village, bus the others
oversight themselves, and he startedout
alone, and Miss Virgins was the first
one he met ,Saramah (Ga) Ne,cs,
Noren,Jcr 9.
Mail advices from Cuba represent the
instruction there to be Of great magni-
tude. The whole Eastern coast is re-
ported to be in revolt. Prominent
leaders are now-in Washington urging
the recognition of Cuba as belliger-
ent. The Secretary of the Revolution
airy Junta says: ave are fighting for
independence from Spain and annexa-
ton to the United States" Lersundi
will not permit kilograms to be sent
showing the true state of affairs on the
Island.
John NJ. Kills, who. with his accom-
pliccs, forged nearly $4,000 in Gov
eminent vouchers during the war. was
brought up for trial at Nashville last
week. He pleaded guilty and was re-
committed to Jail to await sentence
One OF his confedcrates in the forgeries
was sentenced not long since to twelve
mouths imprisonment in the Jail at
Chicago, and others are now awaiting
trial in that city. At the time the for
garies were committed Kills was quar-
tsrmaster in the army.
Quite an excitement was created in
Raleigh, N. G., on the 18th inst, by
the arrival of a wagon train laden with
arms. As they were deposited in the
State Arsenal, it was concluded they
we're intended for arming the loyal mi
litia, with view to inaugurating state
of affairs similar to that in Tennessee,
Arkansas and Florida.
A conspiracy to overthrow the exist
ing order of affairs in France has been
discovered. The Ministry have adop-
ted a resolution providing fer the most
vigorous measures :or its suppression.
The public journals will not be moles
ted if they refrain from exciting the
people against the Government.
The Fauquier (Va.) Land Journal
makes most encouraging exhibit in re-
gard to the sales of Virginia lands and
accession of new settlers within the
past twelve months. Itsays that s'more
than 100000 worth of property has
been sold to actual settlers within the
radius of ten miles around Warrenton
I s;,ca the close of the war"
A cattle train on the Buffalo and
| Erie Railroad collided with passenger
train of the Erie Railroad Company last
Thursday night, about one mile from
Buffalo. The baggage master of the
Erie train had his leg broken, and a
large number of cattle and hogs were
killed.
What an outrage has been commit
ted in Buffalo, and by magistrate! =
He has sentenced man to one months
Imprisonment for stealing an @ns6retta /!
Goodness gracious! We shall next
hear person who borrows book and
never returns it called tibet! What
are we coming to!
At 10 o'clock On Wednesday night
while Kate Bowling, aged 30, domes-
tic at the Gladstone House, New York,
was playing game of cards with three
other girls, vein in her left leg was
| ruptured, and she dice in a few mo-
ments from internal hemorrhage.
General Grant has already received
about 500 written applications for office.