The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-04-21
Reaping the Whirlwind.
THE XIV AMENDMENT, NEGRO EQUALITY, &c.
BEARI!G FRUIT.

THE XIV AMENDMENT, NEGRO EQUALITY, &c
, BEARr'G FRUIT.
Our town has been in state Of tn
: most intense excitement ever since las
Thursday. The cause of this excitement i
as follows:
On Thursday about noon, negro wen
q to the house of Mr.. VIM. NJ. Oliver, il
Guilford township, about two and hal
miles from this borough. Mr. Oliver an,
!. his wife were both away from home. A
step-daughter Of Mr.. Oliver, named Id;
, Reinhart, who is about thirteen years 0
age, had also been at a neighboring house
but at noon went home to feed the pigs
! She WINS in the house getting the necessa
~ feed when the negro went there; sh,
had the door locked. He came to Tho
door, but she refused to admit him. HI
pretended to be hungry and demanded
bread, threatening to burn down the house
if she would not let him in. Terrified al
these threats she opened, the door, when
the black scoundrel seized her, threw hel
upon the floor and outraged her person
The little girl is pretty badly injured. The
negro then took with him from the house
a razor belonging to Mr.. Oliver, and a
small sum of money which was lying on a
mantle. Mr.. divers house lies in south.
easterly direction from town. ~
The negro then left. and crossing the
roads and fields, got around to the road
leading from this borough to Scotland in a
northeasterly direction from town. About
a mile from here, gentleman resides by
the name of John lands. The negro ac-
costed little boy whom he saw there and
asked him if there were any men about.
The boy said no. Just then a young lady
named Lydia Detwiler was seen passing
through a field some distance off, the ne
gro went over toward her, and caught up
to her about two hundred yards from her
fathers house, which is in Green township.
He attacked her at once and accomplished
MS purpose, the young lady resisting him
to the best of her ability.
From there he went in the direction of
MIR. Jacob Fry's house, and when within a
couple OF hAndred yards of it, he met
young lady named Miss Leah Lehman He
attacked her also and most terrible strug-
gle took place. He struck her on the
back of the head with club, on the face SO
that it is covered with black marks, and
choked her SO as to leave black and blue
marks upon her neck. In the struggle he
took razor from his pocket and drew it
close to her throat threatened to kill her
She grasped the razor and broke the han
die Oft. which she still has in her posses
sion. Notwithstanding this heroic resis
lance, the black scOundrel succeeded in ac-
comprising his purpose with this lady also.
We understand that she is still confined to
her bed from the injuries received.
MIR. Oliver has since seen the handle and
blade OF the razor used in the last struggle
and Identifies it as his own
On Friday negro answering the des-
cription given by the little girl and the la
dies was seen in this town and was arres-
ted by Mr.. Frederick Householder and
Mr.. Nicholas Uglow, under the direction
Of Sheriff Fletcher. His name is Cain
Norris and his residence is WoIffstown.
He was taken to the Jail.
On Friday night, between seven and
eight o'clock the fire hell tapped, and
rush was made for the Jail. In about ten
minutes no less than eight hundred, per-
haps thousand, people were gathered
about the building. The crowd seemed
wild with excitement, and anxious to OBJ
tain possession Of the prisoner. But Sher-
iii Fletcher refused to deliver him up, and |
expressed his determination to protect
him. Several Of our citizens made speech
es, urging the crowd to desist from the nm /
dertaklng but the sheriff, still fsaring on
attack called rpon Capt. Skinner, OF the
Housum Louaves, to come to his assis- (
lance. Capt. Skinner brought up some of
his men with their muskets, in obedience
to the sheriff's reqaisition, and after the
Chief Burgess had interposed his authori-
ty also, the crowd left and went to their
homes. On Saturday and Sunday nights
similar attempts were apprehended, and
the sheriff, in consequence, had the iail
guarded. tits to be sincerely hoped that
no further attempts of this kind will be
made. The negro unquestionably deserves
II guilty, far more than the seyerest pun
ishment of the law. But it is the duty of
all order-loving citizens to leave him in
the hands of the sheriff, to be dealt with
by court and jury. We know that these
sentiments will not meet the appreciation
OF the majority of the people in this yicin-
lty, laborlng as they are under the excite
ment which these gross outrages have pro-
duced. But when the sober second
thought comes we feel sure our people will
agree with US. Let us set no such bad
presidents in this community as the lynch
ing OF this man would be- Let us never
allow mob to constitute themselves the
proper ones to judge as to what ofrense
should be punished with death, and deal
out the punishment themselves. Such
conduct will undermine the foundations of
aw and order, and give license to mobs to !,
ieal in similar manner with offenders
hereafter. Let us save ourselves from an.
.rchy.-I Chambersburg penny Valley
Horizons OF THE OcEAN.-We copy as 1
ollows from the New York Sun of the
TIL:
A party of excited Teutons, Just landed !,
rom the ship Headlong, from Bremen. ,
vent before Mr.. Bernard Cassery, yester-
lay. and sitting their Indignation as well !
s they could asked for an Interpreter, who /;
vas called. They then, through him, told +.
story which, 10 its details, reminded the !.
listeners of the ship james Foster, Jr.
he want of good and sufficient food was
light cause of complaint compared with
he violation of woman on board by officers
t the ship, and the disgusting arrangements
y which, in one case mentioned. two mar
led couples occupied q M herth t1ur;n, a.