Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-06-28

the farms and in the workshops-let there b.
great excitement, as there is great interest a
stake 55slgq 3sfes aoi 1is.eto seais
We have stated truly and plainly the posi-
ton you will be placed in. if you vote th'
Bonds Of the county for $500 600, with th'
present security If the Bait. & O. r. R
will step forward and secure the interest an6
principal, as you secure your bonds. to them
We say then, and not until then, will we give
the county bouds.
| We ask you in all candor are you prepared
with the present lights before you. to put your
property under contribution for 80 years to q
foreign corporation and by your own votes put
a burden of taxation upon yourselves and your
children, which you will scarcely be able to
stand, together with the heavy taxation which
must follow the introduction Of the new and
untred machinery of the State constitution
The completion Of the Valley r. R. to Sa-
lem is to be devoutly wished for; but let us
Ihave patience and wait for the gradual devel-
| epment Of our lands with the wants of the
| people, and for the present be satisfied with
the Chesapeake & O.. R r. to Richmond, and
connecting with Peterspurg, Norfolk, and O.
& A. R. r. to Alexandria, Washington and
Baltimore which is 20 miles nearer Baltimore
than by the Valley r. r. These will serve
our purposes until we get out of debt and a
more efficient mode is presented of building up
our county W z35al sa aa9at9 .sai
& We understand that proposition has been
made. that the Town of Staunton, in addition
to the 100000 already subscribed, shall take
her proportion of the Company's $500, 600
thereby throwing into the county 900 votes to
carry the $500, 900. If this be 50, in the name
OF Augusta county, we protest against this
fraud This subject deserves earnest consider
alton. Go to the polls as members of the
same family Let every one cast his vote for
or against giving $500 600 to be placed in the
hands of the B. & @. Il r. or in the hands of
the President of the V. r. r. Let US have a
clear decision, leaving no room for complaint.
Nv.aZ, hgoI5 NisogsnoA AUGUSTA.
White boy Brutally whipped by Negroes.
An outrage was perpetrated on the. Gholson
plantation, some two miles from Portland, in the
lower part of this county. on Saturday last,
which, if true as reported to us, calls for the
prompt visitation of the utmost rigors of the
law on the black fends who we're engaged in it
As reported to US, young white boy, about
fourteen years old, who was living at or near
the plantation mentioned, found negro boy in
possession of a pair of drawers. which had been
stolen from the white boy, and which he be-
came satisfied had been taken by the negro -
The boy thereupun had an alteration with the
negro which resulted in his giving him whip:
ping The matter was reported to the negroes
employed on the plantation, who gathered in
force, and took the boy and whipped him un-
mercifully. At this point some other negroes
arrived, and not having seen the operation. in
sisted on its being repeated, which was accord
lugiy done, and the boy again subjected to a
most brutal whipping. Still another addition
was made to the party aud they too had to
have their sight gratiied by seeing. the boy
punished a third time he was tied up by these
black fends and underwent another cruel
hagellation. He was then taken of by por-
ton Of the party, and since that time has not
been heard of. Whether he was murdered out
right, or left by the brutes in some out of the
way place 20 die of his injuries, is a matter OF
conjecture. -.At ~
The matter was reported to Sheriff De Camp,
who promptly proceeded to the scene of the
outrage and by the aid of some of the citizens
succeeded IN arrestiDg some seventeen of those
who were reported as being of the party
They were taken before magistrate. and some
of them confessed 80 having whipped the boy
but, we belleve,3 gave no information as to
what dispositions was finally made Of him.
Nine OF the negroes were held to answer, and
were brought up TO the city yesterday morning
and lodged In Jail. The authorities, we learn,
are doing all they can to ascertain the fate of
the boy, and if, as is supposed, he was mur-
dered by these brutal negroes, no punishment
that can be meted out to them can be too Sc
vere aud we hope to see them suffer the ex-
treme penalties of the law.-.Seima Times,
June 18th.