The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-18
A Dastardly Outrage.

About 10 o'clock on Saturday evening,
the 4th inst. as Wesley Stanford, Aaron
Mitchell and VIM. Overton, negroes,
were walking home they were accoste
by Cap. Mansfield, Tom Tillman and
=. Startling, who attempted. to assault
VIM Overton, but in the melee Overton,
and Mitchell escaped, leaving Stanford
in the hands Of those drunken des-
peradoes He was knocked down
and terribly beaten on the rail
road. but fearing discovery in their
fiendish work, they dragged him
down the railroad embankment to IL
point near Kilpatrick's mill, and laying
his head on u log commenced anew an
assault that would have ended in the
taking Of Stanford's life. The cries ot
murder from Stanford soon brought
s,ccor. Messrs. Oatis and Warrcll ar
rived on the spot and attempted to ar
rest the parties, but they resisted, draw.
ing pistols and declaring they would
sooner die than surrender. These two
gentlemen held the roughs at bay until
City Marshal Kent arrived with u posse
and an advance was ordered. An u
tempt to cut off their retreat was attend'
ed with shot from one OF the parties.
As the trio refused to surrender, Capt.
Kent gave the order to fire, and for five
or ten minutes volley after volley told OF
the lively skirmish that ensued. All ef-
forts to capture the offenders availed
nothing and they escaped under cover
of night and the woods. An hour later
Tom Tillman, who 1t seems deployed TO
recapture the horses for they had dis
mollnted) was captured near the ran
road The same party hred INTO the
house of Joe Scott, earlier in the night,
the bullet lodging in the head OF the
bedstead in which he was lying. UP TO
last accounts Stanford was doing well,
hut not out Of danger--the doctors fear
ing confusion of the brain. Tillman, In
default OF $1,000 bond, was committed TO
iail, but was discharged yesterday morn
ing after paying forty dollars fine to the
city treasury. We are not advised OF
any State action. The latest ruinors
have it that Capt. Manifold, the leader,
was wounded Hazlchp!rst Democrat.
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Mrs. WooDHULL's LECTURE.-On Sun
day evening next Victoria G.. woodruff
will deliver her lecture ut st. Patrick's
Hall. Subject -"The Human Body the
Temple of God" The following extract
T. from the Syracuse IN. " Courier OF
December last will give an idea OF what
her audience may expect to see and hear
: "a Syracuse audience had an oppor-
tunity last evening, in Shakespeare
Hall, OF nearing Jue TcffihI kHDlt VIZ
. toriaC G.. Woodruff 1.-The wonderful, the
great Woodruff The house was filled
: with an intelligent audience OF ladies
and gentlemen, about equally divided
Mrs. Woodruff, it must be conceded, i
c an extraordinary woman, and there Is 9
peculiar fascination in her intense emo
!. tional nature, her utter and reckless
g devotion to an idea, her eager ana pas
. sionate advocacy Of her cause. Hei
!. = eyes flash with enthusiasm. She
;. trembles with excitement as she taik5
Her careworn face lights up IN q
. wonderful manner, and her lips qulvei
4 with emotion. She is q strange, Won
= derful woman She showed peIiecl
Il Familiarity with what she was taking
about. Her manner was easy, ner 9e5.
q tnres graceful, her voice strong, nel
4 articulation perfect, and the expression
= ~ her face, when she warmed up 10 hei
u u 9ubieet. grew spiritual. Nobody. wht
:" sees her can doubt that she Is not only
Earnest but honest in all she says; in
deed. her purpose seems to be based on
:, q deep. seated religious enthusiasm. Ii
\ she should appear here again, as we
9 hope she may, no hall would be toe
large for her,"