The Western Democrat

Destruction of Churches—On Tuesday night last two Baptist Churches at Riley's Creek, in this county, near Lillington, were entirely destroyed by fire. The fire was evidently the work of an incendiary. Malicious, designing men, who are so lost to all sense of honor and reverence for religion, as to cause the destruction of edifices of this character are deserving of the gallows, and should meet with the penalty the law prescribes for those convicted of arson. We trust that these vile incendiaries may be caught.—Wilmington Journal.