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AFFRAY AT CITY POINT.
TWO MEN BRUTAILY MuPDERFDt


Cry PorNT, April 10.
most diabolical outrage resulting In the
death of two human beings occurred here
Yesterday.
Three seamen, belonging to thu English
barque Eagle, laden with salt for Watkins Il
Son, Petersburg, from Liverpool, now lying
few miles below this port, came up yester
day afternoon with small boat, for the pur.
pose of bringing Captain Nelson Chambers,
the master Of the vessel. The Captain left
in the cars for Petersburg aud the men hav,
ing INDUCED freely in liquor, went down up
on the new wharf, nearly opposite Mrs Pen
nys grocery, where the crew ofthe schooner
Surprise, Captain w. H. Cole, were quietly
engaged taking in cargo of cotton for New
York.
The party Immediately commenced inter
fering with the lsbors of Capt. C.'s men, and
on his demonstrating with them, and asking
them to go away, they replied by threatening
and insulting epithets. BY this time they
had got on board the Surprise; and on being
again urged to go quietly away, one of them
aimed blow at Capt. Cole, which he par
ried; and going aft to his cabin, which is on
deck, shut himself in. Being foiled in their
attack upon the captain, two of them seized
marhn.spikes lying on the top of the cook :,
galley, and commenced an assault upon the
mate and steward. who had interposed to
save the life of Capt. Cole. A terrible strug-
gle now epsued between these two unarmed
men and the three English seamen. The
mate was knocked down by blow lust over
the right ear, followed by two more in front
which mashed his nose completely in and
laid his skull wide open.
The steward manfuliy resisted the other
two villains. until the mate was disabled.
when he took refuge in the cabin from the
NJ oil
was he pursued, that the blows aimed at him
left deep indentations in the cabin doors,
besides bending the iron rods and breaking
the glass of the side lights.
The deck being piled up with bales of
cotton, but little clear space was left and it
was while climbing over these bales. in pur
suit OF the steward, that the villains eneoun-
tered an inofiensive negro man, belonging to
Mrs Nancy Moody, who was trying to get
the senseless body of the mate where it would
be safe from further attack. A blow from
one of the party knocked him overheard,
and he was drowned.
The mate survived some three or four
hours, when he, too, died. His name was
Peter Nelson, Swede by birth, and sober,
industrious seaman. He leaves one SON in
New York.
The steward received some severe bruises,
but escaped without serious injury. His
nanio 40 oailies -. SOIlinS, an american by
birth.
Two of the attacking party were soon af,
ter arrested but the third is still at large, nor
can | learn that any steps have been tax en-
for his arrest He is strong built man, of
medium size. and wore blue cap, with
blue guernsey trock or shirt, but no coat.
| attended the inquest held on Nelson
body by Coroner Proctor, to-day, but could
learn nothing differing materially from the
above.
On board the vessel / saw the dead BODY of
the mate lying where he had fallen, while the
corpse of the drowned servant foated along
side.
verdict was rendered by the jury that
deceased came to his death by "blows inflict-
ed by three seamen, belonging to the Eng
confined in the Jail of Prince George coun-
ty, but whose names are unknown to this iu-
ry. BLANDFORD.