Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-07-22
BELMONT, MISS, June Goth, 1859.

Very respectfully your friend,
JOHN j. McRAE.
I BELMONT, MISS, June Goth, 1859.
DESPERATE AND BLOODY AFFRAY. A
Fayetteville (Arkansas) paper gives the fol-
lowing particulars Of an ARRAY which took
place in the town Of Huntsville, wherein
Foster Black, Esq, son Of Col. William
Black, of Fayetteville, and Mr. Warren
Sans, merchant Of Huntsville, we're killed
Immediately, and John Black and DR..
James Smithson. Of Fayetteville, and Con-
stable Moody and James Sans, Of Hunts
vile, were severely wounded. 1t says:
s'An idea may be formed Of the unparal-
leled savageness Of this street fight when it
is considered that Warren Sans was shot
with ten pistol balls, and stabbed once or
twice in the breast-that Forester Black was
shot twice with double barreled shot gun
John Black and James Smithson wounded
in the thigh, James Sans stabbed with
bowie knife, and Mr.. Moody severely woun-
ded in the leg an1 further, that after the
fight had ended, four revolvers were found
lying upon the ground Of BATTLE three Of
which we're entirely empty and one partial
" discharged.
s.Not sound was heard after the shoo-
ting commenced, save the sharp quick re-
port Of the revolver, the stunning sound Of
the deadly shot gun, and the clash of cold
steel until Sans and Black had fallen, and
their life blood was pouring forth through
the CHASTITY and fatal wounds. The scene Of
this tragedy was enough to sicken manly
heart. A young man in the morning of life
and mature man il the autumn Of his days
lying within few feet of each other, their
lives pouring out in torrents Of blood
and four others bleeding from the severe
wounds; but imagination can feebly depict
the heartrending lamentations Of mothers,
sisters, wives relatives, and friends. Our
informants say, buta minute or two elapsed
after the firing before the square was cover
ed with near hundred women, who made
the town resound with their frantic screams
and wild cries Of grief. HH
CONFEDERATION IN THE PIKE's PEAK
GoLD MINES. LIVES LOST We learn from
the Leavenworth Times that one Of the Goa
cbes of the Pixies Peak Express Company
arrived there, bringing dates to the 23d ult.
An immense confagration commenced ra-
ging in the mountain praires on the Goth
ult. It originated on the dividing ridge be-
tween the Gregory and jackson diggings,
and soon had turned hundreds and thou
sands of acres Of pine land into an ocean Of
fire, that swept away everything towards
the snow range. A violent wind that prevail
led for few days increased the vehemence
Of the destructive element. At Denver Ci-
ty the existence Of the fire was first announ-
ced by dense volumes Of smoke that filled
the atmosphere from the noun aims to Cher
ry Creek. Many prospecting parties had
been cut off from escape and devoured by
the devastating flames. Suffocated and Gin
dered bodies had already been discovered. -
A party Of fifteen persons are known to have
persisted BY the flames. aa
1.-THE TnUNDERER'' CALLED TO THE BAR
OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 1t appears
from the following note Of the proceedings
Of the House Of Commons on the day pre-
ceding the adjournment. that th9 publish
ers of the London Times are likely to be
summoned to the bar on the reassembling
of Parliament, after the short recess that
was given in order to allow time for the re-
election Of such members as had accepted
capinet appointments. Mr.. Duncombe had
suggested that the editor should be sum-
m oned to attend; but as the return to call
for that parsonage would probably be mon
est imuentus, it was resolved to come down
on the publishers instead. There may be
an other battle between the prerogative of
the press and the privilege Of Parliament.
NEGRO SALES. Likely slaves continue to
bring exorbitantly high prices in this mar
ket. Negro men are worth from S 100 to
S1475. women are worth from $1,000 to
$1400, and bows and girls sell for nearly as
much. Last week a gentleman in this city
sold nine male slaves, two Of them not over
eighteen, for $13, 000.-R. Dispatch
EY The political canvass in Tennessee,
is almost raging with excitement and effort.
The election will wind it up, on the LIST
Thursday in August