Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-08-04
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r,.. From The Petersburg Expressj
TIE ABOLITION TROUBLES IN oCoQUAN
Inc 0eoqnan difficulties in Prince William coun.
"a, ended on Friday without bloodshed The
@s1sndrla Gasette, from its reporter at the place
a>aon Of the affair: - :
e On the 4th ofiJuly last the Black Republicans
o',. ~acm some sixty reside in the vicinity Of Oco
YUAN instituted an ASSOCIATION, and agreed IN erect
poeIto bear aloft a flag with the names ofSIin.
~ s S1d damiln. The pole accordingly erected
rIioWing persons participating in the mole rails.
~ 5oan underwood, w. c. Athey, Robert Chr
w., liver ns Underwood II. w. Rives, j.. W. Miller
AnS,a Dss4, 2ooy, Stephen Hammil John TAYLOR
Iar..sc on1erwood, Marion Grigg, T. O. Coulter
lanes y dould Thomas R,ves. ,Jr Fl r n,tv 1 W
M eoHnston, i. L. Selecman. John. Wr;obt W.,
~ m a. a. Selecman, Edw Roberts 1En6Isb.
tasSo Harris, Gree negro0 jim Snyder tfraa
inc Of "A. os.S nasras negro) Upon the rais
mnskets and made quite mtarv ss.lso Win
meeang was held. at which Black Rsnnb,; No.,
speeches were made by w O. Athey and Wo;es.
las.er o. whom, new conner is said to be os;ts
Many persons in the neighborhood opposed the
erectoh OF the pole. believing it to be a standinH.
menace to the peace of the county but at first bare
ss no inocatioq Of an attempt to disturb it. The
AePuoicans, when spoken to on the sub;ect an.
smereo tnat there was one in the county who
eArsd 70 touch the pole" "There were men enonob
ee'ena IT &c. On one occasion an old resident
3t tne Heighborhood was assaulted because he had
ueciared that the pole was nuisance; and on an
U.ner, threats were made to ride upon rail a pen
uemsn living near by, because he had spoken So1tb
ern sentiments freely in Ocoquan. Letters were
paolshed In the Wheeling Iatelligencer declaring
enae 'ne people in the county wanted the pole re-
moved, but had not the hear. to do itn
Ans raised much feelino in tho
ana at meeting at Brentsville, some time last
court, 1t was agreed that the flag was an insult tn
the people of Virginia and incendiary in the object
was raised to promote, and should be torn down
on Friday, the 9th day of July.
THE REPUBLICAN, PREPARATIONS:
intelligence OF this determination soon reached
ocoquan, and on Monday night Republican meet
ins was held there to devise measures for the de-
Fence OF the hag-poe. On the following morning
ME y. u. Athey visited Washington and sent to
Gov Letcher the following dispatch:
we, the citizens of Ocoquan, are threatened
With invasion by an armed mob of three hundred
men from distant part of the county, on Friday
next at IL o'clock NJ, and call upon you for protec-
ton IN this emergency otherwise we shall have to
defend ourselves
W. G. ATHEY, on behalf of citizens"
10 which the Governor responded as follows:
I" Orders will be issued at once to Gen. Hunton
Tor the protection Of your citizens
JOHN LETcHER"
The Governor accordingly sent orders to Gen.
Hunton who directed Col Brawner to hold troop
of horse in readiness to give such protection was
necessary. When the dispatch was received Oh
Tuesday night from Gov. Letcher, great rejoicing
was manifested by the Republicans.
Whilst in Washington, Athey made arrangements
with certain Republicans to furnish 40 or 90 fire.
arms of approved make with ammunition therefor
which were to be sent to Oco9uan on Tuesday night
by wagon. The dispatch from Gov. Letcher, how
ever, induced the abandonment of this plan. At the
meeting at Ocoquan, and amid great enthusiasm, 1t
was resolved that the pole should be defended to
the death unless the assailants numbered more than
three to one of the Republicans.
TIE WOMEN ATTEMPT TO CUT TIE POLE DOWN.
On the night of Thursday. several of the wives of
the residents at ocoquan, fearing bloodshed would
IN the attempt, the wife Of Mr. Duty seriously
wounded by blow from her axe. The men gather
ed, however, and took the women away from around
the object of their attack.
On the morning of the 9th yesterday the Re-
pu5licans hoisted the American flag and the party
ensign bearing the name of Lincoln and Hamlin."
During the morning most of the women left the
village and the place seemed quite deserted but no
preparations were made for defence, and memorial
to the Colonel asking protection was prepared and
numerously signed
At 81 O'Clock, tbs Prince " iliiam Cavalry, Capt
Thornton commanding, entered the village and rang
ed themselves in the neighb0rhood OF the pole
They were followed By company about 40 strong,
under command Of Capt. NJ. Fltzhugh and MAJ
Carter, who paying no attention whatever TO the
Horsemen. quietly formed in hollow square around
the pole facing inwards.
Whilst this company was surrounding the pole,
Mr. .Joseph T. Janney advanced to the Captain OF
the troop of horse and claimed protection for his
property, upon which the pole stood
TIE POLE CONES DOWN.
AT the word of commandment, JAS W. jackson,
of Fairfax. stalWart yeoman, spraHg forward and
cave the first blow, others followed, rebuilding
Stroke ON stroke During this time, there was no
information save the Republicans and others, who
stood at corners near by, would cry out, Amt
YOUR axe dull; - q Hope you're having good time,
&c In a few minutes, however, there was cry OF
I" stand from under" and the pole came to the
Ground and shivered. Instantly, the crowd gave
three cheers, when the " Republicans" responded
by three cheets for Lincoln and Hamlin. All were
oycklv at work on the fallen pole, and in less time
than it takes to tell, it was chopped up, and the
nieces carried off The flag was sent to BrentsyIe.
So soon as the flag pole was leveled, captain Fitz,
hugh ordered about face, and his company marcneo
of. sauted as they went by mingled Jeers ana APP
nlause. During the evening there was some excite
inent. and personal rencontre took place between
Col, Rrawncr and Jos. I. Janney in which the lat
ter was considerably injured
The crowd cleared away during the evening and
at rundown all was quiet. The Republican"
saw they viii put up another pole on the same site.
-Hs.zED WIND SroRM.-A heated wind storm pas
sed over a portion of Kansas on the 9Th inst, Whch
raed nearly as destructive to animal life as the re-
a., tornsdoes that visited with such terrible effect
,,ortions of Iowa The wind arose about hall past
ten O'clock. A. n, and continued until three o'clock
IN the afternoon At one o'clock the mercury rose
IN ito degrees and continued for about an hour,