The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-07-30
THE ABOLITION TROUBLES IN 0C0QUAN.
The .'war" Ended -Brayado OF the Ne
publieaus- The Pole Cut Dewn-hiitary
an tbe Eraulld, Ac., &c., Ac.

q pablieaus- The Pole Cut Dewn-Miiitary
ou the Grannd, &c.. &c., &c.
Tho oco,uan difficulties in Prince William
county. Va. ended on Friday, without blood
.bed The Alexandria Gazette, from its re-
,,,r,er al the place, gives the following ac.
|,unt Of lie origin and termination of the
affair
n an ,he ith of July last, the Black Republi-
ms of whom some sixty reside in the vi.
Z c,pity OF Dcoqu quan, instituted an association
and agreed TO erect pole-to bear aloft a flag
/ viii the names Of Lincoln and Hamhn. The
Z ,,le WAS accordingly erected, the following
I nnsrsons participating in the pole raising
I f,hn Underwood, w. O. Athey, Robert Cur.
/ rs oliver Underwood, II. w. Rlves, J. w
! miller, VIM. Davis, tboy,l Stephen Hammill
/ Tim Taylor, Andrew Underwood Marion
/ G-ieg, I. o. Coulter, James Gould, Thomas
I E.,es. Jr II. r. Duty, W. III. Joh NJ ton, I. l.
>,Iecman, John Wright, VIM. Western, A.
A Sclecman, Edw. Roberts, (Englishman,)
1ascO Harris, (free negro. Jim Snyder, (free
1rero) Albert Harris, (free negro) Upon the
-t!s!ug of the pole, the pole-raisers were
armed with muskets, and made quite n mill
Any demonstration. A meeting was held, at
which Black Republican speeches were made
nv W. G. Athey and J. Wright, the latter of
whom. a new conner, is said 10 be quite an
orator.
Many nersons in the nefghborhood opposed
The erection OF the pole, believing it to be a
standing menace 10 the peace of the county,
but at first there was no indication OF an at
telnpt TO disturb it. The Republicans, when
snoken TO on the subject, answered that " there
was no one i'm the county who dared 10 touch
the pole" "There were men enough TO defend
g." &C. on one occasion an old resident OF me
Epighborhood was assaulted because ne mao
declared that the pole was a nuisance; ana
. ,g another threa - were made to ride upon
! rail a gentleman living near by, because he
8 hat spoken Southern sentiments freely IN
4 O-0qnan. Letters were published IN the
: Wheeling IuteIligeHcer declaring that " the
r4apIe IN the county wanted the pole removed,
n.f had not the heart 10 do H."
Tnis raised much feeling in the neighbor-
{ nod, and at meeting at Brentsville, some
ma last court, ii was agreed that the flag
Is au insult 10 the people of Virginia. and
..-ndiafy III the object it was raised to pro-
,. 9te aud should be torn down on Friday, the
z-.A day OF July.
rgE "RKPUBLTCAN PREPARATIONS.
Intelligence of this determination soon
rsa he'd Ocoquan, aud on Monday night Re-
publican meeting was held there to devise
measures for the defence of the fiag-pole. On
/ The following morning, Mr.. J. q. Athey visit
{ Fl Washington, aud sent to Gov Letcher the
: lowing dispatch:
We the citizens of Ocoqu7n, are threatened
with INVASION by an armed mob OF three hundred
r,xt at II O'Clock NJ, and call upon yon for pro-
-.tjun in this eme rgency, otherwise we sha II nave
". q. ATHEY, on behalf of citizens"
To which the Governor responded fol.
lows:
4 orders will he issued at once to Gen. HuntoI
John LETcHER.'
Z The Governor accordingly sent orders tc
9 Gen. Hunton, who directed Col. Brawner tc
hold a troop of horse in readiness to give such
3 protection as was necessary, When the dis
e patch was received on Tuesday night from
4 GOV Letcher, great rejoicing was NANTES ted
i Uy The Republicans.
S Whllstin Washington, A they made ARA ge.
q uents with certain Repu blicans to furnish IL
e = % fire arms of approved make with anmu.
i ..:ion therefor, which were to be sent to Geo.
GUAM on Tuesday night by wagon The dis
)3g.ch from Gov. Letcher, however, induced
bs abandonment of this plan. At the meet
lns Al O,oquan, and amid great enthusiasm, il
WAS resolN ed that the pole should be defended
S 10 the death unless the assailants numbered
more than three, To one of the Republicans.
HvHE WOMEN ATTEMPT TO CUT TIE POLE DOWN
On the night Of Thursday, several of tn.
8 wives of the residents at Ocoquan, fearing
i blood shed would occur the next day, attempt.
E 81 10 demolsh the pole. In the rttempt, the
s wife of Mr. Duty was seriously wounded by
Z a blow from her axe. The man ga athered how :
ever, aud took the women away from around
the object of their attack.
On the morning of the 27th yesterday the
q Republicans hoisted the American flag and
s. the party ensign bearing the names of "Lincoln
and HanIin." Daring the morning most of
tAr women left the village and the place seem =
s ed quite deserted but no preparations were
made for defence and 4 memorial 10 the Colo
url asking protection was prepared and nu-
ItrOusIy signed.
At3E O'Clock the Prince William g C.valry,
Capt. Thornton commanding, en- tered the vii
l.ge and ranged themselves in the ueiyhhor-
hood of the pole They We're followed by a
company about 40 strong, under command OF
i Capt. NJ. Fltzhugh and Maj. Garter, who pay
Iug no attention whatever to the Horsemen,
quietly formed in a hollow so uare around the
pole facing lnWards.
8 Whilst thi. company was surrounding the
pole Mr.. Joseph 7. Janney advanced To the
Captain of the troop of horse and claimed pro-
8 lection for his property, upon which the pole
stood
THE POLE COMES DOWN.
At the word of command, Jas. w. Jackson,
81 u Fairfax, stalWart yeOman, sprang for
= ward and gave the first blow. others folio wed,
rebuilding stroke on stroke" During this
& Tine. there was no interruption, save the Re-
81 pubIcans and others, who stood at corners
8 near by, would cry out "Ain't your axe dull;'
81 Hope you're having good time &c. In a
lew minutes, however, there was IL cry of
q ",iand from under" and the pole came to the
q ground and shiyered. Instantly, the crowd
q siye three cheers, when the "Republicans''
!rspOnded by three cheers TOR Liucoln and
81 hamln. All were quickly at work on the
q fallen pole, and in less time than it takes to
tell, II was chopped up, and the pieces carried
of The flag was sent to Brentsville
So soon as the flag pole was leyeled, Captain
RUN uEn OFuhTtu ABOUT al u MS com pan y
marched off, saluted as they went by ngled
l-ers aud applause. During the evening there
was some excitement, and personal rem
oOutre took place between Col. Brawner and
Jos. Il. Janney, in which the latter was con-
Siderably injured.
The crowd cleared away during the even
. ing, and atsundown all was quiet. The Re
pubicans" cay they Will put up another pole
on the same site.
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
A letter N in II l,an
informing Adjutant General Richardson of
The difficulties at Ocoquan, was laid before the
Governor by the Adjutant General, and there
upon. by the Governors direction the follow.
irg letter was addressed TO Col w. G. Braw
ner, 3Gth regiment, Prince William county:
ApyuTANr GENERALS OFFICE, July g. 1860
SIR; The Governor liz informed hF letter. from I.
Captain IN the Goth regiment OF Fairfax, that on
he ath INST, some sixty persons, resident In and
about the villsee of Ocoquan, had csebration as
TembeIs OF the Black Republican party, raised
rI.r Lincoln flag. were addressed h' one John In
.rwoot, and one VIM. Athey, and took possession
j tt some public arms of the State, which were sent
J. ere formerly for volunteer company, now long
banded and used those arms IN their celebTa-
q Ii q II the people VI the vicinity choose to tner-
9 aIt such an outrage, the Governor has no official
g c"1trOl with that maiteI-but he directs that you
ascertain VIII ther the fact IN regard TO the public
rus has been correctly stated TO HIM and If so.
tasl ou cause those arms to be collected immed
t.eiy, and returned 10 the Armory at Richmond.
Very respeGtluliy, yours, &c,
NM. Ii RICHARDSON. ADJ GenI.
i STRANGE FAMILY-at least the female por-
ton OF it-resdes in this city. The mother,
FAR advanced in life, and "A daughter nearly
hlty years oid-haVe SHOWN very little disp0-
sition 10 mix with or see the world They are
seldom abroad and have not both toge he,
been OFF their prem ises for thirty wears at
least, and we believe neither of them ont Of
the street on which they reside for a score of
years. till last Saturday. They then accepted
The invitation Of a relative TO spend the day al
Oldtown