New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-02
Iiie Black Republics, Desssot, stration IL,
Virginia.
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from the Alexandria tya.J Gazette of sassr5ay
iSst we copy the following particulars Of he 70.
cent excitement at 0ccoquan.
Enc Occoquan difficulties ended yesteraa1 I,.n
PLY, Without biooashed. special corrarcs,,- as
q q, tne oazette visited Occoquan yesterday, eayne
all the particulars of the affair and was -
the u transactions. From bis report we make un
the following summary of the proceedings y
The ERECTION ey THE P0LE.--On the 18th Of July
lass, me Siack Republicans, Of whom some sixty
reside in the vicinity Of Occuaan Instituted ~,
ASSOCIATION sna agreed to erect a pole-td hea,.
aIoft flag with the names of Lincoln and Hamlfn.
Inc pole was accordingly erected, the following
persons ~ Paart,apatlng az n s raising John Under,
wood, II. ". Riyes, ]. W. Miller, Wm Davis, fboyl
stephen HammM, John Taylor, Andrew Entyssr
Teod, Marion Grigg, +. Q. Coulter, James GoTId,
TA9mas on RIYes Jr., = q Duty, W Fl. Johnson I.
l. selecman, John Wright, Wm. Westernmar, a.
A. 3tleeman Edg. Roberts, (EngIishEaan) Tasgo
Harris, (free negroD jim Snyder, Gree negYoy
Albert Harris free 1sgro.)
u. upsn the raising Of the pole, the pole raisers
@ @Mefe armed with mus0slets and made quite MIL
LAZY 5s demonstration. a meeting was held In which
sidch !, l. fsepn1llean speeches were made BIZ W. c.
a.I atney aha =; Wright the latter of whom, a new
coller, l, y aau % be quite an orator.
sCBsEot FST BRAGGADoesl,-- uersons Il, tt,es
InsisnoofacSa opposed the erection OF the pole be-
IieFed II to be standing menace to the neane ~
m e %. e rst thers Fas no indication Of
spoken to or the subject, answered MAI ss,b-
was no one IN the county who dared to touch tff
pole. There were men enough to defend Il "
etc. On one occasion an old resident of fhe r,eril
borhood was assaulted because ne had declared
that the pole was nuisance. and ON another
threats were made to ride upon . yaiI gentleman
hving near by, because he had spoken Southern
sentiments freely IN 0ccoquan letters were t,li,-
fshed in the Wheeling Inteligencer declaring that
the people In tie county wanted the uole re-
moved put mad not the heart to do it.v
INDIGNATION MEE1IsG.-This raised much feeling
in the neishborhood, and at meeting at Brents7
vile, some time abont last court Il was aoreed
that the fagwas an insult to the people Of Virginia
and incendiary in the object it was raised to pro.
day of July.
TIE s.IsEPrBLIcAN'f fPREPARATIoSs.-InteIi
OF this determination soon reached 0ecoqtian and
on Monday night Republican meeting was held
there to devise measures for the defence of the flag
pole. On the following morning Mr.. j. c.. Athey
visited Washington and sent to Gov. Letcher the
following dispatch
1--WE, the citizens of occoqnan, are threatened
with invasion by an armed mob of three hundred
men from distant part Of the county, on Friday
next, at twelve O'Clock NJ, and call upon you for
protection in this emergency, otherwise we shall
have to defend ourselves.
G. " ATHEY, on behalf Of cfsaaas..,
To which the Governor responded instanter as
follows:
g Orders will be issued at once to Cen Hunton
JOHN LETeHER
The Governor accordingly sent orders to Gen.
Hunton who directed Col. Brawner to hold troop
OF horse in readiness to give such protection as
was necessary.
When the dispatch was received on Tuesday
night from Gov. Letcher, great rejoicing was man
ifested by the Republicans.
Whilst in Washington, Athey made arrangements
with certain Republicans TO furnish 40 or so fire
arms, of approved make, with ammunition there
for, which were to be sent to 0ccoqnan on Tues
day night, by wagon. The dispatch from Gov
Letcher, however, induced the abandonment Of
this plan. At the meeting at 0ccoquan, and amid
great enthusiasm, it was resolved that the pole
should be defended to the death unless the assail-
ants numbered more than three to one Of the Re-
publieans.
THE WOMEN ATrEMRT no Cur rHE poTE DowN.--
On the night Of Thursday, several OF the wives of
the residents of 0ceoquan, fearing bloodshed
would occur the next day, attempted to demolish
the pole. In the attempt, the wife OF Mr.. Duty
was seriously wounded by O blow from her axe
The men gathered, however, and took the women
away from the object of their attack.
THE 9TH OF JuLY.-0n the morning of the 9th
yesterday the Republicans hoisted the American
flag and the party ensign bearing the names of
Lincoln and Hamlin." During the morning most
Of the women left the village aad the place seemed
quite deserted, but no preparations were made for
defense and memorial to the Colonel asking pro-
lection was prepared and numerously signed.
At33 o'clock the Prince William cavalry, Capt.
Thornton commanding, entered the village ard
ranged themselves in the neghborhood of the pole.
Iney were i0ll0Hea Dy company, about f0FtY
strong, under command of Capt Fitzhue and Mai.
Carter, who paying no attention whatever to the
horseman, quietly formed in hollow square round
the pole, facing inward.
Whilst this company was surrounding the pole,
Mr.. Joseph 7. Janney advanced to the captain Of
the troop of horse, and claimed protection for his
property upon which the pole stood.
At the word of command JAS W. Jackson, of
Fairfax, stalwart yeoman, sprang forward and
gave the first blow, others followed, "redoubling
stroke on stroke" During this time there was no
interruption, save the Republicans and others who
stood at corners near by, would cry out, "Ainit
your axe dull! i" Hope you're having good
time! +" etc. In few minutes, however, there
was cry of t'stand from under,n and the pole
came to the ground and shivered. Instantly the
crowd gave three cheers, which the Republicans
responded by three cheers for Lincoln and Hamlin.
All were quickly at work on the fallen pole, and
in less time than it takes to tell it, it chopped
up and the pieces were carried of. The flag was
sent to Brentsville.
So soon as the flag pole was Ievelled, Captain
FitZhugh ordered about face, and his company
marched of, saluted as they went by mingled jeers
and applause.
During the evening there was some excitement
and personal renconter took place between Col.
Brawner and Jas. 7. Janney, in which the latter
was considerably injured.
The crowd cleared away during the evening, and
at sundown all was quiet. The Republicans say
they will put up another pole on the same SITE