The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-04-25
,olored men came along and told him to get


colored men came along and told him to get
up, that the procession was coming along;
he refused to get up, and told them TO go
away from there damn black sons OF or
he would shoot them or If they DID not get
away he would kill them. turned towards
the stand to see who was speaking to the
colored population; pistol went OIL l
looked again and saw black manJump up
and CRY, oh Lord: oh Lordy p ne was the
one who tried to get the drunken man up
my belief is that the negro who was drunk
shot him. for he told him if he did not go
away he would shoot him; when ne fell, the
negroes from the stand rushed towards Mich
olson street crying, 'sRally rally, boys /! and
kill a white son Of - wherever you find
him p they all rushed towards the side
walk; turned my carriage and got out OF
the way, and drove towards Church street;
then the crowd of negroes had headed up
white man: who he was / do not know;
only know they were in pursuit of some one;
I drove towards Mr. Collins, and stopped and
looked back, and saw two negroes dragging
a man between them they were headed off
by a party at the corner Of Nicholson street,
who turned them toward the old field;
know both the men; the man that was kill
ed was the man they had between the two
horses: heard firing at a house on Nichol-
son street. as arrived on Church street with
my carriage.
Susan Fuller. colored-I was at Mrs. White
bursts door Yesterday Monday on Nichol-
son street at the time of the fight; Joe Mac
key said, orally in, boys bring him out
and shoot him p John - fired and then
l went off; saw John shoot at him; do
not know whether John killed him Robert
Whitehurst] or not; l only saw one shot
fired, and went Off to get out of danger;
there was number around with guns and
pistols; colored man tried to protect the
house, and Mackey seized him by the collar,
and asked him if he "would take up for a
dam white secesh son of )" the man
l saw John shoot was in his shirt sleeves; |
saw no white person in the house except
those who lived there.
The CID Dominion, of yesterday, says =
The Jury returned verdict that Robert B.
Whitehurst came to his death from pistol
shots fired by a person or persons unknown
to the jury. The same verdict was rendered
in the case of Mrs Charlotte Whitehurst,
with the exception that the word shots were
singular, and not plural Several parties,
implicated in the riot and murder are now in
Jail, and will be examined before the Mayor
at an early day. The coroner's jury felt con-
fident that both Mrs. Whitehurst and her son
were killed by colored persons who had par
ticipated in the celebration Of that day, and
discussed the propriety of inserting that in
the verdict. 1t is very evident, from the tes-
timony adduced, that Whitehurst Brothers
were shot by persons engaged in the process
sion, deliberately and wilfully, but there is
no testimony to show how Mrs. Whitehurst
was shot, as it occurred inside the house.
Martial law has been proclaimed in the
Norfolk military district.
The Peace PrOelamation.---Thc Official Con-
Observation-Disclosures by the President.
On the It'll inst, General Tillson, at Au-
gusta, Georgia, transmitted by telegraph the
following interrogatory, addressed to Gene
raj O. o. Howard:
Does the Presidents recent proclamation
remove martial law IN this State9 If so,
General Brannan does not feel authorized to
arrest parties who have committed outrages
on freed people or Union refugees. Please
answer by telegraph.
AhN iSpiy ""o oShS AVN eAAS
Adiutant Generals office:
The Presidents proclamation does not re-
move martial law or operate in any way up
on the Freedmen's Bureau in the exercise of
its legitimate jurisdiction. 1t is not expedi-
ent, however, to resort to military tribunal
in any case where justice can he attained
through the medium of civil authority.
E. d. TOWNSEND, A. A. G.
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune, RadicaD gives the follow
ing report of an interview of General How
ard with the President, on the 4th instant:
The General opened the conversation by
explaining that he had sought the interview
for the purpose of learning, without delay,
the effect which the proclamation was de-
signed to produce upon the methods and
machinery Of the Bureau. More specifically,
he wished to know if martial law was abol-
ished, and with it the system of military
courts established for the protection of the
otherwise unprotected freed people.
"The President replied, without hesita-
ton, that the proclamation was declaration
OF policy, and nothing more; that it did not
abolish military courts, did net remove mar
tial law, and was not designed to modify the
operations Of the Bureau in any respect
whatever On the contrary, it was the
Presidents expectation and express desire,
that the administration of tie Bureau should
be continued as heretofore, and that all judi
cial functions should he exercised, as the in
terests OF impartial justice may require. The
President further observed that this procla-
nation would be Executively interpreted
and applied precisely as was the proclama-
ton announcing the restoration of Tennes-
see. As the States or part of States give I'M
questionable evidence of entire readiness to
do impartial justice, they will be individu-
ally and locally relieved from military 60
velnment; not otherwise, nor sooner"
New Yerk Markets.
New YORK, April 19.-Cotton heavy
Sales sixteen hundred bales at 81 cents
Flour active and excited. State 81 1909.
Southern advanced 20@30 cents. Wheat
active, and S@12 cents higher. Corn adj
vanced 1 cent. Sales at S40S7. Pork
heavy. Lard firm. Whiskey and naval
stores dull. Freights dropping.
Gold 275@278s.
Baltimore Markets.
BALTIMORE, April 1S.-Flour scarce and
closed with an advancing tendency. High
grades fifty cents higher. Wheat advancing.
Corn frm-yellow "a cents white S5@S6
cents. Oats firm. Whiskey dull. Provis-
ions dull.
MASONIC MEETING IN WAsHINGToN.-
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