The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-04-18
The DISPATCH BUILDING is ON Go
VERNON STREET, NEAR TO MAIN, AND
YEARLY OPPOSITE TIE OLD DISPATCH
CORNER.
<crro Celebration in Norfolk OF the Ci, IL Rights
Inv outragcs Attending II - Two W hitc
PERSONS Killed, One Mor,aliy aud Ono Dan.
,~,usly " ouudcd.
hn Norfolk Nlrginian OF Arril l1ll

From the Norfolk Nlrginian ct April l7lh.
-, Yesterday. the freedmen of Norfolk.
p,..>ncutN. ami the surrounding country, cell
'hr,,rd the passage Of the Civil Rights bill by
. lemons raflcn which, considering the popu-
1str,u laid under contribution for the display,
rs far smaller than we expected. The pro
'..f,,n contained not more. according to our
...natr, than one thousand men and boys
,,.i r,arshalS The display had Il melancholy
.-uin,4ucc for Us. At the head Of the column
,..4r,trda detachment of negroes III cavalry
aud infantry uniforms, nti, drHS and, look
,..-g.vn the vista OF the future, We saw III
,HT. terrible commentary on The bill whose
message tucN were celebrating.
The foregoing had been written before the
,rr,4y g...usa.tt had trauspircd. This was
..s~,n Swallowed III our alluSiou 10 the uni
formed aud armed portion % the procession
There are various runorS aS TO III" origin of
sftp melee The scene was in 4 field on upper
Union street. in the vicinity OF the cemetery
or burial ground. Firearms We're used
Robert Whltehur>t was killed, and his step
mother, Mrs. Charlotte Whitehurst. mortally
wounded. John WhitchuTSt, the half brother
If the killed, was dangerously wounded.
William AoSelN. Ctty Waterman, was very
badly beaten his son was dangerously beaten,
and hi, life j. despared of. Lawrence Ilamp-
r,.. "A rolured boy, about ten years of age, was
laycurtrd on CRANKY street by Il negro ii
The procession. The wound is i'll the a5do
,.ra. and i OF 4 dangerous character. We
learn th@t several ot the negroes were intlamrd
with liquor.
There i 4 negro saloon on the corner OF
Cumberland and Queen streets which was
VISITED not mtrrQueutly by negroes Wht
1.4ueI in the procession. They would leave
tt.a scene OF the speech making, dancing, sing
iaz. h3llcoiug, and firing Of muSketS and pls
tolls, 20 10 this drinking saloon, and return
laaa;Gci, Ia III" scene of rejoicing and jubilee
w fear tina: 10 Nquor--to Whiskr-lnay ht
traced the Whole difficulty Of. the day. 1t is
>..i that u dance III death was performed oven
tar dead body of the murdered Whlt"hursi 10y
the .rcEIicd men who participated III his
death.
What further injuries were sustained we are
NOT urrp3red 10 say, but believe all the out
rsxp~ q: the day are included in the account
~ have given. Major Stauhopp, the post
commander, arrived 1T the scene after tn,
r.rrluiti"S had been perpctratcd, and used his
authority 10 bring about quiet aud order.
such was the beginning and ending OF the
celebration Of The Civil Rights bin on Mon
asv. The 10Th of April, l>6G, "a bill which the
PRESIDENT Of The United States was powerlc>>
10 throttle III its inciplencN, and which has
been made a law Of the land under constitu'
.saual provision, by 4 relentless fanatirlSm
made mad with power, bloated with the AFRO
g...ce Of success, and impatient and rc>tlV,
u...er he res trainiEg curb OF the veto.
After the above was in type, we received
the following additional Information from tho
rt!f.r: While the inquest was being held OF
The body Of Robert Whitehurst, Mrs White
hurst died from the effects of her wounds, ant
the inquest WAS postponed until 10 morrow.
After the afl'rav was over, W. Turner was
IgGr arrests have been made.
LArEK-A NEGRO KILLED.
On Monday night the firemen kept @uarC
over the city. During the night, II negro
L IN i.a of