The New York herald., 1867-04-05
NEWS FRsM FORTRESS MONROE.


SeChl CvhhesFvNueHCe W tbe kMlU.
Arrival ofthe Menengahela-Negro Celebra.
ties at Ysrltown, and . Disturbancc-In.
FoRrRBs MoxRoE, April l. 1897
The United States steamer Monongahela arSved in
harbor late Saturday afternoon and this morning
proceeded to the Gospor Navy Yard She has been On
short cruise the Southern coast and visited Will
mngton, N c., Beaufort Port Royal and Charleston
c. AT the Gosport Navy Yard supplies and coal will be
furnished her, and upon the arrival OF Commodore
Boggs In the gunboat De Solo, which is daily expected
she will sail for the West Indies TO join the flagship Sus
quehanna, now cruising In those latitudes
On lest Saturday the colored population Of Yorktown
and vicinity celebrated the passage Of the Military Re-
construction bill by procession. The affair was con
Quoted good taste, and the participants being
posed solely Of coored people, the arraucements
made with the view Of the procession taking pag
quietly and pesceably No trouble apprehe ndv :,
and none would have occurred during the .aygSts, .agts
day, had II not been fors o few discordant Ssnit
outside Of the procession who engaged in meleeo,ord
ing in boodshed and the death Of one Of =. Setscp
ment Of the Fifth United States ar.. sanoneee n
Yorktown while under The infue-e oi hquos, ~, s,sged il
the PROCESSION % and disturbance speedily resulted and
soldiers displayed their revolvers during ao fortuI
dschsrssd one ro ,nS sny e
then attacked and In the forcioIe mee1 them was dis
ing possession Of their revovers Snt at the time but
NAV have been purely scssd man. Lieutenant Massey
into the abdomen of .ean states that hearing of t6
Of the Freedmen eeded 70 the scene and reached thsb
disfnrhancs ant further violence The wounded mn
n tirne hours after he shot and the tive -
de arrssted and sent 70 the Fortress where ty
~ro new confined - await trial before coss uayta
under CHARGE fpr @uraeI. SsT* n 7Ul
Important changes resulting from recent
viii shortiybe made In that portion Of the Ffh stlsy
regiment uow garrsoning Fort Mouroa Th3 .ohowns
are these lpromotione-rirn Lkeueenant ~. rpef,
RsgimenN Adjutant, to be Captain Of Coapeny So
toned ltre; Brevet Mayor Valentine Ssooe 70 %
Captain Company l. stationed n Fos senerson, Dry
Tortuga; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel y = 0ansevo0rsc
be Cptain Of Company T. BarTascae b.rraoks ror.
ida IJueuant j. T. wilson, 20 Be Fus Laeutensnt OF
Compay c. at Fort Monroe; Brevet nA!or randolph,
now Ationed at Dry Tortugss 70 b Ctan OF company
A. Fct Monroe; Lieutenant Paul kcemcr, transferred
frornkey West and promoted TO be FRI Leutenant OF
Company c, Fort Monroe; Loutsnan Day uansferred
fror Fort Monroe, and promoted TO Fr1 Lienscnans
OF cmpany X, Key West These oners, VINO have been
oydred other fields Of duty, will snortiy ake their
derrturs for the selected military rsss
partes arriving In Norfolk from James City county,
Virginia bring intelligence OF the obstruction oy nre OF
alarxs store belonging 70 gentleman named Water
yan formerly lteutanant In . cobred regiment
sraars that Lieutenant Waterman had excited the
v al some or his neghbsrs BY marring the daughter
\ ono of the prominent rssdenta Es had recently |
5000 IN husiness. and wa absent on o tour 70 /
lc North purchasing goods, when someof the inhab
t,s an lsst saturday night visited nm pace and set
A. a the building, burning u competey TO the
rrcurd There was insurance on tncouidinR and
she loss will be very severe