The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-16
,,,r Riot In CharicsfowE, JEFF
It' County-Fisht between Ne
"' and white Wen.
-, tra Spirit or Jefferson, July Il.

-, tine Spirit Of Jefferson, July Ii.
,..rrdav between and O'Clock some
." ,nco were sitting on the boxes in
"o,A + the store of Mr.. Jacob b. Brown,
t'"' , y, negroes came ont of the store. A
vac" .:r,umstance led to words between
;'''"' -.;ns and from words to blows. One
tie '' .,nrr,cs was Knocked down by the
'"' iono,her with stone. The negroes
- ',. mn street as far as the store Of
iacH >" :, o.. followed by the white men.
sr''', ~, ccrocs halted, and called for their
i.c7e ~, ~ar,v which they did with prompt
'"o' ~, ~ spirit, rushing down from the diff
corners with a tiger-like feroclty,
'.'S S ,1aut thirty had reached the spot. A
u""' rt:,a man named Codrick, who was
".,- commencement of the difficulty,
ID , 90, himself about TO be overpowered,
'a'.". al into tho store, and the negroes at
i@''',>i "a follow him, but were met on the
'"'''. and cntrcated to desist, and cf-
,, ~, r,alc to quiet them by expostulation;
,Lcv were deaf to any words of advice,
Id, ~, a,nr, ,bcy would have Codrick, who, in
anu . , tinc. had slipped through the store
'.' ,.a.scI out the hack way, for the purpose
49,. IN himself. For several minutes the
,,.r. Who seemed 10 BE greatly enraged,
.-f n the street cursing white men gene
~. throwing off their coats and daring
.s;,f At this time the number Of whites
;~meiiatcly present was not more than i've
- .ir. whilst the negroes, nj moderate
,.,,,ostc. must have numbered thirty each
~, yrhcmently swearing and gesticulatlng
r. ,b, most arrogant and defiant manner.
n. James y. Gallahcr and others tried to
Jason with them, but to no purpose, until
,roriy y negro man named John Jackson
.,r,rE Mr.. Gallahcr with rake, telling him
the Ground. Then commenced an indis-
eliminate fight, maintained at first by the
,hifc men at great odds-at least tve 10
49,, until the citizens of the town gathered
y. the scene. 4 complete rock battle ragged
- me time, and furiously the races as
..a.l each other. We are sure we never
.,o FIGHT in which so many men were
r,.rycl down in so short n space OF time,
,.l ~. .ickcn rs we contemplate the scene
-. r.,,.l,.I heads and bleeding faccs.
~. 9 sort Of reckless desperation the
,....,..s contested the ground, throwing
.,r missiles with remarkable precision OF
';,,, ninth they saw that they were about
,'1n overcome, when they bolted in differ
rn, directions and at the expiration of ten
,.':,,,.. hardly one was to be found upon
,Gc streets. By mercy which appears in
,~rl,;bIc, no one was killed, although seve-
WI .rvcrr wounds were received. Among
,sa whites who were more or less injured
,r,rc the following: James n. Gallaher,
G,.r,e Robinson, William Moore, John
Sheets. ]. II. Norris, and perhaps others.
,nof the above, We are glad to say, are
doing we'll, though suffering from their
wounds. Among the negroes who received
julnrics were Wesley Lowrey, John Jackson,
Sam Ransom, and Carter Fisher. How
,yrol-ly these latter have been punished
Me- have no means Of knowing, as only
..arcy has been seen since the difficulty
some hulf-dozen Of the negroes have
since been arrested and bailed for their
a.rr4rauce at the October term Of the Cir
,.., Court.