The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-30

LOCAL MATTERS.
SERIOUS AFFRAY IN rPowHATAN-A.D .DEs
PERATE NEGRO ARRESTED AFTER SERIOUsLI
WoUND1NG HIS CAPTOR.-A desperate affray
occurred on the night of the 2Gth, resulting
in the stabbing very severely, if not NOR
tally, of William B. Cunningham, worthy
young gentleman of this county. 1t seem!
that negro man of bad character, named
Scott Eggleston, had been for several days
lurking about the premises of MIR. Ed. Gun.
ningham, the father of the aforementioned
young man, and was ordered by the latter
to leave. Nothing more was seen Of min
until the evening of the difficulty. In the
mean time the storehouse of Mr.. A. G
Saunders, near Fine Creek church, wal
broken into and robbed of goods amounting
to $3.50 or $500. Suspicion being quite
strong against this negro, q warrant wal
issued for his arrest. H<E t@N
On the evening of the 26th young Gun
ningham learned that the negro was in ont
of the quarters on his fathers place so HI
and his father went to the house, and fount
him there with q large bag of shoes anc
other goods. They being, from these cir
cumstances, convinced Of the negro's guilt
and at the same time aware that a warran
for his arrest was in the hands Of the con
stable (Mr. Jones), determined to take hin
in custody. Mr. Cunningham returned t,
the dwelling house Qeaving the negro lying
down, complaining of being sick,) for the
purpose of writing to Mr.. Jones to let hin
know that they had taken the thief. The
negro embraced this opportunity ant
sprung upon young Cunningham. 4
gun which the latter had, failing tt
90 off, was grasped by the negro with one
hand, while with the other he gave hin
several severe stabs with large knife, anG
succeeded in getting out of the door. Hi
was followed up by young Cunningham anc
his father, who had by this time gotte1
back, and brought him to bay. Young
Cunningham then called to him to throw
down his knife and give up, which he re
fused to do; whercupon he struck at hin
with the gun, and fell from loss Of blood
His father then seized the gun and broke
the stock over the negro's head, bringing
him to the ground, and secured him.
Drs. Mayo and Henning, who were imme
diately sent for, succeeded in stopping The
blood from the principal wound, which i:
Just above the heart, but the wounded mai
is still in q critical condition.
THE POLLARD TRAGEDY-MR. GRANTS
BAIL.-At the police court on Saturday
Mayor Chahoon presiding) Mr.. Edward A
Pollard appeared, according to appointment
He said that since giving notice of his in
tention to apply for a reconsideration Of
the decision by which Mr.. Grant had beer
admitted to bail he had been advised by
the Commonwealth attorney and other
lawyers of the legal doctrine of bail, and
had altered his determination. He now
proposed to withdraw the motion for q
reconsideration, and would leave the ques
tion to his Honor's own responsibility and
sense Of right. a.n.aa..seu.
Mr.. Slower, the witness who, it is alleged
represented Mr.. Grant in an interview with
MIR. Pollard previous to the publication Of
the article in the Southern Opinion, was
recognized to appear before the grand jury
Miss Alexander, the other witness whom
Mr.. Pollard was to introduce, was too unTel
to come to town. - IL
at was reported that Mr.. Pollard had re.
tanned the services of those eminent legal
gentlemen Messrs. w. w. Crump and John
Howard, but we are informed that the first
named gentleman declined to act on account
of his personal relations with the family Of
the accused, and Mr.. Howard requested II
be excused On the ground that the employ
ment of assistant counsel without consult.
ing with the Commonwealth Attorney
would be unprecedented and impolitic. -
Evening Ne,os.
J. Marshall Hanna, the associate editor Of
the Southern Opinion, in card just writ.
ten, makes the following statement in re.
ference to his connection with the article
which is generally believed to have been
the cause of Mr.. Pollard's death:
81 was the associate editor of the South
e7-n Opinion as such wrote the most of the
original articles that have appeared in its
columns. Much l wrote of my own voli
ton, and more wrote by special direction
of the editor-in-chief. prepared that arti.
Gle which cost the editor his life. II l1ai
prepared by his direction. Afterwards
convinced that its publication would be i'm
polite if not unsafe, asked that the arti
Gle might be modified, expunged altogether
or the names left blank, or filed with ini
tials that would have left the case without
q local habitation.' The article had passed
from the control of the associate; it was
then the property Of the editor-to print Oh
withhold. He was responsible, not L; anC
no matter how much I had desired the as
sumption, Il. Rives Pollard always as
sumed, and never evaded, the responsibility
of every line and paragraph printed in the
Opinion. II am responsible y was his inva'
riable response to applicants for redress"
"No; the blood of FL. Rives Pollard, ouI
late associate mot upon our hands. We
are innocent in the sight of God, and shall
prove ourself innocent in the opinion Of
men. I never consented to the descent o.
the Southern Opinion from the lofty pima
Gle it once held never willingly prostl'
tuted its columns, though l have at times
prepared paragraphs for insertion that
know caused me keener pain than it did
those for whom they were intended"
ATTEMPTED SNATCH GAME. - Reuben
Nelson (negro) was before the Mayor or
Saturday to answer for stealing pocket
book containing twenty-one dollars II
United States currency and valuable papers
from William Moore. Moore is an ex-Con'
federate soldier, and wounded. He came
to town from Bedford the other day, and
got Reuben to direct him to friends
house. Pulling out his pocket-book, he was
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