The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-28
VIRGINIA. NEWS.

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COMBINATION OF OUTRAGEs IN PRINCESS
ANNE CouNTY.-The late blood-imbued
tragedy near Kempsville seems to have
been the incipient movement, on the PM t
of the negroes, of chain of outrages, the
links of which have heightened every day
since. The manifest spirit Of the negroes
of Princess Anne county is that they are
capable of the most heinous acts recorded
IN the catalogue of crime. Murder, arson,
rapine, and plumber, are the species Of
crime-tradc by which they seem determined
ito do or die"
Since the Baxter Farm affail> they have
augmented their numbers on Wise's and
Taylor farms, and most of them subsist
themselves by plumber gained by midnight
| incursions. On these farms they present a
menacing appearance, and appear to regard
the whites with all the brutal instincts of n
savage revenge. There are, we understand,
some four or FIVE thousand Of these sable
| squatters who occupy huts throughout the
country, which they refuse to leave, and
hold with death-grasp tenacity. They
are for the most part, discharged negro
soldiers, and we're permitted to retain their
| arms when mustered out of service. In
one locality alone there are nearly five hum
drcd, all armed. But, however, there is no
| fear Of any open revolt on their part, since
| the prompt intervention and signal service
rendered the civil authority by the military
in quelling the late riot near KeDpsville.
But their nocturnal deprelations are what
| the people fear. Their lives and property
are continually jaopardized.
Last week several outrages were COM
,uh al ,o1
perpetrators all escaped apprehension.
| One gentleman was shot at, when passing
on the road, by an unseen foe, sccreted in
the density of the forest. Mr.. John j.
Burroughss farm was robbed of eighty or a
hundred chickens and several fine hogs.
Mrs. Hanes had fine horse stolen from
her, which she fortunately, however, re-
covered, but the rogue is yet at large. All
these parties live near the Courthouse,
too in the most thickly Settled section Of
the county. How long, we ask, is this state
of affairs to continue? The negroes are
doubtless emboldened by the unaccounta-
BILE leniency of the Government towards
them in allowing them to occupy with i'm
punity lands to which they have not the
semblance OF right.
In the name Of justice we call upon the
| proper authority to take at once some steps
towards tranquilizing the unfortunate coun-
~ in Question-towards preventing further
increase and checking as far IS possible the
diabolical features Of outlawry now prac-
iced by semi -barbaric es.-Norfe'k
Day Book, 27h.
FATAL ALTERCAT1oN.-An alteration oc-
CURED near Amherst Courthouse yesterday
afternoon between Mr.. H. D. Brown and q
negro named Albert Miller, in which the
latter was shot and go badly wounded that
he died in about an hour. The full parti-
culars Of this tragedy have not reached us,
but enough has been developed to make
it almost certain that Mr.. Brown acted
wholly in self-defence. At the time the
| fatal shot was fired the negro was advancing
| upon Mr.. Brown with an open knife in his
hand and uttering loud threats against his
| life. No alternative was therefore left Mr..
Brown but to protect himself in the manner
he did.
An inquest had been summoned to in
quire into the facts attending the homicide,
| but verdict had not been rendered at the
time our informant left the scene.-Lynch-
burg Ne,cs, 18th.
PosT-oFFICE s.-Route 4,424,
fredericksburg, Va, to Warsaw, service
| from lst OF February will be reduced 10 two
trips per week, at pro rata deduction in
| pay.
At Gilboa, Louisa county, Va, Madison
II. FeGdeton is appointed postmaster ujce
Joseph Coates, resigned.
Captain Robert 4. Pendleton, for many
years clerk of the circuit court Of Amherst
county, has been removed by General
Stoneman, and the Rev. J. Henry Will
liams appointed to succeed him. Williams
was & member Of the Convention, end is
said to be good man
REFRESHING RrM0R.-1t was rumorcd
in the city that the carpet-bagger 6. 6.
Curtiss, lately appointed Il State director
in the Virginia and Tennessee railroad,
had resigned. This report, we fear, Is too
good to be true.-Lynchbug Ne,0S.
TIE WHEAT.-We are informed by our
| country friends that the wheat crop in this
section has improved wonderfully in the
past two weeks, and now bids fair to make
u satisfactory yield.-Lynchburg Nee0s.
The farmers about Lynchburg have taken
advantage of the remarkably fine weather
Of the last ten days, and are very far adj
vauced in following their corn lands.