Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-12-03
A BLOODY WAR IN oBlOa COUNTY.
\ BODY OF MASKERS ATTACK A
HOUSE AND ARE MEPULSED
WITH GREAT LOSS.
TWO OF THEM ARE KILLED AND TWO
OTHERS BADLY WOUNDED.
IvENEGROES SUBSEQUENTLY KILL
ED BY MOB RELIABL STATE
MENrOF PERSONS CON
TEDNEn

o. last Monday week, late In tho right, |
xAns at six marked men went 10 The !
g,oup vf cabins at the northern extremity
" Mr. Jon.s' plantation, took cut one ~
The color, 4 men and laid him on the ground.
a. II they we're sboGt 10 whip him. They
took the aims which they iouad in the cab
IN, With the view Of cc,.iscaiing them. A
500 of Mr.. JIues, who happened to be at
the cabins. ran and inld his father how
thir rs were. IIs went Immediately ic-the
cane aud remons,i ated with the intrdhcrs.
Tney ali, grd their reason for tue extra
ordinary pr, ceediug that the negroes had
arms. that they had 10 right TO have them,
aud would not be allowed 10 keep them
Mr.. Jones fiualy persuaded them TO 60 II,
remarking IN HIS cow rs III n with the prii
cipal man of the gang That his negroes W. 70
pea ceable, that they ln'erfered with no one,
| and that he would not sl.OS any Que To ill.,
{, rr.re with th, Ia or disturb them in the
peaceable pursuit of their proper business.
| They then left the place, and Mr.. Jones re-
| tired TO his own dwelling. In about two or
three botifs Afterward they again returned.
n WAS now about ore or two in the morn
ing. and as they passed the cabins they
commenced firing. According to instruc-
tons received T. ON Mr.. Jones, the negroes
returned the ire aud beat the fellows away.
Thus ended the first encounter without aSy
bloodshed.
Mr.. Jones, who Is an eminently respecta-
BILE citizen, and evidently man not to be
tr! fisd with, had formed the determination
TO "protect," as he says, bis ''colored men
from all outrage" Ito was a strong South
eru man himself ell through the war, had
three sons IN the Confederate army, and he
felt Il his duty 10 see that his people were
not molested In any way, and he resolved
that they should n. (, So he encouraged bis
SIX reg oes to resiit every attempt that
might bs made to interfere with his rights
He taught them that no man, whne or black
had any right or prets II TO 60 10 their cab
ms At the dead of night and pc ster them.--
When the negroes f.it that they had the
moral support of their employer - well a.
that of other respectable planters In the
borhood, they became courageous and re
solved to defend themselves. The week
however, passed of TRANQUILITY enough, anc
NO fears Of q repetition Of the visit wer,
ertAined until Saturday afternoon, wheI
accountable riding up aud dow" tho roAs
was observed. This, with other signs OF al
. unnsual character, arouse the fears OF IN
|, negroes aud OF Mr.. Jones. They became
conyiuced that visit would be paid tina
! nikht, and preparations were mndo accord
, ingly. =,
/. double-log, with . passage In tho middle
same IS those commonly seen IN the couu
try. Mr.. Jones, with q young man name
Albert Nall, 500 of Hon. h. q. Nall, fol-
merly . member OF tho Legislature, wer
: Ia the csblu at the time sitting At the nrs
b. la the other end Of the cabin were iwo woT
negroes armed with gus. They began I
= think that no visit would DO made tbs
a nIsht. when the door, behind which va
nothing but brick, was showed open. an
10 three men stepped In some foot or two, an
=, commenced blazing away at the grou
round the DIRE. The Are was returned wi,
c spirit. al d the three men reeled back di
A con dttet, Tue negroes 10 tho other win
- of the n, being reused up by the SCUM
j. Of the tiring, opened their door and hred
vollsy Into the relreating assailAnts. four
Nah Jumped In between the eotn6atAn
or and called upon both parties TO stop. III
uroduced a c. ssation OF tos,ilities, dari'
d. which one Of The makers Was captnre
and would have been shot by q negro o.
" for thv inter position of Nall, whose nissi'
q Was for o. see. lie was showed 10 g. al
es jolu his Companions. some hfiy yards avn
across q geld. In the fight . mau cali
az Sobert Dickinson was sbo; ia tho face 81
Killed INSTANTLY. ue lived seven miles
across the Kentucky line, aud was most
dI nsectnbly connected. lie was about tween
wears old. Que OF those mortally wound
q Vas his cousin, Bspjamin Becham, non .
Is. same neighborhood, aud about The sal
y. age. - 4,
20, IL may be proper TO state here that d.
II ing the war tho iAthsr aud grandfather
Ave brothers aud slstsrs VI Diekensoa WI
MI murdered by 1ouo pegro Uuion soldiers
The recollection OF such bloody deed n
nave had sOms ibhuenoe upon tho pres
disturbances.
lte This was "a Saturday night. The PEG
-. about JonsT were we'll aware after thu
u, A great excitement w5Lh ee raised,
that the peGItes V0iS Ian greet eAns