Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-11-04
The Disturbance at norfolk, "a

Eo'0 ii 10as CdrSed-List of the Kiusd and Mound
sd-Adftnes 10 be Seat TO The CITY Election
Day.
The Norfolk Day Eook publishes the following
account Of the disturbance at the republic an
meeting in that city last Tuesday night 1t is
said by some that the row was caused by the
large number OF ungoverrabIe boys present
on The occasion, and that the police could not
keep them under subsection, or failed to do 50
at any rate. They annoyed ard tlnt Allied the
negroes present, and disturbed the meeting, get
both sides excited by their conduct. and that ex-
citement finally eliminated in q fight, which
was started by drunken white man and a
drunken negro being brought to blows. The
negro abused The white man aud the latter
struck him; other negroes came to his rescue
anu other white men C3me TO the rescue OF the
white man. Sucks were used in the melee and
pistols and brickbats answered. Amid the large
crowd present il was impossible to have an in
discriminate discharge of firearms without in
jury 10 some. Many of the negroes fell down
ard feigned death and wounds on the first vol
ley, while others took TO their heels, and the
crowd soon dispersed.
We have positive information that the fuss
was not caused BY anything said or done by the
speakers or managers of the meeting. and that
us origin had no connection with politics. that
a cololed man named LangstOD, from Washing
ton, was speaking IN friendly and cOnciliatoTy
tone when the unfortunate affair broke out.
through the instrumentality OF those two
drunken men. Df course, there was excite
ment, deep political excitement, bur tha- Is
always the case At political meetings; but even
that does not necessarily imply bloodShed ard
slaughter, ana. without the presence OF drunken
men and unruly boys, seldom results in such
dire consequences.
We annex list of killed and wounded so far
as We have been enabled 10 gather. There are
other wounded rot in The list Mr.. Cole, white
men. OF Portsmouth, shot through the neck
dead Mr.. MCClOu,l, white, shot in the wrist ana
arm; j. I. Daniels. white, shot in the head.
Isaac Chester, cOlOred, shot through the back
seriously; colored man was cut with an axe
dying; ii. WoOdus, CO Ored. shot in the head;
John Hu6girs cOlored, shot very badly in the
side: W. j. Hodges, colored, shot in the ar an;
L. Benson, lieutenant of police. struck over rhe
head and shoulder, hurt slightly, captain Of the
Petersburg police, shot in the leg, slightly;
BRYAN Lynch, baggage master OF the Norfolk
and Petersburg railroad, shot in the heel; po-
llceman Messick, shoulder dislocated; officer
Banks, struck with q brick IN the breast and
knocked down; Thomas Frost. member of the
Hope Fire Company. cut on the head very bad.
ly; officer Hill, struck on the ankle with brick,
hurt slightly; A. j. Dalton, struck on the head
with brick. hnrt slightly; William Glennan,
wounded in the head.
We learn that Secretary OF the Navy Robson,
who was present and spoke at the meeting has
ordered from Washington a company of United
States marines, to be sent to this city immedi-
ately, so as TO be present on election day. These
are in addition to those alre ady on this station