, 1870-03-29
sQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY.
Pnr1fcuInrE af tho ContcAt near
Hampton, rn..-Thc Colorrd Foo
pie In poAAcsaion.

PnrtEcu1nr1 al thc ContcAt near
Hampton, vn..-Thc Colorrd I'co-
pie In po>Achaion.
Frtrtss Aenrnt, Va, Correspondence March 9D a
ftt Baltimore -ttaeTitun.
A serious disturbance occurred between the I
kluattels and the authorities in the vicinity Of
Hampton yesterday, which has not get been
settled, and which, it is feared, will result in
bloodsncd.
Tho difficulty occurred on farm situated
from Hampton, known rs tho Cole. Smith
farm It had been settled on try tho colorcd
people during and siuce tho var,
aad has sinec been occupied By them The
farm Was in chlrge Of Dr. William vaushan,
who Was the administrator Of the estate, and
who sold il to man in Massachusetts named
j. v. Rlaclmotc, VINO waa going to use 1t for
raisinEst1nck. He cent 3 man down 10 put up
l,uildines on il, but The colprel squstters raj
lied aud drove them on, SAYING that MeJ had
been placed there By the government, and
the government. Yesterday morning The Dep
uty Sheriff, who j. L co1osed man, WAS sent
out to talk With thcm and t1y and convince
them Of tho folly Of their conduct, but
so to lis savs as' n md .oa hp S ts e s, ies5s
tao premises or they would shoos him. He re-
turned to Hampton and reported these facts to
c.rtAin TitIow, the Sheriff, who determined,
tfToeabic: TO serve the procc<scs. This morn
n
fifty in number, and started for tho eeone Of
the disturbances. II is proper to state in this
connection that tho necessary papers were
iesued in tho County Court for this purpose
some six months previous, and that tho Sheriff
had in tho meantime bcen endeavoring to per
suaAe thc1a to abaudou the farm in a peaecahle
manner, Which they pcrslstontly refused to do
The marty left Hampton about llnlf-past 8
o'clock this morning for the farm. but bcfors
striving there, and when about hall a
| mile distant, tho Sheriff thought II I'd.
to s iesvo % he farm IN psaco. He &c
| cordiogly rode On alone, and wAa met b.
| largo crowd OF men, women. and children, who
| seemed very mrch excited and not disposed to
listen to anything reasonable. The Captain
rpcnt nearly An hour in talking TO them, tell
Ing them what the law was, and advising them
TO comply. They would not 1iztcn 70 him, md
made rush for Ills horse, threatening to ~
him. Ho then retu1ned TO xherc he had left
ti7 porsc, and told them The state Of Affairs 1t
the farm, and asked them wtl1t WAS the best
to be done. He further stated that, rs near
A. he could Judge, there were about hun
tlzed md ATTY men. and nearly rs many
women, armed with all sorts Of weapons, from
l nnt lock mnElef to = navy revolver. Aftel
.ehort eonsoltahon the Sheriff proposed to
hs.d PEI, ;ass1g sns3sgc On them, but, his posse being
would 10 useless, md advised him not to d.
! 60, The party then began to return 10 HAmp
ton. and wero making their VII lc,su1cly, vhct
they werc o~e1tAken by about 100 infuriatei
: men md women, who opened IRE on thosn
; Tho Sheriff wss On hosseback anl made das]
, At the rnglcader and grabbed him b. Tho col
lar, took out his pistol aud snapped it twice a
:he fellows head, but il missed flrc, and III
. man broke loose and escaped While he va
doug this = negro xcnAn who wa on ban
above him, fred three shots from y reyolve,
! WHICH came in close proximity to his head, b.
> I fortunatoly niAsGd hin, and \ hsiskhat hutle
: from tho hand Of = bu11y negro Il his has
alro missed its sim, but casne entirely too clo:
. for comfort r uz,.,
, Who vas aiso on horseback, by ,he col!Ar. To-
! il on md ripped the bosom from III his eh,s A
= mado Tho best Of their way back to H.mpto
J ! and fortunately no one Was hurt Incfe We
E some any OF e11tr shots fired, and II Is 81 . mn
1 clo tbal some of Tho party were not 6hed; 1 T.
" The negroes are in possession ot tno ~
q md arc entrcnehing themselves, and ~ n
0. | are prepared to die tharo rathcE than eas
y | They sent 10 Norfolk yesterday. We arc
formed, and purchased keg OF powder ano
1t keg OF old bullets, 10 they arc well propAs
4 "Is1efcncc- Captain !Etlov hes telegraph
- Governor WsNsS tox Instructions, aad ~