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The Political Cauldron in Virginia
Red Hot.

The Accomac East Virginian gives an ac-
count of discussion at King add Queen
Court-House, Va, last week between Maj.
Beverly B. Douglas, conservative candidate
for Congress in the first district, aud Hon.
James B. Sener, republican candidate for re-
election, in which The following incident oc-
Cured
Major Douglas said Sener had male m as
serton during previous discussion which he
must now retract, viz. that Montague and
Critcher had been bought over to his sup
port.
Sener.-"I reiract nothing"
Douglas" Then, sir, prournce you
base calumniator and sIanderer.
Some confusion occurred at this stage, but
Major Douglas continued. After the Major
had retired to his room at the hotel Sener
sought and obtained conference with him
for the purpose of settling the dispute that
had arisen in regard 10 his assertion that Non
taguo and C,ilcher hal been bought over.
1t was agreed that they should return to the
courthouse, and that Sener should retTact the
offensive statement. when Major Douglas
would withdraw his remark Again the
courtroom was filed. Seuer's "retracriou ="
consisted in snyiug that he bad been inform
ed that these gentlemen had been whipped
over to Douglass support Of course he knew
nothing about il personally" lie took his
sea. remarkiug that " Major Douglas will now
make his statement"
Major D-"You said you wanted TO come
back TO retract the statement, which you have
not done. Until You do that have no state
ment to make"
Sener again arose and made, it was evident,
an unwilling retraction.
Major Douglas -" Then I recall my re-
MARI. for the present, bat Wit the certainty
Of DOOM if ever you repeat the ofIense, will
repeat the remark and more besides. The
mau who repeats SANDER becomes the SLAM
derer, and assert, the man who says that
Robt. L. Montague or John Cricher have been
bought over or whipped into my support, is
an Infamous liar aud sconudrel."
The occasion was no, long coming about
as will be seen by the following dispatch from
Richmond yesterday
During a political discussion Monday at
King illiAm Court House between Hon. J.
Sener aud b. b. Douglas, an ARRAY occur
red which resulted in serious it jury Ia Sener,
he having one cf his arms badly broken and
being otherwise hurt. 1t is stated that the
difficulty originated in some remark by Sener
in refere ce T. Congressman Beck, Of KY.
which was corrected by Douglas. Other
words of AN insulting character were inter-
changed when Douglas threw glass tumhIer
at Sener, and melee ensped. The crowd
rushed rpon the platform, aud in the scufle
Sener received tie bad treatment above men
toned. It is also stated that Sener suhse-
queutly apolo.izel to Douglas for the insult
ing words used
Reports regarding the affair s7e conflicting.
Some have it that Sener received his Injuries
mainly by berg pushed or falling of the plat
form during the scuille, while again It is styled
brutal aii,ir. a card is published by Seoer
in which he claims to have besn sct upon and
beaten by numbers Of supporters Of his oppo-
nent TO such an extent that he is now confined
. his bel, with his face badly bruised, aud
his left arm broken in two places.