The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-29
RitIlmoud 1ispatrh.
DECEMBER 90, 1874,
Affairs an H1oulSfnnta.
,,-,5 ARRAY BErwsES ExeoyERoR wARao4H

rt-AI, ARRAY BETWssN hA'Voth"oa
AND A NEW ORLEANS PrBiIsHER.
NV ORLEANS, December 27.-fn fight
,,,ween Dan. c. Byerly. manager OF tue
p,i.st;n. and Ex-Governor Warmoth, on
t i'.d ON Canal street. Bverly Knocked
,yrs-n,o;h down with a stick and jumped on
,;rn when Waymoth, drawing his knste,
Stabbed Byerly several times in the abdomen,
s.,n, the effects Of which he has since died.
,,;Tar,nn,h was arrested. The difficulty grew
W. n \ controversy between Warmoth and
we h,Ijcijn. which led to the publication on
Tri6,v bv Wsrmoth of card addressed TO
49, r,,,nacer Of the Builetia rejecting upon
10, naper and Mr.. Jewell. one OF the editors.
Wsrm6th has made the following statement
shcut the difficulty to the sgent OF the Asso-
:. Yesterday. after my card appeared In the
n,r1utne, was called upon by friend OF
I[ven, who demanded of me an ao1ect
zoology for the card, which dtc!ined TO
NIKE, whereupon he asked If would accept
@rgsllense TO fight duel, Femark'ng at the
.q,or time that it was generally UNDERSTOOD
,b1. | would not fight. l replied that l
,rnnld not fight If I could as well avoid
=. ,ba, | was no tighter, and that there
would be time enough to answer the ques-
.inn ahou. duellipg when was challenged.
Late IN The day the atfair was conhded 10 our
respective friends. They met at O'Clock IN
.hc evening, and agreed that Jewell and my
elf should fight in Alabama on Monday
,,ornipc. the weapons to be duelling pistols,
md the distance ten PAGES. These terms
rSyjnr been accepted. did not, of
~a,,rsc, apprehcnd an attack, especial
X moi from any one connected with
ne B,.Iic.n. My understanding Of such
matters is that antagonists, at a pend.
;rr meeting, should be courteous, and l
w3, lust on the eve of tipping my hat TO
Sir. Byerlv. in front Of whom two ladies
were waking. the street being crowded,
when he struck NE with heavy stick on the
hrli, iutiicting the wound you see." The
Governor. taking OF his hat, exhibited cut
q5,u. two inches lorg over the lett temple,
.y.,Ddipr back from the forehead. /" He
,r.ck me three times, when l cl;nched With
Inn. in the mean time taking knife out CT my
.nri, et. and, with nv arms around his shout
dsr,, got my hands together and opened it..
Just then | fell. Byerly falling on me. Soon
,.tCr we fell 3 policeman took the knife out
n nv hands, and some of the crowd pulled
By-rIv of. | understand Byerly has been
cit. and | am accused Of doing the cutting"
Warmoth was arrested Immediately after
the fight and conveyed to the Third-precinct
station. He has since been transferred to
the parish prison. Byerly received six
wounds in the abdomen, one Of which bis
rlysiciqns considered very dangerous but
10; necessarily mortal. Shortly after being
wounded Byery was removed to the Or
leans Infrmary, on Dauphene street. The
B,iisttn publishes statement OF an eye
witness OF the Warmoth affair. The state
mvut differs hat from that of War
moth Is 10 the cutting. This witness states
that the knife was open when drawn, and
that two or three stabS were made before
they fell. Byerly's wounds were in the left
size just over the hip, one of them being
over four inches deep, and indicates the
length Of the knife-blade. Byerly died at
twenty minutes past 10 O'Clock Saturday
night. Byerly was aged forty-eight years,
vas 4 printer by trade, was native of Penn
sylyania. and came to New Orleans in 1915.
H. served calamity in Shields's regiment of
Louisiana volunteers in the West during the
war. and was wounded four times in one of
tue fights around Atlanta. Some months
ago Mr.. Byer!y, in company with Others,
commenced the publication OF the New Or
leans Bulletin.
TIE LOUISIANA SITUATION AT wASHISGToN-AP-
PREHESsloSs OF FURTHER TROUBLES.
WASHINGTON, d. c., December 27.-Tbe
killing OF Byerly by Ex-Governor Warmoth
occasioued much comment here to-day among
all classes. Fears are expressed that it may
lead to 3 general disturbance, but gentlemen
from New Orleans do not apprehend such q
result. While they admit the quarrel be-
tween these parties increases the prevalent
uncasiness there are no indications of con"
templated organized resistance to the deci-
sions Of the Returning Board. In fact, the
more prominent Democrats in New Orleans
have counselled the contrary. There Is fear,
however. that rash conduct on the part of a
few might precipitate collision of arms
among the many, and thus lead to active Fed.
era interference. r..
II is known that the Executive Depart
ment is closely watching the course of events
in Louisiana, and has recently received
much private information on the subject ;
and further, that the President has earnestly
expressed his determination to preserve the
peace. The Legislature meets ON the 4th Of
January, when it is expected stern opposi-
ton will be made in the House of Repre-
>entatives to the rulings Of the Returning
Board, and TO this time prominent persons
are looking forward with much solicitude.
There is no determination as yet as to the
Superseding Of General Emory. To recall
him now and send another to take his place
would, it is said, appear as if the Executive
We're preparing for conflict which may not
take place, and also increase the present eX-
element; but there is some color to the re-
port that should it become necessary Lieu.
tenant-General Sheridan would proceed to
New Orleans and assume command. II
rumor is to be credited, he will be in proX.
unity to New Orleans on the day Of the meet
ing of the Legislature. While care will be
taken to do nothing whatever to infame the
public mind, the Government will be pre-
pared to act in such manner as circumstances
may seem to require.
IBy Teegraph.)
CHICAGO, December 2S.-General Sheri.
dan, who is still here, yesterday informed an
interviewer that he had no instructions about
Louisiana, and that the story of his depart
ure for New Orleans was unfounded.
PROBABLE FATAL SHOOTING OF A WASH.
ISGTos1AN AT ELKToN, MD.-Informatlon was
received Yesterday that on Wednesday night
a man giving his name as Wilson, and the
residence of bis family as at 10l4 Eighth
street, in this city, was fatally shot by ne
gro near Elkton. Cecil county. Md. Our in
formation is that Wilson was on bis way
from Philadelphia to this city on foot. He
was out of money, and fell in with another
party, whom he continued to walk with.
They reached Elkton about shutdown on
Wednesday evening, and applying for lodg"
ings were directed to go to the almshouSe,
about two miles from the town. They
thereupon trudged on, and coming to a
white gate they attempted to go to the
house (which proved to be farmers resi-
dence), but they were frightened back by the