Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-02
The Portsmouth ,;nree.


at Norfolk after he close of the republican
meeting there on Monday night, The fac:s Of
the occurrence will better appear from the
sworn testimony than trcm the heated partlzau
statements telegraphed from there amid the
excitement Of the lime. We clip the following
statements 10 reference to the affair from our
exchanges:
| From the Norfolk Virginlan Of Oct 81
| MoURNFCL VI LETTING. The republicans of
Portsmouth held aUuther IT their mGur0iul
mcetiogs in Oxford Hall last evening, which,
OF course, Was presided over by Postmaster
Staples, x oticlo chairman presldlog, aod
| Clerk ManulDg, c0lored, also ex 10, Score
tary. By hard labor the RAIDS have now and
;h"n Induced speaker to come TO this city,
although the rvlu rIican political speakers have
with great uniformity gwen our cry tic 20 by,
but last uight NJ b Bali, OF tie H,rEIaa Scu
tiueI, from AL. x.udria, addressed the meeting,
and clearly demonstrated 10 the audience tile
certaioty OF their defeat IN the c2uluE election.
We will do him The justice 10 say that H. made
valiant efforts to twls; arguments the wiong
way, but they would moi, worth d cent. MIR.
Ball is solemn speaker, aud be Impressed
every one with seUse OF preaching tuuera
sermon, and all lett the meeting With doie!u
faces and hopes decidedly dampcned. The
band, too seemed TO DO 10 mourn'u humor,
aud played the most solemn kind OF music.
We cannot rid outs LIS Of tie belief that the
music men Of the Occason were Democrats
We almost forgot ~ say that h ilnr joseph
was there, cocke ed aud prlmed 10 lake back
anything, and anxious tina, by cones shoud &c
by-gooes. There Wa a crowd Of coorcd wo,
men there, .oo and their preseac: must have
done the heart OF the Hon. J,s,ph 7. VI.
+ Staples aud Speaker Ball ii great deal OF good
to feel that they have The c0untcnancc Of the
T cu!orcd womeG 10 aid 10 thel. cause. This was
the best meeting, ana was the ouddcSt aud sick
Hest of the season.
The same November Ist
Row on MONDAY NIGHr-We learn that
on Monday Dight several pcrouLs while under
the Influence of liquor went to the Republican
meeting at Oxford Hall, aud oue OF the uum-
Der, 10 king way, hallood to Mr.. z2uioif
while speaking, TO pull doau your vcs:, TO
which Mr.. ID. replied tha no one could make
him pull d0WO his vest. IL thee became
very much nceused aud was very abusive 10
his language, and continuing III his speech
spoke of Portsmouth 'as CITY Il baot-sutt
ers and political thieves. This 20 iucet d
the party before mentioned, that alter me
meeting they accos;ed Mr. ID. on his way from
the ball. and violent language on the part u
both brought Oh 4 r,w III which Mr. ID. was
badly and severely Whipped. Mr.. Segar, who
was in the melee Was not stuck Is reported,
, but was taken in charge by some Conservative
gentlemen, who were Oh the streets at the tune,
aud accom- paoicd to the ferry and turned over
, to his friends the police camc up as quickly
a. possible aud succeeded in quoting tae row
, | Al, bprp no
OF Mr. D. took place. The reports OF this diff
Guilty are very c., HlciIug, but We beiicyc from
what we could caru that tic above is tan
report of tie affIir. The difficulty is to be re
grated, but Incorporate speakers must knnH
that they cannot always abuse people by cali
J ing thcm thieves aud using other equally in
t suItiug epitheta without meeting with punish
uicDt.
From, the Norfolk Lsndmark
Row on HlGu STREET-Abyut midnight
on Monday p!ght, after the RepubllcaD meet
ing adjourned from Oxford Hall, a row bro Ike
cut at The ntcrscctlon Of Hsn aud Mdd.c
s!reets, and, according t. the watch report
made 10 the Mayor yesterday mcruipg it was u
, lively affair 10 which Alr. John I. DezeLd1ri
OF NJrtuik, was, unfortunately severely beaten
with stick aud Mr.. William H. Lyons, Of
Bcrkiey, krocked down. The origin Of the at.
fair and how the fight was provoked was not
rep rtrd, but ali the parties the watch saw en-.
gagged in the neiec-hrng Iistois in the ali
and 2atheribg bricks, boh Conservative and
Republican, compalDcd against 10 j US
-, tice Nash, VINO issued warrants for their ap.
pcarauce before him to-day, to answer ior
breach of the peace, &c.
i From the Petersburg Pos.
A BOGUs CRY OF Mathew
DulaDy Ball, tie cGlt0r OF the Sentinel, pub
lished at Alexandria, left Petersburg On Octo
Der 80, and ou the night Of that day made an
incendiary speech at Portsmouth to a crowd of
tough citlzeDs. On October 81, he returucd
to Petersburg, and scut the following letter to
the United States MarshGi here. The Ports
mouth aud Norfolk papers were yesterday 81
lent on the events OF which he speaks as actua!
occurrences. The Uuited States Marshal Oh
receiving the letter set himself to work IL gst
I'D enough .iutuida:i0n lin MS cwo mtui) %
which 10 base call for UntcJ States troops
The letter Of Bali reads as foilaws:
PETERSBURG, O:t 81, 1876
C p RamsdeU Esq
DEAR cIN:-lu Portsm) uth last night a
meeting at which Mr.. S. gar aud myself spoke,
was broken up by democratic ruughs, and Oh
cur goiog out regular assault was made 90
Us, and gu D. z:udor who had at
tempted to speak 10 the hall. lie
was padIy beaten and burnt by the powder Of
a pistol discharged at his head. Mr. Segar
ADD myself were hurried off by gu: friends,
while Dee yudori' manly defence was occupy
ing he attention Of the s.ouudr"l~ About
twenty pistols were DISCHARGED Mr.. Scsar is
satisfied they viii not let him he elected il rut.
6ausm in Portsmouth will p even; it. How
Is it 10 Petersburg? And are you MOI author
lied under the Lord resolution, and orders fol-
loving, TO make some provisions to secure re-
publIcaus tie privilege OF voting?
Yours truly, Vi. D. BALL
| From the Washington r publican.
| PORTSMOUTH, Va, . t. 81. 1876.
An immense r. publcan mcrtag was held In
Oxford hall last evening aad vas addresses
by Col. NJ. D. Bal, OF AlexandIia; Hon JOS