Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-08
VIRGINIA Rows,

=. IL. Shs!toD, OF Orange county, has been
convicted Of involuntary homicide and sen,
tebcod to S! 600 inc.
Rev. W. w. Walker, who resigned the rec.
tOrship Of he Amherst parish co accouot Of i'll
health, has recovered. R:v. MIR. Mason has
declined tic call to Fl! the existing vacancy.
Holt Wilson, esq. an officer Of the Exchange
National Bark, Of Norfolk, and fcrmerIy editor
of the Norfolk Journal. Petersburg Appeal aud
other papers il Virginia, died 10 Portsmouth
yesterday.
The Cu!peper Times says:-"It was talked
on the streets this morning that a man named
John Male, colored. was terribly shot in the
back and abdomen last night, while 10 the act
of stealing corn from the field of Mr.. Z. g.
Smith. Report gays there were four in the
gang, but the other three escaped uuhurt.
Males wcuod, it is said, may provo fatal
The Charlottesville Jcffcrsonian says "A
rarty from this vicinity, consisting of Major
Mason, Capt. }. N. Z. Stockton, Nj. John
Watson and Mr.. William Randolph, passed two
days on partridge hunt in Nelson county
last week, killing 100 cartridges. Fifty five,
nearly ono third, were ehot by Mr.. John Wat.
SOD, Of the firm OF George Il Watson, Of Char.
ntcsTir.
The Loulon Mirror sa5s:-"A setter dog
was brought snnc days ago, BY Mr.. {. H. Pollock,
from Warran!0n TO this place, via Alexandra
and Washington, on the cars and alter remain.
inc here several days, he dog began to pine
itr bl4 native heath, as subsequent events
proved. On Thursday night Of last week ho took
bis departure, and Oh Saturday morning fol.
lowing mlIJ his appearance, at his old home
lie had ncvcr been away from it before, and as
HE trip over was made by rail, it is somewhat
remarkable how he found bis way back-but
such is the instinct Of Of CANNES.
DE-. Lachhan Tyler, OF Richnonl, z aoI Of
President John Tyler was married on the "a
inst. 70 Miss Georpi,, daughter Of Jchn w.
Powell, OF Richmond. Ga DR.. Tylel's arrival
in Washington few days previous to his mar.
rage he was takon violently i'll with cougestivo
chilIa His friends 10 Richmond were notified
and Miss Powell and her parents went to Wash.
| Ipglon. Although the Doctor could not sit up
10 bed he Insisted upon being married, and
after little It was decided that it was best bis
| wishes should be complied with. During tho
! ceremony he remained conscious, but when it
was over sank back exhausted but is noT sup
posed to be recovering.
The Norfolk correspondent of the New York
| Herald says -"Farthcr intelligence from the
election riot 10 prlGccsac Aunc county last night
| shows that the negroes, who are largely in The
majority near KEN psville, assembled in a large
body lie the village during the Day aud wcrt
violently harranguod by two notorious ipceDdi-
airy spcakcrs-W Willis Hodges and Noah Lamb
and all their bitter feelings were stirred ul
against the whites. S0oa after tho meeting
the 1cgroes began to arm themselves with PTS
ta!s and shot cues. a1d after the close oil tho
polls difficulty occurred ia front CT the ole
hotel betwecn gentleman and negro, in which
each were j)incd by their friends, the black:
outnumberng the whites By at least five to one
| the whites being entirely uuarmed a0d unprc
pared for any difficulty. The negroes com
mouced firing, and Colonel W. Tflggs, OF Bay.
side, was shot through the thigh. The white;
present were quickly reinforced, and the ne
groos retired, but in a few minutes recurring t
the contest charged in body with regular
war yell. The charge was met by the white:
with brisk fusilade Of pistol shots. Sheriff
Whitehurst arrived and appealed to the ncgrOe:
| to retire, and in response another grand charge
was made, the negroes yelling and firing their
pistols as they advanced. The whites stood
their ground and returned the fire with effect.
The negroes stood one voley and then broke
like sheep. Oae negro by the name of Thomas
Elliot, living Two miles from KenpsVile, and
who had on previous occasion :Dsen coosplcu.
Gus in difficulty with the whites was MORALLY
wounded. -Four ether negroes were badly
wounded, whose names arc Abram Elliott,
Irving Grl6o, Elisha White and Willis Stevens.
Everything was quiet this morning, but the
negroes who possess arms are 10 very bad
state OF mind, and slight difficulty may pro
,irna amt her mi brnak M errnsts had hoe
made up to the latest accounts.