Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-12-01

They carried Charles City, Lee, and Floyd
the latter county by a majority increased
from Is in 1850 TO 295 in 1883. These fig
ures rather suggest, what will be found to
be the truth, that a few obscure private
brois-mere individual qllarrels have been
magniicd into political aSSasSinations.
The facts must now he stated in rather te-
dious detail
|. Charles City.
The evidence OF the first citizens Of the
county establishes that there was no dis
turbance of the peace there during the can
vass except n row Of few minutes dura-
ton just before the election ut Roxbury, on
the occasion Of II political meeting of the
coalition party-a comparatively harmless
list-Gght, which was soon quoted.
The disturbance arose from q quarrel be-
tween negro and the sons of the republi-
can candidate for the Legislature, and could
not be charged to the democrats.
No fire arm or knife was used
3. Halifax
On the night of the Both of October par
Is of disorderly negroes from Halifax Court
house came into the town of South Boston,
went into a building where Major Edmond
son was addressing Il public meeting, and
carried OIL nearly all the colored people
present At the door the negroes made n
great noise, and, when demonstrated with
by the owner of the building, became so
turbulent and impudent ~ to bring on
fight with the whites standing there. Two
white men were knocked down by negroes
with sticks, a few pistol-shots were fired on
both sides, and two negroes were wounded.
Captain Jeflress, chairman Of the coalition
Committee OF Halifax county, has said that
the negroes from the Courthouse were alone
responsible for the row.
This is the head and front Of democratic
offence in Halifax-that white men defend
ed themselves in chance medley brought
on by visiting negroes.
3. Hanover.
A short time before the election negro,
Robert Robertson, was killed by man OF
his own race near Old Church The posi-
tive testimony of thrty-six citizens of the
neighbor hood, including the foreman of the
inquest, the acting coroner, the chairman of
the coalition committee, and many respec
table negroes belonging to the coalition
party, establishes beyond question that this
was an ordinary case of homicide growing
out of an old feud, in which the wives of the
men were concerned, and without the re-
hottest connection with politics. These cil-
zens of both parties pronounce the assertion
that politics had anything to do with this
crime to be "a falsehood not to be tolerated
or countenanced by decent people"
4. Floyd.
The conflict in this county between Short
and Nowlin was about private matter and
had no reference to politics. The immedi-
ate cause of the breach of the peace, in
which Nowln was slightly wounded, was
Shorts Sen6inp word TO NuWliu TO sion
turning cattle into his field.
5. Augusta-City of Staunton.
A Young man had been out in the country
and, returning to the city intoxi-
Gated, discharged his gun accidentally, as
the evidence shows, the shot wounding
negro man near him. This took place at
some distance from the polls about two
hours before they were closed No word
had passed between the white man and the
negro, and the white man was SO drunk
that he did not know he had shot any one.
There was nothing to inclte the shooting,
and it is believed to have been entirely &C
cidteual and the result of the careless hand
ling of gun by an intoxicated man. The
was Immediately arrested.
g. Madison.
The only homicide that has occurred in
this county recently was that of negro
Phil. Page, at the hands of a white grog- |
shop keeper, John Hall. Phil. Page, the !