The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-02
LEWIS CALLED
FOR THE: TROOPS B 6.
Records Show Republican Non1i-
nee Invoked Mill
tary.
WAS DISTRICT Sir. ATTORNEY II :'i7l { 1
Appealed e Federal al Authority
to Aid Iii il State State, il Elec-
s15 ticss.
WAS DISTRICT ATTORNEY

In view OF the fact that the action Of
Judge L. L. Lewis The present Republic
can nominee for Governor, in the matter
OF calling for troops In Petersburg In 1876,
when he was United States attorney Sfor
the Eastern District OF Virginia, has been
brought into the present campaign, the
records have been appealed to. and it is
found that they tell a most interesting
story on the subject and his connection
with It. l8S 5t
The following is taken from the Rich.
,nond Dispatch Of November 8, 1876:
Saturday afternoon the people OF Rich
mond were astonished to hear that q.
company OF United States soldiers had
passed through the city on their way
TO Petersburg. Near as we live to that
goodly city, no rumor had reached us OF
disturbances there or Of any apprehended,
and the actions ofgthe President, there
fore. caused profound wonder. AS the
stay Of the soldiers at the depot was
very brief, and they seemed really not to
know for what heirSservices were needed.
little light was thrown upon the mystery
until Saturday night, when the following
Information reached here from our Corr
respondent in Petersburg:
s3g5 4 sll3 3sS q November 4, 1876. SIS
Company B, Second Regiment United
States Artillery, Major. ] g. Brecken-g
ridge commanding, arrived In this city
this afternoon on the mall train from
washington The company numbers
twenty-etght men. and left Fort Eoote,i
opposite Alexandria, this morning at $
o'clock, in obedience to teegra phic orders
received last night from the general com-
manding the Department Of the Atlantic.
Their arrival was q surprise. but they
had not been al the depot Ave minutes
before the. news had spread through the
city. They come, q f course, In response
to tile request OF C. P. Ransdell, / United
States marshal for this district. backed
by other Radicals, high and low, who
profess to fear intimidation on election
day. And they are sent here with the
forelorn hope that their presence may
help TO elect DR.. Jorgensen. Vain hope!i
a large crowd Of negroes soon collected
about the depot to see the soldiers, and
the rejoicing among the colored people
is general and open. They are 8$the
best Of humor-both males and females
and the matterSis discussed by them in,
crowds all about the streets. IN ..4 Il
The troops officers and prlvates, were
most kindly received by the white cip-
ztns, and q friendly. and courteous inter-
course has already been established by,
which tho Federal visitors are ade ito
feel at home. In fact no objection Is Of
Efered to the sending iof troops to this
city except this: That the act may be
inferred as casting a slur upoll5the fair
reputation the community enjoys for
peace and good order. The feeling to-
wards the soldiers Is OF the kindest, as
shown in the hospitality already shown
them. for which they, expressed their ap-
probation. The commanding officer at
orce reported to the United States Mar
shall at the Custom House and the
troops will be quartered In that building
Tonight. Other arrangements will be
made for they to morrow. 3si
NJ aJor breckenridge is from Lexing-
ton, Ky and is said to be- near rela-
tive Of the late General John c. Breck-
cnridge. Lieutenant r. G. Howell, the
second officer IN the command, is also
a Kentuckian. Both are gentlemen.
affect the result OF the election IN this
city or district. It will indeed cause every
z conservative to vote and to work the
harder for the electloni5of Tllden and
Hilton. 81 &3 a ss.5
. ''The following Is the letter OF. Major
Cameron to Marshall Ramsdell, to which
tho latter so irrelevant ly replied through,
the columns of the National Republican,
Of yesterday, accompanying with am
davlts OF lllterate negroes as to tho
trfling disturbances at the polls In this
city in May last and as to their fear
that the negroes could not fairly vote,
here unless troops were sent to protect
them. It was on such a!ffidavts that
2Ramsdell made requlsition for soldiers.
Mayor Cameron to Marshal
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