New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-30
THE rsMEUTE IN VIRGINIA..

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| we are satisfied that the telegraphc report very
much exaggerates the affair In Virginia, or else
| that the Governor of the State has been greatly
| imposed upon. When the full particulars come to
hand, we are confident that it will turn out that
there has been an unnecessary excitement ana
the affair not SO serious as may now be supposed
The rumor is that q party of men entered the
! village of occoquan, in Virginia, with l1ncoln
4 and Hamlin banner--that their conduct offended
tbe ctzens. and a hostile demonstration was made
j nv me latter and that GOV. Letcher has ordered
nut the militia to protect the Lineolnites from the
\ hands of the !. mob.'' The whole story appears
/ improbable at least, it has the appearance of
being great exaggeration of the true facts of the
| case.
t1ccoquan is a small village in Prince William
county, Virginia. situated near the Potomac river,
about thirty miles below Alexandria. 1t does not
contain over one hundred inhabitants, all told-and
these are principally fishermen who are Northern
men, and who live there during the fishing season
and go away at other times. Besides this, the
counties of Fairfax and Prince William were set
tied, some years ago, when lands were much
cheaper than at present, by coonists from the
North, some of whom have not yet surrendered
their antslayery prejudices, though they are gen.
orally orderly and weil-behaved citizens. They
bought lands there for small sum, and make
money by raising vegetables for the Washington,
Georgetown and Alexandria markets. It is quite
likely that some of the more neonsiderate of these
people, together with the 0ccoqnau fishermen, led
on by the notorious Underwood, have raised Lin
coin and Hamlin flag. 1t is also quite likely, and
quite natural, that this conduct provoked the re-
sentiment of some OF the native Virginians resident
in the pe;obhorhoad and that ,breats ,or,
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4th Of July last. a Virginia paper at our side, the
Lynehburg virginian, has the following account
of it
BLACK REPuBLIoANIsM IN yrRGISIA. the 4th
of July, in Oceoquan. village in Prince William
county, some Sky oltzehs erected BACK hepub-
mi te noIorio,Is Tohn ITnderwnod II il acfnaIIy
stated that the Black Republicans paraded with
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