New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-13
PFRFL nuTRAGES.

tTov IOYN. MEN ARE TREATED IN VIRGINIA
The Counties of Fairfax, Prin, o William, aud Lou'
don, ~ Viruiuia, hing on uear tie Potomac, 20
-be neipb bprhOad Of Alexandria, have been party
.att4e1 ty Northern men. The iudiguties ana Out"
RACES inflicted upon ihese ctzens by the llrgin"Is
alost within p-shOt of the caii'sl, will bc scarcely
credited. Subj0iued We uye 4 e'a'emeht OF iSO,s
.ccura ,g In one MI hl hood furnished rs by lac
fsident there, whose CnAr4c,er and standiaei even
among tho Secessionis populations leave 10 d0nbt o.
Shs enrc truth of bis siaeinouts ana when can De
I.I. .rly ms January 1850 shortly after the exocu-
e,n of John Brown, the lines began 10 he draya close
nv tiose voO are now The violent Rebels hct'luiy
90 the Moth began TO be tak,d more oFeIIy' hHh' %
aories started ard lAige quguily OF army Ho'lius
snsde at Petersburg. pUtt-otnoes were s@fio,,y
watched; and in the cOnuies referred 70 aDOVe, ue
Northern incidents were nOlouger periulueo 10 RECEIVE
- nevsDoter. at all tiugrd with NortbeTn sentl-
sDenta 81 a Darere as JRc EUeHtHg POst ana lRlB-
usY, Of course, were prosecuted ana burnel' ie"
religious papeTs were not objected toi OAt me rev"
ToFk SECULAR rapers, including even The heF1io ana
Tas Nep. Yak Lara, were abOoed, Tire burAln{
ygas done by the Juseo Of te Peace, VINO pr" tedeu
sgeekly or such mes as pleased them 70 the post
0fi,es, examined tie mails and eomultd what they
~hose 30 the hHmes Letters have been leqnehtiy
speued in tie Office 1t Occoquan, end more frequently
detained. A pot olhce ia PriO.e william WheTe
come 20 NewYOIk pipers were taken, IsciuoiDg Hsny
TRIEVSEs, ami where New-i ORR qan VIZ , 81
Ser, was actually discontinued by the Department az
abe iustgatiUu Of EAIIa Billy Smith and the reeldIhs
an that vi.ui,y were tuen compelled % travel eght
9niles fnTtho' lor their mails.
The NoHhern resident WAS also preeluded rom the
roe exercise Of outrage pain OF extreme SOCIAL
ANNOYANCE aud subseqGon dager. a year belofe ne
Pfesidential election, an opposition comfy n'het
headed by Johu UnderU oOd, was run by the Repu'n-
rsna including Northern residents ana fifgl1ids IN
about eQaa numbers. Our Informant and others
found that voting this Gicke brought upon hem ss /
cion aud haired from all sdcs, even from those who
lad been friends for yeare. Tue voeTe OF this uck't
Flf.fs sir
Nsih the d1uin mt pariy not even shRking OF hands
was vouCh sied by OLD acquhiutauees, and meeting
was held at 3fsnIsvIlle 10 CeuoaDee them.
At the Presidential election the sllnt had become
btronger Occoquan Cas. - votes for Mr.. Liucolu
One vsTy quiet isruer, who wO ked a farm ard ran
small ste sn mil, tbe OIL N the county went
50 0cooquan and deposled Lis vote (which Is by opeu
ballot IN Virginia, and the voter name Is wltten on
ehe back Of his tI,ket Soue days aiterward he went
10 Breutsye, to the store, and while making lns pAs
cbases was surrounded by body Of men b add and
5nstigated by lawyer named Will ims now in the
Prince william Cavalry, who We're armed with clubs
and ctewb and who proceeded 70 black The obnoX-
Sous v0ter fa,e with pruter's ink. No voting for
Lincoln Css allowed ~ Brownsville; those who would
have done 20 inriuda ed by the open threats Of
q mob asscned to- uay, op,Ily excited by the County
Clerk and by Gen. Hu"ton the leadiDg lawyer Of the
county, who siBce killed - Manassas. Even tire
Cours OF Justice w-ro open 10 hese marked voters
Ahey could obtain tOu, eel Of get COuulenance OF
ansstrstCs even the iecti0n Of the criminal law
Ii sued foE tAe most tiiug cause they compelled
90 get legal aid from AleXnh1l3i srC II 95&auitco or
outraged bo.h the pGblic prose utor and the commit
2iDg ulsgistrator we're deaf ~ their appeils
Since the Secession movement has gained strength,
abe saferings Of Northern sBd UBioH men have, of
eourse, increased. Que OF the leading men Of the
county, magistrate Sd member OF the Legislature,
axpessed much as thee months ago the prevailing
seelBg, b. sayiug publ y ths. they had right 10
take the properly If tie Yankees, and that the
6sukeee shOuld all be driven out. About two months
ago, sei-raised COmuiiee or squsd Of men went &c
81 the Union and demanded their ARCS. Refnsal
Arooght blows outTages, and threats o. sbooii T. &c
and The searched Tor and carried oE Some.
hmes this 10 the night when the first hint Of the
Ntiiors would DO the di,c1GFge Of firearms with vol
@eys Of csts The requiiion Of homes for the army
s. severely on the Uui0usts. Seeessiouist having
zen twenty horses would be assersed TWO, vhils
Union man who had would DO eurely deprived Of
pne. S0netimes eipts were given, sometimes not
But army Tequisitions are endnrable compared with
private robbery, which common enough aud went
nnpunshcd, the civil law 10 entirely defunct at
present. The stores were entered by who helped
xheDseives 20 Shoes proyi-iCns, &c The -four stored
30 the mills a. OceOqUa0 for the necessary Of tie
citizens was driven off 20 Manassas and in many cases
abe Union men were compelled 20 take iheif teams
aud carry Of the only Subsistence Of their igees 70
she army.
The Northern men who have been able 10 get away
anve, In general, le their farms and properly. The
Sass given them and the oath they are compelled 70
aake show how little they may bring away with
ahen. Ba. in fact they are detarJed from bringing
ever such artieles as these sweeping rules might
allow; for hc bridges burned tho roads iafesed
with strHggleFs, and the only available ot get
eing, to Washington Il by crossing the Potomac in
SnaI boats. Eve Post.