New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-20
THE REIGN OF TEaROR IN LoUDoN, VA

J,.p4 me Iait ore dsaoytoah, JHiV IL
a peuf lquau from Waterford, LOudOn Couuty, h''
one 9 "A party of % Uuion no escaped across e
Iot0ufc Oh SUNDAY night aud reached here yet'e'u"J
prese,ts tue reign O terror III that oouhiy as unpe
ctd ned. The Union nien are largely ln l1S lnaofi
bnt an. totally uIamed aud deienseless, and were all
To be DIR 4 81 mo the uiiikla yesterday ~ Oi"ei oi
Gov Letci or, aud seni ~ Manassas. Ihe HVer
closely guar Ged by p' kes TO prevent toelr e7cte' an"
a Tariy If fifty were driven back on Sainrday'
Toe taty Ni.1 which our idOrn4nt eros ei came
over aI, ! at don ford below the P,ni Of hOcAhi
The eAis sLce Oi Whte NGs mol gtie aHy kuONii Gst
Ne q e..,h armed VIII rueh weapons a. the! eoui1
rro, u - det- mined To resIst 10 Tue DEATH .
Immediately o. crossing they were arrested by the
F,oe al Ii,ke's ana MARCHED to The camp, m!'h "
their lTTu alton, srnIE tleln ihal thel "'Te JuS'
,yp,fe thew W ,ted be. They were as well e'elNe
Is rossiLls Pas,es were th'n gwen eu' ahd Io
l1n proceeded 10 lmh flehds ia Warrington, "ni''
oth r caue 20 Bal itOre
lie Ie..le of LOudJn are not allowed 10 sho"
what is going on in tie county enoep through &c
,essiOn eODr'es, all Ee"spGpes G.ls viiUST ~ e.
u,neucs If their FARCE aud u.apy huhdieds q tueli
would have mace their es ape long since we're ~ ~
%, the daih uOpe uey enteridln.d Ol Delhg Fehe''n
t tier op es IOHs by the arrival OF eoe 81 I"ols'
ne 81 zion nn The Secession Ordinance Is Iepie-
s.Uted t. have ben farce. A regiment ii0m Sodl"
Iona was ia the county ou th al day ana ihe u'en
IA "a vote willie tie .essioUsis voted as Oxen az
ey cuoossI. L. HOuid have been al The risE Ci Ine
{ - ~. UIion men penerally 10 have turned Odl,
I On n tLey brought up lew TO vote 10 make IL q.
car that a ere or restriction upon JhlOh Notls
The d-;gtiug for the mil Ia that war prog si1g
entraced eyeiy one that aJle 20 bear arns, IL
joiup uelnbeis OF the Society Of fIitds aud inOte
known 20 he devoted Union nen. lie GO rcioh
1Tgi le was being cnried out by the anti-coe,iJiisIs
~ its IA lest cNen,.
The u uasataglOa Star cont aims letter from Alex
sndria under date Of July i6, which Gays:
Some twe ty three fugitive Union men from irince
Will IN County, uear O,coqusD, have arrived here'
Tbe, fed 1, escape being Impressed iuto the militia
c.Jled out [. -oay by order Of Gov Le,cner.
Eig,t Of eui started from OecOquan on Sund'!
MIG l. with ~ aIms as they could procure, concealed
aou them and wearing ire le aud quadru lie suite o.
g-paur, dfaaert, shirts, Mc 70 AVOID Tue al
fe.raicc Of tayiBg ba4ga They got aeross J. [
cfteh into Faufsx County ny means Of boat, whl u
iiey set adit and then pushed on toward hi place,
i.inp iued ty other Union men as they cane, AM
e.Iui ed oat la tie NO ds over night.
A OF .er Iarty Of i've men, aud a free negro whon
lie Co iederdtes proposed to impress as cJok ma {
tber e.cHe from OoooquaD yesterday noon by rwin.-
mi, o ire creek. Mr. JOhn Berry and family Oi Oao-
ouaH made iheir escape sunday by another route.
itlef many iug,tOus experiences.
Al taese reIuEes Say they would have died teiote
taking M arms against the United States, and they
Duy hope for "a chance 10 pay oil their iefseedioIs Ia
lhcif Own COlu.