Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-02-20
THE GREAT REBELLION
Southern News.
HowpY1sM AT RICHMOND, VA.

The Richmond papers all concur in
stating that rowdyism and intemperance
prevail in that city to considerable ex-
tent. The examiner of the 9th says:
That our citizens may see at a glance
to what fearful condition the reign of
whisky and rowdyism is hurrying u.s.
we group together some of the fragrant
instances of riot, violence and disorder
which have occurred within the past two
days - ..-... .-- r, /,
About six o'clock, on Monday eve
ming, Zouave, named McGinn. ripped
open the bowels of member of the same
regiment, at Maurice Dennis, low
groggery, near the Central Depot.
At ten o'clock on the same night, the
performances at the Metropolitan Hall
were broken up by row in the gallery
set apart for the prostitutes. Pistols
were fired, men and women leaped from
the galleries, and some even from the
windows of the building. A man named
Washington jenkins, an officer employed
to keep order in the hall, was, in at
tempting to allay the disturbance, Sc
verely if not mortally wounded by a
pistol shot in the back and a woman
spraincd her leg in jumping, in her ter
ror, from the second story window. The
audience was put to rout, and for an
. hour after the clearing of the hall,
) night, in the neighborhood of the build
ing, was made hideous by drunken re-
velry and lawless riot.
Yesterday quiet and respectable
citizen was assaulted in open day on
Martin street, because forsooth, he would
, not lend his influence to get Baltimore
, Plug Ugly situation under government.
!. And at the very time that this outrage
was being committed, portion of the
city police were engaged in quclling a
riot in grog-shop on Twelfth street,
Il between Main and Cary streets.
d Yesterday evening a gentleman con
% nected with this office, who had just ar
y rived in this city, was, while walking
quietly down Main street, knocked dow
" and beaten by ruffian.
: A few nights ago, the gamblers o
Il Richmond held a convention in thi
city, and after the fashion of "the no
:. Bile refrigerators" of Congress, trans
,e acted their business in secret session
e We are informed that one hundred ant
o fifty member of the gambling ant
a plug fraternity were present thu
,EHg thousand doll RS 1csre voted anc
= subscribed to as a fund to carry ae.c
y election for Mayor and that the can
didate nominated as likely to unite tn
j gambling and rowdy interests Of Rich
!, mond is an ungrammotical grocer ant
Y rhishy y,worm # the name Of Dacid j
Saunders We arc very much of tn
It opinion that. if matters are not speed
: ily bettered in Richmond, the gamblers
81 plugs and the retired and unsavor,
) whisky y-dcaler they propose as their can
di1ats. will be in the hands of vigil
anco committee before the date of To
next municipal election.
THE puRNsrDE EXPEDITION.
A letter in the Richmond Dispatch
- dated Beaufort, N c., Feb 4. speaking
= of the approach of the Burnside expedi
>, ton to Roanoke Island, says:-
h BY this course the enemy will pu
i himself in position to get into the rea
n of Norfolk and cut off our supplies, etc
: Our force at Newbern is very large
N There are many batteries on the sout
10 side, and navigation is obstructed on tn
west Burnside will meet with a warn
reception if he goes there
70 We entertain some fears, however
that he may land below Newbern, a
It Clatfore's or Adam creek, and take u
d his march there to isolate Fort Macon
for cannot conceive that Newbern ca
rs be of any advantage to the enemy. ex
= = c.pt to get Fort Macon. I doubt tina
. they will make sea attack upon For
"a Macon, even if they succeed in this
I cannot see what advantage the for
,e and harbor can be to them as they coul
d not have an inland navigation for thei
N steamers through Cove Sound, bscaus
l. they would be unable to get out on &C
'e count Of the shallowness of the watc:.
DEFENSE OF GEN. CRITTENDEG.
g. The abuse heaped on General Critten
D, den by some of the Tennessee pape,
IN has aroused the Louisville -Nashvill
tsi Courier's Kentucky blood, and it re
"a plies -
rs The manner in which some of th