Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-12-27
LOCAL NEWS.
AMUsEMENTs TONIGHT.

md opera Of sFaust." Miss kellogg as
marguerite" Antonuci as "Mephistopheles,"
lire as Faust" and Miss Phillips as "Sie-
~ Miss Kellogg's success in this role has
Sesu among her greatest triumphs, and is of it.
elf sufficient 10 fill the house. Tomorrow
night Norma"
Sr.ToS HALL.-Third night of Newcomb &c
ArIngton's Minstrels. An entirely new pro-
1Tamne this evening. Ballads, songs, panto-
mines, burlesque, negro delineations, and 9TH
or performances.
CANTERBURY-A huge bill OF drama, bur-
Issque, pantOmime, ballet, &c, including the
rIays Of "Old Mother Hubbard" and "The
Ticket-Of Leave Man" Lookout for the grand
Urize cOnUndrum entertainment on Friday
night.
LECTURE by Rev. DR.. Balch in the NJ. p.
Church, Georgetown. Subject, "Annexation
and Consolidation in Congress"
The MOE IN ALEXANDRIA.-The accounts
that have come from Alexandria concerning
The riO;ing there on Christmas day have been
80 conflicting that it has not been easy to as
sprtsin the facts. 1t would seem now, how
ever, that the reports that reached here yester-
day alluded TO in yesterdays STAR Were much
exaggerated in regard to the loss of life. 1t
is now stated that the riot originated in an at
tack Of drunken eX-Confederate soldiers on the
negroes, who from the statement of the Jour-
nsI, had also been well supplied with whis-
kew. and retaliated the assault, and from thence
forward there was frightful scene of disorder
and blOOdshed throughout the day.
The Alexandria Journal of yesterday morn
ing gives the following account Of the affair:
"No city ever presented greater scene of
riot and disorder than did Alexandria yester-
day. Whisky flowed in streams from many
Of our restaurants, and from some il was dealt
out as literally to the colored people as to the
whites. Early in the morning it was observed
by our more quiet citizens that all the young
reconstructed" gentlemen of the city Were
well armed, and the gravest fears were ex-
pressed lest collision should take place be-
tween them and the colored people before the,
day was over. These fears were not without
foundation, for rioting commenced at an early
hour IN the forenoon, and at o'clock D. m. had
assumed such fearful proportions that Mayor
Ware found it necessary TO call upon the mil
itary authorities for assistance to suppress it,
Capt. Hambrlck, to whom the Mayor made his
application, telegraphed Gen. Augur for or
deTs, and that gentleman at once teIegraphed
back to use whatever number of troops was
thought necessary to suppress the rioting then
Al its height in the city,
Three companies of Hancock's veterans were
at once ordered out, and proceeded to arrest
every one found engaged in rioting and disor-
Derby conduct. The military did not commence
their operations any too soon-indeed not soon
enouEh-for many persons had been seriously
and dangerously wounded before they APP
peared on the scene of action Notwithstand-
ing the Mayor requested Of the military au-
thOrities that all persons engaged in riotous
conduct be admOnished TO 90 peaceably TO their
homes, II was found necessary to arrest be-
tween fifty and hundred of the ringIeaders of
the various disturbances then going on through
out the city, who were mostly sent to the slave
ptuf "ncIe luey were cOmpelleO 10 remain
during the balance of the day and night. Some
of them were this morning released, while the
more guilty are still In confinement
80 many reports were prevalent this morn
ing, of shooting and ld-blooded murders
that any one listening TO them would have
thought that the darkest and bloodest DAYS or
the French revolution had been re-enacted
in our midst. But we are happy to be able to
contradict majority of the reports which
were 50 freely banded about this forenoon.
II one half OF them We're true we could not
have the courage 70 recite them. Some fifty or
one hundred colOred men We're badly b. aten,
but so FAR as we have been able TO learn but
two were so badly injured TO preclude the
hope of recovery. One of these was John
Anderson, who was shot in the head. and the
. other was Robert r. Sanders, who had his
skull badly fractured. Both of them are now
IN hospital, end at one O'Clock neither of them
We're expected to live longer than a few hours
About a dozen persons We're arrested and are
now in prison charged with completely in
the riot IN which these men received their
injuries.
During the day a most unproyoked riot is
OfDuke and Washington streets, where a num-
Der Of colored people were holding party. A
white man by the name OF Mitchell, who is
SAID to have participated in the riot. was
seriously wounded in the head, and at one
o'clock this afternoon his death was currently
reported. From other sources we have heard
that his injuries were very slight, and that no
fears were entertained Of serious results from
his wound.
The day was one of s.fear and trembling" for
alI quiet and well disposed persons, and had
II not been for the interposition of the military
authorities the worst fears of this portion OF
our comm unity would have been more than
realized. We thank them for their assistance,
and for suppressing what at one time promised
10 BE- a most fearful riot.