Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1866-01-05

consistent with these feelings, and set an
example OF national magnanTmitJ that
may put that Power to tho blusl, Our
cause Goes not call for any mans blood,
ana we must not let partisan hatred put
lis bloody stains on our national history"
SERIOUS DISTURBANCE IN ALEX.
| ANDItfA-
! BY passengers from Alexandria, Va.
we learn that on Christmas day there was
heavy fighting in the streets between the
whites and negroes, in which several me-
groes were killed, one account says three.
another says fourteen. Two white men
were wounded, though, we believe, not
very severely. The difficulty, as we learn
originated as follows: The negroes, with
tte and drum, and headed by a negro arm
ed with Spencer rifle, paraded the streets
IN the morning, in manner which was
understood by the whites as bravado
and defiance. Many of the young men
were extremely excited by this clrcum
stance, and some others connected with 1t
and about o'clock the fighting comlnen
ced, and from that time until night, th
streets resounded with the explosions
flre arms. We do not know the number
engaged on either side; but the blacks,
VIII always be the case, Jared the worse i,
the encounter which they had done 80 muc]
/ &c provoke. We hear that one of the NJ
gro chapels was torn down during the rio
ing, 2nc perhaps there was some othe
damage to property. The military wa
called out, ano restored quiet to the city
! Several arrests were made.
! We have given the above as reporte
By several reliable gentlemen; but mus
await further information before we ca
present more exact account of an affai
which in any view is much to be regre.
ted -Rich9no1aG Sentinel. .,-s
MoRAlrrY OF CONFEDERATE So1p1ERs.-
In all the cases we have known to com
before t.,e committing magistrate of IT,
parish, since the surrender Of the Confed
rate armies, we have not heard of sing
soldier of those armies being arraigned Il
anything that would disgrace gentlemal
Occasionally one may be brought up f
some slight indiscretion, but even that j
very rare. This fact upsets all pre-co,
ceived ideas in regard to the effect OF cam
life upon men, or, at least, the Souther
to the hypothesis that military life is iniu
rious to individual morals. We know
several instances, ourselves, of youn.
I'SH, WIZ, VAOA thSy OuteIcu tu0 army
were inclined much to dissipation an.
reckless behavior have returned models o
sobriety, industry, and economy and o.
universal has been the good conduct %
returned soldiers, that, in his charge to th,
Grand Jury, Monday, Judge Abel consid'
cred it his duty to compliment that class
of population upon their orderly and exeu-
plary behavior.-Neso Orleans Crescent.
Hor RooMs.- Scarcely anything is. 80
injurious to health as living in tempera-
ture much above temperate heat. The
degeneracy of the human constitution
from what was fifty or one hundred years
ago in this country is attributed very
much to this source. The introduction Of
stoves and furnaces has worked much
evil as well as benefit. Then, the itrfA
provement in the construction Of dwell
ings, making rooms almost air tight, and
closed in with double windows. renders
such residences with the modern heated
apparatus applied, really unhealthful, es.
pecially to persons spending most Of their
time indoors. And, those who are pass
ing III and ont of such rooms, must be
greatly exposed TO take sudden colds
Again, at this season OF the year, it ia un-
wise to commence keeping rooms Or d
residence very warm, inasmuch as If You
do, you nust continue and. increase tie
temperature through the Winter. J, ~.