Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-17
.t,er from Fnuquier County.

correspondence Of the AleZsndris Gazette J
ORLEAy, No7 $50 muck has beea sand
.bout The election hat We hardly deem 1t worth
the titne, even were mlces=afy, 10 AID Anything
more On that subject, only 10 speak Of dill'
Guilty thu. occurred III tG;S place a!cr HE poi's
Mad beea closed. AL OF the ccGroea that voted
1t all voted eD l1u:,% TOT Hayes and " hecler,
save i've and those l%o, r0r aud Virgo! Blue,
voted (.a conservative tici.ci, &au lor THIS III
fence, and only this ona, mob o. several ue-
eroes, led by LeT!, Rector, rushed upon aud
ATTEMPTED 10 xii. them, beating them With
sticks and stone. i}l: IN lh@ timely lutcrirr
snce Of some Will. gentlemen doubtless Tonl
and Virgil would have lust with an uutlncy
end. These white ncn succeeded with great
difficulty ia uueI,ing the mob Until Tom and
Virgil could be gotten of end put IN sonic place
of safety. Whea the riot first began the white
men heard ii and iG;3t0ok il Tor drunken
frolic. and did not 20 Gus toto The street unll!
they heard cries Tor help. Then they fastened
TO their rescue. but found Tom and Virgil very
badly used w, so i1uch so that neither OF them
could walk for some time Both OF them have
almost entirely recovered. Tom will very prob
rested and lodged IN jaiI. where he now awaits
trial. We sincerely hope he will be dealt with
to the fullest cxteut Of the Law. We DO not
know why tic lest OF the negroes engaged 10
the riot were 10; arrested.
The young men OF this place made an at
tempt 10 scrcnadc ncTly married couple
few nights since. a young gentleman arrived
here from West Virginia late in the evening,
and found that this couple we're married on the
previous evening, and said it was customary to
sereuade newly married people in West Vir.
ginia, So they concluded to try it here and
see how it would work. Abou. dozen young
men assembled together, aud after exhaustlOg
our merchants supply Of tinware and procuring
all the portable music boxes. such as the vic.
liz, ACCORDION, &C., they could be seen march
ing I'D the road 10 solid column, for the pur.
pose of giving the bride and groom full benefit
of their musical talent. No sooner had they
taken their stand in the rear of the house and
commenced their music, when 10, and behold
the groom bounded forth IN their midst in his
night clothes, spade in band aud all CT the
serenaders took to their heels save one who
was not aware that bis comrades had gone and
left him alone. The groom, thinking they were
negroes coming 10 kill him for voting the demo-
cratic ticket. fought desperately, and very soon
put to fight the enc that remained. and gave
him chase. The serena,!ers all made good their
escape, but the groom, unfortunately, landed
10 Iargs brier patch, and could not extr;cate
himself until some gentleman who were
rassing helped him 10 get cut OF bis
very unpleasant situation. 10 the meantime
could be heard the serenaders falling over the
!iuware they had borrowed from the merchants.
IL would haze made funeral laugh to have
seen them screrlbiius over each other aud
gathering the fragments together as they made
GOOD their retreat. We think it will be soGie
Inc to come ere tbsy try the same trick