Evening star., 1912-01-07

Tic otiO0I0 Oh washington 0ut1u8 tue
civil war. owing to the
Captured presence here OF men from
C.-A all parts OF the country.
0"scas' from all classes Of society.
living under strange conditions. In The
Star OF January 1. .e62, is . paragraph
which describes q Characteristic incident:
DAY before yesterday q solitary horse
man might have been seen urging his
steed along tho stony highway yclept
Bridge street. In our sister city George
town.. He was habited In q military
uniform and voluminous army overcoat,
and seemed to eye with suspicion every
thing that looked like a regular He
had not proceeded far before no encoun-
tered squad Of these coated and brass
buttoned men. who suddenly ordered him
to halt. then to show his pass. and next
to dismount. All Of these orders he
obeyed. not cheerfully. but with evident
reluctance. eyeing his saddle bags as II
he had a particular affection for that
portion OF his horse furniture They
were examined, when five canteens OF
the ardent were found In each pocket
or nap Our solitary horseman was then
ordered to take of his overcoat. It was
taken of. when FIVE more canteens were
found fastened to q belt around his
waist. BY this time quite a group OF
street boys and grinning darkies had
collected. and applauded the sacrifice az
the contents Of one canteen after an
other were poured upon the ground
A few days afterward an even more
exciting affair took place just to the
east Of Rock creek, in
Inc worm what was then known as
Tr-,.a the first ward. 1t 10 de-
scnbed as follows In The
Star Of January 2. 1852:
considerable excitement was occasion
ed In the first ward yesterday by a shoot
ing AFFAIR. Two soldiers came up 10th
street. following another soldier and tor
menting him in every possible way by
threats. etc. AS they passed the corner OF
10Th street and the Avenue the mounted
guard stationed there interfered, quiet
was restored, and they walked on, but
soon renewed their pursuit OF the--as
they supposed-very faint-hearted fell
low. Their victim corked in his wrath
until he got on the downgrade between
l and X streets out of sight of the Ave-
nue. and the mounted guard, and then,
suddenly turning on his pursuers, planted
terrible blow in the face Of the fore
most. knocking him nat horizontal as
Charles Reade says. The other pursuer
made q feint Of avenging the fall of his
coinfade. but the same hand which had
peeled his comrades nose now drew a
pistol from the inner pocket OF its own
ers clothing. and he fed incontinently to-
ward the Avenue. forgetful OF his fallen
comrade. AS he started, bullet grazed
his knuckles and he increased his speed,
when another brushed the side Of his
head Finally he dropped from terror
and exhaustion, when his pursuer COM
menced cudgeling him with the butt of
the pistol.
1.-The chase toward the Avenue was
recommended as the irate soldier came
wildly toward the Avenue. bringing his
revolver in a circle over his head previous
to every shot fired at the retreating fig
ure- Ladies screamed and ran from the
scene, while male pedestrians hastened
toward the scene OF conflict. Among
toned In the vicinity. hurried to preserve
the peace. One gray-haired officer ex-
claimed. Cut him down instantly mean
ing by him the assailant. The individual
thus designated raised up and, fiourishing
his pistol. defiantly exclaimed, "Cut and be
damned. gentlemen: l am only one man.
Again the venerable officer ordered his
SubordinateS to take that pistol from
him. Back came the answer, You shall
not take it, but l will surrender 1t to
proper authority He gave up his pis
tol in theatrical style. and was placed
under arrest
Evidently matters were even more dis
orderly in the streets of Richmond, the
capital Of the Confederacy.
Richmond In The Star Of January 2,
n;.o-a.- 1862, is an extract from the
OiSoAoei. Richmond correspondence
of the Charleston Courier, as follows:
"Rowdyism is rampant In the streets.
The wholesale gambling. to break up
which an Intellectual attempt was made
some time ago, was bad enough. but the
good citizen was under no compulsion to
enter the jungle Of the tiger and had
himself to blame IL he got scratched. To
such a frightful extent has violence in
creased. however, within a few weeks
past in Richmond that this city bids fair
to become as infamous as ever was Ma
pies or Baltimore. Shootings and stab
bings are almost Of every day happen
ingS."
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