[for the Richmond Dispatch]
the Reign of Terror in Washington.
To the Editors of the Dispatch.--I have been told by a sincere Christian who lived near the parties, that.
a young gentle man who was supporting his mother on a clerkship in
Washington of $800, and who resided with his mother on a little farm on the
Virginia side of the
Potomac, was promoted to a $1,600 clerkship.
He was told by a friend that he would have to take the
Lincoln oath.
he said he would not take the oath His friend asked him it he would stay it he was allowed not to take the oath.
He replied that he would.
His friend then said he would see the
Secretary.
His friend quickly returned and said to him, you will have to go,
and do not go your usual route to your home in Virginia.
