We have had a rather serious affair at our post office this week. A servant of one the specially prominent wealthy families took some letters to post and got into a quarrel with the clerk at the counter and later came to blows with him.
He got the worst of it and went away, but soon returned, about eight o'clock in the evening, with a crowd armed with knives and sticks. They burst down the window, tore up all the furniture and beat the post master, the underlings of the office all having run, and in the affray some $200 or more in stamps were taken. For two days I hear they have refused to take letters from the people, wishing to leave the wreck for full inspection. It is reported the leader has been imprisoned and that his master is preparing to make good all damage. All this
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