Delaware gazette. (Wilmington, Del.) 1837-1883, 1861-06-01

The city Of Alexandria, since the exciting evs IA
of Friday morning, has become more quiet.
the Washington Star We gather the following as%
ditiOnal particulars; "A
~ AFFAIRS IN ALNxANpRIA.F ANA
At 81 o'clock on Friday night the body OF jack
son was laid out in the parlor Of the Marshall
House, the corpse dressed in tho uniform Of ehJ
artillery company to which be bad belongedlss
There was no guard about the hou8e, and 0erowat
lew iriends Of Jackson were experimenting The
removal OF the furniture 10 the country, aud wiSY
that exception all was quiet in and about the place
The people OF tho town at that hour wore oul
their faces an expression ofanxiely as il fear
ful thing was about to fall upon the city, in cons
sequence OF the assassination Of Col. Ellsworth.
Mixed with this expression Of apprehension wac j
counter one Of relief on the countenance Of not !
lew, that the federal forces had not attacked iht
city and reduced il to ashes, as had been pretty
generally feared. There seemed 10 be a general
feeling Of regret among tho substantial citizens Of
Inc town at Col. EllswOrth's death. The stores,
aud in fact all places Of business, were cle&sY
throughout the day, and the city wore an aspect
as Silent as that of tho Sabbath. Tho business peo
pic, however, resumed their several avocaliQns
again on Saturday. TTl
Az the railroad depot, the railroad company had
taken the precaution TO run of all the freight and
passenger cars, engines, etc., except few which
were being hastily loaded with railroad iron, %
which there appeared to BIZ a considerable quanti
~ at the freight ofice,) when the U. 8. troops tooh
possession. About the wharyss aud warehouses
where hitkerto the life aud excitement OF the "a
ness Of the town has been concentrated the silence
was absolutely oppressive, and the only people 20
\ DC seen were numbers of negroes who stood abgul
the wharves and on the corners, with frightened
fasss talking in low, tones to each other.
the Virginia troops hurried out Of town In orier
TO beyond the depot, where they jumped onihe
train, thalf a mile out Of the town limits) They
numbered between four and d ge hundred the Lou
I dsun Infantry, the Warren Rifles, the Mountain
Ger Rifles and the Old Dominion Rider. The Lou.
don Cavalry and half the Fairfax company escaped
| on iheif HORSES.
The U. $. troops are occupying tho same quar-.
ters occupied previously by the routed cut troops
and many other buildings scattered over the town
Col Wilcox's quarters are at 0'NeiPs Railroad Ho.
tel, on King street, near the outer Orange aud
Alexandria Railroad depot. The Marshall House
where Col Ellsworth was killed) is taken for bar
RAGS for portion OF the Michigan regiment.
The retreating Virginia troops that escaped aed
by rail 10 Manassas Junction. where there arc said
to DO four or Eve thousand Of their comrades forth
fed.
All the active and noted secessionists that bad
remained IN Alexandria up to the -aSsiEal -ths
U. g. troops have left on passes issued by the com
manding officer, some Of thom accompanied BY
| their families. Guards are posted over the town.
The parties seized in their rooms at Jaekson'l
Hotel Immediately after tho occurrences Of the ira
cody there, were taken in their respective cham
bers, aud were not held in custody over an hour
no secession officers being among them as alleged
No citizen of Alexandria or Virginia was hold 10
custody there.
| Col. Terrett, the commander of the Virgins
forces, retreated up the Orange and AlsSan -
railroad. He is said to have burned all bridge,
behind him quite up to the Manassas Junction, u
miles from Alexandria, to prevent pursuit.
We hear that the wife and children Of Gen. Robt
Lee, commanding the disunion troops Of Virgiai~
continue at their residence Arlington HOuso--ant
are therefore, now within the lines Of the troops o
the United States, where they are of course per
fectly safe.
| TEE PRESIDENTS MoUNrED GUARD.
No moro arduous duty in connection with ID,
affair than that performed by the President
Mounted Guard was assigned 10 any other corps
Some OF them were employed as guides for the oc
casion, while nearly all the rest were on scouting
duty, securing the country for miles in all direc
tions, in advance of the marching battallions.--
Captain Owens, Of that corps, guided the troop
that captured Balls company.
TIE DEFRSsEs.
At noon on Friday. the engineers having pre-
viously staked out the work, the New Jersey troop
commenced throwing up defenaes at tho junction
/ OF the Washington, Alexandria and Columbia urn
pike, opposite Columbig Spring and Pavilion. an.
ere nightfall aRothor s(nlar work was cOiqtres@za
i By dinarant Jersey FeB1ment on the maxi sue
seeding land higherJ hhight on The foaiktowAATi
Alexandria.
THE NEW YORK SEVENTH.
| The New York Seventh are in camp upon III
race course, from which position they comsaanl
the immediate approach TO the Long BRIDGE 'fhej
therefore occupy the position of a reserved guard
The three Jersey regiments continue encanped Of
| the side OF the turnpike between the end Of th
causeway next the Long Bridge and Four mil
Run. -,
| THE SIXTY NINTH
The 6rst iisttY With which the New York Sixty
niu,h was 1427ebd was that of destroying the con
necton bely4Sf lexandria and LeesburR by raj
To that end 6s4 tnnrise on Friday morning the
burned say6n ofthA bridges and tore up some Nv
Iiniles eide track Of tho Loudoun and Hampshir
Railroad, NNptnring on its way down 10 Alexar
dria locoaotige and train, with the passenger
upon it Aabng the latter were two disunionist
in uniform, who were duly held to await the order
of the commanding General with reference to Tho
disposal. In the course of the morning they mad
prisoners Of two disunion scouts, (of Capt. Ball
company who not knowing of the advance
troops of the United States, and tho eonseaueI
hasly retreat of the rest OF the picket came unsu
pectingly within the United States picket's ines
The different divisions Of troops engaged ia Il
affair, SO soon they reached their several dest
nations, commenced securing them for permane
occupation; most of them laboring from early la
light until nightfall with pick and shovel to th
end.
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