Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-05-25

tory extremity to which he was In the habit Of
going In maintaining the dsunion cauae, thus
Inducing not few Of them to fear for their lives
son of Joshua GunneIl, of Fairfax Court
House, was at Barrett's Cross r loads throug bout
the election backed by crowd Of violent dis
unionists threatening to hang or shoot all there
who might continue to uphold the Union causeH
AFYAIRs IN ALEXANDRIA.
Atek O'Clock last mig ht the body of Jackson was
laid out In the parior Of the Marshall House. the
corpse dressed in the uniform Of the artillery COM
pany to which he had belonged. This company is
resuscitated from company In existence there
many years ago, and the members wear the uni
form worn then. The coat buttons bear the State
coat OF arms. There was no guard about the
house, and no crowd few friends OF Jackson
were experimenting the removal Of the furniture
to the country, and with that exception all was
quiet In ard about the place Y
The people Of the town at that hour wore on
their faces an expression Of anxiety, as If some
fearful thing was about to fall upon the city, In
consequence Of the assassination of Ellsworth.
Mixed with this expression of apprehension was
counter one Of relief on the countenances Of not
few, that the Federal forces had not attacked
the city and reduced IL to eshes, as had been
pretty generally feared. There seemed 10 be a
general feeling Of regret among the substantial
citizens Of the town at Col Elisworth's death
The stores. and in fact all places of business
were closed throughout the day. and the city
wore an aspect IS silent as that Of the Sabbath.
The business people expected however to resume
their several avocations again this morning
At the Railroad Depot, the Railroad COMPANY
had taken the precautlon to eff all the freie BIT
and passenger cars, engines, etc, except few
which Were being hastily loaded with railroad
iron, (of which there appeared to be consider
able quantity at the freight office, when the U.
troops took possession About the wharves
and warehouses where hitherto the life and ex-
element OF the business Of the town has been
concentrated, the silence was absolutely oppres.
sive, and the only people to be seen were num-
bers Of negroes who stood about the wharves and
Wi fri faa.
low tones to each other.
The disunion troops hurried out Of town In
order-to beyond the depot, where they jumped
on the train (half mile out of the town limits
They numbered between four and five hundred
the Loudon Infantry, the Warren Rifles the
Monntaineer Rifles aud the Old Dominion Rifles.
The Loudon Cavalry and half the Fairfax com.
pany escaped on their horses
The U. :. troops are occupying the same quar-
tiers occupied previously by the routed out dis
union troops, and many other buildings scattered
over the town. Col. WiIcox's quarters are at
U'NeiPs Railroad Hotel on King street, near tie
outer Ora nge and Alexandria Railroad depot
The Marshall House (where Col Ellsworth was
killed. is taken to-day for barracks for portion
Of the Michigan regiment.
Jackson's body 10 to he buried 10 day II was
at a m in charge Of his family and pessonal
friends. This morning Michigan sentinel con.
tinues in front Of tbs house.
The retreatng disunion troops that escaped
fled, by rail, to Manassas junction. where there
are said TO he four or five thousand Of their CON-
Tades fortified
At II a. m. to-day, 1t was said IN Alexandra
that news had reached there that the U g troops
had yesterday taken Harper's Ferry, which is not
true
The troors in Alexandra had I'm no manner
molested any one there, vet persons leaving the
city for the interior o. Virginia. with passes from
the commanding ticer, have circulated all sor Is
IT false hood, charging them with bad conduct to
the citizens Of the town
By noon TODAY, all the active and noted dis
unfonists that had remained there IN to the ARR.
val OF the L :. troops, had left on passes issred
by the commanding officer, some Of them acCon-
panied by their families
Guards are posted over the town
BY this morning the intense fear Of The citizens
of the possible effect tie Zouaves Of Col Els
worshs assassination had worn of, and nearly all
the business places were again open, aud no ap-
prehension Of injury or moles,atiOn now rests
upon
The parties seized In their rooms at Jackson,s
Hotel Immediately after the occurrence of the
tragedy there, were taken in their re.pecti We
Chambers, and were not held In custody over an
hour, no secession officers being among them as
alleged
No citizen of Alexandria or Virginia was held
In custody there.
LATER.
As Col Terrett, the commander of the secession
forces in Alexandra, retreated up the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad he is said to have burned all
bridges behind him quite up to the Manassas
Junction, q miles from Alexandria, to prevent
pursuit