, 1861-06-15

ying 1azi1y on the water,: while :, their
occupants =: drew; up /: the fishing line;
and little steam tugs -went pnflng BY as littls
folksa generally Do, cutting quite a swell, as II
everything depended On their presence, :: We
psescd light along ahore BY the arsenal on
Point, which Is a most commsnd-
i1g md charming p1a &c, and whore one hun
dfed or mpre great elephautina looking can
non were rep6slng In daEk and snl1en silence /
On the ground. Come dozen or more were
mounted, and stood looking as eaucy people
do, right plumb in our facee, and would not
Of landing, we hove to, and the hands sweat
and tugga over dozen or twenty boxes of
amuuiuon for nauhkets, which they took on
beard to feed our enemies with. In the dis
huge houses for ships tower dozen stories
well 1jgh, and the new war ship Pensacola, is
being fitted out with her guns and complete
rig. Over on the Maryland side stretches and
towers away and aloh the Insane Retreat,
where several hundred unhappy inmates are
mcst carefully treated and which takes all
and navy, md from the Q. 8. service IN What.
ever respect, We came to target fixed as
kind Of defiance little over 3 milo from the
navy: and arBeEa1 cannon, as much ~ to say
s." hit me II you can" But it maintained It's
integrity much better thsn- some Of. the bat
tf se sa9 T1 sn Ell Ell a f saa gst
generally who have been le. 80 op parole. and .
their oath Of allegtance. Away up the Mary.
land nhore, We could see fields OF rye nearly
ripe; and every now and then - little
cottage beautifully embowered on the shore
or on tho hills. One, house In the distance
boarde.: About kalf way betHeen .Aexandr1A
and the Long Bridge, towers the Episcopal
Theological Seminary, which looked 80 tnvi-
tfrg In the distance, that1 do not wonder that
Colonel Of Paris, Illinois, has coveted It aud
meut when It comes. As We neafed Aexan-
: dria, two or three. steep1es attracted the eye,
and are easily seen from Warrington, ten
n les or SO. But after. ono lands at Mexan-
d1ia, he fluids that 1t Is q kind Of Brooklyn, Jr,
q city Of churches, for you come upon d
places his schools and colleges. in times Of
yofe, there have beer: large preparations for
ahippipg at her 1eyee, fol. 8 long row Of build
fres for sto1age chow the destination of goods
TO Lypcbt urg, Memphis, Huntsville, Taseum-
b{a Ala DC, and they ought to have added
Janslro nEd Liverpool to keep mp the appear
ances. and bragg. But really there 70 much
more of a bnsiness capacity and marks OF its
having been actually done. there than I had
supposed. The city has enough Of this to
suggest, with the ho1se8 seen, late popula-
ten Of ovet 10 000~ The only ships there TO.
day Of any 'size were one sloop, aud the war
steamer Pocahontas, which had Two guns run
out of her port holes, and porta for tWo more,
on each side.-. These keep the peace on shore,
and with 200 soldiers there HOE, storder rsignn
!. In .Wa,saw." 1t Is such order ns reigns o.
t6undsy, without the appearance Of the church, ,
goers In tho streets: It Is rather such order:
es-+nn ~ a Fnrers1 +hs cyn1v y1s ss-.SI.f ~ ~.
the solitude and: dreax.7 Tbs very first
ajgn on shore at: the leyee which Indicates
anything for sale, :reads !" GuANo''-but
E Guano cannot eaEe them. The city has sold
:itself to work iniquity.- Innocent blood is at
aeIed, f % 'and aIchabod,, Il written On their
Otherwise qnite beautiful city. We went past
the un1y things Of Me; And that was train OF
care on tho track {nf the Alexandria aud
| Orange Road. but these were brought In on
scow8from Washington by the gov5rnm ent,
more Of the "sacred Boil Of Virginla.n But
IS ret these CATE are standing STILL At the
Marshall: House, where Jackson killed Ellis.
worth, and met his own fate, there was 4 Iittla
show Of busineaa-bnt that consisted In show
Ing and seeing the stair. cnse where ths tragedy
t'was eracted; and there too, the few soldiers
!: prisoners lately taken ii their saddles, aud in
| srme. They sat behind tbs bar, within which
Provost Mnrabal Med1er, Tas writing passes
t for the ffgtnians, one third OF whom cannot
read The pass, Or sign their own names when
I rtquired.:- This was true out: Of ,76s
me-. He said this. too. right in the hearing
Of his prisonets, one Of whom was the Sheriff
| Of Fairfax county, and another Was Dr.. Flen.
| ing, who must be among the f1rstest fAmi-
| lies, ,havthg the Peyton blood In 'eH," !" As old
Tiff would tay.- The prasoners we're naturally
| euo,sc1, TnrEfrftr hF,{ 91orv Ia the n4,nan
| Stealing and sheep Killing look about them.
One tried 10 Rad novel; then sent ont fol
some nuts; then took little boy On his lap
| affecting 90 amlable trait as loving children,
! He pnned out long jack knife and opened
1t TO pick aome nuts, then picked his teett
teeth because- he" could not use his knift
through a}huudred ortwo Of bayonets- Thu
4 Provost Marshal WIS busy meantime N atlinl
the new newspaper which the soldiea hRvt
just issued, called "1he Rnnsylsnnian !: ~.
Ii is the io1d secession !GdzGte, uoE printed
aud edited hy the regiment whose name 4
j hexIs- It Is amuting to sce its terms: Print
cd occasionally, % year, In aayance."
II think that Is cool, and have no doubt 70,
4 publishers aud editofs :would fancy tho same
: There ia no Particular ability displayed In III
paper; but It j. quite change for The bette
n 70 hlve this take the placa Of the secession
n tiatrtbes w1ieh 1t has' sneakty uttered Their
Ii something Of tho sans kind Of glory Ia thi
as is eeen In the flag of our Unlon; which
+ l. noh1e, old. buntiDg-doatsiWhere Ellsworth
) hauled down tho plratica1 tag. OF course:
!: mounted to- the third floor Of the hotel
-ttardards !of the stairs in tbs last flight, tn
steps themselves, every one, having been Gu
! AID carried away. z In fact, the Whole regto
: Of tho tragedy hss been ,guttod. ImYsel
terued vsndal, enough to out with my kuift
; .f,i+xrnvrhsr T1;arn-fh fs1l sn-na fen-,, ~
4 place where jackson bit the dust !. and som
from thehag staff where the Colonel tore do 4
+ the ffg. Ienclose you, as relics, one Of eac
: kind. Martial law preVaile In Alexandria, IN
and Is the first city where ever saw this ruf
3 1tis rod ofiron rule, bnt necessary IN suc y;
= hs could well be. He keeps close look-ou
q however: He told me he had two horses ea:
died and htidled, With riders ready. In the st
! ble;within 100 feet. In dtteen minutes La coul
= bring regiment into the city. EyerJbod
IT must be Ii doors by o'clock at night N
. that pass he engages to be true to the Unite
| 6tstee, under penalty Of death. There Wel
: three negrpes there, getting paases whLe
l was present, going, as they said. to the Micl
3 tgau Regiment, Whete their wives did WAsl
i1g:. Thsy said they were free. but though
] expectation aa "contrabHua OF WARP Gooi
a Go 1tl Thanks to old TRueY for the propert
= quali6 6cntiop, and every a1ava can add,
+ thank thee; Jew, for teaching me that word
something to see, re came upon several mo
beautiful gardens and TsF3s;S and a Few iii
residences, but they were minus tho reslten
to a>,'good dtgree. Nature, however,
Just As aTeet with her roses and tre
!, - though the place wero not the abode Of :
= bells, "Hei Bendeth his min on the Just u,
r. npjust," )" aud 4 BE hath made al things bes
~ ttfu1 in hts timen.. There wus the old chufc
70 where Washington had = pew whA: time
rs lived at Mt. Vernon, nine milea be1oH, md
Is this old Episcopal Church worshipped his G'
70 IN sincerity and truth The grass grows "a:
s. otout It. The trees -are-dense, even to DIR
:, neee. The old bricks ahine - glax4d potter
= ones tquue at the top, and the upper on
eemicsrcnl... Heavy IVY shrouds the na.
70 sides, In true old Engllah style. And In t
. church the antiquity Is equally rem.rkab
s There IL p!atn inscription on tbs plate Of
y pew Of the great wqEsninper, noM r. almost ~
u PeK.S So the great Commsnder-in Chief no
n- has his peY, and years heuce It will be visit
ri and beaf an inscription: How ought this
y check tho infdelity Of many Of our young N:
ce efflcerr, soldiers, and citizeos, to think Il
j Washington and Scott have OF had their ps,
y 10 whom belong the shields and hucklers
p Nr. So much BY way Of moralIzing.
81 IA We were coming away, some Massacl
ot sets soldiers said II We had nerer seen sla
\" pen wc would: be repaid by going up Du
street, where ~ could find two or throe +
Ise my Kentucky msnd; hsd see1 them to
ne their human cattle IN thrm, with bruta} N
rel looking 1t their testh a. they would hors,
;..: and !. too, ad eecn enough In that line q
~ more tha1, Ale1nudria rc0uld now shpw,
he eyen elaSe,ee1llng Is dead there. But In ca