Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-05-29
THE WAR NEWS!
from the Pittsburgh Post. ]


WASHINGTON, May 24th.-S o'clock 4. NJ
Within few hours pasr there have
been important military movements. II
was suspected yesterday that orders had
been given for the advance Of troops into
| Virginia, but these being necessarily of {
secret character the exact truth a. that
! time could not be ascertained. Tie New
York Second, Twelfth, Seventh and 1wen'
ty-iirst Regiments, New Jersey and Mich
/ igan Brigades, and Col. EllswOrth's Lou
i aves, were so far MS is at present ascertain
ed, constituted the forces to advance upon
! Virginia. The Washington City National
| Rifles, Capt. Smead, al about ten o'clock
last night passed over Long Bridge, which
/ is ab.ut mile in length, and connects
Washington with the Virginia Shore and
remained at TIE latte" terminus until two
o'clock tLis morning, acting as an advance
Guard. These were followed by other
district volunteer companies, acting in a
similar capacity subsequently the \. y.
Second and Twelfth Regiment. and the
Michigan and New Jersey BrigadeS eros
scd the brid se-thc Virginia pickets hav-
ing been driven in by the advance guard,
One of the regiments took the road lead
ing to Fairfax Court House, about twenty
miles from Washington. while another,
one of the New Jersey Regiments, stor-
ped at the Forks mile from the Long
Bridge, TO wait for orders. An advance
into Virginia was also made from another
point, namely at Potomac Acqueduct,
Georgetown. ihe Seventh New York
Regiment was among these troops, and
after several hours march, occupied II
point between the bridge and Columbia
Springs on the Washington and Alexan-
dria Railroad.
1t was at least two o'clock this mornir &
before all the troops reached their desti.
uation. The troops that did not repair TO
Alexandria ana Arlington Heights were
reqaired to guard important intermediate
points between Washington and AleXan-
dria.
The District of Columbia military dio
not return to Washington until half past
six o'clock this morning, From six thou
sand to ten thousand troops were sent
over into Virginia AT ar early hour this
morning and firing was heard, oCcasioncd
10y the forcing Of Virginia pickcts. The
city is in a great state OF excitement, ow-
ing to these proceedings, ana luItheI
events are looked for with intense solci>
tudc.
Nios o'clock.-1.N-The New York
ZouAyes, Fourteenth and Sixty ninth New
York and New Jersey Regiments hold
Alexaudria, while Arlington Heights are
occupied by several other regiments.
The entrance into Alexandria was at
tended 10y an event which has cast the
deepest gloom over this community. Col.
Ellsworth, who had hauled down the Sc
cession flag from the Marshall House, was
soon after shot by u concealed foe. His
dead body has been brought Cvet to the
Navy Yard.
The accounts from AleNandriG are
somewhat confused, but there is no doubt
of the fact that a man named Jackson,
who shot Col. Ellsworth, vas instantly put
to death, some say by both bullets AID
the bayoEet.
When the Federal troops reached Alex.
andra, the Virginia troops fired at them
and fed Visitors tO that city say tina:
the scenes were intensely exciting. The
I. S. vessels we're in the meantime before
Alexandria.