The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-07


D.plsrabie CsAdi,isa " Thisss-RelePai
Adssints,rnstsn Or Jastice. &c.
The special correspondent of the New York
Time., writing nom Alexandria, Va, October
asfh, sends TO that paper the following des-
criptisn OF the condition to which Lineolns
minions he's reduced that city:
Alexandria Ianguishrs Most of her citizsns
who have not cart their fortunes with the
rebel army are secretly wishing suect 50 to the
rebel cause Her railroads 40 more trans
port nusy merchants to the North or glad.
some p ,rti TO the springs Troops and Gov
eminent stores are the only pa -ngers or
freight. Her hotels are empty, except tho
Marshall House. and that Is occupied by
Union troops. Her SCHOOL, onss-the pro-
pcrty of a rebel. Mai. kemper, does duty ns a
Union orpital. Her noble miuary on the
heights Is likewise Appropriated 10 the use of
invalid soldiers of that army, which Is viewed
with SO many lowering looks. Her wharves
seem deserted, unless stray oyster boat
that has un the Batteries on the Putorn &C. or
a schooner with stcrts for the troops bre ks
the .olitu e. ] he farmers wagons are few In
the streets, and In their place the lum boring
army wagon, or the ambulance ara seen
No more do country sqaires astride .sths pig
skin" canter upand .own, rsking their nccks
along al paved str cts The T,tsie OF cava,ry
hoofs alone opportunities that sound H-r
consta bultry replaced by the Provost
NJ ,rshal's guard Her courts are displaced by
she SUNNI Try justice of the Provost Judge -
Tl.
locked and idle, or such othe; AS are no. oc-
cupied by The f-w remaining CT liens resouud
with the biiariiy OF soldiers Her colored
population is nroportionaiely more free, for
many of the slaves We either gone with Their
owners to ''secesh' or have been emaucipat.a
by their masters flight Some silent power
controls the place. 1t reminds me OF the an
Choir forging at 'hs Navy Yard There Won
geo huge mass OF red-hot iron under the
trip hammer, and wonder By what rnysteri-
Gus rule the gangs OF men work In concert 10
draw 1t this way or that, or turn it over,
or suspend in air the gigantic mass that
10 pounding 1t into shape. At length the
secret strikes you--there are but one pair Of
eyes on the work-those of III. master work
man All other eyes are bent on him, and
the wave CT his hand causes the various
movements of the massive Ia otaI. The Forty.
fifth Pennsyivani, Regiment is the trip. ham.
ner OF AleXa IN dria. which is being Dea,en
into shape ar Provost MARSHAL %. A Grit.
nth, of Reading, Pennsyiya is the master
workman His justice Is summarily admin
istered. The punishment follows the offence
with prompt rapidity. Something like This
Provost Marshal Griffith, are hrOus bit up in
the morning before Provost Judge Freese.
the AGjutant General, who Is on General
Montgonery,s staf. They have. TO para
phrase little, bayonets 10 RICH. OF them.
bavonets TO left Of them, bayonets in front
OF them, and bayonets TO rear of them SO
that 10 attempt TO escape would be much like
kicking against the pricks. Here Is soms-
thing like the course OF Justice:
JuGge-Weil, j. I'm. where did you gessour
liquor to get drunk?
John-At Dick Robinson's.
S-rEeaDt--It was Tom Robinson's sir
4udge-Weil, brig up Tom, lick or Harry
any body connected with Inc establishment
Sergeant, take file OF men and bring up
somebody that belongs to the place
Pretty soon the Sergeant returns with his
prisoner.
Judae-Did YOU sell this man liquor?
Prisoner--Ys.e, sir
JUDGE fine you five dollars.
Or. ttse another case--t.,at of some New
York merchants who hrv sold & ,ods to Alex.
auGria merriam ls, and C I GET paid
Judge-Did Won Sc i goods to this man?
NeTchant-Yes, sir.
Judg.-Wiii he pay you OF give Won th,.
goods hack
Mercbaut-Nn, sir
Judge Lieut. shutters, take n file of mo,
take possession OF the store, and bring the
keys 10 me-
The result OF it is, the merchant gets his
goods back or the value CT them. There is no
legal aoipbling, habe"s corpus, wr1ts Of rep,e-
vi, and long lawsuits with the sheriff.
no appeal to Virginia stay laws; no run
ming up the costs of Court, 10 eat up
the whole claim; no tedious d-lay Of
months or wears: bat proInut. yiporous
decisive, and ii a. actiop, from yyhlt here
is 10 appeal Oh, for the Provost MarshaTs
summary justice in New York, What n
woTic CT trouble IT would save US.
Blu. after all, Alexandria ianguishes No
ia, Graph wires convey intelligence .ycept
those 10 Gen Helm zleman's or t.en srnh-
Inns headquarters. The Newton Hous- that
has hid as many as fifteen hundred guests at
once. must be content with fifteen. Eyen the
churches are closed, most Of them for if the
ministers have not shonldered the rebel mus
ket, most OF th+ir male conertg Tins have
done so. The music of regimen al bands r..
places the m usic of the chnirs People not in
uniform seem 10 move n Don't the streets as il
afraid OF their shaGoWs-as if
a Sc of ystA II spi it daanied,
~ aomeH Ing - hi red in g ear.
The pia /, haunted =
Winding up the muddy roads Won pass
Forts Ellsworth and Lyons, percbed on Alex
andria Heights, snd commanding the ap-
proaehes for mills around. They IRE not
nasty " lrKs, but solid structures, that Civ.
one most uncomf ,rta BILE idea OF the prnba-
bia F"rman@ncy OF the war. At least 40 they
strike a civilian, although they may be in
tended To SECURE the def nee of Washington
with 81 small number of troop s, while sli our
forces are poured On some vulnerable point Of
the rebel lines.