The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-06-06
How the News OF the Capture Of Alex
andria was Received at Richmond.
From the Richmond En- ouire.1

terday a column Of 5000 Federal troops
crossed the Potomac, and took formal
military possession Of the unprotected
town Of Alexandria.
This is the first response Of the Lincoln
despotism 10 the shouts for freedom and
independence which went up on Thurs
day from every portion Of Virginia,
Alexandria has been declared by the
Washington tyrants portion of the Dis.
trict Of Conlumbia, apd as she gave in the
very face of the Federal army, an
overwhelming majority for Secession.
Lincoln has seht his troops there to de
velope and protect Union sentiment.
Do these besoted fanatics fatter them
selves that Alexandria is to be kept in
chains like those which bind poor Balti.
more to the car of Federal despotism?
We congratulate the people of Virgin.
ia that The last fimsy prelense of the
rump Government at Washington, Of re
gard for cor stiIutioDal laws. has been
thrown aside. The sovereign State Of
Virginia has been invaded by the Feder-
al hirelings without authority from Con.
gress, which alone has the war making
power. Heretofore the pretense that i,
was the duty Of the Federal Government
to repossess itself Of the forts and arsenals
in the seeded States. has been put for.
ward to justify the aggressive movements
of the Federal troops. But in the pres.
ent case there is no such pretense- no
forts or arSenals. or other Federal prop
erty has been seized at Alexandria. The
"bloody and brutal" purp' ses Of tho Alb
olilionists, to subjugate and exterminate
the Southern people. stands confessed by
this fragrant outrage upon Virginia soil.
Virginians, arise in your strength and
welcome the invader with "bloody hands
to hospiiable graves The sacred soil
Of Virginia. in which repose the ashes oi
SO many of the illustrious patriots who
gave independence to their country. has
been desecrated by the hostile tread of an
armed enemy, who proclaims his malig-
uant hatred Of Virginia because ahe will
not Bow her proud heck to the humllia-
ting yoke of Yankee rule. Meet the in.
vader d the Threshold. Welcome him
with bayonet and bullet. Swear eternal
hatred to a lreacherous foe, whose only
h ops Of safety is in your defeat and sub
Ijugation.
II is not in the occupation Of Alexan'
dria that any cause for modification ex'
lists; that has been for some time expect
ed by those who were careful observers
OF events. 1t is in the continuance of the
enemy upon our soil that we shall have
cause for modification. 1t is the faul
of the enemy that he has invaded Virgi
MIA. il will be our fault if he does not pay
the penalty Of bis rashness. An army
full Of strength and power went from
Frahce 10 Moscow; broken remnant o
starving and miserable men returned tt
France 10 tell the sad tale of disaster ant
defeat. Virginia will be the Moscow o
the Aboitionists-ohr arms are gather
ing to the prey, and SO surely as the pa
triot freemen of the Southern army com
il conflict with the mercenary hordes o
the North, so surely will they give tn
world another example Of the invincibili
ty Of free people fighting on their owl
soil for all that is dear to man.
[From the Examlncr.l
Virginia is invaded. Tha, horde o
thieves, Others and assassins in the pa
of Abraham Lincoln, commonly know
as the army OF the United States, hav
rushed into the peaceful streets, Of chic
city Of the tate. and stained the heart o
g Virginiat homes with the blood Of he
SONS. Alexandria has been capture
4 without resistance, for none had bee
repaied. The city was left (perhap
, with strategic reason) without picke
guard, and no attempt has ever been mad
y to blow up or batter down the .bridg
across the Potomac river, over which tn
troops of Lincoln marched TO it.
One trait OF true herolsm has sigma
lied this unhappy affair. A citizen {
Alexandria, named Jackson, lacked ii
prudence to hand down the flag Of h
country. which streamed over his dive
ling: That band of execrable cut-tEroa
and jail,birds known as the "ZouaveS
New York." under the chief Of all scouI
drels, called Colonel Ellsworth. surround
4 ed the house of this Virginian and brol
open the door to tear down the flag
the South. The.courageous owner ofth
~ house neither fed nor submitted T
met the favorite hero Of every Yank
= there in his hall, he alone, against tho
sands, and shot him Mroayh Tie h6drh /
matter of course the magnanimous sc
!, diery surrounded him and hacked him
, pieces with sworp bayonets, on the spc
in his own violated home. But he di
he a death which emperorS might envy, al
Ter st his memory will live in history, and
4 the hearts Of his countrymen, through e
= dless generations. Here, indeed, h
courage! The true courage, that wou
N, not yivld or swerve before millions.
y stood by his flag; he fell alone in defen
of his hearth, and taught the iava1
,Ss ,Ss what soil he trod on. e. ..
ere Apart from the sufferings Of our dey
s1 mo ted countrymen in Alexandria, the ca
i. ture Of the c ty in itself is not importa
- [Ftom the Dispateh.l
y TO THE RESCUE.
n The intelligence Of yesterday that
mylmidons ofFederal power had advar
2 ed upon the soil of Virginia, produc
* an eIscttifying effectiu our commun
"a and among the soldiery every eve brig