New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-25
rA,7 ASSASSINATION Of COL. ELLSWORTH.
His Murder Avenged ON the Spot.
COOL BRAVERY OF A zOUAvE.
The Grief a. the Death of the Gallant Colonel.
WAsHrYGToK, Thursday, May 81, 1861

with a Secession flag which be had torn down
from a staff on the roof
The man who shot him was instantly dispatched
by Francis Z. BrowneI of Troy, N. y, private
of Company A, in Col. Ellsworth's Regiment
The retribution was instantaneous.
The Colonel was shot through the breast by
one charge of double. barreed gun, the other
charge entering a wainscoting near him.
He fell on his face only exclaiming my God,
aud the blood gushed from his wound with such
profusion as to dreDch the entire passage.
A few seconds aiterward be uttered low
moan, but bis eyes were instantly fixed, and he
had ceased to breathe.
He was laid upon bed in room near at
hand, with the Rebel Gag stained with bis blood
and now a trophy to his glory, about his feet.
The Surgeon, who sooD arrived, satisfied us
that he had expired at the moment OF his being
shot.
The man who killed him was James w. Jack
son, who proved to be the keeper of the house.
| He must have died as suddenly. He was shot
through the head and aiterward run through
the body by the saber bayOnet of the sane
private.
His wife presently discovered the fatality, aud
approaching the body uttered the most agVnizng
cries, and although treated with the Utmost con
sideration that could be offered her in her
misery. abe remained for long time IN the Wild
est state Of frenzy.
The house was in the utmost confusion. The
lodgers darted from their rooms, but were held
in cont rol by the four or FIVE Zouaves who ac-
conpaped the Colonel, and who at once estab-
lished and msintaned order
1t was a long time before reinforcement ar
rived. and it was almost thought TINT We might
rr nenn.o IN by the number of Persobs In the
house, which was considerable. But the trepl-
daton was too great for any organization, and
nothing Of the sort was attempted, although l
think that the Zouayes, mad with grief st the
loss OF their leader, would have been but little
disappointed if it had been.
Col. Ellsworth was the only person Of our side
killed. Surgeon Gray made an examination, and dis
covered that the sugs from the sun entered between
the third and fifth rib, shattering the fourth RIB.
and pushed into the left auricc Of the heart, de-
..ro,ing all the in'eguments with which 1t came
Washington in the steamer james Guy.
The persons who were around him at the mo
ment of bis fall returned with him. HIS remains
will lie in the Nsvy-lard until the proper solcm-
mites are prepared by the authorities.
The occupation Of Alexandria, far as the action
of the Zouaves was concerned, wns thorough sue
cess They were the first regiment to auiye. They
r 49,. had
Alexandria little after dawn. The rebel sentrics
fred an alarm and fed. The town entered
without resistance, and but for the melancholy
event which now seems to Oyershado~ the succ-ss
Of tne expedition no gloom upon ia brlancy could
be seen
The body Of Col. Ellsworth lies in state at the
Nsvy-Yard in this city. aud is visited BY hun
dreds of sorrowipg spectators.
All the eogine-hOuses in the city are draped in
mourning; fpgs are at half mast, and bells are
tollng.
Intelligence OF this murder was MT comuuni-
Gated 10 the regiment until iome time after tie
occurrence. | have never seeo more sorrow
ful and afflicted looking body than they.
Revenge, the first passion that seized upon
into most affecting and Overw belmning griei.
Though other officers in the service mo! b.
equally respected none, l think, are more pro:
fouDdIy beloved.
HE sad fate has thrown great gloom upon
tbe city and the camps, and there is buInlog
thirst 10 aveuge his d-ath. Hss Intimate rela-
ton. with the President, his identification with
of he
edged military ability, had made him great In
yorite, and the country looked with high hope
upon his career, satisfied that he would amply
meet their expectations.
IL ia believed by many that Alexandria will be
fred and reduced to ashes, the women aud chill
dren having been fret removed.
The people of that city are in state of great
agitation and terror. Most Of the abe-bodied
men are away, and the few citizens remaining
belong generally TO the non-conbatant order
whose rights will be respected.
Acting Surgeon PeDguet OF the 7Ist Reeimsot
who made q post-mortem examination OF Col
Ellsworth's body, reports that the contents OF
the gun entered the chest little lett OF the
bteastbons. between the second and fourth RIBS,
fracturing the third, and passed through the lett
lung The heart and perlcardium was not
wounded The arch of the aorta and bronches
was lacerated. The slugs lodged IN the second
and third dorsal vertebr9.
HOW THE EVENT WAS RECEIVED.
AT MECHANCsyLLL.
MEcHASosgILLE, N. Y, May "a, 1861.
The assassination Of Col Ellsworth has csused in