The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-06

The Washington CORES pou dent of = North
ern paper recently visited Alexandria, and

The Washington CORES pou dsut OF North
ern paper recently visited Alexandria, and
thus describes what he saw
or all other buildings in Alexaadrls, the
Marshall House is the drst cbact OF attrac-
tive curiosity fer The stranger. This house IA
on the corner OF King street and Pitt street
on the LETT, as you proceed up from the wharf.
The entrance Is from King stree: Before you
leave the steamer rs 81 approaches the wharf
you can see the Union fl flying from the
staG which had the Secession Il wing when
Col. Ellsworth pniied il down ihe house
is now filed with soldiers, and proceeding
up the stairways sever Il H.gh g, yCu ut
length come to tbs ace where Ellsworth h
aud Jackson met ,heir tragic2l deaths.
The whole OF the steps on which tha
Colonel stood are takea away 40 ia tho
floor on which he fei; - the beauag are
tners, ard the l4thluS beneath them, and that
Ia all. In OAe corner or tEs Ceiling above the
stairway is tba bullet hole where the bail
struck when Ickson's gCn U&3 BEoc zed mp
by Browneii. &nd the doorway and bedroom
~nere ] .cksol stood when h5 fired the fatal
snot is also pointed ont. Eg0rv visitor chips
OF some relic from the door easing, window
binds, the steps town which Jacl, 'cn fell, and
sometimes. by din lcult climbing {the stairs
being gone a piece Of the fag 7iad OAe each
relic the writer secured. The house locks
desoiats, All the upper roo-Es are COM
p,etely Sa'.sd. The soldiers roam evsryU hero
IN and about it 1t will. Il wears tae eppall-
ing sem oance Of blood shedding
The Fire Z )uayRs, it l. said, VIII hardly pass
1t by, if avoidAoia. From tho railway and
river facilities which alexandria has, or had,
not oalv with Washington, bnt all parts OF
the world, what sad con nentary ooes this
war read on its prs seat condition, its stagna-
ton Of trade, its depopala;icn cf innabitints,
Rad IS destitute and pros tcated CQpGitiou
Arlisans' shops are turned into nii4iIary
stables, ana mansions into hoaFitals, and
warehouses into h3rrt@kS The streets are
narrow, aud at present IN g. filthy condition
Tha whole entire place looks repuisiye, and
scowi OF defiance seems 20 res5 upon the citi-
Zsrs, IS hey witness scOccs OF curious and
struggling visitors walking through their de-
serted streets rs il in silent mockery GLADLY
We tsrneI from Alex nj H. for Its present as,
psct is too farlorn tc b hole without emotions
otpity and regret. OAappToachlng UashinaA
ron by water, the city, the arsenal, the NAVY.
Yard, the Capitol with it's lofty dome, and the
upper part of the "W hite HJuse.' appear 20
srs1t I'D van tags-the lovely landscape view
also, on each side blends charrnngiy IN aid
the splendid picture. The tall 81 ire cc Fails
Church, where Washington lived to worship
God III the assembly OF his people. is also
plainly disceTnab;e, rising ike u pyramid
amorg the forest trees OF Virginia and the
umbragaons trees which fringe the margin OF
the noble Pot mac were mirroTed in is lovely
waters this N 'rning, leading an inde5criba-
bic beauty, which, to te duly yalutc, must hs
seen. Once more in Washington, the army
ambulance, the HUNDREDS OF soldiers. and tie
music Of drum, fife and bugie, with hero aad
there a wounded soldier, called il the thoughts
from rural scenes and rural joys, even in
contem piaiisn, and arrested them by all the
pageantry Of war The lhi:d Pennsylvania
Regiment arrived to day tUn compl n Mt,
well armed and seemingly body cE very TO
bust men.
The Evening S-ar in It's comments or what
he calls the ''1iecas aionists' prepos te-o0s
xtoTy" Of the rncaat bttte, says:
"Our total loss in killed cG SUNDAY lsst z7as
rot more than $50. we are assured hy an eth
Ger whose duy 1t Is 10 know" L this De I'LL
deed trIe, there nrst be more "prepOstarous
sory" tellsrs than tha Secc ;siont> Is II the
one ~ Se cession exsg~erat;on, the other Is a
Federal hsperb@le The trEth must he some
where be ween them Perhaps. ike tho re-
ports OF the d-ad ST thu bat'ie Cf Big Bethel,
the accounts Of TIA Killed at Bnu RVa t7ill Re
left 20 rurnor, COZ .ctaTe, and every mans
story
The Star, in recording the merit dGa the
Minnesota Fret, gives The list OF hli 81 In
that rsg ment as follows Gem nj ,sione,! Oh.
GERS, .; non n-commissioned, 3; and priyatos ~
total As. almost the ons-tnird Of tue i5J IS
the Ailiad OF lhe whole army "Preposte-