Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-24
LOCAL NEWS.

sarv o. the occupation Of Alexandra by the
| T. $. troops eight years ago Few but will
remember the occasion. The Pawnce had
been lying for weeks in the channel with
threatening guns pointed at the city. On the
hills of Maryland opposite Federal troops were
camped Fort Washington had been manned,
and passing vessels were ha,3i anl fired at
Washington was earrsoned by what then
seemed most formidable host Gen. Phillip
St. George Cooke headquarters were at the
Mansion House, and couriers ealloped the
streets. The children looked with delight on
the soldiers in their new uniiorms-the Elr
GINA volunteers were quartered at var'-
Gus points about the city The day previous
the people had voted, amid much excitement,
on the question of ratifyiDg the ordinance oil
secession. The few hundred men posted here
were looked on as an invinciblc array OF warllke
material and the pickcts on She whatyes were
eyed with awe and wonder hy the unsophlsti'a-
ted. A most bsslul ignorance OF the realities
of war prevailed, TO be suddenly and most
rudely disturbed
On that eventiul morning, al dayNrcak, the
e. s. troops suddenly landed in boats Al the
upper whayvcs, forcing the seu,ine!s along the
strand to make preci?itatc retreat: while
from Washington via the Long Bridge and
other points Of crossing, a force moved on
Alexandra from the rear. The hasiy Hight
of the garrisOn--the exctcmcnt--thc hurried
farewell i the capture Of a company Of cavalry
tho entrance OF EllswOrth's Zouaves the
death OF that officer aud of Jackson-thc awful
hush and dread a the people realized the
presence of war, bloody and harSh-thc
frightened departure of families, fleeing they
knew not whittier these and other recoliec- |
ti1as will be brought 10 minl a. the day IS |
remembered.
The fierce storm which lasted Tor four long |
weary years, the sudden burstinq Of which is |
this day commemorated, parted many to meet
no more on earth. The hasty goodbye spoken
by the retreating volunteer to wife or child,
mother or sister, as they leaned from the Win
dow in the early dawn, to learn, pcrchance, the
cause of the tumult in the streets, was the
last 10 many cases, ever exchanged, The
noble son, the devoted husband or brother
sleeps on the lonely battle field, or lies I'M
known in the burial ground Of some distant
hospital, aud the farewell supposed to he
brief was forever
What those who,e sudden flight from a
nameleSs dread afterward suffered, and the
a.. - pbN IN In 80
to endure the harsh rule of a military tyranny,
need not he recalled. But in days to come, the
occupation OF Alexandria, will doubiles, be 4
story for the eager ear Of wondering Grand
children, As often repeated by those who par
tcipated in it, rs any Renaissance Of the war.
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CIRCun Court CONTINUATION OF SAT. |
URDAYS PRoCEEDTNGs.-LA SIDE.-Roach
vs. Roach report of commissioner Of sale liled
and confirmed, and decree rendered.
Lloyd, administrator, VS.. Tabb ct al--leavc
to file BILL and {. f.. Stuart appointed guar
dian al Item of infant defendants
Thomas VS.. Wtmcr-rule against Witmer to
show cause why he should not produce certain
papers before Commissioner lcaton
Dyer ct ux. vs.. Campbell ct al decree Of
SALE
TO DAYS PRocEFprNGs-- CHANCrRY SIDE.
Mary King VS.. John K. WO1stcr-report OF
commissioner of sale filed, and commissioner
authorized to sell zeal estate at private or pub
lie sale.
A. Thomas W. Corse and Johnston -eXccp
tons filed by plaintiff to answer Of defendant,
W. ID. Corse.
LAW SIDE John ". Bu,ke wa facd E |
aud to pay costs OF rule awarded against him
on Saturday last, for failing to attend as wit
ness in a suit in course of hearine
A DESERVING CASE The practical sympa- |
thes OF the benevolent may be deservingly di |
rected to John DOgan, the worthy colOrcd man
who was scalded SO severely last summer 10y |
the explosion of the mash tub at the RStiery, |
near Fishtown. John was one OF the few OF
those who escaped alive from the dreadful ca
lamity at Turner and Dowels china store in
1855, where so many OF the Alexandria iircmcn
met their death by the falling of the walls
His present condition Is deplorabic, ANA any a
sistance that may afforded him will he thank
fully received. tie lives on Royal street, be
tween Prince and Duke.