Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-21

OF tONu stFleO tutlIecAfts VI VIC bhOHo
which they had contributed to the Washington
monument. should have been within few years
afterward anxious to dissolve tina; Union which
Washington had urged them to thiEk and
speak Of a. the palladium Of their r>l1tical
safety and ito discountenanc6' whatever may
suggest even a suspicion that it NAV in any
event be abandoned" but SO It wss. sn" ..s lie
day before the occupation the cIII152s had
voted-for secession 95s against secession A..
Alexandria was the barrack town Of the vol
unteers that were then fockins 10 The eonfed-
crate standard, and the fas OF the coniederacy,
with its bars Of red. white and rec, i.oated
above the Marshall House, hotel Oh the cor
ner Of King and Pit. streets, kept by James ".
Jackson The fas was easily discernible with
. field glass from the Presidents House, where
. body of Kansas volunteers, irregulars, under
Gen. Jim Lane, kept watch and war 'or the
safety of President Lincoln 1t had teoa &c
ported early in May in Alexandria that Jim
Lanes Lambs" we're coming down to take that
Gag from the roof Of Jackson's Hotel
lanes Lambs are coming down 70 roost
Alexandria ne Espaper man IL. = chatting way to
Jackson about this time.
.rI be d-dh they do replied Jackson
Jun Jsckson's dead LILY. rm prepared for
EN-"
And his preparation WAS complete.
HOW THE rLAo WAS GUARDED.
The trapdoor Of the Marshall House, from
which the flagstaff rose, was approached :.oal
the attic loft by q ladder. Oac small cannon
loaded 10 the muzzls vss tAs aEEsn-at of the
garrett fort over which waved the Confederate
A.
door 10 prevent reeoil aud singutsrly enough
did not point away from the fig, ut tovn-d
II. being designed 70 snAlade the LADDER and
sweep IL from END to end The load was made
up Of buckshot nais, pieces Of file and broken
bostisa This non-descript charge was never
frsd and - In some weeks AL expectation Of
An irregular movement upon Alexandra from
wsshngssz had ceased the little gun was re-
moved and bux.s@ In 9 garden, and at midsum-
nsr pfnks vGs growing shove its grave.
ooxyxDaaA1z TBooys ~ ALEXANDRIA
10 had never been intended to use ths can
non OF, indeed, TO make any defense Of Alex
andris Against any safhoxizsd movemsE. by
he troops Of the United statea Tho state
troops gathered In Alexandria In May, 1861,
were there for convenience Of accommodation
and 70 resist any irregular movement from
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regular uniformed companies Of the nsighbor-
hood bs,s anna .as,s.n,s had be.n r,ad. NJ
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IneinintAry IN Town csnsisted OF the MAJ
Vernon Guards. Capt Samuel Il Deysaghn;
Alexandria kinemen. Capt Morton Mayre; Old
Dominion Riaes- Can't ir.hur Hs,bsr. th.s.
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Ss"s Ao 80 AN eoLnP~os, AHo ia
warren Hlnelnen OF warren county, Capt.
81 n
Capt Tebbs. the FaSfax Cavalry of FsirfaI
Or, n m p.u th. v.shirr.,,, H.. r,,.-a
IN
noNo 1oop' os2~ fo"et' mo tns newly
raised OConneu Guards, Capt Freshmen, and
the Terrell Guards, Capt Wallace with q COM
psnv of Sas,.nsi guara. Cant s,bs6sr -,
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nso come oven INC flsef " Jo-2 tnc tercss OF
she south
LOOKING yoH IN ATTACK
nv exn~ctsd th.. an .sv.nca voriz h.
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H.ing a .mpls f1rs. 20 -sssn, 80 ,--.a,,Iar
raid Of Jim Lanes Lambs or other private
force apprehension was dismissed Yet. to be
sure that no surprise would be made, the artil-
Ierys four six pound FIELD piecesrere removed
from The tosA TO safe place>st Culpeper
Court House. eighty miles away. A slight mis-
take In the transmission OF this order irG 20 a
panic. Suddenly there came oae 6ay by telo-
graph from tbs headquarters az CU,pe9 e. -
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once the abandonment of the tom By tine
military wAs bescn. All the available troops
sere eAi'.,1 issS g Suisilon and the town was
., 49, ~. UNIFORM and i vas
siysace and - ro-ss.-1o-, -. D. -,
Unis-d States troops, however. apo I'D
the trains which had carried tho troops away
Drought them eacs, al except the cannon II