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The murder of Jackson, at Alexandria. --Hon. Walter Lennox, Ex-Mayor of Washington, and Capt. Barry, U. S. Navy, who were in the Marshall House, at Alexandria, at the time of the murder of Jackson, and came near being sacrificed in the blind fury of the ruffians who enacted the tragedy, were in the city yesterday, at the Exchange, and could have given a deal of information about the affair, and the heroism of Mrs. Jackson after the murder of her brave husband, but the Reporter of the Dispatch could not find them, though he made some half dozen journeys for that express purpose. A true history of that deed of blood may yet be given to the public.
draft in the 2d and 9th wards, Baltimore, took place on the 24th inst. There was no disturbance. It is reported that Gen. Seigel will succeed Gen. Schenck in command at Baltimore. Gen. Sanders died from the wounds received in the fight near Knoxville. He entered West Point from Mississippi. One of Banks's staff officers reports that a large quantity of cotton had been captured at and near Brownsville. An expedition was to be sent to the Rio Grande, and it was thought that 250,000 bales would be secured. The Union men at Brownsville are forming defensive organizations. Mosby's guerillas, recently captured, have been sent to Fort Warren for safe keeping. It is reported in Washington that Walter Lennox has been arrested in Baltimore and sent to Fort McHenry. Several prominent citizens of Anne Arundel county have been arrested for refusing to take the oath of allegiance on election day. The arrest of ladies in Baltimore for "disloyalty" continues.
The Dacotab soon came up, and ordered Lieut. Nickels and his prize into Halifax for the sanction of the act by the Government, where the three vessels arrived at 4 P. M. Three of the original crew were captured. The others were shipped in Nova Scotia. The Niagara left Publace this morning, board cost. Miscellaneous. Brig.-Gen. Michael Corcoran died at Fairfax C. S., on the evening of the 22d inst., from injuries resulting from a fall from his horse. The arrest of ex-Mayor Walter Lennox, of Washington, is confirmed. He was taken by a Government detective in a private house in Baltimore. The Governor and Legislature of Kentucky have requested Lincoln to postpone the draft until corrections are made in the enrollment papers.--Delegates have left Frankfort for the National Convention of Conservatives at Philadelphia. At Yorktown, Va., last week, a hospital and bakery took fire, communicating to the magazine, which exploded. The loss was $1,000,000. About tw