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shall House, and will be held as prisoners. It appears that Col. Ellsworth entered the building in which he was shot with a squad of men, and not with one, as first reported.--The name of the secessionist that murdered Col. Ellsworth was James Jackson, keeper of the Marshall House. The name of the Zouave that shot Jackson is Brownell. He first blew his brains out with his rifle, and then bayonetted him. The body of Col. Ellsworth was brought over in charge of six Zouaves. The wildeJackson is Brownell. He first blew his brains out with his rifle, and then bayonetted him. The body of Col. Ellsworth was brought over in charge of six Zouaves. The wildest grief is exhibited by the members of the regiment. Before wrapping the secession flag around his body Ellsworth had trampled it under foot. I called at the White House this morning, with Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, to see the President on a pressing matter of public business, and as we entered the library we remarked the President standing before a window, looking out across the Potomac, running at foot of Presidential grounds. He did not move till we approached very closely
Murdering commenced. --The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says: I hear, at 12 o'clock, from a gentleman just arrived from Alexandria, that the Zouaves have commenced executing their threats of vengeance, and have already shot three violent secessionists. The people at Alexandria who were sympathizers with Jackson have been compelled to flee for the safety of their lives.
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 ExchJackson, 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. xchange, 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.