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YOL. III.—NO. 35.
I The Denthof Jnmes W. Jackson.
The Richmond Examiner says : From
Alexandria we hare an authentic statement
I of the facts relative to Mr. Jackson’s death.
I His flag was visible from the White Home,
I and Lincoln had expressed himself indignant
at it. Ellsworth doelnrcd that he would
bring It back to Lincoln's feet, Jackson had
long determined to fight for his flag. JIu
had arranged a swivel to sweep tho stairs,
and had a volcanic rifie that would flro thir
ty times. If he had been aware of their ap
proach, lie would hare killed mnny ; unfor
tunately ho was asleep when Ellsworth
I broke in with his villains. Awakened by
I the noise. Jackson seized a gun and rush
ed up stairs. The shooting took place at
the top of his house. Ellsworth had got tho
Hag and had It in his arms. When ho met
Jackson, he exclaimed, " This is my trophy !"
Jackson cried, “ And here is mine 1" nnd
throwing up his gun shot him through tho
heart. Tho flag was covered with blood.
Jackson was shot through the head by a
soldlur posted down stairs. Ho died with
out pain. Thu soldiers mangled his dead
I body only.
A Mas asd his Wife both Volunteers.
I A Mercer county correspondent of tho IUch-
| mond Dispatch writes:
This is not a very populous county, but
I we havo a little military spirit. Asa strik
ing instanco of tills assertion, I will slato
that a man in this county stepped iuto tho
only tailor-shop we have, tho other day, and
inquired if lie could get two uniforms made.
The tailor naked him what he wanted with
two 1 Ho replied that he and his wife hoth
I intended to volunteer; that she had uo chil
dren, had cut her hair oil*, and both Intomlcd
to fight; and he would have the uniforms if
h« had to go to Lynchburg for them.
A Tunics Rectified Lie.—A New Fork
1 despatch, professing to give accounts
brought from Old Point by the Keystone
j State, says:
“ They report a fearful state of things in
J Portsmouth, that, city held in complete nub-
I jection by a inob of Georgia soldiers. Wo*
1 men dared not walk the streets after sun-
I down, nnd were ofter insulted in the gross-
I est mannor by the soldiers w hile sitting on
1 their own door-stops."
Georgia soldiers insulting respectable wb-
I men! All tho world knows this is a wicked,
| slanderous, abominable and unmitigated Re.
Savannah Republican.
Geoboia Tnoors nr the Field.—Gov.
I Drown informed us yesterday that Georgia
Inow had nine thousand men armed, equip"-
I fl.ia ■ »"‘l" l, '“
I to camp, at Smyrna, on the 11th ult., on
I half pay, for drill for two months—subject
I to the order of tho President at any moment;
yhat two other regiments were being organ
ized now, and that lie should respond to all
llcmands made by tho President without re
gard to tho quota properly due from Geor
gia.—Atlanta Confederacy.
Mrs. President Davis and family, accom
panied by Adjutant General Cooper and
Commodore Ingraham, passed through our
bity last ovonlng on their way to Richmond.
Thcro was quite a rush nt tho Carolina de
pot to see Mrs. Davis, but few were favored
Iwith the sight. Gen. Davis’ gray war horse
and bis military saddle, with a compass set
■in the pommel, also a pair of bis carriage
■horses, passed through on the train.
Augusta Dispatch.
Vexrnam.K Drum.—Tho drum now in
lu.se by Capt. Hannah's company of* Tolk
I county, Tonn.,says the Cleveland Banner,\n a
Irelic of tho Revolutionary war, it was beat at
lllic charge on Yorktown. By good luck it
■ lias been preserved through a period of
lelghty years, and tho I’olk boys say it shall
I bo beat again at llio charge on Washington.
1 Victory again, say we, to the drum and the
I gallant fellows who may follow* it in its in-
|cond mission for Independence.
Br.Kcni*.n IIcso in Effigy.—Yesterday
I morning a figure was seen strung up across
I Hudson Avenue, near John street, attached
I to which was a card, and on it written,
I" Henry Ward Beecher, tlic man who has
I done most to cause our present troubles."
1 In one hand the figure held n copy of the
I Tribune. The police quietly cut tho cfligy
I down and burnt it.—Brooklyn AWr.
A Goon Hit.—Tho New York Tribunt
Ibnasts that Northern soldiers will “ fight
lljlco devils." The Charleston Courier re-
(jjlioH that it has no doubt of it, for " these
nllcn spirits, according to the Bible, are nil
Inwards; for St. James says, Rcsiet the dtr-
[ and he \cilljlcc from you."
Sam Houston All Knurr.—"Old 8an
lacinto " made a sjiecch at Independence,
I'cxam, on the 10th instant, in which he
