New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-25
WELLINGTON. April 90, lsG,


W2cHINGTos, April 90 1861.
The Rebeshave not thought i; rrudeU, to attack the
Capital YET Ind have therefore saved thcmselves from
an ulcomfod ably warm reception. Woarc no betTr
off tbau eYar AZ rcgardu with the country
we call the North and ,he telegraph operators do not
sreak vcr,J eDoonr5grsly of IN immediate commuTica
ZION. VIE are further removed from hunger, however
than yes erday the time for The Government seized
avesssi loaded will -four which lay at Georgetown,
and would Ia a sho-r time have been towed ont toward
the Scutb Nearly all the afternoon and night of Sun
day was occupied 10 drawing these provisions 10 the
Cafitol, about one hundred wagons ard drays beng
emu oyed in the service.
AsI write there are rumors that The 9TH Regiment
las arrived iu town. Int am confident that the report
IN not true. The air is positively cloudy with storis
some of them coming almost directly from persons in
authority-so they who repeat them sdy-bnt ali Of
them are without sufficient f0uudo8 J. ia singular
foct that nothing in the way Of ncvs reaches anybody,
even at scccpl band; tie approach IN orguali-
~ is no nearer tnan this: tns: some ore has feen
another man who has heard q person who had II III
rect &C. &C. When the narrator arrives 1t point,
The knot Of bysian,ers who iusiaciyey cluster around
any two converting men, turn sway and cek latest liz
tegence elsewhere.
Yesterday afternoon man went over into AleNan-
dr 70 see what could lc seen there. IL reports .ha,
for several nights past carr have been bringing troops
TO point iusG outside TIE city, where they are en-
camled. He could not dis.over the number of the
soldiers az 10 one was allowed leave Alexandria in
that dis ecton The people there in state OF In
zane excitement sendiuy ont every man who is even
ufvectsd If holding Cuon ocnt,mcu,s yet lie thinks
that tear keeps great body OF TIE people dumb, or
cause, them 10 opca their E.ouis Tor d.sGEion oBd
treason. s-eauel had gone down 10 Acquit Creek
to convey mon and ammunition 10 Alexandria from the
terminus Of he raI way running from Rcblsond 10
tie former place. Thu~e who pretend ~ know me-
thing nbont the irpenlious II Virginia declare TIA,
tbers is 10 probability Of 81 immediate attack on
Wal ing.on bat ts she To prevent tie ns,nee
Of Fed, raj trooIs and supplies up the Potomac. It's
quite imvossihle, however, q Obt"in any perfectly
Trustworthy informant from Nirsihia. No oie i al
lowed to leave the s.se Uithou' a pass nom Gov.
Leicer and where the Executive authority docs bot
interfere mob law regulates matters in i1s own way.
II ems hardly probable that they viii he - b"ren Of
reason or rather If instinct, to attack this city
after the troops which must be near us anive
Meanwhile, tie enrolment Of Dntrct volunteers
goes bi,kly Oil, and the streets hourly resound with
the murc of drum and fic the men go % tie War
Department TO lie mustered into ,te service II il lro
,ud that the Ssoersioisis OF whom in s,e,ihy way
the city has ony been fuil, leaving town freely.
We certainly ar 2 loug suffering p.ople. How macy
hours would euspected spy be allowed TO 1--we souu
Of the Potomac We know that even a moderate
Union man is not tolerated there. Yet have al.
lowed open and avOwod traitors unbllsbipg spies, 10
wander about the capital, uring :her eyes aud eafs,
gaining tie secrets of the Government sooner Than they
are made known to ;bosc for whose direction the oder-
are promulgated thus rendering aboriye the most care
fully-laid plans. II martial law could be used Gs u
means Of Crushing olt these fellows it surely ought 10
be applied at once.
Miss Dix IL now n town and has offered her servi
ces az a nurse, whenever her assistance can be made
10 promote the comfort Of TIE wounded ailing. |
understand the, she propoes 10 oT;anize land OF
nurses and there noblo-heared women enough
here who are anxious 10 do something 10 testify tLelr
loyalty 10 ard sympathy with the Government 10 at
tend 10 many times tie suffering rati ey can ny
any calamity have. Some New England and Western
women have absolutely refueed leave the city, de-
erminod since they cannot bear arms :henselves to
aid and comfort dose who arc to do the febung.
The weather just no1 is perfectly delightful, and the
beauty OF tie evenings would u ilscf draw people
from their homes, even if peace spreHd s wings
the land Under the exclemeDtof the imes, there
fire. everybody to be IN the Gtrecls and WASH
ington never was 70 active lively. All LAY, detacI.
NIGHTS of district volunteers passing about the
At evening, the Presidents MOUNTED Gugrd chatter
along to tie White House, salre with cheers Us they
10. A battery thundsrs down to tho Long Bridge.
The Capitol windows begin to twinkle from aisr.
Later in the evening the tattoo sounds through the hun
Of eonyetaon and the shgdliDg Ct many feet and then
gradually the ely becomes tolerably quiet, given mp TO
patrols smoking men, and eaunterng couples who find
time for love Ia the midst Of war.