The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-04
FROM WASHINGTON.

The Alexandria Gassste, OF yesterday, fur
nishes the following:
WAsHHS HSsroS, May z-Washingtou TODAY T..
quiet and orderly in the extreme; no facts or
rumors of any Importance, or even sensa-
tionsi character, are discussed.
Arlington Heights nor any other point on
the Virginia side Of the Potomac. have been
occupied BY the troops of the Adm Bistratiou.
The children OF The lamented q. w. p
Cusus still reside in their wonted ease and
quietness AT the family mansion on the Ar
iington estate. t
More Northern troops are arriving, and a
ioFee OF forty Thousand well armed and
EQUIPPED men viii soon guard the city
toverntnent vessels come and 90 from the
navy- ara aud Arsenal, to all points on ths
fotomae anu chesapeake Bay without any
ihssrraption or Inconvenience, whatever.
The rutnor about the occ upation of Aiexan-
dria by the Federal forces ob tains no credence
IN any quarter whatever, though some OF the
he epnbiicans say that 10 would be but "A lust
retaliation for the seizure and firing into YES
sells bound 10 Washing ton, by persons on tn.
wharyes at Alexansiris = 70
Major Henry b. Tyler. Of the u. S Marines.
"no mas oeen Ia the service for over forty
years, VINO has grown grey in serving his
country, yesterday resigned and returned 10
his native State, Virginia
Mr james Tucker, master anchor. smith OF
the Navy Yard, at w Washing ton, has been re-
moved, ana a shoemaker, by the name OF
Brown, appointed IN his place Brown is a
The removal of Mr.. Tucker. who Is uni
versaily esteemed for his moral worth ere
ated much excitement in the yard, and gen.
erai stampede, IL is said, of the workmen was
the consequence. os4 #5z
The women and children contlape to ~
the city. Martial law has not as yet been pro-
claimed %
The following is from another source:
WAsHIssroS, May Con trary to the often
repeated rumors, IL is reliably asce rtaine ed tnat
martial law viii not be proc iaimed mere un less
there shall be reason tor 1t, W hich certainly
does not now exist
Among the unfounded reports to-day was
one tnat the war Department. had received IL
nispatch stating that The Confederate States
troops We're concentrating in Virgins, tor ati
immediate raid ON Washington. Military men,
however, have no fears on that subject
The Government is sedniously aud prompt
iy providing for the eq uipment and com fort of
sucn volunteers now here as has tily lett their
Capital. a5
But few of the Government EMPLOYEES re-
ceived their months salaries to-day, the mo-
ney Ior that purpose not having yet arrived
The inteiilgeoce Of marked Improvement
| In aha'rs In Mary land In u peacei ul aspect i'm
parts general salts siae tion.
Says the Washington Star, of Thursday:
John Conner, the Government messenger
VINO recently tampered with confiden tial dis
patches entrusted to him for con yevaucs he
| tween Washington and PHILADELPHIA, il a
Baltlmorean. On the delivery Of his dis
patches IN Philadelphia, Capt. Sanders dis
covered that they had ali been opened aud
read somewhere on the road bet ween Wash.
ton and that city. Couner is beiiey yed by
the government " have sold the intornati tion
they contained at round price. He is now
in the custody OF Col. butler ut AuuapoIis.
him. as -
there are now some s,ooo troops at Annapo-
lis from New York and Pennsy ivamia.
The list New York; Reg girne d are a uartered
inside the Navy-Yard.
The l2Lh tNew fork) Regiment arc to b.
guar tered 10 a lew iey days In the public square,
w O. Riddail, of Virginia, clerk in the
State Department, has been removed Geo
Rye, OF Virginia, has been appointed ~ u
81 200 elerkship. . "a. -
Under the head OF importan commercial
| information, the National Intslligsncer
says: s4ses-4 s.-faa.5
We learn that on application made by some
OF the Diplomatic Corps at the State Depart
ment, the following points were ascertained
list. Vessels In bloek,ded port. when the
BLOC kade took effect, Will os alioweda a reason
able time To depart. y 4r-e s4fY
"a. Vessels bringing emigrants, though they
had no notice of The blockade, will not b. al
lowed To enter biockaded ports That class OF
persons come to the United States chiefly &,
settle In ths upper States of the Mississippi
IL VIII be better for them 10 enter an open port
ana thence make their way their destina-
tion, rather than encounter the dangers aud
casua tiles Inc ttent to the urrec tionary con-
dillon of the Gulf States.
The Suns Washing ton correspondent says
Two persons were arrested by some of the
sixty mint New York Regiment, on criminal
charges-one WIS detec ted In theft, but on the
person OF the other WIS found papers of d,
character suspicious, IL not treasonable His
name Is Granville. lie was originally from,
Hoboken, ". Y but has recently resided Ia
| Baltimore. He was sent down 10 Annapolis.
aud is no " in the hands OF ths military under
| Gen Butler .f ..s -