The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-22
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PROM WARRINGTON.
The Alexandria Gazette, Of yesterday, has

Gus barracks in this city, now occur pied by the
Federal troops creates alarm from the fear
that some terrible pestilence will break out
which will depopulate the city.
The Pennsylvania Fifth is quartered at In
| augurailon Hall, under the floor of which
were found on Saturday several pools Of tag
nant water and n dead hog. One member
| who was perfectly we'll Saturday night, died
yesterday, without any apparent cause. His
| body was as blue as indigo an hour before he
| died. His name was George Shrek, from
| Schoylkill
Arrests of those who publicly express sen
iiments favorable to the South continue 10 De
| made
| None Of the usual drills or parades took
| place yesterday evening, from the fact that the
| troops had been ordered to De ready ut a mo-
rnents notice for action.
| There have undou teddy baen limitations
received here that strong in Il uences work
| in England and France 10 induce those Pc wers
| TO recognize the Southern Contederacy They
| are alarmed RI the pros pect of a short supply
| OF cotton. England VIII be likely to do 80 If
| IL Will be to her ad van tags
| 1t is stated, and currently believed, that
President Lincoln, on Saturday last, crossed
| the Chain Bridge, and visited Arlington
| Heights.
| Gen. Butler left to-day for Fortress Monroe,
| at which point the Republicans gay Is, 900
| troops are TO cOncen trale this week Gen.
! Wool expec ted TO oe assigned TO this command,
| but Gen Butler peremptorily refused TO be
stationed under him.
The Washington Star, of Monday evening,
says:
| The New York Fourteenth Regiment {chas-
| seurs) arrived in this city last night from
| Brooklyn. They number about niue hundred
| men, and in travelling hIther were divided be-
| tween two trains, for grea ter facility.
| i delegation, healed by Col. J Hiiau Allen,
| and Major Ii. 4 ktlussowaki, OF Pulask,'s
| Legion, who came 10 offer Polish reg men t
| iruuI the states at large, WIS to-day very
| kindly received by the President.
| The Secretary OF the Treasury has directed
-. IL, n nj
, mnistered TO the employees OF the Treasury
| Department
Four geutleinen from this city. yesterday,
or the day before, visited Mount Vernon, and,
after careful Inspection OF the couditlon OF
! The tomb and its Contents, are positive that
| every thing in aud about the tomb remains
! precisely as il was before the passage OF EIr-
! 9inIA's Ordinance OF Secession.
| William J DuuOhoo, late tax clerk, who has
| been IN jail severil days, on T. charge OF con
spiracy with Secessicnists, took AN oath OF al
! lpsiance 10 the Government yesterday after
| noon, And was released from ustody.
| Saturday afternoon, during the review of
| the Fourth Penusy lyania Reg .ulent n front
| of their quarters in Louisiana avenue, Mr..
| Ckri~ topper g. G;ramrner was heard to tx press
himself in a yIOleut manner with reference. to
the soldiers. IT being alleged that he had
spoken reasonably he was at once aires ted
auu In ken to the CoioneIs quarters There
was considerable excitement among the rlen
III what Grammer h al said, and not II few eX
pressed themselves III favor OF hanging him
on the spot. To avoid difficulty Grammer
was taken 10 Jail. lie was examined yes ter
day afternoon at the jail, BY justice Donn
VINO atterwir transmitted a copy OF the ties.
tlmony to COL. ManSlIeld.
From other sources, generally Northern,
we gather the following
4 man known a. Thomas Ryan ar
res ted early on Saturday morning last, about
, | three miles from Georgetown College, by the
Federal troops under Col. Nugent, on suspi
cion of being spy. Ha is from New York
/ | and when arrested WAS armed. The WASH
/ ingtOn Republican says he was taken to the
, guard house 1T the College ana heavily iTOned
| On Saturday afternoon, as the Fourth Penn
| syIvania Regiment were being reviewed, Oh
| Pennsylvania Avenue, Mi. christopher Dram
, | mer was, according to the Repubiican, hearC
| to utter some language OF & reasonable char
| nc by. The soldiers Immediately tool
him in charge, ana quite an excitement wai
raised, many of them being in favor OF hang
| ing him on the spot. The officers, however
| by much persuasion. succeeded in getting hin
in the COloneis quarters. He was after
wards removed to the Jail, where lac had al
, examination on Sunday.
George CONWAY is III Washington, and, 1t i
said, has rendered TO the President company
of the Indians of Michigan. he has ma"
selection OF one hundred tall, fleet Indians
whom he proposes TO use rs scouts and runner
for the army, and to occupy the advanced
posts from Cairo TO Eastern Virginia The,
; are not to be armed, except so far as IS HeCrs
sAry for self defence, but from their ileeturs
and kno ledge of forest life are to be EN- ploy
ed rs messengers and au1iiiaries to the arm,
on the outposts.
A detachment of the list Regiment, return
ed from n cruise Down the Potomac, repor
that 4 heavy battery has been erected by tn
1 Nlrginians at AcQuia Greek Az they passes
; | down the battery was masked By trees, bu
y | on their return il was exposed TO view. Mei
| ! sures Will be Immediately taken TO dislodge il
MIR Lincoln occup pied himself on Saturda
in making a personal reconnoltre on the bank
of the Potomac. He visited the Great Fails
:, sixteen miles above Washington, crossed III
. Chain Bridge, and passed the picke;s of III
: | Nirginians twice without being recognized.
. The Washington CORES pondent of the Bal
timore sun writes:
I If anything were wanting to show that
< movement in force is conteu! plated at Fortres
d Monroe, it is seen in the fact thar a Maj,
: General has been sent there. Not only wi
he strengthen that fortress by field works o
: the land side, but his operations on the nee
, OF land extending between the james an
y York rivers, towards Richmond and Peters
burg, may ], quire the diversion OF CONSIDER
able force to hold the Federal troops in chez
& in that quarter. The rivers are SO broad fC
a long distance that they cannot be crossed
v Gen. Lees troops with a view to make
> | flank attack.
a Gen. Scott has said that 1000 men wei
, wanted along the banks of the ONO, whIt
. fact precludes the idea that any very larl
. force is coming upon Harper's Ferry from Il
:. West. At present the General Governmei
does not see4n 10 care much about that pom
. Il being held that the seizure or detention thel
\ OF articles il transitu is working harm TO u
a cause Of the South in Maryland.
The following dispatch from Washingto
II contains some information which will intere
n our readers:
. WAsHISaroS, May 20th.--The United Stat
is transport steamer Freeborn arr we'd here tn
i. afternoon direct from Fortress Monroe, brin
u ing dis pa tches 10 the Government. Ga h
Is way up the Potomac she captured two SINS
er vessels and wharfed them at Was hing ton n
lie w Yard.
$ A passenger by the Freeborn stated that
Saturday two vessels from the tieet paid
visit TO the vicinity of Sewell's Point, aImO
N four miles from Fortress Monroe where q
re tirginians were erecting batteries, and thre
r sundry shells at the works, spelling materia
~ Nv the architectural ARRANGEMENTS She
r were fired at the vessels, but without etTe,
3 II is not known that any body on shore W
Y injured.
T. Commodore Pendergrast sent a flag of tru
10 Norfolk with a view OF making arrang
~ uents for the transportation thence of certa
~ persons TO the North, and received suranc
a, that in this pect he should be accommod
a. ted. A vessel Was in waiting 10 take them
Nj New ork.
,; Some excitement was occasoned to day
"a the report of a fight At the mouth of the
a. iomac river between Federal coast qua
te steamer and armed propeller from Ric
mond, resulting, 1t was said, III the killing
m four and the wounding OF i've on the fornlt
h. The truth of the story being doubted, the Ma
"a department this morning made specific ING
ries IN the proper quarters, and is satisii
that the ramor lie wholly nnfounded. CaE
~ Dahlgraen, III command OF the Washingt
~, Navy Yard snd who has freq uent eo,nmu,
~ cation with Fort washington, SO proaou
~ ces il.
= The steamer Niagara has been withdrav
~ from the ocxadmg forces of Charles ton !
n a more important service Another yes: