The national Republican., 1861-04-15
LOCAL N EW s +.

PERsoNAL.-Generals Lane and Pomeroy,
lSenators,) from Kansas, are stopping at VII.
lards'.
Col. Delahay (who was q candidate for the
U. S. Senate) and daughter are stopping with
N. Vedder, ESQ, at 362 Massachusetts avenue.
The FEELING IN AND ABOUT WAsHryGroY-
MOVEMENTS OF THE MILITARY, &C.. &c.-The
most intense excitement has prevailed in this
vicinity ever since the first announcement of
the commencement of hostilities in Charleston
harbor. All day Saturday, the publication Of.
ice Of the Republican, as well as those of the
other city newspapers, was besieged by an anx.
ious crowd, all desirous Of obtaining the latest
and most reliable information from the seat of
war SO that, by nine o'clock in the morning,
one large extra edition was ent rely exhausted.
Yesterday morning, the demand was even
greater for copies of the Sunday Morning
Chronicle, which was to be seen in the hands
Of nearly every person we met, whether on Penn.
sylvania avenue or in the remotest sections of
the city. The accounts that reached the city
were received on all sides with good many
grains Of allowance, considering the fact that
the telegraph wires were entirely in the hands
of the secessionists, while quite large mum.
Der refused to place any confidence whatever
in them.
= ARRIVAL OF MORE TROOPS.
On Saturday morning, Companies D and II,
Of the I'd cavalry, from Camp Cooper, Texas,
reached Washington. Company d is command.
ed by Capt. Palmer, and contains 60 men, Com.
pany II is commanded by Lieut.. Harrison,
and has SO men. The former are quartered oppo.
site the War Department, and the latter in E
street. at the same quarters lately occupied by the
us. infantry. The soldiers look very much
worn down BY their march. They had march of
600 miles, from Camp Cooper to Pass Cavallo
Bar, in Matagorda Bay, which they made from
the 18th Of February to the 3lst. They EN-.
barked the day Of their arrival, and arrived at
Key West on the 4th ultimo, touching there,
and Immediately leaving for Havana, where
they put in for water. They'left Havana on the
9Th for New York. Two companies of infantry
were left at Key West, viz: Companies A and
II. -Four companies Of cavalry, belonging to
this company, on their arrival home, proceeded
to Carlisle Barracks. They are severally com.
manded by Capts. Brocket Stoncman, and
Lisuts Commanding Jenifer and Campbell.
The four companies number 2l0 men, all told.
About half past ten o'clock, yesterday morn.
ing, Company ], lst Infantry, commanded by
Capt. J. 81. King, and numbering SO men, ar.
rived here. After taking refreshments at the
depot, they marched directly to the Arsenal,
where they are now stationed. Many of the
men in this company have been in the army
for a series of years; one Of them enlisted in
1903, and has been in several hard.fought battles
since that period, among them the battle of
Tippecanoe, where he was the orderly sergeant
TO General Harrison.
ENLISTMENT OF THE DISTRICT VOLUNTEERS.
On Saturday morning, thirty recruits, from
the Putnam Rifles, Capt. Thistieton, marched
up to the War Department. and were mustered
into service, making nearly one hundred men
of this gallant company who have thus volun-
teered.
The Metropolitan Rifles, Capt. Nalley, also
sent twenty additional recruits TO the War De-
partment, which were accepted
After these recruits had been inspected and
accepted, Company A, Anderson Rifles, arrived
and after being inspected by Major Mcdowell
were mustered into the service. When called
upon to take the oath, nine of them responded
that, although good Union men, they could not
possibly leave their business and families. Sub.
ssquently, two of them returned to the ranks
and, in conjunction with all the others, took the
oath.
Eighteen recruits for Company B, Union
Regiment, Capt. Kelly, then came up, and tool
the oath.
Company A, Union regiment, Captain Car
rington then sent up "a recruits but only "a
OF them were sworn in, that number making
the company as large as the regulations Of tht
law will allow.
Companies A and B of the Union regimen
have thus far enrolled two hundred privates
for the service.
Captain Towers, of the Washington Lgh
Infantry, also brought up several recruits OF
Saturday, who were duly sworn in and enrolled
A number of other companies will be mus
tered in during the early part of the presen
week, among whom are the National Rifles
Capt. Smead, who, having got rid of their Sc
true Union men. The Rifles expect to muste
nearly sixty men, and will probably be enrolled
during to-day. On Tuesday, the new Zouav
corps, Lieut.. Powell commanding, will be in
spected, and received into the service. A nun,
ber OF other new companies are now beinI
formed in various parts OF the city, and tn
probability is, that the city will soon be place
in o state of perfect security.
The different companies still continue o
guard at the various places mentioned in GU
paper Of Saturday.
MILITARY ATTENDING DIVINE SERVICE.
Yesterday afternoon, the members of tn
Washington Light Infantry Battalion, to tn
number Of more than sixty, accompanied b
Col Davis and most of their officers, attende
divine service at the Fourth Presbyteria
Church, (Rev. DR.. Smith, pastor.) They wer
in full.dress uniform, and presented an e,
ceedngly creditable appearance. The tex
selected by the pastor for the occasion was til
eleventh verse of the thiriy.thrd chapter {
Ezekiel" Say unto them, as live l have n
pleasure in the death Of the wicked" upo
which he proceeded to deliver most impre
sive and appropriate discourse.
DR.. Smith then offered up fervent an
devout prayer for the citizen soldiery, an
hoped that, while those present came clothe
in the habiliments of war, their mission migl
really be one of peace. Heinvoked bessin
upon all the citizen soldiery of the metropoli
especially in the call which has recently bee