Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-22
MOVEMENTS, OCCURRENCES AND INDICATIONS

Al WAoHlNGIUN.
From the Washington Sunday Chronicle Of yssferddy,
(Repubiieam)
There must be eight thousand troops in arms In
this citv of all grades regular, local. and the volunteers
from other States including the armed citizens Temporal
rily present on business or pleasure.
tis strange yet most animatng spectacle to look in
unon the CAPITOL rooms IL Is great garrison Nearly
oipbt thousand troots quartered In its rooms and
vet an vast and spacious is this splendid cdce that there
are abundant Accommodations for three thousand more
Tax River STEAMERS UNDER MILITARY GUARDs-Fd'
dav mornpg the Executive informed that orders had
heen received by agent of the Steamboat Company
here TO send the steamers Philadelphia, Baltimore Pow
batan and Mt. Vernon, down the river Immediately.
IA il appeared quite evident they TO be used Tor
the carving of troops the government ordered guard
to be placed upon them. Captain Towers, Company A.
Washington Light Infantry, has them in charge Travel
by this CONVEX is thus cut of for the present.
PATROL CoRPs-Cassius II. Clay aud other influential
gentlemen have organized company of or three
hundred citizens and sCourners in this city to act as
patol in connection with police force. Their services
will he valuable. Col klward, OF Pennsylvania, is
lieutenant in this company. They are armed with rifle
carl ines.
GIN LANES NEW CONTAMINATION Lane, of Kansas, has
formed a compluy OF hundred men, TO guard the
White House Thursday evening they slept on their arms
In the East Room and held themss'es in readiness for
any emergency.
PAwNsE AND AsAcosrIA SLILED-A draft of one hun
dred Marines under Lieutenant Nicholson, put on
| Tho destination of the vessel is unknown
Twenty marines also vent On board the AnacostiP,
which la here yesterday afternoon The destination Of
! this vessel is also III known.
FAMILIES LEAVING THE CITY.-Very many Of our cit-
Gems VINO can do 90 sending their families Of the
city, In viow Of the present state OF affairs II is well and
wise 10 do 30.
CAprrEED AND UHDIE GuAED-Lisut Webb, ct the
head OF a detachment Of the National Rifles, capured
the steamer ST Nicholas, at IL O'Clock Friday night
She Was 70 leave for Baltimore ate occcs yesterday
morning. and reported 10 have arms on board for
secessioDss Last evenings large squad of fes we're
nut on board the St. Nicholas in anticipation OF an at
tempt to recapture her.
Another detachment OF the same company, under
command OF Capt Smead took possession OF the Tele
graph Office at midnight Friday and stopped all commu
nication un'il o'clocs yesterday.
LEFT TIE CITY-We understand that Caps. +. B.
schsIer formerly of tie National Rifles, DR. Cornelius
Bowie of the National Volunteers, aud large number
of m mbers Of the latter organization have la the city
within the past few days. It is ntimated that they
to rendezvous in the tso of Virginia, within few miles
of this city.
PEEsosAL-Eon David Wi,mot United States Sens-
tor from Pennsylvania left for home yesterday morn
ing.
The Hon. John Covode, member Of Congress, return
ed home on Friday. He expects to return in few
days.
Hon. James Il Campbell arrived yesterday, and i'm
medatoly enrolled himself member OF the Volunteer
Guards, uDder command Of Csssius N. Clay.
congressman MCPHERSON, of Pennsylvania, harston,
of New Hampshire, and Potter, OF Wisconsin, exCon-
gressmen Milward and Ferry, Gen. Nye, Of New York.
and number Of other distinguished visitors now in the
city, members of the same company.
Messrs Kennedy Harris and johnson, are in the city
urging upon the President the importance of not insist
ing upon these northern troops going through Baltimore