The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-30
FROM WASHINGTON.
Citizens sBanished--Public Buildings Under
mtned-- --Murder.-The Telegraph Line--
Mere Kesi9na ati The Block ade, &c,

Citizens Bani.hed.-Public Building. Under
mined-- urder.-The Telegraph Line--
Mere The Block ade, &c.
The Alexandria Gazette, Of Monday, fur
nishes the following:
Among those of the residents of Washing.
ton City who had been forced by the mob
to leave the city, is DIR. Aaron Miller, of the
Navy. Yard. The Doctor escaped through
Maryland, and crossed on the ferry at Alex
andria.
1t is said among the knowing ones that nm
der the capitol and all the public buildings,
trains OF ganpowder are laid, so that in case
of forced abandonment by the Federal
troops, they can be blown to immediate de-
struction.
On yesterday morning a most cold -blooied
murder was committed in Washington. A
young man, named Cornelius Boyd, pruden t
IN Walk ana conversation, who has been long
known to entertain Sou thern sentimen Is, was
awakened about 2 o'clock in the morning by
KNOCK at his door, and upon opening he WAS
fired upon, and died 4 few minutes after his
wife had succeeded in getting him up stairs.
Inc nring continued until a lady living in the
same house told the assaiiants that Boyd was
dead The deceased was a brio klayer by trade.
Mr watson, who was some days ago ap-
pointed superin tendent and supervisor of the
washington telegraph Office, has been, by or
der of President Lincoln, removed. The Of
flee is now occupied by soldiers and no dis;
patches, except those sent by the Admins
-,
United 10 go over the wires.
1t is asserted, on tolerabe authority, Qor
nothing now relating to the operations OF the
Administration is certain, as all its plans are
residents of Washington and Georgetown
whose affiliations are with the South, will
soon be driven from their homes and firesides
Majors Robert III. Chiffon and ] ohm Penn
berton, u. ). A, have resigned, and rendered
their services to the State of Virginia.
majority OF the mem bers OF the 1th Regi-
m"nt say they did not leave their homes for the
purpose of Invading the soil of the South, or
coerciDg It's people; they simply came to defend
the CAPITAL; and because OF this expression of
opinion, their loyalty to Lincoln's Govern
ment Is suspicioned, and it has been suggested
20 the President that he had better keep an
eye on their movements lest they may, in case
of an attack on Washing ton, unite with the
South, and turn their guns upon the North
Inc following intelligence is from the Wash
ngton Star of Saturday, and from other pa.
pers published in that beleagured city. We
give it for what it is worth:
On Monday morning there will appear an
other proclamation OF the President, extend :
ing the contempla ted blockade to the ports of
Nlrglnla anG North Carolina, but not to those
OF Maryland. Commodore Stringham is to he
officially named i'll it lis the commander Of the
whole biockading force.
1t has been determined by the Government
Immediately to increase the regular army
5000 rank and file. Also the navy from COO
its present force, to % 900.
Col. Henry K. Craig, the head of the Ord.
nance Department, has been relieved, and or
dered to other duty. Lieut.. Col. James W
Ripley is appointed in his place.
The usual oath was administered to the
New York Seventh on Friday afternoon. at
the Capitol, in the Presence of the President
and his family, and Il large concourse of citi-
and soldiers.
There are three hundred and fifty marines
now At the barracks here, who have battal-
ion drill at SIX O'Clock every morning. and
dress parade every afternoon At five O'Clock -
We understand that they are to have Il target
firing tomorrow.
Col. Corcoran's New York Regiment of
Irish Volunteers, the seth, over fifteen hun
dred strong, arrived at Annapolis Yesterday
and are stationed on the route between An :
napoliS and the Junction.
The steamers Baltimore and Powhatan re-
turned to the city yesterday morning, from
their cruise down the Potomac and in Chesa-
peake Bay. They report everything quiet
along the river, and observed no hostile
movements whatever on either shores
large quantity of shell taken do wn on
these bos1s, which was landed ut Fort Wash
ington. The Mount Vernon left on a similar
cruise yesterday afternoon.
The operations of the Treasury during the
last few days have been considerably embar-
rassed on account of the scarcity of coin 1t
is supposed that there now more than
eight million of dollars subject to Government
draft in the different cities; but owing to the
the Secretary OF the Treas ury has not deemed
1t advisable to order its transportation hither
The inconvenience Will, however, only be
temporary
The President has directed the Secretary of
War to take possession, in the name of the
Government, of the line of railroad from
Washington to the Annapolis Junction, ana
from the Junction to Annapolis and the ac-
com plished Vice President of the Great Penn
sylvania Central Railroad will superintend it,
in connexion with three engineers, and COM
piete corps of assistants. The President has
also directed the Secretary of War to take
possession of the line of railroad between
Baltimore and York, Pa, known as the North
ern Central, and has appointed Thomas T.
Power. of Pennsylvania, to superinte tend it
These are we'll timed and energetic move
ments, and will be warmly supported by the
people.
There are two prisoners now confined in the
Capitol building. One of them is man sup
posed to be from South Carolina, upon whom
an order for one hundred muskets to be OBJ
talned from one OF their emissares in the
Navy-fard here, was found. The other
Frederick Cunningham, a resident of this
city, was arrested at the Navy Yard by Com
pany q. He is an avowed Seeessionist.
A day or two since it. was discovered that a
large quantity of bumb- shell, which the Ord
nance department has been engaged in manu-
featuring for some time past, had been filled
with mixture of sand and saw dust. 1t is
supposed TO have been done by VIM. Ihomp-
son, pyrotechnist who left the yard few
days since, and enlisted in the Southern army
A man named Lud wig, keeper of the magazine
at the Navy Yard, also left the city 4 few
days since to join the Southern army, and is
also supposed to know something concerning
the matter.
The Frontier Guard, Lanes company,
waited on Mr.. Lincoln, Friday afternoon and,
in response to an address rendering their SER
vices to the Government, made by Col.
Vaughan, Mr.. Lincoln replied: 81 have de-
sired as sincerely as any man, and some
times think more than any other man, that
our present difficulties might be settled with
out the shedding of blood. / will not say that
all hope has yet gone, but if the alternative is
presented, whether the Union is to be- broken
in fragments, and the liberties of the people
lost, or blood be shed, you will probably make
the choice, with which shall not be dissatis.
fed"
Three werkmen at the Navy Yard and Ar.
senal, named Richardson, Banks and Grinder
were arrested on Saturday, charged with be-
ing connected with the Secessionists, and con-
fined in the Capitol. ~=1 zs So
An ExTRAoRDINARY AFFAIR is related in the
Cennes Journals. The wife of q small farm
er went to the police of Moriaix, and stating
that she had murdered her three young chill
dren, begged to be taken into custody. She
said that she and her husband had long lived