The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-01
FROM wASHINGTO
LIN COINS PROCL LANIATION
Arrest. of UnoTendins Citizens, &C., &c.

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The following is Lincolns proclamation for
| the blockade of the ports Of Virginia and
North Carolina:
Whereas. for the reasons assigned in my
proclamation of the 10Th instant, a blockade
| Of the ports of the States of South Carolina
Georgia, Florida, Alabama. Louisiana Mis-.
sissippi and Texas was ordered to be es tab
lished =,
And whereas, since that date public pron.
| erty of the United States has been seized the
cOllec ton OF the revenue obstructpf7 and Inly
commissioned officers of the United States
while engaged In exec uting the orders of their
| superiors, have been arres ted and held in
custody as prisoners, or have been i,npeded
| in the discharge of their official dut ties, with.
| out due legal process, by persons claiming to
act under authorities of the States OF Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, an efficient block
| ade OF the ports of those States will also be
established.
~ In witness whereof, I have here.
LIS unto set my hand, and caused the seal
~ of the United States TO be Affixed
| Done at the city of Washing ton, the twenty
seyent tn day of Aprii in the year Of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty. one
ana OF tne independence of the United States
| the eighty fifth ABRAHAM LIycoIy
| BY the President:
| WM. HI. SEWARD, Sec'y of State
The Alexandria Gazette, of yesterday, has
| the following by special express from Wash
| ington. 1t embraces fuller accounts Of events
previously reported
WAsHINaToS, April 29.-Guaris of soldiers
are at both ends Of the Long Bridge. On the
| Virginia side, the gallant yeomanry of the
Old Dominion, under the blue canopy of a
| Virginia SKY, act as vigitant eentinels while
| on the Northern extremity, hepaid hrelings
oil the present Admins tIation lounge about
the front of their coMfor table barracks
It's said, though the truth of the report is
not vonched for, that On tomorrow the
Heights At Arlington are to be taken uossps
sion of and fortified by the Federal troous
| also, that the u. 5. Government vessels, now
In the TITeT, Will, as Il means of retaliation
| LOT the non permittal of provisions to enter
washington from Virginia, lie off the city of
Alexandra, and compel all the boats that
come from the fishing shores on the Potomac
to proceed to that city with their loads of her
ring and shad.
Numerous arrests of peaceable and unof.
tending citizens were made to-day by the
agents of the Lincoln aGministr tration who
are numberless. Citizens Of the Southern
States are cautioned by their friends against
expressing their honest sentiments, les they
should be seized and imprisoned.
Though martial law has not been proclaimed
| it has been in full force, some say, since Sun
day at eleven O'Clock. Whether this is correct
or not, 1t Is impossible to stae but certain il is
that passengers go to and come from Alexan-
dria with as little Inconvenience, excepting
the fare, as they ever did.
The remaining portion of the Rhode Island
Regiment came ia to-day. Ia their ranks were
three women-two dressed as bloomers-the
other one wearing blanket. They all had
their hair cut close to their scalps.
Gen. Scott evidently and unquesti ably
nanifests the effects OF old age Agentleman
W{i9 had an interview with him Yesterday
describes him as decrepid old man, whose
legs are swollen apd whose shoulders are af-
fected by rheumatism
The steamer Baltic steamed out this even
ing to the mou IA of the Eas tern Branch
where she was loaded from a lighter which
came from the Arsenal. She then proceeded
down the Potomac.
In the Washington papers we find very
little, if any thing, of interest. The editors
seem to write under fear and restraint, and
afford painful commen tary upon the vaunt-
ed freedom of the press
The National Itte}ligeucey has leader
upon the position of Maryland, from which
we copy the following:
owe only express proposition which every
in Intelligent reader has already present led m
his own mind, when we say that upon the
State OF Maryland more than any other State
IN the Union, or nOmina!ly ont of it. depands
the most immediate hope Of preserving the
public peace. If she shall bring enough of
wisdom and moderation to the consideration
OF the present political crisis to preserve hpr-
self from the fatal complications which must
new tabiy eHSuP on her secession from The
Union, she may not only protect her own in
terests and safety, but also best consult The
III tereSts and safety of all her sis ter States rs
we'll in the South as in the North Indeed
in the present postEre of affairs we think il
demonstrable that the seeded States more
tnan any others, are interested in the avoid
ance OF such an Issue as would be likely TO
arise on the adoption Of a Secession Ordin nance
by the people OF Maryland.- We allude, of
course, TO the question that would then in all
probability be made res pecting the occupatiou
CT this capital"
The following is an extract of a letter re
ceived at the Navy Department from Com.
Glasson, of the United States brig Perry :"
"The light houses at Cape Charles and
Cape Henry show no ghts A schooner is
sunk in about five fathoms of water about six
niles north Of Wolf Trap light-ship, Ches;-
peake Bay. The light boat off Wind Mill
Point has been removed, and also the light.
boat al Smiths Point
The Intelligencer has some rumors from
Maryland, viz:
We heard report last night, ascrbed to an
intelligent and reliable source that both
Houses of the Legislature OF Maryland had
yesterday passed resolution affirming the
right OF the General Government to march
troops through Maryland without hindrapce
for the protection OF the National Capital Its
ruin cannot be positively known here until
after the receipt OF to-day's mail from Balti-
more II is further reported that the Legisla-
ture has adjourned 10 Annapolis.
In its local column, the Intelligencer ha s
the foil owing:
Arrivals of troops, since our last, were on
Sunday evening about nine O'Clock, when the
Twelfth regiment of New York about 600
strong, came IN from Annapolis, and took up
quarters in the Assembly Rooms, on Louisi-
avenue.
Yesterday the remaining half, 600 in num-
Der, OF the Rhode Island regiment arrived
from Annapolis, whittier they had come in the
steamer Bienyiile. from New York They
were accompanied by large supplies of stores
and displayed on the march the nusual but
interesting feature OF four rirdndi ieres appro-
DTiatety uniformed For com DletenpSS of
pointment in all respec Is, nothing can excel
the Rhode Island regiment.
Last evening the Twenty fifth New York
regiment, about GOO strong, came on 10 Wash
mgton, and reported the Sixty ninth Urish)
New York regiment at Annapolis Junction
preparing to follow onward. F
Mr. James ). Wadsworth, of New York
arrived here yes terday from Annapolis where
he recently arrived upon a steamer chartered
and loaded with provisions by himself for the
use OF the troops. part of her cargo con-
sisted of forty horses and sufficient wagons to
be hauled by them twelve hundred barrels
of sea bread, &c. He chartered the vessel,
made his purchases, and had up steam for the
voyage in eight hours after making up his
mind 10 execute the patriotic enterprise.
Col. Mansfield, U. ). Engineers, late In
spector General of the Army of the United
States, has been ordered to the military com
mand of the troops now here, vice Col. G.. r. |
Smith, ordered 10 duty in New York. Col |
NJ. assumed the command here on Saturday |
last.
The MURDER OF BoYD.-An account was |
given in a dispatch from Washington OF the |
murder of young man named Boyd, in that |
city. 1t is now stated lsays the Alexandria |
Gazette,) that a SO uad OF men from the Union |
regiment were sent to his house, (he being |
charged with being asecessionist,l and knocked |
and kicked at his door, (for the purpose OF |
breaking it open, doubtless,1 when he fred at |
then. with a revolver, and they then fired at |
and killed him he having closed the door |