The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Alexandria Gazette, of Saturday, ha
the following by special express:

Pocahontas ls en- route Tor tnls city, nay1ng |
on board one million of gold Government |
crafts on New York are of no value or account, |
and hence this transportation of money, |
which is to pay the employees Of the United |
States.
The procIamation of the President concern |
ing new divisions of the army, and rela ting TO |
the original boundary of the District of CO. |
Inmbia is the occasion of much comment and |
uneasiness nv those of our citizens who have |
friends in the adjoining portions of Virginia, |
as some still say that the city OF Alexandria |
is by it included in one of the new divisions.
Should the Federal forces attempt to invade |
the State of Virginia, military say that
three rCutes oaiy lie open TO them. These
three are one from Harrisburg, by railroad
through Harper's Ferry TO Winchester one
from Washingto ton, over the long bridge, and
through Alexandria to Richmond and the
last by water from any Northern port up the
James River to the Capital OF the State.
a great change, it Is saId has taken place
lately in the sentiment OF the border counties
of Virginia in regard TO the actlsn OF the ir-
ginia Con ven tios, and this will, iti supposed,
event, tor the present at least, any actual
in vasion of the State
Warnings TO leave Washington are not only
given by rowdies and unauthorized persons,
but also by high officials. a few days since,
Commodore Pauldiug notified Charles IL
WInder, Esq that il he continued to visit
the Navy department, as he was wont 70 DO
| on business, he would be arrested, as IL YVES
unders TODD that he was a secessionist.
The proposed invasion OF this city by the
| famous Billy Wilson's regiment, has been for
| bdden 1t is said, by order of tue President.
| The qualifications assigned as necessary to
| obtain Il position in this rare regiment are
numerous and various bnt all assert That Inc
| greater the rascal the higher the SITUATION 1t
| Is said that one fellow of this regiment, after
| receiv wing the commission that Alderman tnoW
| Captain) Wilson handed him, politely pre-
| sented the Captain with his own pocket book,
which the adroit knaye had ABSTRACT ted while
| in the enrolling office. The Captain ins Ia -
appointed him Il Sergeant.
| The remaining portion of Col Els worth
| regiment OF ZOuaYes, the whole OF winch IS
| composed OF material derived from the fire
| men OF New York city, arrived here this
| morning. Col. Ellsworth's command may,
| and doubt are, efficient agents in ex tin
| gushing material combustion, but whether
| their presence here tends TO subdue the con.
| Ceaied fires which are burning in the minds OF
| our innocent, lawful and peaceable citizens,
remains to be seen. Several members OF this
| regiment We're arreS ted to-day by the ponce,
| for disorderly and riot tous conduct.
| The news from Harper's Ferry is that Gen
| jackson has superseded all other officers sta
| toned there, and is now in command OF about
| twenty live hundred or three thousand men.
The following is from the Baltimore Sun
| Was hington correspondence of May 2
| The troops say there must be fight, and
| fears are entertained by many that the tIoY-
| ernment will not be powerful enough 10 re-
| strain those particularly who propose TO
| march through baltimore.
| Last evening Rev. DR.. Sunderland dellv-
| cred a discourse to the Seventh New YORK
| Regiment at the House Hall of the Capitol
! | Is drift was ''to perse we're unto the end
| meaning fas it is said by those who heard 1t, }
that the Government should be main tained in
its integrity, by force, If need be. lie repeat
ed some lines OF the song OF the Star -Spangied
| Banner, and the same were SuoSe uehtly
sung by the choir, which was improVised for
the occasion.
| l hear from relatives of Col. May that his
| resignation is in accordance with an under
standing that has existed tor some months
| back.
Corporals' guards of soldiers visited the
houses of several persons yesterday who are
| suspected of entertaining secession views
| They had all lett, however, for Alexandra, as
have many others who fear arrest. Therefore
| there is no means of getting an intma ton OF
| what is going on in Virginia. 1t is not doubt
| ed, however, that steps are taking for the
marching q large force, sooner or later, a { the
in terseu ZION of the railroads beyond Alexan-
Grla.
Another letter in the same paper says:
Never did public sentiment undergo SC
= rapd and sudden change as has been wit
f ne ssed in the entire North since the fall OF
Fort Sumter. Even that and other incident Is
and episodes i'll the progress of events would
! not ha We united the North for war, had it not
| been for the secession of Virginia, and the
| general belief that Marylan was also ready tC
, | assume an attitude of hos tility 20 The Fedora
J | Government. But one idea prevails il
the entire North, namely That the integrity
| of the Union, politically aud geograp phicallY
q | must be maintained, and that all combina
= tons against it snan be pat down by force
. | This prevails with ali parties, ana Is suS
r ! tanned by Democrats as well as Republican,
| and Americans.
/ Only ten DAYS ago highly influential Repub
lican leaders talked of ptciiic GissoIu ton, ant
the QueS tion was treated as one OF boundaries
Z | But that time has passed and no man III th'
: North now tolerates either compromise o
d pacific division OF the Union. At the recen
| great New York meeting, where prominen
: Democrats were the chief speakers, not ont
2, word was III tered in favor Of compromise, o
!, time, or media ton, or separation.
= With the commercial North the question i
: now TO be one OF life and death. The in terna
n commerce of the country would be des trOYe(
g by dissolution of the Union Again, the ques
h mons presen ted by the possession of the Mis-
9 sissippi, the Chesapeake, the Florida straits
J and the Federal City, presented an insupera
: BILE obstacle to 4 pacific separation by an.
boundary line. The natural divisions of til
country do not indicate, but seem to forbid,
division by any line drawn between the N0rt
:, and South, for tas range OF our mouR IN
o divide the Atlantic from the Western States
;, and not the North Atlantic from the Sout
l. Allan tic States.
,r But whatever may be the reasons, tn
v North, as with one mind, runs far i'll advanc
b of any Administration policy OF defensive wal
Ie and demands one of aggression.
1t is intimated that when the twenty day
D. of warning given by the President in his proc
;, lamatiou OF the 18th OF ApTii shall have ex
1t pired, the Administration Will take more de
e cided measures for objects beyond the delenc
r of this city.
2 The ultimate course of Maryland will neces
n sarily have a bearing upon the Government
ID policy. If Maryland does not secede, this cit
r. can be easily held by the Government, and ca
h. only be attacked at great disadvantage. A
,e ready t is said that the further collection {
ie troops here has been stopped, and they are
:, | be stationed at convenient points for futai
4, orders.
,e 1t is supposed that General Harney wi
command the troops here.
n The New York Albion, while declaring noI
1t | intervention between the North and Soutl
n states that the British Prime Minister ha
Is authoritatively advised British subjects to q,
press no opinion upon the merits of the I'll
happy controversy; and further, the san
paper states that all the Governments OF Ii
rope will treat priva teering as piracy.
! According TO the following it would see
that Alexandria is included in one OF Lincoln
=, military districts
" " The War Depar tment at Washington h;
as issued An order which constitutes three ne
= military departments, the first OF which con
q poses the District of Columbia, according
&c It's original boundary, Fort Washington IL
the country adjacent, and the State of Mar
re land as far as Biadensburgh, inclusive. II
second is the Department OF Annapolis, wi
- the headq uarters at that city, and includi
- the country for twenty miles on each side
~ the railroad from Annapolis to Washiugto to
- as far as Bladensburgh; and the third is t
Department OF Pennsylvania, and includ
bo that State Delaware and all of Maryland n
"a | included i'll the other two. The same ord
~ transfers the Annapolis Naval School 10 FO
in Adams.
of DoIsGs AT WHBELIsa.-A citing of me
" chants was held in Wheeling, Va, on Wednt
he day to determine what &C tlon should be tax
m | in regard to the renewal of the State licens
81 which had expired. A committee a
n | poiuted to draft resolutions, ana the meett