The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-09
FROM WARRINGTON.
The Alexandria Gazette has the fol-

WAsHIS0ToS, May IA large amount OF |
provisions and AMIN milton has arrived, and |
daily additions are being made TO the number
OF troops now here.
About :, BOO troops left here this evening for
the Relay House. 1t is supposed that they
are intended for Baltimore. General SEQ tt is
said TO be IN very infiiin health.
The city ts one vast military camp The
Capitol is full OF troops-Guartered there
he number OF troops here now is variously
estimated at 5000 TO 1000. Many of the
companies are well uniformed and equipped,
bnt some are poorly clad aud present very
uufayOrAbie asp pect.
There are reports OF an nvasiop of Alexan-
dria, bnt they cannot be- traced to any anthem
TIC source, and yenr correspondent believes
they are without any foundation.
The Washington Star, Of Tuesday evening,
says:
The Government has dispatched steam
tug and IL sufficient force to re-captnre the
smiths Point Light. House, on the Chesa-
peike. They have also stationed a yessei-of-
near Fort McHeDry
Capt. q. W Muller captain OF the company,
squad OF which killed Cornelius Boyd has
been arrested In Washington, and held to bail
ia the OF t2 900. He denies that he or
dered the squad To bring Boyd, dead or alive.
The prospect OF IL war has given new life
and vISor to almost every department con-
nected with our Nayy-1 ard. In the Ord
nance department this IL strikingly perceptible
and ali hands are taxed to tntr utmost,
making thirteen hours per day.
Wheel steamer Catahne, OF the New York and
bridgeport, aud tGe little screw packet Arti-
san, ot the New York aud Baltimore trans
| lSor tLtlon lines, arrived at the Yard, having
! on board an immense amount of stores con-
| slstIDg OF mess beef, pork and b1eoD Jour,
| vinegar, tln- ware, SC, together with several
/ tons of lead. large amount of hay in bales
was also brought on the Artls1n. About
| o clock the lutte tug Robert Leslie brought
| over from the Arsenal tae steamship Star OF
| the Sonth, followed by the side wheel steamer
" NyomIBg, which took OF from the star OF the
south quIte an amount OF freight.
Last night at u O'Clock, the Fourth New
ok Regiment arrived in this city direct
| from Annapolis by raIl, aud marched at once
| to the quarters over Woodward's hardware
| store, in ID street, between Tenth ana Eleventh
| streets.
The new sIoop- Of war Pensacola is rapid
| ly approaching com pletion, ana viii be ready
Tor sea IN Il lew weeks.
Itis stated positively here that Gen. Beau
| regard reached Richmond, Va, the night
before last.
Last night the stores of g. W. Boteler d
Son, and BoteIer Wilson, in the iron build
Ing the Avenue between Ninth ana Ten tn
streets, was entered by robbers, who succeed
ed In finding the key OF the iron safe, and tOle
over 300 III money.
Geo. g. Whiting, ESD, late Commissioner
| OF Pensions, has been appointed by the SeCTe
| tary OF the Interior Il -, 900 per annum po-
sitiOn III his department, eaIed 10 carry out
! the late law OF Congress IN connection with
| the return OF Africans found on slave ships.
The Washington Star discredIts the report
| that AlexandrIa is to be occupied by the Fed
| eral troops while, on the contrary, Wash
| ington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
| says:
| L credit the report that exists among the
| X. /. military, that strong battalion OF theiT
| regiment Ii imn ediately 10 occupy AleXan-
| dIIa. Exclusive OF Dis trIct of Columbia vol
! uutters, the number OF bayonets now within
the city and ri Annapolis IS just aoout
| twenty thousand As Harpers Ferry and
| the Norfolk Navy " ard are simply seats ol
| ram, do not credit the reports that the
| forces are 10 be sea ttered and weakened by ui-
| versions III those directions.
The same writer processes to be well in
| formed upon military movements in Virgil /;
but taking the following for Il sample, and
| adopting his own language, his '.ideas are not
! worth much: "
The Virginia troops left Alexandria on Fri
| day, aud we have reports from across the river
| that the Washington battalion is al Culpeper
| Court House. Az General Harney's trip to
| and from Richmond was made in the night
! he WAS not expected TO ascertain where the
Virginia troops are in force. Persons mex
perlenced in military matters, who occasion
| ally reach this point, say that there is not Il
| great force at Richmond, but of course their
| ideas on that score are not worth much.
We quote one more paragraph
| Major AndersOn's health is very much bro
| ken. He intends, rs hear in a high quarter
| TO visit Kentucky and address the people in
| behalf OF the Union, for which he has a reli-
| giOus devotion.
| WAsHINGToS, May 6-Gov. Andrew has
| notified the Secretary of the Navy that Mas
| sachusetts has purchased the steamers Mas
| sachusetts and South Carolina recently EN-
| ployed ms packets between Boston and
| Charleston; that they are thoroughly eouip-
| ped aud manned, and are ready for sea- and
any Government service. Gov. Andrew AS ks
Tor authority to commission commanders
| The Secretary of the Navy or the President
has no such authority. They can only be- re-
| ceIEed IN the service AS auxiliary to the Navy
| aud must b" commanded by regular com i
| missioned naval officer. Ii they are not thus
| ply within Massachusetts waters, to pro tee [
| the commerce Of that State
The Secretary of War, in order To accomno-
date the travelling public, has directed the
opening of the military route between Wash
ingtou and Philadelphia, by way of Annapo-
| lis, 10 two daily trains. Those from the North
| leaving Philadelphia at log q. m and IL
| O'Clock u. IN.
| The President has appoin ted Lieut. Nichol-
son Adjutant and inspector OF the marine
| corpse vice Taylor, resigned.
| The Government has declined accepting
| NOR" than one regiment of the three months
volunteers from Michigan. They will, how
| ever, receive two regiments under the latest
| proclamation.
| Washington, requiring that drinking estab-
| lishmeuts be closed At 9. 80 each night, was by
| advice OF our military au uthorities On Satur-
| day Senator Wilson sugges ted to high execu-
| tive officers the adoption OF such 4 measure,
| in view of the fact that some OF the troops
| Were evidently becoming demoralized by the
/ free use Of intoxicating liquors.