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s, who has been commissioned by the U. S. War Department to inspect all dispatches sent by telegraph from Washington. Of course the reported "safety and quiet" in Washington and Baltimore is untrue.--Ed. Dispatch.] [Third Dispatch.] Alexandria, April 21.--All communication between Baltimore and Washington is cut off. All the bridges have been destroyed. It is reported that Fort McHenry is to be attacked by the Baltimoreans. Martial law is to be proclaimed in Washington. The citizens are leaving there in great numbers. Fifteen or twenty thousand troops from the North, en route to Washington, were stopped at Havre de Grace by the burning of the boat. It is supposed they will come round by water. There is the wildest excitement here and everywhere. Col. R. E. Lee and Commander Maury have resigned. Commodore F. Forrest has resigned and been appointed commander of the naval forces of Virginia. Col. Lee is to be commander of the Virginia forces.