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The Daily Dispatch: May 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Washington. (search)
soon guard the city. Government vessels come and go from the Navy-Yard and Arsenal, to all points on the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay without any interruption or inconvenience, whatever. The rumor about the occupation of Alexandria by the Federal forces obtains no credence in any quarter whatever, though some of the Republicans say that it would be but a just retaliation for the seizure and firing into vessels bound to Washington, by persons on the wharves at Alexandria. Major Henry B. Tyler, of the U. S. Marines, who has been in the service for over forty years, who has grown grey in serving his country, yesterday resigned and returned to his native State, Virginia. Mr. James Tucker, master anchor-smith of the Navy-Yard, at Washington, has been removed, and a shoemaker, by the name of Brown, appointed in his place. Brown is a Republican. The removal of Mr. Tucker, who is universally esteemed for his moral worth, created much excitement in the yard, and a gener