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Port of Richmond, April 29, 1861. high water this day (Tuesday) at 9½ o'clock. Arrived. Steamer Belvidere, Keene, Baltimore, mdze. and passengers, D & W. Currie. Schr. Problem, Tyler, Philadelphia, pig iron, J. R. Anderson & Co. Schr. J. W. L. Sturgess, Scott, Eastern Shore, potatoes and corn, A. Millspaugh. Schr. Annie Cole, Crockett, Eastern Shore, potatoes and oats, A. Millspaugh. Schr. Amazon, Warren, Eastern Shore, oats, A. Millspaugh. Schr. Rebecca, Williams, York river, corn, to Captain. Schr. J. H. & F. Roades, Sheron, York river, corn, to Captain. Schr. Jos. H. Letheridge, Edmundson, North Carolina, lumber, J. S. Stevenson. Sailed. Schr. Belle Conway, Detany, Petersburg, mdze., W. D. Colquitt & C. Schr. Morning Light, Adams, down the river, light. Schr. Elite, Woolford, down the river, light.
ies were to the Czar of Russia. In four years more every fort and fortification on this broad continent would have been made so strong that all creation could not have displaced them; but as it is, we can and we will conquer, God helping us. Winfield Scott, "General Tureen," as a post of your State sings his praises, has had an eye to this for two years--hence his late visit South, strengthening and fortifying Southern forts. He was to the secret then, and in the pay of our enemies, and the enemies of that State whose greatest dishonor is to have given birth to so profoundly mean and ungrateful a son. I was two hundred miles from here when news reached me that Scott had resigned and offered his services to Virginia. Knowing the vain old renegade as well as I did, I begged the intelligent party of South Carolina gentlemen in whose social circle I was a guest, to put no confidence in the report, for it was not true. All seemed amazed at my incredulity; but I knew the man, hence I kn
irginia and North Carolina. Citizens are leaving Washington in great numbers. The expression of sympathy for the South is the cause of their banishment. [Second Dispatch.] Alexandria, April 29. --P. M.--The special express to the Gazette says the Long Bridge over the Potomac at Washington is guarded on the northern side by a large force of Federal troops, and on the southern side by Virginia troops. It is reported that Federal troops occupy Arlington Heights; also, that a U. S. steamer is to lie off Alexandria, and that all fish caught at the lower landings on the Potomac are to be sent to Washington if provisions are cut off. The Baltic has passed down the river. Several arrests of persons have been made, and families are leaving Washington. Among the persons compelled to quit, is Daniel Ratcliffe, a prominent lawyer. Employees at the Navy-Yard have been arrested for loading bombs with saw-dust and sand. Gen. Scott is said to be very infirm.