New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-22
STRONG UNION FEELING THERE.
DEsPERhD0Es Nv MISSOURI.
AFFAIRS IN MISSOURI.
The Understanding between the Federal
and State Troops

anu state troops
Special Dispatch 10 Tho n. Y Tribune
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Msy 81, 1861.
AGGRESSIVE MOVEMENTS.
There is no ground for supposng that there n
TO be any immeoIote aggressive movement
" Immediate" aud very soon mean. Ia mill
tsy pbraseolcgy, SOMETHING slower than they do
10 COMMON iaoguage. Those expecting iorays 0n
detached points, where success would amount to
tile aud failure be disastrous, are liable to d..
appointment Senators aud others urging th's
policy would substitute guerilla woriarc for
decisive campaign. Gen. Scott boastrd IA Meaic"
that DO nesrr made a couptermarcb. He will
move from several sides with number oi
columns upon Virglbia, pos'poning aggressive
op. ratous until they eau be made upon scale
such US reudrr resistance hopeless Meantime,
tho troops here are improving daily Wagons
and ambulances are preparing, while delay
demorallzes and impoytrishes his enemy. J-h
DAVIS may hasten the battle by moving toward
Arlington Heights. lis advance will be Known
early aud measures are complete to take pos.
session of the Heighs by the forces here nc u
moments warnug. Although the Plau OF the
campaign is undoubtedly this, no movement
threatening positions or obstructiDg routes viii
be- permitted. Hence the attack upon Seawel's
Point Battery.
THE RUMoHEu ATTACK ON HARPER's PERRY.
The rumors Of demonstration mt Harper's
Ferry, OF elsewhere 10 Virginia, on or after the
vote oh Thursday, is nufounded. No importance
is attached ~ the election. Ii is . fcregone coD-
clusvn.
AFFAIRS At HARPgI's PERRY.
Two brothers, q New-York lawyer aud a Dos.
ton banker, went on pleasure trip to Alexau-
dria to-day, not Disgusting their sentiments or
residences. Trey were politely received BY the
bankers correspondent who said d,C00 OF 5000
inhabitants had lett since the commencement OF
the troubles. IL Is a deserted village. Six COM
pauies, possibly 500, armed with Mimic rihe-,
were the only tro"ps SEEN They were mostly
boys Tine uniiorms are much Ike ours Scouts
on horseback, with United States sabers, un-
uniformed, were down to tho Long Bridge.
Handbills were out for public meeting to rat'iy
the Sec-s-ion ordinance tonight. They call tor
"a united front against the enemies tbat have de-
" stroy ed our peace. whose armed forces menace
" our State, aud whose shps-of.wsr nfeSt our
" waters" The Pswuce lies within biscuit-toss,
with portfolios open.
THE TROOPS IN VIRGINIA.
A South Carolina Seces ,ionlst, recently from
Virginia BY way Of Harper's Ferry. reports
5O,O00 troops, in,ufhciently armed, in the State,
distributed ut various polnts, with view 10 Ia.
auence tho election on Thursday. The Virgin
ians estimate the number ut $1,000. From
what he observed, be believes il is toe intention
to attempt to transfer the battle-ground to Penn
syivania, moving from Harper's Ferry. which is
now strongly fortified On al sides.
Dir. Baily, Member Of Congress elect from the
Worcester (aiass.) District, has arrived from
Enterprise, Florida, wbere ho spent tae spring
months on account of his health, much improved.
Mr.. Bailey came via Savannah, Nashville. aud
Louisville. He was advised that it was impOssi.
bio 10 cone through Virginia. having net two
uen turned back thence. His party consisted OF
thirty including six other
inyaisis aud two army hcutrnsnts. The latter
we're threatened by a SayaLnah mob, who were
nppeased by West Point olassmute, u lieutenant
IN the Confederate Army, and formal arrest 81
the Mayor, who advised bis Immediate depar-
ture. At Atlanta his baggage was searched ny
committee Of the crowd. Spec al attention was
paid to the schoom stresses by the troops.
Aitrrward the party divided. No passes were
required. He had no trouble ia Florida or on
tne Journey. His invalldsm YVES his protection.
Mir. Baily reports soldiers everywhere ~
motion toward Virginia, we'll disciplined. armed
uDd equipped. AT Chattanooga there were from
1900 to 1900. Io heard no Uuion talk till he
reached kootucky. Many said " Union" ill tho
Presidents proclamation. AT Nashville they talk
cd u little Of tho Union. At Knoxville Parson
Brownlow and Audy johnson would soon be
crushed. Thry boasted OF tho certainty Of ami
hIlating tho North, the certainty Of Euglan and
France recognizing tho Confrderacy. They have
the belief TINT the Confederate Government ID
rich, how rich 10 unknown. Money WAS scarce
among the people. Specie was Is u cent above
bills at Savannah. Georgia money MAS worthless
III Tennessee.
SECESSION IN MISSOURI.
A large mail contractor ut the Southwest has
arrived via Missouri. He reports al ovor"hrlm-
Ing Secession feeling outside Of st. Louis. He.
and two others, from Arkansas and Texas, were
true to tho Government, aud would never carry
the Confederate State mails. He has come here
70 ask what he shall do. The Department can
give no answer. The question "a postponed t,ll
lima vshsn ReuQans errsa semcut tskes efiack