New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-25
Various Items Of News.
Of The n Tribute.
WAsHISGTos, June %, 1861


headquarters. bnot of privates belonging 10 one OF
the District companies, intelligent fellows in handsome
gray uniforms stood about the door The ms ndied
grace and gentle kindness with which he sauted them
stopping to tas with them, affected our party, Old
stayers that were; and when, looking up INTO Tie
eye Of hardened sinner OF apotcian standing next
me, SAW symptoms of moisture, my own e!eid o"'
swelled the more. God blfs the old soldier! Ipe
boys were inquiring about some If their comrades !"
Col S,one column, Killed by false reports tor ihee
consecutive days. The General was buoyant, ana
seemed in excellent health.
REPENTANT EMORY.
Emory, who before the Baltimore affair, departed
for station in tho Northwest left three seVerS'
resignation. at Washington in the hands of rs many
paes hls wife being the trusee Of one hs oro'her Oh
another, and some oue elte Of third. The secession
of Maryland was the contingency on winch they were
to be sent in HIS wife Rad the dHcr ton TO te'r to
IieCes that left with her. IT the brother, concerning
when Baltimore fired upon The Massachu'e@ troolS
that the contemplated contingency had come put Oh
file the resignation. When il was discovered, how
ever upon the uprising of the North that Secession IN
Maryland bad etar,ed before it heard the word 60
they all set about TO get the unfortunate document
back. The ladies were untiring in this work. lha'
they were not successful appears from the terms IN
which bis appointment lin one Of the eleven new reg'
mens) is gazeited, in general order No. 50.
THIRD REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.
Lieuter an, C olouel-W iiam Ii. Emory of NJ rylAnd
Had Col. Emory held rank in the amy Al the time
Of this appointment it would have been noted IN tne
general order which indicates the cases where an OIL
Ger now in commission is appointed to the new reei'
ments by naming his former rank as for instance In
the case of Col. Sherman, thus:
FIFTH REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
ColonelTLomss W. Sherman Of Rhode Island
The officers of the Regular Army are indignant at
this appointment of Emory. He has been one of the
lobby officers Of tie army. lie has cost the country
quarter of million dollars in printing books OF his ex
pcraiions next to worthless their only value 70 goriy
Col. Emory
sUBALTERNs FROM THE RANKS.
The eleven new regiments Of the line are II is said,
TO have their second Geutenants made from worthy
non-commissoi ed officers in the companies OF regulars
on the old establishment. This is well, and If carried
out will do Justice hundred and ten deservingmen
OF incompetent subaerns fomciy life there Are IN Ihe
appointments already gazetted enough, and more than
enough. Some of them will not wash their eolon
viii run ct the fret engagement and falling out oil the
line they will come back again upon the hands OF the
fathers and unces who are trusting that they have
billeted them permanently upon the Treasury.
GEN. SCoTrs "PLAN."
People are impatient that Gen. Scott does not devel'
On bis plan of campaign in Virginia He does not cis-
play his plan, simply because he has none Al the
beginning Of the war he laid out 10 himself scheme,
which was to move, beginning in October, columns
| southwsrd, two hundred thousand strong, with a
reserve Of ike number fill up the csmps in the North
vacated by the advancing troops. This eectual aud
| majestic but expensive What the encampments
about Washington signify, IT, primarily, the defcnse Of
the capitsl secondary or incidental valuethey have
to wit. "a good ground whereon 10 drill raw levies
This plan still adhered TO as believe, may, before
| Fall comes be modified, if the NOrth-West, under
Mcclellan push southwark with sufficient force into
Virginia, piercing the State between the Blue Ridge
| and tie Alleghanies. This is a difficult conntry 70
move In with its inadequate roads great forces viii he
required to maintain communication To cooperate IN
q /. movement possibly bodies Of troops NAV be pushed
out from tue Potomac line, moving at irst directly
west from Washington and keeping north OF Manassas
| Junction. ApprehendiDg this move, It would appear
that Gen. Bearegald ia extending his lines northward,
as If TO hold or at eae TO observe tue country between
the Manassas Gap cad and the Potomsc. Meantime,
the troops under Johnston that were at Harpers Ferry
are maneuverng with efectin the country over which
Gen Mcclellan if be undertakes this move. will haze
occasion 10 pass
BALTIMORE WATER FOR MASSACHUSETTS BLOOD.
1 hear it stated, 1 know not with what degree Of
truth that, by virtue of contract made through the
Navy Department the squadron oil Fortress Monroe If
supplied with wafer from Baltimore at tie rate of
foor cents per gaAoa. This exorbitsnt price follows
because the specifications which the tenders for is
contract were based required the waite: TO come from
the Baltimore Aqueduct. I know not what superior
ity wafer got al Baltimore has water elsewhere
In Virginia and Mary land unless it may be that the
Foil of that city has been lately moisened with Mssss.
chusetts blood
HONORs EASY"
For running into masked batteries, the General com.
mandug the army talks in terms alike whether
the blame lights on him at Fort Monroe or Oh him
commanding the Potomac line. Tie Generals of
division, and not alone their inferior officers are at
fault. Butler blundered at Big Bethel, q militia
General; and Mcdowell, of the regular army, fol-
lowed suit at Vienna.
A PIOUS RESPONSE.
II wss come time ago that Gen. Mcclellan, who is
religious and conscientious well able general,
telegraphed to the War Department for leave for Bis
soldiers 10 apply boards and other refuse lumber
lying about his encanpment land belonging TO tie
Governmcntl 10 the building Of church for the regi
ments 10 worsbip in. A militia general would have
taken the lumber for th any other public purpose
without leave asked Not 80 the strictly bred SOLDIER
Mcclellan. But when the Secretary asked by the
clerk in what terms he should the Dispatch, he
gave Caledonian wink, and s.id "The Lords will
be done!"
MASSACHUSETTS REQUIEM,