New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-31

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Number OF quite consequential villages. a---.
During iast week, your sosrespondent made two
visits TO IL nIOre and foaDd The plire quiet enough
IL the matter of The disposal of the troops you have
already been fully advised by your Baltimore CORE
epoadcnt and toere has been no material change ex-
cePt removing tie soIiers from the ts low, lever.
and-agsh tract Of land The FORT 10 Federal lli
10 my perambulalons about the Monumental City,
learned Thar upward Of 2 500 young men, inbuei with
secession sentiments, had either publicly or cand's:
tDeiy eit Buitiliore 10 Join the ranks vi the Rebel
army 10 avoid suspicion, numbers bad gone away
without eDy luggage infringing the transportation of
their clothes to their female fiends heard of Ole
yoJng who had several uniforms for bis comrades
pseke: away in bis trunk ard also variety of arms
and accoutermebis IN ieces.
The occurancy OF Baltimore by troops has
infused feeling Of confidence in many Of the young
meb of the place. who s'arce da' ed before utter "A
Union sentiment abroad; while at the lime il has
rekinded the patriotic lire that ha, long sllmbered
in their breasts. endowing them with impulses.
Dudug my last visit l company of sixty or
eighty young men, mostly nnunitorDtd marching
tie city, and upon inquiry, learned that they
were going 10 Join the Federal array. / could not
avoid drawiog comparison between this salal band
of noble yorths, thus narching forward unarmed,
through hot ed Of secession, 70 mite their efforts
with those Of others in tue support OF the Constitution
and tie protection OF our c0uItrys flaX and The two
thousuDd /" ctivaIIc If Maryland VINO hkulkrd
off with ther arms packed in ruDksaId yases TO join
the reb, for es in de- ng the hHsof the lD1d From
letters written home by rome OF these latter, lo ated
at Richmond, IL appeared TO Inc that they regarded
their proceedings IA tie light of holiday excursion.
They had ,01 heat the Had could afford, suiBp
tnonsly quartered in hotel, and were having fpe
times generally In Vickrburg l,liss.l paper,
which came to hand a day Or two ago. observed tie
FLOWING:
No,icr TO THE woRLpEvery volunteer from this State
and Loa.nai' gentleman Re nas be treated as :aeo No
deck hs'd fo Lin u T. eau be avoided he
10 OIL homer as vel as a defense to his cortt3"
Thus il il hereaboats--tbe Secession corps dormec
consider themselves gentlemen They do not bnckls
their swords ard 90 forth as true and valiant SOL
diers, but gentlemen. Possibly they are gentlemen
but in the intercourse that have had with number
OF ;lcu, both beIe und escwhere, have yet found
occasion to change the opinion which h.d f0'n med
Otherwise as 20 their characters. learned that pro-
visions very high at Richmond. Flour was sell
lug 50 per barnet butter, 75c. Mound, and bacn
at &c. pee pound. found par'oaisr change in the
Bal more market; proylibns serIle, plenty aud TIE
rilces moder1ie enoagh. No inconsjerabe amount of
money would hd It's way into the Tocker Of the iner-
chants tie eolcers emitted ID 20 abont tn cly,
but learned at tie For, that tie commanding officer
did not deem IL rud,nt to allow the troops u 20
abroad and Ia nsequepce the latter are closely con-
fined to their quarters Now aud then all oihcer OF
bigI or W rank may be seen aboIt the streets, sill
their position is al eivatle one they liable
20 abuse aud scurnous emarks from the rabbe in
tain sections Of The city.
AT tho railroad depos, particularly, ob'erved con-
siderable of this feeling and nearly every soldier rv-
cling through the Place j. engaAed in conversation or
je- red at with the object Of drawing him into some
officially. OF these things the troOts have beeo adj
,ised beforehand, and consequently keep their own
councils. A large number Of the "rodghr,' who |
have 10 many yearc been the pest OF Baltimore,
have efts for parts nnknvwn he snpposiiiou Ii that
they have gone 70 join toe Rebel army as they have
not heen heard OF elsewhere riDee.
1le roads betSe B Il. more and Washington and |
Annapolis are s, guarded by the troops. There has
been change the Relay and tie 2' Regiment OF
U-'er CoanIy, Col. Pratt, .till hold the Junction;
Their camp ia located Oh The summit of hili, In fnil
Er.f
Icnceo great hardps from the want OF the necessary
camp equpsge; but recently, they have been made
more comfortable.
Under the s1lerntendepce of Capt f. B. Kinney Of
the Engineer CorTs 9th Regiment, New-fork, an ex-
tensve 'ortiston has been raised Al fo,t Morgan 30
to rerder it inIreg1ale Til. portion eniiands the
Bal imoEe Road, the River Severn, aud Mag1by Bay.
lie camp l. entirely within the tort which Is located
steep hill The prospect IL very II nresque pre-
seniing view Of the country Tor ten miles around
L.st week runaway negro was brought into the
garrison and srraigned before Col Slni b. IL seems
that the fellow had stolen seventy five ham, and sold
them so'ne white for 81 50. Fearing exposure
he away. COL Smith sent him under an eecort Of
ten Of Capt vari.ns troop s,h Regiment, 70 lis mas
ter WHO lived eleven miles tfe interior. The soldiers
net many negroes who expr ssed considerable surrre
that they should have returned the runaway. Such
matters as these Of hsiiy oecnrrsnsc here, The
teri can be notified, when hey Are returned We have
plenty NJ spies in ard about Annapolis, hut siace Tie
arresr and confinement OF two or three they have kept
very quiet, and at good distance from the grris liz
H. consequence Of order, from headQ naers the troops
are not permitted such free the for
merly, in consequence Of which q ere is small
amount of fault ding. No strangers admitted to
the gnrdson unless upon special business with the
con maDdnnt Of the post. .
To-day the flags OF this poet were displayed at half
mat In respect 10 the emory OF Col. Ellsworth and
they will also be kept so tomorrow Col. Ellsworth
was well know in the Gh Regiment as he Wa. the
yueet Of Colonel Pickney during his visit 70 New.
York with the Chicago Zouavcs.
Among other objects OF curiosity, have here the
Baltimore steam gun, slight glance at which will suf
flee TO convince any person ~ to It's death dealing
abl les.
I'm requested by the troops here to return thanks
to their friends ia NewYork for kindly remember
ing them III the way Of gifts Of eggs and other stores