New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-19


They cay tdeir uniforms are utterly worthless
and that tie sbarpers 10 Philadelphia who iuf-
nsbed them are alone responsible. They say
their suits. costing $l7, are not half as good Us
tIrse of the Rhode Island Regiment. when cost
only S.. Their State paid 81 so for snoes'
which can be purchased even here for 40 cents
Col. Hardrauft tells me that the whole heSi'ic'''
viii have to be refurnIshed.
CONTRACT ron CANNON.
The Government has contracted wi'n hn"PP'
Wade & Co.. of Pittsburgh, for large
amount Of rifed cannon. shot aud SHELL
THE TENAs RUM0Rs.
Tbs Wa, Department has received no intell-
oence from Texas concerning the alleged opera
tioDs of Captain Montgomery in that State.
ANOTHER DEATH.
A death occurred yesterday evening in the 9th
PENNSYLVANIA Regimet. Tho surgeon tells me
their present quarters are totally unit.
NO MORE LUXURiEs WANTED.
Tho Army Surgeons request that ladies' stop
sending dressing gowns and clippers to the men,
and furnish ilayelock caps, bed-tIcks and pillow.
cases, of which they are in want.
wAsuINGToN's TOMB UNTOUCHED.
General Sckles sent Captain Vanucst. mem.
Der Of the FIRST Brigade STAFF, W. {. Frost
Sixth Company, Seventh Regiment, and DIR. law
GDgs, Military Secretary. TO Mount Vernon tins
morning.. They rode on horseback, down aud
back, and examined the tomb of Washington,
which they found cobwebbed ard untouched os
Of old. They obtaised cert fca'e from L. II.
Wliamson, Captain Of the Loud)n Cavalry,
to the efoot that they had 60 done. No soldiers
are permitted near the place.
OFFERS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Prof. o. NJ. Mitchell, the astronomer, has ten
dered his services TO the Government.
Robert c. Scheuck Of Ohio Will be made
Major. General by the President
Jas. II. Green has been appointed Postmaster
OF Praire-du-C Chen; II. w. Davis, Postmaster
at Pontano Oregon.
To the A,sooiaied Press.
WAsmISGToS, Saturday, HAY 49, 1861!
Two grand camps are proposed to be established.
One Of them is TO be Staten Island aud connected
with the Sckles brigade. 1t is to receive whatever
volunteers may be accepted, who are to be drilled
there and from thence transported wherever required
on the Atlantic coast. The other is to be located Mt
Harrisburg for tie supply Of the service IN tins d'ec
ton and the Southwest.
Colonel Mcdowell was rendered promotion IA
Maior-Geners,l, but this lie decued preieriDg Brig
adierGeneralship which was WORLDLY Conferred His
course on this subject wss alone prompted by feelings
of delicacy, and in satisfaction of modest degree Of
ambition for military advancement
The Long Bridge, connecting Washington with the
Virginia shore merely guarded last night, but
occupied by larger number of elective troops than
heretofore. An armed vessel was in the vicinity
These measures precautionary IN view OF reports
of a design TO impure the bridge by SeccssiOniSts
Maior.GeDeral Butler will 20 this afternoon to An
nal oils where he will concentrate the Filth, sixth
and Eigth Regiments Of Massachusetts, into trigaoe
The Boston Battery Of Light Artillery viii form part
of the brigade.
General Butler will then 90 10 Fortress Monroe
where the Massachusetts Third and Fourth Regiments
now are The consolidation Of all these regiments into
one brigade or division, will give the Generfl for
midable command and the control of officers and men
with whom be has personal acquaintance
General Butler at ked the uLiou Of these troops Of
condition precedent any OF eraons ntrnfted TO him.
You NAV look for strong developments when Gen
eral Ben" and bis Massachusetts boys take the field
n /. possible that Gen. Geo Is. Mcclellan will enter
Western Virginia at tie head OF his Ohio and other
Western troops simultaneously with any movement by
Gen. Butler upon Norfolk.
At the same time r. column Of regolars viii move
forward from Washington. THUS Virginia, open t.
attack at three or four points, will find her potion al
together unenviabe and be subjected to the necessity
of keeping sharp lookout for Federal arnie'.
There is spark Of Union sentiment yet lingering IN
Eastern Virginia. CHARLES Rep'on publishes in ad-
dress TO the people Of Fairfax County In that State
Announcing himself as Union candidate for Congress
in the Seventh District.
The National InteHgeHcer of this morning consruos
Lord John Russells speech 10 Parliament recogu-
lion Of the tight Of the Southern Coufederacy to Issue
letters Of marque ard TO take prizes into British ports
Senator Wade Of Ohio has gone to Fortress Monroe
as private, and proposes to make tour Of inspection
General Ashley Member Of Congress from Ohio. viii
follow him thitler next week
PROVISIONAL CONGRESS OF THE CONFED-
ERATE STATES.
MONTGOMERY, Friday, May IL, 1901
Congress passed number of bills to-day, organizing
apatent Office regulating telegraph lidee authorizing the
;ssne of 20 600 600 in bonds uaynIe In twenty years