New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-22
THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
FALSE ALARMS IN WASHINGTON
FEINTs BY THE ENEMY.
rue CONDITION OF OUR ADVANCED LINES
Special Dispatch to The N. Y. Tribune

FALSE ALARMS AT WASHINGTON.
rhsra continues to be general disposition
among soldiers and civilians, on ooth Hoes OF tue
river to believe that our lines are IN mnnnent
s,nosr os attack. I. is said that many Wash.
;rc,on;aos sat up till dawn last night, listening
for the first roar Of Beauregard's cannon. And
to-day stories to the effect that 3S out OF AZ OF
the pickets of one Of our regiments had been cut
og that 800 Rebels had been killed near Fairfax
Court House, and that al attempt had been
made 70 burn Long Bridge in boats, with ten
incendiaries taken aud two shot, found eager be-
tevers. The truth is that the last "a hours
have been "a quiet as possible, when the OUT
oo,ts Of hostile forces are within two or three
miles of each other.
NO REAL DANGER OF AN ASSAULT.
Beaurecard is said to be strengthening his ad-
vsnce At Fairfax, and Gen Mcdowell is actively at
work providing nguinst possible movements OF the
enemy. but neither side prepared to take the
initiative. Why, if the Rebel leaders intend TO
assal our intrenchments, they await the approach
of Geus. Pattelsons and McClellans columns, to
cay nothing of the regiments daily pouring into
Washington, is hard to discover. The most plausi-
ole suppostion is that suggested last night that the
leaders deem an assault bad policy, but are obliged
60 feipn some movement of the kind in order to
aum0r their soldiers.
GENERAL RECoNNOIsaNCh
One of your correspondents has just returned
from general reconnaissance. tie visited all the
camps, and tue most advanced pickets, and found
quiet everywhere. The only sign of the enemy
which he could discover with glass. a
palmetto fag indicating the presence of South
Carolina troops, which was flying three miles
from the Connecticut encampment and about
the came distance from Fairfax Court-House,
near the road thsnce to Alexandria. Lent.
Tompkns was still at Falls Church, aud the
other regiments remained woere they have been
posted since the Vienna affair. There is no
apprehension whatever among the troops on the
other side of the Potomac of Rebel attack.
The preparations there are only for the sake OF
thorough precaqtiOn, so that, in case the general
conviction should chance to prove erroneous,
everything may be secure.
If an attack should De made, the plan Of the
advanced force is all prearraDged, although its
details canuot, of coursp, be diyulged. There is
3 general outcry of disgust at Emory's promotion
among the officers OF the advance army in Viz
gina. There no stores of provisions with
the Ohio and Connecticut camps in Virginia.
They are supplied from Washington each day.
There is complaint in the advanced camps on
account of the freedom with which passes are
issued from Washington for the benefit of Seces-
sion sympsthzers Two Of these were Cancelled
today ut tho Connecticut camp. They were
reid b. market women whose husbands are in
the Rebel force clUse ut hand, and who were
believed to furnish daily information to the
enemy.
MASKED BATTERIES.
II ia probable that all the roads between the
advance posts of the enemy, and from tbem TO-
gsrd our lines, are covered by masked batteries.
In addition TO those discovered by Lieut. Iomp-
kins, TO which alusion was made last night, 1t
has been ascertained that there is one, and
probably more. in tho woods near Springfield,
the frat station from Alexandria ON the Orange
and Alexandria road, nine miles from Alexandra
and eighteen from Manassas Junction A force
of several hundred protects thea. II ia believed
that they have been erected within week.
IaE -....ING TO GEN. scHENcK.
The statement that Gen. Schenck was warned,
while on his way to Vienna, OF the presence OF
the Rebel force there has been received with
some donbt. You may be assured that it is the
fact aud that the advance was not made in
ignorance. Gen. Schenck preferred TO so on
and see."
THE CAPTURE OF THE CONNECTICUT PiCKETs.
The two captured Connecticut pieket-men were
victims of rebel confidence game. They sought
their diuner this other day at house near their
outpost, and made so favorable an impression
upon their hosts that they were invited also to
tea. for the sake of freer enjoyment but left
their arms in side room. Before the meal
was over, they were waited upon by three Viz
giniaus, who suddenly grew SO fond that they
refused to be parted altogether, and since that
time the Connecticut men have not been seen.
MOVEMENTS OF WAR MUNITIONS
Eight csr loads Of nuskets have been sent from
The Arsenal here to Harrisburg, and seven car oads
of f24-pouuder cannon balls have been brought TO the
Arsenal.
MOVEMENTS OF n. y. REGIMENTS.
The 18th and 3sth N. Y. Regiments arrived
last night. The n. Y. 3eth will 60 into camp
tomorrow morning, on Georgetown Hights. We
understand their old altered fint-locks will be
immediately exchanged for Mimic muskets.
THE MAINE REGIMENTS.
The 4th Maine is in camp with the other
Maine Regiments. near Meridian Hill.
THE GARIBALDI GUARD.
The ra,.ort which WAS Dublinbed i'm come of