New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-08

as no other regiment Ills GOuo, LVA 'uo "'''
it thirty days or thirty years. Some OF the men
blinked. but o vast majority seemed ecstahc WIN
delight. He told them that any who didn't wan.
TO fight, who would AXE to 60 home IN irons anu
be sneered at as cowards to stand out ana nc
would accommodate them instan;er. Nary man
obeyed.
He then very impressyelg Iectured them on
s,ndry topics, and announced that greatly 10 MS
o,,n reoret he was obliged, for the good OF all
oorcer,ed for the honor of the regiment, and
e., r,e honor of the Fire Department, to dis
mo-. those mon who had first disgraced them
soIres and brought dishonOr upon their fair
c,me A file of men was sent for the culprits,
when a slow old party appeared. composed Of
Generals Thomas aud Mcdowell, aud Senator'S
Wilson and Baker.
The Generals came to swear in the regiment,
and it might all have been done with great en-
pressement in half an hour, had it not been for
about two thousand yards of red tape which
Gen. Mcdowell rolled and unrOllcd several hun
dred times, till the boys began to swear, and the
spectators to ache Finally, as he proceeded to
swear them President Lincoln's coach with "a.
L." on the panels, and a foOtman some ten feet
high standing behind, drove up and his Excel
lency, accompanied by "Litte Tad, in straw
hat, made their welcome appearance.
They were saluted by the regiment, and mo-
nopolized by the Generals for half an hour, after
which they reviewed the troops till it was dark.
The oath, in a very unimpressiye manner, was
II b 10, in IV
Mcdowell aud the expulsion Of the men was
postponed.
This regiment is well qunrtered, well fed,
well drilled, and all well.
COL. PIECKSEY'S REGIMENT.
Col. Pinckoey, whose regiment forms part OF
Gen. Buffers brigade, tells me that his men now
occupy four forts, Madison, BemaD, Pinckrcy,
ard Misery The last is about six miles up the
river. and is remarkably well named. From it
they command, and can easily she'll, the City of
Annapolis. The regiment are all Wei but six,
who are sent to New-YOrk. The New-YOrk
troops arc all to be brought on as quickly as
possible.
MORE TREASON ~ BALTIMORE.
The Treasury Department has information
concerning four propeers at Baltimore that are
supposed to have been sold to the Confederate
States.
SENATOR BAKER.
Senator Baker, whose aspirations for MOjor
Generalship are well known, is candidate for
commandant of the forces in this District.
Senator Sherman's brother is DESTROYS OF re-
cciyinga Brigadier- Generaships commission in tie
Army and will probably get it.
sEvESTY.FIRST REGIMENT.
Company D, list Regiment, has set good ex-
ample by holding meeting at which the fol-
lowing resolutions were passed:
Rt,olred That from thi dat. will hold mecrss for
y of each week; and that members Of the 7l Reg ncnt
sched to the United STATE, amy we T 90 our utmost 70
owe dscouHtensnee tie slightest fSc'ion Of the Aee'
R,sored Thai we cordially nv;e tie officers and members Of
be regiment to unite VIII Us in THIS % 10 o ana s.rs
After prayer by Corporal Boeture, the meeting !
10 meet on wednesday evening May |
:, at 5 O'Clock.
APPOINTMENTS.
Joseph J. Coomb5 OF the District Of Columbia
las been appointed Chief Examiner in the Patent
Office, IS, 600 per annum; II. ID. Musaey OF /
1lio. formerly OF Tie Boston COurier, Cincinnati
Enquirer and other papers, has been appointed
o first-class $1,000 per annum, and Leander
". Drury of New-York fourth-cIass =, 900
yer annum clerkship in the Pension Bureau.
n. II. Goodlow Of North Carolina has been re-
moved from a second-class 81. 100 per annum
lerkslip in the same bureau.
h. =. Wilkins Of Virginia and G.. ". Alex
lnder of Maryland have been appointed to first
lass Isl, 200 per annum) clerkships in the
Post-Ofice Department VIM. Mcdonald oil
MARYLAND has been transferred from second
lass cerkship ia the Sixth Auditors Office to
hird-class (SI 800 per annum) clerkshiP IN The
Post Office Department. George &. Whiting
ate Commissioner of Pensions, has been appointed
by the Secretary of the Interior to $4,000 per |
,upum position in his Department, created to !
carry out the late law OF Congress in connec- |
ton with the return Of Africans found on slave !
ships.
SECESSION IN ALEXANDRIA,.
Alexandriaus boast Of their Secession prlnc!-
pes and the following paragraph may indicate
10 other sympathizers what such principles
entail
n cOntlderaDlc nuihOci VI i'"ui"b ''N
Of Alexandria have declined to renew their
licenses or, in other words, have concluded to
abandon their business there. The wel'known
banking house of Messrs. Core IL Bro. passed
through all the bank troubles in this section
occurring of late years. bit died Of Secession.
As it paid interest on deposits, many worthy
persons may suffer severely by its suspension Of
payment. On Sunday night, seven slaves escaped
@,,o rroro Iris