New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-29
FROM BOSTON.
FIom Our Own CorrtSrondent.

expeDses and The act oaning the United STATES - oVO,'
CO., passed and signed. Also, an act authorizing
he Governor to establish one more camps for the
military instruction Of about 5000 uoops including
battery Of artillery Nothing viii probably be done III
relation these camps until after tie six new regiments
made ready and dispatched TO tho seat OF war.
Only two of these regiments yet Designated, VIZ;
The LIST, Col. Covdin, and the I'd, Col Gordon which
is now encamped at Brook Farm A third will be
formed Of the companies in the four western ooun-
lies, which waiting and anxious TO be ordered INTO
ervice and it is not yet known how the three remain
ing regiments will be constituted. Col. Cowdins regi-
ment after much travail, has at last got organized.
Tins body Of troops has been in confusion and disorder
| for many months. Gov. Banks, while in ONCE broke
| up the let Regiment, of which Col Burbank was'
think, commanding officer, and after forming portion
a iie companies into battalion attached the others to
| Col Cowdr's regiment. which was then the I'd. Of
course there was row. and there has been series OF
rows since, not only in tie regiment but IN the
battalion, which last finally split and became two bat
alionr, the "a md 4th tie former Of which Las been
lately garIisoJing Fort Warren and the latter Fort In
dependence. BY accident or blunder, or nisaq-
prehensioD something else for which the response
tility is yafiousy thrown upon Gen. Wool, Senator
Wilson Gov. Andrew, Adj. Gen. Schouler, and Col.
Cowdio, the regiment OF which Col. {. WIS in COM
mand got ordered out and remained about town two or
three weeks. Finally the officers got together and
elected Col Burbank to the command in place OF Col
Cowdn. But Burbank declined this irreguarly con-
ferred homo, and Cowdn has been commissioned.
George d. Wells, Judge of the Police Court in Boston,
and con Of the late Chief Justice Wells Of tie Court of
Cmmon Pleas is LieuenantC Colonel, and Charles Il.
Chandler. n son Of 4. r. Chandler, OF tho Peace
| .;, =. Matr Ila
viii lie roady in about week, and i's officers are in
hopes that tLey shall be- rent through Newiork and
Philadelphia, that they may show the people of those
cities Massachusetis regiment well equipped and IN
rood ORDER our fut regiments being necessarily
deficient in some respects. But l doubt II We shall
send any better men than those who compose the ih,
5lh 9th, and S,h Regiments, now in the field Col.
Gord,n's regiment is no, yet quite complete, and
will probably have to be- filled up from companies
Organized elsewhere. IL il supposed that Mr..
Fletcher Websteris regiment will have TO be
divided, and sent of under different commands.
The organization of the troops Is peculiarly difficult
dnty considering the fact that housands who desire TO
DO mustered IN will have TO lie disappointed. Gov.
Andrew is giving his whole time and hs best abilities
10 tic subject aided by the efforts OF lis Aiis-deCamp,
who are all accomplished military men, and if any
mistakes occnr they will bo such are unavoidable
TIE pressure Of companies TO he enlisted Is very great
There arc two German companies here which are anx-
ous 10 90, and whom il would he well to recognize
and q day or two sgs | cav at the State House an
Irish company from Lowell, being tho came subsan-
TALLY as the which Gov. Gardner disbanded during
the Know-Nothing furor. They came from Lowell
to show themselves, hoping to have early chance to
march TO the seat Of war-a fne-ooAing and well.
drilled body of men.
Probably tho camps viii be organized uJon some Of
Of the islands in Boston IIarbor aud then we shall 10
comparatively free from the martial rub-a-dub which
now rsOunds daily and almost hourly through orr
streets.
The most perpoxing cub ect before the Legislature
was that OF the relations between the towns and tho
volunteers and thoir famliee. Finally an act was
passed legsli,ing the contracts which towns have
already made with volunteers, but terminating them in
ninety days. authorizing towns to raise money for the
cid Of tic wife parents, and children of volunteers in
the United States service, dependent upon llom for
support and rembusing from the State Treasury these
cxponses at tho rate Of 81 for the wife, and 81 for zach
child and parent provided the whole 50 reimbursed
doe, not exceed sl2 month for a lae persons 80 de-
pendent upon tho enlisted person.
have heard Of two towns ia this State where The |
families Of recently enlisted volunteers have been sent
to one Of tho State Alms-IIouses. mention tho fact
thus early because believe that publicity Of an abuse
is tho sure and only method Of putting stop to It,
run the risk, however, Of offending The Boston
Cosrier, which seems dissatisfied with some comments
which have been made upon the conduct of Col Jones
of the 9Th Massachusetts Regiment which,
since made IL the subject Of comment in TUE TRia.
ysE has attracted the notice OF TIE transcript and
other papers. TIE Courier, however, may DO par.
donsd for a little senstlveness; for, with the exception
Of Gen. Buffers In tho matter of the reported
slave insunection Col. Joness i'll treatment Of his
men, and few other circumstances Of this Sort that
paper finds very little TO approve In the management
Of the present contest The only thing has been pos.
vely enthusiastic and jubant about is Gen. Buffers
letter to Gov. Andrew; and 1t will probably bs in the
doeful DUMPS tomorrow over tho news that the Gen.
eral has rcfsed TO return fugitive slaves whohad
escaped TO Fortress Monroe II Il s considered any OBJ
ect to keep TIE Courier patriotic, officers must oc-
casonally innict upon somo soldier logging or |
other nhumanty. This will tako OIL tho "wro |
edge Of its diHust at tho success of our arms have
not mentioned the names Of tho towns which have |
committed the ofense which have mentioned because
there may possibly DO come explanation oxtenuating
circumstance; but publicity to the facts will, trust
tend to prevent other towns from committing such al
ofense
The following letter fom Gen. Butler has appeared
in prints
IUposucsI May TO- 1901. |
DrAR SIR: have taken tho liberty to permit tho !
my action pertaining thereto mpeled 10 th. because tho
fom Boston. through the columns Of Tas TaBvss, with
''nstures 9yon ny conduct -. ..,,., =, -. r,