New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-17
ENTICING SOLDIERS TO DESERT.

The Bo,toa 7rdreLcr OF yesterday bias story Of
lhe arr tt Of one CLas +. lewett, In TINT city
tharge Cf melting fodies to desert from he Masss-
hus.ris enc.mpmsnts. for tho purpose Of snisng in
lhe rish Brigade in ths ci'y. The Of this
hargs is doubtful, IL: we give tho substance Of The
IraseiLTs account:
@For rome in Q past, agents of the 'Iri,h Brigade
IN Newlo have cen in tie habit oi visiliug tlc ell
esmpmeLts uf resineu's la tbs vhipiy, TO- the pur
100 eniicing men 10 Ce,crt and 20 to New-io Ia
jcin that corps, AID rinuy meu have been enri ed
away. On Monday light ,wiu ming squad OF IL
men OF The 10Th Regiment, Col. leu, NJ keadyille,
aseed of the iiue OF srunel-, in charge ni Ser
BagGey. 1hey had not piOcc'ded lar, when they inet
an agent of tie Irish Il gade,' Uho by oDers Of
oGy from sj "a $-5 b. Hiid fee lassHpe 10 New.
York, induced them 10 deuert. They at once s'nrsd
iOr Boston, but siter coming ne and haf, three
OF tie nuntet tel ented, ana went Luck.
4" L e men weie missed NJ tu't'o io-call and that
riyht ihrce officers volunteered 10 search for them.
lacy yisled Bo,iUn but iouhd 10 Trace 81 the ingi.
ri,es. The heXt mo'linp CC. Lee, Major Reu-e, and
Lieu. Milton came Boston aud visited the rrnGcz-
Sous o the Ir h Brigade, without succ~ss.
They also visited the ,iaious OF rilrOads To New
York AID at 5 ucl,ck asceitiiued that Hrr,ngcuI,n
lad beeu made TO carry parry oi men Jy the =" clock
trein IRON CAUTION 10 Mansfield when Iliey were to
take the next NoV-fOfk train. The officers, aeon
panied by toe policemen If the Fourth station went Ia
Mansfield ty the nrxt tain, aud there oaBd all p'e
deserers except Vnc, who bad n"t acconpaicd 'hein
from Boston.
" Last uizht the First Police arrested a man named
Charles +. liewett, on the charge of ocinng thtte
men 10 desert. L is morning complaint wns made
and he will be tried fof the Oefe, for which ther
N severe penalty, before the United States District
Court. lie s receutly from New York. aud l. kuown
70 have visited several encampnets where lao has
deavOfed " get men to desert
The Trapeiier adds
We ara Informed that there exisls in this city a
systeinutic organization for entiur enlisted men 10
desert from their regiments. c0nrids Iable bounty is
psid 10 "A desrrer aud he il immediately rent to New.
York. The penalty for tits oeise is very severe and
we are glad to hear hat the Cbiel Of Police and BIZ,
force investigating tte subject, with the view to
All arest Of ,he parties."
TIE RICHMOND WING on MIR. RUSSELL.
The Northern papers have published lately, tlres
letters fom Ibe LysdOa 1imcs, it, co re.poi Gent,
Mr. ku tell. Ore il dated from AatcGez, and gives
skoich OF whst the writer raw III nj up be hisri--
Il ., aud dun z short viii 10 Gov. RomIn; the
rec1td dtted IRON Memphis, and contains what was
terr Of uen and tiii1gs STEAMBOATS, aud railroads,
aud ni the cafacter Of the trooIs aud tortiicnIon
rear MempLi. the third il from Cairo, aud contains
pie,ty minute account of that lace and its sunoId-
iBlB.
We read these letters for the pa-po.e of determini,g
w',ti'r they were wortb publi iihg We deliberately
came % tue COnI MON in tln negative They Gfe
inrnensey loug Gsuh raby tedious, and in Tie true
st h. OF the IenEy-a-iner. His ob,ervatons are
neither new, ror facy, bor rofOnd, nor true. Their
drift 10 be 10 be lslDd disayige everything he
saw. The lands ~.re poor, ad tie Wee fongh
ard ieroi0ns looking. lie travelling with sol iiieis,
rnd fero,iiy wss very becoming look. But peith'r
their loUk,, nor their onss, nos their q" plantation
nalBerr,' were 10 his Taste. He was clarmed when
lie ~, ~ Hi Cs nnd sAw white ces AZ work IN the
iolis." That matter rot only OF asie, but morals,
too. We prefer 10 zee Africans, who ufe phy.f"h
better ndaprei TO such toll, engaged In to hesyy
ib,r Of tie field. II degrader While men, and why the
tight OF tLrif oegiaion sbould be pleasing TO any OF
their own race IAN obly be solved by reference 10 the
contradictions which eater into tie composition oi
bumni, b,ings.
Bn, the o'.tuguishsd gentleman, by His former let.
ters, la seseulilg 70 EGioc the ioeingoi eonisavt