, 1861-05-10

This has been an eventfaI day with TIE NeH
York Fire Brigade. As is publicly known,
the dsy after their arrival, sone Of them wete
known to have acted indecosously, 10 that the
entire city rang with their mzledtctions, great
II to the annoyance Of the officers and men,
who knew that most of the regiment were
good, reliable men. Col. Ellsworth teteEmsn-
ed to rid his command Of the rasca's, it they
could be detected, and he has succeeded in
ferreting out some Of them Others are &C.
drum tacm out OF the regiment, and for that
purpose had his men drawn up in hollow
square, iu IN ouen lot behind the Capital.
Hiring maneuEered with them for while,
greatly TO the delight Of the thousands who
lad gathered to witness the novel spectacle,
he stepped into the centre Of the square and
said, ~ have the pleasure Of presenting to
vou our old friend and your Lieutenant Colo
mel, Noah, 3. Farnham" s'Three cheers for
Farnham," }" cried one when three rouslugcheers
were given, followed bya regular Neg York
s'tisaa ! and the Zouaye numerical yell
Col. Farnham has been for some time con-
nee.ed with the Eth Regiment, but at the re-
quest Of Col Ellsworth resigned his position
3, tnere, and has accepted the one mentioned.
Col. Ellsworth then, In lengthy speech, con-
gcatulated the men on their fine appearance
and proficiency Of drill stated that the Gov
1sy's camp equipage, with marquee-shaped
tents; and their present arms, Of which they
have several different kinds, nere to be eS-
; changed for new ones with saber bayoneta !;
that they are to have new uniforms, and two
Of them and that, in every way, Government
had intimated and promised for thf.l TIE best
Of all things.
rms speech ~~ss Interrupted BY clappirgs,
e-.a complimentary salutations, such as '.3ulIy
for you" "9ood toy,n "You'te my man."
etc, all Of which the colonel took with be.
coming dignity. He also said that they Eere
soon to bs sworn into the service OF the Uni
ted States, not for month, as some regiments
have done, but as no uther regiment has done
for tie war, be it thirty days or thirty years
Some Of the men blinked, hut 8 vast mg]oritJ
seemed eestat:c with delight, He told then
that any who dida't want to Eight, who would
like to TO home in irons aud be sneered at a.
towards, to stand out and he would accommo'
date them tnstanter. Mary man obeyed.
He then very impressively ylec:ured them o.
! sundry topics, and announced that, greatly t
. his own regret, he was obliged, for the gooe
Of all concerned, for the honor Of the reg:
ment, and for the honor Of the Fire Depart
ment, to disgrace. those men who had frs
J ttpoa their fair Jams. A fla Of men WIS sen
: for the culpri.s, when q slow old party ap
| paared, composed Of Generals Thomas AMI
) Mcdowell, and Senators Wilson and Baker.
The Generals came to swear In the regiment
{ and it might all have been dons with grea
: empreesment in half an hour, had it not beel
for sboat two Thousand yards Of red tap
, which Gen. Mcdowell rolled and unroled ser
, eral hundred times, till the bo5s begsn t
, swear, and the espectaiors to ache. Finally, a
{ he preceded to swear them, President Lii
l 'coln's coach, with 4. L." on the panels, an
: foo.man some ten feet high, standing bt
4 hind, drove up, and his E1cellency, accomp.
MED by "Little Tad," In straw hat, mad
their welcome appearance
They were ealuted by the regiment, and mt
noponzed by the Generals for half an hour, a
;. ter which they reviewed the troops till 1t VII
dark. The oath, In very untmpressive MAJ
ner, Was then administered to men In squad
|. By Gen: Mcdowell and the expulsion OF Il
i men Kas postponed.
r Thts regiment is wen quartered, we'll fe
!. we'll drillcd, and all well-Cof. N. =. 7r15as