, 1861-05-04

AAhei . N1ucaSo O1d6oua1o Ao1 l44As 1aApoEtanl
service. - :: -. CARLOS. !
mATrERs IN" NEW KORK. -
The Prevailing Excitement ..- Ells.
,NoFthsN Regiments. Billy Wilson's
Boys =, lhelr lAss.ory and Iatentlons s. :.
yaeS n .e irnn ,1s I1.sstsSa., xSaod
and Io1eRerson..Chureh,s lcsbergs,
= -%!--. 3. -..-:,,;;
- =. :, Correspondence chicase Tribune.1
AsToR HOUSE, n. Y:,ApEil 20, 1861
OF course, when there is any National ex
now New York is one vast camp. Al this
house about one half OF tbs guests arg Mill
tary, eadsaA up. and down Broadway you see
uniforms OF various sorts, seve1ai recruiting
Offices flourish to thesound OF the drum and tlte
ON the great: thcroagtdare. which never was
gayeT or bnsier than now. Riding down from
Gouplrs On 9Th street. to. the Astor, the stage
~'sas 1wice:stopped by long procasstons Of ne Il
recruits not yet uniformed, who were going
somewhere with tin dippers tisa around: :theit
necke. Almost all the uniforms were The
LonaRa pattern, and vastly nnore seasibfB 1t is
1han me oid lashlohed ssllf, tightly fitting gar
~me1te. All uniforms, except the req ular
have TO be provided By. private subscription,
Eput as nearly million Of, dollars has-b5eu
giue,s in ihss 'cat5 a1cno to single fnn3, there
will probably be, noz dlHoulty ~aoont getting
anyth3hg that ts needed Tie Fiterneu Z9uayss ),
with shRrps'a Rides, 'at = cest Of. sixty.seTen
dollars each. This. seems to ba tbs pet
regiment among the volnntzerr. Intsc
men, E1ll g1re good account Of themselves
They are GENERALLY OF medium height a:.d
ase, but III muscular, quick and perfect Care
devils. Col. Ellsworth will Iave his .ha1ds
full to manage them but he seems TO be very
" popular among them, and to have quite gocd
control over tnem even ncw. :" But the great
est performance is Billy Wilson's regiment,
wilson was born somewhere. about the Flye,
Points, and beiongs. enphGtical!y to that con
ssitneney He Is man Of ability, and has
bsen Alderman OF his ward once OF twice, He
cas gathered his regiment from among bis
friends :; and he says, there. arc only three
thieves left In NeW York. He made d speech
10 them the other day. Sid he: . So1liers!
- some men call you muasills; butI don't.
some Of gou. But renEmber there's honor
:. among thievea.- Now, don't you steal from
-* one another; and don't yq,4-sksuI from nie2
"By--4 eaten aay oae s{eallng from ma:
q I'll murder him" Theahe called on al the
man wao had watches TO come forward Oa-
worth about NO shilling6.s Says Billy, aAiit't
"yon ashsmsd Of ynufself,t carrying such a
:" "thsEg as s,thats Throw It away. Bows
J there Is gold watch In Baltimore for eve.
-. one ofsyou. Every mnn that leaves. New
- FORK with gold watch, shall be shot aud
ssshIi be shot?' Tie fam6ns B1lly Mnil;ean:
whose private matters have,= during ths4 last
winter, been matter Of comment in the su-
preme Court, Is a Captain in THU teaQt1!ul
regiment. He took gold Hateh ont Of hls
pocket, showed it to his men, and IS There,''
sald hi, boys;syer Plng.ugiy Ii Baltimore
"has got = watch just like Inat-ns sxpre5s-
dsome fearto TREND that they would not;
aa easily brought into Hnbotstinatioa, ,seape.
clal]y as they elected their own officers. "Oo,"
said ne. "Ihh6 makes no difference When
they Nt4ed for officers, Billy WllEon went
;. through tha ranks and pnta ballot into each
= mediately behind With:a hss,I and took it
away" HooFaY for popular sui e. They
~ swore to support tne Constitution OF the
Ua1ted States, and 10 60 through Baltimore.
Billy made every man Of them kneal down en-
both knees End KISS the Bible when they took
this oaih+ Il have 8 ;va9uH suspicion that Il
tnese fellows rneet any Of thoss Palia.tta VIZ
regiments, the lztrer will be slightly astoa1ah+
ed; andif they do 60. thrauzh rBalIlmure be-
IqIs ttla Union men Ketcont1l there, they
will gut every store In The G1t5. =:
:@'he ex.ttement here ID bX. % means tempo
rsry or unreliable. Tha al:powerfM force Of
property Is It's: basis, CsplrM <has zorxaaized
Tor the protection of It's own Interest," The
same class Of men that before the ettack on +.
Fort Sumter were calling for peaee-compro-
ln1se-anJtaiug but VET; ere now for the most
vigorous prosecution Of the war, and Tor she
sane Teason- The maintenance OF the govern
meht is the essential thing. Tbs means by:
which it ia to be yindica- ID are secondary.
Louk st this y Union Defence" Committee,
Wnose subscriptions now amount TO 67IS00l
The Ranes on tAa. Committee repFesent nun
ateds pf millions ct :dollaIs.. II The doctrine
of peaeeahle sesession il admitted, their vast:
sun. The government having asserted i.e:
poEaE, rehelNbu hating Ehasn cfpahe{Ls the
United States debt bting provided for, tne!r
care is eadea. Politicians may squabole ovtT
detsalsTthey only cas aoF pltne1plsp. Il is
IS giving the real force and energy to tho
movement of the North The patriotism aud
enthuetssm :Qt the people ass stobe preaaed:luto |
the service Of capital Fernando Wood was
not tsavised to speak at Tie Union mee;tny, but
\ polite note was sent lin, informing him that
ne WGuld y ezpsetea to make strong Union /
IL hsar5 good Ioks sea a large tsep house
here. a customer in Mobile, Wnose note fell
cue > few da5a since, Wrotc them that theru |
being no Northern funds there; he could not 4
note ii *the Southern Loan, Whieh WouId Il !
Ways be at par, sad wonld pay eight per cct,t.
hu 4afther deefred to know If theya
~ould like to hare the amount Of another |
aota,soon coming due, invested n tho same
Tie French zouaves ale encampedEon the
In ths City Hall lsPa1k there are two..t
long sheds for the accommodation Of military |
6ho are pss.ing through. Every where you
Ree eigns Of the camp life that so laIgs por- !
lion ct the Gothamitas havo begun to indulge I
Mrs. John Wood aad Mr. Jeffsftson IRE play
ng at Winter Garden, and that is the only
'heatre that is half filed. Mrs. Wood is: just
that ehs e. vas I'VE years ago-pertset, +
aaghea Z III !. cried eyeE her eEtor11ances, and
hose Of Jrffttaon; Wh6 Ii quite her equal. -
Ch9reh's neg picture Of the 1cebergs is On
ambition 4 Son Qdra II think 1t far sur-
passes tbs Heart OF the Andes In grandeur,
EhsFsie 1a4 nas that Ya1letye tyesads:zninaieaess Of
istail about It that distracted tbs attention in
Eae Heart ct the Anasa.- It. is grand and
'i@Rle, aud iarFesses 5ou With IN idea Of
'ubatzn1ty much more than any p1cturai sysr.
aE. The calors ara wonderfully .orIIlIsnt. / i:
,a hiDk 10 eqs. % who nsTst ~ = aeseerK e.n- t
Eords csa .dsaetihe this seeas pletaxadhes by
smsrlcas greetess artist :: ~: i. N.
.Er1Ae .prrvrue- Va 1aeSst ~, Il