The national Republican., 1861-06-22
ARRIVAL or rHE SECOND RHopE ISLAND r 20.

OclOck Nhls morning, hfihg'iE ne splt'uiu sec
opd Rhode Island regiment.
The numerical strength Of ii. regiment is
twelve hundred ord twenty six men, including
one hundred aud fifty artilleriss, and band of
twenty pieces. In addition to the above, Colonel |
Slocum brings with him sixtyfve horser, eigh-
teen siege wagons, aid two ambulances; also,
q good supply Of medicine. In point of equip
ment, the second Rhode Island regiment is one |
Of the best that has yet arrived here.
The following is q list Of the field, staff, and
line officers, also the places whence the com.
panies of the regiment are from: .maJ"
Field and staff officers Colonel, John 8. Slo. |
cum lieutenant colonel, (actng,) @. T. Bob.
bins; major, Sullivan Ballou adjutant, Bam.
uel }. Smith surgeon, Francis L. Wheaton (;
chaplain, Thorndike G. Jameson; quarternas.
ter James Aborn hospital steward, L. A. Cal.
der; assistant steward, W. L. Wheaton. N
Company A, Phenix-Captain, Cyrus G.
Dyer; first lieutenant, Stephen T. Arnold sec.
ond lieutenant, Henry Williams. ...'.
Company B, ,Scituate-Captain, John Wright;
first lieutenant James Aborn, jun second lieu.
tenant, Henry Il. Young. ..Nu'
Company G, ovidence-Captain, Nelson
Wall; first lieutenant, Edward Stanley sec.
ond lieutenant, Edwin X. Sherman. n
Company d, Providence-Captan, William
| II. P. Steere; first lieutenant, Edward II. Sears;
SecODu neutenant, w lillian AmeS.
Company Z, South Kingston--Captain, Isaac
P. Rodman first lieutenant, Samuel B. M.
Read second lieutenant, Isaac NJ. Church.
Company F, Pawtucket-Captain, Levi A.
Tower first lieutenant, William B. Sears sec
ond lieutenant, ]. p. Shaw.
Company g, Bristol-Captain, Nathan Goff,
jun; first lieutenant, George w. Weeden sec.
ond lieutenant, Lewis H. Bowen.
Company H, East Greenwich-Captain, C.
W. Greene; first lieutenant, Beriah s. Brown
second lieutenant, Thos. W. Foy.
Company l, Smith6ed-Captai Samuel J.
Smith first lieutenant, Stephen b. Brown
second lieutenant, Henry G. Cook.
Company X, Newport-Captan, Charles ".
Turner first lieutenant, Otis Il. P. Clarke
second lieutenant Samuel I. Smith.
Marine Artillery-Captaiu, VIM. H. Rey.
nolds; 6rst lieutenant, Thos. +. Vaughn; second
lieutenant, ], Albert Monroe third lieutenant,
John A. Tompkins, fourth lieutenant, VIM. P.
Weeden. ,.,. ,,.
Sergeant major, Geo. E. Randolph. Lieu.
tenant Colonel c. T. Robbins holds that posi-.
tion only temporarily, as Lieutenant Albert E.
Eddy, Of the 6rst artillery, United States army
has been elected to fill the post of second officer
in command, and is only awaiting leave from
the War Department to accept of the position
He was acting rs adjutant in the place of
Samuel j. Smith, who was detained on regi
mental business at Providence The regiment
is mustered for three years, and was sworn into
the United States service by Colonel Gustavus
. Loomis, United States army, on the 4th Of June
inst. '' ''
His Nzcellency, Governor Sprague, Colo.
nels Gardiner and GODDARD, of his staff Bishop
. Clark, Mayor Of Providence, who is acting as
paymaster, General knight, and several more
distinguished Rhode islanders, accompany the
:. troops to Washington. The appearance of the
; regiment is excellent. The men seem appa.
rently very intellectual, The uniforms consist
/. of heavy blue flannel smock frock, gray pan.
). falcons, and black felt hat, somewhat similar
J, to the regulation hats of the army. The fire
, arms Hre the old Aint.lock muskets, altered to
; percussion, which will, however, be exchanged
for Enfield or MIME rifles in very short time.
The marine artillery corps attached to the
0 regiment carry with them six Of Jsmes's best
4 riAed cannon, besides the requisite number Of
: caissons, timber wagons, &c. The regiment is
d also amply supplied with ammunition and ra.
b tions, and goes into the service supplied with
8 every conceivable appurtenance demanded by
Q long campaign.
e They are accompanied by full regimental
r. band and drum corps.
r RvSAwAY.-Yesterday morning, as some sol
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q baggage wagon, to which four horses were at
d tached, in the yard adjoining the railroad sta
ton, the horses took fright at something and
t. dashed out Of the yard and up G street at 6
fearful rate, nearly running over several per
.. sons, and continuing their flight till they rur
upon the pavement between First and Secont
streets, where the wagon came in contact with
t. an iron lamp post, which it broke in two like
pipe stem, throwing the horses down and rend
ing the gearing to pieces. The hinder axl'
y was broken, and one Of the horses hurt slightly
"s ,e which was all the damage done.
sr CENTRAL GuARDHousE -Bsfore Justice "
m Thompson.-Sarah Jane Norton, (colored } &C
e. eused Of stealing forty pounds of salt pork,
u. linen shirt, and several other articles, was com
p. mitted to jail for further hearing. Margare
to Ring and Mary Fannigan, drunk, disorderly
Il, and profane; fined $l.94 each. John Ber
6, nett, do; fined $294. Maria Dillon, drum
and disorderly, and Margaret Dacy and Ange
lima Boone, drunk in the streets, the latte
81 hauled out of the canal, were all committed t
y. r. the workhouse sixty days, in default of $40
IN fine and costs,
IN ACCIDENT OVER THE RlvER.-Wa learn tha
10 yesterday afternoon, as u carriage contain
I'd ing Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Grimsley, General Wa
of bridge, and the two youngest sons of the Pres
d, dent was proceeding towards Arlington Heights
st, after having left the camp Of the New Yor
US twenty y,6fih (Albany) regiment, the tongue O
tn the carriage suddenly broke and the horse
,e started off at rapid rate, throwing the coac!
es man from his seat, and, but for the timely al
be sistance of several members Of the twenty fftl
gs serious consequences might have ensued.
~ ~ The NAVY YARp-lhere were no arrival
~ or departures from the navy yard yesterda.
49, worthy of note, although the steamers Bali
more, Mount Kernon, Rwhdtan, Ice Boat, an
81 others, were in trim to start at moments NJ