Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-08-13
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HEADQUARTERS DELAWARE yoluxrgpp MrlrA,
Wilmington, Del, August =, 1861.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. ..
General Order No. ., under date OF July i2ih isdl Is
hereby revoked and the election tor Field OHeps Of Tho
First Regiment Delaware Volunteer Militia is postponed
~ further orders to enable the officers Of rNor com
panes therein designated to obtain their Commissions
from the uoVernor.
" ''''' " Major General puroNE
AlF. II. wooTTEN, Aidle-GamF. ''s'
August s. lsGl-m
MOnE lIELp.-Captain o. +. Nimm's cclc
hrated Battery, of Boston, Mass, passed. through
this city on Sunday morning. for Washington.--
The men numbered one hundred aud fifty six.
The corps were reel nited by Major Cobb, about
three months since, aud have been in camp at
Quincy about one month, where the men i'm
proved themselves in dril They seem 10 have
been NIL picked; their average height is five feet
len inches, aud their average weight about one
hundred and seventy pounds Some of the men
tower several inches above six feet, and all Of
them combine the formidable phySi9He with the
athletic constitution which makes the artcris
the most dangerous foe on the battlefield. The
uniform is similar to that of other artillery com
panies. Their battery consists of six G-pou Ter
guns, riilcd with caissons; -four baggage wagons
an improved medioel ambulance, two forgcd aud
magazines, and one hundred and forty ono fine
horses, purchased in Vermont.
The battery hus been largely supplied with
Schenck's projectles loaded shot and canister
PASSED TuRouGu.-The Fourteenth aud FiE-
teenth Massachusetts Regiments passed through
this city last Saturday euroutc for Washington.
The Fourteenth Regiment is composed of com
panies belonging, for the most part. to Essex
county, Mass, and is commanded by Col Vim.
Il Greene. Previous to leaving the city of
Boston the soldiers received their State pny.
amounting to about $4,000, through the hands OF
the Hon. James Richie, OF the Executive Coun-
Gil; the process Of paying them off occupying
the whole of Tuesday last, and u cons; ,erable
portion of the following day The men have all
been supplied with smooth bore muskets, Of the
Springfield pattern, aud some of the soldiers
expressed great dissatisfaction, as they had ex-
pected to he armed with the Enfield rifle The
advance guard of the regiment had large num-
Der OF horses, baggage wagons, grn carriages,
and ambulances with them. These Regiments
are well equipped and the officers aul men look
well.
NAVAL AFFAIRS AT PulLApELpnIA,-The U. S.
steamer Flag has been placed upon the dry dock
| for repairs. Her bottom will be copperel with
metal.
The S'sqachaRna is undergoing repairs and
will soon be supplied with new shafts.
her Star spanglcd Barner to the breeze with as
much defiance as when she brought the En-
etdniTess to bay and attached her in triumph to
her stern.
The keel of the new soop of war, J0aidid II
about being laid, and tile work will be pushed
forward with alacrity
The new sloop Tlscarora is nearly completed
and will be launched on Saturday next The
Iascarord will not be ready for service for about
wo months.
lpENriFlED.-T young man who was drown
cd in the Christiana, on the day Of the occur
renee of the fire at New Castle, was named lto-
bert lrelnn, and was about Is years of age, his
body having been identified by Dir. Dullied Arm.
strong with whom he had lived for tie past five or
SIX years. 1t is stated that he had previously
gone to West Chester to enist hut was rejected
by the officers on account of i'll health lie then
returned 10 New London, when the Doctor gave
him dollar, and advised him to come to Will
mlngton, and sec il he could not find work on a
truck farm. He started and nothing further is
fnown of him until his going into battle, when no
was drowned. The greater portion of the dollar
was found in his pockets.
How liz WINoEp.-One Of the whiskey euz-
cling sccessiOnists from Dover a few DAYS since
fell into the hands of patriotic American lady
nj Bowers Beach, who dashed him until he was
ashamed of himself She told him he ought to
be hung, aud that the patriotic people of Della
ware ought to do the work Oh how the tra
tor WINGED !-ItaH,satar News
VOLUNTEERS WANTED.-A roll is now open at
liacket Grillin's Morocco Factory Building, in
Iblrd street, between Orange and 1anall, for
the purpose of enistng n first class company fer
three years or the war. Capt. L. S. Watson, of
Company a, First Delaware Regiment, has open. |
ed n recruiting office at the Warren Cluh Rnnn |