The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-01
MILITARY NEWS.

The following changes have taken place in
tina aOth New York Volunteers mozart resimcnu,
stationed At Camp sscket, VA Lieut. Col. Esgan
has been transfer ell TO the Qusrter1nA,ers Depart
ment at Wellington. First Lieutenant G. y. Bar.
ow, Of Company II, has reaisnei, AMI private
Fletcher Company q, has been promoted +, = Sec
md Lleutenancy. Colonel Ward. Of the SS,h tscoa
Life Gusr'l, is acting BrigSder General in Cen
ernl H,mHelman's Division, and Hein,Selman.
each in It's turn, sends out regiment for three
days pickle, duty between Mount Vernon and Fair
tx Road. Letters from the camps say this, no man
are Ia te seen emong the country people, who arc
rep csc nied as being extremely poor.
Tn, 2sth Massachusetts, regiment on Governors
Island, took advantage Of the hne weather yester-
day To- have dress parade. The men looked very
well, and II circumstances pee1fned, would soon
attaln respectable proaciencJm military drill.
Nc preparations have yet been made frr the re-
ccpton Of the lOoth New York Volunteers, whs are
said 10 be under orders Tor Fort Columbus
The mortar schooner Aile,ta and Sarah Bruen
we're put into commssion yesterday, At the Brook
Ign Navy Yard, aud the schooners Spphrous and
sydney e. Jones took their departure Aacr rccciv.
ing their powder. The Henry James, Dan smith
and ArIeta, hauled into the stream f,r their pow.
der. Tie Carlton is alreai y there. The steamer
westirld arrived at the Y,rd yesterday, AMI wa
turned over e. the naval authorities, u I've armei
and put in commission. The wc,lhell was former.
~ Staten Island ferry lost, and aflet being pur-
chased by the Government, was sent b. M wester.
volts yiri whore she hrs undergone the alterations
necessary 10 convert her into y,lnb,st. Tns
schooner Hannah Glover hes been chartered /,
Nnycy stores to Ship Island, and IL now At the
yaid receiving machinery, castings, g., A de-
trchmeut ut fourteen marines W., sent ON board
the sloor- i-var Richmond, yesterday, T. complete
her g,ard.
seven recruits enlisted in Buidi for the general
service arrived here yesterday and were tranferreI
~ e v,rnor', leland. The recruits are quartercd
IN Font Columbus, sud during the present nclem-
"ui weather arc drilled either In quarters Or on the
sidewalks IN the Court II tho G,rris,n. The pa
r,de gtuund r cuver,i with Ice and sfI5ri- toera-
bic skating aud sliding, but cannot be used for
military purIvs's.
Governor Oldon Of New Jersey, has dispatched
Capt Murphy uf the state Arsenal g. II,tteras L,
bring to Trenton the bodies " Col Allen AMI sur.
gcun Weller Of the 9th regiment, who we're drown
ell in the surf at Hatteras and three military com
panies, enc from Paterson and two from Newark,
will be- detailed 10y the Governor h receive the bid.
les when they arrive, probably In eight Or ten days
The Governor has rendered n Hon. }. X. Riggs,
late Member Of Congress ftom the ith district the
I-sidon made vacant by the death Of D.. Weller.
Tie Pa battalion Presidents Guard, numheriu,
about 80 men, len Newark Cor wi>Iin,tpu on
W'dnesiny evening, IN special train Of six cars
In" -rn''ou oi Tn" ~ Regiment, SIckle,' Ri @,
ulr, lr7 been lls Ell IN arrest fr Drunkenness
luvul't, Is, and ulNIuButy To- the meu.