Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-05
Recruiting Affairs.

In Boston, an individual who professed to be
member of the society of Friends and also
to have been connected with the sanitary
commission, took it upon himself to interrupt
a speaker on the common, Saturday afternoon
while addressing the people on the enlistment
crowd got interested and ultimately excTed
and seized on the man and were dragging him
away to the nearest ducking place, when the
police interfered and rescued him. The sew
eral churches in birmingham held meetings
Sunday evening, in reference to the state of
the country. 1t was felt to be highly proper
that the evening hitherto uniformly observed
as the monthly concert of prayer for missions
should now be made the occasion of special
prayer for that country which is so efficiently
engaged in spreading the gospel in other
lands. In Saxonvile, the attendance in the
Methodist and Congregational churches was
unusually large, and very deep feeling was
manifested. One Of the prominent clergymen
IN Boston said to his people Sunday, from the
pulpit, that If the government was really in
earnest to put down the rebellion, he would
he one OF company to go and guard the forts
in the harbor, in order that the regular troons
there might be added to the army of the Poto
mac. On Saturday evening a legal town
meeting was held in Weston, which was adj
dressed by Hon Charles r. Train, after which
a bounty of 5000 was offered for recruits.
when the whole number required (seyenteenI
came forward in body and signed the roll
amidst tremendous shouting and hurrahs
a patriotic gentleman of Springfield has
agreed to present to the Irish COMPANY now
organizing there, a stand of coors to be eonal
in beauty and style to that of any comnanv in
the state At a town meeting held in Dart
mouth, a vote was passed increasing tbe
bounty to citizens of the town who shonld
enlist on or before the 14th inst, to two him.
dred dollars. 70 persons not belonging in
town the bounty to remain heretofore
$l25. 1t was also voted that all bountee
should cease on the goth inst Groyeland, NJ
about 1900 inhabitants, has raised its quota,
81 men. Already it has in the army ST.
Two Of its citizens have each four sons in
the service. William L. Rodman, of New
| Bedford, has been authorized to raise a COM
| pany in that city. In Boston three hundred
and forty-three bounties have been paid from
| the treasury, but this includes only those men
who have enlisted in the old regiments. The
bounties for the others are not paid until the
regiments are mustered into the service The
full number OF those enlisted is probably
/ NDOu1 Si@A llulluItu, WHICH leaves uultp
margin before the quota of the city is filled
The quota of Stoughton is full, and they
have four men to spare. The good old town
OF Quincy has furnished her full quota of re-
crults-one hundred and five in number.
new recruit IN Chelsea presented himself for
| examination day or two since, but, on being
stripped, the surgeon discovered to his great
surprise that he was wearing s'PalDae,. a,1i
fciat leg" The young soldier had hoped his
slight disability would be overlooked. That
man ought to be permitted to go.
The people Of Philadelphia are setting the
| people OF other cities noble example in max
ing provision for the families of the men who
| go to the war. Within eight or nine DAYS nm
to Saturday morning, about four hundred
thousand dollars had been subscribed. and
the work was still going on. The Pennsylva-
mia railroad company subscribes $50 900; the
Reading RAILROAD company $4,000. There
were, up to Saturday morning, six subscrip-
tons of $4,000 each; four OF $1,000, five of
$2500, four of $1,000, two of $500, two of
Sl250, and one hundred and tWenty of $1,000.
Besides these, there are some hundreds in
sums ranging below $1,000. There has been
no canvassing or soliciting of these subscrip-
tons, but they have been given voluntarily,
the subscribers seeking the committees, in
stead OF being sought after by collectors. The
inquirer may well say: 1--WE look upon this
subscription in Philadelphia as a remarkable
proof OF the lberality of her citizens"
The me Portland Press states that 1000 of the
9ooo recruits required of Maine had been
raised raised on Friday, and twas expected that the
day night. P''''' ~ N'''u'-
ny manchester Mirror SAYS that nearly
on ,G, hali OF the men in that city liable IN do
military duty are already in the army anGa. Io
Ian New England beat this? il has been
1eterminedto raise no more regiments in No,r
ilSnPS''lre state after the 10th is filled, but