New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-09
ARREST ron INDUCING DEsER1Ioxs.
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
The Position Occupied by the Army-Csv.
airy Revicw-A Case Of Desertion with
Exteuuating Circumstances.
From Or Special Correspondent.
CuLPRPPER II, HEADQUARTERS Army oy fHs
PoroxAc, Oct :, 1859. }

CrLPRPPER G. H., HEADQUARTERS Army o. fHs}
PorosAc, Oct. T. 1859.
The present location Of the army has An &C.
knowedged advantage its former one in point OF
Usefulness and the army reported to be in excellent
sanitary condition. II no movement should be made
from here for only few weeks this fact has an
importance probably. Of SEINE hundreds OF men to the
service nothing Of the men themselves for their
own and friends sakes. The country Is rolling. and at
some points OF thdarmy, know. is well supplied with
water and believe that is generally the case though
10 army whose extremes are not less probably than
miles lies encamped, 10 say nothing OF line VI
pckcts aggregating as stated TO me 100 mixes there
must be differences Of condition In this respect in differ
eut parts Of the army.
Gen Kilpatrcks cavalry I'D Division OF Gen. Pleas
anton Corps) reviewed yesterday by Gen. Pleasan-
ton with his staff. " course they made an imposing
appearance large body Of cavalry together IL the
most stirring Of military spectacles Without intend
ing cay that any thing wanting in appearance OF
and horses may here mention: especially IN DC.
half of the horses that any want OF freshness or spirit
were discernibe, should attribute II. from my nfor-
nation. to the immense amount OF picket duty above
alluded TO- performed In vastly the greater part by the
cavalry The officers Of this branch OF the service say
that has always been the casethey are always so con-
tinuay employed In this wsy-and the picket seryice
much harder cavalry than on infantry too that
they have ts 10 recruit condition for an onset
against the enemy with the greatest efficiency but
branch Of service has great confidence and pride n
| itself Notwithstanding.
A very sad case has just come to my knowledge from
the lips Of the Rev +. A. Convell chaplain OF the Isl
Minnesota. A boy. II Year, old. belonging In New
castle Wcstches.er County New.Yorh named william
Francis Weeks a private 81 Co. X seth New York
Col Rugg has been condemned BY Court Martial 10 b,
sho, the Nth (nexs Friday for desertion and chap
lain Conwel called at headquarters this morning u
petition Gen Meade 70 stay execution. With the hops
Of ultimately obtaining pardon The petition Is signed
by all the officers of the boys regiment The facts a
given by the chaplain briefly these; The boy Las
been in the service two years consequently was d
years old when he enlisted.
| He induced TO go from Newcastle ~ New. fofk
City 10 enlist BY man 10 years old or 80 named Temp
kins Of Newcastle. Tompkins occupied the same tent
with Weeks. and exercised great control over him.
Weeks being an uneducated. weak minded. childish
boy for bis age and being destitute Of parents and
relatives Save one brother ia the liSth New York not
in the Potomac Army belieye) TO take any interest In
him. Weeks was in the first days tght at Frcdercks
that days fight Weeks with other soldiers. stroled
about the streets Of the city 20 pick up what be
could and taken up by the Provost Guard and set
"a work. Some time between that and the 18th
Weeks. on getting through with the Provost work.
failed 10 find his regiment 10 having moved and at the
suggestion u HIS evil genius Iompkins. he then ran
of with him. Tompkins was caught. but escaped and
Is now al large Weeks never was caught, but finally
gave himself up 10 Constable Zeno Hoyt OF Newcastle,
and the constable took him 20 the Provost Marshal and
received $50 for arrestnR him. suppressing the fact
that Weeks bad surrendered himself for the sake OF the
thirty pieces Of silver. Al that time the Presidents
themselves up had been issued. laborer Of Newcas
tie named John Daniels will testify to that fact This
story throughout Chaplain Conwcl says he has found
means Ia substantiate Weeks regiment has no chap
lain. hence the Rev Nj Conweus participation IN the
case J.E.