The sun., 1864-12-13
LOCAL NEWS.
NEW YORK AND THE VICINITY.

THE MELrtNG OF rlT WoRKtNo woMES's
Prorrouyr USioS, which has tecn heretofore
mentioned IA the suS, will bc held At Cooper Inst;
tuie this evening. Several dirtinguishcd speakers
will sidress tho meeting, among whom are Rev.
Hsury Ward Rcrcller, Hon. Ctar'el y DNy Jas.
4. Brady, Esq, anu A Oakley Hall, Esq. poem
pertinent 10 the occasion will be read b. Henry
Norforl, Esq, and facts will be presented relative
10 the work thst has been accomplished by the
Protective Uuiou. No Adnitlance fee will be
.harged.
CoUNrY NoLuSrEEH CoMNtTTrE- THE
STw ESRoLLNESr..-At the Park Barracks yester-
day there was quite lively ~cnc. Applicants
Tor position on the new enrolment, t. the number
ot Eve OF six hundred, were nuNiousy awaiting
their turn, with their applications In their hands,
for Inspect on. E,ch man has little card
which his name Is written, and hy whom recon-
nended, and attached is a small piece u paper
with specimens Of the handwriting Of the spni
cant Supervisor Blunt carefully inspects the
Ieuinanship and recommendation, and II both
satsfactory, he 'pissos'' the individual, who is
ordered to report as the Bureau, Nos. II and 70
Duane strc 4, where employment Ia Immediately
given him. Probably, OF tho whole number yes.
ierday, two hundred passed muster, who VIII be
sst W work at once A. the Enrolment Bureau
there are In all In the neigh orhood Of about one
thousand men busily engaged in transcribing and
correcting the lists as sent from the Offices of the
different Provost-Msrsra's. In The matter Of re-
cgliihng, business continues active. During the
week just past, recruits sud substitutes to the
number OF two hundred were received at the Coun-
~ Volunteer Rooms, and about an equal number
at the Battery Barracks plan is on foot to
open several Offices over the city 20 receive re-
cruits for Hancock's Veteran Corps. There being
an understanding that bouaty Of $500 will @
given by the Volunteer Committee TO men who
have arcsly served two years, and who desire n
re-cust, glyes fresh Impetus TO enlstments gen
orally. During yesterday twenty-five volunteers,
and fifteen substitutes, were received. and still
,hcy come ! It is generally believed that all the
men required, will be supplied Il our citizens will
furnish the funds n obtnln them Sir. Dlun, has
itceivcd the following letter which explains Itself
HEADoUARrFEs, Co. II, 18th y volsl
Ia the field, Virginia, Dec G.
sm-l have the honor TO inquire whether you
can inform me who - responsible Tor eulstiug tn,
following worse than useless inen OF my company
Charles Beers, Of Company IL, SUI situte ior hi
sou-in-law, Ostoher 20 1888, At Tarrytowu, Ncv
York, Tenth Congressional Dttrct lie has nove
done days duty, anti lately dropped as deserte
while on iurlough from hospital. Patrick Rogers
substitute, struggled in with whlskey, dcmrutc,i
aud nearly blind. Eulslol O,tobor 20, 1868, {,
Tarrytown, New York. Has never done any duty
IL now IN hospital when with the company "a,
To detail good man TO take care of him and les
him around At nght. James Batter, volunteer r.
Cruit, mustered by Captain Gregory, Brooklyn
New York, December ~. 1858. He recenh
dropped n deserter, and hear has been arrest n
an New York, while heins smuggled into the ser
,ice n second Luie. under stand you saw hin
aud wondered at his having belonged to this rcg
,uent. Some one Is to blame for swiudhng lh
government by obtaining such men as these. Ihur
good deal Of this work doue, and l cOnsdG
shose men who Will do 1t worse enemies to on
country than armed r,be's in the tcld, and
would aford me great pleasure n could he inSlrl
mental In bringing them TO justice. have Otto
heard you sposen ot as one who lel great inter
est IN public aiisirs and thought perhaps yO
could inform. me who the psrties were who passes
Ihese men. II certainly would be libel ~ cal
th,m .ergeone Is Sgned)
JAsrs j BAEnrrr,
Capt. Com. Co = A and II, n. \. Nols.
FIGHT AMONG ruE IIREMEN.-A fight o.
eurred between members OF fire companies Fort
aud Hfty-threG ut tho corner Of broadway an
Courtlandt street, about one O'Clock this mornin.
The difficulty - suid to have originated IN one
tLe companies trying to pass the o;hcr In tho rae
60 a fire. number oi pistol shots were fred an
Lour men were wounded, and subsequently, take
20 the Hospital Inc oN,ent Of tro injuries W,
Not known st the time our reporter left, nor coul
she names of the injured men h, asccrtained.
SKATING PRosPkcrS. Yesterday was wh,
might be termed fine frosty day Tie rlas.
leari OF winter hung from the caycs Of the house
srd though the day fclt cold. yct tay ruu shoue OF
beautifully In the aC ruoon, the wind, which n,
rlown heavy gsle since The evening before, la
ius moderated Ladies promenadcd Brosdway
their best winter dresses, while hundrods repair,
" the Central Park, only to be disappointed, hoy
ever, for the high wind prevented the ponds fro
being even ''sk mined" with zoe thick "
Ter. The Fifth Avenue pond had It's visitors ais
aud M. O. 9. oatman WAS in his glory; for II q
.eather continues Jack Fros, will enable him
zap a good harvest. At the Harlem Pond the
Sas pretty thick, but still rot thick enough
,ka,iug On the ioe hrst making Its sPpearan
,orA Arrangements were made for flooding owe
a. v, a.da.a ssvsa, q SpSn, w rsia which 70