The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-02-15
LOCAL NEWS.
NEW Yotk AND rus yICNlrY.

NEW YORK AND 1uh VICINITY.
TuE DRAFT -CrrHArIoNJ oP ruE Not-
uSrEEsrs1 Cosv,trr. porsry JuNrns.
tro. Gen. IheL,, rfovodt narshs Tor thc South
ern District Of Now York, has received bo orders 10
commence TAO drAn In hi. city to-day, and hi'
subJrdnstes arc ell busly engAssl In mastering
IN the men reorIged by tho Volunteering Commit
toe. Tho sucooHa u the Committees rocrui,iug ef-
iorv la oven greater than they expected. Our re-
porter visited their rpomsst two O'Clock yesterday,
aud found about four hundred men snIiousy
av aiung their turuH 20 H. examined by the sur
gconr. largo crowd was in Vatnr all day, and
We Committee wero constAnty employed in exam
lining and passing Nem. Two hundr~i men en-
istel during tho day, each receiving tho ull
| amount 4 bounty and hand monty. Iis uots-
lie feature OF tho present. recruiting operations that
large number of the volunteers invest their buun-
| ~ money IN county securities 10y tho advice II
! tho Committee. They deposit their funds
| In bank, receive thcrk, aud exchange "a
| With the Oty Controller for a county revc-
| nue bond, by which means they VIII draw ak
Ter cont. intCrort. This fact shows that the mon
now sulis,ug arc Of better class than the impro-
ydcnt recruits who have formed 50 large por-
Of those lA,terly recruited in tho city. Mr.. Blunt
feels quito condjeu, that the quota can 10 filled by
volunteering tho necessary funds can te pro-
ylIod. Tho amount now In the hands OF the Com-
mittoo-l,s than . million dollars cannot last
long At tie present rates of enlistment. sixty
thousand dollars hsyo slres,ly cen d.shurscd in
houuter, and the balsnco on hand will soon be az
h.ustod. II Is expected that our opu'eut citizens
will como forward with liberal subscriptions and
that there will DO no occasion To discontinue rs-
cruIting FOR want of h,ndk seycral applications
w.ro yestsrdAy mAds by brokers for permission 70
.ro,, booths in tho Park for recruiting purposes,
tho parties Aroeng TO givo bonds thai they will
.nli., men only for credit In this city. II Is prob
sblo that . considerable number will commence
operations on these terms, siuco their lucrative
country buancss 10 cut of, and the daily number
: = Of enustmcuu will therefore 10 materially in
| oreSsel.
0 Col. Baker continues To 'slir up tho ncbts o'
, | fraudulent bounty brokers aud '.jumpors," ami
thsre ia fair prospect that 10 will soon have the
$ whole fraternity in tho Old Capitol Prison At
: Washington. Tho names still withheld from
Tho nubl c. bnt a. soon as tho investg gAtious are
N completed tho facts will PROBABLY bo giyon to ,ho
b public. Tho dstoctves have ter,otsd out neW
and r,,hor Interesting feature In the bounty jump
|
4 organized body Of women, Of certain class, who
have bo.n engaged in systnmAtc plan for sssist
ing masculine sccompcos ,o desert They 90 to
o tho DRAFT rendezvous HSrrs Island provided
n with concealed suit Of female wearing appsrsl 70
ba used a. dsglso for the sccomplico 70 escape IN
=. The large number Of 'omsles who .ro constant y
passing TO and from tho island enables tho bounty
jumpers to thus effect their escape in iemslo at r'
o. with comparative safety.
. dpropOs, . correspondent writes that hmsc.
'd and a number Of friends desire 10 know whetc
ID there ID any difference between tho amount tuun
q paid Lo volunteers and 70 drafted men. Thor'
q. very material difference. A drafted gole -
10 bounty from any but the reccn.y enAc'r
state Bounty Bill provides that every man wio
n' drafted in ulis Stats shall DO paid tho SUI Of
6a from the Btato hnances. This amount IS
w rather as bonus than as bounty.
At A REBEL PmATR TO rG ESrcrrT d"
ad GovEhHoa's IsLAsD-Cspt. james !. F'''N "
10 was srrested Tor participating n tho rrb"I pir4''
10 operations on Lake Ere, has been tried By I"
Military Commission, sentenced 10 10 executes
Of and the tms Ia hKed for Saturday no1'' It appeN
re that the evidence against ieHil waa oonci$'ye o.
Ell | he was found gully ID toing spy An well 50
pot rebol guerrila-oither OF VI ch crn'a would Va
on rant his execution. He will he hung ou GoyorLo'
ny
ol. Island.
10y VALpvTNr'l DAY was not observed "
mo mo- ,erdly IN Ito spirt that chAracter ovt il
former years but tho number Of love u.s5.yn
IN. and recs yei was quito large Auou.' . r..
be that tho Interest which was once ... .-..
> vsrs.ry is rapidly passing away.
nd ARRIVAL OF THE SAVANNAH
1,o FLEEr-ELEvkS TnousAsD BALEs or CIV.
e. EoAEp.--A hoet Of t~enty ono ssilirs '....
r. lAin.Dg eleven shousaud bllas OF .o'..
~ fyI u..IlI0ns Of dolars- arr vod 80 ..'
Va. | CoAlHgsd W thAlsH ,..t