The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-11
CITY ISrEn...' dENcE.

Par DE 70 rus s,rrrs Irn Nsw Tex vsrsHas
VOLUNTEERS members Of this regiment which has
since Apr last been doing garrison duty al Fort h'eh-
moGd. Staten Island, having eight months pay duo
toem, aud many Of them ten months, are anxious 70
know the reason why they and their families should 80
iohs 20 Kept without means Many OF these men have
families whom they declare great need for the &C
tuai necesssres OF life On making application to tho
cal that be does uos know anything the regn
and canaoi therefore. tell when they will DO paid.
STRANGE NsoLEcr % oeoEKs-A PRvxrs sotslss
scfFsesS Some months ago. private soldier. asmed
Thomas Cuperton, beiongng 10 the sixtb United 5tateS
iuautry was for sours misdemeanor ieu BY regimen
tai court martial Fort Wood Bedloe's Islags aud SEQ
fenced 10 ball aud chain for the remainder Of
eni'stment TIE sentence Was put into execution bot
through the interest Of several leading city ofcsis
s other gentlemen, memorial was drawn up in h,s be-
bu and forwarded the President Of the Unted States
thr"u9h whose humane action the Secretary Of War
stored the prisoner to duty in his regiment The speosv
order releasing him dated June Q, and No 2s2
II duly reached resimenal headquarters, which at
Hilton Head, c bn, notice having been taken OF
filthy cell on Bedoes Island Who is responsible for
this contempt Of the order OF the secretary OF War Ou
city.
Meeting or SEAsFs OF OcBss STEAMSHIPS -.
number or The seanen employed the steamers
which sail the American flag from this port held
meeting lst evening at the Sixth Ward HOTEL for
purpose Of esisb ishlng regular scale Of wages and
protective aSS0cotiOn sasiO1S
twenty dollars per in gold prevlocs to the war,
ua, have been down lately from atty to twenty ve
dollars per month 10 greenbacks This, thsmen COM
ptn totally Inadequate to the suyport or their fami
cs, and they purpose making u1ied demand fora
reasonable advance. The largo number OF Blockade
and refugees in the city suabcs the owners
vessels ship their quota OF men NJ very
small salaries thus denrvtDg able seansen or the opp0r
tunty Of ohtaning employment The association 10 70
secure the members from these nrnsments on thesg
rights and IN OF necessity TO provie for the ams
number signed the roll saa paid the initiation fee aSs
evening" aud after steps had been taken for the
drafting OF a constitution and by laws the meeting I'D
journed.
ARRIvs COMPANY r, Bivrp UNITED SrAYEs ARrIL-
LsRY. --This company commanded by Captain j. q.
Brinkcy and Lieutenant Chahos Simons arrived this
city from Washington at a. late hour Wednesday
night, and quartered at the Battery Barracks
awaiting transportation hcnceto Charleston, Co. there
to do garrison duty. II compr SEES about ono hundred
men, and has been for the pest two months stationed -
Diadensburg, Md.
MILITARY Picnic FUSK's PARE Battery y Of tho
Fourth regfmout artillery, celebrated yesterday, ss
Funks Union Park the foot Of Sixty third street,
East river, theie twenty nth annual picnic, which .
very interesting a0air The company under the CON-
mand Of Capt Kem and numbers one hundred and forty
men large number OF the frsads of the members Of
tho company and several officers visited the festi
val ground during the day and tho festivities and dane
ing continued una nearly ten o'clock. No dis
turbances occurred for the police officers stationed on
the ground tho int reduction OF sordcry ano
suspicious characters and fourteen or hteen OF
these fellows kept outside Of the gate The police
state roughs aud rowdics often drawn to tho
festival grounds where these pcncs held by young
women OF disreputabe character