The Enquirer

New-York, May 22.

RECRUITING.

From correct information we are enabled to state, that the recruiting for the new army has succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectations. New-Jersey has already given more than one third of her quota of the 25,000 men. In the small town of Orange, capt. Reynolds has recruited 45 men; at Morristown, capt. Scott has 54, and 35 for the old army; at Trenton, the principal rendezvous, col. Brearly has 86 men; at Cedar Creek and Burlington, 60 men; at Mount-Holly and Aimyville, about 145 men. In this city, col. Chrystie has been still more successful than the officers in New-Jersey: 195 men have been enlisted in less than one month. In the western part of the state, major Mullany has near 100 men; and at Rome, Schenectady, &c. they have been equally prosperous. At Hudson about 60 men have been recruited for the old army. It is now ascertained beyond doubt, that the new army will be filled in less than three months, the predictions of the federalists to the contrary notwithstanding. And had the excellent system adopted in New-Jersey, been put into operation in this state, its effects would undoubtedly have been equally pleasing. There is no doubt, however, that a considerable proportion, from 3 to 5,000 of the new army, are already enlisted south of the Hudson, although the recruiting business has been scarcely a month in actual progress.

We likewise hear that Col. Simonds, of the old 6th regiment, has called in the recruiting parties attached to his regiment, west of the Delaware to rendezvous at Easton; and report says he has 500 men exclusive of those recruited in New York and New-Jersey.

The Canadian Voltigeurs, boasted of in the Montreal papers, and paraded in bravado by their copyists in the United States, are misunderstood or misrepresented by the federal editors. The corps raised under this name are merely a voluntary detachment of militia, under their own officers, not subject to the rigors of strict military law, and enticed by a bounty of 96 livres, between 18 and 19 dollars, and other fair promises, to serve during the war or apprehension of war with the United States. There is a material difference between these recruits & regular troops. And if a comparison were instituted, it would show that patriotic zeal and military ardor do not flourish in Canada superior to what is exhibited in the United States, on the present emergency of the affairs of the two Countries.

Columbian.