New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-09
ARMY AND NAVY INTELLIGENCE.

II. ,.s,inonx On b. half of the Government was
On, Elm den On Saturday a; the Cross Court Hsr;'a
r.,v the mi; op~,'s defsDse begins, wbeo be hopes
a. ,ov. The indebtedness II tie Government ~ him,
in.,e,o VI rice rers0.
A ,hmeDt OF UIitea S,aes troops commanded
Nv Lent Davis, arrived at Fort Crook, Cal, on the
xh plt.
We ore requested 10 rspea: wha. we stated n week
s~o that the Un,ted STATES s.ore-hip R>ief sailed
from t,s port for Aspin al the 3ls' OF July. Inc
paragraph published OF Sunday morning 10 adaiiy
e,,4moor.ry. sss. ring ,ost "tae Rsiisf is bavins
her d.chs ripped pp at the Brooklyn Yard, IS
x4r,h an ,ccen'r city OF n 'dern enterprise.
Afr.irs NJ the Brooklyn yard are pretty bri-k AZ
pr-sert. Notwithstanding the Reforming Board,
f.l,v / 900 men are employed, 10 whom sop,voo are
,op,bly distributed. The neS reservoir q, the gaze
.,,ra q. bas been completed, and seversl improve
.x,t. are progressing in the several departments
The fleet OF v.ss.s 10 the stream Is somewhat
lager tan usual. FIRST, the receiving snip Ncrta
Carolina stll remains the permanent guard and Tor
srsit II 40 Winters and Sanmsrs she keeps over wa
ter admirably. The two Splendid stsanirsstes, NJ
se.ra aid Susque hanna, of Atlantic Cable p0tor-ty
he pesr each other, amply covered with canvas 10
prese, We them from the in iu-pce of the sun Tney
are ssi,ng for some other grand project or war as
tb,y are to big, obviously for peacesbe service.
Til. B,aLdye pe but. At Washington 50 years ago,
!, citing fast aud so is the Potomac, fine 5D-gan
fnea,e. abou, foar year. older than the last pamed
Tlv sloou Falmouth having been surveyed, reported
o.. oy.rbsued, aud sOueshat repaired, IA lying IN
The st,,am. waiting orders The steam sOop-oi-war
xpp-boa, Ifoquois has been Temporarily turoed over
10 Mr. Murphy men, for engines &c She VIII very
AN n be completed. The steamers Sumpter aud Mys-
tc have been foated oct Of DOCK to undergo the nm
bpe touches necessary for their future evolutions
An tb. Cont Of Africa; and the MobaSk and WSan-
ao,. which were ordered 70 the Gulf Of Mexico, are
inst dock. TO prepare for that station The survey
in, steamers Walker and Vixen, both recently en-
p.o,ed on active dury, are anchored near the Fall
month; and the storeships Release and Supply-tbe
TO- mer fong up fo' South America (Sb'ther she Will
take a mail, end the latter for the Mediterranean
isbi,ber she will take msil)-complete the hst OF
regular naval crsit at the Nsvy-fard.
TIE North Carolina has on board DIP men, OF
vbou l46 are sesueD, - ordinary seanen, ~ lanes
men bo,s. 70 fremen, and IL coal beavers, beside
arpes Lieut.. Williamson is still the executive
officer Of the North" and Capt. Ward com naod-
Aer TIL. 70 have b. en- sept from this recruiting ship
62o men In varous detachuepis since the LIST May to
the several vessels recently d,sp 4tched 70 sea.
The Ordnance Department OF the Yard Is princ
paly employed in preparing the ordnance for the
Gulf and Airca bound steamers, AMI in keeping the
arnsmeuts sresoy selected for other vessels in trin
Lieut.. Rogers succeeds Lieut.. Fai'fax in the ORD
nance corps. The Board of Engineers is still in s's-
siop, snd everything looks ike business IN the
n,eui es The new Commandabt is exercising qufe
svieilapt supervision the Subordinate Authorizes
ard reads The daily reports himself. His activity has
given birth TO the pun that there is always Breeze
stirring this year in the Navy Yard.