New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-03
AMY AND NAVY INTELLIGENCE.

sr.,,sr, from, caup Sumner, on the Arkansas River,
..ra,e thu sat. nent that there haa no. been any
,eeAst engagement between the comuand Of C@,aa'n
De saus.nrs and Che Kiowa lndtgus notwithstanding
the hate snews that tho gallant officer was hosIy
pressek' come time siDce
The forthcoming report Of tbs Secretary Of Wer,
viRsecOmmehd, it ia bSssved large irersDse OF The
Urzed States Army in view Il the vast area Of coui
az over which the rolers mus. be scsttered TO sford
~ requisite pr,tectun 70 sst;lers aad migrants At
FreseBt the estfre force Of arry II only t,1o2,
although the nunber for which provision might be
mace, vShout overscppi3g the sct Of Congress, IA
n Ses The recruits added 70 the difeten Regiments
lately ere mo- ncf1ed, but TIE enlistrag busiress
has Avn Scr a hing time ord p sill sery dull TIE
aboss figures sre nearly cSTss. Chiefly owing 70 ce
m ossprors Autumn Just pas, and thu mild weather
vSkh Seh Writer IL ooarRencing, Il has been found
rstlr icnltvo obtain good supply of the gSJ sort
al plsp and 1erei u indication 3. present ,Aat
eru,Hg viii be at al brisk for the nzttwelve months
II nsy extra force be required large beauty, and
stheriadsesm enis s5rst be held cat 10 military ssp-
rar,s. Con- Scots able or Yer eslOgizng sad detail
ing The s<rvoes Of the RsgRsasx serving ia the West
sorn Saies and Territories, vhisi promulgated
sew we sksags, will reere Kr. Floyd from ms1iag
lengthy reIeress. to the su5icct. The SsB Josrdii
Guilty. be uye contract aHi tic condition. of the Utah
CANTON together with sosc notices OF Biographies
,ehsnzes in a. military DEPARTMENTS, courts martial
ryxe., win bts-eated IN tbereport.
TIE new FRI at the eHtr6ace Of Portland lKel bar
10, the commencement Of which we noticed some
weeks age is 20 be Immediately foEz!6ed. The fort
has cost $4,000.
1Letters 5om the stations Of company A. First Arta-
aery coutaiies and 0, the First Infat Try compa-
-;res C ana d. of the Eighth InAnrIy, company and
Setaefsaents from companies and X, of the Second
Cavspy report those troops about TO depart for the
Rio Ora nde in compliance with Dhe ste order Of Gen
T>wiges We have late naval news from Florida
ConIsolore Mcintosh, at Pensacola, had received anc
couspBed with orders TO dispatnh recruiting Off
oerr 20 New Orsoans without dolay, for the purpose
eniis,i rg men ~ Onoe take the new steam slooI
Pens cola arourd to Norfolk ser her machinery. Pur
ger q acIxon Lieutenant Roosselle and Surgeon Gan
nep ad been ordered to the vessel by the Commodore
ItSss expected that they might be able to leave
Warrington On the lst of December.
Abe u t. ssoOp.of-war SSsstOga, of the home squad
ror had put into Paneecoka official business, snd
VIZ giving liberty 70 her crew. some of whom were
de erting. The deserters woald be Immediately re
Ts'ped by Snenf-om the navy yard, not to detsiE
-the ship from her duties on the station.
/; The steamer Fulton, which was wrecked off the
F,orid,sn coast surveyed and the report says
lat s4 eco viii be necessary TO repair her machinery
The officers and crew of che Fulton had been orderet
by the Navy Department to take the steam sloop Pen
racoa Norfolk with the New Orleans recruits, where
. they will be detached for other service.
Chief Engineer Alexander was ordered 10 the gun.
boat Seminole, the machinery for which Was expected
20 arrive from New-York.
The marines Of the Saratoga having been in need OF
ro6nforcemeD,s small detachment transferred 10
her from the Washington garrison.
Preparatio1s beiag made at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard to receive the United States steam frgite Wa
bash flag ship Of the Mediterranean Squadron. She
will be due here Wednesday next the 9TH inst, but
may not arrive until the 18th.
The saranac's crew to have been paid oR yes
aer,laV ai Brooklyn.