The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-08-27
Military and Naval Movements.

command the steam gunboat Satellite now pre-
pairing for sea at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Mr..
Plunkett Is the officer whe 30 CALAMITY captured
the Crusader prize of Florida, and assisted in
bringing her home.
The new steam sloop-of-war Pensacola Is to
receive her sailing ordcrs-for trial trip-in a
few days Government Engineers are d,uiled
TO witness the experiment, AMI report upon it.
The following vessels are now AZ the Brook
lyn Navy d;--Rcceiving ship North Caro-
lima, ~; smiling frigatc Bundywinc, 30; in or
binary, steam gunboit James Badger, propsllor
Il. 7. Hale; steam gunhont Satellite prep iring
for sea- chartered vessels pamperc, AMI Pat
nam, undergoing an ovcrhauling.
a great number Of the gentlemen pt,scl "a
Sailing Masters at Mr. Blunt, office, have been
ordered to s.a, a. Matters Mates, anil several o
them have already gone. Tho T. $. frigat,
Potomac had only two regular Navy Leuten-
ants attached to her on going into Commission,
a fact for which our naval ann i. furnish no
precedent. These NJ l,tcrs Mites are thorough
tcamen, the majority Of them having ac.ci a.
Captains and first Mates in the merchant service.
They need only little drilling on man-of-war
matters 10 make them tho most valuable, he
cause the hardest, officers IN the Tni'el state
Navy.
At parade yesterday morning, the new Com
mander- thief Uf the recruiting husinc,, for
the Department Of the East, Colonel Lummis,
received from Colonel Smith the command II the
station. Tho installation Of the former in his
Office took place formally during the forenoon,
and Colonel smith ceases to act in that capIci.y,
and may leave for Missouri in few days
TWO MORE VESSELS orr TO rae BLocKApP.
The steam gunboat Connecticut, and the j. G.
Kuhn, sailed on Saturday from the Brooklyn
Navy Yard for the blockade fleet. The Con-
nectcut went to join the Chesapeake 1oLilla AMI
the Kuhn il 10 lookout both for privatcers and
craft endeayoring to get into scaled ports.
The sailing irigate Potomac, 90, was towoi to
The Battery yesterday morning, and may re-
main there for some time to give our citizen, an
opportunity to admire her improved appearance.
The Commander Of the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
Capt Footc has left this station for good o" and
gone to Washington, in compliance with orders
from the Navy Department. For the present,
Commander Amy is acting in hi, place.
The chartered vessel Pdmpcro goes into COM
mission today.
19rH REGMENr 0IIGuLAND GuARp) n Y.
s. M.-Tho recruiting for this regiment, which
commenced under the supervision Of Lieutenant
Colonel Elliott, has been carried on since IN lin.
" by Lieutenant Morrison at the Mercer
House, the Lieutenant Colonel having TO
return to Washington, TO attend tho Court
Martial Of this regiment. TIL regiment Is
now in pr'.r rous condition. Acting Colonel
Stcycnsi- rcprr-vutcd rs q very superior oihscr,
a military man by education and one who has
seen much service.
1IW CALCIUM LiGHr SIAHr,uoOfERS We
have already announced that Professor Grin has
established camp at W,chiwken is now
raising regiment which will rendezvous there,
and nightly astonishc- pisscrs on the river by
Gtrul flashes Of dazzling light anil meicor-ikc
bali- OF fire, which from time to time Tilt through
the darkness on the Heights Last might was
the irst of these experiments and for several
reason, it was conducted ON quite smii scale;
suilcient, however, to show the terrible power
| which a regiment like this will possess. \
| small imitation Of masked battery, where from
amid u mass Of green branches peered forth what
| seemed the muzzlcs OF two guns, was the object
| Of the evening" hostlities, aud when night
came on, the brilliant calcium light was thrown
| upoh them, revealing everything a. by daylight,
and they werc rdllcd at leisure by the sharp
shooters. The light was thrown AMI the firing
done from distance of about two hundred
wards. Here let it observed that It Is required
in ths r, gimcnt that each rlhtman shall be up
u Col. BrIdans test.
Mr.. J. G. Elsc OF the firm Of ]. C. & J..
Edge. pyrotechnists,) is tobc Lieutenant Colonel
Of til, regiment, and will have under his CON.
mand cop Of pyrotcchni,t, armed with pro-
cctilcs Of the most destructive character and of
n kind hitherto entirely unknown. Not the least
important Of these is an incendiary shell. which
will weigh but few pounds, can be thrown ac-
curdtoly half u mile, forms when fired ball of
fire two feet In diameter, unextingui,hihlc
without being immersed wholly in water, anil to
conclude its wonders Is fired from mortar
weighing only hceRty pounds From expert
ment' already made, it is believed that these
will do an incidentally greater amount of dam.
aye than rcd-hot shot, "a thew burn 80
iiercoly, and cast their blazing fragments in
all directions. Besides this advantage. they
arr so light that one man may carry mortar
and large number Of halls. Prof GRANTS
machinery will also be 30 portable that it may
all he carried without Inconvenience bv three
men who will have each light in charge. The
method ct keeping the apparatus secure from
the shots Of the enemy, by means of rifle pits
it is thought not best to describe infinitely at
present.
The officers Of the compny at Wcch ,wkcnare
captain BLEIEAND and Lieut. SCuusrER. both
excellent men and iirat class shots. Both were
before accepted in BEEpAN', regiment, but pre-
ierlns this were transferred to it..
At the grand exhibition on Thursday evening
the little battery which served last night will
be replaced hy large and formidable stgu,tur,
the firing Of which ly one OF Lieut.. Col. EpGE's
hell will conclude the display.
Tn FHn Frm ErGMENr-The depart,
IRE Of the 18th regiment, Col. DsTrob.i,ni,
which was f. have taken place yesterday, has
been postponed day OF two in order to allow
them to set their uniforms, which it would be
difficult 10 furnish in Washington, as is done
for all the Other new regiments
MASsACHrsErr, EEGMENr.- Ei,ht
zenith Regiment Of Massachusetts, Volunteers.
Col. j. barnes I, , Npp,ial h.r. t,I,,. mi, a.