The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-11-09
noArs ron LANDING.

can TO provide itself WITH SURF oo".s.
nav saT ira, the expedition carries WIN =
not less than Eve hundred OF these nse.u.
helpe for lMaains trecrs Sufficient to en ~
. .iu ultaneous landing Of great nuMoe'
of men. Besides these surf bouts the uos.
eminent purchased several ferry boass,suSa
= Ethan Allen and Commodore Perry, tof-
merry belonging To tie Williamsburg fes'f
Tbss. boats we're Strengthened By iron
bniwarks. and will also doubtless De nse1
FOR landing troops. FOR which SERVICES tney
are vel. s,ed, each boat being eapaoie "
TRANSPORTING at least nine hundred men az =
Trim. and their peculiar build MAKING a.
much easier to land troops from them 'nan
from steamboats, of the nsna. form.
|, SURF BoAragS.
4. ia known that seamen, are not always
acquainted with the management OF sur
boats. or with the laIldins OF men tnroWsu
heavy surf. To prevent accidents the ma.
Nv Department SEINE months ago sent trussy
.,an,s To the shores of New Jersey and
Lang Island and secured the services OF Q
sufficient number Of the hardy wreckers o.
those coasts, men who played In the SURF
when they were children. and who nave
work ed in it ever since. ~ -
They will not only assist in WORKING Sa6
boats by which the army Will be iaanened'
hus will remain Us part Of the land iorce
afserward. =
| Resides the rations provided for the troops
while they Shall remain on board, the trans
por,s bear at least three and n bali months
supplies Of food of every kind Tor the greA'
army which is to be landed. One snip car
ries out cargo of water, and me pepaft-t
ment has already chartered and laden otner
vessels TO send down further supplies toAse
/ stock. and other needed provisions.
The Ocean Queen and other, steamers take
out. besides troops, such articles as shovels,
hicks. hoes, two wheel carts, brick, cement,
erindstones, lumber, prepared frames Of
| houses and barracks, ready to be SET up,
/ cross cut saws, immense quantities OF sanu
| bags, beams, etc. 9 45sasa 5ss
AMMUNITION. DrR .liAsi
| An immense store of shot and shell IS on
board; as also many huge columbiads, most
| Nv the vast l0,inch gun. which do socn Tear
| full execution. The Atlantic and Baltic
carry the most of these, but moro are I'M
dersiood to be placed on other vessels ~
well. - 80
| There are also quantities of gun casria-
ges and light guns for 6eld operations. Ot
these maay are Parrot guns, and nil are
completely fitted, ready for artt!lerisss,
hands when they are landed cassons, for
ges, and large quantities Of grape. cannister,
shot and shell being with each battery--suf-
fcient, one would think, for campaign in
the interior. ge ha as@Rb@" 9
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A great number Of army transportion
was ons are provided, over and above those
which belong to each regiment, and which
the troops took away with them. Extra
camp equipase of every description is also
provided, and great number of extra arms
and infantry equipments. This looks as
though the Government expected TO arm the
inhabitants among whom the troops will be
landed.
| PILOTS. ef s#5
We may add here that ALL the best pilots
belonging to this city have gone down with
the expedition. They were chosen because
they are familiar with every point on the
Southern coast, from the Chesapeake to the
Texas shore. Besides these pilots, num-
Der of skillful aud irusty coasting captains
were engaged from Cape Cod. These men
[ know every inch of the coast; have sailed
| in every harbor and inlet with their craft,
and will be able to carry the ships into any
port, great or small, on the Atlantic, or in
the gulf, where the expedition may be order
ed to land. T. a.s
| The Infantry equipments put on board are
sufficient at least for ten thousand men,
They include everything necessary to pre-
pare the soldier. a um
OF horses the expedition has nearly fit.
teen hundred. They are mostly on board
the Great Republic, Vanderbilt, Ocean
Queen, Baltic, and Ericsson. One ship
takes, rs supplies for these animals, eight
hundred bags of oats, and besides this 9TH
er vessels carry further supplies of oats and
corn, while many tons of hay are divided
among the transports.
1.-Two thousand bushels of Cumberland
coal have been taken along. This coal is
of the finely broken kind used by smiths in
their FORCES, because it gives quick and
verv intense heat.
Besides the two-wheeled dumping carts
already mentioned, there are also great
number Of hand carts and barrows, especial
ly of the latter. OF course every tool need.
ed in constructing earth works are found
in this immense omnium gdthe urt.
Three or four transports are partially la
den with brick. These are probably to b.
used, in conjunction with the fine Cumber
land coal for heating shot. Camp stoves
are cheaper, handler and more quickly SCI
up for cooking purposes, and the brick ar,
most probably to be used in constructn!
furnaces to hea. red-hot shot, with which
the great Columbiads will do good execu
ton.
| Commenting on the expedition the Pos
remarks
1t will be found that the Southern expe
dition is on a scale more vast than anythin,
of the kind heretofore attempted on thi
continent, at least; and that from the com
pleteness Of its outfit and the skill Of tn,
men to whom the command is entrusted
we may hope for a severe blow at the in
surgents in their weakest spot.
Where the blow is to fall is known oni,
to the government, and 10 the commander.
in-chief Of the expedition. II was unknow,
to every one except General Sherman--th,
captains of the different ships sailing will
sealed orders, which were not to be openes
till they got into q certain latitude and long
itude. II is probable, therefore, that tn,
insurgents will know before We do wher,
the landings are to be effected.
Whatever may be its object, We can onl,
wish the utmost success to the gallant mel
who compose il; and if their aim shoult
be Charleston, and we should hear by tn,
irst return vessel, or perhaps by way o.
Richmond, that that nest Of treason ant
villainy (Charleston)is RACED to the ground
the nation will only wish ono thing more
that its site might be sown with salt, so tha
not even blade of grass may benceforil
grow on the accursed spot, where the dis
graceful Southern treason was hatched out
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