The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-04-10
F Bronson, at Paducah. Ky; Jacob F. Hook
>teile. at Nebraska City VIM Lice, at Aenia,
o. James B Howell at Keokuk.
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The Note Of Prepa . a Hon - Important Will.
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F-orn VI. y Y TINS, April
There is not the j ghtest douht that TO NOR
row o. Sunday. large fnce OF AIRY sold RS
viii ave for some unknown de,ti alton The
garrison of Fort Hamilton was pa d off ye-,er
day. ,he last st preparat ry Ia mar hing
Oifcer. were arriving from Washington. indi-
Nd ally all day yesit rday, and, carpet-hags in
| hand reporting themselves for daty. TIE vii
| lar- of Fort Hamilton was like a siormed tta-
Id. Troops who had ju got their monsy hav-
| ing heel ndulging freely in stmulants, ,hroug-
| I'd the : de walks in kl"ts Of from I'VE Ia ten.
bUisterousy discussing the affairs Vi the nation.
| Fort La ayrtte. near Hamilton. New tork
| IIarbur. has been CARR son,d. A troop of sap
| p T. AID miners arrived from the Fed raj cap
tai on Wednesday ght late. ami were quartz
I'd at that fort. there being 10 room in the op
po>te one. !etachn nts of p ck1t men wee
engaged all yesterday in preparing hay oat-
| am balances and stores for embarhatIon. and
getting places ready for the accommodation nj
Two com paaies OF artillery exp .cied last night
Companies { and f.. OF the Third Infantry have
been d r marching orders since Tue day
The Federal forces now in this neighborAood
! number ZOOS.
|
vest r,lav at the Navy Yard. Men were kept
working all Wedn' sday night and last n ght on
board the st am irigate Powhatan Vest rday
! a large numb,r If lahOrers employed on hel
were reinio ccd by the crew. lately detach, d.
who assi-ttd in getting in the var ous neccssa
| r.esior Il spec al cru ST. and IN pu hing forward
, the general ur partitions. Even while they
wer. at dim Oh board, the North Carolina
hands were put Oh to replace them in hurrying
| the work.
| Ye.ttrday grand battalion drill Of all the
marines now attached 10 the brooklyn garrison
as beld on the parade ground-Cap'. Daughty
and Sergeant Mcdonald putting the Ii oop,
through all the evoluto IS laid down in the tao
ties Their. were nearly l50 sold ers under
arms cons sting of the regular guard Of the
ba racks that of the Powhatian aid others
The ulmo>t trouble is taken with III. military
education of the mar mes. who may now be said
to be az fat in the profession. They looked
Splenddy aid exhibited considerable eyper.-
eDct.
| Fr IN Ib- T-ibure OF SUNDAY.
The steamers Atlantic and Baltic. of the Col
l.ns n. ID The llnois of the Vanderbilt, have
been tax II POSSESSION of by the governm- II. -
All day vest, rday and all lat n ght provis oas
of al kiuds were being pat aboard the Atliut.c
VIII Oh lies at her dock foot If Canal street. An
1t is believed that she has b zen provisioncd tor
a year Alongside was lighter containing
arms. II was c>p cted that during the nig 1t
4jJ troops would be brought up and put o.
GARD. What occasions The gr attest con .cturr
is The 800 stalls for horses which have been pu!
up on deck Ii is SAID that she will sa to ddy
at II o'clock under seal d orders. Her crew
ha> lccn largely incr as d, aud amounts now 10
more than 100. Th. Atlantic sailed for Brazos
a. d the provision for horses would seem 10 l. nd
plausiIil.ty 10 the belief that that is her DIES.
THAT o..
The steamers go under saal.d orders, and
conjectur. is busy as regards Their destination
Some say Pen,acol but the one VIII ca ga
most credance is that they are TO proceed to tn
mo It'll OF the Mississippi for the purpose Of col
Letting thc revenue.
A d.;achm mt OF United States recruits ar
riv d in this city Yesterday from Buffalo. and
were Immediately sent over To Governors L.
laId for reg mental service.
I Capt. BarryS company of artillery. and com
pau.e- II a.d X. SecoId Infantry. accompanied
,.y some mechanics. reached town early Y s,er
dly morn ng and ,incd the sapp rs ANA miner,
at Fort Lafayette. \ company or two from
Fort Culnmnus Were also 20 have gone up last
n GIT. TINS troops are all under arm, to d..
part SON Tor some destination, the latitude OF
which no one can iId out. There are now 4Sl
men at Fort Ham ton.
i Iest' riay morning 1t was decId ii, III UDcdi-
ence to Instructions from Wa>hn e;Ol. TO pu,
the Powilatan steam ;rigat. in commission. and
send her oil at all hazards iefore nightfall.--
Capt. Foote, Lieut. Amy ard Mr. Brady. have
noi slept t.r nights owing to the press o! bus
n s. this vessels equip ut caused All day
yesterday ezra hands were working on her
BrevooIt. of the marine barracks. sent down a
full frigaIe's guard at | o'clock; at a quarter
past one the crew were sent over In boats IRON
the r,c.iyin. ship North Carolina. and ch .ci ed
their old vessel b art ly on reaching h r. and al
= o'clock the ems gn was hosied. and the row.
whattan was turn,d over by Capt. Fo re io
Capt Mercer and his officers. All hands wcrt
then mustered on the quarter deck. and the SHY
duly d clarcd in comm IS on for q sp al cruise
As the armament i likely to be us d some what
briSklv, new AID strong plank- have been sub
stituted Tor the old ones und, the guns. The
boilers have not been touched. but the caulker>
and carpenters made an excellent job Of the
hui, in the brief tine allotted TO III m.
Al the q neral aSsemtlayc from the ship the
| following gentlemen app arcd in Uniform:
Capt. Samu |. o. Maryland Lieut. Egber,
Thnmp-on. New York; Lieut.. NJ C. P.rry New
York; Lieut.. William 3. Whiting. New York
Lieut. " liam VI. Camille Pennsylvania; Pay
master John j. Gul OK. New Jrrsey; Marin
Litut. Jnhn l.. Broome, New York.
The Powha'tan is first class s'de-whoe,
steamer of 1 l. tons huIder, aid fu,lt at Cos
port in 1850. She carries eleven guns and
about 800 officers and men. She retnrned from
China last summer and has since been la d M
| in ordinary. whcn she va; ordered suddenly 10
the Gulf OF Mexico. and bad II, arly been strip
ped at Brooklyn. OF Mondav. when the instruc-
tons to z her ready TOR sea came from Wa>h-
ington. She is the Only steam tr gate ever con-
vertd from the Lying up" condition into the
commits on state in the space OF three days
This is IN thing that could be dOae in very
few yards in the world
The Powhattan has on board six or seven
boat howitzers. for landing purposes. and al
accord n1ly larte amount of shot and SHE'LL
She is quite ready for action.
Naval lnseifi sence.