Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-16
From the New York World of Sa,uyd,v
MILITARY AND NAVAL MOVEHENTs "
TIN RrcRUfTfSG oypIcHRs.

TIN ktIkUITihS OFrCrk.
The business at the recruiting Offices. since po,i,.S -
"wednesday, has not materially changed Cedar ~
Chatham streets average each about 30 men her 80
who are sent to Fort Columbus when sworn in al
refreshed" The cavalry rendezvous in Hudson .,,s,
il not doing much.
principal depot, Governor bland, on Monday. and ~
on "wednesday. Tho reBde ZVous vas almost besey.dt
aspirans for military glory Any number Of men conf.
be enlisted but the rule obtains there 10 hi. e
all but first class rejected We under.tard ~,
the naval recruiting rendez. in Boston and Ch.,le.
town are In full operation.
ARNAaEsTs SHIPS ORDERED FOR sEA
The Ordinance Department, which, Ike the unsr
proachabe armory, is under the control OF Capt C,r.
voort is finishing up the armaments for the three ma,
owar vessels in the stream preparing for active e,
vice. An inexperienced person form 10 idea of The
weight OF metal on these batteries.
THE VANDERBILT CHARTERED.
The steamer Vanderbilt yesterday taken from he,
per No. g. North river aud moved 20 % the s.etio-,
dock TO be oyerhaued aud undergo some rcfairs Al
though it has been denied have authority for rI
lively stating that she has been chartered By tie e. "a
States Government, and she will at be placed IN
readiness for that service Her destination t. OF ccu,
much Of mystery as was that Of the Illinois ard the
Baltic.
THE OCEAN QUEEN.
This steamer, description of which appeared in The
World few DAYS since, has Also probably been cb,,
tered by the Government 0aly few DAYS ago poster,
we're about the announcing the Ocean Queen for
Europe via Southampton aud Hsyre the ith Of Nav
These have been taken down aud H. advertisements
Withdrawn. On inquiry at the company's Office have
been informed that steamer OF the Vanderbilt linz
will be despatched for Europe at present and probably
none previous to the middle of June. Great acyity
prevails on the steamers however, making il still more
apparent that they intended for Government service
THE REGIMENTS TO BIZ FILLED Up
Adyices have been received from Washington which
;,J; bat of tka
| filed up to is war complement at once.
OUR TROOPS NOW IN ACTION
The soldiers despatched in the steamers Atlantic ln
nos aud Baltic had larger allowance Of fall cartri lges
than have ever been supplied 10 troops leaving the New
York station 1t is estimated that, all the troops
kept firing for eight weeks, at the rate Of tsent
shots for every hour in each day and night: the bullets
sent W tn them would not be exhausted.
RECRUITING ~ BOSTON,
recruiting Office for tie shipping Of for the IA
w was opened at Boston On Monday and when the Office
closed on Thursday evening nineythree had been
enlisted and il thought that before the close 0! e.
week the number would be increased TO one hundred
| and forty.
Among the applicants have been a very large number
Of young men from the country, who have been GU; Of
work. and willing to take up anything that offers
The enlistment will probably continue several weeks
as it is understood tina. two thousand man, ia all are
wanted Immediately for the navy and il will take that
time 10 get Ollces
also open in other cities So particular are the recruit,
ing Officers that man who had seryel in the British
navy as an able rejected because be had os.
finger on the left hand.
NoRE TRANSPORTS.
The steamer Philadep hia chartered By tie Gov.
ernment on Friday a transport, aud worknen put on
board to prepare her for with all possible dtach
She is rapidly filing up WITH provisions and lighters
employed conveying army stores and munitions O, war
from Governors Island
The steamship Ericsson, originally built 20 III the cal
oric engine but transftrre into sdewhe steamer
was this morning chartered by the United S2,es Gov.
| ernment to be held IN reserve for any emergency.
TIE NORFOLK NAVY YARD.
Considerable anxiety is felt in naval circles 10 know
what means the action of the Government ia regard 70
tie Norfolk Navy Yard TIE Germantown soop OF. war
and the steam frgate MerTimsc az that place, two
of the most efficient ships in the Navy, and their equip
ment tho present tme could not but concuce TO the
strength of the squadron the Yet no or.
ders TO fl them have been issued Some people think
that no men-of-war in Virginia will be put in ready
state Il is fact that has escaped reportora scrutiny
that since the election OF Mr. Lincoln no naval g..
has been commissioned and manned at the GOport YARD
| The Dolphin was recently fitted up and moored where
The liner Pennsylvania could hsve quite much poser
over her navy yard psope. The accidental dropping
in of the Cumberland too shows that the G)g,rnment
means to be able TO hold it, ia Norfolk should mat
tiers 90 to the worst The Cumberland ba, over three
hundred men, the Penusy lgtnia about three hundred
and there forty soldiers in the marine garon