Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-16
GOVERNORS ISLAND.

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lowing;
GovERsoR's ISLAND.
The unceasing preparations which have
been making on the island, for some days. to
receive troops, were not made for nothing.
as we anticipated. No sooner had the ar
rival OF the COdtzdcodtcos been announced on
Thursday, than Fort Columbus was in a fer
ment. Oh. duty men rushed TO the breach
to cheer their returned comrades; police
parties threw by their work, and followed
suit-even the days guard forgot the digni-
fed disregard of events going on, off their
post, which sentinels generally observe--and
went as far from the guard-room toward the
wharf as they dared. The band, having been
tired playing "The Girl | Left Behind Me-"
for departing troops, were glad TO have a
chance OF altering it to q less melancholy
strain, (''See the Oonquering Hero Comes" is
the tune usually played on the accession of
re-enforcements, but it didn't exactly suit
the case, and Paddy Carey" was performed
with spirit. The barracks, mess rooms and
baggage-rooms received a hasty brush up,
and missing belt-pegs and musket racks
were supplied. Yesterday morning, the
continual arrival and departure of officers
and messengers from the city, betokened
active movements, the nature of which Prov
idence and Gen. Scott only know.
Some of the lancbes which were brought
down from the Navy-yard to go in the Bal.
tic and Illinois, and two third cutters, were
yesterday returned, and hauled up on the
wharf.
A schooner, loading with gun. carriages
directed to Captain Israel Vodges, Fort
Pickens, is lying still at the wharf.
THE Neutrality-suspicious.
The business at the recruiting -officea, since
noticed on Wednesday, has not materially
changed. Cedar and Chatham-streets ave-
rage each about thirty men per week, who
are sent over to Fort Columbus, when sworn
in and refreshed" The cavalry rendezvous
in Hudson street is not doing much. When
a few dozen recruits are obtained at the lat
ter they are dispatched to the "horse soldiers
depot" Carlisle, Penna., where riding mas
ters and green steeds await them. After
going through the initiatory service of a
mounted trooper, they are then drafted for
California, Oregon, and other distant regions
where the Infantry need assistance. There
are generally from eighty to 200 men at Car
Isle, and large stable filed with horses,
many of which, notorious for their wick
edness, are kept permanently, to inure the
new military man into the difficult part of
his profession.
In Boston, Mass, six men were sent to the
principal depot, Governors Island, ON Mon
day, and six on Wednesday. The rendez-
vous was almost beseged by aspirants for
military glory. Any number of men could
be enlisted, but the same rule obtains there
as in this city; all but first. class men are
rejected. We understand that the naval
recruiting rendezvous in Boston and Charles
town are in full operation.
THE NAVY YARD.
The business at the Navy yard continues
with unaOated vigor. In all the DEPART
ments hustle and activity are visible. The
engine-shOps have the engines aud machin-
cry of the Wabash and Roanoke in hands;
the former is approaching completion rapidly
and will probably be finished on Tuesday;
the latter is not being hurried.
The Marine Barracks still have about
eightHysix troops, none having been detached
for some time. They are drilled every day,
sometimes along with the guard of the re-
ceiving. ship. Instead of one commanding
officer, one executive captain and three lieu.
tenants, the commissioned officers consist of
Captain Breevort and Major Doughty--Ser-
Reant Mcdonald has been acting officer of
the day, in his turn, for weeks, but the honor
is all trouble and no profit
In the paymaster's department, Mr.. Bel
knap, the new incumbent has Just got the
hang of things" Mr.. Nixon keeping him
posted during his initiative term. The late
acting clerk in the purser's Office, Mr.. Mur-
ray, who has gone to Mare Island with his
iather, IS replaced by Mr.. belknaps son, an
intelligent, gentlemanly fellow. The visit.
ors who daily throng the premises, minutely
examine all the attractions of the yard, from
that "old curiosity shop" the Lyceum, to
the magnificent launching ways, which have
just been bFidged over and completed The
new gun-ground, which win be one Of the
tanciest Ornamental squares" at the station
when completed, is quite ready for the caa-
non, but they have not yet been brought
down. The skids are all laid.
The North Carolina yesterday fred few
experimental guns, which made the visitors
believe that war was undoubtedly commenc-
ing at New York
TRK ARMoRY.
Tightly barred, and hid from the gaze OF
outsiders, is the Armory. Since the mem
oTable night on which the capture Of the
NAvy-yaTd was decided upon by some des-
perados whom the Commandant Is reported
| to have seen in a dream, the doors OF this
building have been shut up and no one but
| the keeper of the keys can tell how the
arms look now. The muskets, cutlasses,
swords, carbines, pistols, boarding pixies, and
the rails filed with eartouchs- boxes, are