Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-30
Tho Virginia Navy Yard.

Inc IO!IO"ihS ietLei, Which, q Hho va 'No
Petersburg Express" gives some gratifying
intelligence Of the work now progressing with
SO much industry at our Virginia Navy Yard 4:
PORTSMOUTH, Va, april %, 1881.
At the Navy Yard, the preparations Tor war
ara in full blast. Every hour d~iscloses lo us
! new occasion for gratitude, on account Of the
| Illustration Of the malicious purposes Of cur
! enemies By a kind Providence. The Ply.
| mouth will be gotten into the dock to-day,
and will soon be ready for service. The
! falling of the shears on the Garmaatown-in.
| teadcd fer her utter de5truction-did her much
; less damage than was feared, while by carry.
ing away her masts and rigging, it saved
! her FROM ruin BY confagration: they hare
alres3y commenced raising her. The Mer.
rimac is probably more injured; bat il
il believed that she may still be turned to
good accounL Besides she hes $4,000
ponrds of powder in her nsSaZine which al.
taoush unAAr -u.o-, IL st 80 sccure Dy a-iu.
enclosed in copper receivers that there is nn
danger OF i:s being damaged. Her battery Of
five guns-oac Of the b@t in the worid-~as
gotten up yesterday and removed to Sewalis
Point, where it was renounted behind a strong
hreass work, and will eloquently respond 70
any attempt Of a hostile ship to pass through
the Roads. When q similar battery shall be
planted on Lauber,'s PJirt-which will be ef.
ilctei in 3 few days-th= navy 0? the North
ern mirmidons will be eli:ctnaIIy backed
down TO the protecting beach Of Fortress
Monroe.
The magnificent howitzer battery o. the
Germantown, consisting Of ten guns, Sas
also raised Yesterday and sent 10 Richmond on
lr,r-l tho steamer Northampton. This will
fully enable our sister city 10 give another
welcome 10 The New York seventh regiment,
or 10 any other friends VITO may challenge th,ir
respects.
The shot, shrl! and Other ammunition which
were thrown into tho river by the raadal h0rdeS
before their fight, are also being raised in
large quantities. And it is gratifying to learn
thal-contrary TO our first impressions and be.
licf-ia their haste and fright they actually LET
several hundred guns in a remote par. OF the
yard unspiket.
The dcfcnccs a. Craney Island and the Hos
pital nrc going forward very successfully. At
the latter place, s;x ct The Dihlgrcn thirty.two
FOUNDERS and two nr..s h:ll pieces have al
ready been mounted. and e:I u6te guns Of the
ior ms rank will. within two days, bc placed
beside them. This is Il bot shot battery, aud
will be irresistible. as, iu order to pass it, YES
sells must collie within half a mile Of it, and
between it and 6 similar battery at Fort
Norfolk. The furnace Of the Hospital battery
is already up and in s'od working order. En-
PEASANT, 20 show the Froulptnrss and enthu.
siasm Of the men in the yard, am credibly
Informed that they wers hard at work at this
furnace by II O'Clock on Sunday, while the
fires we're yet burning, and before the ignobie
fugiti=es were fairly out Of sight. In their
esger haste, they have left us more arnls, atn-
m%unition and equipments than We could pro.
duce in five years.
A large company OF ~snlisn: and hardy look
ing men, lately arri7cd from Georgia. il com,
:nendcd by 4 Minister of the Gospel. ! All
cd that they are oil true temperance ncn.
On their arrival, they We're oreak!astetl at the
Macon House, and it was sn imposing and
cheering spectacle 20 sss them ia the f.rco
nabillInents Ct war, reverrnlly Standing ar1uGG
the table, while their reverend Captain dc.
youtly impiored the blessing Of God on their
repast. Can such men be conquered? Ntrer!?
Men are still coming in from different qu.T-
,ers, and the aspect Of affairs is Frightening.