Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1861-08-03
From the N. Y. Herald of Thurseay.l
Brooklyn Navy Yard--The Work that Is
Being Done.


Brooklyn Navy Yard--The Work thnt Is
Being Done.
One thousand men are now on board the
North Carolina ready for active service.
The Supply, which sailed On Tuesday, took
out upwards of one hundred extra men to
be distributed among the blockading squad
ron.
Captain L. NJ. Powell has reported at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard to take commend 0
the Potomac. Lieutenant Samuel Marcy has
also reported for the Potomac. Paymaster
James D. Murray is ordered to the Potomac.
Lieutenant H. K. Stevens has been ordered
to the command OF the steamer James Adger,
just purchased.
The Iroquois will sail TO day about noon
to join the bloekading squadron. a
The Richmond and Potomac will be ready
for sea in week.
Three large clipper ships, recently pur-
chased, are at the Navy Yard loading with
coal for the South. -f,lls-
The steamer Rhode Island sailed yesterday
at noon, for Fort Pickens, with large and
valuable cargo. She takes hundred tons
Of ice and large quantity of fresh beef for
the bloekadiug squadron.
The Connecticut viii follow in about two
weeks.
Several officers belonging to the French
gun boats, now in the narbor visited 1hs
yard yesterday and were received and shown
around by Flag officer Breese.
The following statistics will give the public
sore idea what has been done in the Navy
Department: l5al n9il
In April the Commodore of the Navy
npo,lr1rru
twenty steamships and propellers, aud they
are now all engaged in the blockade Last
month the STEAMSHIPS Rhode Island and Gon-
necticut vessels of about l,900 cons, were
purchased and armsd to run along the coast
from this port to Galveston, to carry troops
and supplies to the different squadrons, and
to cruise for privateers on their outward and
hOmeward routes. They are both very fast.
Also, in June, there were purchased Eve
ships of about 1000 tons each, armed Tor
blockade service in the Gulf, and loaded with
coal to supply the steamers in the Gulf.
Early this month a special naval constructor
was ordered to this city, with an ordnance
officer and engineer who have thus far pur-
chased the following -
Steamship James Adger, Propeller B. B..
Hale, Propeller Stars and Stripes, Propeller
Valley City, Steamship Augusta, Steamship
AlabamA Bark Brazileris Bark Roebuck,
Bark Dawn, steamtug Satellite, Steamtug
General Putnam. % -
These have gone to the Yards Of W Al.
Webb, Westervelt & Co, Bucknsms anil
Messrs. Collyers. Some fifty other vessels
and steamers have been examined. and fur
ther purchases will be made and other var d
4 supplied with gOYerumaut u-nrk Or Coto,,,.y
dore Pauiding is now in the city, and. with
the naval constructor, is engaged in exaniu-
ing vessels suited for naval purposes. The
Department has made contracts for the con-
struction Of gun carriages, and most of the
vessels purchased win be ready for their ar.
mament this week. Similar purchases ara
being made in Boston and Philadelphia; in
addition, all the navy yards a.e very busy
fitting out government vessels and building
the new sloops-of-War; and twenty three
gun boats of five hundred tons each, are
being built in different parts Of ouf country.