The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-12-07
The New York City Press.

Tho Times discusses the rebel navy such ag
it was at the beginning Of the reb,l'on, aoi
hen gucs on to show that u is now completely
driven from the sets, l. takes tho rucont abl,e-
mcnt orin ursncc b. The Board {. Unlerwi eri
As proof that tie ship ng OF northern m,r-
chant, can tiiyorso the ocean with almost tho
anne security a. it ,rjoy,d twelve moalhs ago.
The Timc' also condemn, the action Of our city
officials in assisting Falcouer, che temperance
street. reacher, and at tho same time allowing
p,OlOtnl ccrscd dram shops to have full swing
in the fa,e Of the law.
It, Washington correspondent says that the
effective force at the disposal of the Govern .
m,nt rises to the onormous aggregate Of Co.,
900 NTH
In roDud numbers, $50. 900 are infantry, 3D.
600 oavaly, and 2O,uOO arullerymen, besides
p arpshou.ers engineers, Sc. Of thi, fore,
Nv York supplies over 100, 900 men, tho AZ
uyst number furnished 10y any state Of the Ia
ion, Tho ugh Pennsylvania and Oiio follow very
tlO.e bthiud. The five slave states OF kan-
tlcky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, aud
Western Virginia, furnish close on ~, 00) men
to tie army d the Union"
In CONNECTION with the above army in'rlli-
rcnco We quote the following from the Tribune: /:
No more cavalry will be accepted by the
Government, aud il is the purpose Of the COM
maLling general TO muster out OF the service
al cavalry recruits In incomplete regimants,
unless they will consent 20 come in as intdntTy.
The number Of the cavalry already amounts %
between 10000 and 10000, muca moro than
the y,rn1mtnt can uso
"1h Secretary OF Var will soon issue an Or
,,gi 20 - Governors f lo Ice S'"''' ~ ino n
effect that no more regiments, bdttalons -
dpuendent companies must DO raised or Tcco4Ned
hy Them, except on IA, ryqusition Of ths War
Department. General Sup.rintenlonts are to
he appointed, and the recruiting will go on ac-
orlng 70 the system of Jhe regular army
The Time, also has a letter from Fortress
Monroe, cont dining news from authentic sour
ocs of the failure Of the Conederato iron.clal
iigte Mur1imac. The work, il seem', has
cen abandoned for the want ofa few northern
"gressy n.ochiniCs' to complete the plans, or
to adopt better ones
"The riginal intention Of tho rebel engi-
neeTs was 10 cover the vessel 10 within a shoot
distance below the Wnter-lino with two layers Of
rolled iron two and half inches in thickness.
large portion OF this iron had been rolled az
the Tfedegar Iron Work, Richmond, aud the
holes for uveting were, to expedite matters,
punched at The WuTks before being brought 10
NuGtlk. Well, the nrst dlhCulty these "ngi-
nerIs encountered was, that when these pl Ite =,
were "ucnt ur turned to bo applied 20 the
sides ul tho vessel, H0He # these hplef mttch' 4,
20 ih,y were compelled TO resort 10 tho eXpHti-
eat OF ilns and "Taaming' them cut before
the Iiy,ts could be inserted. The next was
tn4t II ship, which Is ia tho dry dock at the
Od navy ward, commenced "a settle on tbs
"LiO,k. owir < to the enormous weight Of tbs
iron Laced upon her,
The position Of the rebel army opposite
Washington is thus described hy tho IPOr!dS
Correspondent;
The centre Of the rebel army l. stron slyIin-
| t-,nch-d on a line reaching from CeGrrevills 10
Union Mills, ,iX miles south, aud the lnrers c.
| t.on of the Orange and AloXnliI Il tilcna
with B,ll Kun, u}tIs OgcnuuIu river. GJ,uOJ
cuul drfaIes hIld the works defending this llne,
| ~ 900 more are deployed between CeErcyillr
| aui the Potomac At COOnS ferry-'a Wild and
| dihi,ilt 70 lion. Alorg this line Occ Ir our con
tuul annoying SIX FINISHES with their advanced
parties, in which, cartuiuly eAhIbiting more
| dlsh than olr f,llows, they often get the better
| Of us. IGk tho affair at Hunter's b III, on
| Wednesday. 20,t0J more troops constitute the
| rebel ii yht, extended from UniOn Nj Ills 20 the
mouth Of the Occoquan, on the lower Potomac
The Journal IF Commerce, in an article OF
Gen. Burnsides expedition, says that it wa
originally intended to consist of Is vessels, car
rying 5000 men, but that 1t is now determined
not to send out less than 35 vessels. 1t adds:-
| The whole aset will probably carry not lss