Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-10-29

From the New York EUening Post of Sat
urdsy we gather the following relative to
4 the great naval expedition which has sailed
TO operate against rebellion in the South:
The expedition consists, in all, of eighty
vessels. OF these three are steam frigates, six
other are sailing men fwar, twenty-six are
gun. boats, twelve ferry-boats, and thirty
steam and six sailing transports.
All the transports are fully armed, and
have crew on board to work the guns
Several transports were added to the feet at
Fortress Monroe, and the entire Atlantic
| Squadron will cooperate with the expedi-
ton.
TROOPS.
| These vessels carry, besides their full crews,
force of between thirty thousand and forty
thousand picked soldiers half of them the
best-trained troops Of General McClellan's
command. The cry that the army of Nc
| Clelan needed more men, which has for so
many weeks vexed impatient souls is now
! explained. 1t was not our land forces, but
| our naval expedition, that needed more men.
| When troops went on to Washington, it was
| only that others, better drilled and more ex.
| perienced, might be sent to Annapolis in
readiness to embark in the ships of the expe-
dition. Thus, from time to time, by the pa
triotic readiness of the people to respond 10
! not quite comprehend, our gallant General
was enabled to detach from his vast armysa
large force Of the best soldiers he had.
We need not say that these troops are well
armed and ably oficered. Neither care nor
expense have been spared to make their out
| fit complete, in arms of all kinds, in great
| guns, shot, shell, ammunition and all the
| paraphernalia of war.
BOATS FOR LANDING.
Several months ago the Government be-
gan to provide itself with surf boats. We
may say that the expedition carries with it
not less than five hundred of these needed
helps for landing troops-suffcient to effect
| q simultaneous landing of ag great number Of
| men. Besides these surf boats the Govern
ment purchased several ferry-boats, such as
the Ethan Alien and Commodore Perry, for
merly belonging to the Williamsburg Ferry
Company. These boats were strengthened
by lion bulwarks, and will also doubtless be
used for landing troops, for which service
they are we'll fitted, each boat being capable
of transporting at least nine hundred men at
a trip; and their peculiar build making it
much easier to land troops from them than
from steamboats, of the usual form.
SURF BoATMEN.
It is known that seamen, though able
boatmen, are not always acquainted with
the management of surf boats, or with the
landing of men through a heavy surf. TC
prevent accidents, the Navy Department
} some months ago, sent tIusty agents to tht
shores of New Jersey and Long Island, anC
secured the services Of a sufficient number o
the hardy wreckers of those coasts, men whC
} | played in the surf when they were children
aud who have worked in it ever since. Thes
brave and skillful men Will guide the boat
{ | in which our troops land at the point of at
tack. In addition, the Navy Department re
cruited further among the skilled and pa
triotic seamen of Cape Cod and Cape Aun
3 numbers of whom eagerly volunteered 70
4 work, for which, by long experience, the.
are peculiarly fitted. They will not onl
assist in working the boats by which tn
army will be landed, but will remain as par
. of the land force afterward.
? SUPPLIES.
First and most necessary comes food. Be
I sides the rations provided for the troop
!, while they shall remain on board the trans
ports bear at least three and a half months
!, supplies of food of every kind for the grea
| army which is to be landed. One ship car
ries out cargo of water; and the Depart
ment has already chartered and laden othe
Q vessels to send down further supplies of liv
stock, and other needed provision.
The Ocean Queen and other steamers tax
!. out, besides troops, such articles as shovel
picks, hoes, two-wheeled carts, brick, cemen
grindstones, lumber, prepared frames {
houses and barracks ready to be set up, eros;
: cut saws, immense quantities of sand. bag
beams, &c.
AMMUNITION.
An immense store of shot and shell is o
- hoard; as also many huge columbiads, mostl
the vast ten-inch guns which do such fearfI
execution. The Atlantic and Baltic carry th
9 most of these, but more are understood I
8 be placed on other vessels as well.
There are also quantities of gun carriag
and light guns for field operations. Of thes
J. many are Parrot guns, and all are completed
: fitted, ready for the artillerists' hands whe
a they are landed-caissons, forges, and larE
quantities Of grape, canister, shot and she
being with each battery-sufficient Oh
would think, for campaign in the interior
7 WAGONS.
A great number of army transportatio
, wagons are provided, over and above thoE
the troops took away with them. EXIT
camp equipage of every description is ais
provided, and great number of extra arm
g and infantry equipments. This looks
n though the Government expected to arm I'll
a inhabitants among whom the troops will
landed.
b To drive the extra transport wagons b,
a this city nearly two hundred professions
stage drivers. These Jehus will be mo-
serviceable on the Southern roads, where,
Mr.. Olmstead relates in his journey throug
the South, Northern stage-driVers are foun
the only competent men to take charge
stages in the various interior lines.
= PILOTS.
E We may add here that all the best pilo
belonging to this city have gone down wit
the expedition. They we're chosen becau
} they are familiar with every point on Il
3 Southern coast from the Chesapeake to IL
Texas shore. Besides these pilots, numbc
of skillful and trusly coasting captains wei
engaged from Cape Cod. These men kno
every inch of the coast, have sailed int
every harbor and inlet with their craft, an
will be able to carry the ships into any poI
great or small, on the Atlantic or in Il
y Gulf where the expedition may be orderC
g to land.
The infantry equipments put on board a
sufficient for at least ten thousand me
They include every thing necessary to pr
!. pare the soldier.
HORSES.
= OF horses the expedition has nearly fftet
v hundred. They are mostly on board Il
Great Republic, Vanderbilt Ocean Quec
n Baltic and Ericsson. One ship takes, as su
v plies tor these animals, eight thousand baI
i of oats, and besides this other vessels CAR
II further supplies of oats and corn, while mar
1t tuns Of hay are divided among the tran
% ports.
7. Two thousand bushels of Cumberland co
II have been taken along This coal ia of ii