Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-24

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From u New York Tribune, osIiIl
"ARaY AND NAVY"
Recruiting for The regular army continues very Out
Ct not Only New York bu1 also ia all the Interior STA
tons With The exception OF b. To- which il doing near
" ss much business as Boston, Pniladephil and New
York put toge her. The old of1cs her, booked only
Ten msn Lass seek Buff 10 telt IN twelve icheser,
Bos,oa ami adelphiA none 70 four new GIN 'es at
Albany, Reading, Pa, Win ngton, , and Bridge
port CJu when we're op ned about the middle OF sep
temper, have not succeeded ia eLlsdng single man.
Iron tbs Y. Commercial cf O,t Ia
TaE CHEAT NAVAL kAPkDuluN.
Ons Of tie most ex ensiye naval expeditions in which
this eountry engaged ia no6 In preparation, and
part Of il Is already on the way TO q conmol rendE
voas
TIE larger portion Of this st has been h'ea on. AZ
this por bl. several Is have been prepared n bcs
ton and Pailad 2la al intend ID for the SANE OH CT
TIE a,sth,s been furnis Ell with every ssUy yet
al! has been conducted without bus lie or eoaiusion-
Merchants have offered their yess Ia and they have been
Scceped BY the Uaited States = Iarterm sNr Win
promp,noss Tis trars 1oris have ben rapidly loaded
" our HhrYes and thea hauled INTO the stream or on
the BItssry, w4ti1g the sig a. TO Start Lvgo s,elm
SHIPS q have Sol hems ives renoVn as ocean palaces,
have been stripped OF their Ing, loaded heAvy win
eauuol aud de lth-desog s,ies and ttken into the
ranks OF transports At var vessee The expedition se
it usscomplsed oar barbog lev days sioce present
ed scmsWhat novel sppssrlucs Toe Bal 10 loaoed
nearly 10 her guard tho l,ntic Vanderbilt and Other
ocean stesm'rs, al be,iirg valuable freight lay 10 the
strssu with slroy gulbol's, sid .Hheel a. propel.
ara and syen tha dimiaufige tue, with coat 81
bIask lut laii proudy with the var et. By the mid
die OF week this expedition 60 Tar advanced tha'
people began 20 speculate upon Us prooaols Gee inaVn
The very Suroa did tssiiate to take au early wax
up1n ths Battery ard 20 dsyo,e an hour 70 tee euc
examination OF zoe ,st il sny OF 1hem rad stt
duruR The night The Woatsr-overS we're grarh "a on
Saturday, by hs departure Of the CoaI CahaN.
bL RiAaoks, nDiro Cty, ? nkarsbarg, ladilla sud
Atans The 8 Rhode Island reg men. ass tTsus erred
fran Fort Haul on 10 the CahaWoa, ID Col Serrlls
Elsiuet wsre taken on smother vessel
Yeyterd v tho battery thr0nged nearly all day by
4 crosd OF people anxious 20 departure ct more
Of the ysssels Daring tho day the Star OF the South
osesn e-n, Daniel Webster, ARIEL A.aSo, WANDER
blk Or entail ard lode Islsni left their several an
eborages a-d sped their way o., OF port Toe Hho -
and several SuloOss and transports rsuln 10 the bar
bor bui Ia all prolsbity, will sail during the day
Three fsryboas purchased on day, The EIhsu
Allen, Commodore Perry, and Slipping Some These
will De despatcbed tO-morrOs or "Wednesday,
The entire st will have III this post By Wednesday,
and probably bg Saturday will have received the troops
Who a;e to take part n The exp 'diuOn.
We commit no iupropTely when We declare that the
non is Haup on Roads and Annapolis The naval ves-
sells will read SoUs at the former pses While the trans
pors ara erg goa In takiag board troops from An
nsp IL Il /, sRed, with some semoAGoe Of tfu'o'
that there wsrs COZ men sent 10 Annapolis o. Ihu's
dnv. We also Learn that the Continental Guard, CoL
Parry Washil cton Gays Col Moore, and three other
regiments have orders 20 jll the division az AnnsPo
La l. "a therefore probable that an aGgeslte force OF
q5 600 N n will be seat II These vii b fully equip
nd armed IN the hes: manner, and supplied with az
ab1ud mos Of provisions.
Tog u.tns.s dssuusi7l Of She expedition is known
Int 10 Gorsrnuent g. General Scott and even Wleu
tn ,st sails the Geaeral 10 command OF the trooi
vii tr1bably receive seald Dispatches, which be vi"
Be instructed to open when Ia 8 certain latitude.
Toe utnos has been taken to ensure the success
oF mi, expedition, and We safe in asserting that
when the blow struck the effect upon the South val DO
terrible.
Oar readers and contemporaries may accuse u, OF vi
o.tipR the express commands OF General Neil uen 10
m,kipg public s.? much Of the above ss may appear
70 fave been wbn tie scope of the insirnc oas refer
red 70 We will say this morning chained per-
misslsa 70 publish The above facts.
E.on the rsIldsl hla Lsdser.
NAVAL AFFAIRS.
Among the vessels recently purchased by the Govern
ent add Wing a. the raw yard the Safe Georgia
the iron steamer s. My Stars and StriDes, Jiaeo
Chambers, .Orgs MsDgnan, Maria A Wood, Adolph
H,gol and Joseph l. Davis besides many others watch
have rot vet aravAd Thes5 vessels ar3 beng Ted ~
a rapiiy as possible ard soon "a their armament il
placed on board thew will be ready for soI Tho James
OhamNer7 add Stars aud Strips wa-e purchased from
smpsoa Mil s1d Charles Williams, ship builders -
The ns4 iron steamer s. Mary Eas bought from firm
IN WlIi IgtOn; s'sl the Virginia Dae, Shicn has not
vet arrived a. the yard
The Sau Jlcinio and s.. Louis are expected 10 arrive
toe navy YARD.
Tas U led states steam s0op-oi-wsr Brooklyn has
bsel stripped rslory 20 eon 'nct1S the necessary
repairs ,hJsoIgl inspection OF the vessel made BY
Master Ca.psncr Davis hs shown that 10 is Necessary
90 thoroughly overhaul her Considerable Of her up
works are rotten, ami some Of her pa1kne IS Ia TOE
same condition. TIE Brooklyn vas bull. BY Weservet,
NJ New YorS In 1888 Tde e'a'e OF her tmbers coz
hal AZ her
prisiog The Nav Department has ordered the repairs
10 be done 10 she Brookyl Wth despatch.
IRON tss National rnituig=nSe
A VOYAGE Up TIE POfOdA1.
OS BOASD tax L S. Transport ~BiLJDIN !
PJ:omic Z yer, o.. H. 1861.
Al one o'cl ca YES erdsy afternoon sc el,e-ed the
mouth of the Potomac and oceetcd Up stream.
Prom gentleman on board Tho ve5s,! =; armed that
our G. vsImCnt l. preparing mo'sure intended isr
tie defrn-e and relief oil Ire Ia Chic ,asRue
ILIud V, as also - op'ra.o against ioyoe Of Con
fsderaes IL .rtdau pon al AceOmac Counties Va,
aud futler keep teis aud thngsin general 10 gooi
shape o. tse Shore OF Maryland "a the above
named places. The movements comprehend one gun
boa, two smaller boat, tEO hundred dee, and
sha tue later to have authority 10 arrest all leading
sece ssiousts and prevent smuggling which s being
carr cd on 20 large ext ut
We me. Ire gun oOa'a aud Valley City proeeed.
Ing sa.wsrd under q II press OF canvas and tteem T.
Jln ihi Hsst somewhere oct idC.
Toe cap Al OF the p I'd lJha Toe Beat Is under The
iuorssaon that the CSofdrAts steamer Page edi,aes
makog an escape. To prevcnt 'hs snail boat or al
dark nights, Is kePs "a Hear toe Fag as possible.
small boas with armed crews cru 5; on the river ey
ery llEht Wih muta oars, sud Of'eo approach very
rear 70 the Yirgilil SIDE
Tue o b day party of eoored persons, consisting
Of three MEG aud one woman, splr oaehsd the F' S?e
pha saying that they tdsItlyes FROM Sec sson
u us.er, that they had dragged snail roS.boss three
miles through the woods With oxen, and afterwards
rosei up fr0m Matthias POlnL The party we're taken
% board he PailadelphiS and cent 20 Weshisgtcn.
Eve gut b)ats were statoCe6 Cd Iadian Head P0iat
ard some iou- or G e below H. -.a ~
The Captain OF te Paiadslphla wants 70 diaabe the
Page By bringing 70 bear on Der eighty dr. but
the couu.udero i6- q lila oppOoI such movement.
The Capsn says be bit the Page out Of every
twenty shots.
Tue Confederate epcsmpDeut 5, Aqua Creek can
easily be detected by clouds Of aseet re smeks.