, 1861-06-03
ARws FOE TEX REBELS.


(From the N. 7. Evening Post.I
The story which was started by some Of the
rebel newspapers some time since, to the ct.
feet that foIeign aEms to The number !. ct ooo
but that they had been distributed among tho
rebels In Tennessee and other rebel States, Is
sufficiently dfaproved by the following state
ment In the Boston Transcript Of yesterday,
foruardedby the Washington correspondent
Of that paper, showing thht they have not yet
arrived but ara On their way:
IT am enabled BY credible authority, to- commu-
nicstc peco OF Intelligence that Will crafty your
:Tha otlcer1 Of the Minneeota, (which has been
ordered sonth to relieve the Niagara, recently
blockading the harbor Of Chsteatonl, before 1eay-
ing the station at Fort Monroe. verc put U P25,,
EeeEfQn Of highly important tnfuEmAt1un that Will
probably lead to the capture Of formidable military
stoyes Intended for the rebels.
now m probably d W New Orleans to act IN sbcattln.
band vessels, With those Of their officers the extent
ar Ss ss VISA hey
in The vicinity OF New Orleans rather disasTeahle
surprise win await them IN the shape Of = demand
to surrender this valuable Watllkc property to d
loyal comu1ander Of United States vessel
II am not Ut liberty to ttate the exact numbcr
Of the that arc thus likely to fa iato the pos
and sfrero! Mon.and stand q Eaatla rites and
osr ss!n9 sgx" s5S 1n 5egttr ' e0"'T
''Theee vefscls also have on board largs amount
ssre saaosg g s ts a Teh to T III s
apparatus Of the Government.
ut Is bare1y within the bounds Of possibility
that these rich prizes IN prospective mxy eludc the
Vigilance Of our blockadns f1eet, and run iato New
night-''
1t is CLEARLY impossible for any single vessel
to carry all this cargo; 20 there will probably
he several prizes to be looked after. No ship,
except the Great Eastern, is capable Of carry
ing cargo Of "psrks Of cannon, several thou
eand stand Of rifles, and machinery" aud in
asmuch IS the Great Eastern is now headed
the other way, and the rebels have no money
to pay for her even If the British Government
had not forbidden her use IS transport, she
Is rot likely to be employed in such service.
It is interesting, however, in this connec.
ti0n, to calculate the actual amount Of room
required for the transport Of ar7ns. II put
ting mp arms twenty muskets are always iack-
ed In case; $4,000 muskets woElt rsq1;re
I2,5O0 cases; there are nine and n fra::ion ,,l,-
bic feet in case, which would max. III 500
cubic feet Of space, to which mn5t, be adl':t
fifteen per cent for Waate in stowas,c, aud nj
lowing, as is usual, forty cubic feet - the ton,
we have a vessel carrying the enormous
amount Of nearly 3 ,235 tons.
Or It may be computed more simply: The
average weight Of muskets is ten pounds each,
and OF the cases tWenty pounds each, total for
the number Of stands stated :, ,750, 600 pounds,
or in round numbers, If the whole could be
cast into the hold Of the vessel In asolid mass,
Eo as to present no waste Of room, the cargo
would weigh 3230 tons.
The vessels now a1oat which register from
five thousand to six thousand tons, arc 80 few
in number that the list can be named without
much trouble by any person acquainted with
marine matters. Such vessels a. the Persia
have brought from ], COO to 1900 tons Of cargo,
and very large sailing vessels might bring .
little more. But such vessels do not and can
lot go into the mouth Of the Mississippi.
Hence the rebels, If they have really SUCCEED
ed In buying large quantity Of arms abroad,
must also have chartered several vessels for
their conveyance, and there are rich prizes in
prospect for the ships Of our b1ockadfng fleet.
All the Southern ports shonld be narrowly
watched in order to prevent the possible IN
gress Of these expected vessels or their car
goes.