New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-15

WORK AT THE MAYNARD.
At an early hour on Saturday morning, fresh energy
was visible sll through the yard. Extra hands were
put to work on the Wabash, Perry, and Savannah.
The Wabash IL going ahead with astonishing rapid
ity Men were kept working on her all night on
Friday and part of Saturday, getting in coal and
filling her hold with such necessares as could possibly
be crammed in in her present state Capt. Ganesvoot
is hastily finishing the battery which will be in light
ing order by Saturday.
The Savannah, too, has been hurried. During the
heavy rain on Saturday, not a hammer was missing
nor caulker absent Every one was kept at his post;
The battery of this ship has just been decided on, and
ia to be exactly as we described it. She will be ready
for commission in even sbortertime thanwe expected
The Perry is finished. Painting commenced on Sat-
urday; her guns are on board; her decks panks and
rigging almost perfect She needs now only the orna-
mental part of her equipment There three vessels
at the Brooklyn Navy-Yard ordered for sea.
IMPORTANT RESTRICTION.
The ships company of the North Carolina have been
restricted to their vessel. The general liberty is
stopped. All hands are TO remain on board, except
special exemptions are made by the commandant. Re.
cruits daily pouring in from the Cheystrect rem
devious and they, TOO, are to be retained. These
measures indicate an Immediate call for sailors.
Recruiting for the army is brisk. 1t opens to-day
vigorously at all the rendezvous from Cedar to Chat
ham street. The officers at all the Offices are now the
most efficient of the non-commssioned grades in the
Army.
Major johnson, who temporarily relieved Llent.
Woods in command of Governors Island, was himself
relieved by the newlyapponted commandant, MAJOR
Hedlerten Of Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Lient.
Woods is now a captain in his regiment the 9Th In
fsntry.i
THE EFFECT OF THE NEWS IN BROOKLYN.
This city in ferment of the most intense excite
ment on Saturday afternoon dispatch after dispatch
was issued in newspaper extras and circulated about
the streets. 1t was great event for the newsboys
who sold all the papers they could get at prices varying
from four to cents per copy On the street corners
in the hotels porer-houses groceries, everywhere In
fact, nothing else but the news from Charleston was
talked Of and the opinions expressed were as various
as they were numerous. The interest continued una
bated until late hour night, and yesterday morning.
bright and early hundreds of persons crossed the river
TO gain the earliest information, bu very little of sat
isfacory nature, additional 10 that published in the
evening papers, obtainable. During the day, the
general sentiment appeared TO be that the accounts re-
ceiyed were unreliable that they had been gotten mp
for purpose and many went far as so insist
that no fight at all had taken place in Charleston
Harbor.
The reported surrender and evacuation Of Fort
Sumter by Major Anderson was believed by compare
lively few people, the general impression being that
the fertilization strongly built that 1t could not
| be reduced in a month, even longer time while
others believed every published statement in regard to
of. ra1 hat Sn
was still in possession of the Federal troops and large
amounts of money were staked upon it. The further
the day advanced and be time had for reflection,
the more people became satisfied that much ofthe news
was bogus and in support of this opinion reference
was made to the dispatch from Augusta, Ga, announc-
ing the surrender when previous dispatches had come
direct from Charleston, indicating, to their view
that the telegraph had been tempered with but all
NAMED undecided in tho absence of further more
definite information. The engrossing subject al.
uded to in some of the churches
The Rev. DR.. Beecher, who preached in the
Church Of the Pilgrims in the morning, al
luded to passing events in his prayers and
the Rev. Dr. Stors who held forth in Plymouth
Church. dscoursed upon the evil results Of Slavery
exemplifed in this country The Rev. Dr. Guion
also referred to Southern affairs in his closing prayer
after the morning service. Before and after the
sion Of the Methodist Conference the day previous the
prevailing topic was discussed by the cergymen com.
posing that body. The opera Of " Moses in Egypt"
was given at the Academy Of Music on Saturday
ing. After the third act Mr.. Luther B. Wyman, one
of tho Directors, appeared upon the stage, and an
nounced that by the latest telegraph dispatch it an
peared that Fort Sumter had been provsoned and that
the stars and stripes still proudly hoated over it, The
eect was eecfrcal The entire audience rose IN their
feet and for about five minutes the most intense enthu
siasm prevailed. Mis- Hnckley subsequently sang the
"Sar Spangled Banner" followed by another outburst
Of the most ropturous applause.
THE OPINION OF NAVAL OFFICERS IN
REFERENCE TO FORT SUMTER.
Yesterday our reporter had some conversation with
several of the officers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
thay all anreed In the onninn that having sean