The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-04-17
From the N. Y Tribune.
THE ARMY AND NAVY MOVEMENTS
HERE.

going on at this port for some days past are hail
ed by a majority Of our citizens as harbingers Oi
| hope, omens of renewed peace and prosperity in
the immediate future. They demonstrate that
the idle, but nevertheless very general fear that
the Administration had TO policy to pursue to-
ward the traitors, but was supinely trusting to
! the chapter OF accidents for a favorable turn in
affairs, was quite groundless IL is manifest that
| if the Administration but 60 feaIlessly forward
in the path of duty, it must command and re.
ceive the support Of the great mass Of law abid-
ing citizens in all sections of the UniOn Should
it be obstructed in the discharge OF its legitimate
duties, the distractions must be removed. This
| appears TO be the prevailing sentiment.
The destination of the men and material ship
ped from this pert or now in process Of ship
ment. is prOblematical. The Flying Artillery
would appear to indicate Texas as the field Of
operations, the protecting OF the Federal
Power being stretched forth to guard the borders
o: that uBgrateiul State from the ravages OF Mex
leans ard Indians to which they have been so
ruttlessly exposed by the Revolutionary Commit
tee. Our naval reporters writes: Nothing deh
mite can se learned as to the destination OF the
expedition but the following three programmes
are given as having many believers among the
best informed military and naval people in the
country
Progranmc First. - The clearance Of the
steamers for Texas is bona ride They are going
there. But they will distribute the troops among
the men oi-wa off Pensacola for re-entorcing
For, Pickens; thon 90 to Brazos and bring back
whatever scattered troops have accumulated on
the coast, TO be tried and recrganized here, aud
sent 10 Pickens, where reverses might render re-
endorsements Il Necessity.
Programme Second-The troops are going to
Fort Sumpter. The light draght steamers Water
Witch, Wyandotte, Mohawk, and Crusader will
he lined with double banked sand bags, and take
in MANY men they can hold, towing the
launches, which are also to have the sand bag
protection, defying Morris Island and ali other
batteries. This is said to be the plan that Capt.
Ward, of the North Carolina, has been advOcat-
ing before the Cabinet at Washington. II is
certain that be tried these sand bag experiments
in this harbor some weeks since.
Programme Ihird-The troops are bound to
Texas ro sweep the rebels off the track, and
cooperate with Gen. Houston. This is altOgeth-
er the most probable, as horses for land service,
have gone
On Saturday, the United States steam frgate
Powhatan and the steam transport Atlantic sailed
with large number of men, and the steamships
Illinois and Baltic Were loading Yesterday at Ca
nal street, and will probably sail early to-day
are also to be got ready for sea rs speedily as
possible. We give below the details, as gathered
by our reporters:
THE ARMY-THE HEADQUARTERS NOT FOUND.
1t there is one point in military matters about
which the public know less than another, it is
the fact that the headquarters of the entire Ar
ny Of the United States ia not in Washington,
but in this city In AN ar;stocratic edtce, g far
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mander-in Chief OF the United States Army, and
his son naw, Col Scott, the Executive officer
(the latter lately vacated bv the present Adjutant
General of the Army, Col. Thomas), are situated.
All orders issued to the troops serving far and
near must emanate from these rooms. Even
when at the National Capital Gen. Scott is oblig.
ed to date bis instructions from there. All day
on Friday, and on Saturday, large envelopes by
mail, telegraphic dispatches, and other significant
documents bearing the signature Of IS Cameron,
Secretary of War, on official business, were be-
ing handed in by postmer and special messeR-
gers every ten or fifteen minutes. The sealed
orders, in obedience to which the commander
of the military portion of the expedition must
act, and several communications from Lieut.
Slemmer, Fort Pickens, Fia," were sent from
Col. SCOTS office. The clerks were kept going
as fast as they could write but what they wrote,
TWO or three persons oniv Know
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF MATERIAL.
In the general hustle preceding the departure
of the POwhatan and the Atlantic, the troops
and ordnance for the latter were drawn from the
Governors Island. Bedloe's Island, Fort Hamil.
ton, and Fort La Fay ette, where, consequently,
there was great activity until the orders OF the
Government had been fulfilled. Owing to the
discreet silence of those in authority, there was
necessarily much mysterious rumor spreading in
every conceivable shape. The Ordinance Depart
ment of Governors Island has been in state of
unexampled activity for more than month but
the destination of the ordnance vessels at the
docks could not generally be ascer,ained. On
Friday it was evident, however, that great por-
riOn Of the ordnance brought alongside OF the
| Atlantic was from Governors Island Steam
| tugs and lighters were employed at the Island in
| transporting materials of various descriptions up
TO a late hour, and probably throughout the
night, they we're seen at work again quite ear
ly on Saturday morning. This work was contin-
ued on Saturday up to a late hour in the after.
noon, the steamers Pope Catlin, S. A. Stephens,
and Birkbeck being among the number engaged,
and in addition to the lighters, there were sever
al large schOoners being loaded at the stone dock
Of the island, the destination of which will be
very likely the same latitude as that designated
in the sealed orders of the Atlantic and Pow.
haitian.
FALSE RUMoRS OF OBJECTIONS AMONG THE SOL.
| DiERs.
Early in the morning, on Saturday, a rumor
became current down town, and increased with
its repetition, that panic had taken place among
the troops of Governors Island. In some local
tiles the story took the shape OF mutiny. Ev
erybOdy mentioned it to everybody else in the
saloons, in West street, and in Greenwich street
Even the passengers, arriving by steamboat knew
it all before they left the plank The story haG
its origin and only foundation in the reported
resignation of Major Holiness the chief officer o
the Island, which took place the day before, but
wes not accepted until Saturday. Governor:
Island, it may be observed, has been only re
cruitng station, and Major Holmes is deaf ole
gentleman, whose services OH the Island wer,
certainly never of any active nature or publ,
benefit. Avowedly the Major is of the opinion
that the Union intends to assert ITSELF and beins
a North Carolinian, he desires to 60 home, ant
cast his influence there against the flag of tn,
Union; he does not wish, he says, to train sol
diers to hang bis friends.
DEPARTURE OF TROOPS.
In general the troops of the island on Sa'urda,
we're in good spirits. Companies left at differen
hours of the day, for the steamer Atlantic, a
Pier No. Al North River, and OIL board the trans
ports there was usually waving If bats and al
appearance OF reckless jolity. About l2 o'clocl
two steamboats, left the island, one having in tov
more than dozen ships launches, which ba
been brought down on Friday from the Nav,
Yard, the other being crowded with men. Bot
went up to the foot Of Canal street. At tw
O'Clock the Catln left with troops, and the Steph
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