New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-04
IMPORTANT ARNY IND NAVY INTEL
LfGENCE.

Iiis impoftble 70 conceive, without Witnessing IT,
he eytrordiuary change which twelve houn can make
IN the n-Sect Of military ard naval afnirs ~ the New
York Station. On Monday las; everything was duh
aud uniu, restug on C0vorugs Island, Fori Hamilton,
Bcdloe Island. and ~ the Brooklyn Navy Yard; yes
telatv there WAS iu'Cuse excitement spELcui IN I'll
these places On Monday orders were received from
Wellington to fit out the United States brig-ofwar
Perry for fea, NJ cnre. TIE authorities Immediately
lad her hauled aloncridc the wharf, but opera
non. bad hardly commenced when tie orders
were couuieumndsd. The PowhaGn was then % be
pu, out Of commission Immediately, aud her crew
temp ,rary tra sicrred 20 the receiving ship North
Carolina. This was 10 sooner doue than they Were
ordered 10 Norfolk for tie steam frgae Meuimack, it
Is presumed. and on Tuesday to tie astouishuoat Of
every one the Powhatan, Notwithstanding the un-
favorable report Of her engines, was ordered 70 be
equip ed fer a new commission, with AL the expedition
al tie command Of Commodore Bre,re. On Governors
Island too. Indications are apparent that troops are
about to leave but these Is such thing as Obtaining
particular The regular avenues through which the
army and navy movements are received, are impedrd
by authority, and nothing can be known until orders
begin TO be openly executed
The work on the different vessels a, Brooklyn has
been rendered active and the splendid steam irg-
ate Minnesota, which returned rotten from China last
year. and subsequently, put in stas Of READINGS
is be got condition receive her crew without
DELAY The Minnesota il one OF the splendid steam
frgates of 10 gurs rate, that constructed some
years ego. They the Niagara, Wabash, Roanoke,
Colondo and Minnesota. The Niagara If homeward
bound from japan, the Merriuack preparing slowyior
sea at Norfolk the Wabash and Roanoke at Brooklyn,
both slowly approaching completion, and The Minnesota
Boston. The latter is 200 tuns burden, and WIS
butt at Washington in 1853 and has only made the one
crufc alluded to. She will require nearly 800 men,
who will be concentrated in few days from the differ
ent receiving ships The Missfs ppi steamer, also at
Boston is approaching readiness for commission, and
will probably be ordered 10 sea IN a short time.
Below the surface Of the rumors that attribute these
warke preparations Ia the progress Of domestic events
j. somewhat we-foundcd rumor that they have ref
orence TO the interference of Spain in Central America,
and that formidable military and navel force will be
again Gi-Iatched there. The Comnander-n-Chief Of
the Home feet Commodore Prendcrgast, who IL now
at Norfolk in the leaky corvette Cumberland received
important dispatches from Washington on Monday, the
purpor Of which has Rot TRANSFERRED. Several OF the
leading officers Of the Army and Navy now IN WASH
ingon have been taken il temporarily to their respect
i've departments to facilitate the proper administration
of Affairs.
II is said that orders were received yesterday ut the
headquarters Of the army in this city directing the
immediate filing up Of the short companies that ar
rived Le!c from Texas in ths Daniel Webster, TO their
full fighting strength.
The United States s;oreship Release hauled out from
the wharf at the Nayy.Yard yeaterday and wens
down the Bay. She uny 20 10 sen to-day. Her OF
fcers are Lieut.. Commanding Jas Fraey, Lieut.. Jas
NJ. Bradford, Master Byron Wilson, Captains Clerk
VIM. Il. Blagoore.
We gre requested 10 contradict again che report pnb-
shed in morning journal yesterday, to The effect
that the Wabash ordered FOR sea, and that the crew
Of the Powhstan lad returned to their ship. These
stories annoy the authorities.