The sun., 1862-01-09
THE NEW YORK SUN.
THURSDAY MORNING, JANY Q, 1861.


NAhAhAhHy AHN NEWELL
Troti the Portsmouth IN. ~ Navy Yard the
cyr-r,yvndcnt Of 70. JouRsAL Cr COMMERCE writes
jim. 81
The activity a, uD' Navy Yard continues nm.
alatssi which commences early les, summer, despite
the savage severity " tn weather In ths hyberho-
rean cinA,e. Too thou'.snd st''w'rt men are ein-
ployed in this Navy Yard and Occasionally one "
two hundred nore have bcca, ~ mechanics lshpr-
ers, SC, \ nuuher greatly eEccediug that Of any
former period. They are di,ded A. follows very
nearly; Carpenters, 62q gun carriage nsSera ~
sawyerr 81 b,rsru iG6 mishs, ": joincrs "
caulkcrs snd rcaper~ lis; sail 'rakeru' ~ mast
makers, % riggers, 10; m asters mon, % paint
ers, ~ hOst-buhdsrs, 30 ccopers, y m'-
chinists, lO2; Iyunurs' men, 90 n,taons, 9
tcamsters, 10 nigh, watchmcn, ~ day watch
men, 10 walters, 10 commnn hporerH
4ti. The sum dishurscd exceeds 100000 per
month 10 the employers In thus yard. II Is
alike honorable 20 this large body oi men, and
t. the officers " the yar' who have the oversight
aud direction of them, thst q god state q morals
IL ulainttiutd, which can hardly hc found equ,llrd
iu any town village In NV England, wlnlo with
few CNccptuLS the work kmpi' ~ VII classes are ~ IA
dns'rouS artive and enrrgstc ~ individuals en-
gagged In their own ah urs. with all my urporiuni-
tie- for observation, have nos seen nn instance "
drunkenness, Ur y row or qrnrrel. Morning aud
uiglta pi,tureHquc scene is presented. ~ cr.y'd,
rush to the bridge Joining the little Navy Yard
Island to ktttery, Maine, ant greater NUM-
hcrr, rushing ~ their boats, make for their
homes, some scrusa tho harlpr, aud some M Tue
river aud some down, Tho waters sparkling Win the
stroke " the ,ars ar else Dotted with little skih far
the eye can mach. Such are the "mudrills" u
New HpRland sncet the beginning od last summer,
the Dale and Marion have been thoroughly repair
e, aud then sent ~ aud the nobe trigatcs 5Nn
tee api Sabine: then the Purtauouth and Cbus,itu-
tion which rcturued FROM cruise on the c'Vt ~
Africa the hrst hsyiug been ordered 10 the Gun
fortnight since, and the latter Ocng now ready
for aCtuse in the Mediterranean, under an able and
approved commander, Capt Thatcher, late eSecu.
tive uricer oi the Charleston Navy Yard. Besides
the niust complete rshthn ut these six men-of war,
four other new steamers have been built m this
yard, and launched, one oi which, the kctrsuke, iS
nearly ready nr Ken, ,nd ul In few weeks viii he
They atc tir I.-ps Rcarsau,c and Osspcc, Iropel-
lers, and tho Srbngu and Nebraska, ~ hh-whcvl
steam sluops. Three o,hcr sl"'rs are NO" ~
progress, the kccls of Al having hccu hd VIZ,
the shenandoah, NrCw steamer, aud the
Toga and tennessee, ,bis wheel the two last ui
which to be launched n HOvut sixty days IL In
admitted ly the most competent naval nrclhtectA
that the vessels already launched are d the finest
i.'',-, t,s ai,d the los' materials, and the most
| thoruugh worNm~s-s,r, "a, those now unicr way
are sure io hc r,hcc,ng sreai ovn the naval
~ hitcct ni The yard, M HnHcom. lesidcs u~..~,
| twu nuhlc ~ gun itigat"s ARE Hul lying ~ the
houses IN viii, they We're built d'ycu wears Ns",
nearly ready FIR service. though not cNprtcl I" he
required ut present. THUS New llanpahite and
| Maine arc putting their hand u struggle, the
| equal ot which, In in mediate interest aud mo-
| muntous results history has not recorded. .-
G. ~. Ptntsun, Conmandnnt ot the ward, formerly
| ia ,onmuud of the Rtshatt'n, IL entitled to great
rrnirc ior the sound Judgment and untirng rnrrN
| aud application wibl which he has suprrintrrdrl
| all these complicated N,d Responsible operations.
| The Ninth New Jersey Regiment, now stationed
At Meridian Hi, OR ssile ,ton, has been ~.
dl,u,d tp General D,unzijos expedition, account
II ita being composed Of men from TOMS river and
Great E,nl Htrlnr who are mostly used to the
agrmcnt " surf BOATS.
s,ini-stccl s oon,i,g into yoe-, fr ,un-nnk ing.
II IL term used ios mild steel, quite NJ good aud "a
little more econonisa in cos, th Az the finer qualities
| Of this metal. wrough, iron guns are good, bu,
| steel IL better Yhe former are being made hy ar
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