Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-01-21

ddoi Of rs Nav Yotk World, the losAl number
Of tootD ID she s1pedl,iOn tander Hhsadie'e
General AMnRosR E. BsRNsrDE is about sixteen
Ahousand, comprising fifteen rsgimsuts Of IN.
taptry, one battalion OF infantry and one bat
talon Of artillery, beside the gunners aad qAll'
ora on board ship.
Each brigade 10 commanded ss iolle1s ana
Consists OF tbs following reglmenisI gpvsls.o
hasrl Bm6aBr. oeu JoHN @. FosrR-- 20sh.
9sd, 27th and Gath Massachusetts, and ION Con
necticut.- $40 sslaal wsN b1s ,lls'eciIlooi
6Eoosn ElRloADE Gen, JEasElL. RrEo's-oiss
New York, SIS. Psuhsylvanis, slst MassaohuT
set.sc6ih ,HeT HAnpshire and sth'Nes ,1stss',
THRpl BMeADs. --Geng JOHN g PARkH'.-
EIsbth and eleventh Connecticut, ffty-thlrd and
elShss.ninth New York, and fourth and hfIh
Rhode Islaps, (.hsilastnsHed being . bas'Al'
ion) hqvoa 6ras8s1 3'c % siurfliida eai
Battery r. Rhode Island ARTILLERY, Captain
CHARLts BEiaLth, eOnsists Of one hundred any p
fity men, one zhuAdIed and .tgenty,six heraeas
four seventy FOUNDER ParFot -gpns and Two
twelve FOUNDER Held hoWItSefs -
The transport fleet which renleEvoused at
Annapolis, consisted of upward Of fflJ-hve ves
sells, ranging In class from The small steam'tug
to The huge side wheel steamer, and from the
diminutive schooner 10 as sturdy ship as ever
ssiled under canvas. The tonnage of the feet
ranges from one hundred iCtNelvs hundtsd tons,
and the.draft Of the vessels from three 10 eleven
feet ee,tIHW89EJ u
There are nine gunbOats accompanying the sI'
pedition, carrying thirty eight guns.
The sailing trsnsporis fitted up for carrying
troops consisted Of four ships, four bsFks, one
brig, and three lChoouersg OF these vessels,
ak carry, each one gup. a tWslse pound boat
h6witser .y ~, .'.iA ~. II. 7. 70. "a.
Beside the foregoing, q aestiro dozen Or
aftsen sohooners Of large size, we're chartered
as store ships. to carry horses, prOyisiOnsI ord
nance and baggage These vessels areiAll Ia,
den With provisions, clothing, forage. arnmuni-
tIon, baggage wagons and ambulanoea, and aOt
as tenders TO the Aeet. ! ~ &. ! s.5sss.e
The total number Of guns distributed through
the transport feet is forty2hve. not including
those on the floating batteries which. though
fitted out at Annapolis, really belong to the ma
val Part Of the forces The cAlibre Of the guns
ranges from six to thirty FOUNDERS, and consist
of riAsd guns Geld pieces. boat howiisess tti-
aed) and mountain hoWitsers for she'll 0fthe
whole number, al but four--the shell hoWitzers
ARE riaed. and are Of the Wizard or PArrott
pattern, The effective range Of the pieces Is
trom1oue ahda half to two and half mllesGi
5 The a0atiBg batteriea, though not directly as,
sociated with the land forces or the transports,
were gotten up under the ale supervision Of
Gen. BuRmrDR A good idea Of thsit. ehafGci
ter is obtained when 1t Is said that they are,
10 every respect, similar TO the largest
and strongest canal boats on the North
river or Erie canal. They are almost
solid from deck to kesIson. and are divided into
FIVE water tight compartments. They have but
one deck, ,eR which the guns are mounted, and
their workingis tObe protected BY breastworks
of bales of wet hay. The osliber Of the guns
is six and Twelve pouuder Wiard's5 riaed, With
range Of two and half milss for certain
execution Aa
The Rotills consists Of fVeot these batteries,
each carrying two or three guns, and crew Of
from twelve to eighteen gunnera. They will be
taken in tow by steamers, and when brought
into action anchored in position.
Asignal corps Of twenty-five ieutenan.s and
sixty-six privates has been organized and IN
structed in the use Of new system Of signals
for army and navy use, By which orders can be
communicated from the deck of one ship to an
other, or from one division OF brigade of an army
to another With great facility and reliability.
The act of signaling Is performed by waving,
in certain directions, to represent certain com.
binations Of figures, which in turn represent the
letters of the alphabet, different colored and
sized flags, and at night colored lights, on staff
sixteen feet long. The fsgman knows how to
make the movements when the combination Of
fgures is announced to him, but the letter rep.
resented by the combination is only known to
the signal officer, who stands by and directs
him land reads in return the signals from the
opposite correspondent, &c. - - =
There were expressly built for this expedD
ton some three hundred bridge floats or boats,
10 form pOntOon train Of, the ,Fseneh5 pattern.
They are like Gsherman's yawi, eight fset
vide and about thirty feet long. They are
jIsced two abreast in the water, stringers and |
flank laid upon them, and the bridge,is then
lone. When wanted for use elsewhere, they |
IAN be placed upon wheels and axles, which ac-
company them, and dawn BY horses anywhere
{ Is desired to 60. A large portion of the |
rain, when at Fortress Monroe, measured s, 40
eet in length.
We have given the above details In re-
,ard to the force and outfit Of .he Burnside
as Il isnOw az eugrossiDg sabjcct
# public attention. The report is that it has
ntered PAmlico Sound by Hatteras Inlet. Its
is said to be Roanoke Island. We
hall probably, shortly hear of its having made
ONE decisive movements At least such is the
eneral expectation. 5 iil4 l7sfs
Death OF George r. Buell..
It is with profound sorrow that We announce