New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-09

Officers slept two IN bed, 10 six-bejded rooms re-
porers considered themselves fortunate in obtaining
halEblind apartment in which to hurriedly Jo'
down each days experienceS-bapPy those who"
former acquaintance with or the hospitality OF some
officer Of the garrifon secured them weicoiHs 'ooe
ing in one Of tie spacious and comfortable esse
Of the fortress Everywhere you eneoun'o'1I
iorns, tayonr,s, forage CAPS, AID Inc ny .,
which tie mud Of Virginia has Teodereu 'O'''''''
with t. Army Of IRE Potouae.
TIE iIARBoR
19ror, Old Point Couior, 10 Hampton and newport
NeV-s lie bsri or was gay with vessels, sore % t'e
ver,prin., in jncaatious propnquily to the heoel
81 ore insonrcb thai the possibility aid effects oi
slo, r,o,n sewal!s Point though the boiler OF an
frei,rted ste .mer was a Contingency fr"quen y
i,.-.s.s..d mon tie mind Of the spectator. Men.
,nnre, horses and forage, aioat or in process G!
1eb,rkaiion. were visible on every hand. some
times hundred sailing vessels, crowded with muee,
arrived daily the long-eared cargo being discharged
hv the simple process OF tho Wing il INTO the water
.ben il, iudvidus y and collectively, always cot,
.fo to and Tic San Jac5to, notable for IL part N
the Trent affair." lay ont in tie Roads the Rinaldo
which convened tie Rebel ambassadors 70 England;
two English and two French fIigaieai tie Minuss0ta
the VauGerbi Z, undergoing strengthening process,
in anticipation Of he reappcaTance CT The Rebel
monster Merrmac; hulf-a-dolsn guuboais; and, best
of al. ihe Lravo invalner4ble little Monitor, with
her hali-scors # canrouJail dinle her cylindrical
iron cheess-box," and submerged rat" copil-
GENTLY expecting another naval battle with Ter
gclrtic antagonist, end quite ready for H. SHci'
was the aspect Of Hampton Roads and Old POINT
Comfort, in March, 1862.
TIE EMBARKATlON.
A hundred thousand men not transported Tor 4"
distance Of go miles III a day. The army OF tie
Potomac heyan to move down the Potomac on tie
l7h of March. Ianumerable vessels had been quietly
chartered hy the Government for This service, nveI
and lake steamers, almost of al sorts ana azes nom
,h.se familiar with tie waters of the Penotscot to
Che,aueake Bay iusoHuch that their living irc'shl
mns, have been cugiolsly reminded OF me ZANZIBAR
geographical localities which had furnished recrris
sor ,rcb an Armada. For three weeks subsequent
Alexandra tie dreary WAS musical aud dangerous
with military bands; It's uiry and decayed streets
echoed 10 the tramp Of martial fret; hayonets
CLEANED and flashed in ita dingy tncrous hiares and
trains OF artillery, wagons eld ambulonces, all bound
r;verward indicated the lOng-desired advance OF
that army TO which Lad been assigned the GROWING
achievements Of the war-''e final tnmPllng out o.
a rebe lion utterly Unexampod in history.
The inmimeiable vessels engaged in transporting
four of the Eve grea, divisions Of the army Of The
Po,om.c to Od Point Comfort accomplished their
task more OF less successfully in the alternately good
and bad weather characlerizing the tickle month Of
march. There were days Of bright sunlight, and
solemn, beau,ful tiar-be-paneled nights, days OF
sharp wind and fierce driving rain, days aud nigi r.
of absolute Storm Ieiing both the ves-els ana The
! frsigbdng souls within thsm. 10 one instance g
barge containing q battery and neu was en- adr'tr
aud noa,ed within short distance Of the Tebo shore.
lying there fer two dsys, being finally recovered by
a passing transport, eunmariiy seized snd pressed
into q service; IN another the propeller Eureka,
abandoned 10. a similar li'ae drift,i about Chcsa-
peabe Bay with only a negro woman Cd board, who.
when rescuod, supposed everything ell ri5tt AID &C.
cording 10 orit o.! lie, the readers Of The TRIsN z
fancy all ths--the voyage, lis Incidental ris-
chances, and the mighty interests involved in the
expedifon-and their imaginaions viii form pic
tare which the pen of come future Mscauioy may
delight to dwell upon.
The supposed plan Of operations was as follows:
tisf the sn,ce-tlul, Tai1u, anu II lpSsbc' teeit.
,ransmiss of four Of FIVE Of the gel: corps daru6s
Of the Potomac, namely, AeDowelIs Summers,
IIeinuelmsns and Keyess to Fortress Monroe,
Hampton and Newport News. Secondly, the
gradual occupation Of the troops Of the plateau in
the rear Of Hampton, hitherto ranged at viii by tie
Rebel cavalry, baviog their base Of operations at
Yorktown, under M4puder, the early arrivals 40
vaneing inland, tho lsier following and filing mp
the space vacated by them Next tho stretching cur
Of the lines toward Newmarket Bridge, frequent
eonnoss4nccs in force 10 and hey ond Big aud Little
Bethel and 10 Black River. Then the seizure Of
Yorstosn. Finally, ether the Simultaneous ed
vance upon Norfolk ard Richmond, OF the cutting
of from all supplies Of meD or munitions Of tho frat
by the occupation Of Suffolk It's conquest OF snd
subsequenl attack upon tho Rebel capitol.