Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-01-20

The following are sailing transports, fitted
up for carrying troops
Ships Arocan, Captain Kelly, chartered !;
Kitty Simpson, Captain r. Helbuan, do Ann
E. Thompson, Captain G. T. Merriman, do;
Maria Greenleaf, Captain r. Merryman, do.
Barks II. ID. Brookman, Captain 81. e. Che
ney, chsrtered; Esltigeur, Captain N. NJ Bly,,
chartered Aura, -, do.
Brig Dragon, Captain J. Liscomb, pur-
chased.
SchOoners Highlander, Captain E. G. Day
ton, purchased; Scout, Captain n. Torney, do !;
Skirmish, Captain W: H Richardson, do.
OF the above, the bark Guerilla, brig ORA
goon, and schoOners Highlander, Scout and
Skirmisher, each carry one gun, a 12-pounder
boat howitzer.
The Schooner Recruit, Captain George Cog
geshall, is detailed as a hospital ship, and is
under charge of DR.. Samuel A Green Acting
Medical Director of the Division Hospital
The Recruit carries one gun.
Besides the above, the schooners PlaudOnine,
Sarah NJ. Smith, Eliza Segur, GIenwood, Girls
void, ROtche and Emma, are laden with proyi-
sions and stores, and the schooners Sea Bird,
and Mary I'll. Banks carry a pontoon bridge
train, and the Colonel SatterIy a siege train of
four eight-inch mOrtars. In addition, the
schooners Sarah Mills, w. A. Crocker, Maria
Pike and Edward Slade are all laden with
horses
The total number of guns in the feet of
transports is As, all of which, save four, are
rifed, with range of fully two and a half
miles. These guns, together with 800 rounds
OF ammunition for the same, were all furnished
under contract with Mr.. Norman Wizard, the
inventor of the steel rified cannon, who filled
the order In the short space of two weeks and
and at the economical cost of $50, ,OOO Every
gun is supplied with field carriages, and can
be used with the same facility on land as upon
sea and are equivalent to just so many pieces
Of field artillery, The Hetchkiss projectile is
the kind OF ammunition used. Each troop
ship is furnished with 40, 900 rounds of car
fridge, navy revolyers and boarding cutlasses
to repel an attack.
VARIOUS DETAILS
There are numerous details connected with
this expedition that are worthy Of greater elab-
Grafton at my b ands than your space will per-
nit. will, therefore, allude to several of the
most prominent, and for the rest can safely
promise that should the fortunes of war bring
them into glorious prominence, they will be
duly recorded in history to the extent of nv
limited ability. Among these details is the
construction and arming of five floating bat
terles, which, though not directly associated
with the land forces or the transports, have
yet been gotten up under the sole supervision
of General Burnside
So IuIo Vi 'noI cnaracter Is oDtalnea
when say that they are in every respect sim
liar to the strongest and largest boats on the
North river or Erie Canal. They are almost
solid from deck to keelson. and are divided
into five water-tight compartments They
have but one deck, on which the guns are
mounted, and their working is to be protected
by breastworks Of bales of wet hay. The CAL
iber of the gun is and 12-pounder, Wizard 8
riaed, with a range of q miles for certain
execution. Their names are as follows, and
are very Indicative Of their destructive char