, 1862-03-15
European Intelligence.

The following from the London Morning Post
gives some details of European intelligence which
reach to December 22d:
BRITISH PREPARATIONS FUR Wharf.-The War
rior, though in case of neeG she could be deS-
patched at once, will not he completed, ready for
sea Tor another week. Some days since the Al
mralty announced their intention oI changing he
calIbre Of the Armstrong guns with which she was
at first armed. TINS alteration is in progress Of
being made. The unsightly erection on her after
deck, at first intended to make rifle tower, is
now being fitted up with telegraphic apparatus
communicating with the engine room and other
portions of the vessel. Here the mas er, placed
IN comparative security, can witness all that passes
around, and at ii same time transmit his orders
all parts Of the ship. Assure dly an astonishing
revolution has taken place IT the mode OF taking
a ship into action since The days OF Nelson, when
the commander can enScOnse himself m shot
proof tower, signal with the speed of lightning
his wishes TO tile lowest hold OF the vessel and
direct The course of his snip alike independently
OF wind and waves.
At the Arsenal at Woolwich the preparations
which beng made are not less ac'lve than
those in the various dock ards. Busy though The
thousands of operatives who are daliy engaged in
the many and varied tOundrIes and workshops
which cover lis large area usually seem TO the cas-
ual visitor, addIuonal duties have been cast upon
them. There Is scarcely one who has witnessed
the extraordinary rapldlty with winch countless
numbers OF cartridges and percuSson caps and
Mime bullets are hourly made, who has not ex-
pr, ssed astonshment al he bare possibility OF so
many. even under any contingency, beng ever re-
qured YeI, notwithstanding the rap, diiy with
| xrh,rh thpN ara made and the l.tr,rn nuauttt \
STOCK, It mas neeh f8uh u4l grsSsspj Fit Ia II
few day, to dlrect The immediate preparation OF
lOOOO,000 rounus Of small arms cartridges. ana
100000 charges Of Armstrong 100 FOUNDER am.
muntlon Tor sea service. In hat portion of the
arsenal devoted to The manutact-re of The Arm
strong guns more than ordinary activity prevails
halever may be the merits or dement's of the
Armstrong gun piece Of ordnance it is be-
yond doubt the best weapon with which science
has yet made US familiar. We Can find none lie
Ter opposed to us, whist over those constructed
on different principles 1t possesses immeaSurable
advantages. Should war unhappily break out
between and the Federal States, we would re-
quire an almost unlimited supply OF these pieces
OF ordnance. The land and sea defenses of Can
ada will net d careful supervision, and We are glad
to that one of the first steps taken has been to
transmit ten lO0-pOunder Armstrong guns to Hal
ltax, for the deenses of that place. 1t is needless
TO say that in our ships Of war We have subs-
tuted, as far as we have been able, the Armstrong
guns for these of me old design, and will continue
to do so. The expense of manufacturing them,
which constituted grave objection when it was
first proposed to substitute them for those in use
has much diminished. The "plant" has now
been paid for, and arlifcers have been framed to
manufacture them, that much of the expense
attendant on the construction of the first guns is
sued will be no longer felt Beside, this is Just
one OF those points in which palsimoly is the
economy. Cost what it WILL our fleets must be
properly armed and tbe naval upremacy of this
country amply secured Such is the policl we
have always followed, and, thanks to it, if we are
now dragged into war without moment 5 no.
iice, we shall not be unprepared
ZOLLICoFFER AND MARsHALL-FelxK.Z Zolli-
Golfer, whose death ON the battlefield of Somer-
SET, KY, is confirmed beyond question, was
Brgadler General in the rebel army. He was
Stale Controller of Tennessee from 1915 to 1850.
and was i'll Congress from l054 to March f. 1859,
from the Nashville District, being succeeded liz
1860 by j. NJ. Qudrles, (Dem.) his old competi-
tor for the post. He was formerly a Wing, but
in the last days of his Congressional career
Know Nothing. Though member of the Com
himself in that position except tor his opposition
TO the admission of Oregon as State, to which
effect he wrote minority report aud feebly de-
Tended it.
Humphrey Marshall, whose forces COL Gar
field routed near Preston urg, KY, lately, was
member OF Congress from tie Louisville District
during four termS-lrOm 1919 to 1852, and from
1866 TO March 4, 1859. He is a LAWYER, was
formerly Wing, but was elected in 1857 as an
American against Thomas Holt, now of this city,
who, though a great admirer of his talented
cousin, Joseph Holt. of national reputation, did
preside over that memorable, bolster Gus and ex-
traordlnary Mcconnell meeting at Music Hall
last tall Marshall was member of The House
Committee on Military Affairs, and distinguished
himself as one IT the very few Southern men who
voted az inst the LecOmpton bill.
These are the men to whom the rebels entrust-
ed the key of the Eastern Tennessee and Ken
lucky passes Col. CART Id has whipped Mar
SHALL and Zollcotfer fell among the dead on the
field OF Somerset that our forces under Gen.
Thomas so brave won. The key that they held
is ours.-,S f. Bulletin.
EASTERN ITEMs-ST LOUIS, January 24.-The
town OF Biloxi, IN Mississippi, has surrendered 10
the Federal troops under Gen. Butler. The town,
and every thing in it. except the women and chill
dren, Las been destroyed.
The rebels in North Carolina are drafting the
militia Of that State to raise forces for It's defence
against the troops and ieel under Gen Burnside.
The Federai fleet has taken possession OF Cedar
Keys, IN the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mex
ico 1t also captured rebel schooner, the Wil-
der, with valuable cargo.