, 1863-01-15
From Our Own Correspondent

York and requested him TO procure, in great
haste, the requisite number Of steam and sail-
1ng vessels {a6 Of each) for the Transportation
Of Gen. Banks troops and stores. The ycs-
sells were to be chartered for three months
service r. rconIrcd for m 1onr ncriod Mr.
,1,.,. 80, - i..r.
sanaesous ae1eeo 10 unoell"Ae Luz ousaness'
without fee or reward, and, SO far as appears,
be discharged lis trust with the most patriotic
80 w rf t1"....es ~. ssn.,.-
Ne" 1ofh he encountered u al. ooutaa7o, OF
the firm Of 6outhard, Wright d HuBsey, who
,nncarcd tn rave several sa,]fnr vesse1a of +,,o
III so.a.,,,t;o, .na ,no,aa,a. so..., ~ :.
t'snt osset.p.'a, "uu 'noieo'e. sec"eu TO
know NIL about the business which was re-
quired to be done, inasmuch as he had trans
nor+ed horscs ,nd srrr1;oc for w.. pr;+;s,,
'"pt'.s Ao' sns of1t4'n
uo'c1umenl Ill tunes past Win great SUCCESS.
Mr.. southard Is sharp, plausible, energetic
Maine Yankee. who knows tile shfppfnb busf-
ness from alrha 70 omega. hr' vanderbilt
lad found jewel 70 him he communicated
his business, and, putting it on patriotic
crnnnas he to,d him thc wor,r n,ust hs dam
s, 'a '"s Ns'A AAas' W oV4Q
absolutely aret 6f commission Or other charge
10 the Government. This met the v;cv.~ ~
.,, <-,,,,s1oss cn,,.,.us 49, S.,,.
tue euheaees ooutnaFu, WHO Hfeigncd Win
much severity against those who could see
nothing in tic hour of our country's trouhle
pu1 n' oppo''um.s ~ ecl"le losceAef 10"
blood-stalned dollars. BE would give his
time. his expcriepce. his cnerries. SOLELY tn
fhc business, without COMPENSATION. nr;ce
was tl,ca fixed fur sail;nr yessc1,-t1rec dn1.
lars md half DER registered Ion ncr
~, 1suo1 cha,4er r.te nf the ,,oras,nant .n.a
.for similar resn1ts Cnmmodorc Van Rrn,,t
nf +hn ,oyr had hoos, ;,nta;lad ~ fns,aot ~,
v.tsc1a H. so,,t},arf foolr hn1d ~ p;s tverS ~
s,t M T,S;. a,, ,u ~ wotk
sis : sailing vessels ready: Thy were ~ czcel.
lent lot, I'ass1ns s inspection without difficulty.
ile Charter papers were signed. and MI. Van.
asf 1ah sen tnat Of
manner, and without charge to the govern
meEt nc bad got an expedition off with
! out tlic usual sequel Of cSorbltant conhnis-
Sons, iEaua ana peenlation. II turns outtfia
iI: Mr; so9.ha5a naa son, who s went around on
!!lIdoc, N 40 aasahec ,! OF the oia gentleman, and
@ the 1hP oTsrs M, hnt they must pay
CHARTER. Ahd 50 they did-the profits to the
sou1nan !amitF, on the eSpcditlon, amount
1ng 10 si2'oY: NJ vanderbilt does not
kno" 70 tn1s Gay INIT onecent Of commissions
vas T,a ehs[ea sGs9r, OF feceised o. nnyDody.
ap1s, 9iat III vas sharp bqt It
n|nod a., ,r'. .ne government soI what 1t bur
gaane31 3 ior. namely, good vessels. Comno-
Hp.c - sMa o'unts Insf'eeIlon guaranteed that
i..:e !ealus not1ce IAe steamers OF the expe-
unt G }n{o aTa pa.,,enar,y INC Nlnga Which
9e1s geiofe sue nad been out twenty four hours.
1nt niagara was owned BY one Andrew Jack
SOU A1cAa1asoii, NEW fork. She was built
on Lake Onlaflo IN 1e44 and ran there several
aud has been Laid up for some time as unit for
any END OF service. At tho time she was Ia
ken for the Banks expedition she waS abso-
lutely unit togo outside Of tie Narrows for
any purpose, light or loaded. a New York
~ NY N; naa son a ~ auH e1Retaoh, naMns tnat
lns ~. Niaeaaa "as anoer enar1er, ana tllnt MS
son WEE % 60 N nef, made most determined
t3uta enVIt M - stop net salunE az tota ms son
lnal rs n1sI neavs sea tnat sttqeh nef Wonld
eari3 ael ~ lne po.toln. he pIotestcd,
Sto5meo nn. a19 NJ "Spt, p4t ~ 70 no purpose.
5eInaps II ML. nasa aa4 nao one one more
us3 ~ W. ~ :" az a'e.t nase p'cee9eEu nct
eaalns' put sue was gong peloro nc |
conla o1tng tae proper evidence OF her |
M nsea"olan'nsss I'll va oelote tue pEoPe5 persons;
,ih n,1 woter ,ld aha I hecau to oe ureh ehe n!So
Il. scme o. ~ fne zee omceIs @ on board Knocked OF
.e h gasags ta " Ut H. aan th .a9eT, anu 1oand
t, eu iot.oa .t. Ivy eoliu taAG vul AAna-
ta!e ,e y. ro,.1d IA mou1 ao Srusn .nem %
'"a;st'rt uisJ ~ tho .a,.,;s ia 4 ment III
thc ~ ~ ~ 'a1d NJ .u1 an Ina1
fnnr hours a,,d % emanded % int Sn sSon1d n1t
A. Thov t1,en tn11 H., 4hnr si,a,15 o,.. ~
~, ~ AZ vioi,ae, ~ t,,s !. -,ro eompGi !,
he lola them to rcfuce their 1cs,rc5 r. WriIt.
IMP. in the form Of a nrotest. which thcv dii
and be then put inside Delaware hrealsTSater'' ter
When the insnector or fniis at Philadeinhia
cast eyes on Ter, he fOfi,sJe her leaving The
1ot. pot eren re MI aiioW her to reinrn iipht to New
W. VIZ dec1aIinp fa,t Il vas rrm;Sa1 to ernose
~ i;res ~ 3eFcreW for m ;nstant antsfSa ts
C1Res: Rea. z,a ,. ,,,,o,, That .no,, ~ ,,.,n,n..o
o,d trn,'f1, 1ras 4atan - transIar+ uat.;,,,a,t
~ 1or,1 3roons ron, Ncr WE "a W.. ~
Tt ie,n:s Wh6 Is to h,amrs non1d 1,eT wot NJ. NJ
~ lae!S T,n Hs, npeaE aof
H. ;nsnect ihe staaers hecnnec ohs h. I3dn4
~ ~ lnspess ., sne steanaels, uecause 4e aiant
hn,n" ~, a.scr;rt;o ~ sai,;,ot 49, ~ ~ ~
stea,n'nat insnsrtian Waso nrnfassion IL ~. ~
soIS nnS 10 1x.,i5 i'n." "1s ~ ~
he inenestion Of lie Raa1 If nj fJnderW15ters ~
cra pe fnund - ~ TX E,uara ,an1dG a. tn ,,'
1,, ial a,,. 1ne ~ I,' ~!
~hna'e. III = Ha:e11 W. 1nants mns ys ~, H.
49, T,s n, Me1i III .ras f"r,'o.,Ea ~ NV
enccr IN the INV nnd vas ism;sscd 3ht W. ecr. s
sIeIG! - ~ ans ~, anu NUS ul9.ntssGu tne scl.
tce tor nesest,ng H. n3S sn,p III 1t'otanar, ' some
T0.lS a 1HTE0n
appearance, severe, straight, and possessing
the air Of one who knows that he has treas
Mrcs laid mp IN heaven. 1t appears that Ir.
Vanderbilt, astute rs he is, ,wasas much taken
IN W tie religious unction OF Richardson, as
ne lad peen " the patriotic 1eEvor Of South.
ard. Mr. Richardson told him that
Tie Niagara had run so many years on Lake
Ontario, remafking that was the pace 70
teet tho Qualities Of slsah,noatEW ~ "as
vefy very trHs; &c Eo3n.ea 10 '9e 15:Peetion oI
oed;tsn e 1oafa ol a r. ior m aee present
III Wd.,,1,.a ne s esu ~, ~ w eonelusre III
Pa:ra ~. u ~ l,sa ntu ~ ~ o. tne
s no1u L.. = wg tue gItat - Nim ho1A mssenas, as,
tea,n .u me ~ III H. 10 ad LIZ hsra m1nd ny
t''as III ,s, oi ,n s gmn nses seIecte9
a'na em a1 W Y ~. q M aha
M1a asheu ~ !tSa1.t rurt 9aslaons su ae i9ok tne
~ NSaagala gtoa "hnoSs !ooh!ag a. nel. aaswen, n
a1 ~ eacases tor Pr tne
cnnrsa notng "an naI1;ate ~ }%sifv H. cou o.
Gou!se n9.nLg ~ w paa.e " Justly nls coh,
tn nueL .sssel Is roteen, II rs. T9tten. ana
tne.e ~ nGlnns more 70 og ~ saia ane 1nspee-
+oo4 to4 IL H uus ans ~ e w aad u @ ~ plo
Net ule ano ptoIeny. 4ne "oou anu llou