New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-28
6iationern ano Sanfp GoaOs.
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Naval Movements.
THE IA,iEs RIVER FL0TiLIA.

rnand Of tie North Atlantic pockading squadron hc
has mnde number OF important changes. The bqoau
ron has been organized INTO six divisions Tho imes
River hoia is COW the 5th Division with ComFande'
y. + NICHOLS the Division Commander Ihedonnie'
enter Meudota is the dae ship The following IS ilsi
of her ol cerr Commander. L. T. NICHOLS LieE h.
". Miller; Asst, SURGEON, j. @. Park Act Asst. Pay
master. A. Nee. Bishops Acting kn.igrs, \. wright
!. i. 1roit M pigri ". B. Barnes h z; Pray D.
1hayr7. Act Waters Mates " :. Johns, =. Cieary,
T. iIcDcnlld, Engineers lst ASST A. V. Fraser, cd
Asst b. Bance, ID Asss, ID. Jones, H. s Rosa, Ac;.
81 Asst. ID. r. Mchlroy; Act. Gunner j. Como Cap
ain's Clerk W. J DOrr Paynastors Clerk. G. J..
Martin Surgeon'e Steward. II. e. we:mors.
MiAyTOYOlAH, IROS-CLAD FOUR GUEs.
! The iron-armored battery Mianton0mah, butt
Il tie Brooklyn Nayy-Yard is nov at the Novelty Iron
Works receiving her machinery and turretr, Size -
per formarces thus far ave prov cd % successful This
ye Of iron cads promises 70 be me best over ptodIe
OF the turIeted feet. They ore bull OF wood WEI ven
tated and VIII attain much higher rate oispeed iash
any OF the Ericsson batteries.
MUsCOOTA, sIDE-wHEEL, NINE GUNS.
The new d0ub.e-cnjer MuscOota commenced
hercugne trial o. 81 hours at the doct Monday. The
engines are working nicely and will doubtless come Up
10 the standard required Of them.
POoK's LIGRT-DRAUGHT GUGBOATs.
Tho two new iight-dTaught gunb0ats built by
SAIUEL Ii. PooK naval architect at Fair Haven.
Connecticut; are s lying ~ tno Root OF Iwelt5 'iru'
81 East River receiving their engines Z. they have
not yet been named they gIc known Es Nos. ana
~. Will not b. ready for some time b GOMEZ No 10
]
are their engines, known WGGnT segincEta en-
CINE Each vessel has two ~ them, working eh.ieiy
independent of each other. aud taxing 90 UAt very
little ROOM The cyllncers ave % Inches m diiie.ef
aud - inches stroke Of piston each sore" Is Iret IL
diameter. with IL feet mean pitch. Inc engines arc
hig pressure condenzg with sgEsce condenser, anu
vessel has cylindrical horizontal tubular boilers ~
feet inches IN length aHd feet III diameter "itn iy1
i-ef OF heating surface ana - square rect OF crete
surface. IL Is expected That with ~ reFoutoAa u le
! nor m a.
obi aimed. The ueT VI Ills engine Is H. lia compact
ness simplicity sud durability. The gunboat I.4Lot
has one of them; and the engine which drives TIE
presses at the Treasury Department lo printing green
Daess j. Of his pattern. ~ moons 81 TO M - ed
lu using these engines, the vessels VIII e 81 Feiy ssa
drnIght OF Wgter and carry heavy Dattcrf iae
tl. Of tic yes.els are britt u tho most suDst1nti man
VI ar style end arc latcaGei ~ sec harh sc'iee They
uTe schooner rrgrd and spread largo area Of canvas
they have fine models anl luOA as Il theJ might Dc
swfs aud useful vessels in sloal water
REyESUB CUTTER SghvIcG
The increase Of fhe revenue ca ter squadron
h-ines with demand for large number Of seanien.
bows aud fremen. TIE Treasury Department has pro-
muigated the following scale OF wages 20 be pad 10 en
fYr enlistment into fho service The figures are the
monthly nay with nations Boaswaius, So; FInnos.
go, cargcnteIs 60 hoa.sHa aims mates, $40; qusltcr
,r,ar- IS. ousr.ruas,-r- 49, lrr-f,r-.t arms So:
capt 0ffcrscasti' aud tops 81 captains aterguaTd
and hold S3C cOxsrain1 S5I able soamen, $50 ordi'
nary Eeanen. So. boys, SIS. ships cooks. so eaDn
steward So. Wer.ro0m steward. go. varGro0n ooyg.
s2 cabin boys el2. first class hrcmen. siji second
class dfemcn fO coal psssess. SIS. Men IN this ser
vice arc exempted from tho draft and on homo sa-
tons all the year round. The shpp0g Teldcz Gus %
~ No lie S.utst View YorA IN charge % 'ap;ain j.
Y Clark Six new screw steamers uCed o'cwsi one OF
them 10 destined ioG aaB iIsnslseO. Ce4lIVfhia
LITTLE ADA.
The little dispatch boat Little Ada, intended
a. the dispatch boat and tender Of Admiral d. ID. Por'
ter. squadron viii sell in few hours Tor her de tins
ton The fiuu in list Of her officers e.
Ing ENSIGN I'd ward Manning, Com maaG.ngi Ac;.Bg
Masters Mates. Isaac p Atkins Wm. Il Josepa
grsul :. Toby, Enrlnee4@ Act'pS soeoud = 51Ht-ne
In charge W. H. johnson; Acting Third Assis anss,
John Cook, jr Is. CoEIersc, j. L. Phillips
APHRODITE.
No list of the men lost has yet been received.
Il nlay be looked FOR daily.
PERSONAL
Chief Engineer =. LAwrog IS under orders
TO lepor, TO Admiral SrRiHLNG oT duty OF Fleet Enr
neer Of fhe Bust Gulf Bockrdng Squadron. wee Fleet
Engineer WHPrLE. deceased.
Acting Master c. !. LANGLEY, lao ~ tue leonri'' y
has been assigned 20 duty on Admiral tHNGoHfs sta
Acting Master CUTrREla also Of Tue ite IeclaseA -
doing duty Oh board u tine a. d. Vance.
T.sot Surgeon OK &c abscAt nom the north Atlantic
Bockading squadron. on special and important dAiy
ITEMS
Mr.. w. H. WEED, the builder of the italian
iron clad frgaie lie don Lniaa del Porogao. has re-
relved voiun'ioas citors from CGp;sn g. Comstoes in
which he states thar the ship made tho pasfaga with
oniy four boilers and that wien she aIr Ell at Naples
she had uyer 800 toss OF coal remaining on board No
attempt wac nude 20 make quick passage. gnc the
shin WIS never driven up IT, her full speed Every par;
tlo vessel performed admirnp., ana tHe itaii"ns
were very much pleased with her performances.