, 1873-04-14
WAR.RuMORS.

NAVAL ACTIVITY Ak no" OFAckSHHe~ooAe
ccutrntfon OF Troops In TcEns--itro
We to EQnvc n Enr with McKfco-.
Con. Sherman Snys No.
wAn-RuMoRs-NAyAL ACTIVITY At NEW ORLEANS.
as'ato tAprft cozEs,RGnde"e' Ks,a af tic st' TORS
There is great deal Of speculation in this city
at present, as alBo considerable anxiety, in ro-
gnrd to certain measures recently takon BY tho
Government which aro thought to look towards
meaning Of which no ono seems fully to UNDER
stand. Common report aud private advices
from Now Orleans, takon In connection with
what ls known in regard to tho movement Of
can frontier and the official iuspec-
ton Of Fedornl Notifications in tho
Bano noighborhood; incline most pooplo to be-
iove that before long tho Government will make
thore are others who bolieyo that tho objective
point OF tho expedition will bo- Cuba, OF ovou
Vonozuela, which il to be forced to pay its long
neglected. debt to the United States. It Is known
that Gen: Grant does not fcel entirely ut oase
in regard to tho position in which be stands
before the country, and would worry much
like in any possible way, to divert public atton-
ton from lis own personal acts Of commission
and wa ~ a tor hS es9 Of G
tho Credit Mobiler scandal to DO forgotten in
tho blaze of Bome striking action. 1t Is certain
s sGss 0ng g. the 'oghhtpg %heg m IL fs be .gas to
but. pleasing to Quukers, however vol tho
noble army OF fllibus!orB may like 1t. Last
winter Con. Osborne, Col. ltobb, aud Maj. say-
age, with others, woro IN Now Orleans. az Com.
grievances Of American citizous against Mexican
mnrautlerB, and now TINT Con Myers, tho becre-
tary Of War, and the Lieutenant General! OF the
Army have gone to inspect our Moxlcan borders,
belief that Moxico is not to hoar eomothing- Of
American gunboata What tue activity at New
Orleans il, and has for eono time beell the tol-
lowing will show:
now eight gunboa.B, three monitors, aud, bo-
Bides tGeae, five monitors which, when necessity
demands, may DO converted into oHoctiye rams,
and for Homo timo hotween Bixty and seventy
mon have been busily employed, III repairing
theae engines Of war and making thom ready for
action Ut tho shortest notice. Tho monitor
Koywaydin iB protected with iron and wood plat.
ing four feot thick, and las capacity OF ooo
tons; it carries four eloyen-inch Dall1gron guns,
two in the forward and two in tho aft turres, and
weighing from 1G, 900 to 1900 pounds. Tho
Chickas9w closely resembles tho KoywAylin,
and both nre like the Winnobngo, except
that in the lnttor gunboat tho guns. are worked
by steam-powar, Tho turratB Of all are worked
BY steam engnos Of ton horsepower, Their full
complement Of men il 180 men each. As rap
idly as possible they aro preparing for seq. The
othor tlvo monitors arc tho Etat, tho umpaua,
tho Yuma, tho Iria. and tho Clinatll, all known
as stincor's light-draught monitors. They wero
taken to Now Orleans in 1860, and, until within
short time, have lain idly there. They aro al
nrrned nike, and arc OF the aame capacity.
They havo respectively = measurement % OF
In turrots guarded by eleven inclaos OF iron each
has two Rcrew propellorB. carreB 300 tons ofconl,
and works. with a crew OF ninety mon in charge
engines OF war ta now ready to sail within four
or live hours OF tho timo when ordors for them
to do 80 should be received, and they would DO