New York Times, The (Newspaper) - December 20, 1861, New York, New York j 1 PRICE TWO CENTS FRIDAY DECEMBER 20 3197 by an Arrival at Fortress Monroe Beaufort in Fall Possession of the National Forces Large Quantities of Cotton cured of the limy and onfc the vessels employed In transferring the brigade Tbe distance from Hilton Head to the town by the winding low banked river Is miles and there Is ample water for vessels of 18 and 18 feet draft Numerous plantations are scattered along the rout on both sides of the river some ot them very picturesquely located and almost hidden by a wealth of foliage At onr boat ly along the negroes who were very ran down to the water waving and reminding me of the told of the first sance up Beaufort River when they came down to the shore their bundles of goods and begged to on board the steamer The town of Beau- fort has been sc often described lately that I shall not bore you ny Impressions concerning Its ance Enough to say that the houses are spacious and look as If they would be agreeable habitations tn the with their double tiers of verandahs and large redolent even at this season of orange blossoms camellas and a variety of other flowers of all of which I have a beautiful bouquet Uial gives me especial delight Gen has taken quarters In a fine house which belonged to Mr J SMITH This like every In the town was left so that owW did not remove his effects con tie General Ims every requisite of comfort Movements Toward Charleston and IT UNCHANGED and Sent to Wednesday Dec 18 vid Thursday Dec 19 The steamship S R CapU S PoVt Royal last Sunday arrived here at an hour this morning The stopped at leaving that yesterday and bringing a mall and passengers Is quiet at Hatteras Nothing happened usual monotony there except the usual items The schooner WHITI said to be owned by Senator SIMMONS of Rhode Island arrived at toru on the 15th with an assorted cargo ing a large proportion of whisky She also took a Collector to and on arriving he procured a from the Commissary which proposed as a CapU Wain's papers very Irregular and on the 17th Capt of the Stars S tripe t seized the as a prize and sent her to TIM Collector Captain and crew of the Charity ar- In the to-day They are very at their j Among other passengers from was Com- CLAM There to little news of Interest from Port Royal The National troops have fully occupied the town of Large quantities of cotton continue to be gathered and brought to the The S K Spaulding will return to on Friday The steamer Georgiana brought down from this morning lion CHARLES J on parole from Fort Warren Boston en to Richmond where he Is confident of being ablo to himself for Hon Mr representative from New-York taken prisoner at the battle of Bull RUB Mr spent the forenoon at Gen and was sent by a flag of truco to aey Island at noon on his return brought down CapU J B of the First Artillery who was ad and taken prisoner at Bull Run Ho Is released on parole and will be exchanged If possible for Capf J A Capt serenaded by the band of the Second Artillery on the wharf before the boat Started and numbers availed themselves of the to get a look at the Captain He Is still very weak and suffering from the effects of his wounds The steamer Is to he leaking badly sad Is expected to sail for New-York this afternoon The brought down from Baltimore this looming Hon D W Member of Congress from Indiana and Judge of the same not often fai staff officer i fare Into the res ted those ct Col dances s to tho lot of a campaigner His worse I had permission to look of the village and I Mr SAHS Rev Mr WILL Col and RIUTT Every where I sa v shocking evidence of the unrestrained license of war Elegant furniture shattered mirrors broken pianos and overturned family libraries containing valuable books the cherished collections of years despoiled In est wanton less of their treasures To the negroes mainly blame of ravages to be attached after all this destruction of household gods may bo considered a just retribution and a well-deserved penalty for a sin of the magnitude of these South Carolinians have been guilty soldiers did not land at Beaufort until 8 o'clock on evening Scouts were at onco thrown out the woods a short distance beyond th encountered halt a dozen rebel m A An exchange of shots occurred resulting in the f a private of the Fiftieth Penns who was wounded In the apparently by a A negro afterwards reported tin t one of the ene ny Was wounded by our fire ami tint his com- rades supported him on his horte while retreated toward Port Royal The report of the ketry was heard by Gen who ent a of 100 men to inquire as to Its ei o they crime up the rebels had withdrawn and the h was too lute to admit of a pursuit Next day was devoted to pitching landing stores and other necessary work In the performance of which the soldiers found In tho willing and efficient helpers The ramps most de- sirable sites nestled In the of the magnificent proves of live-oak which skirt the back street of the Reports crime to headquarters that a of numbering 30 or 40 men were upon the Island on Sunday morning made a reconnaissance in foice expecting to take them prisoners He had with him 700 men consisting of a detail of 300 from the Fiftieth Pennsylvania 300 from the Roundhead Regiment also and a section of HAMILTON'S Starting at o'clock they maile a rapid march a distance of ten miles to Port Royal Ferry over only highway the Island has On the way they heard that the rebels had retreated crossing tho ferry the day Halting his main body at a convenient distance Gen dispatched one of his aids with an escort to place The river as the but 50 yards wide and on the side the officer saw the enemy's pickets distinctly fall i to have been himself Contrary 10 the custom in Virginia neither a shot As tho enemy had the OK his side and there was no means of crossing he been so inclined Gen Was to return He left a strong force at the ferry to present Incursions of the enemy and has since established a Derailment post at that then the rebels have come to in bers and are throwing up earthworks if to make a stand I was not lucky enough to hear of this sanoe hour Gon had departed to make it My grief at the disappointment however by a permit to follow Lieut Lest of the Staff who was to the Of a number of pickets My ce wus Taking the main road over Into the his horse's hoofs struck the ground within t wo yards of where she was concealed was confident that he would have shot her with a he had drawn II she had been discovered She has since found employment as laundress for some of the officers Better late than but now that the Govern ment has come to a realizing sense of the cotton prompt measures are taken to secure It The fields are literally white with the harvest Col Noun late of the Seventy-ninth ment has resigned his commission for the purpose of acting as agent of tho Government In collecting the crop He has Tlslted St Ladies Coosaw Paris and Port Royal Islands and estimates the value of the quantity to be obtained at Negroes are employed to gather the receive for every neat 100 weight they deliver For that pay they work willingly and well The little Mayflower Capt PHILLIPS Is continually running up the bayous for staple and transporting It hither Her first trip was mado to Jenkins Island whence she brought 950 sacks which are equal to about 80 bales A cargo may soon be expected In New-York The at Hilton Head In the three weeks of Its existence has sent north In round numbers eighty If that fact is not conclusive evidence of the intelligence of tlic men composing the army and navy whut would Very nearly the number of letters have been received and dis- here as well as many tons of Mr tlic Is a man of energy and tact both of which qualities he hns had occasion to exercise bringing Ills department in the face of very adverse circumstances to Its present working condition It It positively said now that the new expedition for somewhere will leave hero within a week Capt CBAS E Uni- ted States Army Is busy In arranging the trans- Tlie vessels assigned are the Oriental Ariel Daniel De Ford Ensure City Matanzas Martin Philadelphia Star of the South Roanoke The Oriental ably the most comfortable vessel of the number bo the the cral commanding the expedition Somo Information of the rebal movements been obtained fiom the negroes FORESTER THOMPSON belonging to of Savannah that he left that city with two other fugitive on the 20th ultimo suffering severely from hunger they managed finally to our He had been working at his trade ship carpenter on a rebel gunboat which Is now afloat In Savannah Harbor This is 75 feet in length by 25 feet la width Her height Is 7 feet out of water and her draft not more than 2 feet She is i at both ends carries three guns and was built exp for ning into the shallow hi order to fight land that Fort very unsubstantially built and that firing fro n H hdb fissures In the brick walls Some of the ure So fearful that It cannot stand Iho co tension of its own guns that they have hired tutus He says that butter und coffee are bolh very scarce and each sells for seventy-five cents pt r pound An- other refugee from a village on thr River where crosses slated that have erected a of three guns place A stupid soldier belonging to tho Roundhead Regl a shocking death fie day He found in woods an shell indenting ef It lighted the fuse with his cigar it hurst ling his hands otf al wrists and tearing out his stomach two hours after tlic rence Eight others wero hart dolt belonging to the Forty-eighth Regiment touched off a shell In a marsh near the camp enough the only Injury he was the tearing of his coal A fragment of the hen was thrown three hundred yards passing through ns of a tent and smashing a trunk In pieces Did you ever hear of a tamed alligator for a have something upon which to lavish tenderness the chosen an enormous alligator captured tho hideous creature In Skull tation and really have made it tractable The following IH the list of deaths at Royal since Dec 1 to Dec THIRD John H Company G Doc 3 Jordan private Company K 0 John L musician Company G Doc 0 1st toward the Union throughout the grc ater portions of that State Where tlie blow may fall or what the power Is that will strike It I am not at liberty to tell Col R C of the Ninth at Is at and U la reported by prominent army officers that he Is to be made to command in the North Carolina The principal part of the force now at Hatteras have removed from the scene of the great flood to higher and safer ground some three miles up where a camp Is established known as Camp Win field and large fortifications have been thrown Up It will gratify a large circle of friends to know E A who was seriously 111 at Hatteras has recovered The Ninth dould not well afford to part with RO valuable and brave an officer and he Is spared to fight on in the defence of the old flag to whose glory his distinguished services In Mexico added no small share C IMPORTANT FROM MISSOURI Energetic Movements of Against the Rebels Pope TWO LARGE CAMPS BROKEN OF the about apprehensive and You know W on the the Bridge below on tht Memphis Branch Railroad and the It the mort exploit of the war In Kentucky batteries along the Mississippi and the Cumberland will soon be silenced and taken by oui and land expeditions Their wages of UW First and Second Districts will soon be stopped by Gen WAI and Col R K WILLIAMS who are advancing Into the Interior from Paducah and and by Gen T L who also reported to be moving forward The troublesome fellows about Bagdad In Shelby and about other country towns and will cease from troubling us as soon as our forces and scatter the ing armies Nothing but miserable blunders can pre- rent Kentucky's early entire and release and recovery from the rattlesnakes bites and the snakes colls The Senate has passed PauL's resolution Invoking the Government authorities to adopt rich rules for the exchange of prisoners as maybe dictated by humanity and as art the laws of A FIGHT AT POINT OF ROCKS The Rebels Scattered with the Loss of all their Baggage Arms About Three Hundred of Them Captured Attack oy Rebel Artillery upon Col Geary's Encampment PROMPT RESPONSE OP OUR ARTILLERY ST Loois Thursday Deo 10 Dispatches received at Headquarters from POPE state thru after a forced yesterday he got between the enemy encamped six miles from howee Johnson County and a body In Clinton and Henry Counties but as soon as they heard of his approach they beut a rapid retreat toward Hose Hill Johnson County leaving all their baggage arms munitions In our possession Gen POPI then forward ten companies of cavalry and of artillery In pursuit following with the main body of his army At Johnston Bates County tho rebels being ly scattered in all directions but mostly toward the South Gen POPE then forced a strong cavalry to within 15 miles of und intercepted and captured 150 of the rebels and all their baggage stores Other squads numbering from 10 to 15 each were taken making the bcr No fighting Is to have occurred Geu POPE fays whole country between Hill on the and Grand River on the south Is clear of rebels den lias only troops at CONTRIBUTIONS THE REBELS ST Louis Thursday Dec Defeat of the Rebels with a Heavy Loss in Killed and Wounded ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE BT THE JOBA Nature of the Demands Made on the American BRITISH PREPARATIONS FOB WAS The London Press on Gen Scott's Iretter and Bright pot ta a Plea for or ROCKS Thursday Deo 19 At 10 o'clock this morning a rebel battery of three guns flanked with about tWo hundred Infantry suddenly commenced shelling the encampment of Col Pennsylvania Regiment About shells well aimed fell amidst the encampment the first within a few feet of DE commanding The sU companies In camp were wel deployed and Intrenched Tho battery opened fire with two guns the first shot disabling one of the rebel guns the second falling In their centre Our battery then advanced and poured a continuous flro Inlo them silencing all their guns and Ing back a fourth one reinforcing them Tho rebels were driven from their position In full retreat There were at least teen killed and many wounded Our alda did not not lose a man The engagement lasted over half an hour After the rout of the rebels the victors turned their on some routes near the old furnace on the side where about 150 rebels were secreted driving them out und wounding many The guns were admirably served Tl party had passed we found about a quarter of mile from ditch evidently Intended for a i sole obstacle to our and it was easily t tho a This was the II Dec OUR PORT ROYAL CORRESPONDENCE come Traveling busily along over the almost straight and perfectly level causeway of concrete oyster well-kept the place two or liy the Army Advances Toward Charleston and Occupation of in tbo Miscellaneous Mews S C Friday Dec Taking Hillon Head for the base of tbe army and navy are conjointly making a series of strategic moves which must sooner or later bring Carolina and Georgia to their fealty So soon as the foothold here was made secure Tybee Island seized and held and now other operations are in progress for a flank advance upon Savannah Charleston too U receiving a share of attention Within three days a force has been landed at Otter bland and a battery there commanding the entrance o the River one of tho Inland routes be- tween these cities which the rebels themselves and deserted la now under our control Port Royal Island where the town of Beaufort Is also permanently occupied by our troops Virtually this place has been ours from the day of the battle but being of no great Importance In a sense It was suffered to remain the around of refugee negroes Its occupation now ever is In furtherance of the design to advance upon the cities as well as to female tlie rebels In toe plan which they uie now tote executing of obstructing this of with sunken vessels and i nt the Uon of cotton mjy also hav i to do the occupation of Po t for the enemy emboldened have recently Incursions as far and for a neck beforo our troops went we had manifestations of their to lighted by the fires of burning cotton bouses Bui new these ravages arc ended The brigade forms the of shells which If one may judge from condition has evidently boen the pride o we halted at every quarter of a mile to three soldiers Then on again leaving our chain of sentinels behind us feeling that there was just enough danger the If give it zest Ing up the many lanes le to plantations whence bly enemy's ca might debouch and generally In a state of genull exhilaration In this way we five miles by the In a direct lino when we met a colored man in his Sunday's ion lie told us that the y reached the ferry and proceed further In hopes un uus by this time very this sage opinion We halted tq get Informal General's party hai Hint It would of overtaking Thee hot and we acquiesced in over longing to Di rebels during purpose of last time two He said too e Informed that a house by useless to had been the oi the incursions upon bland for the they were the Rosi their days before but all had now gone away that Ibc cotton ou plantations of and Re Mr Wills had t ocn within a night or two by the rebel rs who replied to the the orders ot tli friend also Beaufi ward lie we then we everything fort almost their RIUTT ho said fight with a from Iho roof of the powder been static a mile front In made keen long to pur colored wo amp and going to of ttu week It required tho troops their property nod the er part of Saturday was tn I a the occasion e my firm visit to tbe occupation been with us the en large to equipage stores dessert of T beneath aunt tit cor uod of Capu of i and 1 for her Ho l A Ban iwell Franels Capers Henry rivers Mr Waddy and that Ibey were acting under i the properly Our colored i gr description of ri the of the battle ami the day after- aid the cnt re length of the road where e wus with carts carriages and and that the ladles of Beau iroke their hearts with grief at leaving at Beaufort where a good view of th Mr B h Bay lattery Is had and be heard him say By ev ary man tins run and they have set Are to The people of Beaufort soon afterward I in too with Mr in the van our way tho having long three of us made detour about the road to the plantation of Mr WILLIAM search of something to satisfy appetites by pur morning walk It did not take the favor of DINAH a nan refused to follow the fortunes her fugitive master She quickly had a chicken broiled pol baked smoking hot and a and honey Our dinner was spread branches oak which like all a flowing robe of trees was draped luxuriant i loss I met OE this plantation a joung girl probably 18 evidently had more than negro Wood in She told me hat Mr owned her and tha day of the fight sho waa at Beaufort in the confusion of the rout eh a hid ted to seek freedom of the Yankees Most of the afterward ate In the woods and other slaves not daring to except in the night time io Mr was very angry at her hod been back several times to look Win B Company E Dec 7 MICHIGAN John 11 Davis Company K Lumen II Dec 4 Cyrus H Delano Company E Dec 4 Jonathan K George C Dec 7 John Patro Company Dec 7 Win Smith Company K Drc Wm Brown Company D Dec 9 Thero eighteen deaths In this since Ils ai Hilton mortality being greatly In excels of any other Joseph Lawrence Company A Dec 0 Andrew H Dec 4 Ed Company It Hue 5 S Place Company D Dec 0 MAINE Ira B Company G Dec 4 Charles L Holland Company F Dec 3 John F n C Dec 5 deaths since the occupation 11 J W OUR FORTRESS MONROE CORRESPOND ENCE AT SICKNESS TOE PROVISIONS FOR THE NA ETC Wednesday Dec 18 1861 The steamer K Paulding has arrived from Port Royal bringing Iho safe and successful occupation of Beaufort by our Tlie of men was good and the fine The Spaulding stopped at Hatteras on her voyage up CapU of the came up from Hatteras He reports largo It g from diseases contracted at that miserable and place Some of troops who were sent to the gon eral hospital at Fortress returned to II it- as toon as they recovered have again been at- tacked With the return of old diseases und are now dangerously 111 The experience of the tives of Hatteras Is that a disease contracted there is a life-time companion ami thero is no remedy but re- moval to a better clime The Forty-eighth vania Regiment which was sent Io replace the tieth Indiana has lost their throe weeks stay at Hatteras seven men who were in good health be- fore they went there and HAWKINS Zouaves hare burled about twenty of their fine body since their ar rival at the time of tho bombardment The are now full of the sick from the two rcg CapU reports a visit from the rebel boats three In number on Sunday latt who fired shot and shell one of the shell fallings very short d tanco from the regimental formation of tlie Ninth at Sunday morning Inspection under Tne vessel with the supplies which Rev Mr WAT procured for the suffering loyal by his peal to the sympathetic and patriotic people of York has arriVed safely and her cargo unloaded by the natives The provisions thus sent wero received by these sufferers with expressions of the war me s gratitude to the kind people who had supplied them Great preparations are known to be on foot for the purpose of affording the loyal people of North Caro Una a free and ample opportunity of rising up andde Bt came two days before and riding daring to the world the love which la reported to ex o of about 300 rebels liave been on rollel sit the Office upon contributions are to be under Gen General Older No 24 for the benefit of l refugees About sixty of the of these are be upon for the muni set their names varying from to the balance ure Io be notified aa the cies Ills understood Gen will force of cavalry to The main body of his army IB now rn for A train of tv wagons with clothing and lilies fur PRICE were In addition to artl cles previously AFFAIRS IN KANSAS c to make tho following from u letter Dec 9 A of LASS'S Is slill here Part Col has been here for a week or more E one of the Governors of sas has 1 veil appointed and Is expected here everyday The and soldiers do not like tlic The Union aic very small in and around VW arc line here very mild and to be pull oft in a few tavs MONDAY Den 9 In this from and or rebels in la less than tuo Ihu arrived all the forces e were on Uio maich 11 to seo Iho of Kansas arc by tlic Jen tins it- moved the only wa- in Southern to Wo Have butlwo camion and one v believe that there Is any need of Ibis way Gen us I Is no need of large guilt not Unit there an enemy Kansas KENTUCKY Advance of A BATTLE PROBABLY FOUGHT CINCINNATI Dec 10 Tho ad- vices from Somerset slate that yesterday morning at daylight Gen with all his force marched out to the rebels Gen Is In sition op Fishing with men and some artillery Geu force consists of two Tennessee Kentucky regiment and tho Seventeenth and Ohio Regiments Ohio and Batteries of ten guns four of which arc four smooth bore and two Parrott guns Gen has no tn side of tho river and but crossing Gen was confident of whipping him with some hopo of capturing most of his men Tho lead the column It Is probable that tho battle took place or to-day DESTRUCTION OF AN ENCAMPMENT Ky Thursday Dec 10 amphitheatre nt fair grounds a regiment of arc encamped was completely destroyed by fire lost night resulting in a loss of 000 to During the excitement u sentinel shot Joet First Lieutenant of Col killing him THE WAR IN Correspondence qf tke Tanis LOUISVILLE Saturday Dec 14 1661 reports to-day from almost every ter of tho and there mny be some truth In some or aU of them II reported Into Northeast Kentucky is nol improbable A rebel diversion or feint In that quarter in order to and divide our forces appears likely Our divisions under Gens and BOILE at and Co musl soon If not already encounter and thrash Urn too unless they are greally The of of Regiment aie FROM GEN BANKS DIVISION Bid Tuesday Dec 17 Nows from last night shows that disquiet exists along tho river line Shots arc continually being exchanged between the enemy and Col LEONARD'S men aa to the numbers and of the are contradictory and One ment Is that JACKSON with hla brigade largely reinforced U at Waters but other gence not appear to corroborate It It Is dent that Gen advance from Romney toward Winchester and the approaching opening of the from Cumberland to Hancock together with movements of General colamn has caused great consternation on the other side General KELLT has rebel advance guards but he progresses steadily and slowly toward Winchester If It be true the and Winchester railway connection has been completed tlie enemy will undoubtedly receive heavy reinforcements Immediately and a hard fought battle of magnitude will be the To protect the on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as well as to be prepared to forces should he make a general stration against Col LEONARD Capl BEST'S and Fifth Connecticut Regiment Col were Hub dispatched to and will early row Other regiments are prepared to follow it if should become accessary Tbe review of the First Brigade Gen BIT was highly creditable Ii may be the Massachusetts Col the Twelfth setts Regiment Col as having received great fiom the Staff The Six lee nth Indiana has greatly Improved since the lost The Thirl loth Pennsylvania Regiment although a small performed all its In a manner creditable to Its officers men The Maryland Regiment Col of Brigade be reviewed to-day near village of TUfi Hospital hat now become fully by Surgeon KIKO medical director of the U Is under the charge of L R STOW of the Second Massachusetts assisted by Dr of the Third Wisconsin Regiment and Dr of Indiana Regiment Tlie medical reports of Ust week show a de of sickness and a total absence of new rases The regiments on river from Point of Rocks to Hancock arc much the healthiest of the division Almost every of the division Is build ig basements to tents of split logi the tents forming tho roof This mode has been recommended by the Commission as superior io all others In point of warmth and tion The officers are generally floored aitd heated small stoves A report gained some credence here Gen had had an engagement opposite Ed Ferry In which he was victorious but your correspondent has failed to obtain any confirmation Court-martial tried several and others under the same charge are fore U to-day It Is believed will be convicted and 11 thai some executions will take place STATEMENT OP A UNION REFUGEE Thursday Dec 10 The Bulletin of this city a statement given by a Union refugee from Richmond who caped on the claim of being a British subject There considerable feeling there The fugitive to a Union Club bat their rendezvous being tho members were forced io scatter Twenty-two hundred rebel weie Mck at Richmond The sunk near Norfolk tendering all It by water impossible An attempt was made on Monday last to launch tho Merrimac but she stuck on ways and not be moved up or down MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN BOSTON Thursday Dec 10 Ths First Massachusetts Cavalry Col W runs visited Boston to-day from their camp at Tha regiment mado a splendid ance and attracted an immense crowd covering the sidewalks balconies Ac on tho route of march The regiment will soon leave for the seat of The Twelfth Maine and Col setts Regiment are expected Io embark in the steamer for Uio mouth of the TRANSPORT SERVICE The schooner John S Williams lying at the Government dook foot of North River Is now loading Government stores for Port Royal S C will carry about 600 tons and s align Saturday From onr English files by the f tend to the 6th of December Inclusive we additional and highly Interesting details Of Gen JetUr appears to have had a effect even on the meet belligerent of QM Brit ish journals Both letter and Mr Butart speech af Rochdale are earnest to maintain peace tad they will not bo without on BUM of Ish people In the meantime however British for war are being carried out on a large naval reserve fleet 1s under Io prepare for fern and munitions of war as well aa fresh being forwarded with dispatch to Canada THE INSTRUCTIONS TO LYONS From The terms and exact character of the Uons sent out to Lord are kept a close but we learn that amongst those persons in London likely to hare be it means of judging there U general belief that the amount and form of the lion our to ruck tht not littly ttmi ctit The most likely or rather least unlikely of an amicable settlement BO far as can at seen is considered to be that m it a majority opposed to Mr it only to km lion J from tht Gloat One of the local journals appears to Infer from tha fact of the being detained at Queenstown Monday that the Government waited to hear tho news by he before off their dispatch to The fact to dispatch to Lord wi s not officially completed In sufficient time to allow he messenger to od Saturday night and the on ly object of the ol he Europa was to enable the messenger to get the Europa on TIIE BRITISH NATAL The comprise the British naval reserve at Portsmouth and which In the of war the States could be across Atlantic at a week's notice to reinforce tbe squadrons already In American The fleet already on OUT coast includes some 44 mounting 617 gum and manned by Screw Screw Total reserve Sovereign Prince of Wales William Total reserve Screw Tribune Screw Screw Screw r Screw Screw rve Screw Screw 3 3 6 1 Screw j Nun rod KuryL Screw Paddle Paddle Inflexible Nine Total reserve IK AT Hero Screw Screw Screw i figures represent 59 carrying naval force that Uie British at ils Immediate command to send to any part ttd PREPARATIONS OP Frori the London The Defence horse power U still In dock at Chatham but from thown In her and the number of em- ployed about her a very short time only before she ready forses Immediately and during the time the vessel isb they will be employed ai Chatham to paring the Galatea W 800 for sea The provision Is be al Chatham for their accommodation la accordance with the orders received at the corvette SI Ions and power will be placed tn ho fourth dock this afternoon to be ward for sea all The ship 80 baa been from a sailing snip Io a screw er proceeded to the measured mile at the Sands on Tuesday for tlie purpose of m trip fortho of testing iher i ate of speed attained runs was nearly 10 knots per The worked very M Detailed were yesterday Id Uio at the Noie and the Dragon 6 A special repor ed to thB 1 in which Iho can be j eea allowing for tie Increased number of mt and ordered to be ft em 61 power Ions and bad her lower mag la under the masting shears The dockyard JiU lies date they will be enabled to complete Mr and have her ready for sea In the course of or one month from this date The or one from guns tons and the finest frigates In the attached to the of the In the Medwar but hss been sent to where she rigged and fitted She I power sprit put in and to-day her lower board The SI guns 1s Inched to the B made ready to proceed to few days The nominal if In advanced state ii L with the Nrw
