Affairs in New York.
--A letter from New York, dated the 14th inst., gives the following intelligence from that metropolis of Yankees:
‘
The iron-clad
Manhattan was launched from
Secor's yard,
Jersey City, this morning, in the presence of several thousand spectators, among whom were noted
Admirals Farragut and
Gregory,
Chief Engineer Stimers, and a number of officers from the
Russian and
French fleets. --The vessel was christened by
Miss Gregory, grand-daughter of the
Admiral, after which the "monster" glided into the water without the slightest mishap and amidst the cheers of the multitude.
The dimensions of the
Manhattan are as follows: Extreme length over armor, 235 feet; length outside of stern post, 160 feet; extreme beam over armor, 46 feet; depth of hold, 13 feet. It is expected that the
Manhattan will be ready for sea say about the 15th of November.
’
The one hundred and sixty rebel officers who were sent on here from New Orleans by the steamer Evening Star, were transferred from
Governor's Island to-day to
Sandusky Bay, to join the thousands of their fellow rebels confined on
Johnson's Island.
It seems that these prisoners, while on the steam-tug conveying them from the Evening Star to
David's Island, were supplied with an abundance of champagne by certain sympathizing friends, which was so freely imbibed that all hands were in a state of intoxication before their destination was reached.
At one time they threatened to attack the guard, and in other respects behaved themselves so scandalously as to create serious alarm on board the boat.
There is, I hear, some reason to suspect that the
Russian officers were offended at the invitation given to the
French and
British officers by the
Commissioners of Charities and Correction, yesterday, to visit the public institutions.
The
Russians preferred going alone, and hence declined the invitation.
At all events that is the story.
To-morrow, however, the gentlemen from Muscovy have concluded to go on the excursion, and have sent the
Commissioners a notification to that effect.
As for the Britishers, we have got rid of them altogether,
Admiral Milne having returned to
Halifax in the
Nile, which, with the Immortalize, went to sea this morning.
