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Show t'iliiiiS up Vessels. Thiladelphia, lo. Sevi n hundred men arc tilting up the monitors .-l.'-v and M-;u!ftthit and the sloop of war t'itirhltti:irt for service. The monitors mon-itors will carry fifteen-: nch DaJilgretn guns, and the Cauau'l'ii-iri' carries ten guns. The monitor will be placed in connuission early next week, and the sloop of war within a fortnight, fort-night, the necessary repairs to her boilers causing the delay. To hasten the work on tho Ajux the workmen upon the new sloop of war Gtinn- iaj have been transferred to her. Orders were received at tho Brooklyn Brook-lyn navy yard, Friday night, directing the immediate preparation ol' tiie frigates frig-ates ('! r-i'lo and Muttfsoin. Tiie former can be got ready in :iu ibiys. the M'uiwifn in one ortwo month-;. The J"ii'-!io will be readv in a dav or two. The rtr'i,ui is'ready to sail. Work i- continued on theSpauish iron i clad Jn,rh'r.t, which is iu dry dock j at the yard. |