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Show The naval preparations are still continued with great activity. The Nantucket, the last of the ironclads repaired, has been ordered into corn-' corn-' mission. It is reported that the Mediterranean fleet has been ordered home, aud that the torpedo corps is engaged in the preparation of torpedoes. tor-pedoes. All the veaeela on the Atlantic At-lantic coast, north of New Orleans, have been ordered to New York. Profound secrecy is observed respect- ing these movements, and there is no ' end of speculation us to their object. |