The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-19
From the New York Courier and Enquirer.
The Brooklyn NavySYare.

The Brooklyn nasy-yad psesens DIT this time an appear
ance oil ltan Usual activity, Six hundred and fifty
men reported the roll yesterday morning. and the
work in each department proceeding rapidly The store
ships Fredonla, Lexington and Relief lie In ordinary,
together with the gaes Macedonian and Brandywine, TO
which last nothing has Of late been done in the way OF
repair The Relief has been put in ine condition. and
DO expected receive sailing orders shortly The steam
gae Fulton, having had her upper decks torn off, has
been elevated forward and alt, and half feet The
sharp for which she noted has been completely
rounded. She has been under cover five months.
The sate Sabine, (rs cass the keel Of which laid
in 1922 Is still the stocks in her cd quarters with
prospect OF removal The North Carolina tshp thcine)
sin service receiving ship The Preble (soop-
is under repair The completeness with which she has
been dsnasted and stripped gives to her the appearance
OF perfect wreck. On examination her iron,work is
shown - have experienced but slight injury. She was
built in 1889 Tho year the oops Marion and Dale
The noble rgate Constitution is in excellent condition
We examined her throughout, and pleased to find
evidences Than ordinary in her ppontinen,s
nothing having been neglected in the way OF repair aud
i'm provement Commodore Sitter, commandant OF the
havyyad, whore old ship he is, evidently takes pride
in her As the weather becomes warmer her decks,
slrewed with fine sand, will be covered with
ing, for which supports already erected The steam
gate San Jacino, built last year DIT this port, in the
drydock and will shortly be ready orsea. Her
machinery. with the exception of her shafts all on board
The model of this fgate has many fine points The San
| Jacinto carries six guns.
slide supplies temporarily the place OF the gates
in the dry dock being finished Dunham's foundry
This dock, with the new machine house (of granie) in
ofereclion this yard will augment materially the
facilities OF the yard This machine. shop will con.
tan amidst other apparatus mills for rolling copper, with
steam and trip hammer and song machine The build
ing 800 feet long by 81 feet wide, with walls Is inches
thick Atils hghes, central elevation A. will contain three
stories. 1t is intended to be covered with copper roof
supported equal distances of five feet either side, BY
gh, ola peculiar construction resting on iron braces,
inches diameter The raters composed severaly Of
of parallel. The al
ready extends the engnehouse, presenting, with its
FURNISHED surface and light supports elegant appear
The elevation from the base line to the is Is
feet. The dimensions Of the impairment 81 by
50 This engine-house is probably the complete
in the style, rise either side OF central
TO the roof where they mounted by entab
atures running uansveseIy from side side The floor is
iron covered with work and the visile
fro the large open space which he stands the engine
on an elevated platform. is engine of 4o0horse pow
err 240 OF which, applied the empyng Of the adjoining
dry-dock will exhaust it in two hours The diameter OF
the piston is fifty inches with l2cet stroke The working
beam is a solid cast, and weighs Is tons. The diameter
Of the is rs feet The pstons of the pumps,
connected The dock by descent into well 81 e deep,
have Sheet stroke. This well is encased with metallic
plates fastened by copper bolts aud descends feet below
the level of the dock. Tho arrangements exhibited
the engineering department highly credit
able We may add in conclusion, that in every depart.
men Of navyyaid visible the effects of super
intending skl, experience and Of Commodore Saer
who though strict discplinaran appears to be in pos
of those qualities which quicken jealous ac-
tvity those under command