The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-13


Delipery of Letters Out South-Demand For and Suppsy
of the HeraLd-A Visit to The Navy Yard-Aodsrn Dry
Docks and Their Cost War Ships and Work Shops
Late Cruise of the Fdlmouth-The Ordnance Depart
nsent-Another Trip.
The first salutarion had yesterday on my arrival,
was 'Have New YORK HERALD STRIP OF course took
HERALD. This morning, to my astonshment, recsiv.
ed the HERALD Of the 18th inst As passed mp from the
hotel, my salu.ed every now and then-Have
you got your NEW YORK HERALD Of the 12sh9'' Now
don't blame Uncle Sam much about the mails; taking
all things into consideration IL your bundle OF HEaAIDs
gets out this far in dsys tits pretty well, and
your subscribers and readers don't complain should
not. So much for the HERALD.
Now tor the Navy Yard here. paid visit to the
ssgreat southern Navy Yard" IT'S beautiful yard,
of great Dimensions They have in the FIRST place.
a dry dock built Of wood cost don't know how
mucha million, or probably million and half. All
well-but it will require, for the first ave years. from
thirty fifty thousand dollars year to keep IL in
pair, and after ten years it viii have to be rebuilt
at the tune Of couple three hundred thousand dol
lars As far as concerned, have objection to
extending millions this yard as great Southern
naval station time of that must be of great
Importance to the country but do say. let have
permanent stone dry dock at all navy yards, and
not the miserable wooden structures So much for the
DOCK Now for the improvements in the yard. Most of
the timber sheds and store houses of story and
back from the water The roof would have covered
two story building, giving to the convsniences Of the
yard for building and equpping an elegant lott. Well
all there things belong 70 navy mon they must Be ae
The United States sloop Of war Falmouth Capt Shaw
is OIL the Navy Yard reftting, caulkng and painting,
and busts. did not go board in consequence, Dot
rambled about the yard, examining the various work
nm 0un nd nnatn
&c. I officer busy engaged about the
gun carrisees-a tall, fine looking man, whose eyes
evidently acceptable to the working men, Judging fro
their replies, end the pleasant smile seeming to play
AZ beg you push the work. and let me have the gun
carrages ready at the earliest day." have got his
ssms. The master workman replied :-''Indsed, Capt.
Shaw, Wen leave nothing undone to give you them at
the earliest moment" The captain passed out of this
shop-we saw him enter the smithy. In rambles wa
got into the boat she'd there he was examining boats
being painted, Mex, him in the sail loft. Az
this all and curious to us, c,ntiauei our
inquiries followed up the capts Of the Falmouth
Our information obtained here proves you right
there being much rotten in Denmark Jour navy There
is not only cold fosies :" in the navy, but "young
fcgies."
The Falmouth was sent to sea in December last
with sealed orders She did not get off the one hun
it became to some on board alarming, I was told
by person on board that an Off proposed to Capt
Shaw turn back and FIRE gun for pilot, aad h,s
reply was "No sir, not as long as the pumps w fres
Bermuda" 81 sir she shall swim sink, before Tl
disgrace our dockyard and our navy by going into
English dockyard for repairs and only tsnshours at
from our own" You remember he pushed her to st
Thomas, W. l., and mace his repairs. My informant
says ''Our Captain the devil at going to quarters
exercfiDg at target practice Gay night aud our
second third target firing than hs of the gun
carriages broke down-a1letrees and dumb trucks he
called them rotten What's pretty fix would the officers
and crew of this shp and her commander have beeo in
If they had been called on to fight their guns This
the secret of this building and repairing old gun
carriages at the navy yard here for the Falmouth -
have heard 1t said here thas the ordnance officers
who permitted the ship to to with such gun car
risges, should be dismissed the navy. It subjec. OF
conversation in the next where writing, and
IL ID freely commented She is twenty gun ship;
old not 60 board, have SAID My informant told
me che cannot carry the guns mounted in her-six.
teen 80 pounder and four Snch shell guns of So hun
dred pounds each, placed the centre Of the ship.
when she . new ship. she carried, they told
me, "A Founders. Now she ia an old shio aud
they put on her twenty very large and heavy guns.
Whether this is " old fogysm' or young fogyisn''
tits very absurd So much for the navy yard at Peasa-
cola, and the navy. Give a navy but let 1t be o
navy what Is a navy
PHI leave the stags at two PM to. morrow stop
ping day the road, and leave New Orleans the last
OF next week. As the mail arrives bsfore we leave
shall bave HERALD Of the 18th. Although your HERALD
is in every nook and OF the world, don't CONS
over us by saying you publish 100000 copies dsly.
When left home il but So 0t0 to 1900 daily.
did not this stated in the HERALD but it 10
western weekly and they all get on well-ndustrious
and frugal folks X.I.Z
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