Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-26

NonFoLK-NAvY YARD-MEN OF WAR, &e.-The
editor of the Richmond Dispatch, having recently
been to Norfolk, writes interesting account OF his
visit there. We make the following extracts:
We visited once more the extensive Navy Yard OF
Gosport and were rs much interested ever in the
things there to be seen We found that there had
been great extension of the different depar .ments
and that the general system and order of the place
had been considerably improved This was especial
ly manifest in the department OF ANA cloth
ing, which is under the management OF Purser HFEl-
Den, a gentleman to whom and o,Aers from this
city owe many obligations for his poiitencss in at
tending us through his warehouse. The arrange
men and order that prevailed throughout, rejected
the highest credit on Pnrscr s The modes Of pack
ing and storing pcrshAbe articles appcaredto be the
very best for promoting their preservation, ana the
readiness with which ship may he provisioncd On
some twenty -four hours) shows the admirable sys-
TEN of the department.
We visited thai noble ship, the Pennsylvania. now
under the command of Capt. j. K. TUCKER 10 HIM
are and others indebted for the most oblgng and
hosptabe attentions not on while on board ms no
bic vessel bat in one prolonged survey of the Navy
Yard during which we had the pleasure OF his COM
lany and the aid Of his explanations of all we saw
without which we would have proitted but little by
oar Investigations The Pennsylvania is in condl-
ton of cleanliness and order that may be pronounced
Multless, She il, however old fashioned, ana LOOKS
us though she SURVIVED the times with which she
should have disappeared. The new and improved
models of Naval Architecture throw her into the
shade and it is now conjectnred that if she IS ever
)mmiSsoncd for active service, she will necessarily
have to be Heightened and possibly he converted m
10 propeller with which alterations properly maze,
she would be among the graudest and most powerful
Of naval vessels atoat
Not far from the PENNSYLVANIA wee those magnh-
cent models of art in ship bndng--the Colorado
md Roauoke-that fill with admiration all who be-
hold them. They are each nearly one hundred feet
longer than the Peunsy lyania, and are to be supplied
with guns of immense calibrc The machinery for
these both Of which steamers is from the lred-
egar works Of Josfpu L. ANDEEsoS, of this city
The Roanoke which lies in the Dry Dock has her
engines Oh board ana IS rapidly fitting out for sea
We explored her interior and felt just pride in her
ma7s machinery which reflects the highest credit
the Tredeear works and on this city. It Of course
remains to be tested but It is finished and fitted in
the most mastery style and We anticipate that 1t vi"
operate most successfully.
LAND SALE-The Darlington plantation in Bote-
tonr Va. near Fincastlc, containing Loo acres has
recently been sold by Mrs. Carrington and bought ny
Mr. James Srler OF BoetoHrt, nj SIS per acre a
mounting TO $4,000.
ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON RMLaoAn--A tram
consisting of an engine baggage mud maui car. anu a
passenger carriage passed over the Alexandra nm
Washington Railroad Friday
Oil FROM CoAL.--A company of gentlemen from
Maysyie, Kentucky are erecting a factory on the
flannel coal farm of Col A. Stockton, in fayete CO,
virginia. to produce oil from coal. Recent expert