New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-17
MARINE AFFAIRS.

NAVAL
The Charles.own NavyYsrd at ths present time
exhibits a very busy aspect. The steam tfigsta
Roar oke is nearly ready for sea, and on Tuesday or
WedIeaday will receive board the officers and
crew OF the Cooraco now lying IN the stream, Wnlca
will be hsu ed up tho ard to admit the transfer.
TIE eurs Of the RoaIoke are all on board. She car
lies 20 in sl-l6 Srch guns on the spardeck, ana ~
. inch guns on the gun'deck-eSclusive OF tho Two
immense lOinch gurs on the spar DECK DOW snd stern.
Her eugii is very msgD fcent machine, end IN some
respects iers fiom that of toe Merrimsc. Mr. Law
ton of Chelsea is chief engineer, which positiou
he held on tie Colorado. The Constensh'n is
now at the WHAT and in the hands OF the
shoremeD, who will immediately cismsnte her. She
will succeed the Levsnt which is now in the dock She
is very superior SHIP; was originally fnSa.e ouc
siLce che was raced ranks as sloop-otwsr. hsr
masts 10 be shortened before she goes 10 sea sgan
The Hartford -team.soop is now nearly completed.
She employs 100 carpenters and 10 iaoorefs exclusFo
Of caulsers. She IL very finely modelled, and must
prove an excellent sailer. Her length betwsen up
rights s 22 feet inches, breadth between moudings
II feet inches depth TO gun.deck 70 feet inches,
ard ter capacity At 10 feet craught 100 iJlooo tuns
She will not lie launched until the one compsted IN
The lower bOuse the keel OF which was only ad iast
Saturday, but has already twenty i've sturdy rbs
planted, to prove the application OF Mr. Delauo, tha
Constructor and Mr. Simmons, the master carpenter.
who sre determined that there sbs DO no delay In her
completion She is to heony Dotuos, and ranks merely
s eupboat as We NIX the bill for herconstru ucton
resds She mas had no Isne @sigbed nor, bu. IL
has been suggested ths at she be called Msrbehesd Tho
immense machine chop and fourdery, cover an Mea
of three acres are progressing rapidly. hueh Of tna
machinery for turning and planning iron slreedy IN
the building. This machinery Is very powerful, and
will admit Of the performance OF all the WORK now
performed elsewhere. The foundery viii DO devoted
10 the castrg Of and ell the work required for
naval purposes Ground hes been broken Tor the e1-
tension Of the dry dock sixty feet the increasing length
CT our national vessels requiring sucn
Commodore Stir gbam hn command oil the y1a, nc
be is ever active in promoting the busness, .nls n.1
afbbty ard kindIess win hin the n'p7SS T.ss s 10
gard 81 all who are under bic charge. Inefe are
about $50 men employed in the yard, ana things
'N''S -'''' Nrf l0hhes 0ustts.
FROM KEY WEST.
r,on tn, Ciariestoa Sees du2sst i3 ~
KEY WIsr, August III, 1873.
Nv the arrival Of the British schooner Fanny, De-
merritt We learn that there are two befks ssoofe On
Csrysort Reef, near Csrysfot Lignt'houssi one ~
sut boz ed 20 be foreign sLd the other an American
yesf.l. The wreckers yesseh from this piece nave
all gone up 10 their asslstapce
by the arrival of the wreckDg schooner Dudley.
Capt. JonnsoI siLcs the above was written, we earn
tbst tte two baIks reported sstore ne 81 Cs'ys.ors
Reef light are tbs Ber amin Burgess, SNOW, mater.
with a cargo OF sugar, from Ci.nfuego', oouho "
Rcstop. and the Brtsh bark Ws.t1n, Snsw, mastsr:
rom Havana, bound TO Falmouth, EnssLd, VITO i."''
boxes sugar. ,;, ,b. n.N.y
p r o,ts The two banks of and their way downin
charge of the yTeckeIs He says that 'eL no msaa
Csryifoot Rect Light the similarity between y sna ,as
Cnn K.y Light was 60 greS that ne missook . fOr
,te la',,r He reports his vessel tight and has ~
deterured wtst course be will aecpt ~ TO the seft
m,pt of the salvage. The Distric, Jidge beng ao-
sept and rot expected TO return until cexs monfa tns
n,e.nmptou s that thee cssss vii be settled by ar
bi.rstiop. .tn,
The American b,rk Ber smin Burgsss pas'ed eo'e
10 hm at about oc.ook g. m. tnssy, sSa ''.o oa.
on beard hailed him, asking snst IsnL as Hsuo
"that ytich we dhtaut from item about tSsNo
mites" lrot ak ss previously reprtedl wien ne rs
Piled that che took Tor the "un hsy ngnt sns
person hsling remsiklng, 40 l. uousII. DeWro
r. ,scLers could exfricste this vessel they wers
comp.Il. d 10 take cut lS3 boxes of sugar.
TIE bark Benjamin Burgess arrived last svenns-
lesrn tnst che leaks considerably and viii hsvs 70
r,de,go repairs before proceeding furthsr. bsfofS
the wieckers could get her of toe ree they sasnsa
ore Of their vessea, the schooner Wye, of ~ d
M bsulisg her c'esr of C,p- SaoS has soii -
Nicer. Parker Clark portion ofias cotton si''d
&. n .he stip.