The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-24

be pssdasvo al saoss bce. lad rcsaas tsse h, ..s
Ing spirit OF inquiry and vast smo,tnt of Information
relative 70 naval will have no great
reason ~ dslose its shrn orders wvss s.sd
10 prepare the vessels composing che avuss s,uHAiro
gave somewhat lengthy account Of the eabre and
asailabie material Of each Subsequently all
porai followed suit and the naval Iiteratarc
became contagious that fron Mai,.e u Florida and
from New York To London every newspaper had Its sAy
about ship and gum, and sailors sad ia4riasx althoag
their elsss oni be llasd disaiux ui.l, q ycuty
four lsnaran French ,ruvooa from, = han
ter Of the pnn Nor did our cotenputarfex allow any
pentnp Utica to Contract their knowlc.vo In regard ~
marine warfare The IisitisA the FRENCH ths Kssan
an all the other nsvie OF the world were reviewed eps
t'asiy and touching comparison between our own DO
icosss situation and the ready and powerful capa
bities OF foreign nations Instituted and eloquently
exlatiaied on. f'~P g % e-t ~ " g 'setl
it our purpose in this article to conlese tho most
valuable items of the huge Of articles written
Gently the maritime capabilities vi the prineipal
eign powers and chiefly b. rectify several gross blnnes
concerning the United States navy, which have been per
pctsated by some Of the lr.ang Journals First. let
as look Mt home and examine the number efficiency and
leeuliartes Of men -of-war When all the new
steam -slocps ut present under wny viii be ht for duty
the navy Of the United states will esnsif Of something
like ninety vessels all told Of which not forty tan be
said to he available for active service 1t Ii generally
believed that there Inject battle ships In tho
United States service. because their names appear the
register I1iisis all mistake. however have not
single ssiiing vessel carrying than fifty guns that
Md be Of amy tie the great sIow-box
Pennsylvania, worthless and rong speedily lies
m,ininp where She Is NJ the ro I'm van, nn,i, he ,a,,
ssnndc which must happen before two years; the DcIa
ware Columbus. and Vermont may be considered among
the things that woie and the Now Orleans New York
aaIn,na and yirpni, have never left the sbinbopsea
although they have been booked Yankee
since the present century began or very soon after its
mr. renders will Know tbat orr na1o,sl marine contains
M ln,o hattie ships and very small loss h i that u
a. tho f.ct IA =. ~ T. A N, -. ',seI' g 70 - ~ 4.
The regular cxpositor of naval matters fulfilling Judi,
dandy ia FUNCTIONS records ,urtpen sai,;,o rr,ras g
thes n IA no cxapce,t;on ~ say that flv half are
!, ,,lss ~ vh,J e ;,st tIe same tlnp n y,,IL ost
more 70 render them worth using than 10 build from the
,,l.,op, ~ The filler ne,v v,ssls ~ t,r,cr va1,c III.
Cumberland ST Jawr.nce s,line ss,ntec cmstituton
p,i,a, c,ns,sss uyanly,vin. p,t,,nac fou,.,,a In,
denen,Inse and t,,re, others NOT worth naming Com,
nli, il,e list 81 fe,es INC second and thirdnamed
a,e new one ~ then ts Sabine A. chin IN tbe pa
,,,,, AL ,n th nthar Ic;n,, h,i,. a n,ave,s,. n
nn st - nrsn, which viii ,rnI,v ause hi ,hs
lar calling r.sIs 10 81. an CAV viii, r av,, ,n,
80 .h;n, ;csl,, "a n IL ,,,,.r ~ NO., +. ,a
Ma ouy lu, cn,d hc ,,ren,,al al, ~,
dty Car apy Isn,tb ~ fine rhe Other IT,, .,e the,e
cara it'll, hsir than ola links taking mn room needed
for other nur,ses Our sloons war are not by anv
$1,000 80 Is,,,,s, ~ c,nc.,r,,,, 81 lie f,ioatas Iut
Fiat Is ma sa, . o,t dsat sr Them Ne have !
,ors r,,in,e from fnrt.en ~ tvertv snns each az
.hase ~. ,,,d MIL o .ls,nt c;,ht c,cnlatea sr fy
ysars s.ryicc 'rhe Cunsclla 81. jamestown. German
t,,, kia,Ylanlan 81 Inus anil f,ya,e may ~. u,n,e
ATTY a. . c,,si,rhl, rsro,I IIe Ieynnt bale Decn
tnr ami Marion cannot IN conn,si worth ylliny n
ths,, ,,snt trim, IN sbt n ,yhting was -, bc onc
NJ lsv. ,cl = ,,,,t ~ nina a,oe,f var =, which Il
J la s.f 81 tr.t M, s,;lo,s and so,;.,v ira In;
"a st,s nayy ,,n,t a,st ~ any craft suj III
,h mn, h,is an, sl,ons tb,t other nations have
ht ~, ;,n,,l,,l Ise~ ~, ,as hool ~ ali Linds ,v;l,
n H. ny,;,t ord N Il lty ~ Iay 10 f,v ,l,an ~
4 ,,any 80 tle,n s- q Y q n ~ 49, M x A 80
s,r s,a,n wv i 10 attract considerable al
,aoon Nations Il.r than rs bavc yiy. the
na,n 10 y.nLec- strsp men of NE f,ar cr,,.
t he Mascara ami tho Merimac Il, Eur,s cannot ha y
ien forgot,rn Even now the Wabash s exciting b,
s,,,ol, sharo ~, .x;te,ocnt and The g,,n ~ T,yte,
sna aa =, n, s,, sse s,,,,,ar 20 her n, All ros,,
mi these ALTERING tta mus. not blind us 10 the eoual
H. on,,,,n onc hat ,he,c are even h our crack steam
s ,,,,ny ;,unocti,,ns vIc t,s GENERAL nm
o,;,v ~ t as,alJs az c,c, has tended q, no os;d.,
al iosienaeant 1rs machinery of several Of our hes
A sns s.r,. e., ha,c .ntr,tI dscas fiat nus n M
4 ~ ,er ,yolinllv ,Ihe more mnorant the n,is.,,r
IN ,,h, ono ~ Then, h bound mo mora rvtn;n will lc
hre,lown Even il, the hurry az d s,.at;np the Nocsra
4 4, Iov lie cable M accident occurred Tbe Merrin,ac ha,
Suffered similar little ma aso have others
put nj fire I,et thing that can, ,s;l,v n, done With
i {. 10 t;.teu n WE rc,,u.xt our novaI author,
s 3, rs,,,aI ~ fr ne IL Them Re t,e
y, engines and ,nachncrv IN General II NJ,
craTt h,;,f unde, tI,sr sun~rv,s;on :,
In ~, esccal manner does tlis a,vcc a,,ny nou when
soveraI nsy st.an,e,s aro heng 6tteJ mn SneaL inn
os I'M. halter wo mpst MT f 70 contr;hnie our NOS
haayt 4, The resInt;, NJ Tho oovaynn,eu,
toucbiog run hoats A more uscful and ;ntrinsicall,
yaIalo class 81 yels con not te constructed Strono
and firmly bu;lt lity snaed dra.u;nr Int nina or tr
t Of xater thev eao az evcr,,yhcr Ia III weatbeT
with ease and sfsty. on The cos Of Attic, and Braz