, 1861-06-11

Ffeeoorn and Monticello. Uglv, ,lookin9 MeN
tT-:*ds dfeRc-GGpt Btatne dfd' NJ Ake lse sav hs
). .eas satstted-1ns hrstdents Batterv-A great
r. Bors3;1eoo. Ainses az hour-1oo0 Aaads-
Il French Cannon Waahtngton 1lonumsns to
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sa.,:Wasaingtoss thought Probable -Honors to Judqe
:: 2oHglas-1r.b 6ttsaygeston q good one -1udge
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Especial Correspondence Of the chieago Tribune
i & WAsHmaroa, June q, 1861. ,
T. Not having seen the ep1intered shIps Of var.
your correspondent yesterday evening, made
. hurried visit to the Navy Yard, and went
aboard the Freeborn and the Monticello. The
former il just now the great lion, aud much in
admiration; but really the Monticello to my
and claws. The former Has last In an engage.
ment, aud did good execution at Aquia Creek,
where for five hours she ,waAAIn thn thunder
and The smoke Of battle, and whore she re.
seiysa , no small damage; One shot camp.
her wheel house, carrying away part Of q pad-
dfewheel and cutting of 4 large iron band from
the shatt Another cape into the forecastle,
completely seyer1ng large knee of the vessel.
and paaseaing usas through The hold, lodged In tho
brought out Us trophy By Capt. Gray. It is
cenica1 and has fuse at the cone: End, is eight
inches long, With Wfndage at the end next
ne 6reech, which shows that it Was shot from
. tbreergrooVed .ifed cannon. Itis said ta be
t1sfd ;oHeeas eeI s patent fer which he got soma
eminent have no such shells, and none so In
/ sinuattpg and fatal ut the same time, All
which prevented this from exploding was TINT
its passage through 80 much wood filled the
! fu6e and put ont Its fire., Capt. Gray showed
me one Of our 9tnch shells, but gives thepa1m
to the mimic pattern which tbs enemy sent
| greeting. There vera only two large and one
email cannon on the Freeborn, and but thetwo
!arge were used. The largest Is IN awful look
o e s1d hrsx some
1tb!e In It's death dealing. The nayal battles
ofthe world afford few II any instances Of q:
contin1ous battle OF equal length with that
Mhlch the Freedom made on this occasion.
a. soon as she returned, and thanked the off,
GERS and men for their Valor: As the PreaI-.
dent left, he tookaNay some OF the splinters
from the wrecked and blackened plaees,
Inc Monticello was, till Lately, q strong mer-
sa chant ! shlp; is much larger than the Fresborn,
steamers On yonr lake, and the larger boats on
the Mlesissfppi As went On board I noticed
that new pannels had been put in fore and al
on 5oth sides; and that The ships guard vas Gu.
riddied i several other places. Capt. Brine
Yery politely showed me some of the honora'
BILE scarf which we're not yet healed by the
htp-builde1si who had touched up the pannels
above alluded to-. There we're thirteen shots
In all, that took effect On the Steamer: nnn
passed clear: through just under the Wheel.
house; one went clean through the stern end
Of the cabin; one came in aud took ont the
clock right u front below the wheel.houga.
putting On abrupt quietus on Its ticking: one
came night past Capt Braine, who acted as
window, the sligers hitting the Captain pretty |
freely one cut through: one side Of tho tor |
ward deckand went out through the sofa back
opposite; one came through the eide mIishipa |
1eioW the guard, passing through the coal In |
me- me nm, then through the hold tearing heavy |
11on 4Wa ladder post badly, and then exploding. |
lYAtui said ], when tracing it-and .afew theT
must have said when it came Ike thundera-
tion into their sides. But. the Monticello |
gave the enemy - good as they sent. She Has |
only eoo 5ards-less than half milo-ffom the |
e ohttery a. eewalts Point, and fired 150 shells,
almost every one Of which could be distinctly
TRACED sit rickeas shed i believe thatsthe word.
striking first the water, then skipping and
tumbling into the battery. They could be |
seen &c as they vent In; and being 1versecond +
enens' aae1 they soon bad what width Of berth
scattering did little good, as the shells wsro
TOO quick for flight, and the screams could be
distinctly heard from the dying and afffighted
where they exploded. The battery was conc
pletety Etlenced, just at the time the Month
few men to 60 ashore, and 60 came away after
near four hours firing. "Nobody was hurt'
on CUR side, but they could plainly sec tie
enemy carry out their dead There is eiid-
ing scale On the breech Of tie cannon, which
1ells That timed shell to put in for the num-
ner Of Of yards distant, SO thai tue gun talks very
thtelugihly md fntenigently at the same time.
according as It speaks to foe or friend
ihe eight also gives the elevation required for
tie lime Of the shell. The captain Is man
81 q..so eoon neaa ana steady nerve, and seemed
Pay him visit when he did the Freeborn;
though, added be, II suppose he Ind not time.
as It was near dusk when he called.n
At this call, which was Sunday evening last,
the President'a salute vas fired Til, consista
sds 81 sTsnIlG 2 H. one A guns They y ranged along
n turn. Fourteen arc fired for a member Of
the Cabinet, or fora foreign Minister. There
are % many as two hundred pieces lsYipg
cstelessly about. Some few nre Of the ritl:d
k!nd, and are housed most carefully. .Thera
T. q TOW Of about . dozen burated cannon.
1hese are near the Ordnance Department.. and
the record Is kept and painted on them. Of
how many and how heavy eho:s they stood
before they "kind o. gin eout." Ishonld not
nke !, a to haye st stood yefy near them then, for
IKE samson's, killing more thereby than while
hylng; They give one the idea Of an awful
Who call at an editors sanctum. On entering
re re iI Ordnance Department one gets an Idea Of
by the War. There one sees long cylinders M of
braes, just out Of the mould, and mounted |
tof The turning and boring. The bit is Of
three points, one going ahead Soma two inch
ee, the other two cutting laterally the full t
pore. Y the next room there are cords upon
cords q cnbical boxes, each containing .
she1l.the size marked Oh the boz By inc5ea;
and the time is given within which It wili
bnrst-, The shells here ara nothing different
t'cm common ball, except they are hollow
eaa 60 ous & aad ea WITH RoWdeT with fuse Or
aud n sends It and everything arouna Il
room any amount Of cannisters to a.
The gqns'' and are filled with balls Of
sma soaa eze Inc grape Is made By stacking up
yasss aud binding them with twine, leaving a
handle Of the same. When they strike, thev
scatter and do awful execution. Here Is where
they we're making Mimic musket balls; cut
ting them of from coil Of lead, and giving
The rate of'l 600 an hour One machine makes
11,No day. Poor 3seceshcrs," as Artemus
Ward calls them, they will get enough Of
these nc9Ens before they are through with
1her wicked raid. While in this room, the
. O'CLOCK bell rang, and In u trlce, "a supple Is
The clerks at three, the droyes Of operatiyea
we're In general stampede. There ara now
ahont one thousaud laborers in the yard, aud
taken all In all, 1t Is one Of the best and most
peautiful haVy yards that the country can |
6csst. 1t would have been nice strike. could |
JeI Dagie have got 1t with the rest Of hls |
plondcr from the government must not :
NIT TO mtntlon as amcDg' the aesthetics Of
thls Jafd-besidca Its walks aud roses-the
iour tine French cannon lying two BY twouear
ne T tag stard. No such work can be done In. | =
this country, and these were the work Of one !
hundred srd twenty years ago. One was
bought with Louisiana, and one was captured !
In Mexico; the rest came, don't hoT haw
But they are beauties; having Icnotb. fiafsh
and classical touch aud inscription Fhlch are
!emarkable- On them are the coat OF arms Of |
the French; with va1ious inscriptions In French
and In LATIN these words, ultima ratio rc1uu,-[
the last rsaaon given by Kings" Another
motto ts, Pu1f5As nee impdr-aneither me.
9usl to 1nany"-wh1ch means, take 1t, that
Tie guns care not ow many are the foe. ThIs | |
Is 1ne, and almost Us good az the inscription
On the rim Of two guns Of much the sans |
kfnd, Which once saw ut our armory Ut West
1Foy. and which we took from the British
they from the French. Round the rim were |
tae words, which translated read, aEither 20 |
s1hIe1gh, or don't begtn,"a good inscription
for all cur arms In this War. There has broken
ont new idea in Washington. It was con
celsea py young gentleman from Missouri |
and Is nothing less than to put flar
en- the Washington Monument. Il Fl Is nof
done, it will not be for the want Of the neces.
saIy numhar Of dollar subsctiptious,vhich vaa
ihe limited eum. There It shall waive, in iull
sight Of the rebels In virginla, II, indeed they
ever care to raise their eyes to this monn.
ne1t, which In silent but seyere reproof. I
looks down on their workH There Il 1
1nother patriotic and more terrible ff1ex fusf |