New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-29

Thomas Stack at the foot Of North Sixth street. VII.
lamsburgh and towed across the river with two hun.
dred spectators aboard to De Novelty Works. More
than thousand people Witnessed the vessels descent
TO her future element. Among them were bali q
dozen attaches of the Navy, including the Paymaser.
considerable number of prominent merchants, and
the principal ship-bulder' of Me- No launch
eond have been more pleasing or successful. The
ooass dimensions are precisely Ike all the rest VIZ.
l5s feet length, % feet eam and II feet depth Sub
sequentiy, Mr.. sta x was oastedover collation. Mr.
STACK VIII p pmedately begin operations on new yes
el, Tue PARTICULARS about which we shall pu6isn wneh
seel is laid He has now built IN al io9 sese,
since opening business his own account az Corica
Hook, in 1874 which, for go young man, 10 renafk
able.
The next gunboat launched win be either that OF
Mr. POillon, near Ridge street. Brooklyn, whieh IS 70
take place in week or ten days, or that OF Messrs
Webb g. Ball. at Gresnpoint, which Ia In about the
same state of progression. day or two will be re-
qnred before launching at Poions, to lit IN the SHALT
which, together with the engines, ore to come from the
Alaire Works.
Government allows 30 days for putting in the engines
after the launch has taken place. bnt the maehinists
will follow in alarcity the shipbpilders and may not
require moro than 20 days.
The Mercldata a fine new merchant propeller at Mr.
Dayiss yard has already the outward appearance OF
the other gunboas and will be In service in three
weeks. BY that time very large proportion OF the
great feet now preparing on the Eaet River to do
ns sal duty will be also ready and will go into COM
mission. The four gunboats now launched-Englis's
Westeryets, Simonson's (which took place very sue
cessfully On Tuesday and Stacks-may be included IN
the list.
small forest OF shipping has for months been lying
IN dead quiet at the docks Mr.. Williams's and
Mr.. Renlaud's yards, GreenpOnt, among which elk
or eeven vessels owned at the South, will come, II is
thought under the conscaon act adopted in relation
to Southern property in Northern States. Mr. WI
liams is now engaged in Transforming Of these a
fine schooner called the J. Nickerson into war vessel
aud others will take their turn.
Mr.. Rowland, the successor Of Sneeden, is employ
ing bis steam sawmill and number of mechanics
since list week. in bnding Run-carriages, OF whlcn
the Government has commissioned him 10 furnish lou
They are all for sea service end Of different sizes TO
correspond with the caliber to be mounted. Facilities
were found to exist at this yard by which the work
coull be done quickly and cheaply with the aid OF
machinery. Mr.. Rowland has lately been furnishing
four schooner loads of seasoned chestnut timber 10 the
naval shpyard at Brooklyn.
In Francss metallic lile-bOat establishment very
good business has been done during many months past
ia furnishing boats for the blocksding feet. AT pres
ent contract for 100 Of Cd Marshall Lefertss patent
corrugated iron wagon-boxes, intended for rlver ~
well as land navigation is furnishing labor to large
body of men. These wagon-boxes will carry the
heaviest ordnance across any stream and bear up in
addition the running gear of the wagon and the men
required TO navigate the craft. Several hundred OF
them now in service in the regular army. The
irst order of the kind filed was for the Crmeaa war;
The old steamboat Ericsson, come tine iince re-
ported as purchased by the Government has been re-
linauished and remains in her dock NJ Greenpoint
Ferry where she h.s aifcady lain three years past
Her hull is said to be gOod and nothing wrong but
poor boilers.