New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-18

Her machinery is I'LL in, and within elk weeks IL 10
expected she will be ready for service.
THE TUsCUMDh.
The Tuscumbia is being built a! New-Aibany' ner
sze being such that she could not be carried through
the canal She is 40 feet by 70, with seven 1901
hold and will carry 16S-pound guns. She 49, III
every way, like the Indianols, only larger having
side wheels and propellers, with immense engines
in size and power, capable Of taking her against inc
current ten miles per hour. Her draft Will not eN
coed 40 inches. She will be completed WITHIN FIX
weeks, and her proportions strength and invihc'o'e
nowcr will be far in advance of anything now on
the Western waters.
The machinery for these three formidable war
ves,es is bull, in st. Louis, by McCord' who, to-
Oe,her with L. p Sanger, has al interest in the con-
tract
A large portion Of the iron plates and perhaps tho
whole. was contracted for with Harrison q Co., Oh
that city, and was rolled at their mill.
The Inst Ncw-YOrk Iron.Clad.
A few days since the keel Of a vessel was laid at
the DeIamster Iron Works. She is To be about 23o
feet long, aud of proportionate drit and width. Que
will be cons rucred with the greatest care, andevery
effort made to make her perfectly efficient ship. a
ship.houss has been raised in which tie WORK on her
will be executed.
| Mr.. Webb's Tremendous Ham.
Mr.. Webb Of this city has contracted with the
Government for the building Of ram which VIII
eclipse in size and destructive power everything
a1ost in the waters Of the United States. She Will
cost over a million Of money 81 25O,oOO ana DO
plated with iron no less than six inches thick She
will have two revolving turrets, and on the bow
there will be cover Of l2-inch iron. A Sold pro-
iectng ram will protrude from the bow.
A Vessel 10 be Built Mt the Navy-Ynrd.
/ An ;ronclad vessel is TO DO commenced Immediate
" in the western ship-honse Of the Brooklyn Navy
Yari She i, to be 200 feet long and SO feet beam,
with proportionate depth Of hold.
The lsnnboats Built for Gen. Fremont.
When Gen. Fremont took command Of the West
eru Military Department he contracted for the con
sruction Of seven iron.clad gunbcats for the War
Department. which have been transferred to the
MANAGEMENT of Secretary Wellea. These vessels
were uamed:
CAIRO, CrScISSATf,
MOysD CRY. ST. LOUIS,
| PITTsBURG, CARosDElET,
| BRSroS.
Some OF these were built at St. Louis, the other
three ut Mound City. They are nearly all alike,
and. Ms general thing of the following Dimensions:
Extreme length, Us feet; breadth Of beam, 5li
feet; depth of hold, feet. Their armament consists
Of l6 guns each, Of heavy metal To afford greater
security to the engines &C.. those portions surround
ing them are iron-placd, each plate being y inches
thick. Each boat coei $4,000, or $3.50, 900 in all.
I,,t IN, IN tbeir lenOtl
giving them almost the same steadiness IN action thh'
stationary land battery would pos-ess. They are
constructed the principle as the famous iron
battery at Charleston the sides eoping upward aid
downward from the water-ine, at an angle OF A.
degrees The bow battery each boat consists Of
,d oak timber % inches in thickness, plated on the
exterior surface with iron = inches thick. The side
and stern batteries are somewhat tlinner, but have
the same thickness Of iron over that portion covering
the machinery. The boats were bulk 10 that IN ac'
ton they could be kept bow on hence the supe-
r,or strength Of tho bow battery. Broadsides were
10 arranged as to be delivered with terrible effect
4 While shifting position. To facilitate movements ia
action, tie engines aud machinery Of the mos.
powerful Kind. The boilers are five in number, con-
s,ructsd to work in connection with or independent.
OF each other. In Of damage done 10 any one
or more Of them, valve wss arranged 70 close the
connection betwecu the damaged aud unchanged
boilers. What these boats, provided by the fore
sight Of Gen. Fremont, have done is already matter
Of hisory.
In ad ilon 70 these tho Choctaw and Fort llenry
have been purchased by tho Navy Department, and
are being rapidly prepared for sea.
Cnpt. Bric~on's Latest Contract.
Tie utes, coptr,ct of Cant Ericsson with the G. y.