The New York herald., 1862-11-18
T II Il N A v Y.

L
IRosCrAps-A naval architect OF ths city propcaea u
bu,d ci,d vs.ss hundred fce long, sxty two
hail feet beam, aud thir yone feet depth Of hold
tho vessel 10 draw but sevenseea and half eet oil
water. II II 70 be OF wo1d iTon-Claa and shaped
that curved part will show above the water like a
whales back It 10 believed that with ,h,s sh ips
the weight OF the shes,hng can be reduced thirty
three por cent, and scarcely anything VIII sho~
prominent object 70 attract hostile arc 70.
sides steam power. canvass, iore AMI AFT rgged viii he
spread frum hvo mas.s, which be removed beisre
going into action The DR. sugns some Ave feet loss a tba
e1trmI,los tnln am,iships, and enc vessel srouni
cd abe cod be roliovod by merely moving the b.ttary
to end The guns which may nnn,bor twenty ba.
dred poundors ,ass number Of oncs are
fred from ports, though two turrets may be nd
ded necessary, fora ing In the froction ef the
OF tho vessel stout ifoa ram projecting beneah the
euriaco Of the water, Is also Improvement, claimed
CnAEGxs GrIf souAI ac..--Ihe following nIor.
tant changes In the Gulf squadron rep,rted ON
mander q. ii. ieebe late NJ the Oneida, 'ai
by Captain r. A. Jens .s ilout. Com. }. T. Hsrt
Succeeded Coma FenoL. o the Albratross. Li,ut Com.
r. Crosby % the rnoa. been relieved by Liedt Com
J.Stliwell, Lieut.. Com 4, p Cooke. or tns Pno.,
been assigned - tho command OF a beautiful ganboM
called tho Estoio, rrize Comma der c. H.
Caldwell Is nov IN command OF tho Guuboa Essex and
Commander Guest Of the owasco has been orGeed
10 q command.
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD--Thele Ia AZ present more busi-
doing at tho Brooklyn yard than any
the departure of Admiral D. d. Portor's hota.
not only in tho " Attng up vssscs. bat aao by
buildings and oshsr improvements being erso.ad.
east side Of tho Coneo NH building the
Of oroc,ion FOR the purpose OF placing therein the boilers
Of tho entire yard On tho side Of the Lycem
shotbeds being prepared wne tho ordnauoc store
enlargement IA nearly competeo. The the
Armament square are being arranged In moro SNOWY
s'l useful manner than thsy have boon stored
heretofore Tho bscksm ths' shops In the OF
the guard house III order, and already partly occupied
by the smitherics In tho Engnees Department sever
mprov have been made, and tbs tra,nway
the Long Dock temporarily removed 70 no aid again
necessary. Besides all these ,m rov
Admi al Pauldng has had npmhor OF hydrsn.s placed
all around the yard, which great Accommodation 70
the numerous employees.
THE Nsw THRrEsx.IsoE GCss.-A number OF largo guns
IMhsrvn pattorn arrived al tho Philadelphia yard
Friday. They weigh each Aft thousand eight hun
dred and hoe pounds The bore Is thirteen inches They
are from Ptsburg. The vessels attng from port
will he Supplied with them.
iAcNAwsNSAninsg guhs. Screw sloop Lack wanna, nna
guns at the Brooklyn yard. Steam applied 10 her
engines FIR the first tins Friday uiornpg, and the
gines worked undcr pressure of twenty pounds
when they made forty-hge revolutions per minute. They
will be officially tested in the Of the ensuing week
NAVAL. SCHOOL NEwroPr.--On saturday por,i Of
the midshipmsn transferred from board the Con
sron 10 the santec the necessary atefa,ions aud con
having boon Effected From the Santcs 70 the
permanent wharf pier bridge three hundred aud ATTY
length has been constructed On The slsnd additions
made to building erected last year providing
Accommodations for reciaion, bath rooms, hall for
~ n,nassic exercises &c. Last year we'll
a., ti,.
qusu,iiy found 70 saply the demand Of
both vessels. 4 aeng forced board by steam engine
of some horse poysr. Both vessels heated by
generates; shore large boiler having recently
been procured for that purposs Everything connected
with The acsdemy thu island and in the city Is pro
grcssng with entire satisfachon Ia Commodore Blake
and tho officers and professors attached although but
temporary arrangements made or the aecomncd.
,ions Of the school
RxLsAsK-iolr guns.--Tho stcreshp Release, Upton
commanding, sa from Aeisrs tho 2s,a Of October
Madeira.
Pognmo, IN NAVY YsKp-Thc following list shows the
work done at the pcr,mOath Navy Yard since tho
breaking out OF the rebellion
Re,oivej and Fded for Sea-Razse soops Cumberland,
Macedonian and Constellation frsa,es Ssnce and Sabine
scos Portsmouth, Dale and Marion aud steamers
r. X Cuyirr and Colorado.
Nee Iesse,s B,an.-screw steamers Kearssgc, osspe
and Sacramento heel steamers Sebago MahaSka
son, and Ccnnemaugh.
Ia Pyocess Of fco"strc'ton siiewheel steamers sasss
Gus and patuxe, iTon clad steamer Agamentcus, aud
screw steamer Nipsic-keel TO be laid
Isrsca cs A WESTERN GUSBoAr--Jhe gunbos, and ram
For, Henry sgccessuily launched from tho snpyard
Carondelot No., week before last The Fort Henry Is
hundred and eighty feet IN length and about forty
~ width aud has been ia process OF construction, to-
gehcr with another cnnboat and ram the 1hoctaw) at
Carona-let for three or four months pst Bgth e3as
designed by Commodore Porter, recently Of tho
Eesex, and very powerfully CONSTRUCTED. The Choc
launched Saturday last, and Will be clad with
ron The Choctaw IL two hundred and twenty i've feet
IN length and originally designed for tatet aud
heavy guns The Fort Henry 10 be iron cad and
viii carry six eight guns 10 seems TO have Desn con.
e,ructsd more especially Coz the purpose OF powerful
ram thnn for a gunboat. The Chcotew will also
answer the purpose OF a ram or piph"at The
each boat aye t~o feet in length, and
made ol bel, metal. They attached 10
TIE boots and the wood work about them
s so solid and substantial thai they viii be able
tain the most powerin' m cks Zach boa. w % cnssd
cntiey Ia hck u iron and rubber ard viii De- m
vulnerable 10 common ba Us, sothet either a. gunbosis
or raus, they wH without doubt. De- superior 70 any
hieg afou, They bG,lL by the Carondelct AariDe
pefyay Comrany nnaef the superiatendelcs ~ cgupc.
tent governments Officials.
fOgsrGs NAVAL sgws.
PlyApKs-twepty guas screw steam corvette, go
horse po~sris beius lifted 1T Chatham Took.
yard and viii sail about The al inst 20 Join tho North
American squsafoa under Admiral $. A. Milne X 6. ~
The following Bfitsh var yessels attached To
tue squsdror in American waters --Carew nsc guns;
Cygnet i've Desperate, seven; esc;es. twenty siS
Greyhound seventeen; inmor,aitie, hftyone Meiso
mono, if,y.oae; Me, seventy eisLi Nmos, I've, Or
,sudo hfty Petrol elevcu rhasinr thirty uine Flower
i've; Racer, eleven Raads, seesatesni STEADY. hss
v-suyius slx farneaua si1 Cadmus twenty Que Cha
icagss. ,wepiy.,~ and Hero, e'Eii'y nins suns
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Obituary.
Ieussusus GxorDE bI0t.Er, of the Mississippi
auaaro. died Gu tnf san ,ns, He vas native ~ yer
"A tfl IA.