New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-08

ates Tor 10000. Dub tuo Ndlbhlh ht-o - Ni''"
account also Eight men can do as much work IL
her as fifty men on board of the old frigates, If
even 50 couli work hftcen-iDch guns there, 80 she
thus saves $40 per diem on single guns, AS 1t Is
calculated that every sailor cost the Goyernmeh.
nearly dollar day for wages, provl-ions, &c.
The saving on the armament Of an entire navy Is
beyond tie reach of figures These facts are
printed merely TO show the revolution III naval
affairs caused by the new ordnance apparatus now
In use on the Passaic, and Monauk AID which is b..
ipgfnshed OH the Catskil. This vessel will he pre-
pared Tor req with all convenient dlspdteh.
LAUNCH OF The NANTUCKET.
The Nantucket, another Ericsson iron clad, was
launched al Boston on Saturday. Her name Is H.
correctly reported Maui in the teegrapnc dis
patch. Shs has been constructed by the EIst Boston
Atlantic Works. The Nahaut WAS launched also III
Boston "a few weeks since, and is now nearly READY
for sea. These two vessels are so like the oLher
Monitors that Mr. Ericsson himself could net Tell
them apart. Tie length, width, and he IN are al
most exactly the same, as are all other psr'4euid's
The Nantucket, for instance, Is " l5J lect noi,
stem TO stem, while the Catskll Is 20O ieet Inueeu
the figures are aliae but 1879 is generally called w
/ The Following senteuces which We're substantially
given in he first detailed account OF any OF the nine
Monitors (the Wcehawken,) III these columns arc
repeated. They viii apply to all the vessels:
fhe Nantucket provided with t''o OF Martins patent
boilers covered with iciDg and sheet lead, and tney are
placed al the coG bankers and these ineI'ene
bceu ta turret machinery aud the engine There are also
~ cor. m ke,s o. either side OF tie boilers The ergines
su.uum, c,udcners &e occupy the after part Of tie
go r sc,i /, twelve feet 10 dislueter Tire ruddel lie
f vrousbt iron and Is eight oet high. There Is propeller
We'll which opens from te deck through the GIT 9Nei@n anu
Ter 20 srrar that anchor which q patent one =" u
four dukes taken up through. me comm indei
cabin viii be II the bow Of the weasel The officers CABINS nett
srS tn quarters Of the crew these to the turre una
ca ncly on .Ge OF whichwil be soTeIoon
&C. and tue other the galley.
THE LEHGH REPORTED READY.
On the same day on which the above ships were
lsunebei we received news that the Lehish WAS
Is reuOrted that Is she 70 hOtHied ~ pio-
pairing TO launch. She 10 the stocks at Chester
Ia, from which the Sangamon was recently
launched. Tie MessIs. Racny have Contracted lOr
her. and have already succeeded ir putting ahoat
one of tie best OF oar ron-CiAds. lie Lehsn, II Is
unnecessary 10 state Is like the craft just described
Sue is Uui on paas copied from the others, rs In
4eed oil are tia, ere IL nothing TO ga, IL detail
gbout her. Commander Guest has just been ordered
10 command her. We presume lie is Commander
John Guest OF Missouri, whose services since TIE
war beguu have been go valuable HIS name precedes
that by rauk of the " san Jaciuto Fairfax, aud I'VE
Drawer men are not often N company. Capt. Guest
was appointed from Arkansas IN 1887, and has
therefore been twenty-five years 10 the service, VI
which over fifteen were spent at sex.
TRIAL OF THE WEEHAW kES'S SPEED.
While NewYork and Brooklyn were enjoying
the ceremonies attending the launch OF the KCokuk
and Catskill, jersey City sawakened by the roar
of steam from the Weeuawker, which was launched
arrived for The turret the greater part Of the iron
work beng finished, AID the machinery complete,
steam was applied 20 the engines, which began 10
: work elegantly. Mr.. Birkbeck, the Superintendent,
Wilnesse4 their initiat0ry notions and was highly
pleased. The engines easily made fifty revolutions
u minute without attempt 10 Iest their maximum
. capacity All The day the huge propeller wac Kept
dappling the water, and crowds Of adventurous
boaimen hove to Tor the purpose Of witnessing tie
departure Of tie Monitor, Tor, Notwithstanding the
Ne Wspspers thousands seem 10 think that me Mont
r LOT is utidlitous. When the result Of The trial
was made Quit being successful in every way
the fact was reported 20 the proper authority. The
Weehauken is TO be Ut once completed. Some Of her
officers are already appointed and have reported for
duty 10 Admiral Pauldng, Commandant at the Navy
Yard Like the PassAic and Montauk, the Wee
hauken vii! keep her guns inside the turfot.
HOW SATURDAYS WORK LEAVES THE NINE
MONITORS.
A great change has been effected in the condition
Of TIE nine En- sson ba eres by the proceedings OF
Saturday. They are all aAoat now save one, tie
Lehigb and che is reported almost ready TO launch.
Annexed Is the exact Of affairs with these ves-
seis to-day;
g peifes Condition Where.
]. duty Fortress Monroe
= q Mortaas ......... Ready for .New.Yofs
WeehsN ken...'. Nearly tesoy.'''''.'ys''ey C.ty
. T. sangAG on.....Eeer!y reaey.......N hesief IA
Al 5. Nearly resdy....... Boston.
II G. Palapsco......Neny ready. iHnsto Del
! :. Nantucket. 1890. Just launched .....boston.
- Csskil.........Juu lsuuchod...... .Greeupo
IL v Lebish.......... Ready to launch.. Chester
=, PROMOTIONS AND ADMISSIONS IN TIE ENGINEER
~ CORPS or THE NAVY.
M The Board # Naval Engineers IL session Mt the
a Navy.Yard, Pbadephia, have recommended tht
:. following promotions.
frs. Assistant Fr.4ccr. Jsues r. Lendin % b. Chic
Engineer; Third As..stsn. ,.ueer joseph Wseui b.
10 second Assistant Engaser Inii s'stant knSneef Ancr