Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-15

aleF6Uoni Is nVe miles, OF tNlce tuat ol any
Other guns in service when fred from the
standard carriages. The guns were all sight
ed by Colonel s. Bliss, the excellent StasC
Superintendent of Ordinances, who seemed tc
heartily enjoy the success of his long range
target practice.
Oapt. ErIcas0n az the New York Chamber
Of fCommerce.
Everything connected with the man who
saved our Navy, and perhaps New York city
ITSELF By his famous floating battery, is Of
interest to our readers at this time. We
therefore give them an abstract of the pro-
ceeding ct meeting of The New York Cham
Der Of Commerce, on Wednesday, at which
Capt. Ericsson was invited to be present.
A resolution Of thanks and hsnor to Capt
Ericsson and Lieut.. Wordsn was passed
Another resolution was read requesting the
President to adopt efficient measures for the
protection Of Hampton Roads, and if neces
cary to close the entrance to Norfolk harbol
By sunken ships. Upon this resolution,
Capt Ericsson was invited to speak. BE
read letter which be had recsived nom AF.
Sinners, Chief Engineer of the Monitor, ss
follows:
IRoH Glad MONITOR, Hampton
Roads, March 8, 1852.
Ny DRAR SIRi-After a stormy passage,
which proved rs to be the finest sea-boat
vas ever iu,we fought the Aerrimac for more
than three hours this forenoon, snd sent her
back to Norfolk in q sinking condition. Iron
clad against iron clad. We Unanswered
about the bay here and went ct each other
With mutual ferceness. consider that both
nhips were well fought We were struck
tWenty-tTO times-pilOt-house twice, turret
nine times, side srmor eight times, deck
thrse times. The only vulnerable point was
the pilot-hoHse. One Of your great logs
60 By Il inches thick) is broken into. The
shot struck Just outside of where the Cap
tain had his eye, and it has disabled him by
destroying his left eye, and temporarily
binding the other.
The log is not quite in two, bat is broken
and pressed inward inches.
She tried to run Us down, and sink Us as
she did the Cumberland, yesterday, but she
got the worst Of It. Her bow passed over
our deck, and our sharp upper-edgea side
clt through the light iron shoe upon her
stem, and well into her oak. She viii not
tEy that again. She gave as 8 tremendous
thump,. but did not injure Us in the least
Wsare just able to ind the point Of con-
tack
You were very correct in your estimate Of
the eject Of shot upon the man on the inside
Of the tuTTet when it was struck nes- him.
Three men were knocked down, Of whom
vas one; the ether two hsd to be carried
bsloW but was not disabled at all, and the
others recovered before the battle was
over.
Capt Ericsson said:
ttBefore the Monitor left I charg-
ed the officer particularly TO tell the
men not to be frightened. told him to
tell the men, 'let every man 20 down on
his knees, and don't be alarmed when the
Rebel shot strikes you, because it won't
hurt you" They all put the question 70
him, "Wou't the shot 60 through2' 'NO,
says be, 'ft viii stay out" "Then We don't
care" they said. But for this precautiOn,
there would have been great CONSERVATION
WHEN the turret was struck. You may esti-
mate the shock when shot Of 200 pounds
weight, moving at the rate Of 2, 900 feet in
second strikes within foot Of mans
hsadn
Hs then gave his opinion upon the fu-
turs success Of the Monitor. She was SC
buoyant that she could not sink, any more
than bottle with a cork In it. BE said
she would have sunk the Merrimac but from
the fact that her guns were aimed too high
II they had kept at a distance Of 200 yards
and held the gun exactly level, the bal
would have gone clear through. Next tint
they viii have the guns level, and he pre-
dictsd that in the next fight the third round
would sink the Merrimac. There was an.
other point The wrought iron shot WerG
not used at all. Had they been they would
have crushed through the sides Of the Mer.
rimac. Cast iron shot break to pieces wher'
wrought iron go straight through. The gum
could be fred about once in g minute and 8
halE Capt. Ericsson said, aYOu may de-
pend upon it, If the MerTimac comes Out
again she viii be sunk" he said that one O.
these vessels is equal to twenty forts, for 4
esn Be moved from place to place, and while
tie English iron clad frigats, the Warrior,
draEs 81 feet the Monitor draws but Il, SC
that she could move around the former viii
esse when in narrow channels.
At the close Of the discussion, Capt. Er.
icsson vas unanimously voted an Honorary
member Of the Chamber Of Commsrca
The senafOrIzl ElscrIon.
In the Senate At Columbus, On Thursday