The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-22

dock the mex. day. says the whole stem Was sp' any
the wood ends-the ends Of tbs pa kng-were ~ oare
90 .ea the apron or interior OF the sem was n sas
ihey had to put some new plank in, az Wen sne oym
was repaired and streng they put ner wrougn
IRON PROV, with steel edge. This PROV raa af twelve
| feet, ard was bo'ted TO the hull.
AFTER MONITOR. -
when she got into Norfolk the night after her sn'
wh the Monitor she had eight feet in her hol
ana they were obliged to put her into dock at once
They had not time to take the iron ksntledgs from
her deck which had been used to bear her down; and
though they kept in the dock to bear her up
much as possible the strain her huh was too great
and shook her SO that she strong
This was why they after vsntursd out
INTO the Roads with her. M As.s~ss
HER ARMAMENT.
Her armament consisted OF four seventeen guns on
each side, very long, and made for her the Todega.
one gun forward and enc aft, which were
THINKS The ends Of her battery were rounded
80 As to avoid Corners aud the bow and stern had
the gun could be fired, 1t sat circle carriage like
the barbette guns Of a fort None Of the ports had
with shutters to ali, which, it is said cost six hundred
dollars each and were 70 be worked from the outside.
They could scarcely have been used in action but were
probably intended to keep out the water in rough
The smallness Of the portfolios ana the great angle Of
her battery side made It impossible to ire, except
straight ahead The guns could not be aimed either
ahead asten OF the BEAM could they be elevated
The shot would rot keep above the water for more than
half mile, for this reason, the ship setting low in the
water. ts& ke 4fets f5N tAN NEtA@3k ~
The were placed on raised deck near the roof,
which made ''narrow quarters" the sides sopsd
much
Norfolk greatly excited her departure. Some
thought she would back and others that she
would sink OF capture our whole fleet.
When she struck the Cumberland she was 80 much In
jurod that they kept the pum going all night ana were
Obliged to clothes bags and cttor stuff INTO the bows
to keep out the They would have returned the
same night but Knowing that the Minnesota aground,
and knowing nothing Of the little Monitor they waited
to destroy the Minnesota morning with ncendary
shells
The only shot that seriously hurt her
from the gallant Cumberland, which struck the
edge Of forward port, glanced and struck the
gun which projected from IL. broke the end Of
the gun, and by the force Of the blow the gun
wounded seven or eight Captain Buchanan
wounded IN the thigh by MIME ball while on deck.
The Monitors shot did not penetrate her battery Sides
but every fair broke Of the plates
and one shot, striking her about amdsbips broke all
three OF the ron and broke the plankig and he
timber, ana beam on the inside, but did not after all
mako its way The dent was large enough Tor man
to put his head in. -.sssr+
About lfty new plates of iron had to be put while
she repairing. When sho. would strike near the
end OF bar the bolts would ny, and the bar plato
would stick straight out from the side.
The csew were mostly Northern men and foreigners.
They could havo manned her with native Southern
The fireman was Massachusetts, man; the second
fireman was New Yorker. nr8