The New York herald., 1862-11-04
second Trial Trip OF tho passs,o.

Tag ASSISTANT SECRETARY or TIE NAVY AND csr.
TAIN DAHLGRES WITNESS TIE BIG
MOER SATISF FACrORg RxcuLTs--CAPvAts woapnS
aLi5HrLy NJCaFn-A SAILOR sIRGEU-wHAr
gnIRTi FIVE rOuSDs or r0WpER CAN 10, srU.
Yesterday the Monitor battery PaTsaic Captain Perez
ya, Draytcn went her second trial trip, test tie
workings .. the lftesn-nch gun. Al officers 81
tachei 10 ir0n-cads at present IA the ely wore
board TO witness tho experiment.. a. sbogi
haipast eleven O'Clock Nr c. v. Fox ASS siac. Score
tary OF the Navy; Commodore smith, cf Tho auro..,
OF Docks aud Yards Captain Dablgrcn, Of the Ordnance
Department, and r. h. Forbes ESQ. Of Roa,on aeccmps
MED by Rear Admiral Gregory board and shofty
Afterwards tbs battery towed head stream and
started on towards the lower bay. The wasroa
and chce.ess and While some sought shelter below
others got Under the co of ic turroi sd .inukesack
Nothing Of note iauapirei in the trio scAward ana a.
as she arrived Al position OF the Wcl Dank .na
guns we're loaded, An officer took charge o. ths vnm
pressois who understood their use that hs ;rc,lc,
vhch occurred ON Iucsuay last should not bo repeated
the presence o' Captain 3hgrcr su.cica, ,iarantce
that ss FAR as the working o. the gun concerned an
would 70 we'll. The tieca-ipch gun had since tho
"trip boeB lifted with aange beted tho clase 81 az
TO carry the immense volume Of smoke and
of the turre II sas matter easy decide that even
this aia although aidlg tne detect, m. l.en,
70 entirely remedy II; but II detcfmnsi sige
fair test, and accordpgy the gun aas fret .uged wi,'
wenty pounds o powder and hollow shot rue rec al,
q the firing vls IN measure safaccry ar better than,
The prcviourtrip - thirty pounds of powder ard bot
low shot the ccn.ss.9n ilef the sheld p.l..s tper.
fora,co) the top q the ,uirot falling oa Capt wo
dens foot. rng ha slightly and causing h,ui snsr
considerable pain These plates weigh a. least hun.
dred pounds The compressor worked beautifully. A.
charge oi thrtytve pounds oi powder and hapv shot
The volume of fame Grou the gun ret the sho ac'.
the inside of the and the uxzo cs ths snn
Ere burned ths eyebrows aud hair or OF the saas
cre and the pressure o air aud sss OIL Que
bolts Of the aac ard wregchsi the fsngc mac that
was deemed ncvssabe not TO dro Il any more for Tho
praSent
TEc gun and carriage and ccyaprN soTs work well ba,
hing sssioS certain, that, to mako ~.
the muy.ies og ra,a gums must lie outside o tc tur-c
The ecven.i1ra gun rr-d with The m gze both m
end out bot particular iaeonv cnicnco experienced
fsom H. ua tho Other hand 10 action, 1ian
~ nice Ia working saa IL might uot always ha rnr NJ
Gloss, snA with twc gc1s crews In 30 small place. 81 h
gun should beich iolh doae oS gas ana smoke lnto ,,
faces lhsr lives wcald &c cufangared. n spss VI 'h~
sonpreesofs, the gn n1st seco be,a,e .be
has ieis the uu2ale, aud cpusog ;ensly there viii
space for the escape a. this Ganic ana s,.oar.
hut, rrn .he nir2-e a.s;de. ana all The dincry
waited and The vi least -eveN rurf the ruc un
psssaat sensation q lnhailng the gas OK satr.se ..a
sniphgs.
fhis is general i: !Bssn snnrg those Who have vii.
nsssed the sgireas. The Iasaic drncd 10
afternoon and ~ socs sho be prepared he viii
seGt 20 sea.