The New York herald., 1862-08-10

Of ty inches diameter and thirty inches stroke intend
Cd TO mako sghtynvs revolutions per minute and to
drive brass four bladsd propeller Of thirteen feet d
Amstsr and eighteen feet pch The boilers four In
number known ss horizontal tubular each being
teen feet 'front.' feet deep and eleven feet high OF
collective force Of 900 horses Though the boilers and
machinery and coal bunkers occupy considerable space
there ample for ooers' quarters and the accom-
mediation Of the The New ronsdes has but three
decks-the ovlop deck, In consequence Of the light
draft Of the frgats, being dispensed with. On
the spar deck the circles have been laid for the
pivot guns, and the joiners' wsrk on It II In very
forward state number Of jonsrs are at work on the
gun deck fitting up the captains quarters, which are
spacious and we'll lighted. When furnished, they wM
present handsome appearance. No other officer 10 a.
lowed cabin ON this deck but all, from the lieutenant
down. are quartered on the berth deck The cabins Of
these with the wardrooms, all completed and ready
for occupancy The total number of officers board the
Ironsdes is about thirty These include the commander
leuenants masters surgeons chaplain, engineers lieu.
of marines, mdshipmen masters mates paymas-
Ger and clerk boatswain gunner and carpenter Though
the Ionsides Of the tonnage the Wabash she
will not carry as large crew. nasnuch as she is to be
dismanted before going out. The armament Of the fri
gate consisting Of sixteen eevennch Dahlgren guns
the gun deck and two FOUNDER Parrot guns
on the spar deck, was put board last Wednesday.
Tho work on the outside of the vessel is nearly COM
pleted that few days will be sufficient to finish it.
NnaARA.-There is a rumor that the recommendation
Of the board Of officers to the fgate Naga
will be carried out. Captain Hudson, "the cable
Commodore" adds his support to it, and no knows
pet ships" better than he The proposition is to
the frgate about four and half feet in the hull
light rail and hammock netting to replace the present
buiwark, which poor Steers was SO proud Of Thirty
gunstwenty the berth and twelve the spar decks
are TO be the armament Some say would be best to
cut the bulwarks entirely off and mail the ship but this
can be done when the first Ia made II II advi
sable. So much for the Niagara, "the naval Great
Estern Of her day, the pioneer OF the heavy screw
frgates of the English French and American navies If
the proposed changes In her. she will have cost
the country than the New lronsdes, the Monitors
the Galena and Naugauck which could briefly dispose Of
two Of her sze
NORTH CARoINA-receiving ship-The number OF men
on this vessel has been increased considerably within
few days. She has received 112 men from the Merceda
6S from the Wyandot and 28 from the Courier This
win give her available force Of nearly $50 Lieu
tenantFag the Executive Ocer OF the North Carolina
having been appointed commander, retired from that
ship Acting Master Jenkins acting her Execu
tive Officer.
QUAKER CrY-5 guns, steamer, commander Frailsy,
cruising, spoken July a. latitude % 49, longitude
So 40-al we'll
SABNB-50 guns, sailing frigats-This vessel, which
has been recruiting at New London, and which
10 have sailed for New Bedford last week for the
purpose s TO remain at New London for the present
Two hundred and y Of her have been sent to the
Mississippi gotilla.
sAoNAw-seamer-On the 7th Of last March Com
modore Watkins started for Kong Kong in the ship Flo
ronce accompanied by Engineer Winshp, being ordered
by government to take charge Of the Saginaw and bring
her to San Francisco She arrived at that port the
10th ult, and taken the Mare Island Navy Yard
where she will be thoroughly examined, repaired and
made seaworthy. 1t will be remembered that the Sagi.
built at Mare Island about three years ago,
under the direction of the then chief ship builder Mr.
Hanscom who has recently built fine gunboat for the
government at Philadelphia. The Saginaw's machinery
made In this CITY, and pronounced of very superior
workmanship. When ready she was sent to Japan and
thence TO China When the rebellion broke out
. report came to California that she had been
condemned rotten In her tmbcrs, and most
Of her officers in due time arrived here. Some
Of them, il our memory serves u.s. were sent on
10 Washington under arrest for reasonable conduct
Tho government finally concluded that the Saginaw
not entirely the eaten worthless thing these Off
would have II believe although the public impres
sion always that the green timber Of which she
constructed would not last many years. Hence the
ders TO Commodore Watkins to 20 to China and bring
her back Upon reaching Hong Kong with his engineer,
he proceeded up the river to Whampoa-whher the Sa
ynaw had gone upon being ordered away by the British
authorities Of Hong Kongand took charge Of her Her
memoranda gives very conclusive evidence that she is
quite saunch vessel yet Considering the stoppages at
Haetan Island, shanghae and Hakodadi, her from
whampoa to San Francisco in fifty three days tells tole
raby well for her. She only twenty nine days from
Japan, and Of that time was FIVE days under sail.
CAyA rhool Chi 7 Ilouta nj parr ha In
sructor of gunnery at this station, commissioned
commander of the Savannah Monday. She is to be
fitted out Immediately. Annexed is list Of the Acting
Masters aid Masters Mates attached to the ship
Acting Kassers-P. J. Hayores. c. W. Buck, H. 8, KIM
ball. A. Danb;r N T " Bentley ' 3. Msyll,e, ~ t. Street.
E,,agns-T. NJ Peaks, 8. A. Hodge.
Actn9 Masers' Mates-s B. Parsons, T. Arlington, 7.
a. Mardcn 7 P Shannon, g. W. Sherman Charles Case,
:. j. H j. f. Burrows, J. s. BENJAMIN, Il. oakley, A.
2. Barnette, E. II Derney, W; II; Mott W. H. Wells, g.
Newlan, and +. W. B. stewart lin hospital).
Acting Masters G. W. Herman, 7. r. Neylan, ". II.
Mott W. II. Wells have bean ordered to the Saranac
and p. P. Shannon to the Ella.
SnKSAHDoAr--new steam gunboat.-Thc plankng OF the
soop ofwar Shenandoah was commenced last week at
Philadelphia, the frame being completed. Though this
vessel has a perpendicular stem like the Monongahoa,
the Is much sharper at the bow and stern, which
is supposed will give her greater speed The kesl OF
he Shenandoah laid in the carly part Of july and it
believed that she will be ready for launching by the
middle Of September.
WrsAMcKoS-steam gunboat, Commander John De
c1mp-arrived at Philadelphia, from yicksburg, on Mon
Gay evening last Shaeft vcksburg the 18th OF July,
and New Orleans the 26th. She ordered to
another port to undergo extensive repairs but owing TO
her boiler and machinery giving out she obliged to
60 to The Philadelphia station This gallant little gunboat
has b>en in all the engagements the Mississippi rvor
including the engagement With the somewhat famous ran
Arkansas nsdditon to the regular lights has been
through score Of skrmshes along the river She bears
over dfty honorable shot wounds in her hull and epars
while various portions Of her show that she has been
target for grape and canister. She is plugged up
and patched from stem 10 stern outside,
and ON her deck she bears many marks
orthe enenys attempts 70 destroy her. The boats
masts sails decks &C. terribly cut up; her timbers
nHarc