Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-08-15
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Qua NEW GUN BOATS.

QUA NEW GUN BOATS.
The tslls~tsg istsrsssing letter 10 from .
L Cisirs beys ~Ae tsr sess tsns hes been e.
g.g.d in the Navy Yard at Carondolst. From
Ais. description Of things it will Be ssss that
prep rations are being made to give I'll the
rebel rsos particular 6u. We hope 70 hear
from him often:
lNTsnIoR NAvY YAaD.
CARoND. LET. Aoyuss II. 1862
EDlToRs DKxocRAT Your valuable paper
cowss TO hand regularly and 10 read with
great interest BY the Iowans in this place. The
dset now in course Of con.tr uetion consists Of
eight war vessels elk Of which are entirely of
iron. of the Aonitor style. and two wooden
onss like the Asrimae, one Of which 10 the
Fort Henry. l will give You description OF
her. Her length OF keel 10 27s feet. beam 80
feet, depth OF hold feet built with . double
hull the sides Of which are six tsst solid tim
Der. she has i've boilers, forty.ieur inches
IN disueter and ,hiitytwo feet losg. propelled
BY two engines With cylinders ter tess stroke
and thirty inch bore. Her hull 10 divided into
twelve wster.tight eopartments By timber
ba,k.Assds twelve inshss thick. She 10 10 b
clad With iron sapepis. varying IN thiskness
from one and . hsli liiaohss to three; the eight
of which 10 to amount to two hundrsd and
eighty tons She 10 eassmatsd from stem tv
sssrn. leaving ncthisg u her dssk sspsssl. .asd
saly her stack Visible % her stem shs has .
ram Or huge hosn, weighing tso tons, made cf
bell metal, with aa edge OF east steel, ground
sharp end poiLtsd. she 10 constructed for speed
and strength. has . splendid model for the for.
msr, 10 10 draw sigt feet when 10 fighting
trim For better description look at the Mer.
will give it as near as any thing. you can i'm
sgine. ram and all. Her armament 10 to consist
of ten Parrot guns, ten inch, and four Dahl.
green. eleven inch. with two howi.zers She
is to be the best war vessel, bv half, on the
western waters, and not.s.cond to even the
terrible Msrimac. of which shs.is to be sis
ter. Her officers % far a. appointed are o.
follows. They are al gentlemen and stand
at The heal of this profession.
A we'll known and highly respected steam
boatusn II the upper Mississippi; has seen
service in the expedition At Fort Henry and
Vas then second in command. I'd mae,er,
Capt. Dales Sd, Bennett; 4th, 10. Watson
Chief Engineer. Robt. Tate lst Assistant A.
c. Roe; Carpenter. Clark Under wood.
She will now be ready to launch in about
thirty dsys, when che will be taken to st.
Louis to be completed. which will take some
time yet. but eli the men they can get are at
work, and every energy 10 used to push them
through 40 they are greatly needed now.
We. the employees Of the Cover, ment here.
are all enrolled and will commence to do guard
duty at the yard tomorrow, or, as soon as the
srms are furnished us. As the times are rath-
er 'dusty' about here now and grave fears are
entertained for the safety Of the new feet,
We work days and etsnd guard nights; but We
are now Gagged and ws could not secede north.
il We wished, for Uncle Sam has use for us
here but it 10 far more pleasant standing
guard nights than working these hot dsys
with the murcury at one hundred in the
shade. Yours &c.,
ARTIZAN SOLDIER.