The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1862-06-28

to the penetration Of shot. Another inv.
fact, which will contribute greatly to tho imns
naoihty OF the weasel, is: that it presents
sstalgnt sloes LOT snos TO strike against, and II
shot can be directed against it which will not IN
II at an acute ANGLE and IN all probaSiIitv OLE Blk
on The boat seems, in fact, TO te form.s .sjeil
the model of the body Of duck. and h.s an Lei
symnetry of such form. This shane v;II ,dp;
give it the requisite Of speed, and n ia hs,;a
that it will be one of the fastest Of the iran
|gunboats. It's length will be one bundrsd Ii
fifty six feet; breadth Of beam, thirty.siy 9 !
depth Of hold, thirteen feet six inches. 4
be seen from this that il will be cons;de,.y 4
smaller than the Monitor, the latter heinz d
feet long, and Al feet wide. Il will cs,rs
large turrets. one at q medium distance to,sy 3.
each end. and between these will be pl,.sd a
pilot house. All three, it is needless so 81 o.
will be iron-clad and impregpable. Il vim De
propelled by four propeller engines Az >. 10
bow there is large and formidable iron n,' ur
or ram OF nine feet in length, which looks ii
.oougn is"ere an1lousy awaiting to disembov ip
sne nrst vessel OF an enemy that it may meet q.
the water. Considering the speed At vb;cb N IN
boat will be propelled, and the ease with wbX q
she will be managed, there could hardly be 4 il
agined more terrible weapon against q vooil
enemy than this iron prov. It forms ,bo II
tension, as 1t were, Of the backbone of thu VI q
se, and the hercest shock that it might enconl :,
ter cannot rack the frame work
The boat, it is stated, will also have .h, u
culiar faculty of the Galena of sinking or Ss;I :
in the water, 80 that the deck may at difara1,
times, be either two or eight feet above the va,I..
line. The thickest plating will extend 10 ~.
feet below the water line. TIE work unon Nd,
as We have said before, is Progressing With NJ Z,
greatest rapidity. The frame is up the patiI
Is on the bottom, and is being rivetei on tNp
sides night and day. The machinery is be;DI.;
constructed in six different machine shops. M
Underhill hopes, by keeping bis men at wssA
almost two deep on the sides, to complete ",
boat by the let Of August n
1t is not deemed judcious at present to puI /.
lish any more minute description of the mach
merry, armament, or general character ct uItr
vessel than is given above. The yard is one
and any person interested in such matters %,
make an inspection for himself, We prssum
providing he does not interrupt che workme1{ =
We have given the quiet citizen, who has nd
had occasion, perhaps, to survey the shipbuil1
ing establishment ofthe city, q dim idea of vb,T
| is going on around him.
THE JERSEY CITY AND BOSTON GUssoArs
We gave, in our issue of Wednesday, a verM
minute description of the new gunboat be;,1
built by Mr.. Joseph Colwell, in Jersey Citv apL /,
der contract to Secor & Co., on the occasion otr
the laying of her keel The vesse! being hn;Id
at Boston, by Loring & Co., will be substsn t;slE
OF the same construction. The length ovor thSes
armor, 1t Will be remembered, ia 200 feet; tb1u
breadth OF oeam, over armor, 4s feet; the dept3c
or hoid, amldshlps, II feet; the thickness oks
armor about inches. There is one turret slks
feet internal diameter, feet high composed All
IL inches IN thickness. The cost is 5000 600 II,
THE IRoNSIDIs. m
This iron clad war vessel, which was recentlIi h
launched IN Philadelphia, is built after the papkb
OF the Warrior, the contract for its construction
having been given about the same time Will
that for the Monitor, and, of course, before tb,V
immense superiority Of the plan of the MentO,
had been proved. Although having all the adl
vantage OF the superiority of iron clad oye,B
wooden vessels, she will not be entirely imprerft
nable She will be equal, if not superior to AMI
of the European iron-clad vessels of her sizc u
but it is thought that she would not be at allbt
formidable bv the side of vessel of the classb
OF the Monitor. She has the advantage. how. .es
ever OF being able to carry large crew, suSi p
cient to board an enemy. She is constructed y
from plans and specifications presented to thsdl
Navy Department by Merrick 4 Sons, Of Phils %
delphia. Her frames are of white oak, and the "a
average thickness of her sides twenty inches-e
The plates commence four feet below her water r
Fne, and are fifteen feet loug by 25 to 80 lpcha a
wide. She is a sea going steamer, and wiNAruer
three masts, the topmasts and yards being cAps
BILE of being lowered in action so as to lesvsk
only three lower masts in view.
GuNBoArS FOR LAKE AND RIVER SERVICE
The reader understands. of course, that We
do not include in this description the iron clad 4
boats building for river nd:lake service WeaoI
not give even all contracted for coast service,
but only such as are under way. The Marine
Railway and Dock Company, Cincinnati, are h
constructing two new gunboats of oval deck u,
and iron-clad. It is intended to render them II
invulnerable, all sorts of military proiectiles
ganciug from the sides without producing any E
impression. A number of others are in process I,
of construction for use on the Mississippi,
~ The RECENT MURDERs.-0ur letters and dis
patches from below contain full confirmation oil
the earlier accounts of the barbarity of the
rebels in firing upon the wounded and scslded \
men of the unfortunate Mound City, while they b
were struggling in the water, after that boat got
ber fatal shot, in the naval engagement in }
White River. They contain more. A descrip
tion of the affair is sent Us by al eye-witness-k
@. L. Huntoon, formerly of this city-in which
he says that Col. Fry, the commander Of the
rebel forces, sent bis sharp out Of their
cover, nearer to the scene of disaster, to make
their shots upon the unfortunate men more Ger.
tain of fatal effect and another correspondents
writes that some of the men were killed by these ,
sharp shooters vo!leys while they we're being \,
picked up by the Conestoga's yawls, sent out to
their relief. No cry for quarter suficed to evoke
mercy. No cry of agony wrung from the lips Of =
men who were denuded of their skins by bot
water and steam, and who were iustiuc:vely
battling tor life in the middle of the stream, eI-
cited an emotion of pity in the rebels breast
Crack! crack! went their rifles, and Of tho
doomed crew full ffty were butcbered in cold
blood! Well does our Cairo correspondent Il
point out the contrast between the barbsrity oi
the foe on this occasion, and the noble and ha' i
name promptings of sailors in the Memphis
fight, when they rushed with pitying haste 70
the rescue of the rebels who we're left in the
river by the sinking of the guuboat that bore