The New York herald., 1863-04-14

tuced both In shape and INTERNAL arranssmsn.s go
maze her better sesboai.
ne hull, which n Of whme OAK, <bsns a aanSs sso
keel inch thick buttsd and strapped every sz ssss,
and followed 10 depth Of inches aAd widln 10
inchss 30 TO form what the shipsuiders term
Yer timber" The straps OF she hull fore and an
inch thick by inches wide thoroughly rivs.sd dowa
with four OF inch rivets II koIson fore and sfs
Il plates 80 inches wide half thick, and
feet III - inches long
The bulwarKs are number OF oak blocks ~ rchss Sy
IL inches iserted vcrtcssy and fastened with heavy
non covered longtudinay with ave mbers; the shSss
lower ones arc iron and the two upper OAK.
1hs plankshear 10 of oak, eighteen inches vide by
seventeen nches thick.
All the deck beams OF oak, twelve by twelve ncheS
In the middle and ten by twelve inches towards boh
ends The deck piankcd with pine seven inches thick
by eight inches wide. The deck. which In flush, tho
rough y caukcd and pitched 20 no TO makc 10 water
tight On the upper deck the matches for entering
tho ve8el and for oh aiming light and venthatio, tho
sides being without AIRY aperture Mt all. These hatctos
for med Of wrought iron frames deck
and provided with wrought iron inches thick.
This don hull covered by nve Of wrought
iron plates Ave inches in tbckres and ,ess ban nvs
feet long the plates extend 9s feet below line
and ~ ioect beyond tho hui
Tho frames and all tho vertical floors o. anglo
iron inches, spaced about Is inches from oenrc VI
centre the floor frsme 20 eet long, and alter
nate frame thoroughly snened with Iron plate placed vsr
ticaly and topped on with 3ih bars rs,ng tho ct
took frames.
Tho rltes the huh run fore AFT and ara put
In nsi aud outside sTeass, tho starbo streak
laying the keel by four and half ncher, and a e o
streak by Two and hsf inehr Tho seams IN Tho pit
ing are oil water tight.
The deck plating extends all tho deck, and IN two
Dlaf Ga NJ ma nd a 0ua rter ueh I ckuoss
The dder which In pine, In covered with ono and q
quarter inch iron plate.
The turret 10 twenty feet vide and OF sieven ncb
iron. II Is provided with two portholes u swo feet
eleven inches long and seventeen inches widc.
Tho tonnage Of the vessel - ose thousand and eighty.
I'VE TONS aud her II nfsesn Inch
Dahgreu sun and one two-hundrcd FOUNDER.
tn. COMMANDER or THE NAmAxr.
Commander John Dowpss Of tho Esasson bsstsvy Ma
hant, slightly wounded In she engagement as
Charleston tho TN inst CommApder Dewrs~ snssrsd
the naval tho tth of September, 1887 .
nidshiI He born In Massachusetts,, and wss
spr onted from his native State. A
HS 6rst cruise made IN the sloopofvw Cyans.
In Is42 and him passed n,dshpmss board Of ,h1
Cumberland frigate tho Mediterranean. Hs made the
In her, and In 1el6 Issvc of stscnoe He
merit orders to the soopofw1 Dss, In tho Pscno
squadron.
In ls<9 he attached 70 the sloop Portsmouth.
tho African station. In 1851 he va attached "a
The receiving ship at tho Bostoo Navy Yard. On
tho aoth Of August Of thM year hs was
commissioned . lieutenant, and shortly sftsrvGds
was ordered 70 the brig Perry. In 1850 h nsds cruise
tho cyane the nrs. vessel he went In H4
made full term In her, and n 1859 he ordered 70 The
Atlanta In 1880 he attached 70 the store.
ship supply, and the following rear hs was ordered 70
tho naval rendezvous st Boston. ~
AZ tho commencensss of the vas hs commanded she
steam Eunboas Huron, doing nssh Valuable sssves.
when the Nahans smpsssd ssd hsr. 49, fought
seby with his vessel a. caassss, vhsss - psssvsA
sght wound