Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-03-06

THE NEW MONITORS.
Attic present lime Mr.. Esds Ia TX
Monitors under construction. Two Of
hem, tie Usage and N~eosho,have been
launched recently. and Two 0 here. the
Chick.saw and kickapoo. are being
bn,!t for the contractors. MessIs. &. l..
Allen q Co. aud I. G. Gaylord, OF 81.
lous. Tie remaining two, Milwaukee
and Wlnnobago, are IN an advanced
tate. Notwl,h, ianGing the Unforeseen
hndrances and delays occasioned bt
the government seizure Of boats for
amy purposes, the whole OF them Will
De ready within the specified tune, the
the and energies OF the proprietor and
his ucu being devoted 10 Their early
completion.
Tie Usage and Neo.ho arc sister yes
sells, tie former 10 be ready IN twenty
Jaws and TIE latter IN thiity. T1ey are
one uullret aud $ g.h Z ieet IN length
~,Asy.dse teet beam draw when srm.-
III nt on hoAri, three aud a halt feet
lnn,t. n..t,s M inches IN thickness,
lex p1al,f. snd afched decks, engines
.setectee. and hati atWeuty tour water
I / compartments; engines u tue
t4es SIZE A. tie Qehstb anu Louisville ;
,hgt. ID r,eess capable u maAlog
.tspn ailiss 80 loaf ~ steam; carry
sc vs<a4atu ceiuu ! ads 10 night ioIe
au3 a.. 1ats sweeping tie horizon with
- cuu a,grecs ,c iolmadatle aud
compact. CO., 500 GOO.
Inc Niunctago AID Milwaukee are
a3a,, x. 4 iiefent ciast, and IN fact
afset ard more complo G than any
Mon.to. YET laurched. TIE former Is
0tcresdt ID sAly days ard the latter
. s~vv.i, .te. they are In ength 229
itet; breadth So graft. s& feet tive
rstres and four ~ptonelleie, covered by
hood asttru. Like The TWO above
aeutoiei, are OF iron throughout pre-.
sent ~ Tut u very snal Target above
@aet us. Lugne., bollers, anu mag-
szue al b,bw &c !.
lAh ii lAtm are 10 be fitted with
ltao tuIr.ts. One ot these tnlrets Il
alter Tic dcsisa d Nj. Ericsson, and the
aiLer j. upon new ptlactpic aai adsp
tatcn Vi At. Lads, and VII. 10 donbt
Oe a elattig advance IL naval warfare.
me peculiaiity OF tins lew tunet Is III
loaaiug he gun below deck r having
port mole the IL o. The q IN muzz {
onl, ,ciosed except l4ilag the discharges,
AID admitting u al cies ,tion 81 twenty
liz, degrces,a aud u depression OF live. The
tower oi 9inoh plate, i Tot only rota-
y, but tie interior piatioim or bed IL
e.e,Aoa or depressed ~ steam pew 81 at
each Successive discharge OF Tic guns,
10 as 10 cave llttie " no margin ~.
snAt.es. Altogether ile.e are the
most formidable war ~vessels vet pro-
nced. lheil cost viii be about $780,
co..
lie Chlckasaw and kichapoo are 10
re completed, the io.mer IL ninety aud
tic latter n ahuLdted DAYS. They are
the came IN general construct Oh as
these Jus: described, except That they
wiz lie turDlsbtl With two turfcts Of tic
Encsson pattern each. Like them, s.so
they VIII carry four l-inch coumbIads
" II MAKE six miles an hour against cur
rett Itey ale also pro,ect,d against
piunglng SHOT IN a manner quite reinaIk-
ab e. The interior Arrangement 5 are
such as TO allow Of compact and com
toitable q atteis during action. There
) an abundance of room, aud, snbstltut-
ne IRON ior wood, have ADOPTED all the
IN, royements suggest, u by the do
matds OF the tirst Uue'.
Tue iron OF winch they are built and
covered Is The tough Missouri bloom,
, rolled at Portsmouth, Ohio. The plat.
ing for lie sldts ot ilic huils above and
below the water line is three aud a bait
inches, ut a very near angle with the
water pliace. ILeie is no prolabilly
OF HE hnlis beng pierced by any pc
j%ret.es Ia use. In spite Of many
predictions, j, is benev,d that ;h,se
boa.s may yet assist materially In taxing
Nlekshurg and Port tu son.
NAVAL FoRCEs o. TUE MISSISSIPPI.
he present strength OF our MAYA.
oree ~ The western waters, tnder Ad-
MIA Porter, may b. set down as lol-
oeS:
NiToRs.
lu.eumbia, D. Lhcctaw, 6 nearly rdv,
al aa'@, tos'ow. Neotht, : ueaay Tdj II
Nhthcvihe < osse, ? Lcariy ready
a lgneuEga, :. Milwaukee. A.
ot3c<"tam, A.. htckap. =, J..
lhos GAS.
8enteu, ID Lafayette { (taa)
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