New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-06

abont 90 are able-boded, the rest being women,
children. and infirm old men. Notwithstanding this,
Col. Green is cutivatng with their labor 900 acres
of land and they are more than paying the expenses
of the Government in sustaining them. BY next
week, it is thought. they will BIO able to furnish
every hospital with a supply Of fresh vegetables.
Arrangements are being made to employ them at
mechanical labor such making baskets, soldiers
clothing. &c. Experienced colored drum corps are
also being selected, drilled, and sent into the army.
The freedmen are allowed money for all needful
dclicaces and when one is selected by persons in
the city to be a servant, the person selecting the
freedman or woman is compelled TO give bonds for
bis or her support for twelve months. The coored
people are all taught to read, and prayermeetings
are held almost every evening. Thus the inhrm
colored people, who are not able to fight, are in
structed protected and assisted not only to sustain
themselves but actually to be profit to the Gov
eminent.
REMOVAL.
The American Tract Society Army Agency has
been removed from No. 3i3 PenpsylvsnIa avenue to
the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
street.
OFFICIAL INSPECTION or THE WESTERN IRON
CLADs.
The Navy Department recently ordered On official
inspection Of our iron-clad fleet In Of con-
strucion. Tie following is unofficial report Of
the inspection:
We recently made tour Of the West 10 examine
the Naval vessels liron-clads) under construction
At Carondeet, Mo-, seven miles below ST. Louis, on
the Mississippi River we found the large and COM
modous Union Iron Works, owned by James Is.
Esds, esq, and four peculiar, large, iron, hat-bo-
toned rver gunbOats, We'll advanced toward COM
petion-one launched, and two others nearly ready
TO be foated They are called the Winnebago Mill
wake ChichassDg and kickspoo. and are of the
following general dimensions; Extreme length,
300 feet; BREADTH 50 feet; depth Of hold, 81 feet
and will draw 6 feet Of water; square sterns and
blunt bows; is plated with armor plates inches
thick. They have seven tubular boilers each, four
propellers driven by four highpressure engines, Of
q inches diameter Of cylinders and 2-feet stroke
gesIed go that when the engines make 100 revolu-
tons per minute the propellers make 100; steam
used 10 10 be l4O pounds per square inch. We saw
eight turres under construction in the buildings two
for each vessel but as they, ike many details Of
the versels peculiar, aud different from anything
yet put efoat, IT lie not deemed prudent 10 make
them public at present. The Wnnebago lie TO be
ready for service in sixty days, and the others In
two three and four months.
Az the City Of st. Louis we found one wooden
gunboat, named the Ozark, with al Ericsson tuTret
Just completed ready for trial. This vessel was
built at Mound City, H., the machinery at s..
Louis and the turret al tlnCnpdti. She 10 lSU feet
long, - feet wide, and draws feet Of water; has
boilers, / engines, and propellers. The tuTei 10
20 feet inside diameter, and inches thick, aud the
amor plates are 3 inches thick. On the Levee,
three blocks below, Mes,rs McCord s. Bester are
erecting buildings 10 construct two OF Eriosson
light draft vessels 10 be named the Shiloh and tie
Atlsh. They are the came those building Eas,.
Al Cincinnati, OHIO there three different sets
of contractors employed contracting iron-ClAds.
mo NIes works have Two large yesse6, the CIiGnl-
ba and Oneoia The former So ~ en- advanced, nnu
NAV be completed next Spring, but the latter has
only the keel laid and few irainee up These yos-
sells will coat about half million Of dollars each.
and are intended for service. Their extreme
length s 25 feet 40 feet beam, and 10 draw II feet
water They have lOw-pressure engines and bOilers,
surface conderser,. aud propeller OF H. diameter
and twenty feet pich. lney are beautiful models,
and are expected TO have high speed. Half mile
above the Niles works on the ONO another one of
The same class the 1ippecanoe is being built by
Miles GREENWOOD Mr. Greenwood machine fac.
tory s III tie northern part OF the city far removed
from the chip while tho Niles works have their YES
sells us. before tho chop the river bank. Still
further I'D the Ohio mile Is another iron boat yard
where two of Ericssons hght-draugbt monitors ars
under process Of construction by Messrs. bwrt x
Co. These vessels have only the keels laid and "a
few frames mp and they are TO he The sane as those
building East.
AT Pittsburgh Snowden s, Mason are building one
the Msnayunkl tue same IA tie Catswba, and one
Of the ght-draughts. The former 10 well advanced
has TIE nun ali Ilhleu, uulhuedds anu Dcsine III
place; but the small vessel has but little done 10
her The machinery for both Of them il being made
at Brownsville on the Monongatea River, 60 miles
above Pittsburgh. IL il not expected that either Of
these vessels can be completed and delivered Of
Cairo according to contract before next Summer.
To the Associated Press go.
WARRINGTON, Wednesday, Avg s. 1868.
THE DRAFT IN WASHINGTON.
The draft in Washington has been completed. 1t
gives an aggregate Of 1900 white and @j3 colored
conscnpts Among the drawn are several persons
named George Washington.
NAVAL ORDER.
Commander Byron has been ordered to the CON-
pand of the irou-cad Lehigh, aud Commander Cald-
well 10 the GaUcus.
ANOTHER PAyMAsTER ROBBED.
Army Paymssler Mcfarland had go 900 stolen
from bis room last night.
SUPPOSED POSITION OF LEE ARMY.
IL is believed among army officers tina. all Lees
forces, excepting A. r. iIls corps, are south OF the
Rapidan, aud that single brigade Of Longstreets
corps occupies the old works Fredericksburg.