The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1863-12-28

other mon,or, relative TO their liability to he inutea
or phineine .hc' I. valid N the DicaoIs cas-, but
s1s,d in the attack on Charleston, none have su'
"a anv serious ipconvenisuoe from inlu, dcn, 70
SO, that proeetle fred fom an ordinary tort could
enter the deek The armor OF the deck consists Of
ny nsA.: = q n ;G. r.. 1ss ns IN 1e.. 70 %
that on vhtb the crew and ofYicers are to tive s
f.s e.. s.Ss en-. p a e. spa, ss'
hsh,vnb his hat on, esn walk without stcopins from
have no, a. ~ y, heon san.sS ali shss .ort Of Sori
being left TO the last.
VENTILATION.
The ship 10 ventilated by three immense bloverp,
,Ss ~ er the u,s St The S ,.s'' s.n,:. ana one ior
Thc., blowers sre Of immense &c, about ~ inchss
:, 4 nss A. 1 sHT.t sS
he ar TO supply tn. oih-t blower. s drn-n from the
,SR Of the 'urr't' and thereby ''st''sd through the
now sBs wuI rs srrsssr.
The moo. un,rayelled individual know. hcv wee.
..cls are uecrsd. IN, m,n at the wheel has before
rsnscmsn, u ,%p se,icsSI. ,hc nssls refuse. to do
OF lion IA zach turrs,; aets slus'hly, sni 10 in
tset psrfcc.ly usess.. several m,sns baye been
essapI Of them bins shat nos in use II Is no other
than by the help q Looking tiss' The helm,msn
. mirror. seven feet above his bead, situated in q
copper pipe lifted shpv. she lot house, s tho com
compass ia 20 arranged tbst the riovem.n, Of it,
hands is reflected IN the mirror, aud thus vail the
Dictator be stssI,d.
rss NAcnirsav
The N soh merry of the Dictator lie ~ more erten
svs character tasn that Of any other psno gar
ever built In this country or in Europe lhc crlin-
ders vii, no, be l.ss than hundfed inches iu diane
ter Cylini,rs of these dimensions have never, We
bseve, been bui In thi. country except once 70, "a
aide. heel s,esmboat called the reuUyoi'.. The
cylinders are bolted into two massive wrought iron
kclsons 10 feet deep AMI some ~ ,nches more IN
width. Ihey are both in line ath~,rtsh,s and h,ye
over the former x peculiar feature ofthe machinery
u: the abs, nc. OF ad.s and eIo,. asAa;, .na %,hm
T. rR.SsS .r. ,'i
nsmber, and have bb furnaces. and Az aggregate
.i' :s:ss g. So ,
rei M day. 1"a Il hour: ~: ..,%iHs :. ial! speed Tas
weight of these boilers vii be almost 10 toss each
that Is, 4?O tons altogether. without ~slG - that
wnsn the, are completed they viii weigh over 200
POUND. will amount to $4,000. The 'h't Is .l.o |.
s,snnic pi.ee OF mechanical ~oik. II ~'hhs some
In diameter, he's "a feet pieh. and s,iyh, 800, bs
piston speed viii be obtsined fom the engine. re
mains 10 bs seen The propeller is IA veil AMI eau
=. ,Sa shoa.s b ), TO Ths
eines are constructed to b- something In ths ns.a
bog hood Of b,OtO horse routr.
phOTkCyis. ruk BOT rroS.
One Of the srsst.st difcui,iss in the vsv Of max.
Ina the iron esds Irrmanently usetul, va, that o'
protecting the bottoms from the Nth which ooucsn
! ustsd there, and pteveptsd them fion moving.
The original Monitor had 20 be to-sd from Fortress
Monroe to Ws.hington on account Of her hotton,
being 90 foul. Tue Engllsh ftsnte warrior sl.o er.
perisnced similar inconvenience. and vs learn that
| g. me honttols 81 prcssnt of Charleston are very
foul All sorts OF psinr have been triad. and all ~iih
vsnt OF suoeesa The moe, popular "a. . sort II
Tnsish peacock" paint, vhieh WA used In some OF
| thr natl steamer But It did very li.tle good On
the bottom oi the Dictator however. aud on all ~.
iron oads to bo butit honeeiotward and most oil me
naval built vessels succe .sful reIsdy has been d.
weed vheh will ketp the bottoms perfectly clear Of
oil 6lth II 10 ca he'd "shlp zine paint, aud Ia pr
| f-ctlv vhito IN color. Some Thirty years since, :
v.ssel -. coated With II IN kngisnd sbe arfiv'd
hero tew weeks ago, and her bottoms we're found
! In perfect oIi.i The sovsrumept bAs respon.ibl q
pIties iur nishins the pant, and s purity can ID
relied on
II 10 confidently expected thu, vessel 30 complete,
With IL inches Of armor. and such heavy battery.
will prove hereafter tho ID ieta,or OF the ooesn.