, 1863-11-07

talk In naval circles all over Europa aud
celebrated Englieh officer is said to have Il
| marked, after her being described to him
! "Wten will these Yankees eud with thei
| new Inventions. IN armed vessels 2":
There Is no doubt tha. this vessel, in be
performances, will star;Ie, tbs world. He
battery will be very heavy, her speed great
and Fer pow ers Of, cffen6e ard defense IN
equaled by anything atioat.
GOVERNMENT HORSES.
The Horao Shoe1ng gEstab1Ishment AMI
TIC Stables at Washington.
4 correspondent of the A. 2. Hcrazd writ
Ing from Wellington concerning the Traas
portation Bureau, gives tie following reada
BILE description Of those parts Of It devoted t.
The horses:
TIE HORSE sHoEIN0 ESTABLISHMENT
Is arranged On an immense scsle. and aston
1shes the visitor BY the completeness Of ID
olgaDization and the amount Of " 4rk aocom
pllshed. Two hundred men, blackened Will
eoot, WIN bare, brawny arms, are beating ou
an anvil chorus that rings In q deafenisg paa
upon the ear, and dies away over the hoaso
tops and across the placid rtvor III soft. m
lodioua chime. like the music Of the bells
among the mountains Of the Rhine. The sun
peeps n through the skJlights, building bril.
3 a!anI Columns IKE the leaning tower, st the
aehes drifting In the air, and the roar Of the
bellows sound like the rush Of TEMPEST
sweeping upon forert- Horses stamp AND
prance about uneasily, casting weird SHADE va
in the gloom, and ore begins to think Of
vulcan and The fires where thuuderholts we're
torRed, until the workmep, impatient With
ha AF% %taA r.
and imprt cations to the din, that check all
lights Of Imagination and bring one b.cE
ms1yellonsly fast from fancy pictures OF
NEUROLOGICAL nonuorkerB to the sober. un.
poet1cal realities OF the blacksmith's ehop.
This establishment is capable Of shoeing one
thousand hortes per day: Think oft. Four
thtueand shoes fitted and nailed to the loofs
h5 single chop in less than ten hours. There
are times, however, when the work Is rather
slack; but the men are all retained for auv
emergency Tint may arise, and brigade Of
cavalry can be fitted out from among DOW
horses and sett to tile front within three
oags 1fom me reception Of the order. The
north of the city. No little amusement is
occasioued eometines By these refractorY
auiDa1s, and the blacksmith frequently gets
"h1fted" By kick that reveals to him most
remarkable astronomical phenomenon. Haa
all the 'arathtmas that Faye been hurled at
~AssU A9o!AAs a. lAt euotluE establishment
petr1fet. We should hare bad quarry Of
stone sufficient to have paved all Washington
AID built up on Mason and Dixon's line
wall like that Of China When mule IA tno
unrnly be IS Introduced to the rack, into
Which he Is led, and suspended by binds Of
leather passing under him and attached to
the cross rieces overhead His hoofs are
then thrust through iron clamps, which are
boiled to the timbers, and the Villain Is as
helpless as honseHy IN spiders net.
Hundreds OF kegs of shoes mud nafla are
sent to the front, already fitted, reauftipe in
most cases no additional work, and never
more than few blows from the h.lnmer to
bend the sIoe to the exact shape Of the Aoof,
TIE HORSE STABLES
Are the most important objects Of fnterest,
and, while we shall not hare time to wander
through all the buildings, which stretch o7er
a:Fes " the city, an taea csn be formed Of
their character by sn examination Of one or
tWo. Frs, there ate the tlaukfer stables,
INTO which horses a:e received, ex1tpi1ed and
sent to the Eere'al bureaus o. this dtp2rt-
mttt, according to tlele physical coalition
ard ftnets for tie artillery, cayairy or t-a{ns.
Near these ore the issu!og st.b1ex, one for
ctch brsEch Of the service. Some Of the
EtAbles are nothing more than sheds
built over the Old pickcs lines pat.
up z twenty secord street a: tie beginning
oithe VA, though most Of the buildings are
u
lifted up with racks and mspge1s, aud made
as comfortable as any In the city. The tioors
Ct the stables are Of Clay, hardened With uue.
ana are Kept as clean as The floor Of sraulry.
&en are employed constantly with wIeslbar-
1oNsand bfooms iu removing all litter, aud
sprinkling lime, Nb.1e the frequent use Of the
nhitewa,h brushes on the buildings pre-
Eerres putty Of atmosphere and cleanliae,s
LILLE to be expected in such an establi ,h-
msnt- In soIe ol the stable. each stall his
aftI6d to It snail rcd card, upoo which: IA
placed the name Of the oilicer to whom lhe
utter shoft se3ou.n IN these quartsfss tie
animals never mies their own. etalra.
but march II With the precision
Of veterans. Each yard has immensc
t1ou2hs, through which fresh water is con.
stantly running, and sections OF hose hing no
N every building, ready to be attached to the
pings In case Of 1:e- N addit!on to tue In
1ntnse stables already In use, several ro7
ones are being built in various parts Of the
city, one of which embraces within It's en-
closu:e tFelty six acres. These ara to be |
fitted up In the best manner, with eyeEy,(
and, with those now occapied,
will accommodate, by econonizing space,
over twenty thouEand horses. Every ihree
days tie horses are all Inspected, aud the |
sick sent to this ho.pitaIs. Should there
be any suffering from infectious d,spr.
ocrs, they are sent across the river to /
stables near Arlington, where, Il a euro can-
being made throughout The entire |
Hortes are arriving from all
Quarters, requisitions from thefrouI arc helnr
1!1ed, end the diseased are sent of to lhe
~hrds OF The hospftsi-so that the INSPECTOR.
u passing through the stables twice q week,
ces' as be would at large New York hotel.
The broken down horses sent IN from the ar t
NJ are frequently recruited up, and some of !
them returned to the front; others put in the I
Trains and those pronounced incutaole elther
condemned and eold 1T public auction, |
bringing from sly cents to five dollars apiece,
rg dead horEes on the VIrgfaia Eide, and hun.
1reds Of acres have alssady bean coz serted !!
4to INST cemetery, across which, when tue !
shadows are 1JiGg. The long 1ow ridges seam |
% roll Ike the swells Of the sea. Tde burial |
parlies are paid from fund raised By the sala
y nldes, contractors paying for them over =
lollar apiece, and taking them Of q, their
'wn exptDte. TIE stables for the mules are
Il lapged similarly to those Of the horses. a3d |
! Ill accommodate about two thousand. Here
he saMe.regnlattcns concerning cleanliaess,
&c, arc observed, and the fat, sleek az!
,earsIee Of the: et1 animals well attests the
tables a'e large ya:ds. Into which the horses
md mules n1e turned 1ocse for excrcI.e, and
n Pleas ant Wcather It is cot u1ueua. to see
! bs1d charging round the lot. as il possessed
y the Evn One and seeking for steep pla:e
lowu which to rush into the eea, Not long
ince . regiment Of cavalry horses were
brought in from the front and turaeL looae
nto lot near Arlington. The auimals, a.
beir brides we're rsmored, flied In as regu-
Atly as though going ont on parade or drill,
nt tofEed In column. each horEe 'talling
nto his proper place as though his rider ws
N his back. Sometimes the. herd gets IN.
eey or frightened, the whole mlss ssays to
nd fro, and seems mixed up in inextricable
onfnsfcD, when suddenly 8 eqadro1 will form,
aEh ont on the lead, and, the othc.s filing ID
ehipd, will charge fmpetuously around the
nent Of battle. II not often. >hoveYer. that
hese things happen Great care is observed
D prevent any stampede, tha animals h.viug
roken out from tSe enclosure Eeyeral tiaes
nd scattered through the pine foreet of Fair
X; from which many lave never been re-:
oveEed. There IL much about this terribly
bueed animal which only the rigid discipline
nd drill OF military lie have developed, and
witnessing the precision Of the moY3-
Eenta cf these ttaid old worn out war stscls
1e finds himself unconE c1ously investing
lem with reason, and almost lifting them l.
ito the scale Of Intelligent beings.
horrible Murder. -
From the Miles (M1ch.) Republican, Oct. .sl.]
A man was found In the road murdered,
3out 8 O'Clock last Saturday nornicg, one .
lie and quarter southwest Of this city. He
% discovered by an old gentleman named
enry Iaushbaugh, who was coming to the
ty with load OF hoop. poles As scon as
e fact be:anIe known, Justice Catpmao, to-
.ther with furV. ren1frAd tn .hs snnt IVA