New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-14
John Macalister, dangerous on head from bolt.
IN TIE NEW IRoNsIDEs.

service She built Philsdepha and christened by
Old Ironsides" Commodore Charles Stewart and Is no
harm TO say that on that oceaon the only Com
odore brought sample Of his own beverage along WIN num-
new onclad nunehed ct tbs Phiadei
phia Navy on Saturday morning The ship was chris
tened ky the yeern Com Stewart the New ironsides
vas. crowd present This important addition to the
navy of the Union 10 gste with three full decks Her d.
are $50 feet breadth Of BEAM 20 feet
hold IS fee drsusht OF wafer IS feet burden $500
tuns Her will be iron Plates Is feet long 2t and
3Oi nshes WIDE four inches thick No bOs screws are
visible outside bu. the atuature 10 secured nterorly by
means Of heavy screws and four feet below tho water line
Her sides are perfectly smooth and present an angle OF W de-
gree, to the enemys shot. She carries is Is guns OF the
most formidable kind now In use. .. .t..
She has and sails. being the only one Of our IRON
csds thus rgsed tho Gasna She s Philadelphia on
her trial trip on Thursday the 22d Of August at o'clock In
the evening" and steamed during the whole Of that night ar
irving a. the msssin. the next morning where shs took In
her powder As soon as this had been slowed away she pro-
cesded down the bay and arrived the Breakwaer the '
lowing morning (ssturds She lay oil here for three days
testing her guns which found TO work admirably she
then for Fortress Monroe reaching there on
August &C. ing the run excluding all stoppsgss In about
"A hours She then hauled In and anchored In tho stream
near the Fortress Nothing Of interest sn'ped during her
star tina. point and orders having been received from the
Navy Department she o last Sunday about noon i0i
philadelphia where she remained few days aud then sailed
South She 10 not go successful cra "a her projectors anu
the Government expected She would be. .f."
Her commander Capt Turner OF Virginia. 70 gentleman
Of rare professional abilities Hsh citizen Of Pennsylvania
and entered the service in 1925 with William d. Porter and
others He performed twenty year OF sea service
and returned from duty sOat In 1895 When the heoe
ported thu blockade broken no organised board CT officers
which immediately eonadoted the eansrd and wrote let
ter Which does credit alike to his head and hi' heart
The officers OF the New IrOn'ids' ~si .....
Thom.. Turner, Commodore; Geo T. Belknap, Lieuten'
ante ommaDder and Executive ofieeri John s. Barnes
Lieutsnsn Commanders Martus DuvaL 5urgeon hsImsn
R'bs.on. Leutenant, Geo w. Domst JOhu NJ ssillinss
ynO NJ Butler Acting Masters: n b. ss lat h.I sn
geon, Henry A. Bartlett. u, Lieut. Marines Jane. b.
Young. I'd Lieut. Marins,i G; w Tracy Ensign Henry
ID &si.isSs Epsnesis Evsrstt Batts h c. Bsekwith
WIN. 5. Wells 81 Assistant Engineers Frederick Mason
mof R sS6s sssYPa2d sSs@s s.
Geo: IL Bradley. ThOs T. Harvey, ChS w. howsIa, As
Stuart Gunpsri Thso. H. Bishop, CsrpsnsT Jno A Bid
sall, Saimlksr; J. w. Godfrey James BOHsh0 Pu0s'-
THE MoSTAUK.
The Montauk 10 ono OF the nine one-turret Monl.
tor, which were contracted for IN April and May Last The
dimsn,Oas Of the Monsuk follows Length 200 feet
width Is tet DEPTH Il feet ipehe, drs OF water In light
Ing TRIM II feet. tunnase about 300 tuns Dimensions OF
for two Sinsh guB The ship carries hsr anchor in ws
forward to obrso going on deck to work IT, She Is
bukhesded and framed probably In stronger manner than
any other Vsel Time and experience having pointed out
many defects the construction Of the first M0nitor every
thing which science and enterprise could suggest for thsf
remedy has been attempted In this vessel.
The Moutauk JAILED nom Hampton Roads Jan. O. In
tow Of the United States James Adsr to join the
other ct Port Royal On Jan she made the first
Of the stronshOds Of soess Tho officers and men were
ali ready 1t quarters and in 10 minutes shell sent from
IN llneh gum and then shell sent from ineh gun,
striking apparently the top Of the paapst They replied
from the battery bky and with wonderful precision she
was struck thirteen nssfour timss the tars (onos eI'
scty between the por, the snokssack and the
res, on tho deck where iDdssons hsyo been made In the
two or three inches wide and deep and twelve
fourteen inches long but harm resulted to the steamer
or the eating attending to their duties calmly
and quietly though and loincb shot and shell were not
wbsng by less than Zoe, their hssd' The 1urrsi
and guns worked admirably The smoke occasioned the
hhax Immediately taken away by tho blowers and the
steamer constantly supplied with fresh air by the same means
The airing produced sensation In TIE turre and
striking the outside could not DO psrcsived were
It not for the sound The Rebels fought ws aud their
works extensive aud strong.
Fort MoAister 10 called amer Col MeAllis.er, who
mAnds It and upon whose plantation located 1t for
midAblo work capable Of making determined rei,t
snos .hsn any the SOUTH The foi before
Ii. began aud for months they have been working
continually, until immensely strong each gun on
either side protected BY large banks essmatss Is feet
thick
The engine, OF tho Mon.auk two in number, were
ruotsd at the Dsamster nWorks The cylinders 40
nches in diameter and about feet stroke She has tw'
MArtus patent boilers and surface condenssr not SswaPs
of
the vessel arc . perfect could DO made The Mon.auk
cost 81 600 a, did all the others.
Capt Worden Of the Moniauk we'll known. In the Mon
or no GIst illustrated to the world the value Of ron-elad
vessels His light with the MeHmac made him famous and
hs many virtues endear him to his countrymen. he Is
New or 1884 receiving his warrant in the month
with Harry Wire. Henry A. s. Low. He hes performed
about 20 years scrVce His sngasement with tho Rebel
batee. on the ogesehse River which proved the errbs
resisting qualities Of iron elSds and the Destruction OF the
Nashville. are recent require notice The MOuisuk has
also been waiting for orders a. Port Royal Her officers
Commander John L. Worden Chst H. eastman. Lieu
tenant Commander and Executive Ohcer Pierre Graud
..s5 aeKSsy and g AysTy E &.up, sar.
gon Robert Po,ts I'd Assistant. Acting Chief Engineers o.
Steven "a Assistant Enginoerj ID. L. Catney aad w. IL
Greene. ID Assistant Engineers
THE PAssAIC.
The Passaic is an irou-clad steam gunb at, 200
uns burden She fee, long feet wide IL feet deep
draws u feet when laden. These figure, would give good
idea ofa wooden ves,e-they convey impression OF
tbi. one Sho LOOKS like huge ooslbargs with slopins
house on deck She thick two ordinary The
iron, which Is laid hull Of extraordinary strength
inches thick. The tunet is covered by wedges twice
heavy being les than IL inches thick The mail
the entire cys and soes beyond the bow where Il becomes
RAM Il also extends q feet half the drat Of the vessel
below tho water ne In action. then aba cannot strike an
l.. T.. l.
PROV or ram IN ht be broken clear OF without serious dam
TO the vessel Under each of the forward part