Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-06-18
EalIandirham,s EnreHslI.
military PRISON, Cincinnati, Ohio,
May 22d, 1863. (

superior force will it within the confederate lines
the malice Of enemies shah thus contr1Ye give
caIuma and misrepresentation of the past two
They little comprehend the true character of the man wit
whom they have to DEAL order of Punishment execu
deprive me of ay rights citizen Of Ohio and of the
United states: BY all arce to my oTh State and GOV
shall racoguiza wheresoeyer may be, as bind
irg in oil thDgs inst thocgh reasine upon
soil Every sentiment and expression Of attachment
trywhich have cherished Or uttered shall hide
Unchanged aud unretgactd I'll! my Tetnrn mean~hile,
moment before The threats or The of arbitrary
pcw4r will in trial prove themselves worthy to be
called freemen. E. L. NALLANpIGHA&.
New Engsre for Nav,l va,fare--Toy,or d FIng's
SubmasInc Eattcring R@1n.
The model OF ths new and very formidable engine for
nd3Gl war purposes-e submarine pateTing rams
nov on exhibition at Mtssts Z. IL G. Bunts water
street in New York city, and s well worthy OF the IN
spectiOn OF scientific men.
ne battering ram is tie invention of j. F. H. King
OF Staten Island and 9 principle BIS been already ap
tr4ved OF by some CT our eminent chip builders ihe
vessel to which the ram is attached is protected with
santing roof similar - that CT TIE Icrrimac construct
ID IN EQch manner 10 render it perfectly mperVl
0us to shot, aud will be propelled by two She
will be furnished with ram-or, the French call II
po- genr-n The shGpe OF a SHAT OF ccp sixty fest
in ec 9Th ard alb ut che foot 10 diameter. he shaft Or
ram will wol under Wahr, aud viii be driven by TWO
fly Wheels each wheel being twenty feet in diameter and
weighing twenty t0n8 These wheels being connected by
solid and heavy pitman, will, when ia motion will
crank which wal give the irOu shaft mo-
mcEtum OF eighty strokes per minute
The will be worked for striking purposes through
th6 bow o. the ssei and about eight feet under water
Our readers easily imagine the effect that this
pioDgUe will produce q hostile ship Having de-
IvCfed heavy blow, it VIII draw back it were, aud
send in another and another at the rate Of egh ger
minute, No vessel could endure il, and any fore 60
chip EshiCh We have read OF as Yes would be de
st1oytd IN feT minutes Both the principle aud plan
Of action OF the simple but the result OF its
blows would be the destruction Of tie opposing crafts
In fact it may be sad that the principle is based in
measure the practice OF the pugiiists OF the
Heeuan &ayots school, who deliver rapid and telling
bloWs n the shoulder, aid this sometimes when they
have placed man's head ia chaucery, the ram hav
| ing tie advantage that such great steam arm will
never re in picking into and breaking the ribs of its
adversary while it openly ayoWs its intention OF always
hitting below tie belt under water-contrarY to
! she ode prevailing in the roped arena on lard.
Thu New York World publi,hed the following liees 70
There Attorney named Lincoln,
The last FIR q statesman GU i think
All daTger smoke,
II he had but his i3ko.
md could browse and tel stories and wink
There Yves an old pilot named Seward,
SO he wdhed up too late,
When The Ship Of the State
Was drifting on sand banks TO leewa1d.
here W. purse bearer named Chase
/ no mado paper and gold run a
Ard inVen'ei the green back
That was ne er 20 be seen back
Al the Gu toms-a very haEd
aere was an old foey nam.d Welles,
quite worthy of caps and Of bel's,
Fer he though Inst 4 pirate
Who steamed at q high rate,
Would wal &c Re ri}dI-d ~ith shells.
There vas attorney named Bates
Chief sdTser at law for the States
But az word
Of his pleading is heard
WAC can possibly te! now ne rates
Thare rvaa an o'd rostmon pprna6 pIa;r
Nl-'2aedt to do something quite fair,
htade Blair, of Missouri,
IN the pranks OF tie Cabinet share.
There Jyaa an I'D aer ass med Stanton.
Though he thinks he's designed
90 astopish mankind
found the wo,d from Chicago to Canton.
There old poet AIMED Bryant
On Farnassus b. giant,
AS he dOies from Post
HIS huDlanlteS gtIm snd defiant
There sas queer paEson named Beeeher
Net Of Christ, but of blood shed q teacher
II was always trlfe
NhetheF-Bible or rife
Wrought the ain If this blasphemous preacher.
Tire was an OLD Governor Andrew,
Gaver monomaniac man drew.
He held that niger
ID very much bigger
Than evegls t.atmay make the whole land rue
Loss OF THE STEAMER RUBY-We regret to say
tnd1 tE1 SLSaEioT 1sQpy captain 'Ieaf from Nassau
got ashore Folly Island breakers, this bar on
"Wednesday night. large portion Of the cargo was
thrown overheard and everything possibly done to get
her off, but without success. The Yankees on Folly
Island having discovered Der early Thursday opened
Oh her from battery. Captain Peat was then COM
piled 30 set her feo aud abandon her, and SIZE af-
terwarda blew up. While Captain Peat and his crew
coming ashore TO Morris Island, they were shot
at by the Yankees with cannon and small arms, and
the balls come dropping around them in every di1ec-
ton
Since writing tie above, We have been furnished with
the following particulars BY Captain Phillips, an officer
ct the Ruby
O0e man is missing and is supposed to have been kill
ed. he last seen Of him lie holding up O trunk to
protect himself from the fire. by platoors Of the Yam
KEGS on Folly Island against him. The Yankees fred
grape and canister ct Wale some CT them were
up TO their necks in water.
The Ruby had arrived without accident of the bar
about One O'Clock, Thursday morning, safely passing
che blockading squadron About two O'Clock, the off
GERS were deceived by light shown On Folly Island,
and unfortunately attempted to enter Folly Inlet when
she grounded hard and fast the reef between Folly
and Morris Islands.
TIE officers, ard passengers remained Oh board
till daylight, having been fired upon from the moment
he oh, ,C.o1 al