New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-26
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NAVAL.
TIE NEW BATCH or lRON CLhDs.

TIE NEW BATCH or IRoN CIhps.
On Tuesday the specifications aud plans for the
lat batch OF iron.clad vessels were withdrawn from
inspection by Aduifal Gregory, IN pursuance Of Nh
advertised notification Of tie Navy Department.
Several contractors have e. mined them, and come
are now ~ Washington look x for orders 10 com
mence building. No ane Can ATTAIN cohtract IN
les. he 10 himself engaged IN tue construction Of
yessrls The new srIis have one turfet hich
will carry two ii or l5-lnch gunrl, bot VIII Rot
draw much water a. the last nine Monitor.
There ire lew IecnliaTiiles Of their cont ucu0n
which il would not be ady'ale 10 ITiut at present.
Cli.f Enuneer Sinners, who has for con'id.
erAhle penOd been Vie superintendent Il irOn'cad
mnc auery tie vicinity o. Ae@-iofk, has leit ior
the ronClld fleet about 10 commence operations
South. Having teen pTe-ent az the pattng uP oi
all the engines, aud understanding every tecnni-
cality OF them, &c wll m tie cstn.Aon 81 the au-
tlolties, be n great acquisition 10 tie hquadron
during tic expected hostilliior.
THE NAVAL BOARD.
The Naval Examining Board IL still in session at
the b ooklyn NayyY ara. Mr.. Fay has been before
it, ara teyefal persons connected Win the yard. IL
has been shown tlat Admiral PAuc!ug Tei rluhnced
MIR. Gale for Lending money on duo-blis, bot tie
latter states thai re ceased TO advance Il ~ that man
mer alter being so repiinandci. Ho admits, how
ever kaviig gwen iunds TO men until payday, rely
iIg on other means than orders tie Purser Tor
payment e the PRINCIPAL and interest. No proof
has thus lar been forthcoming 10 show that Hny one
~ the payulasters department shared the "AorbiianI
interest lcyied on the men. the cOurieslcs extended
20 Alr. Fay beng accorded as Il matter OF cisii,y.
HE accounts o III ney gwen 10 volunteers families
viii be ovelbauled, az persons having taken warm
interest in tie movement were Lot usually famed
Tor Philanthropy.
The kKPORTID PHWATFIR IN THE CHINA SEAS.
TIE story that VIVA published tuesday Ai,er-
noon, about Rebel pirate in the China seas, which
WAS TO destroy all American chips, is untrue. The
ship Sem, which If said to have spoken the pirate,
DID Lot do so 1t all. Tie facte aTc these: " Tie
Sem wGs ia The track of lomewald.bound China
shiIs and raw steamer aIlrOaching, but which
went "a in another direction before coming hear
enough to speak. Tue Gamer had flag which
could not be made out but the master of tho Seu,
believed it TO have been that OF the Rebel COnied-
eracy. The matter was thought Of little import
ance that it not put upon the log.book and the
date OF the occurrence was not remembered by
any one. In this simple way did the rumor
originate"
THE CAPTURED OFFICERS OF THE Isaac p.
SMTn.-On "wednesday twol recently released
cap,ives from Southern Slavery, arrived in this city,
bringing positive information OF Tie place Of inprs'
onmeLt Of the officers Of the gun.boat Isaac T..
Smith, captured few weeks ago by TIE Rebels in
StoDo Inlet. They state that the officers Of the
Isaac l.. Smith are kept in confinement in Column
bia, S. c., lis, Of whom they give, as follows:
h. s. Conovrr. Lieutenant Corn.nsnd,rgi John W D,cks
Executive Officer Acting Master hCbt all Acting Master
htman Chase, Acting Ln.ifn: Ffsnei. BfentOD Acting
ENSIGN II. 3 BoIGep Acting Eusignj +. &. bills, AcDs
Au,tant Paymrtrs; jacob ruckr fst Assistant gr.r
Era1tos Barry, Third Assistant Engineer
The Acting Assistant Surgeon Of tho boat, q. IL.
Marvin is separated from bis brother officers in mis-
fortune and confined in Richmond, where he 10 held
az hostage Tor the safety CT Rebel surgeon in one
Of the Northern prisons. Lieut. CATE Ia closely con-
fined in Columbia, in conformity with tho late pro-
clAmalion Of JEFF. Davis. In the fame prison are
w. Il. Sheldon and Albert q. Pemble, captured
oiGcefs OF the Flambean
ATTACK ON UEIOa SOLDIER At DEMOCRATIC
MEsrIAG.-At the Democrats meeting held at DAVIS
L. sil on "Wednesday evening, after the meeting was
adjourned aud when tue assembly WAS dispensing,
an attack wGs made on Capt. John Ross oi Co. Z,
;5lh Illinois Vols, who il uow III lone visiting biz
family. Mr. Ross Was feyerely beaten and mauled
and several rocks ~ere thrown at him. AZ this Is
IN. second attack that bas been made on Union sol
diera, we advise ali soldiers to keep clear OF there
gatherings rs by the treatment they have 30 lar re-
eeiyed we consider ttey are not wanted we Gd-
wise all friends oil the Union TO let these meetings
and lives. SGalena Till Ad.