The New York herald., 1863-10-02

s aee'Afcd that tho English aud frepch ships 10 tho
na Dor wero Hon, and gloomy and indication of
'Ne 'ee''ng of tho people, be mentioned tia,
"'"S " 'hs kad gave great satslacttn-
Az The conclusion OF ths reception in tho Goyeoor,s
Room the Russian onsrs were once moro ccpSucted on
board their bcsstnul vessels
Inland Exeussions of tho It usstan Omcsrs.
Louis u Freybarghs, Paymastsr General of tho Rus-
san hoe' ~ '''o hArbor Of New York, Troy,
Thursday, guest OF distinguished physe,.n, whom he
me. At Annan mouth Of tic Anoor river In 1850 rLers
ho was formerly chief agent Of tho Russian Fur Com
pany.
largo number OF tho 1eet dlned yesterday with
Erastus Corning. Jr., at Albany.
The Unitsd States Steam Frsgaso NJ
auara.
pfscnirrroN OF TIE VESSEL AVID MvR pREarxr
AhhAnESr-HEH BATTERY WITHOUT AN EQUAL.
Ihe Uai,ed States sioam frgac Niagara, now at the
'haes'own Navy Yard, nearly ready for sca, has an
armament oonssng twelve two rou odcr rns
Parrot guns on the spar dock and twentyfour eleven
men guns on 'he main sun deck. The lasser are for
'nowng hollow or seld shct and borg shc. These suna
nave range oil osh, thousand eight hundred forty
I've yards, or httlc nyo mites Their destructive
power Is sufficient to dcmolsh any wooden veesci az
distance OF four miles provided tie guTnory a accurate
Tho Niagara Las bocu nbou year n,u for ,en ,i has
been almost entirely rebuilt In tho ChAriestoNn Navy
Yard Her speed. with her cid epgnes and tsorller IL
said to have been sixteen knots hour engines
have all been taken out, however and new and vastly
moro powerful added Together with ucW and e..
larged propeller with the dos that her sresd viii be
greatly increased Some OF tho Old OF that
bcr immeuso her ~ 40 deor m tbe
water that she viii bo deuI, handle IN srou sea-
ana Is rumorod that or auns are 10 bc lskoa
or These guns the Improved carriage resting
int All fnran
docks Tho ports enlarged that very vide range
s obtained, and tho extreme forward and after guns
both tho s,Arboard and port sdes bc swung
act either as bow or stern chssefs The immelec rscp
Attendant upon tho heavy Parrot guns Ia some~ha, oh
viacd In tho improved carriage by tho copteea screws
which upon being applied 20 the aiding carriage oausss
70 adhere with greater nrmncss 10 tho rolling carriage
and produces amount OF friction nearly equal resist
ance TO tho restricting powor of The o.d breeding
without sone such arrangement ~ this Tho from
those guns would snap the breechng easiy
small cord, and ~ sone instances alsmoant the gan.
The cabin Furnishings aud stores of The
bcng taken In, aud u 10 thought that The win
ready for SOC IA Two weeks The gcsi advantage oanod
for the RArgsra amy othsr snoas L.r abs.
ty 10 fghs with fress precision nj Icrg range.
Instead of beating qaarlcrs after shs Old sty,e
immense rattle Ia provided attached 70 tho main
mast on TIN gundsck, which bo hoard with great
tho ship st grcAt distance tho long roi " Tho
drum or thc shriIl tones Of the boats vans Pipe
rlc Niagara will DO commanded by Commodore rhcs r.
Craven, cf ths fines, onoc ~ the navy celebrated
in the service beug of tho bert pracics seaIpa
10 II. Commodore Craven last commanded the Unltei
States steamer brooklyn, IN Admiral FAraguts sqisir
sad present At tho capture Of New orIesn- The
nrs, engagement with tho vicksbug batteries. =
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HHA I. R~Is a
CAfTAm rowNsESDs ACCOUNT.
Captain Townsend. Of The schooner DayM e. Foatsv,
which arrived here yesterday, gives tho foi'oy ING
cunt Of the capture Of In wstchspfixas nia
tho siorn shore Of vrSnia few days aimee. gar.
" Of rebelstwcnsy nvs 10 OH tpowsdss
furnished uem. M "a sappnscd. by Mr. Cobb, Of ssnes
shcs made sud len attack upon several sms yassss
syns for The night wach.prigus n.ei on lbc pascru
sarc o. Virginia. capturing 0ve Of them. Tbsee ~sss
Tho schooness Ireland, Davis, Joha J. Honsenso The
Alexander and the Eovernmeet schooner Alliance the
latter loaded with supplies 70 tho sone $50 oco
The raiders pulled IA - osss islAna, bot wsrc p,eyeut
Cd from landing thors, ~ n was oscspied BY ua,oa
troops. There were several habcrmsns boats srouns,
aud lheas, by sive cf lLs Cobb, tsy feysd
ss TO preyvni repor, of tnea prsssnos rssch,. the
oshsr vesa~s Ths scbosnsrs were trading fcr s~sst
potatoes AMI other prov's'oos. ooaseqssn,y bay'ar
considerable " rnopey board yus es,4sse VAS
made prisoners and brrayht the silsncs wLsrS
.bs, wsfe sotansd ira. FRIDAY ssh, sIi fysasy. o.
Monday fpornins Ihe schoonofs ~itI Lc eBcet.on ~
tie AioxaDisr, wore taken oat 10 Tho Aiesssdrr
~ss fen sshoss aud abandoned. Tho other
ca. sdrst al ine 'al1s Quo of iLen--iba ] a. J.
Houssinah--ss sflcrwsrds boarded by tho srbpsf ta
.oy, and btoesh, into howport, Rhode isias.J. Tbs
hsssfrosn, after q fo~ dass dstoptin fre-
snd thsy rcIof that ~hso ioss rsIdsfs th.
Ais co p.rr bcsing % nc Cages, u trn bso~ tag
kuIai BY ths RAIDERS 10 sgyssys sLnt be e..
,smg'sa 70 ss.-ts iaapns overheard ssa s~i,nfains
nraa upon HIN ana b. crss. iaNng ilm Ls srrnrn.s
They tssn fbos hn aud threw hln verfssvo alnkiag
p tsa ths ,e,so.@ cot. Ths crews Aii iassa rs
slpyosoi, g. EicAmoni
captain To~nsspa sstitei 10 hn cre~ get or ,l.s
s1bo5rer Alexander, and abe ~as trough. v the ciy
Jcaterdas
Lsetwrs en Wesosn before shs womsa's
Laval Lsaass.
lecture delivered lAst s,onms IN IN RON e
The womsns Loyal League n tbs Cooper ftstists. ~.
sab)ecs "wcD~I." Ths k<snrss nr yiossns
cciircr TIE rcc0 veil nis~d, ehpsay ny ladies'
The lseaser commenced sy askisr whAs 10 that loyaf
have not dcos fos the country salssss,
and sailors sipoe tbs bsssr' Al ths vsrs
the sce@sss gagged cheer. psss.es snd psss~,s The
so.asr rns humble and the nsh. oh ed yosas, 81
have oap,rbu,ss Va po,Is -oft. rn- sAnitsry 90
trIbu'eos os The vsiss 81 sis no roo rba~s
were ~ ,l~ very csst ssa ssss, ssssrpss~s mss,
necessary g. Do. TIE E~st tss os'y s~sssa
~bsfs sbs spirit a. us ~cn~s M tins soSss
worh has been mxnr~tee Tbs II
giosso1s Wet haze teG o. esvrs~d
~rk. that To 1880 q 10 ts~ isl~ -, 'hsr
wolt oliy f~fi ffns ~ tsem, ssi ffsx<a W
ne i-t ar-r 81 sss~. ~bD ., f,sss ssss aaxsss
psl ~, ~ E'ovs dss.cxss Esxsss ssIns
foash ftssfn TUG. fed ~ We oN<srs osssisS
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tse nAtl1s ssrvaDD tffht sses tbe scnsss wiss be-
lsoorsd 10 the c.n. Mss TIA Ik ss,e tfsst sss
t~tyrr wss ~ vsi An>sn ttst "a ~s srsr~s~sssy ~
him :. rt~-i Neat " h~ -As i-o y~sss ..d'~ fss-s
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c.rfiAUs AID csffy bls1sss piDss 80 esss~c~s ~
syef~ KIDD t tss a1s1esr Mr. s<t1ybs rsts1 sad Nfs
senator fsrisad, snd Mrs. hneAn sA6 Mos Mssshs
hlst cay ffugu t~si tsns~rx~, ssfs ans<Na fhS
ptnInerf ssf .crsessrins a sh uss isdss 1t~g~
fn4ny stbef hd#s urStssNd ~ tbs isxtursf ssrs<s
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