, 1863-07-03

pDunQcfs. l. lc uuWOeF ol iron vessels,
partly iron-c1ad, is Il, averaging more than
800 feet in length, carrying 361 guns,
the total weight Of their armor 6,75o
tons, horse power II 100, total tonnage
56'245. She has 10 wooden vessels wholly
amor clad, car7ying POI guns; and feet
OF 200 mortar and gunboats. These are
22o feet in length, carry two 10o-pound
Armstrong pivot guns, and four ~ Arm
strong broadside-with q DRAFT of from
Alto feet.
1tmust be confessed that this formidable
array Of ships was a big card for the Cop
pcrheads to play, and no joke Of a bugbear
whcrevith to frightcn the timid and the
wavcring. But England has not ship too
u1npy to guard her own coasts and colonies.
protect her own commerce, and be readv
for emergencies. Her available ships for
war purposes, are no doubt large and nu-
merous enough, to give the most powerful
enemy as much trouble and punishment
as he would desire to have. But by far
the greater portion Of her immense cata-
loguc is utterly worthless for modern war
fare, when brought into competition with
the Monitors, and 3ferrimacks which have
sprung armed and inrincible from the
brain Of Amcrica, Out Of tue eight hun
drcd, and odd, battle ships, which the New
York Horh enumerated, and announced
~ ,e@'u' tof ooi oesllocuon' mere ire not
"o1.n Va nem "nicn 'ee niue Monitor
"ou.u NV Law p'o"u oo1 " l'e "a'et IN
$500 ~. ~ ~ % e;n.,a Ao4 .a: a:s nu ~ 1als
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~ ean,,,a ~ ~ 1a,ss u'e .s":1n. ss:.u
+ho n.tc,,1esa Monitor woa,.a1,-os w.
vcrc :, pood deal cl,acr;ncf1 al tba c,;,rre
Of Duponts feet 10 batter down the forts
,ot Charleston harbor. md t1,ose WIN vere
ignorant that the vessels in th,t ,c+;o,,
were never designed to s,,hdnc far,s In,
to fight ships, and tha. the o1,ns emn1ovei7
in that service were not the enns ordercd
BIZ Ericsson-but inferior runs showed m
to him 1,y the Navy ne,artnen+ ;,noa;,oa
that these 1,oastcd a1,-cono,ar;,, NJ:
tors we're more Or 1ess n s,;lrr. pnt -
f,r fron, th;s hp;rr tl,a c,so .ra 60 .no ~
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iono,nin;ousfv tbo rountod ro,,s, ~, o,ss
Atlanta is b,,ilt nnon nrcc;sc,v +,,o san,a a
nrinc;,,Ies as nunont,s a1on;tors ,-;,t 49,
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- @ -, r.asaa - t4 $500 ' "4-o 4a son' out ~
- - A' ~ s.e 'ne usu'' cc.-
e.441' ~ s4es, LII '!u on sui
49, 1ne e, ''sA asau, J" o's u
LUZ ~ au' tl'olo"s's ni1al1a'eo.
ne.e ae 1ns "ai sn'ps' l1on-clao OF
oeus4 "41e' pe1ousins5 ~ 'oe na'y o1 Eng
'anu' " aA, o'uel counlfy' 10 compare
WIZ tn4s eaaey eena"Aen! 1he war
TOT Is tne heaviest ciad OF 1Ee Enshsh YES
sels, having a Terhcal SIDE armor OF four
anu hal1 2nches only; "hast the ALBANIA
was piatcd with lron' I'VE incnes THICK
having IN angie OF thlrty degrees Win inc
ho11zon. ana ol "nat a'all was the leoel
I'VE 1ncn 1on, against tne n'e umes tnun-
hundred 1,n7rnf7 ha1l9 literally m mora