The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-04-26
the SOUTH.
THIRTY lRoN-cLADs NOW READY. +
Possibility of an Attack on
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! Correspondence OF the world
! TEN IRON. CLAD VESSELS AT RICHMOND,
AtRichnohd; and etween that city and
Fort Darling, there are ten iron. clad YES
Eseis, most sof them mounted with f'Hed
guns. or these the Meffimac No. is the
largest and most formidable. Her arma
ment consists dfCsix guns, namely, two
heavy eolumbiads on each side, one ten
inch rifed gun at the bow, and another at
the stern, These guns all carry. the steel
pointed projeetles which j. hrashed through
and through the sides Of our own iron clad
IeGalena'ia as if they had been made of pine
boards. These ten ironaclad vessels will
play an imrortant part IN the defense OF
Richmond, if that city is attacked by way
of James river, or from the south But it
seems most probable now that we will first
hear of them at the mouth of James river,
in Hampton Roads, or perhaps even sailing
Up the Potomac.
( TWENTY EUROPEAN BUILT IRON CLADS TO
! ARRIVE IN THE SUMMER.
In regard to- the iron clad vessels that
have been built for the confederates in the
ports of Great Britain and France during
the last eighteen months, my information
is positive that they will find their way
across the Atlantic before the end of June.
Arrange1h efits have been made fur the trans,
fer of these vessels that were built for "the
Emperor of China to parties who cannot
be identified with the South and after the
transfer has been made, the governments of
France and England can no longer interfere
with them, The parties alluded to will
then take them to a seaport in some other
country, where, by process we'll known IN
maratime practice, the vessels will ultimate
ly come into the possession of the agents OF
the confederacy. These vessels, OF which
there are about twenty in all, are built ex-
pressly for ocean navigation, and some Of
them are Of the same class as "The War
rior" and aLa Gloire." They are all con-
structed in the very best manner by the
most experienced European ship builders,
plated with iron or maleable steel
| to thickness that defes penetration,
and mounted with armanents far superior
to anythingnow afoat'inAmerican waters
These vessels will prove an element OF
strength on the rebel side, the Importance
| of which has been entirely overlooked by
| the administration, intent on its Utoplan
negro schemes. When these vessels reach
our shores they will not be used for defense.
To break the blockade of Charleston, Viii
mington land Savannah, will be their r7first
attempt. And after tbrt it is expected that
they will attack some of the scaports in the
Northern tatess u tA - y Z. - b,
WILL REBEL FLEET ATTACK wAsHINGToN}
There is one contingency. in which " ash
ington would be in danger from the foreign
built fleet of iron clad war steamers above
named, or even from fifteen or twenty OF
the largest iron clad vessels now in the con-
fedsra.e, waters along the Atlantic COAST
If, in consequence of the maneusers be-
tween the Army of the Potomac and Gen
Lee, the former should be compelled total
back for the defencasof Washington, or ii,
| in any event, General Lee attacks that city
during this year, he will be aided in the at,
tack BY confederate iron clad fleet This
contingency, Improbable as 1t may seem,
| is still possible, and may occur. There "re
| mo- obstruction in the Potomac river, nor
lis there a single fort or battery alongs its
! banks the guns of which wou have any
more effect on the sides of an iron clad than
the paper wad from boys pop gun. Ia
the case ofithe Delaware river and Phila-
| delpbia the matter is even worse. 1t might
have been good policy in the Pennsy wanna
| LEGISLATURE to remove the capital OF that
State to Philadelphia, in view OF the expo
sed condition of Harrisburg, in case OF
| third invasion of that State But IT they
are wise they will. at once see to it that IN
slant measures are taken to prevent a hos
tile feet from approaching the Quaker City.
INSTANT ricoNcENTRATIoN OF TROOPS NECEs
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This is no idle warning. 1t is time for
! the President to stop his, .smutty jokes"
| to stop jnnket,ngT around to every little
one horse fair, making bids for the next
presidency under thesgnise cot speeches in
4 behalf of negro soldiers, and to turn his at
tention seriously to the defense othe North.
4 The confederates are determined to trans
4 fer the seat of.war, and the expense of main
htaining two hostile armies, from their ter-
iritory to ours; and they will doits Recon-
noitering parties of the enemy are securing
all along the line Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, and with daring impunity dash in
the rear Of Meade's army and capture and
/ carry off whole wagon, trains at Leesburg
and Fairfax, the latter point only sixteen
7 miles from the national capital. Gen. Lees
! army las already begun to cross the Rapia
dan, and the heads Of his columns are NOV
ing towards the Sheashdoah valley; While
the operations of Gen. Forrest in Western
|. Kentucky are bnt the prelude to the great
Western invasion, 1t is no groundless al
harm that IS fstr. by = the governors oithhe
Estates along the Ohio, y,fifef, and they are Ia
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