, 1864-11-10
TtsKPEDOES In NAVAL WAR-
HtA1kff.. -.
The Nccenx Ueskr uc210n OF the Rebel
AAIn AlpeAAMlle.

+ from the Army and Navy JourrA1.}
TIE rebels, ano have taught us some i'm
poltant leasons In tne art Of war, appear to
have Iauehr Us aleo the art Of elo T1ng up
chips BY torptdoeB. Admiral Porter has elg-
nallzed his assumption Of command 10 tue
Moth Atlantic squ*dron, by the destruction
OF formidable iron clad ran, tue Albeulaele,
which gave our fleet 10 the WATERS OF North
Carollra seVere tug last May, and which
has been threatening our equadfon ever
/ kfIce. Our readers hare not forg often the
gallant style, worthy of old Farragus him
sell, in which several ganboats, notably tue
saesacus, pitched into the Albema1ie, when
she msde her tfrat appearance In ths souud.
They rammed her, and t1r.d heavy shots at
her, at short taBgri hut the Albtmarle after
What she ho1u on that OCCASION showed
her to be Vessel as formidable probably, as
the famous Teunessee-now SUE ts u eunken
Wick. Ihls gallant feat. the frat OF our
new torpedo 1stt, Ia unx on which the navy
may be tltly ccngiatut.ted. Our gallant tsrs
have learned from Farregut to entertain btt
little dread Of the. rebel torpedoes, which
have been, for the moat part, c1uuisi1g and
urintellsently managed; bnt It will be a
sstihfactton to then 70 know, that hereafter
thsy l.; TOO can plas at the .toFpeto game, but
/ Tie picket lsunch No. ], Nbict destroyed
the Alben arJe, Was one OF half doz:n little
STEAMERS Iot larger thsn Be9eurg fous's
16uIch, hnt fitted with a compact engine,
which hare. beea Lately built under the supee-
Vision of Captain Boggs. Of Va1uua lame.
They were built to relieve the eeamea OF she
fatigue Of pu]liER about at ntKnt Oh the naval
picket line Under the suserlntendence of
Lieutenant Gushing, picket boat No. was
paistuE, arrapged 20 as to p1ace the suona-
11ne attery ttcurely, and fire 1t without Sc
rious ilEk to the boat and her crew. The
test Just mads would ssem to prove that ths
apparatus viii answer Its purpose; and WHEN
USED In connection With the ingenious sub
n1atine' hFpedo yessels, OF which oue, the
stromeoll, is Aread5 completed, 1t promises
to form N Important clement ie our coast
defenke- -
Tbe stromboH Is sma i vessel, capable Of
being tubme, ged by the dll(n9 of wafer COM
part1heEts. She IS supplied with an engtoe
p"Wertul enough to t1opel her at the rate OF
ten miles Fer hour, and Is manned AID work.
cd BY thrte ctIlcets ard ten men. The tor
pedo IL carried in basket. fixed to long
arm, which can be made, at the important
mule as to reach the side Of the ship to be
destroyed There the t'rpedn Is ta7taued,
ana 1t tae WILL OF those In the Str0mboIi, it
Is exploited. We learn that some eighteen
OF twenty ve:eela Of the kind ara to De put
taoat at once, and 1t appears that the mas
quito tet Of pIckst boats caa also usr tho
toIpeao eppRzutua.
The rebels have INSIDE q number Of at.
tea, pts to use torpedo-boats, bat With no
SUCCESS. The bosts have on several occa-
sicns bsen destroyed. Once or tWtcs they
have toundesed, the crews perish,rg. New
! te1thelete, We have lest monitor (ths recum-
seb), tllee gunooats {the Cairo % the Ynzoo
Eli, tr, and The Commodore Jones and SeaW-
SHEEN in the James}+ and three transports
{the Cant raj Hunter, Maple Leaf and Il A.
Weed III The St. Johu'e River, On the South
Csrplin. coast) By rebel torpedoes. The
Mo1ikor Nontauk was also Injured By 8 tor
pt do il the Oge:chee. So tar US We kaox
I'll but one 0f these torpedoe3 were stattoa-
arg, ard eitter expoided by percussion
on contact with the vetsels bottom, or by
me1te Of galva1lc battery worked on shore.
The officers OF the rebel torpedo corfs, VINO
bltW up the ShaN8heen, were traced to their
hiding hole On the banks Of the James By
The wire which connected them with the tor
ptdo, aEd were aug ont bY orr men, greatly
10 tbelr d1emny. Tue sI0op OF var Housa-
tonic was destroyed BY rebel torpedo-boat.
but the boat ps1lahed alsoi carrying dow6 al
On board
Stationary torpedoes, anchored In q fair.
way for Vteeels, are too liable to defapge-
rnent from daUp and rust to be ever cersa,n
OF application. Moreover, they can be pl4ce1
used, OF course, against vessels alfeady AZ.
ctoted ont Of Their reach; bat boat like the
Stronlpon can attack ship any where 10
smooth HAttr, no matter how deep it IL, and
W1ih talf.R-dozen such inexpensive little
craft. manned py resoiute creFs, we cauli
DEFY the eteateat iron, clad fleet in Europe TO
e1ttr tue harbor Of New York Considered
sumes considerable iUporrauce, ana adds not
q little to the eecufity Of our marlboro aud
| seaports from any attack which Is not sur
pIise.