The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-27
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The 0nondaga az Hampton Roads
Journal of Her Voyage rrom this Port
Mrfcsson's Monitors Ouadone by tho
Qutnsard Dattery-A vcsy successful
Ending 20 a Hazardous Undertaking,
&C., DC.
OUR NAVAL CORRESPONDENTS.
USrrRp SrArEs SrEAMER OyoSpAGA,l
HAMPTON ROADS, April rs, 1854.
inc interest which In the North IN the success
or failure Of clad tho fact that
this vessel the only Of her class which has been
built, and the desire among those familiar with the
Monitor GLASS Of ron.cads 10 know how this one was
going 70 behave, warrants few lines now after safe
arrival az this place.
rAs many Of your readers are aware, the Oaondsgs.
lhdush called famiarly Monitor, differs from the Mon
sauk and Passaic many essential points, though
bearing strong external resemblance She has not the
same ovsrhang which h characteristic OF the foregoing
vessels; shs s much larger and broader; the con-
structon- and application Of her armor Is DIFF
fereni; her turrets, which bear the same gene
raj appearance and design, arc yet bull. upon
different plan and are much heavier and stronger her
ventilation complete and satisfactory, and she u
m Improvement the other Monitors wherever an
Improvement could be made. She left the Brooklyn
Navy Yard Monday last, and 10 anchor we'll
osde Of Sandy Hook, and remained there until Thsrs
day morsing In the meantime the Matabesstt double
Dder left the Navy Yard and Joined the Onondaga On
Thursday morning. a. eleven O'Clock, the onoodsgs stood
out sea- the Aattahesctt acting tow and the tte
tug Rose - convoy. u was very nne morning. with
light winds from the east and tho sea smooth and SILL
Tho little tug. with evident spite or evident intention
10 ry powers Of resistance came fun tlt upon
isS. 70 her I little company ana SUCH sa.sscsory
conclusion Of our ability TO DO punished In that way
~ not TO make third trial So far - We have
ascertaned, no injury 70 Us has resulted from the
collision, and We are mot aware that the tug has
suffered either although she has had list ssarboard
good passage, and we were not disappointed We kept
from ten % twenty miles oil Shore and averaged about
a. was probsby never seen before even by an ron
Though decks are but fifteen inches bove the WATER
they were dry during me whole trip from Sandy Hook 70
Cane Henry: and - was o subces OF much comment
among us that We could proepadeand st 10 our chairs
mon The dry decks and with such feeling OF comfort
inches above tho level Of tho unbrokcs sea which sur
rounded The sea was unnsu ly smooth, aud there
scarcely any perccptble motion TO the vessel While
The passage was MOI pe'!eci' test q her
ability 70 stand heavy sea- yet ,o sne 70 %
preceded her. To those even who have been TO sea 10
vessels Of this description IL was sensation very pecu
liar not unpeasngand nm experience which one would
not miss for consderable-to stand or sit upon the
deck OF The Onondaga TO see and ee her almost noise
lessly glide through the water and almost nder why
the great iron turets did not the vessel the
which seemed anxious TO submcrge her, and 10 ieel,
While 50 rear an immersion, consciousness o. safety.
dent; but mad ecceson TO use the means offered
and GLAD, no reason to test their efficiency
The apparatus for ventilation exceeds expectations and
could scarcely be perfect Indeed the currents OF
fresh strong as 70 make " necessary To shut
y sr cme when the blowers are running at full speed
The temperature In the engine and IRE rooms much
lower than those OF any other IRON ciad being down 10
the neghborhood Of one hundred and one hundred and
We arrived in sight Of Cape Henry light this morning
very cary, and camo to anchor on Fortress Monroe ~
We remained during the day, and 10 tho afternoon
moved up the river and into the company OF the Mime
sosa Roanoke, Atlanta, &C., where We may remain for
We have been somewhat troubled with water coming
Into the apartments and through the decks but much
less than suffered on tho other Iron csds, and ~
beginning certainly no cSua complain ns ~I s
Onoudaga has succeeded % che Of oil who
% she and vaS w.
nav: .s",;s e Be-. ;ssnsy. ssy an. sTs
respect, conscious. whether be hero or elsewhere,
whether in front Of Fort Darling or Sumter, or Morgan,
ant head that the fifteen inch shot or rined shell rom the
0nondaga shall purify the spot - lightning clears the A.
mosphere Of poison. F
TRIAL TT lip or the Gumboat Gettysburg-
She Goes Fifteen Knots NasiIy-Sketch
OF Her Gallant Young Commander, sc.
The notorious blockade Margaret and Jessieaf
ter making some thirty succsssful trips, ~ last
caught by plockaders on Wilmington, and pur
chased by the Navy Department, her changed 70
Gettysburg. and ntted up blockadsr Tho work Of
converting her isto vessel entrusted 70 eecor
Co., George Birkbeck, Jr, superintendent, a Jersey
City, who have spared neither labor money In making
her the most desirable vessel In tho naval service for the
far hirh sho - intAn y In
model and has magnificent pair u escillass On
gines. built by Napier 4 sos, a Glassow, In 1858.
She went down the bay yesterday her trial trip,
der the pilotage Of Captain John Msgn. with twenty
two revolutions Of paddles and pressure OF twenty
three pounds Of steam she made hfleeu EDcts per
Il steam when In chase, which win give her
speed OF from sixteen 70 eighteen knets. With such
hsad.ay she ought 70 b abe % catch some o. me
running bussess. There was quite large company
board during The trial trip, who After minute survey
"a In splendid order and a. good a. when 6rst built
She 10 10 be commanded BY Lieutenant H. Lamsob,
s' aSS %: sns
Thk young Ccer has performed some OF the most bril-
liant achievements Of the war. He y native Of Burne
the navy 1885, and during the early part q last year
he was placed IN command q the Upper Nsnsemond
command Of the Mount washington was one q Tie most
desperate Of the war.
For consecutive hours be fought hs vessel which
lay aground under the and within three hundred and
y yards Of rebel battery. sxpending thirteen hundred
rounds Of ammunition and receiving ne humid cd and
thirty FIVE sbo,hoes IN his vessel tsn ce which pepe.
traed the boiler The battery finally siIepced and
tho Mount washlnston reeassd from her perilous po
Stones, and 10 July 1885, he was ordered 10 command
the Nsnsemopd, on The Wilmington blockade. o. this
station he rendered important service and In December
the Navy Department. 70 show their appreciation OF hts
services. esve him command Of the Gettysburg.
Tho Gettysburg arrived 81 the Navy Yard d three
o'clock yesterday, and VIII BE- despatched In few days
70 . blockade station.
The ~ arfmes.
First Lieutenant John n. Hkbes has been detached
from Brooklyn Marine Barracks and ordered
nand the marines Of The North Caroline Tho guard Of
the North Carolina has been increased 70 ssvsntynvs
men,
The Winter Garden.
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