, 1865-04-10
THE IMPENDING NAVAL
CON E1HCT,
The Srn.aV1 " inc opposing Vessets-
/ stonewall, ono CrolE OF the


:. ".rTol and Corunua {spain,) }. .c&
The Port New York Herdld 81
respondents Of tba --al conflict b
details Of an imnendino ~. ason
t"een INC rebel pirate i1on.clad ram
~aa and the Federal steamers Nfapara and
sacramento. The StoneEall lies in the nort
~ seltol, undergoing repairs, and the Fed.
en- Vessels are near at hand, ready to mitch
muene'cf the pirate shall haye rot outside
Of the neutral port. e'0' '1'a'o'
7HE RAM sToNEwA1L,
Inc rebel ram stonewail is about ona him.,
+hfr+- s e.. nesent5-hVe feet long, over all, and
..a.'... 1. peam' and Would be regarded as
" oio nautical men. Her spar, or
aun', IS twenty feet long, her plating five and
n"tn n 41eae7 tnlck. She has two unmora-
Die turrets. In the forward turret IL mona+-
sd powerful gun of Arnstrone,s maEa ~
the a1ter tuEzet che has two guns. by the so,,a
~. maakef-so0- -pounders. The ErWara s,7,n 10 q
51pounder. The decks are OF Too5 ,1i,h ~
p plate Of iron one.tnch thick beneath shr |
and four engines, stated to be three snsfa hpnd1ea
morse power al conhbced. Her main deeE IL
4ot hoIe than I've feet above the 1ets-
Her aIe slope Ia considerable. "" and
nine msn' a' Ths T9hrssnggsd. and reports IT.
anu there ID every effort making to incrsas.
ass cte" ont the Spanish authorities arr ~
pretend 70 be, on the alert to prevent her
tt9lp tttn9pplng 4s n men there; but Notwithstanding @
men men ~ hs e'cnswa crsM u .h has shipped several
on On o. about the Goth Of February, FFith
zen aays leaTe Of absence aud ordered tn re-
pot # Ca1a's, France, where, it Is said, thev,
The ae 5enI a. ffa ts gs.so in Spain
SommaDd Of Capt. Page. He was in Paris At :
1ast accounts. He asserts that bis ram /, n
q bad condition, and cannot leave port Mi :
she mas been docked. The Hkra1d correanon.
ioa1 nelt says. s1e Is the most uncomfortable r
1ooklnE vessel he ever saw and that II there =
Is the least sea ahead her forward gun cannnt =
be worked. e~@' ~''"Ao' 2
TIE NIAGARA AND SACRAMENTO
Inc Niagara zH BOW at Corunna, is wooden | n
steamer s Of ,5oo tons. and carries twelve Il
oHoPs %bese aaeIs pn, e3Tnns Ill ,Mo1king
shell Of eight inches in dlameter. she IL
commanded BY Commodore Thomas r fo
Craven, one Of the Oldest and most gallant b.
2iiieers IN the navy. His officers are The 70
etnsS o. men p ana sage5 for the fray"
les ten guns, siI OF which are 68-pounders ht
:hree 100 pounder rifles, and one 5oEponnder' gr
Her commander ta Capt. Henry WaIiser' Of
those @ proves is familiar to Western men aI
no Others Of . like class. eonid I M
;eep afoat for sixty minutes bnt Wha4 In
Eonld be the result IN q contest with a heaxv vi
ron clad Tam, It would be difficult to divine. to
Commodore Craven intimates that his mode m,
+ conducting the fight would be to run dn@ TT,
be stoncWan at once, his speed bein~ H. 6a
reatest, and the management Of bis eraff al an
he easiest. BE thinks by this course e b. IN,
cn!q snIeiy smk her, and at any rate would ] OBJ
vo!a the oangot OF per tmmeuae shells ey- un
1odlng in his vessel, which might ha r. Of
use IL be fought har at q long itstanres s at a1e
Iose quarters tne amelia would pass clear ref
afoush her ana 90 her comparatively little die
CT tn rough sea, aud avoid contest in a cIa
noota one. In the former case, tie short th,