Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-12-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Navy YRrd--rhe StOnewaII--The
MOnitOrs--Miss Surgeon Walker
Rents and Beard i'm Washington.

Especial Correspondence Cleveland LEADER
With the stranger, the Navy Yard is
one of the most important points of inter
est in this city, and when he comes here
from the country he ought not to forget
10 visit it. Aside from its mechanical
achievements which are its chief objects of
curiosity, it is a delightful place The
building of vessels just at the present time
seems to be suspended The Potomac is
now filed in the vicinity of the Yard with
all sorts of war vessels, while in the Yard
are alIser of gums, frnn tho Iaonstnr
Rodman down through every form and
variety to the little Mountain Howitzer,
with shot and shell to suit. Here are pre-
served great many pieces of ordnance of
the olden time. Many of these were cap
lured in the early days of the Republic,
some by Decatur from Algiers, and some
from Mexico, at much later period. Here
are targets that have been used and are
still preserved to show both the effective
ness and accuracy of the various kinds of
ordnance.
But the naval feet here must have a
descriptive paragraph or two The YES
sells here now, some in commission and
some out, some going out and some "wait-
ing orders" are getting ready for a cruise.
There are six gunboats and eight monitors
now lying in the Potomac at Washington.
Besides these there is the rebel ram Stone
wall, which was surrendered by the rebels
to the Spanish authorities in Cuba and by
them to ours. saw her tOwed into the
Navy Yard on Sunday, the 26th ult- She
has two masts, but steams mainly, is a
Moderate sized vessel, and like everything
rebel, looks awkward and mean. She can,
it is said, attain speed of lO4 knots an
hour. Her sides recede gently from the
water up, not enough to cause cannon
ball to glance, should Judge
A monitor is an object of the most
curious interest. l was on b ard of the
Tonawanda, and by the courtesy of Third
Assistant Engineer Timothy Plants, was
| enabled to examine her, and | might
| epitomse full description of her into the
few comfr, hensive words to wit she IS a
inarUeLolis Rea- There are no vacant or
useless places in her. and yet there seems
TO be room enough She has sixteen en-
gines in her -Four are used for propulsion
and the rest for the proper management oi
her internal arrangements. The hrst
monitors, when closed up in rough wealth
or were almost insuppOrtable by the men
An inSenius yentilating arrangement II
| tbe TOnaWanda rendGrs Her fHtvrTrr,llo
very agreeable A late invention, in th'
way Of condenser, is used, by whicl
fresh water for drinking and for her boil
ers is always secured. Her armamen
/ consists of four l5-inch guns. Her specs
| il said to be ten knots an hour. Her side
rise about two feet above the water. Thes
are five and one-half feet thick0ess Q
wood, plated with y inches of iron. sh
Il Is said TO be bouyant at sea, and her on
l. GERS declare that they feel rs safe on he
in stormy weather as in any other vesse
. She is commanded by Captain WilliaI
. Rockendof, and can carry coal enough Il
! only fifteen days voyage.
Recently it was my pleasant prlYlleG
e to have for my next neighbor at the diI
ner table the somewhat famous Mrs MaJ'
70 DIR. Walker. During the war the lac
WAS attached as Assistant Surgeon to Il
52d Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and
'e General Sherman great campaign fro
u Chattanooga TO Atlanta was detailed mu
ne of the time TO attend to the sick among {
K rebel population in the vicinity of Z
a army. AS "A sort of charitable maniiestati
on of Uncle Sans good feeling toward the
Il Whilst on this duty she was picked up
the rebs and put in Libby Prison. d
rebel "reminiscences are not very agr'
an able. She says that they tried to XIII
b,, uniting powdered glass in her fo'
7er She thinks that President Johnson poll
or of reconstruction is perfection. In
od she is below medium, looks quite You
a in manner is quite girlish, talks hlppan
ss, land becomes very enthusiastic on eA
not ordinary topics. She wears neatly
M ting boot, with pants and coat OF di
will blue army cloth. The coat is long fro
brought together at the top and the wa
not gaping between, disclosing clear WI
Iastefully pleted dicky. At the waist
do wears watch and fob chain, with sun
Isle ,irlish trinkets attached. Over the
res She wears, when out, cape. Her hea'
gho covered With u drllb colured straw I
ays de GRATED with plume. Barring
ers. peculiar style, she dresses neatly anfd ia
= ., fully. She thinks of practiciDg her
,rv,, fessiop in this city.
=! How short-sighted are the Washing
c'al people and how exceedingly selfish. !
a OF hollow hearted they are, It is mock s
the na,hy that they exhibit, since nothing
? in money moves their hearts. Prices
nate enormously high as regards almost e.
ching Kit there is nothing as higl