The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-04

70 nreekIya Navy Yard-How IL Locks
sna What b Being Demo There.


precincts regns the beautiful goddess Peace
os1s "a economy are exhibited ON everv side bv the
On she station Economy y assursdiy the ordsv
!" 40 -; ana would appear that the ofRcers in
"sns different departments vie with each other
ID ao'ns In their power 70 bring this about. NAV
are ousy u0n INVENTORIES OF sales OF Articles No lone.
deemed nsSssary their usefulness having long "a
depsneo' articles not required for use ON shs nr..
SENT peace Iotng are being classified for SALE
ios' ana In the most presentable SHAPE Careful
inventories Of ech department are made out and 49,
Instructions fro% Washington sales ,at. Mac n,.
Of old canvas, Imp, leather scrape. shaking. So
passes, spyglasses quadrants, od haw sens arr. !.
many descriptions uus shot and SHELL gun carri.rs.
NO longer OF any U.S. even numerous piles al ohps ~
disposed Of % the hipsat bidder ''''s = ''ps ~
NkS WAR vHssxla
On sne ssocas afSywo noble looking specimens Or
naval architecture tneJsva and Ontario both doso,e
twenty-six heavy broaside guns Thew ~. ..ass1s
vessels, and should, II nod machinery be given ths.
The magnificent ron-cS monitor Kslsmsxoo n sio-s
four thousand tons burdeA ready iaunohe1 -
any time. the japanese are greatly Impressed .ish
nearly completed Her iron\pAting % ready and hss
urrets are prepared 70 be pull In place she will carry
the former will weigh onsShoussnd pounds and &
projected against % enemy d charges OF powder a
human Ingenuity can invent woNd 70 be able g
projectile strikes.
Two large propelIors-the Madawssks and the Wsmv
panoag-each with four chiuaasys, are lying near the
wharf making ready for sea- vsh below decks viii
show that about csishsr vessel aksn
former there fifteen effective runs with the
NOUS weight Of $500 tons The Java and Ontario
nine inch gunsabout many side "a the Md
awaska carries in all This appears TO BE- faulty.
Standing on me deck o. one o. these monster ves.
faulty engneeng-one struck 18th the great waste of
room, whioh should properly have been used increase
quarters are 100 spacious Either the Java Or tie o.
tari0 nouns less guns than the Pensac0la and tho
q hull Of s'ss
and Of greater calibre2 Complaint Is made Also that
In case the machinery should be disabled and the vess
compelled TO sail alone she is properly spared
Tor this emergency Her propeller cannot be lifted out
OF the water Il must be uncoupled, and before the
force must be sxerted about equal 70 the usual given
speed OF four or Eve knots before huge propeller
VIII revoive and the weasel can be stecred
The Idaho lies near, faultless model and hull,
dered useless for the present by faulty engineering she
Tor sale; and though she cost the governments
present her are down and her decks have
been ripped up Orders had been given 70 At her for
sC6SU snip. D1s me oraer was rescnded
backed and defective in hull having been built 700 weak
and that almost invariably after gale two they
more substantially rebuilt They have good engines,
WHICH COulO % uS0Q IN Otnof NUNS
saR-oT -rHxIING vERxoNr
Leaving the ships the visitor by tho scow u
capita! method 70 the so-called .cob DOCK dongside
Of which the seventy-fouy ship Vermont nos having
taken the place Of the old time honored North Carolin
Neatly kept howzers dock, which ID quite An
the daily drilled in small arms marching and
howtzer exercises The latter 10 most admirably exs-
cutsd Wall y hare built with figures on i q tarssss
ground and used for various purposes among vhah
printing ONCE where all the incidental printing q
that Of the receiving ship The Vermont had upwards
q seven hundred men on board Cleanliness and oree
are apparent in an eminent degree sne has : mixed
guns the main deck all Of ths Dahlgrsu pattern and
also ono loopounder and one o0pouadsr. both rinsR
every day in sxsrcss one would thuk they wsrs -
dom touched. A we'll Organized vessslof-war even 70
:he b receiving ship safely moorsd, pleasant Oh
TN s.Cosn AID acRur pocxs.
psss TO tho ordnance dock allows take peep
The plsaorm i safncisnuy large 70 mount tSTsy =
thirty-two guns al iron gun carriages OF the a
n.. ana 9S nns
avery lastly evnsmented roof By meanderng reuss
On ne 0a Coo sssS line the ordnance dock rssch.d
dock on the Eass river has been advanced and Iszra
gang Of workmsn nns W mmsnss cribs Win heavy
westerly Of tho Cob dock nd thence % shs .s
ward Cribs are being sunk, ana ne vacant spaos =
but when on. sees pi
feet Of timber disappear in the water and ma ~
over for solid foundation, be gains valuable iniorm
ton 70 the manner In which docks With sofs maa
s their base are built. About thirteen acres
have thus been recovered from the waters dominica
TEE AMMUNITION DkroenoRIn
Near here IL immense shell house coataining svsry
Marked In long tiers, ready for use, from tho huge az
teen lncn procctle with three fuses to the dminutvo
twelve FOUNDER ride. Hero are also many rooms Of
various clauses Of fuzes 10 In the navy boxes fer
the packing Of small ammunition piles or grape ana
canister systematically arranged; classified grades Of
pr0ectes, not strapped, but all ready to Be passed
into these store rooms and in short time prepared
for issue TO the magazine 70 receive their charges a
powder DO fused and become ready Engines Of desre
ton. In another the dreadful shrapnel u pre-
pared with It's sulphur lining and hundreds or buIls<s
and shells after being carefully washed and dried mp
side Of this work Is shed full brass howiszsss
mounted and dsmounted, with many spare wheels sored
and hundreds Of guns carefully gathered ,o@ehe suoe
eleven nch nine inch, eight inch hirtytwo poundox
one hundred and any FOUNDER r.ned; one hundred
FOUNDER, SIXTY FOUNDERS thirty and twenty peundsrs:
also howitzer twenty and twelve pounde and III
huge nfteen inch gun OF atty thousand pounds we gha
Of which the fifteen inch looks small Il is proDossd
10 have line OF railroad arranged that any Of TIE
point or be readily placed under the shifting houss
huge derrick 10 used 70 land guns from barges aeag-
side the East river front
steamer Shenandoah also from the tennessee, cap-
tured at Mobile and some queer guns from Southern
IOftiuC4uOuh Oiu huo~0lsDottlo snip North
Carolina lies alongside the Ordnance dock She has bssa
used for some time bacx ~ storehouse, bat has now
just been unlosded and will longer have even this
honorable duty Probably her old hulk win be torn Ia
pieces 70 get d the valuable copper with which shs
fastened
A few days since the large iron derrick which has
been 20 long constructing In the Navy Yard was tired
with about 70 tons weight and found 70 be equal 70 tha
and many more tons u required
NAVAL cHAH0n
Rumor says that Captain Trsnchard, Il present an
lighthouse duty. has besn ssscsd 70 take Captain Pea
nock's place ~ The New York Navy Yard
Commander y. a. Ramsay IL 70 BE- Fleet Captain OF ne
south Atlantis squadron. Of which tho Gusrnsre h Ne
nAgsnip Captain Cosbn ID reported a commanding
o1iccs Of thai vessel Lieutenant Commanders Smith
Woodward and Rumssy have also been ordered 70 The
Guerriers, now rapidly ntsing at Boston.
Rear Admiral Q. II. Davis u 20 relieve Rear Admiral
ccdon Row IN command OF the South Atlantic squHA-
ron. Admiral Davis will hoiqe his flag on board ~
Guerrisrs and proceed 70 the BfAxils in her. = -
The officers Of the Oneida have not - yet reported
excepting Commander Creighton who 10 q ie yard Il
said that Surgeon Bache present q the Naval Ho
pitai under orders 70 her, and that Lieutenant Co..
mander Tyne 70 b. her executive ofncer. Pvmasssr
John Gibson ordered 70 the 0aerrsrs 70 b. relieved