New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-21
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,o,u,vo rr,p DOVER or ToRpEDOEs.

SHOWING THE POWER OF lOhFEDVi1S
EXPLOSIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF sES T1sILaNa
RAMSEY AND GENERAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The SOUND DKFRNCEs.
A pleasant TRIP mp the East River and the So9nd
20 inspect the means OF defence, was mace Oy Sec-
retary Ramsey, General Sherman and Their party party
Cesterdav.1 leaving Governors Island at O'clock
with General Hancock and star, the hcnry Shitn
took on board at East Twenty5tGiIr1d-s1 the SeCre
Newton General Augur and Others hiss hachel
Sherman was not the only lady OF the party. as on
but %2S So Is pUTv %an With
bland manner, appeared with pink and q whlte
carnatlon in his buttonhole. General sherman nad
Ssfors for , CIVILIAN drsss At %es Point General
HI. L. Abbott received the visitors, and Jew
minutes were spent IN VI t Go 1Re Of the
station General Abbott then gave an exhibition lion
of the action of torpedOes In the channel Inc rst
fred was charged with 20O R09nGS Ui ter
pedc being about 200 yards from shore IN twenty
Feet of water and two feet from the Dot b;dh d
threw up an immense mass Of water ~ wnicII .s9 81
could be SEEM and the column rose to the height OF
Tha, looks like one of the Geysers of the Yellow
stope0 remarked General Sherman. Two other
torpedoes were exploited together one chargeG win
100 hounds and the other with 90 pounds OF pow
der Az the laboratory many specimens OF toFpe-
does. fuses explosives. etc, were shown. In
darkened chamber photographic illustrations OF
torpedo explosions were DISPLAYED IN I'm mage afpn
between Willeps Point aud Fort Schuyler opposite,
Secretary Ramsey and General Sherman marked
ont on tracing paper mep imaginary tracks OF
vessels passing into The East River. Upon placing
this map over one IN which the positions Of all the
forpe,l0es were marked General Abbott showed that
General Sherman's vessel would have been blown
no six times aud the Secretary's seven times. On
the return to the boat tue engineers anu the SOL
diers at the Point were passed In review upon Tue
At Fort Schuyler, which was reached at noon, the
interior of the fort. Its walls and the ocers ahG
soidiers, ouarters were visited. Companies and u
of the Sd Artillery are stationed there and when
Eeneral Sherman saw them he was much interested.
asked the %sa Te4 4b ne
It was in this company that went around the
Horn in 1S46. You. remember, don't you"
turning to one of the ladies of the party.
"when / went there or when returned,
in 1850, came up to your house IN Iwentv-thrd-
st and took all the boys to the circusf Now they
are older than am, Ali that company except Ord
and myself are dead now dead and forgotten, be
added in musing tone. In Company u he SAID ne
first served in 184O!41.
From Fort Schuyler trip Of thlrty-hve E., min MN
Hs nSob '0U %as served on board on the way
Colonel Bliss, who much resembles General Han
corted them to his house. The island Is recruit
ing station, aud the 200 and more new soldiers
there were critically examined Dy S aSr nSse i
fsry men. The rest of the party sat in the shade
and listened to the band which, in honor OF Secre-
tary Ramseys ancestry, played many Scotch alrs; On
the return trip stop was made at Astoria, where
a transfer was made to o small ting, and the party
landed at Flood Rock to see the submarine excava,
tons which are Se CO General 81
man. and several Others donned Oll-skn coats,
"souwester" hats and rubber. boots, and,
under the guidance Of General Newton, Went down
into the excavations and passing along the gall Ter
les cut in all directions, saw the men at work Dor
ing with the diamond drills. Miss sherman was
the only lady who ventured to 60 to the ends OF the
Galleries The Secretary asked many questions
about the work and the process uSed.