New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-18
TWO NEW TOnprDo RoATS

Considerable attention has recently becn draw,
10 TO ane toI9edo ram Alarm now lying in the ordl-
nance dock at the BROOKLYN Navy Yard. This ram is
one OF two experimental vessels ordered t. he built
ny 4 spool act o Con2lrss passed in 1850, and ap-
lng 81 one oi thc vessels intrustcd 10 Adm ral
ioIter Ihe plans for the other were ordered 10 bc
t"lSlructlon. Admiral Porter designed the Al ,r,n
ana ana. ~ gnrer iianscom the lntrepid The object
"'t 10 bflld hoa,s for coast defence of light
draGght Ia enable them to enter almost any har or
ana yrt OF such construction and armament IS to
l'nhrr tchl DANGEROUS opponents The Admiral de-
cnicd 10 build the Alarm Of iron on the TRANSVERSE
nr3che' system with double bottom and water
'au ana mas 500 tens displacement. she is arnorcd
IN me bows with l. inches of iron. This thick
g"uen TO 4eHcct any shot tired from directly ahead.
& 49,. n' ram three rect Of which Is solid
IRON 100 pound spar torpedo can be run out for
tIlrty irrt IRON tins Prov. From its sides similar
feet; The outer hull Of the lAavm is one half inch
imGk and thr inner one onc-NiXth Of an inch These
hu are ioined together on the transverse bracket
system The bow is to be mounted with a ritlcd .run
OF heavy caIihre, possibly 3S-ton Krpp gun
ihouSh an 1S-ton gun would penetrate twcntv-two
inches OF amor IA" manner of warfare Of the
Alarm IS drs@nrd to be offensive. The Fowlcrst,.,-
inS aud pt0pciiing apparatus first used on board
Mallory system has just been put in at considerable
cNl, use. pom the arrival from washington IF u
/. sherwood, Chief Engineer United STATES Nayy
aii'. "e3IiSnt OF the Advisory Board. who il ex-
Pecied daily the Alarm viii make her trial trip.
BAD HABITS FOR A REPUTABLE PERSON.
lk'Hr NE reportcr called on $ :. Hcrick prcsi
h'n' ol tl' tuiNerSaI Lie insurance tOiupanV. "A
O'Clock yesterday morning. ut the Aston IIHusn
Mr.. llerric. had already taken a hastv brrnl, f,.f
ana had lett the Hoi"l, leaving the following word
AZ the Office: Tell the reporters, when they call
that nave nothing 10 say about this business and
Will not talk To- them about il. shall hc gone until
j or - o'clock toni .,N, ana when | ue, hack /
shall probably be so drunk that | can't talk With
Them
Air. ilcrricl was found. however at the hotel con-
sldcrably before midnight lie was NOT in the sal
condition in which he had Said he should be- I}ut
he declined 10 say anything concerning The repor, of
the company's condition. - have received no an
clal notice of this matter" he remarked and shall
say nothing concerning II until do and even hen
tell why this report has been made lust at this time
1t was unexpected 10 me. don't know what will
be done; whct her the stockholders will pay M the
amount called for or not. In short, | am totally
non-cOmnttal." '
In reply to further questions, Mr. Ucrrick stated
that some OF the particulars of The present report f
the Insurance Superintendent were not known m he
time the receiver was appointed in 1877; that he
knew all about the Henry c. Boncil call loau, but
had nothing To say concerning II.
DROWNED IN THE RIVERS.
The body OF an infant, headloss aud much de-
composed, was found III the North River at the foot
of Jay-st. early Yesterday morning by some bows
who were preparing TO take bath. Ii was impoS-
slbc to tell from the appearance of the hoiv
whether the head had been severed before death or
had been torn OF by the action of the water
The police yesterday found the body of an I'M
known man about fifty years old, with gray hair
muStache and chin wls'<ers, in the water at P;nr
No. 49, North River. There was nothing in the
pockets Of the clothing By winch the body could be
identified.
An unknown man drowned Yesterday vhilo
bathing i'll the Easa River at the foot of Fiftv
eighth-st Ills body was not recovered. Ills cloth
ing was taken to the Twenty eighth Precinct Police
Station for Identification.