New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-29


their present duties as inspectors Of that vessel anu
ordered to her a. part OF her sea complement.
The work on the new cruiser Concord carries her
toward her completion The fitting OF the rlEsl"s -
about twothiris done, and there are st nnloei vi
odds and ends which win keep the vessel mere ioi SUN
time longer. Most OF the stores are on board lnSio
is ,1mor that On her completion the Concord VIII Dc
| sent TO Europe as her duty. In view OF the ia''
that Mr. Bies. OF England has said so mueh III praso
of the new American naval vessels, ard that Europeans
have had a chance to some OF them IN the elu""o
1 Of Evolution which recently spent WINTER cruiSi,e -
those waters, II is thought that the Concord WIZ 10
sent across the water 10 give Europeans VIC" Vi "
some of our latest productions Of naval architecture
are Ike But Il is also said that. following the po.s
which has recently been in vogue. the 'ohco'" WIS
have home duty before she Is sent to any otier p'
| In this case the ship would probably be at'achou "
either the North Atlantic squadron or the SqlS'on "
! Evolution Lieutenant A. ". Grant who has uonc
most excellent work in electric light installation OH VI.
Pacific Coast and who has recently been on detaci'eu
duty from the Concord engaged In testing boat
| and search lights at the ThomSon-liouStoh "o'A''
| Lynn, Mass, has returned 10 the snip
| On Friday the dynamite cruiser Vesuvus was taken
from the dry dock in the Navy Yard ana hoore' -
! Wallabout Bay While in the dock her bottom was
scraped and painted and her Injured bow was repd"
She Is now 70 receive coal and heve her White nun IT.
painted and TO leave the yard TO have some gun tnS'
She will go either to Annapolis or To tlle DC" P'o'+"e
grounds probably TO the latter place, where her sa',
will be trained Thirty projectes have been proNuou
for this purpose, OF the regular SIZE ana sipe' 'e
they are not loaded with explosive Inc guns arc
| fired by pneumatic power, which can be so regnaed
as TO give various pressus, capable OF carrying oc
pr0jectlle to greater less distances Ihe P'oN'"'
| is to be regulated and the gun then hren 10 a'''
| how far a projectle carries with gwen pro''"'0
There a little loss Of pressure. and the guns d'o
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| be tested to find how great that loss Is i"S WIN
! probably lie done tomorrow
| Assistant Surgeon J. H. North has been orucrcu "
the Navy Yard TO relieve Passed Assistant Surgeon
| G. w. Rush who has been ordered to duty IN coi'eo
| ton with the Intercontinental Railway Commission
| Whom the proposals were opened In Washington on
Wednesday last for the purchase OF some oi tc ido"
old timers Of the Navy, whose days of usefulness ohB
since passed it may be assumed that there were many
Of the officers of the Navy who really regretted lat
the bids exceeded the appraised value OF some Vi 'c.
! Rear. Admiral Braine and others WHO "erc oo'"''
with the Juniaa, her famous cruise 10 tnc N''u
To give sucoor 10 the survivors OF the iEiatei cAPc'
ZION Of which Captain Charles Hall went ont in com
mand in 1873 no doubt felt that II was sin ia' i
90 mobile vessel that she sold TO be taken 10 o"e
| marine cemetery 10 be reduced 10 old metal ana
! kindI II wood she wa, the ship which gave 10 the
| late Iientenants George W. DE Long anu 'Hcr'cs ".
Cl,ipp their first taste of Arctic He VINO aVcr"ai
became victims OF the jeanette Arctic Expediloi III
| a ip
10 break her up will reduce her 10 bewiherlng tahge
~ hollis rods stanchions and frewoOd. She was built
AZ PHILADELPHIA in ls62 and did good service at the
! hlochade dining the CIVIL War, her last most con-
spcuons duty being the capture Of Fort Fisher JAN
nary 10. 1865.
/ The ur,oklyn another Of the old wooden vessels
| that y7o sold wac a loop -ofwar Of the hrotrae'
| vessel Of 5000 displacement she was punt AT
(,reenpoint in l-Je, but she had not Ucch III sei'N'
, when the Civil War began and then SHE was nuif'Y'l,
fitted out and to blockade duty at INC io"''' VI
| tho Mississippi The Confederate prNa'eer 0u",V0'
WAS in the Gulf at that time, and had begun ho'
| ulr,cal work among tie American merchant iha1hc'
hut she hurried of 10 other lattuies when the BROOK
| lyu ,ppeared A few days later she captured inc
blockade runner Magnolia with good cargo Oh cotoh'
She was one Of the leading vessels IN INC pa'~i3c VI
| the forts on the Mississippi. but she was epu'eu
: when she attacked Nlchsburg In the Nioh as""s'
Fort. Jackson and ~. Philip she became entahgleu III
the hulk, and RATS which sustained the chaih U~rl'
cade Of the river and while in this situation was al
tackled by a Rebel and large leOcl sI,ilivI, ,,
Tie chain arm0r about The Br1ohNh Pr"v"i " p",Tst
/ ufotcction At the battle 0t Mobile Bay III august
i.Gi IN command of Captain james ATlcl, s,av
the leading vessel but wns driven PACK ny t{d Of
torucd ,,s Admiral Farragut. with the fiatliYru AZ
this time made his famous remark u c cnc H. rDr
pcGoe,. and steamed 10 tte iInt WIZ" M tScp
The Brooklyn has seen much aGt,vc n ~, ~ c,nn9
and 4 months ago aGcomplshed tne lI I ~l oU dnS
Sail The iron, copper and other metals are the ohR
really valuable things In the snip now ana u'i7 VIII
~
| The Qnnnebaug Is another Of the old ana Obsolete
wooden War vessels. and having been sold VIII soon
become a Quaint marine cemetery, and when me axe
and crowbar Lccomc unavailable m bIcaHug nT up
ia nauit. will bc used. She came nome from fuIoPc
! about a wear ago. after an absence oi ABOUT l"cNc
wear, in active service. few H"uthS aS9 sIr Nu>
taken TO wlletts Point To be cApfrneG,eid VIII T
! torpedocs In a very few weeks her decks VIII ~
| shlvcrcd the whole tmberS and plank, VIII be r3a
10 builders - wooden bridges and 10 farmers - uu
barns and the shattered planks VIII he S,m bl ny
1.-THE copper ,leathing ana orsH VII pV f,ndr
the smcers The old iron VII Dc SOU 10 t ana mt II
| men and the boilers will be taken apart ana ScHV "
| tho rolling mills -, ,ta,o oor,nIc,e,
,bc ouortet of actual wooden war vessels that were
ny t"'',o rond"d tn .mlthcrccn, She built In
,sr, and snw mncl active and conspicuous service
during the war. altho g employed hnGh VI tc cno
| mand ~ CAPTAIN Joseph y. Miller nov io
| M at Tho Navy Yard made the memorable cruise
throrcb The narrow and toruou> waterways o. >y III
Chnnnel and the straits OF Magellan In - pTlE ,c
nr., largo american vessel to make the pas '-c
ipgh smyth,s channel Her last sea service was when
| she socd from the Brooklyn Navy laId 10 iiNu 10
| ar,,, Mini s,er Douglas, 10 that place Vt that time
1,acv because he wanted certain cnNugc' n!,u. ~
The cabin to accommodate Mr Douglass, A. t n th
! rim and Commander william ID Whiting was ~ ,
in command The Oss'pec was relniiI III - -, anu a
| 't,orr,rl vent 10 China where she cncOunured an
ider,ir ~ cholera She appraised az Sl3'30o on
account Of her modern machinery, ,.sso,s so,,
on weiToaGay hccause her condition was such as -
make her unfit for repairs for AN 'rIvie n nr w. tp
a was +" the North Atlantic Eloctadine saG1dtron
and her turrct shows sixty one Hc,'S Itic,.ou ~,
' hat. ~ the enemy from llowlcttS Battery, on we
rne. river lime ~ and again on DccemGe' ~ o0i
! I'm the Commandment Of F0rt flSicl on ~ ,rs
daY n,a III i i-G5 II i reported that she is to be
taken 10 chicago for the World FAIR Inc "'"e' "'''
| vessel, sold were obsolete tuSl"atN'
| FryTRlL OF CHARLES 1RBrcFLE.
The funeral q Charles Arbucklc was held at the
| ,., ~, ,,. h,,tbcr John Arbuclc. No. - Willow