Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-13
END OF OLD WAR SHIPS.
THE VESSELS OF TIE CIVIL WAR
FAST DISAPPEARING.

what BECOMES Of the Boats That right
No More-New Cruisers Taking the
Place OF the Wooden Ones Changes IN Il
Recent Years Some Famous Huiks.
or tie nearly zoo steam vessels which
were recorded upon the navy register In
1868, Mt the close Of the civil war, there
now remain only the Lancaster, Pensacola.
Hartford, Richmond, Kearsarge, Iroquais,
Wabash, Minnesota, Franklin, Yantic.
Monocacy, Michigan, palos aud Pintsl be /
sides the thirteen single turreted moui |
tors. This entire feet carries fewer guns |
than were carried by three Of the original |
ships OF the navy--the Constitution. the
Constellation and the United States-in |
the war of 1872
Four OF the obsolete'war ships. old timers |
that were familiar TO the navy ward hos
| pital nurses. aud which had been con
demncd 10y the government, lost their Oh.
/ portunity OF ever again having their
wounds healed at the navy yard. and were
sold to the highest bidder for old link.
! And so one after another Of the old GRIP
pies Is disappearing, and In few more
years the new cruisers, commerce destroy
ers, batole ships, ironclads aud torpedo
boats will have displaced them all
IL is likely that whoever visits Cow bay,
picturesque arm Of Long Island sound
will have his curiosity excited by a picture
that viii suggest TO him marine junk
shop. II Is place where the business on
breaking up old ships Is carried on IL il
the place whore the last scene OF the event
fnl histories Of very many Of the war YES.
sets has been enacted, and where the old
Brooklyn and the Quinnebaug will have
their weary and rotten bones laid away To
rest. That is. they will be torn or blown
I TO pieces
BIG PRICES FOR HULKa
: All that can he taken apart with the
crowbar and the ax aud saw will be taken
out intact, aud then dynamite will he
brought into play to complete the ruin
The timbers and panks that can be got
: out whole will he sold To the farmers and
contractors for building barns and bridges
and there is many a bridge along the
:, drives on Long Island upon the timbcrs 81
I which may still be seen the names OF sea
&c men and landsmen. cut in by those who
fought and died In battle on the Guerrero
i the Roanoke, the Shamrock the Powh
and others OF the war vessels
= Aside from these few timbers the iron,
2 copper and other metals are the only real
!, valuable things in the ship. The copper,
u of course, is most in demand and ALWAYS
brings good price.
u Finally. when everything is taken out
y that is Of any value, and when all the tim.
". Der Is taken out that will pay for the labor.
:" whether for building or iirewood, the rest
I of the hull is set on fire aud burned The
U sight OF one of these burning vessels at
y night il really brilliant one. The verdi.ris
W and other combustibie matter in the tim.
Der give OH rich lights OF the most brilliant
!" tints, and some of the superstitious sight.
seers have vowed that oftentime. the ghnsi-
OF dead mariners have been seen walk ing
= the sands aud digging in them for their
+" stolen Kits
u has often been matter OF wonder "a
those who know nothing about the value
, Of old junk TO where the buyers ol
80 these old vessels make profit For in,
y stance the old Quiunebaug was bought
y, for about $1,000, aud the buyer no doubt
VI made pretty fair profit upon his specula
ton.
v AUTHOR or A FAMOUS REMARK.
u, Upon some of these old hulks there 4
III often saved out some particular part of the
vessel that is locked upon valuable FOR a
relic, One OF the greatest treasures ~ I'll,
IL odds and ends from these old ships Il the
~ steering wheel Of the old Constitution ui
- "Old irOnside-," as she was called Tbs
old sailing ship Cyane, which was one o
the vessels she captured in lsl5, and which
70 did service for many years afterward in TIA,
~ Pacific, was sold "A few years ago and
en- broken up.
Few vessels Of the old navy SAW NOR,
nj active service during the civil war thar
the Anticipated side wheel steamer Pow
n hatan. Before then, in 1851, she formed
part Of the squadron which went to Japan
a under Commodore Perry. II was on thi.
'it cruise that the lannon's expression, Blood
ne is thicker than WATER" originated Tia,
~ expression has been credited to others sine,
u that date. and to an officer of the navy
~ who died in this city recently In fact
or Commodore Tattnal Was the originator
m of it,
ft He was In command Of the powhatat
x during the troubles between the English
N and the Chinese on the III river, when h,
w was obliged TO remain neutral while til,
~ Chinese forts were Smelling the French ant
er English gunhoats, One of. the English
y Hunboats sunk by a shot from IT,,
III fort, and turning to Some of the officer,
alongside Of him ne said, Blood is thicker
than WATER" and ordered the bouts low
ne cred and sent them To rescue the drowninl
officers and crew ~ tha British punboat
u The Powhatan once chased he priyateei
Is Sumter from OFT the mouth of the Missis
fippi 10 Maranhao Brazil. aud missed cap
! turing her by the giving oNt q the Pow
hatan's coal when She could not obtain q
new supply The powhutan has disap
&c peared. except a small portion Of her huis
er and mass OF old material which lies piled
- up on the shore at Cow hay-NeW Yorl
v Tribune.