Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-20
The FRENCH FLAGSHIP.
Pcculiarities of the Arethuse, which Ar
rived Yesterday.


PORT MONROE. April lo.-There was long
procession %, boats and steamers 10 Norfolk
This mo-nuc. headed by tho hotile-greeu tor-
relo.boa; Cushing towing the race creW-. on
t.e Wav gowa an OF tho steam yachts wont
slowly by ;no French flagship ArethISe which
IS the latest attraction "a the barDor. me
mar. l-yfne cruiser reached the capcS last
ulRnf hut waited until the sun was
VOL up in the heavens this m0fh-
itg before she turned her pointed nose ihio t5o
roads. Al her nHiuma-t wntei the S1mlthl
Tag a miniature tr.-'ulog, with two whlte Stars
iu IA, hue Tho mere tact that .uis chSigu Was
NoatIuc caused a great commouon IN the Meet
ON cact OF the .wcuty-scYcn ships tAe hlNho
guard Wa- ordered 90 the aitrf-uc'k, the dfuuls
were rulied. AMI an the other honor- Whlch an
Admiral 1. supposed 20 receive were ca gwen.
A the Arcthuso passed iEc Nhlle Nlun'trDu'
the handsome brlushcrs. the aut4ua'eh DItcu-
man, anI The compact Italian to her anchorage
ncar the ships which wcro Eyine the ffehuh
coors She salutcd nr-t tho national colois' ulel
the American Admiral, ana huahy the hngush
Admiral OF course, tie fort, tho PhilaiolpIia'
ana mo Blake replied, and then ihe other for
cien ships also salutcd the dag OF INC now ar
rival winch salute was returned gun Iof gun.
By tho time the whole round oi sAiHtes hs.u % Docn
punctlliousiy observed no less than lOS guns
ha1 been nred. Tho air was thick with smoke
UNPROTECTED AND or WOOD.
Tho Arethuse. the nagship Of kear-Admiral
Iibrau, i8 Que Ot tho nying squadron OF tho NOfth
Atiauic. she is tho only unprotected WOODEN
ship winch Will participate ia this great naYal
exhibition She l- black. with gallery ahd rail-
iug extending out from the stern, where some
naval juliet .ouid comfortably SIT ana sign 70
watery Romeo below. Sho came here IRON Mar
Unique, ono OF the officers said 10 your corIo-
spondent as the latter boarded her. As the oI-
Ger talked 10 the correspondent a long line OF
whlte-trOusered and blue olOusod French sailors
hauled away al each end of the spacious Geek
upon tho ropes that hitod the ships lauhch
from its moOungs on the dayits. They were
typical Johnny Crapauds, with boards OF mar
vellOus cut. Among them weTo some negroes
who had been shipped al Martinique. From
porch above tue whoelhOuso sailor was
sguintiug through glass at the neet 70 report
the approach Ot boarding officers, while NJ tho
passage % the AdmrniE cabin stood another
frenchmAn. fle carried no gun, but by his sido
was "A haiberd a stout staff VI oak, tipped with a
small steel battle-1xe. THIS gave hlm
medieval appearance quite IN contrast With the
modern ordnance which STOOD at arms reach.
An around men we're chatting away IN French
In q way that would have made boarding
school girl die With envy.
PICTURESQUE BATTERIES.
The gun n-docK below Was essentially different
from anything 70 be seen here Along this deck,
iust under the main deck, were tuonty-four
i1rsd guns OF Ol.-incb bore, ranged In long ana
mgrderous- hooking TOW and 50 close together
that ehild could have stepped from one 70 the
other wltnoui stretching It's little legs IL was
such picture 40 one remembers W nave seen