Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-01
N0RF0LK'S HARB0R.
IF MERCHANT VESSELS COULD GO,
WHY NOT A U. S. WAR SHiP1
Both Drawing tho Same Water Detroits
Trial Trip satisfaetery-New Arrna-
ment for the Fort.
Correspondence OF the Dispatch,

Correspondence or the Dlspatch)
OLD POINT COMFORT. VA. septem-
Der 30-The result OF Captain Phlips's
hydrographic operations on last Saturday
TO ascertain whether the New York could
go up TO the Norfolk navy-yard without
touching bottom has raised quite n breeze
among sea faring men. and those inter-
ested in the shipping OF that port. There
IL no doubt n number OF merchant vessels
drawing about the same water as the
New York have been taken In and out
OF that port in safety. but Captain Philips
decided TO take no unnecessary risks. 1t
now seems TO be settled that she will 20
20 the Brooklyn pavyyard, where some
odds and ends OF work viii be completed
before she IS ordered to sea on her first
cruise. She will probably sail early next
week. and take three or four days on the
trip in order 10 get her crew broken IN
and better acquainted with both the ship
and their duties The agitation Will, no
doubt. have 2 good result In the end If Il
can be used TO induce Congress to deepen
the harbor to thirty feet. which Will be
required in the near future.
READY FOR SEA.
TIT. gunboat Detroit has made her final
trial trip OF forty-eight hours, and is
ready 10 sail for a foreign port at the
drop OF a hat. Admiral Belknap and
board. comprising Commodore =. il.
Cooper. Chief Engineer 4. w. Morley,
Lieutenant Commander J. y. Hemphill,
ana Naval-ConstructOr !. III. LefinarI,
arrived from Washington ednrsday
morning They found heavy gale blow
ING and nasty sea on, so postponed the
start until the storm abated. THURSDAY
morning broke bright and clear, ana the
shin rot away 81 y O'Clock. and has had
doliehtful weather during the run. She
returned 10 the Roads about 10 o'clock
this morning. and from what can be
learned the trip was in every way sat
isfactorv. Now that the Charleston Is al
MO and the Newark well on her way
TO that port. the Detroit may be sent TO
Nlcarauglis or some other port where
her services are more urgently needed.
THE first installment OF the rev arma-
ment for the fort arrived here Monday
over the Chesapeake and OHIO roIi it
is a Pinch mortar-carriage, manuiac-
tured by Poole & Hunt, Of Baltimore,
and weighing about 1000 pounds. II Is
being Transported 10 the rcdoubt over the
east side Of the port, where 1t viii be
placed In position.
4 COURT-MARTIAL.
A general court-martial was convened
here on Monday for the trial of n number
OF enlisted men who thought they could
rim the post better than Colonel Frank.
The following IS the detail for the courts
Nfaior II. G. Hasbrouck. Fourth Artillery,
rrcsident. Captain John l.. Tiernan. Third
Artillery: Captain Wells willard. Subsis-
tence department: Captain William +.
Vose. Second Artillery; Captain George
G. Grconough, Fourth Artillery captain
John ". Puliam. Quartermaster De-
,,rtr,cnt.. captain John ". h. Davis.
First Artillery: First Lieutenant George
I. Anderson. Fourth Artillery; First Lieu
tenant Willoughby Wake, Firth Artillery'
trtrst Lieutenant T.. A. Miller. Judge-ad-
yOCate.
Sergeant Tomllnson. OF Richmond. ar
rived here Thursday morning win n ut-
eertcr from battery X, Second Artillery
Who was turned over 10 IN" authorities
As the government pays reward OF Sixty
dollars for the arrest OF deSerler pro-
vIding he has not been absent from hls
command for over two years. there -
considerable proAt In II.
PERSONAL.
Major William a. Kobbe ana FAMILY
who have been spending thA past Two
months ~ Alton, Va, returned 10 the
post yesterday. ,-...,
WIS down Thursday on visit to his
daughter. Mrs. Captain Pullman.
Mr. and Mrs Charles VI. Phoebus' OF
baltimore. are visiting his mother At
Roscldud
Miss Mary Kimberly, who has been
Snending the summer at the Point, re-
turned to Washington on Thursday after
noon.
Lieutenant John p Harris, Third Ar
tn.rv. returned Wednesday from Fort
land Ne. where he has been spending
the summer with his parents, colonel ana
MIS- Harris.
Mrs captain Francis 5. Brown. for
merlv OF jamestown Island but now
resident Of the Point, has returned from
a visit to friends in Ayondale. near TN
cinnau. &C.,,
Lieutenant Leroy s. Lyon. Second Ar
tilary now on duty at Fort NMeh'
Ms IS visiting friends at the Point.
Mr. Harry Kimberly, clerk I'm tho Ches-
araal,a and Ohio railroad Office at Newport
News. has gone to Chicago on tWo-
weeks visit.
Mrs Commander Reeder and her two
charming daughters are still at the Hy-
reia. and viii remain while the ships are
in port. when they return TO Annapolis.
Miss Carrie story has returned from
months visit To the fair
RTCHMONDERS.
The following Richmonders have regis
tared at the Hygcia Hotel during the past
v,aek. Airs. TAYLOR and son. James X
watt. George r Booker, W. warner
Moss. J. c. Macmurdo, Lee "a. Haze
wood.