Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-20

to act. They said they knew nothing
about the waters. and Captain Worden
was IN despair when he was called upon
by Samuel Howard and the captain Of
his brig. These two had brought their
ship from Wilmington to Fortress Mon.
roe Tor provisions. and seeing the Moni.
tor they came to visit her. AS they
stepped upon the deck Captain Worden
greeted them and told them his troubles
about rilot. Lieut.. Howard at once
offered to take the position. lie said
he knew something Of the Roads,
and that he would gladly conduct It into
action. lie told Captain Wofdcn that
the pilots had been lying to him about
their ignorance. lie said: They are
a set OF -- rebels, captain, and they
know the Roads better than do, but
you can't make them act. You had
better take me- To this Captain Wor.
den gladly assentcd aud Howat dwas
ushcred into the pilot house OF the Mon.
itor and remained there almost from the
time Of It's arrival Saturday until the
close Of its fight with the Mcrrimac on
the following day.
THE DEADLY MERRiNAc.
Before give Lieut.. Towards story
OF the battle proper let me say something
Of the events Of the day preceding.
Lieut.. Howard had arrived on his brig
IN time to see the engagement between
the Metrimac and our gunboats, and the
most OF my Information concerning that
fight comes from him. Sitting In the fig.
ging Of his ship with his glass he saw
the queer ironclad sail down the Eliza.
beth river and take It's way across the
channel TO engage with our gunboats
lying along the coast between Newport
News and Fortress Monroe, aud he
watched that terrible fight. The Mtrr.
mac, you know. was a irigate OF /, 500
tons, which had been burned and sunk
during the spring OF 1861 at Norfolk.
A few months later II was raised by
the coniederates aud converted into an
ironclad. The ship WIS then cut down
TO the old berth decks. Her siachinefy
was left within her, but the whole OF the
ship above the water was covered with
iron plates two inches thick and eight
inches wide, so riyeted together that the
vessel had an armor OF iron ioNr inches
thick. Upon is prov they put a great
iron ram, which projected four fee, be.
You'd the vessel aud which did terrible
ANlllNEt 70 hl' " ANl' lNhl AlNNlW ENNNhNlH
before the Monitor arrived. In the
sides OF the vessel there were port holes,
and the ten great guns behind these
vomitel forth shot and shell without
ceasing while she was IN actoS The
ship vas commanded by some Of the
ablest officers In the conicderacy, nod 1t
had crew OF 500 picked men. J was
clumsy vessel. Il drew twerty.ihTce
feet OF water. II could not travel more
than five miles an hour and II took from
thirty to forty minutes to turn. Still,
with the wooden ships OF 1862 il was an
ailpOwefiul monster. Its iron coat made
1t practically impregnablc. and when IL
started on It's htst voyage OF destruction
there was a panic IN the cabinet at
Washington. and Secretary Stanton pre-
dicted that il would ruin our navy, and
the other members almos, felt that IL
was already anchored In the Potomac
with its guns trained on the White
House. The ship was built at the Nor.
iolk navy yard, It's iron plates having