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inches, and an outer covering of iroi. plhting ol
4 J inches thickness. But ko well finnmed is
this work that there., is no indication of the
thickness .or. strength visible. The tonage of
each must be. neat iy 2.000 tons, and the arma
ment for the turrets was not the only ordnauce
to be earned on deck.
These vessels are of o peculiar a model and
construction that 1 expiessed confidently the
opinion that und r no -uoterf.ige of reasoning
or pretext culd they be allotted to depart on
their intended mission of desf notion. The
French 3id 'English colors were at mast had
on this latter vessel also It was slated that
they were, for the French Government, but a
(card frvmi the French C'iusui denied the rumor.
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OnosViiU unor igm; ursfiaswtir ! vAAeruarJ i was anoaiiced thai tha'fund
V ernon , eir cnsUuefon were furnished by M. San-
F..r Mvire months - - o ov I ' J ,4""'l,s' J ,Jt- '
f.-witr ftl'UltllM n rtO
r; j: s ------------ - ...... t .t' 1 n-,
j unse;tvorthy seems futile, as the weight of the
. jiurretssud machmpry is principally below
Th3 EagllSll Iron ixaniS Their arilia j d-oks. Such an objection oeitdinly was not ex-
lULiiv pressed by my very intelligent companion.
A cu'n t rvide it inde tsianu, wno
bas j'i'if lv' ir'd trcm KgLmd, communicates'
to tne Jo irn.i!, f ttut p!ac the ;ftdlowing des
icription of t'.te rp.rns in th ' Mtrst-y :
hc Ch'n.i's ndvice tf last wck we are in
f)r?:ied ihnt the two stt-m r.-ms from the
M IJisrd's ship aro, on ihe Mnre) . (-o
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lor their dstn-.ai io;. m trieeefvee ot il: I
calici) O'Ul'f derate S'afes. Th first of tn-- (
Tesst-ls was iaurn-hd on the -4 t of Jidy l.ntt.
and must: ie at th-s time m ri-dn:f j? tor ser '
Tice. TH oth-r ift th-f sioeks. o Saturday', ivciipatii'ii. II- is e ui'.Hllf d to withdraw for
AHjrust 29. Tne ship yard was .ipnd to the i ees tor the purpose of making fiesh advance
i examination or uies ni.o ov aenve hmiium.
Osir ilimiiou.
The R;ehmor.d papers are very hopeful.
Tn Ex tmiaei ;ys :
Our po-itfou is of much batter profnisa than
it was a to in nths s't'Ct?. Tne :$d voices the
tiu'HM m.-)kes up n our soil ure m cti e. His
U n1ij; up n In d-rertiiis pth. Jo Virginia
in- r'rtiuls md ";"ls to -xtvnd h'u iripe, Jo
thh (i ner puil.r- ' 'It C-'Ul'ediiracy, lie evu
deuiU nas tif?rh reached thi limits of fea.ibl-,
of
r 'Kz"ai a a? ujq was is wiiuctut)U si
the present moment, must have &orutthing ve
ry much the matter with hi iiven We see
no hope tor him, now '"that the season is oyer
at the White Sulphur Springs, rgardir him
as so far p,i f that it is hardly worth while to
consult a doctor. There, are others, indeed,
who seeing iit not precieve, and who hearing
will not l.rarken. To these we cannot apply
the same advice that we s.hooM give to the firt
mentoued class, viz : to mt' their liver riunr.
Ibev are of the class of Thnma, ?urram-d Duij
mus tny.doubt of mabce aforethought the?
ate delerusined not to believe, and believe the
v;H not. Tney TrSrioble the infidel who re
f us put laith in Noah wbn h preached
the doming of tfe alue,T na who, eo mi ng to
the ark and prav injr for admission, ratst-d his
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CfenscVjpvCto 4our, excUeni n-tj
Governor, was established near Morgan ton a
bout two month ago, in charge of Capt. Janata
C. JSIcKse, C. o. A. Its operations have been
so use-ful and important that we are tempted
embody some particu'ars that hsve, cme tirsi
oui knowledge. . The first step fof th Cvra ;
maniiiiii wasioootfiin inrormattou tr - ?er
countv in trie 9th and lOtn C tia fesi . i iD'i W
tiicts, preparatory to erifHtiiz.nff i s;V for
' Drinking in abSv'nte8 from toe army muj con
scripts. ; ihe information collected shovvd tber
'whole country (to be in a ten ibh condition, itf
hnvin become the .resort of deserters from eVv
ery State in the Confederacy , Ir. one county W
r'gularjy rj4aii:2d band f deserter and recti
sant couscripts; in another almost al) the con
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chain high enngh above the encroaching ele- scripts still ai botne and great disaffection pre;
ment to blaprme the flood, and declare that ' vailing; whilst in the border counties on the
he did not beltete the raiu was anything more jothr side f the B ue llidgp,- exposed to incur.
than a drizzle atier all.
Tnu Yinkes are hard pushed for recru its to
fill their army. Of tht there can he no d. nbt.
The draft of 430,000 produced but the i-ir.th
part of that numbtr. The coming draft of 600
000 will, in ail probibiiity, prjduc not a Jar-ijf-r
proportion. The Ir'n-h and GermeU ele
ment? is nearly exhausted. Xs a proof of it
th1 'filt ers of the Li bv prison say that, vhore
snns fro or Teunes-ee" tor:ej aed swarming vitb
deserters rom every arm) of ours, open acts
of vbden;e..vere dailj ecrnmitted, private proe
erty carried lf, and evcn murder of peaceful
andjoyal citizens committed. Affairs wer se
bad in some sections that loyal men dared not
lift a voice in favor of our government. Th
Enrolling Officer in the 10th District was
obliged to carry. an armed guard with him in
s the majority of prisoners were formerly of I several of the counties. Capt. McRae has two
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r.vL v.;is i.u tou mr an
U'itu d-b:f vpvs'ls, which otherwise would not
t e oei ;Mi'ed.
dfiiiv.iv w i;h an intftllir?fit and rxperi-
13 tncuitif!? HM'lt'piy as he idw?riCes. His
work in lh spring dl demand gr?ac- strength
thai' - ha ypt put f:rth. Will he ie able tv
F-Tj anO arrived at the yard at 10J a. m.
Xn riot on thrf tcks was of the aame'dimen-
s tne one pr viotisly buiU-. In lenth a-
1 .'J: 50 fft; forty feet bean.; :nd tWeoty
ftst dep'h of ho d, s n aras cooid ue ju tgod
b the eve. The stem is of oiS-d iron, I'bout
those nation-ihties, now tney do not number
more than a fourth, ir at the )ut a third.
Tho genu in t Yankees beg ! ro come in quite
iiefl. The Ii"ih aiid D" r: ar'lo-d of being
shut at for thirty or for1,. vnts depreciated
eurivney a day T6ey etjhsti d in great num
bw- at the beginuic; f the war, because busi
ness was at a stand, and they could find no oth
er means of supporting existence. Now there
is plenty ;f work ivA they can do 'better by
tay ing at noa-e. The burthen of the war has
fallen at last on t& Yankees themselves and!
we have already sten how they relish it.
in che sorir.i4'Kiid summer. voiunthry reciuits
cannot te mtained. C.Miscripii m is dihut
n(1 Hmiipr.iiK. ritiiy loir-oln is invested
with such absolute powco as to fear no Tposi- correspondeat writes :
IH'll, lt5 Will UJ HIU'CU H H'UIV p'JJU'rtl IY IW
the P evidential election The army vvd! ba a
Yankee Views of Charleston. The Herald's
SIX or eint incnes tni'-K anu iweve or uocee mi i-.uifia n m ia m inrcai'vyv. j. u a
uie. The bottom flit, wth a shght kee5, arv. sa,v1 ,o favor M('fe!ian 4s their candidate,
tnii the screw usual, but protected in te. j and it wi'i be. la-igc-roui either ty suppress the
conformation of th stri. Tn ram is a pr expivsioti ..f h-will, or t- r::t:.m them by
jection of solid steel, of the same, thickness a ; f ue n dr Mie. s -tndard-. Tie qu-stiou
ihottim unH fram si ic fr'nrht, fee, bevniiri tm-i oi jintaouuj streutiLh ol their ar.;.v i4
prpendiculur line, resembling nir nearly ho
ihvrted ros. Wn-n the vessel float", this fir
laidshle appr-dagj ?s below the water line,
and invisible. -
As the clock struck 11 the last block was
knocked from under unci the vesel intved
teadily nd gracefully into ne water. The
English ensign was flvinf trorn a. spar at the
trn post, and as the hu iff- the shed the
French colors were raised ,i the stern. The
nioniimtum acquired carr - o t.e vessel nearly
across the Mersey, where i a? taken in tow
T)y steam tugs and brought intot dockj beaide
tlie first budt. There wer several UJies and
entlenien on the launch, friends f the huitders
tnd doubtless many repre.-antati f the so
called Confederacy," cnz?ns and sympathisers.
The other ram had her iron roasts, spar, iind
J'gKng in place. The masts re tubular and
be topmasts intended lo ba enclosed as a spy
Ug. Th fore castle and poop deck are of
boiier iron atsd ere calculated and arranged for
fceinor shot away-in aetion.
The bulwarks 8ro hung with heavy strap
iinges, intended to be Ivered in aetion, so a??
to give clean, flush decks, and to facilitate the
boarding of an adversary. There are two tur
fets or towers about 'twenty feet in diameter
nd ten in hight. They are placed partly a
bove and below decks, are pierced for two
heavy guus each, entered below de ks through
ix man holes;, they are built of v.ry heavy
boiler iron on the oulstde rd inside, and to be
filled in with a foot's lhicness of wood, or some
tore resisting material. Tney revolve on
twenty four wheels, (similar to the small
Wheels uf a locunibttv,' radiating from a cen
he,) cm axels of wrought iron, U the circle of
diameter of the turret. Th top of the tur
rets and dck is protected' by thick iron. One
f tht-ria is in the. rear of ti:e foremast, the other
of the mainmast. Between the forward-turret
i rnoke funnel is the pilot house, of an oc
gv'nal form, (:f as the model of wood it place)
bitmap .m.tttx ....ilf o'nhf lirklua janrt "i pr " 1 fo tf
g the turrets; . v r :
VVtiat thV-arrangetxistnts roy be for direcUntr
e movement of tlie. vessel was hot ascertain
aa co one except workmen were allowed on
Maid, and 'the small size" of the pilot House
ould hardly admitr6f a; wheel id-tUEacHjes
has a owrf ur'ende oT.uetWfeeii'OQ antl
00 horse povei ?( The huli 'ofs ra? Dearest
pipletion writ'of -heavy if on.xooev inch ia
thickness, then a plaakiog f Uafe , wood. ;tune
of
of
uimense importance; for if a Urge j.ar! oj i :e
present army Jilt's out t -ervice, and .he io
soriptiou is unproductive, all couque-t is at an
end. The inva ion Mti die frirj inanition, and
the war may bt prttaeted solely in the. final
stageoi a et.iement of boundaiy.
Th Whig obse v e :
Meanwhile, the wot k hero goes biavly on.
The tyrant is in the throe oi d.s-olutio. , He
is closely hemned in at Chattanooga, where h
was forced to tke refite tt eave himself froo
annihilation. He wil sho, however, be com
pelled to come forth and try the isue vi antth
er cot 'Act, which is certain to envolve ruin fur
him, or S ' k s.ifetv by vetreat? the consequent
ces of -'hict .l be no h disstrou.
In North.i Yu condition is still
worse. Diajruc:ouil v reitvatioi to h:s den
near the Capital, he is holly pursued by Lee
with a giod prspect, as we hope, of beig over
taken and punish d to the point of annihilation.
At the other theatres of miner operations, his
condition is no lyss hopeless ; and what s worse
he has nothi-'g prospect but an almost total
depletion in May nxt of what-ver remnant of
his veteran army niay survive the pursuit ol
Lee and Bragg's eie. Thivn douot, wii be
a galling reflection to ' neutral" E igUnd, after
so lavished an expenditure of partiality and
kind offices upon ihe Yankees, in the fond hope
th?t she would be requited on the day of victo
ry, wh'ch Russell must have looked to as ulti
mately certain. lie so-hoped, at least, and his
abolition proclivities uVubtloss warmed up that
feeling to the point of vertainty. , Our triumph
would be a sad disappointment to him and his
brethren of the Jl'JEmrHcipation Society1;" ' but
he must swallow the bitter pill, and Seward
will be in no attitude to comfort ". him. It is
not improbable that. before -his chagrin'' reaches
its zenith, w hich jt will, under the influence of
our final success, be will get a foretaste of what
awaits Britain in the futuroT.in the probable dis
criniinatiiig action f the nextyCongress in be'
half Ifrarice. "VVe doub not "that '-Congress
will attest its appreciation of the course of Ithe
iYernrh Eoiperor in respect to us, by some
substantial concession. -This should bo -done
as well out of regard to the JEmperor, as to fore
close,-by timely action, the hopes which Eng
land trdoubdly entertains of getting into , our
good grace In iheifuture, by!l the ageocteiot
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AUtKGTON, Oct. 15.
From what can be acrtained of the reil
state of affairs at Charleston, the rebels have
pfiVetuaily ci .sd the channel ta the city to our
fl -ei. rest-rvii'V a passage, however, to iheir.own
tat, t.tt.n ii.- fiotioier v( a catial, with a safety
lock rfji.i.n 1 1 "lifiuy, The obstructors may
,fcu .' snei; a n it u. e as not to be removed bv
companies which he has kept constantly cm
ployed in reducing order out of chaos Tber
were from 50 to 100 deserters in tber ruoun
tains within 20 miles of his camp, mostly arm
ed; He captured many of these, dispersed tber
rest, and by shoeing that he was in earnest
caused many more to report voluntarily.
Squads of the latter, whom he found he could
trust, he armed and sent bek to operate, in
their own counties, filled up 3tsta companies of
others of them to operate in the border ' coun
ties, and raised a company of infantry and on
of cavalry, from among th connptf
The presence of Gen. Hoke and n's f rc at
Wiikesboro besides its own nnir-diatt suo
cess: was a powerful auxdlery to the opejution.
ol Capti McKac; and the result so far has bees
that up to the 15ih inst. he had sent to file ar
my over 400 deserter and 200 conscript, b
sides those he had retained for temporary ser-
vice, and some captured in the extreme wVeat
and sent direct Jy tov Bragg's army. Wilkes, .
Yadkin and Alexander counties, are now among'
the most loyal in the fctat?. It needed only the
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any upr o i.uv ot our own, or of too lormida ! aPPearariee ol. frces,-. headed by delrmmi
i.tr a imiu.'- to justify a hazardous attempt by j but kina and judicious men, to snow the offta
our ir..i, i Uds to peuetrate further into the hr- i6 lbe error wf leir ways, and this h-ppily,
bor, and within ange of the rebel guns. ' Uo-ib,aSibeen dooe botn hX Capt. McRae and bjr!r r
tier these coco instances, the best engineering eu' Hrke and those in cuiumand under ;
and Ptiii eir c -skill becmea necessarr on theni,,, Ahe prospect u that the wiiole raountam
region will be thoroughly and speedily purged,
aod the army t-ngthcned by thousands of
good sold ? as v trut they will be '
S 9. i leern :hat Capt. McRae has' beeti for ',l '
moi.ths pjejline to the War Department 1 to '
I order U in to service in the field, but we submit J 1
part of ihe respective commanders of the' land
nd water foic-e, to make a thoroughly success
ful demonstration. upon Charleston. Such a re
suit is not. considered doubtful, but time is ueo
Hsvarily required for the consumption of their J
plans.
jto him that he is doing better service where ha
The Ohio Election -: tbougU his 'abors are more arduous and with
ADDRESS OF HUM. 0. L, VaLLaNDIGHAU Ouut any prospect of such a harvest of slotv as
10 THE OHIO DEMOCRACY.
De?nocruts of Ohio : You have ben beaten
by ytiat means it is idle now to enquire.
It is enough that white tens of thousands of sol
dier veie sant or kept within your "State or
lit',
neia inactive in camo eisewnere, to voia aga ot
tht gallant soldier cau reap ok the field of bat
tie. rom what we have beard we have no
doubt he had an easier time while digging and
fijrhting in Virginia than in his present occupa
tion. The marches of his men. too, are extrem
ely arduous, j ,To operate succes fully ibeir
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you, the Confederate enemv were marching u pi .movements must be quick and secret, so that
oat stopping, over the roughest, country in th
world. Fay. Observer. , , , ' , j
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n the capital of yur country.
You were beaten, but a nobler battle for coc
stitutitKiul Itbertyand fe popular government
never was fought by any people. -And your
unconquerable firmness and courage,, even in
the midst of armed military force, secured you
those first of freeman's rights free fpeech and
a free ballot. " Tht conspiracy of the fifth of
May fell before you. Ba not discouraged J de
spair not of the Republic. Maintain your rights
stand firm to your . position ; never yield .. up
your principles or yourl organization.' Listen
not to any who would have you lower your
standard in the hour of defeat. INj mellowing
of your opinions upon any question even of
policy,' will avail any thing to - conciliate your,
pol i tica I foes..-. yJTh ey 3 e m an d n oth i n g I e s s t h a n
an absolute surrender ojfjyuiir principles . .aud
your organisations. ri Moreover, if. there r be
any hope for the Constitution or liberty, it jis
i the Dera ocrati c p a r oy , a I n e , a n d y o u, : fel
low eitizens in a Ijttie. while longer, will see Jt.
Time and events wii force, Jt upon al.ecpt
those only whc profit by the calamities of their
country; . ' ' .. . .; . ; j ,
I thinkiyou, one and, all, for your.sy m pat hies
and your sufifragesf Be. assurecij;. 4that though
.still in, exile for po ofTence but my political opin
ion's and the free expression, of, their; tojyou , in
peaebliP.pifSitoasembJy, tyou,wiU dind me l vt
er pteWd tast, ip tfiose ppjnipns, and t, rue, $x, the
(Oonitit utioji and"1 the. tate, iao d. wi n try, of ? my
birth. ; ... ... Ui(L.. YALLASDPAiC.
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!ffcmht, doe qoI tatce ihcerfui iew V I VVr-6ct' U '
Mississippi.
Gov. Pettus has isucf hit proclamation. or
deripg that the next regular session of the Leg
islatue nf Mississippi will be held in the town
of C iumbus, beginning on the first Monday of
the ensuing month. The exposed, condition of
Jackson fa giver as the reason for des!inatlng
(Columbus." and that it is wpIJ founded Vi'nJ
all will adroit. Columbus js a large ':qdi-bixt',:il
tiful town, and the accommodations for legists? rt
tors. and visitors are superior lo those afTorde4 iiir n."t
at any point m the State. f , . , . ;i' u lm
It is also directed in the proclamation thtt -gij
frcfm and after the last Monday of this month, , '
the seat f Government will h ertJp6rariIy're'' M
moved from Macon to . Columbus. . : s ' v ;U Yo fo. t,
,:1tJ ,,. . ".),.lt" '. r. yX' I .i I 3.". f
Warning Jq Shoemakers. - We learn that a skoa, ,..r
maker in this bitj wis ""arraign d ra '-day ojr two;- f
ago, for charging more tbian"75 pr cent profit" Jl
The enrttllmg officer was call-tf irvahd ihare 1$ .'"f
a prospect that the son of St Crfipin will -fbo xi6i
be pegging Way at ' theYakee ;at eleyeft 4t0M
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' ; The-erlUor of the 0lumbas (Ga)'Saailic r; tto ,
Jjeen.showQ iiiatftj.ettfrivmbytya? tbeyv
ofjMs-galjAZt officer, in which ha - statea that ihll
the "Gouerar frill reco r ex1 frcm bia wounds.---
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