The Merrimac

The Cl) arles ton JUtrc . ■ t.Imt the iron hites 011 tho llerrimac witbstoód, w!th tli o most coinpjeti Sorts of the terrible cannönadl the Federnl vessels, sobic of t!u eectioos muy being rivoo, IJer snioke sta:ventilators wcre riddled by thü baüs, so as tógive tlicm tlio ;. hu_:c Diittaeg graters. Hér gans ;ire changed, tboae sbu carritid giviog place to bettor The Norfolk l).nj Booh isaya " :i guu, rcci'iitly caí-.t in liiolnnond, iii placed n iís position on I of that. ressel. It throws a solid sbot " The .s'iot is wrought iron, Ion;', aiid bae ;i stcel poiut, Tliid poújt is ::' tal, as in tlia cominqn rifle ba'l, but shnpod liko tbát of tlio ordin'ary instrument Cor {tanehiá'g irón. ítecéiit eíperimoiit.í show tfais to be á vory agly we.ipon, even against tlriek roa platos Tho gnu fo; Árnlsl ird tbe A". BÍnce ncd fróra Newp irt lier onc of tho most formidable batiónos in tho n'AJ'ld, in i'J'lilioii to hor being porfectlj shot apd slioll proof,"