The Last Of An Old Man-of-war

ne oía unnmsaea saip oí tne Une, Virginia, at the CharleBton Navy Yard, is to bo at once deraolished. She has been on the stocks in one of the ship houses in the lower part of the yard tor half a century, her keel haviug been laid in 1821. Her keel is 196 f eet long, her spar deck 210 feet, and her extreme breadth 54 feet. She is built of live oak. She was iutended to be a first class ship, and to carry 94 guns and 1,000 men. The ship house which she occupies was built for her, but is now wanted as a place for the construction of one of the frigates recently ordered by Congress. The old ship was to be built under an appropriation for the gradual increase of the navy, which was made soon after the cessation of hostillities in 1812. The Vermont, the Cutnberland, sunk by the rebel ram Merrimac during the rebellion, the Sabine and Potomac, sister ships of Virginia, were built under the same appropriation. The Virginia s isound in every respect and is copper bolted up tu the water mark. There is no document at the navy yard showing her cost. The estimated coat of putting her in readiness to launch is $f0,000. The estimated oost of her demolición is $80,000. A number of old navy officers at the station regret that she is to be torn to pieces, being of the opinión that she would make a fine receiving ship, to take the place of the Onio, which is quite out of repair. Others hold that she is unfit for service, and should be put out of the way to inake room for the construction of modern frigatos. There are still others who think that her demolution is a political dodge, and done to have more mn employed in the yard. The order for her destruction was received at 1 1 o'clock Wednesday morning, and at 1 o'clock a small gang of men werp at work upon her. - Boston Herald.