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The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
und of sledge-hammers was heard at Portsmouth, beating away upon metal, (the guns in the yard, it is supposed,) attempting to render them useless by breaking off the trunions. At or near midnight, or after the alarm of fire was heard, the Marine Barracks were discovered to be fired. The whole front of the yard, facing Gosport, on each side of the Main entrance or gateway, has been consumed. The Pennsylvania was fired, and presented a spectacle of grandeur seldom witnessed. The Merrimac, Germantown, and all the vessels, except the frigate United States, were destroyed. The two large ship-houses were consumed to ashes, with their entire contents. The U. States has been subsequently towed down in the bite of Craney Island, but has since been towed off the Hospital. At about half past 4 on Sunday morning, the Cumberland was carried out of the harbor by the Pawnee. I am happy to inform you that the work of destruction in the Navy-Yard is not so great as we anticipated. Although