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The Daily Dispatch: March 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], The interior of the Floating Batter. (search)
s of iron--two of them of the T railroad pattern, placed horizontally, and the other four bolted one over the other, in the strongest manner, and running vertically. The wall of the gun side is full four feet thick, constructed of that peculiar Palmetto wood, so full of fibrous material that 64-pounders cannot pierce them. The main deck is wide and roomy. In nineteen open chambers, on the port side of the deck, we found a profusion of shot--34-pounders, while just beyond them is an immense pinally moored near Sumter, there will be four heavy wedges driven down by a species of a ram, which will hold it fast, and prevent any swaying around by the tide.--Although not versed in military matters, I should say that its immense strength of Palmetto logs and iron combined, with a bombproof roof over all, will make it perfectly impervious to anything that Major Anderson can bring to bear against it. While thus secure, the inventor claims that he can easily effect a breach in the weak side of