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The Daily Dispatch: September 30, 1863., [Electronic resource], Runaway. (search)
ral and other labors, to employ them to supply the deficiency. The iron-clads at Richmond — the rebel Navy. Three iron clads, one in the precise style of the Merrimac, are in process of construction; but owing to the scarcity of mechanics, and iron suitable for armor purposes, they progress very slowly. In July the track of the city railroad was taken up and is being used for plating. They have completed one iron-clad similar to the Merrimac, and the "Torpedo, " upon which Alexander H. Stephens essayed to visit Washington. This constitutes the entire armament in the James river — the two or three old propellers, in their present condition, being of no account. But that the rebels are, making it as efforts elsewhere to strengthen their navy there can be no doubt. A clerk in the Navy Department, a relative of Secretary Mallory, assured me that they have nine iron clads being constructed in Europe, five of which would be ready for sea early in October. The rebel