Show I INTERESTING RELICS AT THE NAVY YARD IN BROOKLYN 1 ICopirltht I less by r A VII J and lIc tIln fom The llda lllea rSSSSSH tee nlh hh hlch n ounk end the I tecrrrnr it a 101 ar have seemingly dulo the euple forge hues lroacep pad dn u and public 1lee I Ibil toothe rt umctly VIIIOft I Ih kln no Fm at trophy ord peter ailed en I atop yad and look wiih pleasure al Jim ret park I 101 u Nnw IthereaThere reItherea i If nothing were there I Thereof I f J many Interests relic In the navy of rJ rnd while some of them hate not f n taken from the battleneld or the ep I f f an enemy all hate Interesting Hot flea AO the vlilto < nler Shot yard and IrdU down the brood walk pat the mmindant antis hf find a little let i o nl I In which arc mounted e 1 4Ur looking nnnon Thi la I tro petit and In II ate 1lor1 some of the t 1IlIh during vl I taken from ships a e war of till The gun are mounted eong the edge I of the well kept lawn and point In all direction There are yc of them They ore of the smooth j bar type and are surmounted by a ron Alone to the firing pan On the going to tlece rnaland offered to ex change the nlp for the mini but her offer wai refilled a II It would be Impo stile to bring the ship to the country and then Uncle Ham In not In the bull memo ot enchanting his war trophies At the northern apex wt the lark U I a queer looking rannon mounted hliiher than the real lfvmtn 1t full sweep of the walk leading to the York street polo and Is I one of the moil prominent objects In the Unit petit It In one if the rarronade that were mounted on the old frigate Conrtltullon when that vessel 1 mt an I defeated the Hnslltli hip nuerrlrra off the toast ot New founlland II was Milt carronade that carried such destruction la the Kngllih vestal 1 and wounded and kllloll an moor of her men Just lkl II this I Illlle nun It a tall I elicit erected to the memory ot the satiate ant marine who fell during the niniult and capture of the Harrier forts on the Canton river Chin Nov 182 1118 The monument Is I ut stay atone and on III tarn beam the names nf the men who were killed during the actlnns In the center or the park Is I mounted one of the old U In h 1dmAk V lr rAOn rose loo As 1 w curl ruon Sol s J NACEDDIllIMI CAMPED ttjKWt t1etE0 STATE j e ti 1 f 14r 1 i l l Ir I I ry 1I rE fTo tI le Hoff 1 ICb 11 r t fti7il f fJJ 1 N ate tY r L nFi otiaRlFfOEIEATCSieAnERJ1155ISSIPPf tit 01 each run is I painted In large Mle latest Taken from II II M HicrJonUn by the frlcateUnlte1 HUli Ut I s Illi Them gone have stern Is the nay yard for many years and twice up one of the principal collMtloni 11 old war relics kn time ago England < through her rrpr > wntallve > negotiated for the ro lira of those guna to her In one ut the rtitlih Kkyarda Is I the American still 1 lnUnl which woo raptured during the nr rf 1112 The vessel U rapidly constructed In till The gun hIve I n mass h-Ive iilrce ot metal and was lookI l upon AI the lime of Ha runtliucllun aa fine or the finest > pe < ln < eni of the aUllmk era at and capable or doing great de 1lICllon It threw n spherical shot weighing several hundred emend In lacIng lac-Ing the muscle ton I 11 lorn of armor plate bout one foot In thickness It 1s l made US 0 nf several 1 platea lndle1 Instiller It u1was was penetrated by a hot tired from OM or the peacemaker The Inner plated are ragged on the edge where the shelf tore them apatMhowlnir the great force Ir lj Kt i I I of the Impact UwU e then there area are-a number of mall guns or yacht cat non which were taken from some or the captured blockade runners during Ihi civil war Near Admiral Dunce headquarter Is a massive piece I of metal It It I wedge hd And weighs annoy ton II wo token from the Confederate um Ills yr t 41 v1n r 6000 11 112 FO Lb s Till ASCIIOII HACK Ifitppl and hat Seven at the navy part a great many Years In another part of the yard surrounded surround-ed 1 by she bit machine shops are the anchor an-chor teats 1 There the great mud hook used nn the veeola < am placed until are ready far service I Throe a many queer looking anchor 10 be Noun there Ion 01 them are from the old hip that hat lung since been plated out of coin miMlon or old Olhel are intentions tint in the yard to IK I tried They nil nut jruve successful and Ihe owner brcomlnir discouraged failed to lake the in away On one of the resin la I an anchor which closes up like A krlfe It could be really tluwed away when not In use but that It I lit only redeeming b store The old style anthers milk their stationary < its l anna and fluke ace niIdly giving way to l the great must I hook with their mutable Sins The an chut vary In me and weight and them are some on the trots that weigh only a rw hundred pound while other will tip the balance at many ton I The large ones are noel on the lat tleihl send they aro rrrilabla mono tier 1 They vary In weight from 1111100 In 11011 imunl There It I none of the very old I anchor In the yard now The tJ r I oldest are those that wcre oral on ties I Portimnnth Under the reel are the oil w uoden stocks taken from the an i churn which were need im the Uonitl1 lutlon ant Cimittllallon when them two rrosele were nn the active Hit Then great rleret of wool are slowly going to Mere Anti wllhln n very short time there will lot 1 nothing ft uf them exrpllnE the Iron Lands Pacing the parade ground ot the marina barrack are two of the old I rait ahlgren gum taken from one of the oil renttt They l nre miunlM on light Held urUgeei and will shortly U taken away I There lire many Interesting relic to l < e found In the building In the navy lard they are kept there by 1 the am cer In charge of the different driuirt menti and nothing would Induce them to rM with their trophies come of which are very valuable One of these 144 I chair which wn In Canlaln hue llullt cabin on Ihe Conxuutinii when that vitcl l de rvyed the llrlllili Meal Uuirrlerr Another la I n chair from the old frigate Congress which WAX taken from her v hen the Yet Ufan d after a din ailrou cruise labs In IM ThIn chain sire Th-In good condition and are nosy different dif-ferent seam these hoot nn lioml ihlp at present They are made nf Mark walnut 1 wal-nut with leather ent aide and 11 n < kIn k-In many plartt the leather ho broken hut olherttlM the chairs are aa good at es erA er-A numtr rl cannon on hlth were Ill on from the ships that served in the civil war have been plot to tree In the Yard I Thy are placed nt the corner of each itreet anl prevent longtime from k elllna on the sidewalks There ate a number of relic In the ordnance sheds on the rah dork Tin y ore In bhp form nr cannon and flip fill frrrnt kinds of ahM1t used In them There are aim n nnmlier of the small r arm heed by tine pallor and marine during the clll war A short littleness from ilia nntnance dark r clnrlh > athletic Hell h a row of willow trer They have turn there for many sears and while the eat cam lien been Inn them coma hate died They wen brought from the reeve of Vnnnleon at PI IMrnn curly 1 In the little on one of our hips which was returning home from Jh They were first placed In the nnvy yard proper prop-er but when n wave of Improvement eaept over the place they wet removed to the roll dork where they hove l nor n-or ilnce blaring one if Ihe litd Plectra oon rw year ago tome of the I era were di IroyM ntnnTinic A vnnnu |