The first of the gun-boats recently ordered for the defence of the neighboring coast, was launched on Saturday morning in Algiers, at the ship yard of Messrs. John Hughes & Co. She is to be a steamer, and, judging from her appearance, we think she will be both swift and staunch. Messrs. Hughes Co. have worked on this vessel with a rapidity which is almost astonishing, for it is scarce two months since the first timbers were laid. We hope that an equal amount of vigor will be displayed by the contractors who have the others on the way. They cannot be finished a moment too soon.
The New Orleans Daily Crescent, New Orleans, LA