The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-16
From the ~ 7. National .4dpocate:

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now in our harbor, & have been examined by
hundreds OF our citizens. who having enjoy
ca TINS pleasure may not want any informa
ton as to the comparative size and force Of
these frigates but our friends at a distance
nave, doubtless, soNe curiosity on this sub
Ject, and 1t may be gratifed by the following
statement. 1t is not without regret that we
add, England has her friends and devotees
among us, who would triumphantly Correct
the most triiling error we might commit on
an OF CASTOR ike the present.
he trgaic Un'fed States is one hundred
and seventy six feet deck; forty two feet
beam her n-deck is six feet six inches
high; has fifteen port holes ON a side. and
carries on the gun deck, twenty four pound
ers.
The frigate Macedonian is one hundred
and sixty SIX feet deck, forty two feet eight
inches beam her gun deck is six feet ten
inches high her birth deck, six feet ,bv,c
inches has fifteen port holes on side :;
| and carries on her gun deck eighteen pound
| crs.
] from this statement it will lie seen thai
the Macedonian has more beam, and is
| hiSher between decks than the u. States
| out that the latter is about ten feet longer.
| o men not acquainted with nautical affairs
would seem that, i'll this respect, the A
| merican trigate had the advantage where
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length of tho Uoted States she will neither
wear or STAY well as the Macedonian: or
IN other words, she cannot he put about as
soon and so perfectly satisfied are our off,
GERS OF TINS s,ct, that We are authorised in
saying, some of the mott intelligent IF them
have recommended, 4hat' the forty fours
which we arc about 70 build, shall have from
SIX to ten feet less deck, than those now in
use nave. thus adopting. in point of size,
L. NJ \ y
lated for effective service. 80
The next consideration is the weight of
Imeta!. II is we'll known, that the British
were formerly in the habit OF Carrying "a
Founders ON board their large frigates =
that the Acasta mounted them, when first
built but that they have abandoned this
system. and adopted tlle IS Founders, as the
most advantageous pieces of ordnance be-
GAUGE handled and managed with so much
more ease and facility TO the men, and con-
sequent!y fired oftner and because, it is
generally admitted, that at a distance no
shot can be fired with more certainty than
18 pound ball.
On this point, however, Capt. Garden
gave his opinion to Captain Decatur some
months previous to the war, at Norfolk-af
ter examining both frigatcs Capt. Garden
preferred his own; aud speaking of the
weight of metal he remarked to Capt,
Decatur, that as to ID Founders on board fri
gates they had been completely tried in the
BRUSH navy; that after long practice they
had been abandoned in his maiesty's service
and the Is FOUNDER adopted and, sir, adj
ded he, when the American officers have
had as mich erherience as 7ve have had.
they too will prefer the IS Founders. The
frlgate Macedonian, is only t7vo years old,
ana we venture to assert, i'll every respect,
is one OF the finest frigates that ever foatsl
nynr emf lie e
this action, between these two .frigates, IN
der such circumstances are useless.
I REMARKABLE SAILING.--The priva-
teer brig Anaconda arrived at New London
from Hart Island in eight hours, distance
OF an hundred and twenty miles, which is
perhaps the shortest passage ever known
Capt. Shaer expects to take few additi-
onai hands there, and in one or two days pro-
coed on his crulze. Columbian.
IN: machine mentioned be!ogU is said to be
q false imitation Of Redhe6cY's perpetual
molten neIchths Bal. american.
PERPETUAL MOTION.
~ machine, said to create or possess a
power within itself to keep itself in motion.
has been exhibited in this city for some
DAYS past, and very generally pronounced
by those who have Examined it, ferretuG,
lmofion.
The well known mathematical and me.
chanIcal powers of N1r. Fulton, the inge-
NOUS inventor of Steam boats & tor.pedoes
produced a degree OF anxiety among his
friends that he should examine this ceebra
ted machine; and after due examination
pronounce his opinion thereupon. Accorc-
ingly yesterday morning he went TO the
house where it was erected, accompanied
by some OF his friends, among whom we're
ICON. DECATUR, JoHN BULLUs, ESQ
NAVY AGEET, Com. LEWIS, Col. CUR
1ENIUs, &c.
After a few minutes examination, Mr.
FULTON pronounced the whole an impositi-
on Oh the public. a gentleman present pro
posed bet OF One thousand Dollars that he
could not discover, or point out, it, hat the
imposition Consisted, if there was any
This Mir. FULToN declined, saying that he
did not wish to win any gentle mans money
but thereupon proceeded to assign some
reasons for his opiniOn.-f1e said that from
the irregularity Of the motion, and the noise
or sound Of the machinery, he was satisfied
;!iat it was movement produced by a
crask. Mr.. FULTON then proposed 10 pay
thc cXpence OF moving the machine fe W
Inches from the spot on which il then stood,
wish which request the proprietor declined
complying. lie (Mr. FL then stated, that
the party present came thete for tie pur-
| pose Of being satisfied that the machine al
ludsd to, COn,lined a self uioviar Ho7ver !;
that they had therefore right to a perfect
and complete examination that If tie gen
! tleiueu ID; eseut would supuort him in ~ he