Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-04-15

NAVIGATION BY POWER OF STEAM

: ~ oPPiiNdtioI Vi tIic dUOVG pOWCI iOI
the purpose Of impelling vessels, may still
be considered in its infancy for as yet,
excepting two instances, the regular voy-
ages that have been made scarcely have
exceeded the sight of land. Still the adj
vantages to be gained by this mode of
navigating the seas, are now too apparent
to leave doubt in the mind of any one of
their reality. AS "a proof of this, it will
be interesting to the public to have laid
before them an extract of the log-book
of two vessels, one of which has ira
ded regularly, last year, from London to
st. Petersburg, touching at Copenhagen
and the other from London to Gibraltar
and Malaga, touching at Lisbon and Ca
dir. Under every circumstance, these
vessels have proceeded on their voyage
on the day fixed, and have never exceeded
two days the one appointed for their return.
The proprietors of these vessels have
made considerable improvements in them,
and they can now carry fuel sufficient for
IS to 40 days OFF, hours; so that they
are equal to make voyages to almost any
distance that can be required.
The George the Fourth left London on
the 9th for the first voyage to Gibraltar
this season. The Duke of York will fol-
low her on or about the 2Sth. The
George the Fourth, on her return, will
take up her station to st. Petersburg,
which she will continue as long as the
Nothern Seas are navigable. She will
then be enabled to finish the year by
voyage across the Atlantic, Madeira, or the
extremes of the Mediterranean, if required
Extract from the log of the Duke of
York from October 26, 1926, to Novem-
Der 80, 1897
Made one voyage from London to Ham
bro, and back; three from London to
Malaga and back, touching at Lisbon,
Cadiz, and Gibraltar !; and two from Lon
don to Gibraltar, touching at Lisbon and
Cadiz, out and home; making 1886
nautical miles as measured on the chart;
not allowing for extra distance, owing to
bad weather, or other causes, being 149
days 3 hours on the passage, out of which
she was detained by fogs Is days 9 hours;
having experienced Is days calm, 81 fair
wind, 4S moderate breezes AHEAD, %
storm breezes ahead, and 8 gales AHEAD.
Her average rate of going is nearly 6
IA miles per hour she consumed l406
chaldrons of coal, being at the rate of a
little more than Is bushels per hour, in
Guiding getting up steam, stoppages, cook
ing, &c.
1t appears by the Log Books the above
vessels that the lowest rate of going has
been 3 10 knots per hour, with heavy
and stormy gales AHEAD, and the greatest
rate of going, ii IA knots.
Extract from the log of George the
Fourth, from the Both of August, 1926, to
December 26, 1927 Made two voyages
from London to Gibraltar, out and home;
and five voyages from London to st. Pc
tersburg, out and home, making dis
lance of % 1877 nautical miles. The time
occupied in the passage l56 days; out of
which she was detained at anchor, or fog,
70 hours. The weather, in the above
time, was Is days calm, 40 fair wind, 81
moderate breezes a-head, 26 strong bree-
yes ahead, 9 strong gales ahead. The
above distance is taken from the chart,
without allowing for the deviation of
course, owing to bad weather, or other
causes. Thus, it will appear, the ave-
rage rate of going has been nearly 6 IL
nautical miles per hour consuming lit
tie more than $50 chaldrons of coal, or
Is bushels per hour, including getting up
steam, stoppages, and cookery.-B. D. Ado.
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Curious MANUscRIpT. A Philadelphia
paper makes mention of very curious piece
of penmanship, which is at present exhibit
ed in the room of the Atheneum of that city.
1t is sheet of vellum yard square, con-
tanning the books Of Ruth, Ester, Job, the
Song ofSolomon, Lamentations, and Psalms,
written in the Hebrew character, and so dis
posed as to form a series of beautiful fig
ures, representing all the sacred instru-
ments and furniture of the Temple of Jeru-
salem-the alter, the mercy-seat, the cheru-
bin, the candlestick, the tables of the law,
the columns and the flowers upon their
capitals, &c. The work is beautifully writ
ten and drawn; and was the exclusive labour
Of three full years. Although the patience,
ingenuity, and industry, necessary to the
performance of such work, would, proper
ly exerted, entitle the possessor to much
commentator, yet we cannot but think that,
in the present instance, they have been I'M
worthily bestowed, and that the end is in no
wise proportioned to the means.
"ON THE FENCE" This phrase has been
recently applied to those who profess to be
neutral in regard to the presidential contest
It is said to have originated as follows:
Gen.. Washington once asked negro be-
longing to Judge INLAY, of New-Jersey,
whether his master was a wing or tory
The reply was" Massa on de fence-him
want to know which de strongest party"
FRENCH BULL. A lady wrote to her lov-
er, begging him to send her some money.