Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-05-19


with the idea. that the oak ribbed lie
viatbsn IN the Navy Yard of our soodly
city was The largest ship Tor wsuId be-
in tue world But the New York Mer-
camille Advertiser says that 1.-The largest
ship nsw IN the world aforesaid is the
MAHMeuD, lately built at Constantine
pie, q which was 10 have been LAUNCH
ed early in this year. Her length is Q34
feet, & her sides are four feet SIX inch
es thick. On her main deck SIZE is 10
mount long brass thirty two Founders,
aud on her lower deck sixty eight poun
ders-be sides four or mere guns carry
ing enormous stone balls"
The largest ship recorded in ancient
history was the Great Michael, built lp
1903 by James tie din Of Scotland, one
OF the FIST monsrchs Of Christendom
who termed his serious atte ntion 10 ma
Rhine pswer. Tins Scottish ship was
of the dimensions of Neah's AK all
the workmen that could be mustered
were engaged year and a day 10 bull.
ding her the timber she required vast
ed the "eods Of the Kingd.m Of Fife,
and the money she cost e 30 600. lin
'hese days an enormous sum- drained
the Scottish treasury Some writer's as
sert that the account OF this ship is fab 6.
ulous, but Lindsey Of Pltscottie AYERS
that it is tue; he says that The Great
Michael had 6 cauncns cha side, g
great oa ssiis, tw. behind Der deck and
one before, 500 shot of snail artillery.
VIZ: Myand Falcon aid tsttrel Il quar-
ter falcon, stings pest,l Lent serpenis and
douoleldogs' hagf"rand culvering, cefs-
bow and haDdbsw . She manne d :,
adds the same authority, with SOC ma
rIners, sc"re gunners, 1000 men of
war, for by her captain. skIppe,s and
quarter masters
The Great Michael, was certainly fer
her day, the wonder Of the time. The
Quarterly journal nf Agriculture says:
10 give an siea of tie enormous auan.
hty OF timber necessary ts construct a
ship OF war, we may observe that aO0O
tons or 5000 loads, are computed to he
required for "A Nav, rec kaning ff-
ty oaks to the acre, of lo0years' stand
lAS, aud the quantity ia each tree 10 be
load and halt, it would require forty
acres ct oak torest!o build one seventy
four; and toe quantity increases in a
great ratio for the largest class Of Ibe
oil battle ships. The average duration
OF these vast machines, when emeloyed.
is computed 10 be fourteen years.
Pun. GAzETTE.
Infemp rrante The following anec- /
d"le illustrating the urqucnc b BILE thirst /!
Tor int importance, is related in the CO. /
lumbar STAR
I'm travelling recently n one of the
Southern States, we remained during
the night at "A house where several men
had assembled Tor the purpose OF indul-
s'ng their iawless passion for ardent
spirits. They became NOISY and pro-
lane as the N ght advanced, aud about
the time fer retirng to bed, their un-
hailswed clamor vas almost iusuhera !
hle. 1T was in vain. to think Of sleep, or
oil qnlefing their horrid obstre porous
ness and we therefore submitted as we'll
as we could 10 the misery Of our eondi-
hon' by the morning one Of the party
had sosered of somewhat, & seemedca. !
Pasle IRRATIONAL conversation. We at
tempted to remonstrat against his hab-
IFS, and point cut their evil tendencies, (
when be interrupted us by relating the
following aBecdote 1.-Two men Of nv
acquaintance lately met at a house of
one of them, end being both fend of the
bottle, they proceeded Ia drink and ca
reused Tor to" days and two nights. ia
the course Of the drinking they censum- /
ed all the liquor that was in the house;
ana as thers was none to be had in the |
shhsrhood, they became very miser- |
sb'e and Impatient. What 10 do fer .pi- |
rfts they could not imagine. AT last (
one Of them discovered small ocean.
ter which was placed in some part Of |
the house, containing snake preserved |
IN spirits. The spirits looked we'll, and |
ore proposed to the other to taste it -
fh's was accordingly done. and one
taste succeeded to another until the |
contents of the decanter were exhaust
ed, aud the snake left "bigh aud dry"
The narrator assured us that this was
the truth, and Proceeded to say Now.
SIR. 1t the love al liquor will cause a man !
To drink such draft as this. how can |
YOU think that our talk will do me an,
geodf' Truly. thought we, it must b. |
hopeless work"