Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-04-24

Arrival Of the sirius ste amer An Seventeen
Days from Cork--The beginning OF the
new age An steam powor--The broad At
Iansic bridged at Observation-Disclosures OF
space and time.
This morning the city was threwn into a state Of
glorious excitement the Of the SIRIUS
teamer Capt Roberts. in IL days from Cork. Ireland
consigned to Messrs. Wadsworth x Smith of this
city To these gentlemen are indebted FOR copious
down TO the latest dates-London to the end April
Liverpool 10 the 3rd, and Cork the 4th.
The news by this arrival is so important the
arrival itself. Last night after down, reaching
outside the Hook. several splendid rockets were sent
up from the Sirius signal of her fast approach
this happy continent A full account of the passage
will be found below, with all particulars We will
only here, that the first twelve days out she
had very heavy weather, but lay ker course all the
time and the going all the passage. She
consumed 400 of coal, the of one per
one hour and fifteen minutes; fresh was used
in the boilers throughout and there occasion
clean them at all; and the average revolution of
the wheel was fifteen per minute She is up, and
anchored off the Battery, where thousands were down
gazing at her, early in the morning.
ABSTRACT OF THE LOG Book o. the steamship
SirialS, from Cork to New York
From noon the 4th April 10 midnight IS knots:
course WNW wind Wight and clear weather.
April 5th-l24 knots; fresh breeZes and cloudy
with head sea- AT noon, strong breeze wind WbyN;
weighed one ton OF Goals, which lasted hour and 80
k.IN~ H. l--s
heavy head
April 6th-Fresh gales and cloudy weather, wind
W by N; l29 knots, strong breezes and squaly wea-
thsr.
lag 10 the eastward under close reeed topsas. Run
l4l knots in the "a hours; very high sea- split fore
sail.
April Sth-l50 knots; fresh breezes, and hazy wea-
ther, with heavy rain; nsed rosin with the ashes for
The engine as it made them burn better, and cleared
the chmnes; wind WbyN.
April 9h-lS0knots; fresh breezes and hazy; using
rosn with ashes and small coals al in the after
noon fresh gales and heavy sea.
April l0ih-I6S knots; fresh gales and squay,
with rain and heavy head sea; at A. NJ very hea-
w swell; wind WSW; spoke the Star, Of New
York.
April ll,h-222 knots; heavy gales and great swell;
at noon moderate breezes; wind NE; burning rosn
with ashes and small coal.
April l2h-235 knots; light winds and cloudy;
lbs. pressure water in boiler quite fresh; tried lbs.
pressure; hove to for an hour to fasteH floats and
peak the stuffing boxes.
April l3ih-266 knobs; al midnight TO 3 A. M. wind
variable, then EbyS and southerly; at A. nj. spoke
the Roger Sherman of Bath, under American colors
30 days from New Orleans, bound 10 Havre; al
hosteC coors 10 one Of the Falmouth packets bound
TO Halifax; sail in sight.
April l4th-266 knots; light b. zss and cloudy;
wind souiherly; weighed one 10 of Goals, which |
burned one hour and quarter; lat A. 3, long. AZ
AZ, observed a change of coer in the water.
l5th-21S 10 nd dv.
ton of coal burned | hour and Is inmates wind |
southerly; great quantity of brds at g. p. nj. cloudy
with strong breezes at 5, same weather, with smooth
water; g. stopped engine a quarter of an hour ew-
ing 10 square sail flying to eeward; al H. taken
abaek with fresh gale; very dark and oggy weather;
shortened all sail; thermometer fell 10 degrees baro-
meter As.
April l6th-i54 knots; fresh gales and squally, with
rain sea rising; thermometer AGO at midnight stop
ped engines for three quarters of hour iasten
screws OF eccentric.
April l7th-l07 knots; heavy gales and squally,
with seei and snow; weight on steam chest 5lbs.;
nj noon, fresh gales with heavy running
April 1916 knets wind WNW; strong breeze
and sqaally; average OF engine thermometer 1854.
April l9th-2ll knots; strong breezes burned
good deal of rosin; wind SW.
April 20th-207 knots; in the morning wind south
cry, IN the afternoon westerly; strong breezes and
hszy weather, with violent ram engine barometer
27a. AT 10 min. past p. NJ. spoke III. NJ. s. Corn
wallis "a, Capt. Sir Richard Grant, with the lth re-
&'iSh iiofu Dcaihuuo, uoys, Pditeu SomPaHy ~
half past /.
April 2lst, e3l knots. Light winds and fine weather
with Lightning to South West Exchanged coors with
an American vesseltc the Eastward, Engine Barrome-
ter "a l.2s, wind N. w.
April 22d, 100 knots. Light breezes and fine weather.
Al 6 7. NJ. observed the highlands of Neversink At
Z, slowed the engines, and spoke light vessel AT
made signal for pilot, fired guns, and showed blue
lights then hove to. waiting for pilot
Number ofcrew. 40-Captain Richard Roberts, Lieut.
X. NJ; lst mate, Geo. IT. Briggs End do. Francis s.
Whitaker; 3rd do Richard Jones: LIST engineer John
Lambert: End DO VIM. Dinner; fremen, Is, sea-
men, D. Stewards, 3; Attendant, 1 Cooks, .; Boys,
3; Stewaraess /. Passengers, 42-First Cabin, la.
dies, gentlemen 2nd Cabin, ladies, gentlemen
Steeragc lady, % geRtlemen.
Before cot up. nv celebrated News Collector, Tom
Boxer. Of the Hersd's fleet. burst into my apart
men,, believing out mfr Bennett, Mr.. Beaneu, the
Sirius, the Siriusw my God, is she come last r.
/" Yes, yes-here London papers Of first April
Heaven and earth, let's have them" said /, half
asleep.
The feeling, Of this community this occasion. in
conjunction with the Bank Of England, in sending spe.
ere as thick a. potatoes, can't be described. We will
take several days before get our derium and
think soberly One thing is certsn-1 mean to go
TO Tendon in few days. partly the coronation Of
Queen Victoria which takes place the 2st Juae and
partly 10 establish agents in Europe that out