Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-05-29
Extraordinary Arrivai-New Era In Steam

i folly and roSuery oI w shccts.
Rxsrrerdiuury Arrival-New Era In Steam
| Navigation.
| Yesterday morning the people the Battery were
astonished to see long, low, piratca, raksh, black
looking schooner stealing her way up through But
termilk Channel towards the East River. Some i'm
agined her one thing-scme another, and scarcely
one thought correctly. They had not the slightest
idea of her being the little iron steamer Robert F.
Stockton from England But it was her, and she did
present the most singular and nondescript appear
ance She is commanded by John r. Crane, Esq,
long and avorably known a captain oat of this
port The R. +. S. sailed from London early in
April and has been fortyfve days in crossing the At
lantc She is but 35 tons burhen, II feet long and
10 feet beam-s schooner rugged, and came all the
way under sail. Annexed are some extracts from
her log book.
April LEFT City Canal Dock, Lo.dsn, with John r.
Crane cosmande Richard Carney chief officer, and six
| Experienced fair winds and weather till the l7th
April l7Fresh breezes and heavy squalls, with ran-Wind
April ls-strong breeze. and squaly. A. M tackled ship
the westward Is, the ship heavy iurch whicn
threw Of the crew. named Diamond over the qsarie he
From the 10Th to the as experienced strong
April as-0aies-squaIly -wmd to NNE.
April a7-wnd INV as,h, wind NNE to enc 2sth,
wind = Else and .s nj ss time to ws
May i7-sirong breeze. Passed snip standing
Nav 2o-Moderate breeres Wind NV; spoke the Russia
from New Orleans for Liverpool
May 23-strong ,ariabIe-bowing from all points Of
NAV Il Light winds-eam-sounded at 80 fthsms, with
mad Daylight light airs aud ealn' osgy wind n 81 and
f. IL NJ. sounded at IL sthoms. Passed Sandy Hook at IL
midnight and arrived the Dock foot Of Delaney
street, at A d. yesterday.
Although Captain Crane experienced head winds
nearly all the way and passed tarough several terrific
gales, he did not lose sail or even rope yarn.
When the wind was fair she easily performed eight
miles per hour, and she behaved the entire passage
remark ably well.
We visited her Yesterday afternoon and inspected
her throughout. When in Liverpool we saw her
several times and attended one OF the experiments
| of her power and capabilities. The principle on
which she is constructed is entirely new, and
| the success Of her trials on the Mersey and
Thames have fully and satisfactorily proved to
us as well to the scientific OF England, the
/ immense advantages the paddle will be IN
Ocean Steam Navigation. The Robert + stockton,
although but thirtyiv tons large towed the packet
ship Toronto the Thames against strong tide at
the rate Of six miles per hour. Alone, she performs
eleven knots with ease. She has been SO successful
in every instance, should not be surprised to see
a larger vessel, Of two hundred and 6ity tons out
here before the summer is over. While IN England
we visited a ship on the stocks OF three hundred
tons barthen, which was building with the screw
| paddle for the American trade. 80 convinced were
the buders OF the incaculabe ad vantages Of Capt.
Ericssn's invention that they were about laying the
keel Of another to be OF 1000 TONS and capable Of
| performing from IL TO Ia miles per hour.
The fact is, ere two years slip by, there will not
be steamer ploughHg the Atlantic on the old, jar
ring. and racking principle Every steam packet will
BIO constructed on Captain Ericsons plan, and they
will through the waters, the passengers scarce
knowing how. But this - not all. The vessels are
more compact, they have much more space fer cargo
and passengers and there is material saving in fuel
They sail faster, and there is not that dsagreeablc
Jar and noise that suffer IN the steamers On the old
principle.
People will be surprised when they the Stock
| ton; the machinery n all packed away SO snugly
abaft the that no one would imagine she had
any boilers, wheels, or cogs IN her. Her hull IS d-
vided into three compartments, and there rs neat
ness and symmetry Of form about her that we seldom
see in vessels OF her description. Capt. Crane was
while he was in England, considered insane. The
English hal idea that he would the Atlantic
| in such craft-only ten feet wide to ssventy-one
long-but he has done il, and do more. The
crowd on the piers in London was immense, to wit
ness her departure, and singular were the remarks
among them. One Johnny Bull, after learning that
she was bound To America, Jammed his hat down ON
his head. and exclaimed" To America what, that
cockleshell I What damned fsol is going in hertz
We will answer. Captain Crane, familiarly known
here AZ mad jack and better and truer sailor
trod deck lie ha, inmortascd himself, and de-
serves more honor than asy vigator extant Never
before has crossed the broad Atlantic in a small
iron steamer, like the Stockton, with screw in her
stern. What are coming tot Will the
porafon present the freedom Of the city TO Captain
Crane 7 They shosld do something to immortalise
themselves
II She is intended for the Delaware and Rartan Canal
and will commence running in about two weeks
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