Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-06-27
THE VOYAGE ACROSS THE AT.
LANTlC IN a SXIFF.

uie"o 's'eiy on VISIT 10 New York
anu who went on board the Rober, f. Stock
100, expressed great surprise that men could
oe louna win sufficient during 10 venture q
| passage across The Atlantic ia so frail a sea
ooa,' In conversation with Capt Crane,
he learned from that gentleman thu, hi.
| cougrymen ridiculed the idea OF an er,er.
pris f1aucs, with danger, and took heavv
wa4o1s with the heroic Captain. thai he
would abandon his daring adventure ar fail
IN AZ he did neither, hawever-botb The
! courageous Captain aud his tiny vessel gal,
lantIy rode out the storm, and buffcttcd The
waves unharmed, aud he lives TO claim hi,
oets. and to enjoy the glory of having &C.
compiished The most daring act OF payipa
tion on record. Tho New York Gazette
thus speaks OF this vesselund its crew:
Phil Star.
I'VE venture TO say that the first emo.
lion felt, in looking at the little cruft tina,
mas just crossed the Atlantic, is that of thor.
ough astonishmeni. We had heard her
called vessel OF only thirty tens and though,
IL extraordinary that so tiny a vessel should
have nnyigated the ocean, but u glance ut
her increases the aslonishmcnl fifty fold;
for she really looks like nothing that we
con think OF but nan>o Of. wars barge and
though she may he about thirty tons Amer,
lean measurement, she was only fileon tons
according TO the Steamboat admeasu. rom ent
IN England. We should almost as soon
thInk OF going to England as,ride q single
sci on edge as 10 go 10 sea in such cookie
she'll as this. Capt. Crane would have been
deiilsd for such an exploit any where else
but IN this land of nero "business transac>
tIon, "a country whsre the community is
SO used 10 the "march of enterprise"-so
m h.
rianism OF tho day, that if a man vera 10
swim from the Cape of Good Hope to San.
dy Hook upon bamboo, about the first
question asked him would be, how much his
provision for The passage cost him
SO small vessel as the Robert +. Stock
ION never before reached the United States
from Europe. The least Of the vessels
which accompanied Columbus when he dis,
covered the Continent was not much larger.
but she had consorts Of a larger SIZE. On
the whole, this adventure Of the Yankee
sailor, we consider one of the boIdest upon
record. Almost bold enough TO be called
temerity as il was called in England and
still il was us much the result of cool judg-
tnent as of high personal feaIiessness; for
Capt. Crane hud tested The capacity Of his
craft by satisfactory experiments, and saw
with seaman's skiiiul eye, her qualities for
oIeastNne Inc surges oil The sea. The Rob.
ert r. Stockton 10 about 70 feet in length ON
deck, Ten feet bea;,!. and draws about So ga
feet wafer Ailsase her deck and bulwsrks
are OF wrought sheet iron, her sdos being
of plates five eighlhs OF an inch thick .riyit.
ed 10 an iron frame work and most substan.
ally put together. 1t will be seen from her
dimensions, tonnage and draft of water, that
she IL exceedingly sharp, and OF course she
must be most rapid sailer, and especially
calculated to 60 close 10 the wind. With
we'll proportional spars and sails she mus, of
necessity be one of the fastest saiiers thai
ever was ahoat Nothing can be Judged of
by her present rig; for as her captain re-.
marked, she has come all her way under ia.
ry masts.
Narrow as she is, she is stiff, and one of
the sailors said to US, "Sir, it " ould be i'm.
possible to put her on her beam ends. -
Captain Crane has been kind enough TO fur
nlsh US with his log book and we shall give
il TO the public on Monday. We consider
the captain, mate and crew Of this vessel
richly entitled TO some honorable mark of
respect from our countrymen, some memen.
10 of the admiration that belongs 10 SO much
skill and SO much daring"