Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-08-21

on board tins line ship, was as scrupulouSly and
thoroughly clean rs The hand of man could make
them. The very decks were rs white as a milk
pail; and the tables - refreshingly clean. that they
might be eaten from without an intervening sub
siance. IL was. soon after, our pleasure TO see lhem
surrounded. each with a merry company of cheer.
ful. hungry, conIented. looking iars. rs one need be,o
look nj on a summers day,
Their vessels of boiled mess pork, hot from the
regions Of the cook. leach piece marked, by.the.by, |
with the number Of the gun) their pans of pease
soup. yet hotter than the meat, (as we can testify.
for we sralded our mouth in plraSing a sup Of il al
a mess table, with the pile of ship-bread bruken
into small pieces. ready for Use. altogether looked
80 inviting and 10 comfortable. that thoy might
awaken appetitcs in siomachs cloved with the deli.
cacies Of a more luxurious table. an1 accordingly
we noticed a number of the guests. and among
them Of the ladies. p~artaking Of this unwon,ed re-
past, 10 the no small surprise and delight of honest
Jack. who. having no fork, was omewhar at a 4 IS
how TO do the agreeable. but who. after n salt water
apology, took tho jack knife, (well 50 named, for
Jack Is never without it, which hung by a rope
yarn from some part Of his dress, md forthwith car
we'd. IN a somewhat extenppraneous way. the best
morsel IN his kid 6r his unexpected guests. On the
lower deck fifteen msn are stationed nj each gun ;
on the upper, thirteen. IL were long to 60 into a
minute account OF tho many convenient arrange.
menis which were politely shown and explained To
IL, TOE availing of the small quantity of extra room.
when ~ much is necessarily given TO warlike pur.
poses; for slowing away in the most compact and
convenient manner, the endless variety OF matter,
and things which the service Of such a shin IT,
quires; bag-rooms, bread-rOomS. spirit-rooms. armo-
ries. mag zines, i~oolshops, paini-lockers, ropeL1ckers
and more else than we can remember, or than there
would he time and space 10 enumcrate if we could.
All WINS most orderly In fact, throughout The en-.
tire scene. ORDER seemed To be inscribed every
where. There was literally "a place for every
ihing.and every thing was in lis place" The Off.
GERS were IN Ut patient with our Ignorance, and their
politeness suffered MT the least expression or Iook
Of lurking contempt TO bcrray itself 1T the many
SIMPLE and lanllubbehy questions with which we
lenzed them. All was pOliieness and goUd humor-
lnded. there seemed not n humIn being to he out Of
humor while we were sn board, save one poor fel-
low, whose check was pretty well scorched aud
what he cared more for. perhaps) his whisker sing.
ell, by the awkward discharge Of a pistol from the
hand Ola ~shipmaie.
We entered, nmong other partitions, what il cal.
led "ihe sick-bay"-a portion OF one of he lower
decks, rallied Oft for the accommodation OF the few
SICK, ahont thirty IN all, and q fIheSe not MANY very
oil, who were carefully and kindly attended by their
messmaies, detailed for that duty; and no sick cham.
Der, IN any gentleman's house, is ia a cleaner or
better state. The ship carries out n surgeon and
four assistants. The magazines of which there Xere
two. we ofcoarc did not enter.
Among other articles worthy OF note. below wore
ten very long and large life-preservers each capabIe
81 sustaining in the water more than 6ny men. and
The whole made TO be dashed together in The form
oil a ran, 80 that. should the ship founder, the crew,
may all be rescued from drowning nj The Time AMI
should other circumstances he favorable, Nigh, ali
save 'heir h'es' TINS We believe, is quite a mod.
en improvement.
The Delaware. though rated ms n seventy. C,,,
carries eighiy-eighi guns; Of which, ihirrv.t,yo oe
On her lower %gun-deck, foriy-two FOUNDERS; t.,r,v.
TWO on her upper gun-deck, ihirty.tuo opunders.
ani .hj rest on her sra leck. She mounts eigb, of
The newly invented Pai1han guns, which differ IN.
te from others. save that the bore is larger and the
gun consequently not 50 thick. and there is a more
exact apparatus for depressing and e4pvating IN I'M.
they are fired by percussion cans. and ,b.1o -
INFINITELY graduated brass scale by which Ia rcyuI,,e
the sights. The ball they fire Is hollow. in FAC, a
small sized bomb-shell. charged with powder only
aud fired point-blank. instead obtain angle. rs bo1nb.
nre fired from morIars. A shot. when charged. weighs
lilly pounds, and contains n pound of gnnpowder: the
full charge 10 Propel It is eight pounds. though less
than that. aud as low rs iive pounds, is sometimes
used.
The dimensions oflhe ship nre as follows:
Extreme length. over oil, 300 feet.
Extreme beam 81 6
Depth Of Ihe hold 81.
Length Of The keel for Tonnage Ice.
Carpenters tonnage 2395I.96.
Height imm lower edge Of rabbit of keel 10 ton ol
run-deck 245.
Between lower and upper gun-decks 40.
Between upper gun-deck and spardeck 76.
Between spardeck and round house 6 10 10
Her draughi. at, at present IL 81. 6.
She carries two chain cables, and one uf bemp
eneh OF l2o ia'homs IN length; the former being stop.
ped by n new patent contrivance with n screw. cal
led II we remember right. "MiI's stopper
After the men had refreshed Ihenselve, bv n ro.i
DINNER the drums beat 10 general quaEters," which
signifies that the men are 10 man all the guns and
prepare Cor action. No sooner was this order given
than a scene OF action and hustle ensued winch il
would be difficult for n landsman To- conceive. md
which once seen can never be forgotten. The
whole crew seemed saddenly tO have been seized
with one universal madness; they ran .boat In All
directions. as IL a lighted 'sqnib was altached behind
10 each Enn, fmm which he was Vainly irving IA
escape. One had bis aIns and bosom fuII Of p;si,ls.
another was carrying haicheis and DO ,n1ino.pikes.
another was running with a load Of euIasses; ano.
lher had n hammer m his hand; another was pulling
a round iowbag OF The spunge which was 10 spupgo
OUt the piece; some were taking of the aprprs. -,
c1vorngs, fom The inuch-holes; others were cI.,r.
ing out the Icuch-holes with small wires; Others
were handling the breeohings, or heavy ropes which
receive the recOl Of The guns; Others elevating and
pointing the guns; The lights wore osiinguisbed Inc
magazine opened; cartridges were handel u. anil
more ihtngs done ~ a mfntue than can well be told
W ~ wv hOul Ue men huTfytng backward nnI Ear.
ward; the officers delivering orders tbrourb tber,
peakingirumpei midshipmo passing abo1, eve,y
where, tot a voice heard bat the voice Of CONNECT
NIL nj langih, after I'll these multiplied mil soem;no
" oOnfusel movements had come ., a pog.o H.
word "FfhEa' was gwen; and Then the noel .eog,ao
ment hogan IN earnest The heavy guns vye,e m.
charged rregularly, bot in very rap,d succ.sssr,
sometimes soveni ~ once. iarriag tbe sbin e..
STEM 10 stern, IN The meanwhile. the mo,;nes g."
monced discharges Of muskkeiry on The sno,d,rI
en- which they were accompanied bv M. s,iL.,.
each Of whom had a short gun and n pistol. hrgh -
which they reloaded, firing away with ali ,bo;,
m'ght The effect Of these mimic tbuplo,s -.
'fuly astounding 10 landsm0n, and in Tho mil.t ~
on officer went 10 the gangway w'h q large vo.l.,
fatiIe' which he Piled vigorously mr some m,m,,,.
whoa presently up came The men. IN tt,,ns ,,..5
ing on one aDoihefs heels IN their haste. win b,.,J
lng pixies axes and broad short sword. ,,if, -
'hey climbed The bulwarks ne ifsxpectpo \, 49,,
az enemy endeayOring 70 sraic ibei, ma,;o. -
arts a"d 70 take The ship By boariinr Tboso -
me pixies stood on he deck anil thrust Owe, fbo -
mgoks' a. Hai she heads - srssil,nis. ri 49,"
WIN We swords rushed 10 Tho TOP aud rbe,o -
spon lhe ~hainmocks. (Which ere closely s,o,,o
cove The sulwarks) brandishfnr tbor b,-b, -
DiAdcs nnd looking over a. M IN ace rbci, CC