The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-11-03

the depressing innuence OF the new tarlf law upon
the shipping interest, most of the ship yards in this
city present comparatively busy appearance. One
large packet ship called the Ashburon," OF eleven
hundred tons burthen, and to be commanded by
Capt. Huttleson, of the Roscoe was launched yester-
day by Westervelt " Mackay, and two more packet
ships and one large steamboat are now on the
stocks, amounting in the aggregate to nearly four
thousand tons. The cabin of the "Ashburton" is
sixty four feet long, and fourteen feet wde-being
larger than the cabin of any other packet 1t will
| differ from all others in style and arrange ment.
Her state oms will be about nine feet square each
All is to be fitted up in the style of Louis the Four
| teenth, by Gibson, the decorative artist.
is certainly very gratifying to see the ship yards
so lively amidst SO much depression, and to notice
that our large shipping merchants still go ahead,
against all difficulties
At Webb Il Aliens there is ship building for the
old line of Liverpool packets, Charles H. Marshall,
AGENT that will probably surpass in size, be auty and
speed, any ship attached to that line She is to be
| of twelve hundred tons burthen, and will be con-
| structed with every modern improvement. Captain
| Benjamin L. Waite, now of the favorite ship Eng
| land, will command her, and we understand that
she is to be built entirely under his superinten-
| dence.
ship Of the size the above, and intended for
the new line of Liverpool packets, to be composed
of the Rochester, Southerner, Hottinguer, and this
| new vessel, Woodruff 81 Minturn, agents She is
tobe commanded by Captain Eldredge, long and
favorably known as the commander of the Hunts
| vile, and his own affairs
These two fine packets will be launched early
next year. Their contour will partake very much
OF the appearance Of the Roscius, Sheridan, Sid
dons, and Garrck, and all the capital improve
ments introduced by Mr. E. X. Collins will be
adopted in them-such for instance as the poop
deck and the fatish bottom.
The building of these ships does not indicate any
decline in the packet ship business. 1t does not
prove that the steamers have injured them SO ma
| terially as many persons have imagined. On the
contrary it shows that the business is not losing
one, and thatit sonly to be affected by tariff such
as that passed at the last session of Congress-
Steam ships tend more to increase the travel be-
tween America and Europe than to injure the sail
ing packets.
The steamer, which we have mentioned, is build.
ing by VIM. H. Brown the great steam boat con-
sructor. He built the Russian steam frigate KAN
schatka the steam boat Troy, and fifty others equal
ly as splendid, substantial and swift Thatnow on
| the stocks is the longest steam vessel ever built
either in this country or. in Europe. Her ex-
IRENE length is three hundred and thirty feet, six
feet longer than the great iron steamer Great
Britain Her breadth of beam is thirty feet,
with nine feet and ten inches depth of hold
The dining will be three hundred and ten feet
long, and there are to be two rows of state rooms
Altogether, her hull will far surpass any thing of the
kind yet in the world. She is to be fitted with
two Of William A. Lighhall's horizontal half beam
marine engines, called forty-eights, with twelve
foot stroke. Her wheels are to be 32t feet dame
ter, l2i feet face, with dip of % inches Her
shafts and cranks will be of wrought iron She is
| to have. four boilers, nine and half feet wide
and eighteen feet long. The whole length of the
engines, from bulkhead to bukhead, will be forty
eight feet over ALL by the diameter of the cylinder
in width. "a
These engines of Ligthhalls are superior to any
ever introduced in steam vessel. Indeed, they
are the only American marine engine ever invented
They have all the advantages of the present beam
engine, all the advantages of the square and
crossed engines, in stress and strain all the adj
vantages OF the incline engine" from the incline
| OF It's connecting rod from the beam TO the crank.
| and all the advantages of the "horizontal engine"
| from having horizontal cylinder, laying horizon
tally IN the bottom OF the vessel and working longi-
| tudlnally with the strength of the hull They can
have any length of stroke and are suitable for any
depth of hold.
beautiful model of this shalt beam engine"
was exhibited at the late Fair of the American In
stitute. No one seemed to notice it, however-no
one appeared to appreciate it-and even the men,
bers OF the Institute passed it by as mere model, as
valuable as such in steam vessel They per-
haps did not know that the only marine engine this
country ever produced, and destined to suppant all
others, was in their Fair. We should think, how
| ever, that the managers of the Institute ought TO
| have known what they themselves exhibited II is
really pity they did not
Power OF THE NEWSPAPER PREss--THE
| TAdMANY COUNTY MEErINa.-After all, it must be
seen that the press is the great safeguard of this
country. IL lsthe police and the government of the
country. The magistrates are nothing, police no.
thing, watchmen nothing, In comparison with the
press The late meeting was an exemplifcation of
this. Ii the press had not come out and showed the
probability Of riot the folly of it, and the means to
prevent it, there would have been tremendous
fight in Tammany Hall. AS it was, the whole af-
fair went of quite peaceably after Mike Walsh was
put the ticket, and with very little previous noise
COMPLIMENT TO CAPTAIN SToDDARp.-Annexed
is the correspondence that passed between the Hon.
Daniel Webster and Captain Stoddard, of the pack
ct ship Vile de Lyon, relative to the beautiful gold
medal presented to the latter by the Queen of Eng
| land
DEPARTMENT STATE
WASHINGTON, Aug. IL, ls42,
Sir =
have just received letter from Mr.. Fox, the British
Minister at Washington, transmitting me, by direction
oil Her Majesty six gold medals bearing the
portrait OF the Queen which the British Government de-
sire to present to the Commanders of the United States
vessels named in accompanying list in acknowledge
ment Of the services rendered by them in saving the lives