Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1842-11-19

TuE GRl.aT BRlTAlS Iron STEAMER: THE
| LARGEST VESSEL IN THE WoaLD.-lha
following. which we copy from the Lon.
don Times, is a more complete description
Of this gigantic vessel than has yet ap
| pcprca. The Grca! Britain is built CT
! tirelv of iron, with tile exception o! the
noor!ns OF her decks. and the flooring
and ornamental parts OF! her cabins. She
is 524 fee" in length aloll, or upward ol
100 feet longer than our larges; line OF
battle ships. Her extreme breath is 81
feet, and the depth Of her hold 90 feet
Size is registered $500 tons, so that her
bulk lar exceeds that OF any two steam
crs in Tie world. She has four decks,
the lowest o: which is OF iron and appro-
pria,cL for the reception Of the cargo -
The upper deck, with tie exception Of a
small break in the Corecastle, is complete.
| ~ flush from stem to stern. without
building or elevation Of any kind, so that,
beside the masts ind funnel, there will be
nothing above deck to offer resistance 10
a head wind.
| The two intermediate decks are appro.
friated exclusively to the use Of p.ssen
gers and the cquipage Of the. ship, and
consist Of four grand SALOONS, 1brming
together length Of dining room Of $50
feet; two large ladies' cabins er family
rooms, anu so state rooms, each CON
t~ininxtw spacious sleeping berths, so
that. besides the portion appropriated to
| the crcw, Stewards department., &c. the
immense unaber Of $50 passengers can
| be accommodated each with separate
bed without requiring a single sofa to be
made up in any Of the saloons. The
fprincipat saloon is !O8 feet long by SO
feet vide, and-8 feet inches high. Be
sides the vast space appropriated to the
passengers, crew, &c. and that occupied
BY the engines, boilers, &c. she has sulli-
ctcnt room for the stowagc Of 1000 tons
Of coal, and 1900 tons Of measurement
goods. There arc three boilers, capable
Lof containing 600 tons Of water which
will be heated. by "a ii.es, and she has
Tour engines, each Of $50 horse power,
milking in all .0OO. horse power. Some
idea may be formed of ryastnesswhen
/ state that AGO tons Of iron have been
used III her construction.
The most novel feature about the Great
Britain is her mode Of propulsion, which
is by the newly improved screw propeller,
patented by Mr.. smith. Of London. (wlth
improvements made upon it,) and applied
by that gentleman with complete success
to the Archin,edcs. The Great Britain
will be fitted with six masts. on five Of
which single fore ana aft sail only vii!
be carried, the mainnast alone being
rugged with yards and topmast. These
masts will 5c low as compared with the
size OF the vessel, although the main
mast will bea95 feet long. and the quanti-
ty Of canvass, though 'nconsiderab,e to
what she would carry as u full-riggcd
ship, will still pc as much as will cover
thsee-qnar,ers o! an acre Of ground.
II is4dtlicnl! to ascertain the precise
limits OF the speed which she is calculated
to per!ormat sea. Probably the expecta
tons Of the directors are greater upon
this point tmnshcy choose to confess ur-
lti an actuaftrial, bat something consi-
derab'y exceeding that Of any sca-going
steamship at present alloat may be looked
for. The rate ut which the Oriental
steam vessels accomplish their voyages
does. not average elnore than eight miles
an hour; the Atlantic steamers about
nine; and tho most4apia sea voyage ye,
haccomplisliel has not exceeded an average
of ten miles an hours tits estimated that
the gfea. Britain viii accomplish from
siQ t5 l6a11ids en- hour according to the
ha,ar. Of the. weather and the sea, and
no doub. Is entertained that her average
twN be at least EsNoel3 miles per hour:
taking, the lowest Of these rases, there
wosh. be an amazing increasaoyer the
greatest tsiunphs Of steam navigation
hitherto heard Of:
The following resolution, passed at the
recent Democralic. State Convention in
Massachusetts cpniains good hit at the
whig- prctenstsls 10 love Of law and
oEler:
"Rfso1rcd, That the federalism Of the
old Harposd.coflyention is the federalism
oil Misunderstanding party; and whether
We view IL crying revolution in the
streets Of Baltimore on Sunday, or threat
ming tosear down the post otticcin Boston,
or knocking down any body that comes
within the reach Of my aennt Pa,chogue,
waging buokslrot wars in Pennsylvania,
diissolving legislatures in Ohio, or shoot
ipg unarmed citizens on the Rhode Island
frapties of MASSACHUSETTS, is, the same
ruthless Zoe to order liberty and law
and shall be stripped ssf the disguise OF
democracy, Nv which it has sought TO
screSh itself from the people,
3 = .e s -
9aiflGl, AUTHORITY.
TLoai'as Al. Raddotrh u . 's;'ersto the
the Chalottssylll., .ssdyorate IN
1897, alakepcaking Of the gooa opinion
which THpMAs JEFFERSON entertained o.
both JACKSON and 10. ADAMS. said:- .
'xTowards Mr.. Cay, as politician, Mr..
Jefferson constantly manifested strong
rephgdancc, and oiisn said he was mere .
y splendid oretor, without any valsa-
Dle knowledge from experience or study,
Is my determined public pne cipIes loun-
led in. sound politicSl science Either prac-
tical.sor. theoretical" Such was the O.
pinion o6lhe Sage Montice!lo.s