Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-06-04
TIE BRILLIANT.

We werc highly gr~atified by a visit to this
splendid steamer. and had intended in ,requi-
tai OF the patient attention and courtesy Of
her accomplished commander, Jesse Hart, to
precdde her departure with such notice Of her
cons F%ruction and equipments as seems to US
due at our hands to The skill of our mocha
MICS and to the taste and liberality Of Captain
Hart and his associates in the proprietorship.
But we are over-reached in this design by
the sudden departure Of the Brilliant on Sa-
turday evening rendered necessary by the
falling of the river, which threatened long de-
lay unless the Falls at Louisville could be
passed Oh the present freshet, the dimensions
of the boat not permitting her to enter the
| canal locks. We are too late then to call
the a~ttentioa of such Of our citizens az have
not seen her, to this fine specimen Of Pitts
burg workmanship. but we shall still be in
s~easonto commend the Brilliant to the notice
Of our Western and Southern friends, and TO
invite the comparison we would challenge
with similar products of tie skill of rival
workrnen at Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville
and New Albany. We have no fear of the
results of the comparison we provoke, for we
do not hesitate to say that the Brilliant CON-
bines more of the essential requisites of secu-
TltFs CiegdUCE diu COiIiGEis llEaH any stCaID
boat now afioat between Pittsburg and the
Balize.
The model of the Brilliant is to our eve
families, uniting the qualities of clean taper
fore and aff, inseparable from speed with The
ample bearings anldships, necessary to give
her steaainess; while her heavy timbers and
massive fastenings bid defiance 10 snsg and
breaker. Approaching the boat one is struck
~;sb To- lactr, r-,,,r+;o,, bo,,,x 80 r,a. l.,
tween decks anil IL feet between ceiling and
floor OF the cabins above ; but this height is
in perfect keeping with her great breadth of
beam, which is - feet. This style of con-
s~truction affords a magnificent range Of cabin,
co. taining altogether 40 Ct mmodious state
rooms ; Of these % are in the main cabin, 10
in the ladies' cabin, and 8 in the social halI.
The divisions are marked by light folding
saloon, furnishing an unbroken promenade
of about l60 feet, as we stepped it The
finish of the cabin is in excellent taste, ele-
CANT without that excess INTO which, too often,
the attempt of elegance subsidies. MIR. Mel
linser is the workman, and it is due to him
that so creditable a Job as this should be
ascr;bed to no one else. We regret that the
name of the carver who supplied the neat or
iiICH !" LIN PiId5tCiSs pdIC!eJ w.. ilus
escaped us.
The appointments OF the cabin are very
handsome throughout. BRUSSELS carpets,
low backed arm chairs, handicapped tables,
and mirrors in abundance, are "suggestiye,'
as Beg would say, of luxury to the foot, tie
frame and the eye. The furniture. manufac-
tured by Messrs. Weodwall, deserves notice,
for strength and beauty of finish. The hull
nf tbn prill;apt x,ar b,rft rear T1raoJ,y, ~
Graham's old ship yard, by Baker & Co, un-
der the supervision OF Aaron Hart, Esq., whose
experience in boat building has been advan-
tageously employed in getting out this model.
The dimensions Of the Brilliant are as fol-
lows:
Length of keel, $50 feet
i" over all, 2nS
Breadth Of beam, "a f.
+" over all, 50
Depth Of hold, u I"
Draught wood and water on beard, IL #.
Height between decks, II feet.
of cabin, II feet.
Diameter Of water wheel, % feet.
Length Of buckets, IL feet.
The buckets are double, or what is us uaily
called sbroken buckets" to prevent the dis
agreeable jarring so common while boats are
running.
Her tonnage by measurement is bnt ds3
tons and 10 95ths, but she viii carry over
$40 tons, and Capt. Hart expects she viii
stow $500 or 5000 bales of cotton
She has two engines, built By Messrs.
Warden & Nicholson; the cylinders are %
inches il diameter, with a 10 feet stroke.
We were amused 10 see on the pitman shaft
of the !arbosrd engine, Fanny EiislerH figuring
in gilt capitals, in a nonotonous dance "for-
ward and back" while on the starboard ~Ce-
leste." was busy il a similar movement.
The boilers of which there are five. are %
inches in diameter and 70 feet long. 18th dou-
Bile f1ues. Warden and Nicholson deserve
great praise fer this specimen of their skill,
aud we were glad to be : competent judges
pass hieh encominms on II.
The Brilliant is designed as a regular ira
der he x9een New Orleans and Bayou Sara,
and before we surrender her to the commu-
mites TO which she looks for patronage, we
desire to urge an extraordinary claim she and
her commander have uFon their faror.--it is