New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-08-16

much worth seeing and no little to be enjoyed
A patriot might find compensation for grand
tour every five years just in watching and wit
Messing the growth Of the country; an epcure III
noting how turtle travels Westward and tavern
Madeira actually becomes impregnated with the
Juice of the grape at Detroit, Chicago, and anon
even to Iowa I4oilercrs in the Cities. the best
season for travel is just commencing!
n The superb Steamboat kNICKERDoCKER,
takes her place in line on the Hudson this week.
We find the following hasty sketch of her CHEF
points in Hunts Magazine:
The Knickerbocker is three hundred and TWEEN
tyfive feet long, thirty-two feet vide, nine feet
nine inches depth of hold, and will measure one
thousand and forty-two tons; greater amount
of tonnage than any other American steam YES
sci. Her engine was built at the PhGusx toun-
dry. The cylinders sixty.fiye inches In diameter,
and ten feet stroke. The main watcr-wheel
shafts are of wroughtiron, forged at Cold Spring,
Newly ork, are sixteen inches IN diameter, and
weigh thirty.one thousand seven hundred and
sixty pounds The cutoff is the one invented
| bv James Cunningham, Esq. The boilers are
!
/ blast from FLOWERS, driven by two small engines.
The water wheels are thIrty-two ieet IN diane
ter. and eleven feet face.
The hull is built of the best materials well
fastened, and unusually strong, in order that she
NAV run, if necessary, on other waters than the
Hudson The main cabins below are three hun
breed feet in length, and are furnished witt! three
hundred berths sixty of which are in state rooms.
The ladies' saloon is ninety feet long, twenty
nine feet wide, and has sixty-iour berths Is enty-
four of which are in twelve statc-rorns On
the upper deck there arc fity.six s,ate-roons,
extending oi>the sides of the boat from the pilots
wheel to the promenade deck. between which i
a LARGE saloon intended for a ladies' gentemen's
sttinr.rooln. Tier Statr-roonns number, alto.
oether, one hundred and three. twelve of which
are in the lacies' cabin, thirty in the dining cabin
below, fity-sx on the upper deck, and five on
the main deck. She Is commanded by \. P.
ST JOIN, long and lavorably known as Captain
of The Rochester
Which Capt. ST. joins let add, has no
superior any where in making passengers CON,
Portable, transporting them speedily and punctu-
ally, and landing them safely. Should 1t ever
be our fortune TO make voyage round the globe,
we covet Just such commander.
THE Mass MEETING friend writes drop.
ped in at the Tabernacle last evening, for the
purpose of hearing the celebrated Col. Young
speak on the subject OF Constitutional Reform.
There was rather a thin attendance and no Col.
Young. His place was supplied, however, by
Mr.. Sherwood, a Loco-Fo member Of the Lc-
rislature from Madison Co. He was introduced
to the audience by Mayor Morris, and commenc
cd By pronouncing eulogy on the Secretary.
and Democracy in general; saying that the Col.
had not changed ground for the last twenty years,
but that the People had been wrong several times
during that period.
He exhausted the vocabulary of superlativcs in
his praises OF the stop-and-tax policy-was op.
posed to the Legislatures aiding in the construc-
ton of the New York and Erie or any other Rail
road to the completion Of the Genesce Valley.
and all other Canals now unfinished, contendinp
that none of the lateral Canals would paw the
interest on one-half the cost of their construction.
The Erie Canal he would have enlarged when il
could no longer DO the business for which it was
created He seemed to regard Internal Improve
ments as beneficial only in proportion to the
amount OF rerenue they yield to the State and
even then forgot that the Erie Canal Yields a
greater revenue IN consequence of the laterals
believe De Witt Clinton took different view
of these things understood him to be in favor
of curtailing Executive Patronage and Power
also the authority OF the Legislature with REGARD
10 making loans for purposes OF improvements
etc. Much that he said was very well.
/ When left, Mr Benton, Loco Member Of
Congress elect from, Herkimer had the floor and
was belching forth stream thrash about Banks,
: Bribery Corruption etc, IN a style not un-
", arthy Of his na pesake and prototype, the great
hun hug!