The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-07-11

may trace in each a faithful friend
Welcome our lips in joyous accents swell,
Dear henorea sir, and you kind friends, farewell.
Mr.. McMurray, in behalf of the Governor, made
a brief reply, and the party returned to town about
eight o'clock last evening, highly pleased with their
excursion for the day.
We understand that the Governor to-day will vi
sit Brooklyn, and will spend several days on Long
Island. He will return to the city probably by Sa-
turday next when he intends to visit the other in
spection offices, the. Long Island Farms, Blackwe's
Island, and such other institutions in the city as
may be deserving his attention.
The SHIP FRANKLIN AND THE MEcHANIcs--The
mechanics, worklDgmen, and other citizens Of the
Seventh Ward, who are interested in the contem-
plated removal OF the United States ship Franklin
to Boston for repair having been called together for
this evening to express their opinion OF the wrong
about TO be done to our mechanics and others, and
to take such measures as they may deem proper 10
prevent, possible, so gross act of injustice the
city of New York. This ia movement which will
excite sympathetic feeling amongst mechanics o.
all classes. and for their information, but more es
peclaliy tor the information of the meeting to be
held this evening, we give some of the more sub.
stantia reasons urged by the late Secretary of the
Navy in communication which was last night
laid before the Common Council in relation to this
subject. Mr.. Upshur says IN the first place, that
There Is no dock in this city or in Brooklyn,
where ship OF the line can be repaired. The Co
vernment has provided two docks, one at Gosport
and the other at Boston, in or the other Of
which the Secretary feels that he is bound to have
the franklin repaired Again he says, no other ex-
pedent any degree OF safety, be adopted Tor
the weight OF the franklin is great for sectional
Dock and the strain he fears would inure the ship
This experiment, he says has been tried in England
and fall led; and the plan OF cutting the ship down
cannot be admitted, for 1t would be announcement,
dlfhcult, and too expensive. And II is not certain
that she ought to be cut down at all.
Further, that all the expedenis suggested, are to
to say the least of them OF very doubtful practical
blhty The expense must be greater in New York
than in Boston, and what reason is there for incur
ring 1t She is now ready for her voyage Boston.
But again, even if she Should be repaired in
Brooklyn, she must afterwards be sentto dry dock
to be coppered.
further objection is conclusive. No vessel is
ever launched without more or less injury. There
Is point OF time when she is not supported, either
by the ways or the water, and at that moment she
Is always injured In some degree. A long and
heavy vessel is almost invariably begged, by which
she is both dlsfigured and weakened. This was
the case with the Franklin, and she shows it TO this
day. Why then, he asks, should she be again put
on ways. and again subjected TO similar injury Ii
she be put In walled dock, her present crook may
be corrected II otherwise placed that crook will
be Increased. He says he has no right as public
officer TO hesitate a moment between such alter
natives are here presented.
The Secretary says there is no dock In New
York, and that this is no fault of mis-, for he
has strenuously recommended the same. But that
the construction of such dock has been stopped
en- account OF the fact that certain citizens of New
YORK have endeavored to substitute for it other
contnvances which they considered better
The communication Of the Honorable Secretary
Is very FULL occupying thirteen closely written TO-
hos, and is accompanied by other statistical docu-
ments and facts which constitute the ground of his
decision to remove the Franklin to Boston.