The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-19

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tempt made to upset the inspection laws and the mcr
camille interest were In that so . In the
abuses which they wished to explode (Chsersy The
inspection laws, however, went down-(Cheers.)- y
and the question now was not whether there sh ud be
dear postage cheap postage but whether there shall be
cheap postage or no postage at all (Cheers) Unless
the department reduced the rate OF postage it was mani
fest that Mr. Wickie would have no postage at all, for
he could not prevent private individuals from taking
routes and letters The government itse had no power
should not have the power of enforcing arbitrary,
just and pernicous law was the beuty oil our system
that government had power to enforce any such law
that whenever its laws into conflict with the inter-
est the common sense and the justice OF mankind from
that moment It's arm was parslyzed This was the posi-
ton in which the Post Office Department would soon find
upon the citizens Of New York This great bazaar
voice Of its citizens upon all matters Of public concern
must inevitably be heard As regarded the government
dear postage, but Of cheap postage postage at ALL
| (Cheers)
The Grammar then said he would take the earliest OF
portuny Of appointing the Committee and the meeting
| separated.
STEAM FRIGATE PRINcEroN-REvoIUTioN IN
STEAM NAvIGArIoN.-The new steam frigate
Princeton, with Ericsson's transversal screw
propeller, was exhibited ycsterday,b by r. F. Stock
ton, Esq, her gallant commander, TO the members
OF the press, engineers captains, &c. of this city.
Ii is of the most extraordinary and successful
| to have seen.
This beautiful vessel, looking like a splendid
packet, lay off the Battery, and the company were
taken on board of her by small steamer provided
for the purpose by Captain Stockton After all
had reached her upper deck, which is flush fore
and aft, her propeller was set in motion, and the
noble Princeton run up the North River, and then
down the Bay in gale of wind, and without
| a sail set, to the establishment of every one
This was done to display her points, and to show
| that the machinery is perfect in Its movements
as tc cause not the slightest jar in the ship When
off the Phoenix Foundry, one of her monster guns,
measuring sixteen feet in length, and capable of
carrying ball weighing two hundred and fifty
pounds, was fired off and, instead of making
every thing shake" the report was a neat finish
| ed one, not unlike the crack of rifle, on an en-
larged scale. While cruising about the Bay,
the company examined the ship, the machinery,
the rigging, the monster guns, and, finally, the
viands, wines, &c, laid out by her generous and
worthy captain.
AT dinner the utmost conviviaity prevailed; and,
| if foreign man of war should be attacked by
Captain Stockton in the Princeton, with his big
cannon balls, with the same Ji.re4r that he assaed
| his guests with champagne and hospitality, we
should not be astonished if she went down with all
on board as the champagne did down the threats Of
his guests. Wit, sentiment, and champagne flowed;
| in the midst of which Capt Stockton gave "Capt.
| Ericsson, the inventor of the Propeller" and
| Captain Stephen Glover gave Z" Capt Stock
| ton, the sheet anchor of the Navy" These were
| drank with nine cheers and more in return
Capt. S. made an excellent speech, in which he
introduced anecdotes, and exhibited the immense
benefit, to the whole civilized world, Of this
| principle in steam navigation. He highly compli-
mented Capt Ericsson, and modestly threw the
| toast sheet anchor Of the navy" upon Com. Stew
art. AS he finished, the steamer which was to
| take the company ashore, came alongside, and
ali reluctantly took leave of the gallant Stockton
| and the noble Princeton
| This steam frgate seems to be perfect. The rrin
cipe of steam propulsion introduced in her, must,
a short time, drive the old fashioned, wind resist
ing, uncouth paddle houses out of existence This
is proved in variety of ways, but coupd'GH is
sufficient evidence. In her,we see vessel Of about
seven hundred tons burthen, with an engine of two
hundred and fifty horse power, working single
submerged propeller, running at her stern .capa-
| Die Of making thirty-six or seven revolutions
minute, and sending the ship through the water at
| the rate of fourteen miles or more per hour. So
| far only two-hrds of her power have been used,
ana with that she has beaten the Great Western,
| the crack steamer of the Atlantic, called for her
| speed, the Fashion of the ocean, This done
| when the Princeton drew four feet more water
than the Western did. This tested her speed and it il
said with confidence that she can beat any steamer
| in the world
| In active service, steamers like the Prince
ton, fitted up with the submerged screw, have
every advantage over every other kind of vessel.
Wheels boilers, machinery, furnaces, cranks, &c.
| are all below water Ine-the top of the highest
plate of the boilers being four feet below that mark,
No ball can therefore, come within that distance
| OF any part of the machinery. In the Great West
ern, and in all other steam ships and frigates, the
wheels, smoke pipes, boilers, and indeed every part
of the whole, is exposed TO the shots from the enc
my's guns And in the Princeton there is another
desderatum, namely, that of burning anthracite
coal in her six furnaces, from which no smoke
issues, and stranger cannot therefore tell by what
| means she is propelled.
But this is not all This beautiful vessel is ship
rugged, and when fair wind is blowing, the screw
can be unshipped, canvass spread, and she will then
'walk away" from most any ship ahoat The
propeller offers scarcely any resistance, and the
Princeton has already freely run off before the
VIM lastcI IMAM many VesSeiS nave III THESE uays'
| SO much for the Princeton per Sc. In connec-
| ton with her, however, there are the two mon
stcrs on her upper deck that deserve aten-
| ton; they are the invention of Captain Stock
| ton. They are of wrought iron and of beau
tiful workmanship. One is thirteen feet long, and
the other sixteen feet They have bore of twelve
inches in diameter, and carry ball Of two hun
dred and fifty pounds weight with the accuracy of
rifle. 1t is said that Capt. Stockton ''snufl
candle at three miles distance with either OF them.
They are his play things. AS means Of destruc-
ton they have never been equalled, not even by
the great gun of Mehemet H.
In this successful application of new and inn
portant principle in steam navigation, the public
cannot rejoice too much 1t is in this case clearly