Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-03-11

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Like the one funnel ship would be on hers
being carried away, her one funnel lost:
she4has alost her ali. ,ffis Terrible has,
$twosmas gaines, and two shelErooms, one.
Iof each before The engine room>sand sone;
t.abafi for the safetysuf The vesseifito pre-
went any powder passing ,tIiroug ghsthesen,
Fgine roonsyfen firing guns. She can
STOW. 400 ions of coal below the 10 = Ell
ldeck, and is prepared on The nidshiP part
|of the deck 10 take 2 or 300 tons more
packed in bags;as: a defence from shot TO
The engines and boilers, filling up q space
E6f l3 feet. III addition 10 her thick. sub
stan,aI olidysides, she has good capacity
and il required for any particular service,
can carry more coal in sacks. Whhre-
gard TO The conveyance Of troops, she
can berth a Thousand men under cover OF
her second gun deck, independent. o., her
ships company, their berths being below
forward, and the officers cabins, gun
rooms, &C., abafi, 50 that each gun deck
lis'enlirely clear and always ready lor &C
ton, without removing bulk head, and
the deck being perfectly free IRON The
captains cabin abail, 10 the bow ot The
! vessel. She is constructed III the strong
est aud most substantial manuer, on MIR.
Lang's improved melhed .oi uniting the
frame timber, N aisins her peliectly water
tight, SO that il would swim even ii her
external keel land, plank were off her
bolton. This method is now adopted in
the Royal Albert, l20 guns, now in her
1 frame, and may be seen on The slip in
/ Woolwich dockyard.' .-i,t
The engine room Of the Terrible is
most splendid; on deck, The whole length
of The engine room, are gratinss'opcn and
well ventilated by hatchways, giving
], light and air TO the engineers, strokers,
DC. Its an admirable plan. such as no
steamer ss yet has the advantage OF; aud
each boiler has separate halchway. and
may be readily taken out for repair with.
0It interfering with the other boIlers.--
This method Of Mr.. Laug's invention,
prevents the necessit of ripping up The
deck, which IS the case with other sleam-
ers, when, the bullers are required to be
taken out from those vessels. and there
loo, the deck covering the boilers. The en-
gineers and stokers have the Iigh, admit.
ted by the halchways over The engines
only, The Terriple's engines are most
majestic they are 500 horse power, the
production Of Maudslay, Sons s. Field,
and show 10 advantage III this large sielm
Ter. Her decks have halcIIways in various
parts, scuttles, sky lights, &c., for venl-
laIing the ship, even 10 the lower paris Of.
III, hull; and there are many other con-
veniences loo numerous 10 mention, con-:
iribu.ing 10 The efficiency of the ship and
The comfort Of the officers and crew, 80
llhat she may be said 10 be The largest aud
most perfect steamer ever buiIt. The
Terrible is commanded by Captain Ram
fsay, late of the Dee, steamer vessel, and
she Is 10 have a complement of240 officers
men and Nautical Standard
A fire occurred this morning about 4 o.
clock, which sresulted ilrthe destruction
Of three;housesin Tradd street. ,Ehe FIRE.,
we understand, originated in he,kiichen5
attached 10 The house in ,Tradd next door
TO the corner of Lesare7slreeeL occupied
by q "A drecl, "a shoe max er z.phera
tpersons had been eng aged last mig ght In
working until q ia.e ,lour.s;5lhe Gre then
spread si6lhe dwelling house tpihe East
sin: Ttadtl ;slreeti:in whichMf. DoOgherty.
resided, and tojIhe: house adjoining Mr.
Aldrect's On The Wesi, at lie corner, the
lower part ofwhich was occupied by Mr..
Schwing, as a grocery store, and the
upper, by Mr., Sclboe as a.dwellins. The
three houses were entirely consumed. The
roofof the honse.opposile, to, Mr.. Doug
iherty's, the residence Of Mr., Goldsmith.
was several times on fire, bul by greal
exerious was saved. Mr.. Dosnory, we
understand, succeeded insaving part of
his furnilure; his hDuse was insured for
S2400. furniture at $3.50. Mr.. Scuboe
was less fortunate, being engaged on duty
\ at The Piquet Guard House. his wife aud
children were only able 10 save themselves,
bur every particle ofclohing and furniture
was consumed and about $50 in money,
The proceeds Of some tax executions which
he had collected for The City Sheriff.
This will fall heavily on Mr.. Sr1boe,
VINO IS poor man ano mas lanlly 10 sup
port by his daily labor.-The Eusning
News. March a,
District Court--a nouet ca:e.-A sngu-
lar and interesting case. has been COM
.menced in this court against John :.
Caldwell, and Lucy Ann, his wife, BY C.
K. Wise and Sarah E. Wise. bis wife, for
500, 900 damages. The circumstances OF
the case as Sc, forth in the plaiGtiff' pell-
,iop, are these: Mrs. Wise. when she
married W., had daughter by former:
husband. TO whom she was devoledly al
lached; but in consequence of Mrs. Wise
being attacked by severe fl of illness,
the child was con6det to the care of he
defendant and his wife-Ihe latter being
her. sister. When she recovered they
sought for the child. .bu Caldwell and his
wife refused to deliver her up, and since
that lime. have kept her out Of the way
and declared that they should never have
her aqain. The child is abOul seven