New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-12
CITY ITEMS.

L. 100000 x;.i,er frou1 China has done throughout
,ha cirv The staten Island ferry-bosts have been
crowded with p.,,eussr, ever since her arrival eager to
%, .,,b, even Of her exterior and all have made up
their minds that she is worthy Of the famous country
from which she comes On the way up from Cooey
Island on Saturday Capt Power Of the American IAso
varied from hi, course and in common with some TWO
hundred other passengers. could not help laughing
. We s.l,d ua,, her unweiidy hull and saw 'ne eonif
e.l INCOMING ND of Chin.nen's heads along her eui~"'
1 veow r,.e., .eeuned TO enjoy the fun quite a. ven
. .px of the spectaors and shouted and lsueneo snu
banged away on two three so0s' to the srea
Of all their audience. ~.
Afterwsri we had the pleasure oil going oH OO
link and Of inspecting her, both ship and eSso,
re n,s guidance of Capt Kele,, and bis second of'er
81 Rvet We spent two or three hours on oo'iu a-s
had orr curiosity fully grsthsd- The heying named
.f., bish osr of the Celestial Empire, who has tined
nj. .k In diplomacy no, wi,hou, success against Inc
..,o,. Of the outside Bsrbarians arrived here, as
mos. of our readers know, after passage OF 2l2 days
from, Canton having touched at St Helena on the 25d
.,,u lss, whore she was object Of great curiosity
.s as overrun with vsters during her stay OF seven
sr She I, built throughout Of teak wood Ia nearly
new and was bough, BY Capt Kellett for slIOOO she
I. shanad ike whsle boat 10 one hundred and nity
feet twenty five feet beam and twelve feet deep In
the hold she was originally vessel and suil re.
tain, some of the pecuisrities Of that character
Externally she 10 painted white with black waist as Tar
a. the foreruast then red 10 the On each side OF
her bow is painted an immense Eye While spread Eagle
aourishes ON her stern Her bow is fat like that OF
.cov with no bowsprii butin the place usually occupied
by the .pri, Is an opening about wide as barn
vsrd gate after the fashion Of Brooklyn ferrybost to
give chance for working the anchors, which are also
made of teak wood and hung by cables OF twisted osm'
hoo Az the bow are also fastened two large cables,
which run the whole length Of the ship. and form the
only hanging OF the rudder delicate affair OF teak wood
weighing some dozen tons when fully Immersed oeing
,renty, three feet in the water and when nosted up
twelve To manage this contrvsuce ittases some thHV
man and A stout windass The msin CABIN Is thirV
foe, long ten and half gh and twenty three VIDE anu
ia adorned with great variety OF figures IN iresco
among which are dragons, eagles and hgers ~ isse
Ut and twice a, ferocous In this cabin we saw many
nisces of beautiful Chinese furniture which might we"
b coned by our cabinet makers togetner WIN o'nei
.rosres among hich the most prominent "sss sreSe
idol mr. Josh carved from single block oil "ooo ana
nad This divinity has eighteen arms ana iour eyes
and WAS brought board the ship with the greatest re
verence BIZ ia Chinese bearers Above IN little recess
-. ~, noon s,snds the regular Josh Of the ship be-
fore which light is kept constantly burning ana 10
,bicb the Cinnamon have relgously resored when the
iupk was threatened by bad weather We understood
however that their spirit Of devotion had declined very
greatly since sailing At fret they were precise 10 Chm
Ginning the idol every morning bu, lsery they have
not performed that service more than once week
After taking a view Of the whole We accepted Capt
Kee,,. invitation to take little ChOr choir (chawchsw
dinner, with him The dinner, though served on board
The Junk was not composed OF Chinese dishes, not
single rat or join, of young puppy being on the table
Having completed this important ceremony, We enjoyed
few minutes conversation with Hesug, Mandarin OF
the Red Button who came out passenger with Capt
K-ett aud exercises of psternal authority over
the f,rtv of his countrymen on board Mr. Hesng Is a
man of some intelligence. and communicated to US q
variety of information relating 10 Chinese manners and
customs He told that he was the husband OF three
wives and said no cachee more cosee too muehee
dollar On inqurne what course he pursued on occasion
of too lively domestic difficulties among these partnersoi
his affections he replied with perfect gravity, horse
whippae" Chinese artist fqustted on his haunctes
painting dragon, Hesing informed us was the happy
proprietor OF two wives and when in answer 10 his que
rieI we assured him that in this country no can cat
chez" more than one wife he politely expressed loci
ing which was not admiration for our Institutions
We understand that the junk will be brought up TO
the City on Tuesday Wednesday and moored at Gas
lie Garden through which the public will have scces'
to her The general anxiety to behold this great curl
osity then be fully grstid'd
InErKENCH -TEAnrN UNlVN-F0RMERLY THE
CAxApA"-This beautiful ship is fortunate in having
cspsbl4 kind and oblging officers who, notwithstanding
the difficulties attendant the first voyage of new
steamer across the Atlantic, have been able to please
ecrVbody Frenchmen certainly can do that when they
set about it, except in impossible cases.
All the passengers have signed and presented to Capt
Herbert IAN excellent and experienced seaman, sfabe
and courteous 10 his msnners) the following letter
/ We the undersigned passengers of the French
steamer Union DESTROYS render homage TO the con
duct Of Captain Herbert and his officers who gave US the
greatest care and the choicest attention during all the
voyage have resolved in order to give the testimony OF
our gratitude in public manner to make known TO tho
/ American people the kind manner with which We have
/ been treated BY them.
We congratulate the officers Of the Union the
ceipt of this ample testimonial Want of similar
at mt has broken up other lines and driven
vessels intended for the Atlantic 10 the alternative Of
shorter voyages elsewhere. We congratulate France
and America on the additional facilities for mutually
beneficial correspondence and commerce which the
French line will afford Monsieur Delsmotherie mem
Der OF the Institute OF France on board the steam
boat which Robert Fulton constructed and which sailed
several hours on the Seine at Paris in 1900 went down
below Passy Frauklins old residence and back several
times sailing against the current without any difficulty
The also published yet neither France nor
England the importance Of applying steam as a
motive power TO prope ships till America SET the ex
ample on the OF the Hudson Years were suffer
ed to eapse before young Dodd resoute British sailor
yentured 10 sea with 70 ton steamcrat aud in bis
voyage from Dublin to Glasgow and thence round 10
London he sstouished the English Irish and Scotch %
the Journal de Physique tells full as much az Captain
Cooks ship did when it frat appeared among the South
Sea islands E0r. however We have French and Eng
hsh lines of sailing the Atlantic and the
Union bold and elegant ship OF large size, and with
powerful French machinery, making her first passage
from Cherbourg, in Normandy (the ancient Corialnm
whsrves In the East River in 6 days and IL hours
but deductng the IA hours she detained the differ
euce Of time between Cherbourg and sew.York snc
computing is done about the Enslish steamers tn,
length Of the voyage should be stated at only 10 days
Fulton and Livingston should have lived to this
Others guessed in 1900 at what H be d0ns-but the,
boldly adopted the means TO the end requireddiC
the work and did il well-snd then babe wonderin,
in nd raad ~