The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-16

which frequently found In other steamships The
bitumiuous coal and their draft is so good that no
blower Is requisite In fact while the engine In full
play the furnace doors partly open Attached to
the engine apparatus for making distilled fresh
water from the condensat OF the engine at the rate
Of about two barrels day and Are engine capable
OF throwing large stream Of water to distance In
the ship These engines constructed under the
nmsdiats superntendencs of Mr. Guion head engineer
spencer chief engineer of the United States and six
assstsnt engineers viz Mr. Henry Bills first assistant
engineer; Mr. Edward Curtis second do Isaac Stevens
do do; Wn Skidmors, third de- Thenas Mehsn third
do and another who Is yet to bo appointed. In this
department Of the vessel there also twelve nremsn
and twelve coal beavers This noble will he under
the command of Captsn HackstaR MIR G A Cole Is the
first mate the second mate has not yet been appointed
sci left the North River until she headed again
dy Hook, the following Is an accurate log =
Half past p. NJ. Got underway, wind blowing strong
from north west.
IS Abreast of Castle william.
So NJ. Light ship bearing s. s. w, one mile dis
taDt
sP.M Bout ship, and steersd east by south half
eouth ssventytvo miles when she was hauled head to
wind 1t blowing at the time reeed topsai breeze from
Ghc north west and heavy running.
=, Having such comparatively quiet and sassy time
was hauled up in the teeth of such strong wind
it would be followed Immediately by rocking and work
log but ruch things occurred 50 far from it, and
nearly" stiF church" Is the vessel that the
about" not known to the nautical men on board,
easy and calmly did she ride the waters About
O'Clock, A NJ, on Wednesday morning. Bremen
bark the Christopher Columbus showed her oolors, and
by her nhe homsward bound, having her top
sails resfsd and making good Roadway Soon after this
Msssy's patent log thrown overheard, and It
founs ths. 10 the sesth OF this gale and heavy head
the United States travelling at the rate OF min
aud third knots equal to ten and half eleven
mites statute per hour This the trial part Of the
"trip and the performances of the United States under
thess disadvantages received thu unqualified approba-
ton Of ali the seafariDg men on board
After behaving handsomely in this way for time
the passengers called meeting, Captain Hudson Of the
u. navy in the chair
Dir GEo w Blunt said ths meeting was convened
for the purpose Of expressing opinion the per-
formancss Of the ship 10 bic opinion she emn emily
successful and would merely that the United States
on tbs her first trial Mt and in the fscs Of hard
nor weeter, made progress which he thought hardly
possible under the circumstances He recommended
The appointment Of committee to draw resolution
expressive of tho OF the the occasion
Mr. J. II. Marshall, 8. navy, Mr.. Hart, U. s naval
constructor Captain Stoddsrd, Mr.. Hunt, and MIR P
Hamilton, appointed such committee and after
fsw minutes they proposed the following resolution,
which unanimously adopted viz II Resolved, That
10 tbs judgment OF this meeting the performances Of
the steamship United Statas against heavy north
win have bssn satisfactory to sntitle her to high
rank among frst class steams ships and that Ameri-
cans feel just pride IN such successful specimen
OF naval architecture end steam engine building
Having described the form 81 the model, 1t remains
necessary for only to say, that she necessary
TO bs used in the naval servcs have two tiers of
and furnish abundance Of to work them besides
carrying abundance Of coal for voyage to Europe
This object hiss bsen striven for In Europe else
where but this 10 the tias thet it has been
conplisbed in steamship She is provided with four
boilers, made Of the best maerisstwoo engines, with
cylinders eighty inches Ia diameter, and nine feet
stroke of piston Daring the trip tbs pressure
ten pounds to the square inch and the revolutions
thirteen to minute She reached Peck slip at about
four NJ all board we'll pleased with the result sspe
cisly her butler, Mr. Wsbb-the constructors of the
engines Messrs sscor, and Captain Marshall one Of the