The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-05

per-fAstened. She Is TO be eommandedsby ~ B. Palmer
heent line OF Ocean steamers In progress OF erection
From the other side Of the river namely, from the
yard Of Perrne, Paterson Stack North Second street.
Wnhamsburgb, was launched In short time after the
Philadelphia, built for Richardson, Watson Co., OF
this city and intended for packet ship between the
sre:-Lsngth, no feet; breadth OF beam. $50 feet
depth Is feet; tonnage, 1l75 tons She 10 Q three
decker and seems to have good capacity for freight
and the carriage OF passengers, from her great
breadth From the same cause, she must possess
fine buoysnt properties She Is built OF the best mate
rails Her ribs white oak locust and cedar an
planks white oak She is powerfully strong From
the great inclination Of the ways and from tia
stance of 1t being exactly "slackwater' no tide
either way ut the time she launched, she came
right the river to ghth street dock, aud strk
ing soop that was lying there, whirled her about in
the water, without doing her any damage She then
struck against the dock aud one Of the pauk
the face of 1t. There not tho slightest injury
done to herself There was little too much delay in
throwing out the anchors, for there is of Ks
about the middle Of the river to this side in whch
anchor will not hold and ordingly she dragged
il them. She Is sound, good vessel. There Is
another Of the and materials being built in
the same yard for Harbeck 4 Co, Of this city.
AT the foot of Sixth street from the yard OF w. H.
Webb it was intended to lannch another very hne
sell the Gsa, but in conseque nee Of her owner, Cap
tain Robertson Of Ne1burgh not having arrived the
event postponed till Tomorrow between eleven aud
twelve O'Clock. Her dimensions are:-Leugth, l61
feet; breadth 80 feet; depth Of hold, 27h feet Her
burtben Ia about $500 tons She is three decker,
built for William Whitlock Juniors line of Hayre
packets. 1t Is expected that Captain Richardson,
Who now commands the Duchess de Orleans, will
take charge of her. Her top, and her cauts fore
and aft, OF live oak and cedar; the rest of her
frame is of white oak her panks oak and her cell
ing is pitch pine. She is coppered and copper.f,st
ened in the most superior manner There are eis ne
folds OF shssthipg paper saturated with tar laid be-
tween the copper and her bottom, and her copper is
half as thick again as is usually put ships This Is
done from principle Of economy. The Duchess de
Orleans done in the same way and the copper
tnued tor nine years without being disturbed The old
copper sells within three four cents of the price
new and IL is false economy therefore to purchase
thin copper The usual plan Is to lauach vessel first
and then put her in the dry dock to copper herr what
Is still more frequent packet ship generally takes
trip and it is then found out where she leaks sac is
canlked over again aud copperedat Liverpool Where.
II the copper were put ON first aud she should nap
pen to leak 1t would have to be all taken OF There is
another objection to putting on the copper before
launching There Is danger of Il being stripped of
Robertson however, who superintendent the building OF
this vessel himself wished TO the copper pa,
under his eye. He possesses great skin ia
architecture.
erected for Moses H. Grinnei Co, for packet ship
to England she is 2l9 feet long, 40 feet in bread IA
and eS feet deep and threedecker. Her burth viii
be al least 500 tons She is Of the Kind Of mate
rails the Gsa. We also observed, IN the same
yard, the stocks for Charles al. Mar
shall length $50 feet breadth 80 feet ucnes depth 81
feet inches; the other Go BE- calloa the Catherine
for Schuchel 1T Il Gebhard Tor the Amterdau trade
to be anded by Captain kdwards formerly OF the
Angeque She is 1876 feet long 81 feet wide, aal 10
feet deep: bur,hen about 200 tons.
From the cholera papic a large number OF the sh ?
carpenters will work this hot weather. and hence
it IL rather FOR Of that trade To get employ
mcnt in the ship yards just nov Never did thS
city OF New YORK present such number OF ships beis
built together a. during the present year.