The New York herald., 1850-12-11

NEw CIrrns sHIr Sra srKrEsr.-we yesterday paid
vist to this beautiful vessel new lying at the fost Of
Fulton street. East River. The Sea Serpent was built
as Portsmouth, N, H., By Mr.. Geo Rayues un der the
superintendence Of Captain VIM. Howland date of
the Liverpool packet ship Henry Clay) her COM
msnder, and arrived here on the 7th Instant In as
hours from Portsmouth The Sea Serpent is only tn.
second sPecimsn otNew England pper chip building,
and yet she appears az may be allowed to Judge Of
what she do by her appearance s she lies at her
dock) capable Of holding her with the fastest Of
the fast clippers that ever left our pert
The register Of this vess. s about 500 tons She Ia
us feet long on the keel 1s3 feet between
lars, and 212 feet over all extreme brt adh OF beam
80 feet inches; depth Of held Il feet She ba. 20
inches dead rise at half floor inches rounding Of
,ides and feet cheer Her bow parake. Of the wedge
in appearance, and she Is very sharp bat her lines
are nearly all rounded Her bow is tastefully orns-
mtnted With large gilded eagle. with outstretohed
wings, BEAUTIFULLY carved. aud has q sm pie and very
nestappssrsnce. Her hull l. entirely black excepting
narrow yellow line which relieves The sSms,.s. and
locke much smarter than the white streak common
on other vessels.
The model Of the Sea Serpent is one that the great
est grumbler would be st loss to hnd the smallest
fault with. Head she has rakish appearance
and as her lines swell song the bow into their utmost
furess and then taper OF again into tie clear run
they chow incontestsby that the line of beauty has
been the guide In her construction They are as per-
feet perfection itself Her is most beautifully
proportioned. and is tsstefulty decorated ~th two
carved fu length repress ntatons Of the great Ame
She has lofty top gallant forecsstle for the crer;
hsuse 40 feet long by IL vide, and high sbaft the
foftmsst and half poop deck the height Of che main
rail The house contains store. galley and aoco-
modstion for the orward ecers IIer poop Il IS feet
long with small house In front forming a portico 10
the cabin Al the foot Of the cabin stairs IL an ante
room with ofcers state and pantry The cabin
has six large ststerooms and two closets andts
sides snd ends have mshogaoy waioscottinr with rna
Eeled pilssters spd gold edged cornces sud IL we'll
ventilated End lighted fror the deck each berth ato
1. sell ventilated By plate glass air port she is a full
risaed ship and her masts have a very rakish look
constructing this craft toe builder in hia efforts
Go turn out Skinner Of the not lost tizht Of
that derdsratum In all vessels strength She tho.
roughly bolted snd fastened throughout with the very
beat materials and b as strong imber md iron cen
make her. In word. she is most beautiful ve.eel
end speakn loudly for the genius OF her designer.
1he See Rsr pent IL owned by Messrs GriDnell Ntn.
tnrn & Co sxd will shortly sail fer China via San
TrSncisco when have doubt she will give good
account Of her doipgs
Brv,NsHiP NoHrA AERNER.-Ths following communica-
tiou was adopted by the passengers ofths Eorthsra
and pretented to her commander AZ the close OF her
late voyage from saSFra nosco to Panama.
srranrH NoRrurRSrn, B1y or PAsaS. Nov 1s
To Capt RASpALL, Of stesns.'p Northernsr
Dear Sir =: Your reputation and that Of your noble
ship Ia already Sufficiently estab ished to render any
rs unnecessary, still we are unw. lag, as passen-
sers 20 leave You without expressh in some suit
able manner our admiration Of your many excel
lenciss as a ccmmanJer, aud Of your chip
steamer We believe not In hsttery-nsr would
we prabe men for simply doing their dusv-yet
gladly press entire satisfaction ard Gus inll
belief that you and your ofsers have dene ell In your