The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-08

nne boat for the Shrewsbury route she Ia 1Td
Get long 10 vids, sad feet deep. she win be
launched about the rst Of May and is expected to be
q very fat boat.
Msssus Westeruet & Mackev foot Of Seventh street.
just laid the keel for the nrst Of line OF steamers
10 run between this city and Richmond, Virginia.
she will be 90 feet long 80 wide and IL deep, aud will
have two engines the cylinders Of which were cast by
Messrs. Morgan Co., on Saturday, from the same
moulds those OF the Prometheus, OF which engines
they to be exact counterpart. Her bed plate.
were also csst last week messrs w NJ. have also
Just put up the frame work Of clipper ship for
Messrs CHAMBERLAIN Phelps, to De employed in the
California and China trade Length Of her keel, 200
feet; breadth Of beam, 40 feet; hold 90 feet. The
.ane drm is also about uding clipper ship for the
Havre trade, for Boyd Nincken.
M IA, on J. UT.tsTet, foot OF Houston street has
juet laid the keel of China clipper ship and has also
on hand beat for the Houston and WILLIAMSBURG
ferry.
M ". II Broun, foot Of Twelfth street, has nearly
completed the yacht for the Worlds Fair She is al
ready panked and will be lausched in about three
weeks The other yacht constructing Tor himself is
in the same state of torwardness and viii shortly be
reaay The steamer for California, of the size
as the Pacific, (now about sailing for San Frame sco)
is also completion She is resolving her outside
plsnking. He is alec building a tow boat.
Messrs Perine, Patterson r Stack, of wlIismsburgh
will have ready BY the middle OF next month tbs clip
per ship Lightning, built tor Messrs. Harbeck s 60
California and China This vessel is built after the
builders OWE model, the owners having given them
carte blanche to produce good clipper ship, which
from their we'll known reputation will be ali that her
owner. may require. Her length is 100 feet; width
$50 feet and depth % feet and she will rate about
l4o0 tors The same builders have also just COM
menced the construction of brig for Messrs. Har-
burgs and Peck slip.
STEAMSHIP NORTH AMEsIcA.-At a meeting of the
pa.sengers board the steamship North America, on
her FIRST trip from Chagres to New York, Hon. Wilson
Shannon was chosen chairman, and DR.. j. II. Morse
Secretary. Hon. John Curry, J. IL. Pratt, DR. d. g.
walton, Captain Morgan Brown, and Charles Parsons
were appointed q committee to prepare resolution,
expressive OF the sentiments of the passengers in
gard to the steamship North America and her officers
The following resolutions reported and unsai.
mousy adopted:
Resolved, That we, the passengers of the steamship
North America deem IL proper TO express before our
separation, the sense Of pleasure and satisfaction
which We have in view of the voyage now nearly ter
minated
Resolved That in the strength and capacity of tn.
North America as an ocean steamer We have the ut
most confidence.
Resolved That in the department of Captain ]. H.
Bethen in bis intercourse with the passengers the
present voysge we RECOGNIZES the character of ths
gentleman and we shall long cherish high regard
for him a such.
Resolved Thst the officers and engineers of the sh
entitled to mendaton and estezm for their
courteous department to the passengers and their
unwearied attention to interests dur ing the
voyage.
Resolved, That We recommend the North America
a steamer comfortable and peasantin every de-
partment, and eminenIly worthy OF the public pa
tIouage.
Voted. to pubsh the proceedings of the meeting in
the New FORK pepers.
ytted, That Rev. Solomon Jacobs, Captain r. NJ.
Warner, and J. Foster, be committee to present
0'p'A'A '''1'A Wilson 8 sHASNoN NON Chairman.
J. II. Mons, Secretary. March q, 1851.
Coon TRp.-The bark George Z. Webster, Getting
arrived at San Francisco from Boston, In ll3 days
She was only SO days from the time she rounded
LauScHEp-At New Bedford, 9Th instant, by Mr..
Stephen Andrews bsautiful bark of about $50 tons
called the -, built for Mr.. Andrew Hicks. Of West
stand that Mr. Andrews will Immediately comm ence
the construction Of another vessel OF the class
for Henry Wilcox ESD, OF Dartmouth, also intended
for the whale fishery.
THE srr.MsHfr 0Ho.-This vessel, we learn from the
pilot OF the British ship Margaret OF the bar
about O'Clock saturday night. The ste Pilot
left the city With the mails and several passengers
Sntur day morning and remained outside the bar until
dark the same evening, when she returned Ia
consequences OF the weather having every appearance
Of being bois.srous Size went out sgain yesterday
morning but n sscertsining that the Ohio had been
of the bar the previous night and procee 10
savannah the Pilot returned to the city with the mails
ard psssengsrs- Chsrisstoa Courier, Ma,eh 8.