The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-15

believed thut largely Increased revenue wouiu ut
tend the adoption of the changes heretofore re-
commended That the collateral inheritance tax
Is sufficiently and ca.eessiy collected 10 some Of
the counties, and even when collected frequen y
retained ~ the hands OF the officers longer than
necessary, is demonsrabie by the act Of the great
dspsoportion received at the treasury from coun-
Ties OF equal population, business and wealth. A
statement ofthe amounts received from the seve-
raj counties during the last four years. will exhibit
much valuable information on the interesting
question Ofinrquality ~ taxation IN the payment
of the public deut. All i.ems Of taxation appica-
BILE to the sinking fund should be required to reach
the Treasury quarterly under the sevsrest penal
ties. h r
THE STEAMSHIP OHE3--l'ls fine vessel, the
safety of which SO Unnecessarily alarmed the
fears of some of the timid, was raised on one of
the berths Of the Sectional Floating Dry Dock
Company on Saturday afternoon, IN less than
two hours from the time the pumps was started.
When raised, ii was found her hull had received
no injury from the effects of the gale she had
and that all which would be me-
cessary to pat her in a good condition to resume
her regular trips, was cauIking. She will also
be coppered. The whole of her repairs will be
completed by "Wednesday, when she will be
lowered and hauled out Of dock. The owners
Of the Ohio contemplated docking her at the
gates Of the stone dock were not OF sufficient
width to admit her, without removing portion
of her wheels and guards. Itcan hardly be con-
ceived, however, that more convenient place
for The repairs OF her hull could be furnished
thin is provided by the broad and airy platform
Of the sectional dock. We were informed that
within short time there have been raised on this
dock the Collins steamers Atlantic, Pacific, Bal
Lie and Arctic the Bremen steamers Washing
ington and Herman; the Havre steamers Frank
lin and Humboldt; the Georgia. and now the
Ohio of the Chagres line and Of river steamers,
the Empire, Bay State, Isaac Newton, and New
World being the largest class Of steamers,
both sea and river vessels, that ever floated. No
difficulty is experienced in docking steamers and
other vessels, of any length or width, that re-
quire to be raised at the floating dock, as the
Ohio was raised in less than two hours, and the
whole done by two engineers and four laborers.
STEAMER REPUBLICAN, a meeting of the
passengers of this vessel, held on board on the
18th ut., OH the completion of her voyage from
San Francisco to Panama, Robert Saulter. jr,
esq, was called to the chair, and Frank Ward,
esq, appointed Secretary. After various speeches
from several gentlemen, aresoluton was adopted,
expressive of the sense of uninterrupted pleasure
felt by the passengers during the voyage, and
rendering to Captain Hudson, and officers their
sincere thanks for the politeness and attention
received from them while on board The reso-
luton was responded to by Captain Hudson on
behalf ofhimself and officers, expressing his high
qualification to find his endeavors, and those of
his officers, had met with such marked and fiat
tering appreciation, and also his pleasures to
think that, out of the large number of passen-
gers who had embarked at San Francisco, not
solitary case of fatal sickness had occurred to
mar their enjoyment.--N Y. Herald.
IT, S. MAIL STEAMSHIP OHro.--We have al
ready mentioned the return Of This noble steamer
to this port She came in on Sunday morning
the 9Th inst, from Norfolk, were she put in after
the severe gales and trials of strength to which
she was subjected, on herlast voyage from Ha-
yana.
So much has been said i'm so many exaggerated
forms, in relations to the voyage, that it is 10
more than justice to mention that when the
Ohio came in, no one, after the most careful
would have supposed that she had
suffered any of the terrible disasters so elabo-
rately described. Except the injury done to her
machinery before starting from Havana, which
consists of the breaking Of the piston AID slight |
damage to her starboard cylinder, she is to ali |
appearance sound and firm throughout.
pumps are in order, and the leak came from 10
njnry to the hull, nor is she in any way worm
iten, as has been asserted. The facing or hange
Of the discharge pipe was strained off. and the
water came in through the opening That was
the only course of the leak, and the water was
1t no time over three feet in the hold. The |
occasionally and temporarily checked
with coal dust, &c.
A few pieces Of the cabin furniture were
broken by the rolling of the ship, but nothing
material in number or cost The great strength |
Of the ship, her buoyancy, and her admirable |
were proof against all the force of
the clements in the successive and fierce gales
she encountered.
In several of the published statements, stress
has been laid upon the fact that the Ohio roas
not coppered. This wonderful discovery has
been announced with exclamation points and a
becoming degree of stage effect-as if it had
any thug to do with the Injury done to the
piston or cylinder, or to the working off of the |
llangc to the discharge ripe, which caused the
l'ak. Ii is true that the Ohio was not copper,d |
The fact is well known here, and certainly well
known at Washington, where, during the last
8 ssion of Congress, it was the subject of CON-
ment whenever the question of the mail steam
h ps was under consideration, and was known
cepted under the company's contract. And the |
reason why she was not coppered is also gen.
orally known here and there. When the Ohio !
was launched and completed, it was not conve-
nient to admit her into the Government dock at
Brooklyn, and at that time it was supposed there
was no dock in America Of sufficient capacity to
re i've her.
The Georgia, with very little of her machinery
on board was coppered on the sectional dock,
but the great weight of the Ohio's machinery it |
W believed rendered ithazardous in her case
In April last, application was made to the Navy
Department for her admission into the Govern
ment dock. The Secretary Of the Navy replied
that the new pumps and turning gates were
then in course of construction, and that the dock
would not be ready for tho purpose desired until
September.--N Y. Commercial
The UNITED STATES SnIp LExISe ToS--This
ship arrived at this port, to-day, at one o'clock
She left Gibraltar on the lst Of December
The following is a list of her officers: John X.
Mitchell, Lieut., commanding; j. NJ. Vain
wright, lieutenant; r. M. McAram, acting
master Thomas r. Ware, purser r. J. Far