The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-31

New CLIPPER SHIP GAzELLE.-We yesterday paid visit
to this beautiful craft lying At Peck slip where she will
take eigh for San Francisco and China have
many Of this kind Of vessels lately and ell OF the first
class; but have never met with one that came
nearer TO our idea Of Skinner Of the than does
the ship Gazele. She constructed upon the same
principle the clipper Celestial and BY the
same builder, CMr. VIM. II. Webb Of his city) but is
much sharper-sverything, excepting the due and
pr.2s< regard for strength being made secondary to
speed Shippers by the Celestial enabled to make
their payments from returns for goods sent out before
their bills became aue-such is the extra srdinary
speed Of that vessel al yet the Ganess trip to San
Francisco Is confidently expected by many to exceed
in speed that Of the Celestial.
The Gazelle has dead rise of forty inchss-nesrly
much any ship built-with very nne lines
below which gives her the power Of sailing very fast
In light winds at the time that her great breadth
at deep load line carried well forward and aft,
bined with her deep keel, will enable her to carry
very great press of In strong winds at the
same time keeping her well above water, and prevent
ing her pitching deep In heavy weather and enabling
her to scud At all times.
She has very small and short cutwater, or head to-
tally different from the old style-which, account
Of the great length was very Objectionable has
but little ornamental carving The cutvater Is cited
or framed In the shp In strong . manner that 1t
viii require extraordinarily heavy SEES TO displaee
any portion fit Her stern Is very small but carried
high up out Of water and ornamentea with carved
representation Of gszelle She has but few mould
,xgsoutside and her round swelling sides, small aud
beautifully turned outwstsr and light, airy sternthe
outline OF which IL perfection itself-give her hull
most neat and graceful appearance.
This clipper Ia hundred AID eighty-one feet long
deck thirty eight feet beam sxtreme bresdth forty
feet and twenty feet deep and rates about 200
tons, custom house measurement. Her keel IL OF
white osk, three legs In depth, making about three
feet below the thick cardboard streak and the keson
two end half feet deep forming solid OF tim
Der backbone OF feet deep and all thoroughly
boted together The item and stern poets are OF white
oak apron, night heads inner stern post all the tran
SONS nelson's and dead.woods leach sndl top tmbers
ore and am all the csnts and some Of the square
are Of locust ceiling beams carlines lodges water
ways. psnkshsars rails and bottom plank, are all OF
pitch pine and her hanging knees and deck knees are
she 1. particularly heavy simbered and strongly
fastened at her lover deck where lie her greatest
breadth and body and here she needs the greatest
strength she is also heavily copper fastened and has
locust trsspas to deep load lns from thence 70 top
fastened with iron and locust treenshs the treenas
being all made Of Long Island locust which IL supe-
any other for that purpose The principal tim
Der ued In her frame Virginia and Maryland white
asst combining strength and durability unknown TO
any ether native woods used for ship building and
rendering her superior 10 strength Of material aud
The sparrpg Of this vessel has alec been completed
In style to coincide with the build Of her hull.
Her lower masts made masts, and With her spars,
Of unusua size and strength thus ensurng against
delay by loss Of them. The masis are not OF the
extreme length Of OF the vessels that have been
built recently for the trade but they are con-
sdsred BY experienced seamen, as being sufficient tor
any emergency.
There Is a poop cabin 20 the miEzen mast with
entrance at the fsrvsrd end, covered by a house;
alec, midshp house on deck and . small forecastls
deck forward The interior not Jet finished but We
UNDERTAKE IL intended 70 make her inside fttirgs
as com plete as her outside, and then Gotham can
claim the honor Of having built clipper that wl be
difcult 20 equal and still more din cult 70 excel
The GsIells Is owned by Taylor and Merrill, and
commanded BY Captain Henderson.
B.pp FRsNcss wsrrs-This vessel arrived on 1use-
day from Rio Jsneiro, making her 9th voyage from
this port Captain Berniee viii accept our thanks Tor
late BIO