The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-21
Marine Affairs,
ON BOARD THE STEAMER FRANKLIN, FROM
New YORK TO SOUTHAMPTON AND HAvRE.


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Carr. j. A. WoTroN
DEAR sR-Beng within few hours of our destination,
yourself and the propriesors Of this noble ship
ledge the satisfaction have experienced during
rnsv before and one of our rsy.v no e,s
than thirty times in the finest sailing and steam
ships Of other lines We can therefore speak with the
greater confidence OF the qualities and comforts Of your
ship and do not hesitate in assuring you that in
opinion the Franklin is not surpassed in safety
fort by any steamship aoat whilst her present passage
well average Of all her former proves that
she is to he ranked amongst the fastest OF the ocean
We desire further to bear testimony to the admiral
internal arrangements Of your ship the abundant sup
plies Of the table and the exceency Of the cookery and
general civility Of the attendants on board.
In conclusion We beg that will accept on behalf
Of yourself and the officers of the ship thanks
for your and their continued exerons to render the
(sgned by the passengers)
UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMER FRAsxIrs,l
OcroBER /, 1851 J
GENTLEMEN Your hattering communication Of this
date duly to hand in reply to which permit to
return sincere thanks for the satisfaction have
proper express relative to the of
the steamer under my command.
assure you gentlemen, that 1t is the with, and
will be the constant endeavor Of all parties connected
with the New York and Havre Steam Navigation Com
pany to make their ships deserving Of your future pa
tronage well that Of the public in general. Wish
ing that in future either OF business or plea
sure every success and prosperity may attend re-
Commander U. 8. Mail Steamer Franklin
CHRoNoMETERs USED IN THE GRINNELL EXPEDITION
loFFIcIALl
national OBSERVATORY Oct. Ia 1851.
SIR-The chronometers sent in the Grinnell expedi-
ton, Lieut.. Commanding E. j. De Haven in seaIch of
Sir John Franklin end his companions have been
turned into the hands Of Arthur Stewart chronometer
maker, New York, the agent Of this Office
Mr. Stewart has compared them with his regulator and
reported to me the results
The performance of three of them has been mos. re-
ma5kable, doing great credit to their makers
Those furnished the Advance No. 213l, Parkinson
Frodsham, and No. III Loseby
The Loseby sent from this Office May O. 1850, with
.econd 4sS7 1t ssreturned to Mr.. Stewart October
TO- 1851 with daily gaining rate of seconds and 40
hundredths of second 4s.4o) But according to Mr.
Stewards comparison it has averaged during the 5l9
days Of its absence seconds and 81 hundredths of
Those furnishe the Rescue, passed midshipman s.
7. Griffin, commanding, were No ITO, Parkinson
frodshsm, and No ia Loeeby
No. 2l13 from this office with losing rate of
second 49, hundredths of second (0s 4S) during its
its average loss has been seconds and "a hum
No la Loseby went from this office with a gaining
rate of seconds and 3hupdredths of second, Us 81
daily. Its average rate during its absence has been
gain Of exactly seconds (4s.) per day.
Loeeby's chronometers are provided with new means
OF compensation.
Parkinson Frodsham may be considered truly remark
able.
These instruments been subjected to the severe st
tests to which II Is possible to subject instruments of
such delicate construction; yet exQuistsy they
provided with adjustments and compensation for the
great extremes Of temperature which they have
been subjected that Of them No III Loseby, after
having suffered all sorts Of exposure to which such in
liable in polar winter is returned with
change in its daily rate, during year and half az
monhs Of only the three part Of one second
in time. Respectfully, &c.
WI MAURY, Lieut. Unitel States Navy
Hen c. NJ. CovRAp, Acting sec'y Navy.
The QuicKssr VoyAeE TO CHIsA-Our Aberdeen cor
respondent says The Chry.oite clipper ship, built
ct Aberdeen by the Messrs Hail. for the Liverpool and
China trade has just made the voyage from Liverpool t.
Aper in 50 days This sthe quickest voyage record
The Oriental made the passage out In SO days and
that without precedent; but for the present the
Cbry olite has the palm This ship understand
built expressly to contest the voyage with the Oriental
and expense spared to make her worthy of the
British name. She Is believe, OF 500 tons burden.
Der register but carries nearly goo tons Of ca nd this
Il the desidfum which this build has realized and
which promises coon to be generally adopted II s now
II years since the Aberdeen bow was invented by the
Mesers Hall Of that CITY, and its history highly credit
able to the private enterprise of the city The fats
simply therein the year 1889 a company formed in
opposition to the steamboats, Of the Aberdeen and
London Stssm Navigation Company; they applied
to the Messrs. Hall to construct a model for
fast schooner; these gentlemen suggested devia-
ttn from the ordinary form and showed also, that by
the new law Of tonnage the OF
fast railing and large tonnage burden might be combined
They propoed to the stern to form the cut
wat and to make the floor and in proportion to the
sharpness OF the bow The vessel built this model
vas mastsd and rugged pretty much after the channe
fsbon and surprised by the qukness Of the
Three other vessels built the PLAN and,
thenceforward the Aberdeen bow triumph In naval
architecture. Since then, Mcssrs Hall have built Atty
for In London, Liverpool Leith, China aud
India and IL Is remarkable fact that only OF these
ships has been wrecked cast ashore seriously
damaged although they have been all constantly at ~
snce they were built. The other sh pbuders there
have also adopted the bow AMI veses for the Indian
and China trade turned of the stocks alnt
month. There clippers have repeatedly outssied the
best ships in the British navy and it Is to be hoped that
they will srpersede the common model, now the
Of great loss Of life AMI property-Engh paper.
THE above statement does not show. by any means
that the Oriental beaten by the Chrysolite The
Oriensls trip thousand miles longer than
that Of the Chrysolite and accomplished in SO days
leaving the latter to sail over 200 miles day for nine
consecutive days to come up to the orientas time.
The chrysolte's voyage merely from Liverpool to
Apji.r in the island Of Java; the orentals from
Canton to London
BscovERy rHr wREcE OF TINS OCEAN Mos.ncH-
The appalling circumstances connected with the de-
structon Of the ship Ocean Monarch though mat
ter Of history only will doubt be fresh IN the recoi
lection u the pubic The event occurring II did
shores and after the ILL fated
sci had commenced, apparently prosperous voyage,
yious catastrophe bad ever created. The Ocean Mo-
march vas one Of Trains line Of Boston packets and vas
fine vessel Of 900 tons burtheu. She sailed from this
port the 24h OF August, 1913 having b,ard (in
Guiding tie crew. 800 the passengers being for
the NEST part. emgrants On reaching At~rgelly DAY
the ussel iook FIRE and burn, With such rsp;d, that
10 few hours she sank and Of the wAo.e number
board about 10 persons ost their lives. She had on
board large general cargo, consisting Of pig. sheet,
and bar iron tin plates steel bare copper sneetins
esitbenvsre Ne The vsue of the cargo was said TO
about fl6 600 The hull being sunk 10 about
y feet Of water and than six miles from the land
the recovery OF the cargo.or any psrti3n Of IT,
work OF great fcuty The matter no taken
in hand by the steam tug Company behalf u the
owners divers employed aud few things
obtained nom the wreck but from the dicuties which
supposed then presented themsevvs and the probabl
lily that the Efforts made might ultimately be attended
with successful result the attempt abandoned In
November 1s49, the wreck sold by auction under
the direction Of the owpers-the purchasers being Mr.
William Blackey Of this town and another person who
joined him In the specuation. Their object Of
ceurse to procure divers and acquainted with the
mode Of raising wrecks in order the cargo
and " possible the hull Of the ship This work Of
slime d,hculty. 1t sppears that only few Of the
who follow the upation Of diving able TO descend
In deep wster and work enectualiy to render the
operation OF raieibg wreck anything like remunerstive
Ultimately however the services Of two sets IL divers
were oosintd and their efforts have far been crowned
Win complete success One Of the corps OF divers IL
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