New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-03-30
NEW ORLEANS:
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1852.
The &c Eclipse. "

This truly magnificent steamer which has been talked
of so long and much, arrived last evening from
Louisville and her appearance at wharves created
great excitement Owing to the laeness of the hour
which she arrived unable inspect her closely
but we enough to enable fully endorse the praise
which has been bestowed upon her We take the follow
Ing description of her from the Louisville Times
The cabin of the Eclipse is wonderful specimen of
artiscal skill and ingenuity The architectural style
consists of the Gohc'' and Norman schools beauti-
fully blended
The main cabin is three hundred feet in length this be-
ing adorned with rescowork tastefuy arranged into a
monds and diamonds by gothic arches cutting each
other dagonally and forming point in the centre with
pendant acorns entwned with oak leaves of rich guilt
thus presenting the beautiful appearance of two vast
arched coonades corridors which with the extreme
length OF the cabin and the beauty of its finish affords
truly gorgeous perspective.
The sides of the inner portion of the cabin finished
in style heretofore uninterrupted and executed in un
surpassed elegance The panel door of the state
rooms is tastefuly embelshed with a landscape view
taken from Barletts series of views of American
Scenery The facings to the doors also painted in
new and exquisite manner being done in imitation of
beautiful damaskwork The fret-work, mouldngs gild-
rag and ornamental decorations, both plain and gilt
ound the stateroom doors and in fact throughout the
entire cabin is of the graceful and elaborate carac
ter and give it the of gorgeous hall in SOM.
splendid palace of enchantment,
The skyght OF the cabins is large and above the ord-
nary height being of the Gothic order and filled with
beautiful stained glass.
Six splendid massive chandeliers adorn the main cabin
and three in the ladies cabin and these beautiful pec
mems OF workmanship alone worth the
the visitors As you advance towards the forward en-
trance you will be struck with at the two
beautiful paintings which meet your represent
ing Louisville, the other Neworieans.
The ladies state rooms are richly carpeed and cur
tanned and are also provided with wnrdrobes marble
wasstands, and III fact all the conyeniences met
with in our rstcass hotels. Immediately under and
adjoining the adteS cabin, the nursery and ladies
bathrooms in Connection nursery and wash
rooms clothes presses and closets all which are
separate and distinct from the upper cabins In addi-
ton every berth is furnished with life prescrvers.
The Eclipse has two large engines with cylinders 36
inches in diameter and II feet stroke She has also two
small engines for supplying the boilers with water and
two smaller engines for hosting freight from the hold
She has large boilers AZ inches in diameter and 81 feet
in length also cylinder boilers 5 feet length and II
feet in diameter which placed between the large boil
Immediately on the water line
Her wheels ~ feet in diameter with buckets Ia
feet in length and 26 in width The shafts weigh 10 tons
each and - inches iu diameter in journals The
hapges, three in each wheel weigh ~ tons each
The chmneys Sc feet in length IS inches in d.
ameter.
She Il provided with Bordon's improved steam gauge
aud the boilers furnished with Fabers patent mag
netic water gauges.
The engineers department of the Eclipse under the
control and management of Mr. Anderson March whose
great experience practicable well as scientific en-
gineer has admirably fitted him for this important and
responsible station.
The Eclipse starts to New Orleans this evening at
clock. She has accommodations for hundred and
eighty cabin passengers she will positively as ad-
yertiscd
She is owned by citizens of Louisville who built her ez
pressly for passenger packet. Capt T. T. Stur geon
takes charge of this boat He the principal
and through his ndomitabe spirit of energy and en-
erprise was the best conceived planned and built The
chief clerk Mr.. o. L. Smith, Esq. is also an owner He
will be assisted by ThOs