The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-31

s11lhg dauswes H. a. ef March; Aad fsr osa-
tinus4 suscosaisa & yeoss, tn sessn stean nAvi8ep
carried cut the Presidents message b KuroSs With
out falling in ene dAgis instance, and without ever
beisg compsllsd b wait for il more than tWe days
after her time for sailing. She was commanded ty
Pacific She almost Invariably made the quickest
voyages, and moro thar once has made the run in
fourteen days. Apart from her superior sailing
qusiitss Il Was proverblai among sailors that her
had way Of his ovn that always gaze him . fsir
wind; and he would ever be seen with . topmsst
studdDg sail abroad, whether, By doing, he could
head hif regular course or mot
The passage OF fourteen days between this city
and Liverpool is Of rare Occurrences II has since
been made, however. by the Patrick Henry, GOT
tons,) Montesum.. Q,070) Southampton, q ,27S)
and others. In quite : short time The Indie PEN
sold her, recently. and she has gone on voyage
to California Though perfectly sound, aha Was
too small for the present Liverpool trade.
The Sheridan, built b. wsss 4 Allen. in 1888,
supposed to BE- too large for Liverpool liner, aad
was placed IN the China trade. She was . fne ship
and fast safer, and has gone for several days, ON
different passages 27O 276 2S5. and 200 miles, in
PASSAGE in twenty three hours, going from point to
point, abe went 293 miles by ohronometsr. In the
trades, shs has ran 270 miles per day. She slowed
1900 iona Of China goods
In 1910 on the death Of his father, Isase Wsbb,)
William u Webb commenced business and while
equally successful in building good ships. he has
been moro successful in securing thu Legitimate
fruits Of bis mechanical talents
Tho List Of ships forming the several lines of
Liverpool, London, and Havre packets, but prinoi.
pally the former, would, together with their won
drous successes, Gil volume |; and II the few Of
our superannxsted shipmasters who have been en-.
esaed in this laborisus service, and who are yet
living, would undertake to compile work Of this
kind, it would undoubtedly prove great dssidera-
tum to commercial men.
There were bat few ships built in l84l and 1912,
in consequence of tho low rate Of freghts. In l84S
some improvements were proposed, which, In con-
neotion with some casual circumstances, brought
course Of lectures, (the first in this oountry,)
tho science Of ship building, st the oms Of the
American Institute, by Mr.. John " Griffith, Of this
city, who during his minority had been the pupil Of
Isaac Webb, and Francis Grice, naval constructor.
The suggested improvements consisted In relieving
the bows Of their abrupt termination, by carrying
the head of the stem forward This, while il mate
rsly eased tho shook Of tho sea- caused the bsws to
appear lighter in their continuation Of flare to tho
knight heads. Another improvement consisted in
rounding upward the ends OF the main xaAson, for
the purpose Of relieving the quarter d lie srou.
buttooks and moro nearly equal ring ths her aud
lee lines Of otaton thus allowing tho weasel To MY
less Of weather helm Those Improvements
were for time suffered to slumbsr, waiting for an
opportunity to develope CHER utility, when they
silently adopted, and the author was employed
to accelerate tho onward momentum which they
then received subsequently they were universally