The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-16

TRIAL THIP OF THE NEW STEAMSHIP BLACK WARmoR.-
This and beautiful steamship went out trial trip
Yesterday The left her wharfa the Aare Works about
o'clock passed river The Battery
and up the Hudson high Canal street receiving aud
answering the salutes of the different vessels at the
vharves among which should be noticed most parGcu,
arly the handsome manner in which Captain Foster OF
the Seutherner welcomed the ship TO her home
Stopping of the Battery few minutes TO receive pas
serger she passed down the harbor and against the
stlepgth Of the tide from the Battery to Staten
Island Light in thirty minutes thence TO Sandy Hook light
in forty seven Misunderstanding the whole distance in
hour and seventeen minutes. From the Hook to the
Lghtship her time twenty-five minutes from Sandy
the Battery also against the tide, the time
hour and twenty seven minutes. During the whole
time the engine stopped but once, ana that butt
few MINUTES The rtsu5 Of the trip proves the Block
Warrior 10 be equal in speed 10 any ship ahoat. She
stter,d beautifully, aud the engine worked with pre-
cisiun remarkable for which, had been moved out
before and that aiongid3 the dock II Is twenty
gse per cent heavier any engine of us size
built this country and reflects the highest credit
the builders To whom, as Well a 70 Mr. v ian Colyer
the owners fe deeply indeo cd for their untlrng efforts
pro1uoe the best results atianabs here In coming
up the bay, the celebrated yacht Maria with party
UoaId passed within stones throw presenting
beautiful vies Of the fastest sailing vessel in the
world TIE dining satoon q tue slack arror forward
is seventy five feet by twenty three ana panied plain
White The after saloon is polished pi" ami gold, with
cBk iuruiture covered with and maroon broca
te. she has herth for l0a cabin passensersno steer
second class carried The rooms and berths
all extra tlzes with patent light IN eacn ~ inches III
uiamettr. ar.aDg 20 be op III wet ana stormy
weather if wished Her dimensions 22S feet keel 81
feet beam Is feet inches Ia hnd engine inch cyn
der IL stroke. She has capacity TOR 1000 Of
asurement freight slows besides $40 tuns OF coal
IN her bunktrs The hull was bnit ~ William Collyer
the .ucipe hy the Allare Works This set IL Owned
by the New York and Alabama Steamship Company and
with Der coneit now constructing and 70 ~ named he
Queen Of the G'lf viii form regular steam PACKET lips
between this city and Mobile. Hayana Key Wost
she Is commanded oy Capt shufritr iats first Of
lceI ~ 'h Collins nLe' senlsman ~ ludi4ed
oF the onerons position IL has assumed sha Wu leave
here ON the 25hinst
the STEAMSHIP CRY or GLASGOW left Philadelphia on
Saturday Tor Liverpool.
BELL BEAcoN ron HArrERas-Messcs. MerriclS & Son,
have recently completed III the Sou hwark foundry,
vessel of the most novel construction Tor the govern
msnt when is to be moored on the shose OF Cape
lIatteras IL Is ofron in the form Of boat of the most
buoysnt dtscJp ion The top being covered over aud
made peteety water tgnt IL has also iouf balkheais
dividing its length Into five water tgot Ddrtments
rendering its sinking matter of inpe ,sibty. Zoe hali
i ~ feet long 10 Ice, vide and eet deep Amidhps
! q wrought IRON mast sustaining at a light OF il feet
above the deck bell weighing LOCO pounds The bell
IL permanently attached tne aad Is u course
| subjects to all The motions hat viii give to
the bail Around the bell are suspended four blmners,
which, being acted upon by SPRING. slike il the
cnrrence Of every pitch o. ron u the vessel When
moo,d on the shoai the sound Of the bell will he
stantly booming over the waters, and particularly in
ioefy or stormy Wea.ler. giving to The bewidered
mariner warning Of danger, at when lights
cannot be seen Attached to the mast shore distance
above the deck Il cage with laader, forming the
,ans - ascent To It, which be used place of
refuge for persons wrecked the vicinity az the beacon
ID Of such necessity occurring The vessel be
towed down TO Cane aleras by vessel chartered for
Tho purpose and will shortly be placed in the water
| Ikii Ledger.
NoyEL SrrAMRoArs.--A lire Of steamboats, is now IN
course Of construction to the Thames. which
to be built without any chimneys Fhe smoke aud the
products Of combustion, 10 lie discharged into the
wbeehouses that the draft will be increased hy the
action of The PADDLES and the PARTICLES of
the fuel mingled with the The object OF this i'm
provemont IL to give greater facility in passing the
lew bridges the Thames which necessarily built
on a level with the streets of London.
IIGHT HOUSES THE PACIFIC The bark 0riole
Capt Lentz which cleared at this port yesterday for San
Francisco is feightd with materials for the erection of
eight light houses on the Pacific which have been
The ooie carries out number OF mechanics for the
pose OF erecting the light houses the arrival of the
vessel at her destination BGls,ore Clipper .4ug. TO-
SHP BUILDING PoRTsMorrH, n. u-Fernald & Pst-
tgrew have the stocks at their yard at Badgers Island
On the Piscataqua ship OF 400 govern
ment measure built entirely of New Hampshire white
oak, the hull Of which is about three fourhs nishea
The ship Is owned in Portsmouth and New Orleans has
three entire decks is intended for the grghtng business
and as u calculated viii carry 800 bales of cotton aud
with proper ballast drag seventeen feet Of water Her
backbone from keel to top of the third kelson measures
seven feet three inches she Is lS5 long on deck
and lsO feet over as forty feet beam breadth
twenty nine feet seven inches deep The builders
have alfo on the stocks Clipper ship of OO0 tons for
Robert Taylor. Of New York, which is nearly framed.
she Il Intended for the California and india trade Mr.
Geo Raynes has ship ready or launching his yard
intended for packet gh,erof Herculean dmen-
sons and has also the stocks partly framed clipper
ship OF $50 tens for liant Sons of New York intend
ed for the China trade