The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-24

the hnndscme thing BY him, and to let by.gsnss b.
by-gones. They propose, indeed. to send hun back
10 the Senate, the scene Of his former goros Some
Of his moro oxasperatcd adherents declare that no
such arrangement shall DO made; bat they'll DO Good
az ice long before the weather shall arrive at Tho
same comfortable condition. humanity speaking.
Massachusetts is sure for Scott, without regard 70
the character Of the platform on which ho stand1
there being no likelihood that coalition eieetorA
ticket will be formed here. ALTOONA.
Bosros, juno %. 1859.
Nuo England Clippsy Silps-Ihe So,sreign Of Ms
Seas
Tho new clipper ship Sovereign Of the Soa&
now lying IN your port, is the largest merchant shp
IN Tho world, and Is sharper in the ends than ang
ocean steamer. She Is 2i5 feet long on the kesi.
25S feet between perpendicular on deck, and 268
from the knight heads to the taifrail extreme
breadth Of beam Az feet depth 23a feet including
feet height between decks, and she regsterx
2 vi tons She has - inches dead rise ut half floor.
IL inches swell, rounding Of sides, and foot 10
inches sheer. Her frame is Of seasoned white oak.
and she il very heavily fastened, and is, without
exception, the strongest and best built ship
struoted in this vicinity. She is planked up flush to
the covering has sea god for figure head, end
Der stern round, formed from the line Of her plank
shear. Although so large, such Is tho matohloss
beauty other proportions that, at five hundred yards
distance, she does not appear to DO more than
per ships, do not think she has yet produced ship
that will sail n fast the Sovereign of tho Seas.
Her .cnte,rprsing owner and builder served his sp-
premiership in your yards, and oomprehends the
science Of ship-buding in all its details. I'm
able TO obtain parties here who would cnoou-
Inge him to build a ship that would outsan
the world afoat, he boldly embarked his AZ
in this splendid vessel. Her equipment aloE
il Of the most substantial kind Her lower masts
and boweprit are mado principally Of hard Pine.
bocd together and hooped In diameter the
asts, commencing with the foro, forty one forty
two, and thirtysix inches aud ate only two inches
less at the truss. bands, and are in length eighty
nine, ninety two. and soventy-eight feet, including
sixteen, seventeen and fifteen feet length of heads
The man topmast il twenty inches in diameter, and
fifty five feet long including eleven feet head, and
the Others in proportion. Her lower yards are of
single spars, twentythree and half, twenty -four,
and twenty inches in diameter, and eighty, ninety
York rigging, and was rugged by Mr.. Wm. Dorriss.
Of your city. She spreads about 1900 yards Of
canvass in single suit. and hns been rugged ana
SPARED strong enough to allow every stltch OF can
yass to be blown away without damage to h0r spars
NJ vessel, either ship Of war or merchantmen. IL
more thoroughly fitted aloft.
AN her accommodations deck, leaving her
clcar below for the stowage of cargo. She has full
topgaant forecastle, large house amidships and
two spacious cabins aft both of them very neat par
tcuary the after one, which is finished in the highest
style ofart, and is ornamented with recesses, mir
rors, stained glass windows sc. In strength q
construction, beauty Of model, and we have 1.-THE
hesitation in predicting in speed, also, she will rank
high among the clipper fleet
When launched she only drew ton feet three inches
water on an even keel and this too, including
three feet six inches depth of keel She is unoom-
monty buoyant, and will bear very heavy cargo
without being deep. She is sheathed with yellow
metal up to 20a feet forward and foot higher aft.
and is painted black outside and buff color inside.
Her lower masts white, yards black, and boOns
bright
Mr. Mckay built her on his own account, and win
load her at your port for San Francisco
Every person in New York, who loves the bold
and beautiful in naval architecture, ought to in
spect her for she is honor not only to the genius
and skill which produced her, but to tho country at
large. In distant climes our countrymen can point
to her with national exultaton, and challenge q
comparison from the proudest commercial navy in
the world. In the course of n few voyages, with
moderate luck, do not entertain doubt that she
will prove herself to have been justly named the
tsSnAcreipn of the Seas