Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard., 1853-01-19

shipping circles OF the world, nothing has excite
more interest of late than the novel discovery and
terprise of Capt. Ericsson, by which steam asa mo
tive power Is to be su2panted by calorc, heate
air; and nothing but the successful application of tn
actual test could remove the skepiicism with which
generally, the project has been viewed. This tes
has, however, at length been furnished, and now al
doubts of the practcabty and importance of the in
Vention dispelled. The ship Ericsson, consiruc
ted on the new principle, made her trial trip Tues
day morning down the bay Of New York, and from
| the complete triumph with which the experiment. was
attended, there need be hesitation in acknow
Lodging caioric as great natural element adapted tc
locomotIon, destined to work a complete revolution
In navigation, and to confer inesmabe benefit on
mankind.
The Ericsson was put under caloric early on Tues
day morning and started from Williamsburg between
nine and ten O'Clock. At h. Sc m, she passed the
flag staff on Governors Island and at 10 h. so IN.
and 80 seconds, she abreast Fort Diamond TINS
making distance OF seven and eeights miles
thlrty-four minutes and thirty seconds From thence
sne preceded down the bay, rounded 10 below Spit
Head, buoy at llh 81 m, and there anchored in
sequence OF snow squall. She returned on We'd
nesday, and anchored off the battery at about two
O'Clock In the afternoon. The distance between the
stated point on Governors Island and Fort Diamond
being accurately known by triangulaon be seven
miles, $50 yards, the speed attained was as stated
about fourteen miles an hour. The consumption of
fuel is asceralned to be only six English tons per
twenty four hours, saving, compared with steam
ships OF more than eighty per cent that voyage
round the word can be made with stopping at any
lntermedla'e place for fuel The space now required
Tor slowing coal can then be appropriated to carryinU
freight; and not the least item in its favor the dis
astrous accidents TO which steamers are now liable
cannot by possibility occur with caloric ships. Be-
sides these advantages, the machinery of ship built
on Inc plan OF Ericsson will be of comparativelv
email COST and will require half the number of
hremen and engineers and SO simple and easily
managed is the machinery, that Captain Ericsson
considers 1t unnecessary to accompany the vessel
her hrst voyage to London, but will confde her
competent engineer he himself remaining in New
ork to engage in building other engines for the
ers of the ship.
The New York Herald says, as model of archi-
lecture, there is vessel in our splendid merchant
marine that compete with the Ericsson for grace
tul Propor ons and symmetry of build. All who have
seen her, concur in the expression of admiration of
this beautiful ship and in their opinion of her superb
or sailing qualities, Independent of any aid from her
machinery.
If the first half of the nineteenth century has been
dlstInguishe! beyond all ages in the eternity of the
pas, for those triumphs of human knowledge-the
telegraph and steam inc, and for having subjected
the elements OF steam and electricity to the conro of
man, and made them subservient 10 his comfort and
haPPiness-so the beginning of the second half will
be no less remarkable in having made available the
same ends another element, in which motive power
was hitherto unknown to exist. The name Of Erics
son-the inventor and applier of this no-sysem of
'ocomoton-deserves to be classed among those of
the great benefactors of the and is perhaps des
tined to occupy high niche in the pie of frame
as Watt Fulton, or Fitch. Norfolk Argus..
The CALoRIc SHIP. The success of the Erics-
son on her recent trial trip at New York
plee. A few of the advantages which caloric has
over steam may be summed up follows Il. The
caloric engine burns about one-tenth much fuel
steam engine hence caloric ship of the largest
size may circumnavigate the globe without stopping
TO take in coal hence not sail will be the
III fifty years after the of the prin
cIple is certain; hence machinery will be applied to
a thousand arts which require manual labor;
hence the possibility Of that ong-desired machine
plough; and hence the coming of that good time
when arduous manual toll will absolutely
der the g The cost of the csloric engine is
about the the steam engine, minus the cost
men will be required board cao.ic ship as are
necessary for a steamer. 4. No smoke whatever
will issue from caoric furnace when anthracite coal
is used and consequently no huge, unsghty smoke
pipe will be necessary and the rigging will be clean
as that of sailing ship. 5. There be burst
ing colapsng Of boilers for the simple that
there will be no boilers to burst The worst accident
that happen to calorlc engine is for to stop
nor is wachfulness imperatively required, as in no
case dangerous accident 6. Owing to
the simplicity of the eaorc engine the wear
and tear wibe very slight, and the duration of the
engine proportionaby long. If but half advan
tages secured by the substitute on of caloric for
steam in navigation, it is obvious that very important
results may be anticipated II is not expected that
the Ericsson will equal the Collins steamers in
speed but her success will prove that higher de-
gree of power may be attained if wanted Owing to
the great difference of expense in navigation the
caloric ship, passengers will be taken at greatly re-
duced rates. We congratulate Captain Ericsson
the happy issue of his grand experiment
Richnaond Enquirer.