The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-04-24

The Queen OF Clippers
A few days SINCE Published from the Boston Atlas
detailed description oil this magnificent vessel la To-
days Mirror we Iepubllsh somewhat OF those details
from the Journal OF Commerce The Queen Of Clippers
lies al Peck Slip wharf, where her e"ne's yesterday en-.
eraned ION board several hundred ship masters, ship
builders shipping merchants members oil the press. &c
The noble vessel, monument 20 gladden. every Amerl-
eye and 10 fill with proud pulsaIions every American
heart thrown open from stem 10 stern and rom upper
deck 10 hold, to the inspection and admiration OF her
yIseIs
The Queen of Clippers is peerless craft her model
swells and curves 10 aireT outline than seabd
yped her length BREADTH and depth are gigantic when
compared with the great packet shps her strength GARY
and delicate she cite, trim without ballas I'M
doubted by whoever examines the mastery mechanism
visible without and Within from her keel 10 her main
top; her popellng machinerythree mighty, vet taper
ing and graceful mas's (shrouded WITH glslenlns hemp
from which depend five noble yards, waiting uniurlheir
white wngsseems the perfection oil the architects and
the riggers skill her cabins Tor the accommodation oil
twenty five persons, roomy, COOL and superb the
danest hotel saloons while her freight space might well
The purpose OF another ark were the earth TO be
again deluged
We have looked upon many noble vessels on the
stocks of shyard and lining the wharyes of our
own and other ports. We have thousand times
ued al The more than Tyran greatness and power
borne all quarters of the globe under the banner
by the keels OF republic, but looked upon
the like--he equal OF the Queen OF Clippers In size,
beauty, strength. and all The appliances which go 10
make perecton she lies in waters model for the
world. This is the Judgment not of ourselves alone
but OF men who have built and sailed ships all then
lives" old SALTS whose heads have grown gray trim
ming TO the Winds OF ocean and Drawing The fury oil
the gale.
Standing her poep-deck yesterday, and gazing for
ward 10 her bowsprl, further than voice can well hail
we felt deeply proud OF American enterprise and Anerl
skill We dared TO feel that the nation represented
by such craft in her youth must one day-aad that ere
LONGITUDE the commerce and the empire OF the sea- Tyre
and her merchant princes had but scaop shells COM
pared with this the gaeys OF Carthage and Rome, vic
iorous in past ages, and the ships thai ba,ed at Ac,ium
were nautiii TO this. Bring the proudesi Of Bucen-
/ ntl IIat TIM 4
would measure as a vlie-boa, 10 "A man.oi war.
The Queen OF Clippers was bu in Boston, and she
does Boston honor We might wish, with natural sell
shness that all such umphs gfacei our own mart; but
enough that II is American, since American art and skill
well build trophies at Cope Cod on the beakest
sands OF Florida as in Boston or New York 10 her
presen, yesterday she does SURPRISING honor To her
builders the shpwghts OF East Boston, and their EN-,
ployer Mr. Jackson she is proud as we trust she VIII
prove, successful monument We envy Captain Reu-
ben Snow, veteran SALT the command OF such ship.
He may well feel what fellow /" salt" yesterday said,
nextto the presidency of the United States is the
mand OF the Queen Of Clippers" The Messrs Fowler,
who have chartered her. and Mr. Dugan to whom she is
consigned, New Workers alb boast of their Clipper
without fear
The inspection yesterday was not dry and barren
one to the Queens guests. During the afternoon her
festive board piled with Injuries, and the flow OF
genial sentiment and choice wine formed sparkling
crown to the OCCASION Eulogy OF the noble vessel
the uppermosl theme. and what made The eulogy most
valuable was that il came chiefly from men whose lives
as Captains Weldon, Eldrdge, &c, David Ogden, and
others of his ilk, not the to grow enthusiastic
without good cause, to praise with byaocrcal lips
They united in the highest eulogy of the Queen of Clip
pers They pronounced her perfect IN all her paris, and
unsurpassed if yet equalled in the world Captain FL
bridge, commander of Vanderblts steam yach,0 10
whom the sailors vernacular is mother tongue"
and who has smiled the breeze from Cape Cod Shang
hal, and roasted clans and errapns all the way from
Greenland to the south poe rapurous in his praises
OF the ship He traced her from keel to streameT, and
dilated on her credit TO the American name.
Among the voices OF the press respons to the udg
of the ars noted Mr. Sanford, of the Journal
of Commerce. DR.. Mackenzie. of the Sunday Times, and
Others. There no lull OF speech Mr. Tay lor (the
owner presently repeatedly toasted. The history of
this gentleman not than thirty i've years Of age
should Judge, is a lesson and example. At nine
years of age. half orphan, he installed cook OF a
Cape Cod fishing smack, earning scanty support for
mother and sisters How well he has followed the
and trod the land may be inferred from his present
ership of this noble vessel, costing Sl5o,000
But must close. The hundreds who enjoyed the
festive yesterday will not forget the occasion
The Queen OF Clippers is awaiting her freight (sbe will
carry 100000 freight besides passengers) for rs yoy
age-a trip 10 San francisco This IMP will give her
the crowning test We may believe she will ousrp all
predecessors Wherever she goes and IN whatever port
her flag il there will she be wonder, and TO Amer
leans pride and lo}.