The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-26

EST ship In the world and in carrying out this daring
idea ne has embarked nearly 100000 in her. He
| IS man OF extraordinary natural endowments as
mechanic, and has will that triumphs over all i'm
pediments, bat yet is willing to learn from child
Frugal IN his habits industrious and sklful, no man
Is better qualified TO achieve success. He has lust
completed very sharp clipper of 500 TONS named
the Romance OF the sea, AID has now on the st IS
two clippers Of about 400 tons each, and auotner
Of SEQ tons, nearly ready for launching. The last
aud ooe OF the former are for the house OF James
Baines q Co., Liverpool, and are int ndei for the
Australia trade.
The Great Republic sailed from Boston about four
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and will probably
arrive here early on Sunday morning, to loaa for
Liverpool, and will thence proceed to Australia
For beauty, strength and completeness of outfits she
is unquesiioDably the most magnificent ship ia the
world. Captain Lauchlan Mckay, brother of the
builder, and formerly of the Sovefe yn Of the Seas
commancs her. We wish him and his beautiful ship,
ana all interested in her. all the success they Can
wish themselves.
Architecture mt the South-The State Capitol
OF Tennessee.
From The Nashville. Banner November Is
The site for this building is, perhaps, the most
beautiful iu the world.
Imagine h II within the centre of the city rising
il every direction to the height of 1877 feet ABOVE the
level OF the Cumberland river at Nashville four feet
OF ts crest being removed, and leaving plateau of
solid limestone for the construction Of a building
| You look down upon the city beneath your feet,
and the prospect beyond is bounded on all sides by
fardstant smphltheatIe OF mountain ranges.
| Neither Rome, from her seven hills, the Athenian
Acropohs, nor The cape at Coonna affords SPLEEN
did site for an Odeum.
Ia plan and elevation, the design and whole cha
racer OF the architecture is essentially Grecian
sistng OF Doric basement, supporting, on its four
fronts, porticos Of the Ionic order, taken from the
example of the Erectheum at Athens.
In the centre OF the building rises tower above
TIE roof to the height Of eighty feet the superstuc
ture ct which is after the order of the ChoIagic
monument of Lysicrates at Athens
ha xhala cfru so
Limestone, hewn and cbiselled from quarries in TIE
nsighborhood Of Nashville, the blocks of stone
weighing from six to ten tons.
The various chambers, halls and por.cos, are
arched throughout. The rafters of the roof are Of
wrought IRON having span of the whole width of the
building, being supported by the interior walls
at the Dcrh end, aud by the columns Of the southern
division Of the building the whole covered by thick
sheets OF copper la plan, tie basement story is in
tersected by longitudinal transverse halls of wide
dimensions, TO the right and left of which large and
commodous rooms are to be appropriated to the
o. the Governor Supreme Court Secretary of State,
Federal Court, &c, &c.
The crypt, or cellar story in part is to be used as
q depositLTy Of arms
From the great central hall you approach the
principal story by double fight OF stairs which
] ads 30 the chambers of the Senate and House of
Representatives, to the library, and to the other
rooms in connection there With.
Tie committee rooms Of the House are disposed
on the same floor to the right and left communicate
| ing immedi2tey with IL and the Hobbies. Over
these rooms the galleries are placed
Flapkng the public hall private stairways are con-
structed, leading from the crypt to the various
| stories, and to the root.
| geometrical stairway leads from the level Of
the road to the top OF The tower, where you land
upon an arched Platform, which is intended for SIN
Observatory The tower is built up from the founda-
ton Ct solid stone, containing four inches in the
basement ana eight in the principal It ~ with spa
c!ous halls leading to the right and left The prin-
cipal stairway, which ia thirty feet in width lea Is
&hn ,tr<a ~ -.
sentativcs, Senate chamber and library.
The Hall of Representatives contains sixteen
futed columns Of ths Roman Ionic order. two feet
eight inches IN diameter. and twentyone feet ten
inches in height from the level of the galleries over
the committee rooms, The shafts OF these columns
| are all in one piece.
| chief beauty and convenience in the design OF
tie principal story, SO much superior to the plan Of
TIE Capitol at Washington, is, that the committee
rooms are on the same plane with and surrounding
the Hall OF Representatives, the dimensions Of this
room are 100 feet by seventy-helght OF ceiling from
| floor, forty two feet
The oram of tie House Of Representatives consists
OF semicircular platform three feet in height form
ing three steps, upon which there is screen of East
Tennessee variegated marble thir feet in height
twelve feet wGe, and one foot in thick ess on the
top Of which is cornice and blocking coarse, sur.
mounted by an eagle resting upon a shield of cast
iron, broDzed aud gilt. One foot from each end of
the screen, on die OF black marble the Roman
fasces are placed which are Of beautiful varegated
East Tennessee marble one FOOT two inches ia diam
efer, and ten feet in height.
The S. rate chamber is of an obloug form. thirty
five by seventy feet having plasters Of the Ionic or
der, with full entablatue the ceiling Of this room
Is formed into radiating panels lacuuaria and is
forty three feet in height there is gallery of twelve
feet in width on three sides of the ROOM supported by
twelve columns OF vaIiegated East Tennessee mar
bic, with white capitals and black bases, from the
Erectheup. The forum in this room consists OF
platform OF two steps; the speaker and clerks desks
are OF fine East Tennessee marble.
The Library is immed iately opposite the Senate and
is thirty.fye by thirty five feet each side there
are committee rooms, communicating. Over the
arches OF these rooms lcoves for books papers,
and archives Of the State; the doors and windows,
moulded, parnelled and ornams nted with devices;
the windows are all double, divided by stone pilas-
tiers, enriched with consoles, ovoo, and sp sars.
All the floors ere groin arched aud tagged with
ru loed tote; hanging stone steps throughout the
building. The building stands upon rusticated
basement eighteen feet in height, which is fooled on
all fronts, and the supersructlre is of rubbsd stone
inside aud out All the walls OF the foundations ere
seven feet in thickness ard those of the suyer,truc-
ture four feet SIX inches.
The building is in the form Of pafallelogram, l4O
feet by 270, suirour ded by terrace seventeen feet
in width and Fix feet n height, tagged with stone,
with Fights Of steps In the centre OF each front op-
posjte The doors OF entrance.
There are twenty-eight huted columns four feet
eight inches In diameter, ornamentng the four por-
ticos, with the most ellboraiey wr sbt capitals
iLc Hcf'u ,pItlcOs are uHisneQ With peul-
ments containing ceilings Of stone, and the east and
west portcos surfD0unfed by parapets. Those of
tbs north and south octo yle aud those OF the
cas-, and vest hexa style. The columns OF the prn-
cpsl story rest spon bases six feet square.
The water Is conveyed from the cutters Of the roof
~ means Of castiron pipes, eight inches in diameter
buried in the walls. The glass which Is of double
thickness is Of superior quality, and was made at
the works near Knoxville, East Tennessee. Indeed
all the materials are furnished by the state Of Ten
nessee. TIE whole building will he heated with fur
PAGES communicating with no air fues within the
walls!
UNIFORMS Ar FoBEiGH COURTS Governor vroon1
quiIed 10 dress himself in uniform Tor reception at
Court, notwithstanding SECRETARY Marcy's iastruc.
mons 70 the contrary. IL appears tha.the King of
rrussa VIII not allow any deviation from the usages