The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-24
THE ARCTIC CALAMITY.
THE SEARCH OFF NEWFOUNDLAND.
[from the Newfoundland Express, Got. 10.


THE SEARCH OFF NEWFOUNDLAND.
IRON the Newfoundland Express, Got lo.l
We oSfervs that letter from P. y. Little, ESQ ono
Of the mbsrs for 1t. Johns, appears in yesterdays
Negfoundlowdr, detailing the sxsrtions Of that gentle
man, which highly creiitabe to him. In sndsavor
irg 10 send Oh of the shipwrecked pas
sengers Of the arctic II in respect i'm pusns the
correctnsss Of the narrative gave in last Of the
proceedings OF his Excesnc the Governor ard of the
American Consul Mr.. White has issued vindisatory
letter in Saturdays Pest, which copy, and TO which
sppy ouj selses He ssys-'on coming into this
harbor with the steam or Victoria Mordsy night,
told BY ths boarding officer Of the loss OF the
cot shere, TO end the steamer 81,
could 10 Iepsred and cossd 20 for the passen
gers anu crew me Vctsrn did not come in on Monday
night bu' at I've O'Clock 7. Monday and II there
was such generous resolution formed IL sisted
why vas IL mot communicated to the Amercai Consul
when he sppisd for The Victoria, in place of h' being
told that he could not have herr Ths reus, dcss not
rest ON the exclusive authority Of the Consul although
tom one of the leading ue chants OF st Johns VIII,
Was stsnhog by and head the Application msas ana
Mr.. Whites reply. Agsin;-"4e could find no coal
adoat tina night, ard II generally requires day snd
half or two days to nat on boari her full com.
PIGMENT CT coal by carts" There were two csrsoss OF
Goals aAoat la the hsrb,r when the Victoris 10
The Lady Eglntcn, larse steamer OF the Liverpool
and Quebec line was ooaisd at Messrs Brookiug SIN
Co = wharf from ths wharf 10 the autumn Of 1858,
in six hours during which 1870 tons put bc ard
of her. more h.n double the comp ement Of the viato
ria Aetin, 'the assertion that the Victoria Just
turned rcn twelve days cruise, &C &c - Nc White,
VERY prndanty does not what the repairs required
that epss rsqne that Id mo- be dis psnsed
with unt tbs vessel should retnrn from thu proposed
cruie In search VI the retic's bcs,s and bs.
sides that she might have beea esdy 20 start oy day
ight on Tuesday moraiog Ia pac 20 which shs did not
Sr Whites mere assertion 30 the contrary th It will
satisfy the American Coouil public Let the epgi-
neeroftne a'esmer be Gale t, make sn Aft avt
to ths assertions in Mr. Whites letter far time
and repairs concerned We venture t. affirm that
he would deslioe doing s, to the "twelvs days'
crue," the Victoria dt go hey ond Cape Ray. dis
taucs OF about $50 miles fiom st Johns, steaniog up
some o. the intermediate bays and That would thu pub
lie ssy IL it shoud that she has gons back ia
the same eirecticp-tha she dssyed ia st Johns
waieg for Mr. Fish, the engineer of the telegraph line
to go 3, the bushes Of the Company, srd tia.
the whole cruise for the Arsc's DO ats will be limited
to- At the utmost forty or Atty hourss
MI Little's istte. lsts out somethpg more. Even
Wedr esday morning. landing this generous
resolution formed herring of the loss Of the Arctic
TO send out the vi,tois, endeavor made to get
for compensation for her ervces and tho vessel
detained an hour In corsequeoce Now TO show that
sona6le compensation for the v'ctcris may observe
tia put the question to Mr.. Gilbert of New York
Mstn hom xh.t he knew Of the government Of the
steamer had BEEN promptly cent out upon the official
squ's ton Of the American Ccuosel, and certificate
Of the time she was tie sT.ce given by that
ceer her return the production of these
Washington would be sufficient to 50 ,ure her ow
doubt GU the subject. We have only further TO refer
to the Circumstance that Mr. Whites letter Of
shs dd notleavs the npan,s wharf un til O'Clock
PM, ONT the Alb. We conceive Il . public duty "a
tSs American eiinsph. hyocI Of Fort I.miitoo
Having stated the facts Of he case which challenge
HIM to contradict we leave 1t to the Of the United
States to cssgate him as Ills como uct justly merits.
COULD THE ARCTIC HAVE BEEN SAVED
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Your correspondents a. NJ" and Engineer Of
New World In failing 70 demonstrate means Of saving
the Arctic have seriously damaged the reputation oil
several physical truths, by Misunderstanding missatne
and nisa the principles that created
ard established those truths 1t is not true stated by
the fosme that the velocity of water through over
a5jutsts is the square Of the heghth or depth
from surfacs The velocitys o. water in such CAGES
varies the square root Of the depth opening below
the surface not that the square root is the velocy in
any cass but that two similar openings of unequal,ed
depths have ve!ocites tina, to each other the
square roots Of their sevsrsl aephs-the
OF circles 70 each other the OF their diane
tsrs not that the squs of heir di4mer is The
any The exact value of elo,ity in tbs Of water
referred to is involved In CO efficient adapted to the
Is not true as sisted or tseisy admitted BY sEngi
nesr Of New World, shav vacuum" could have been
formed At tire leak " stsrnway velocity OF thirteen
miles per hour. Vacuum means void Of all mater. Nc
velocity ship can prevent the cavities IN the suria,
OF ocean b. ing filed with the atmosphere Perhaps thai
Il IL not any velocity kno 1n 10 steauhps ever
fifteen mites per hour stern foremost, could de
precision in the surface of four feet poin. the
ssrbod bow fifty feet from the stern TIE depression
Is caused BY the movement Of the ship dspacng the
water faster than the surrounding water supply it.
Admit J. Z n . proposition, q velocity equal to the
square Of four sixteen feet per second suppose
he could unship the PADDLE Wheels zig them over bow
and stern, then would require SPEED larboArd side
foremost Of s,te.n feet per second keep
OF four feet allowing the keel and stern distant
teen feet from the leak When that be done will
not Iequi:e the valves to be reversed. +.