The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-01-25

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OvaIocs DccuNRsrs.-The N. York Her.
Aid pabliaAea two letters, ascsibed 10 Mr. A.,
Dadley Ma Assistant Secretary of State
cod one ofthem signed BY him. dssed Paris,
Feb, :, lsss. .Inthe first. the writer predicts
danger to the United States from a sudden
blow from Louis Napoiecn. and winds up BY
saying: ia conclusion, 90 from me, and go
speedily. - Gen. Can and to Mr.. Soule. and
to sach other members a. you may think ad
visaole. and fmplore them to make demon
seration that win produce CONSERVATION in the
Taiissies by placing ten millions of dollars at
the disposal Of the President for protecting
our interests against foreign aggression, and
70 authorize the immediate construction OF
ten Or ffteen war steamers. These measures
II enacted, would be the measures of wisdom,
--of safety. They would produce the contia-
aation for time-psrhaps the perpetu'ty-
Of peace. Our unprepared, defenceless con-
dition. invites unprovoked hostilities from
rulers who have no security for themselves,
except in war where the chances Of success,
even temporarily. are in their favor. for the
acquisition of glory to satisfy the demands OF
military officers. Louis Napoleon is readyto
strike like copperhead, without moments
warning, if he finds us entirely off our guard.
This ] knor." @@s
The second letter. signed by Mr.. Nam.
urges the Importance of the immediate ap-
pointment OF minister to France. He says
be should be man who would extend the
hand of brotherly affection to the republicans
Of France, instead of counting the aristocraey
or the minions of power. He also recon-
mends the new Secretary Of State to instruct
our foreign Representatives to wear citizens
dress. He concludes by saying:
"Tell General Pierce to fix his eyes steadily upor
Europe. Its movements cannot be too closely
watched The arissocratic alliance was never u
we'll mstured before Its policy ID to thrust France
forward - Its most powerful maritime champion
and her ruler Il admiralty disposed to involve u
We are disposed to believe with Mr. Mann
that the aristocratic governments OF Europe
would like to see France involved in wal
with the United States. and that Louis Napo
Leon were the Russian war off his hands
would be willing to avail himself of very
slight pretext for a rupture with this coun
try.
AMoNsTER IRON STEAasHIP.-Chamber'
Edinburg Journal gives an interesting &C
count of the gigantic iron steamship which
is now being constructed for the Australis
trade, about 4 miles below London Bridge
Notwithstanding the ridicule which was cas-
upon the project of building a ship SAG hun
dred and seventy flee feet IN length, the Eas
tern Steam Company put faith in the calcu
laticns Of their engineer, MIR. Brunei; MIR
Scott Russell undertook to build her, and sh'
is more than half completed.
The actual measurements of this leviathal
vessel are 675 feet long, SO feet wide at he
greatest breadth of beam, and 60 feet deep il
the hold. She will be furnished with paddl,
wheels and a screw-the former Of nomi
nal power of 1000 horses, the latter of 1864
horses but practically, the combined powe
may be estimated at 5000 horses. The fou
cylinders in which the pistons are to work
are the largest in the world-each of then
weighs 20 tons. Lying on the ground, man
with his hat on, may walk through then
without touching the upper side. The en-
gines, when erected and put together, viii
be upwards of SO feet in height The weight
of the entire machinery will be about 5000
tons, and of the hull 10000 tons-makins
$4,000 tons. She will carry several thousand
tons of coal and merchandise, 1000 passen
gers, and her measurement capacity gives
about $4,000 tons burden! Notwithstanding
her draught of water will be but small, not ex
ceeding twenty feet when light, and thirt,
feet when fully loaded. She will carry fiv
or six masts, and five tunnels Her cos
will be upwards of 400, 1000 pounds.
She will carry coal enough for voyag
round the world, and is built upon mode
70 ensure great speed. Her ordinary spec
sexpected to be ls or 90 miles an hour
She is expected to make the voyage from
England to Australia in thirty days, and re
turn by Cape Horn in thirty days more
thus making the circuit of the globe in tw,
months.
This great vessel from her keelto about s
feet above her water line will be double, OF
two project hulls, one within the other, with an
interval between them of about SO inches
The whole of the hall viii be formed of iron
plates of considerable thickness. There will
be ten water tight compartments, at intervals
Of 90 feet; and these will be crossed by two
longitudinal walls of iron, running the entire
length ofthe ship and again subdividing these
compartments. The strength of the ship
will be prodigious, and no possible expedient
Tor her security has been omitted. The M.