The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-09-13
Immense Shin.

huge black structure, "verv like a
whale" has been slowly rising on the hank,
of the Thames. near London. for several
months. which is destined at no distant dav
TO a>foni>h the world. II is the new steam
ship of Mr.. Brunei, built entirely of iron
plates. intended to be the biggest contri-
vance that has ever iloatcd. She il abou,
twice the size OF N,ah's ark. according e..
the dimensions laid down in Genesis. The
passenger who sets out to walk from her bow
10 her stern and back again, will have a
journey OF jus: quarter of a mile She is
divided by tight bulkhcads into twenty one
compartments, each of them of very great ca
pacitv. Her paddle wheels are larger than
the ring of Dan Hice's Circus. Four steam
engines are to drive them, and six more are
to turn a monstrous screw. Beside her ten
engines, she is to carry seven masis. and
spread more canvass than all the factories in
Cohocs could turn out in a week. As she i.
TO carry 1900 passengers she could take the
entire population Of that cntcr,,ri>ins village
on board; that is, if she could get into No
hawk river.
She lies broal>ile TO The stream while she
is building, and is to be launched si,ewise -
her immense size rendering it inconvenient
to tilt her up lengthwi>e in the ordinary
fashion.
so vast an apparatus Of rcurse is too I'M
wlcldy for men to handle by ordinary means
Mechanical power is requisite Her steam
engines are 10 weigh the anchor, work the
pumps, and raise tn" sails A telegraph wir.
runs from the captains room to the engineer.
and another 10 the hclmsrnan The cabins
and state-rooms are to be lighted with gas.
made on board. At the masthead she is to
carry an electric light. visible fifteen miles.
and casting moonlight radiance on the sea
for half mile around. For life boats. she is
to carry couple Ofsrrfw steamboats,. ninety
feet long, and small fleet Of yswls and iolv
boats. She is expected to 90 round the
world without being obliged to stop once for
coal
Such is the "Great Eastern" intended for
the Pacific tradc.-New Iork paper.
ANECDOTE OF IiOGAETH-A few months
before this ingenious artist was seized with
the malady which deprived society of one of
its most distinguished ornaments, he proposed
to his mafchlrss pencil the work he had ent
tied the Tail Piece-the first idea of which
is said to have been started in company. while
the convivial glass was circulating round his
own table.
My next undertaking. said Hosarth, 'shal!
be the End of all Things
III thai is the case said one of bis friends,
your business will be finished, Tor there will
be an end to the painter
There will he So answered llocarth
signing heavily, and therefore the sooner nv
work is done, the better
Accordingly he began the next day. and
continued the design with a diligence that
seemed TO Indicate an apprehension he should
not live till he completed it. This, however.
he did in the most ingenious manner, by
grouping everything which denotes the end
OF all things. broken bottle, an cd broom
worn to the stump. the butt end of an old
frelock. cracked bell, a bow unstrune. a
crown tumblng in pieces. towers in ruins,
the sign post of tavern called the Worlds
End. tumbIing down, the moon in her wane.
the map Of the globe burning, a eibbet fall.
ing. the body gone. the chains which held j,
falling down. Phrbus an his horse dead in
the clouds, vessel wrecked, time with his
hour glass and sythe broken, tobacco pipe
in bis mouth the last Whit Of smoke going out.
a play book open, with 'ex-unt omn.. stamp
I'd in the corner, an empty purse. and stat
ute Of bankruptcy taken out against nature.