The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-11
Progress Of Commercial Enterpris

aEsb Sebssi uuilL III ANc" 1W ~ VI AVG" AmsIeT
dam, as the great city was then called, was launch
cd on the East river. She was exactly AL feet
long, and Ut teeth breadth of beam The last
vessel built in New York is the steamer Adriatic
354 feet long. breadth of beam so feet, broader
than the whole length of the "Unrsst,'D depth 80
feet. and registered $3.50 tons
The first regular pioneers In ocean steam navi
CATION, and whose experienced voyages demonstra
ted Its practcability, were the Sivius and Great
Western, which crossed the Atlantic eighteen
years ago--the former from Cork, Ireland, and the
latter from Bristol. England The Sirius arrived
in New York Oh the 23d April, 1888, after pas.
sage of 10 days, and the Great Western on the
same day, after passage of fifteen days These
two vessels completely demolished DR.. Lardner's
philosophical and elaborate argument against the
practicability of making long voyages by steam
Since that time the venerable savaat has subsidized
into a state of quescence, and acknowledged that
there are some things in steam not dreamt of In
his philosophy
The Great Western considered then q monster
in dimensions, was 240 feet in length and register
ed l340 tons. The Persia, the new Cunard iron
steamship is 800 feet long and registers 5000 tons
But these leviathans, says the Herald, sink into
insignifcance when compared with the mammoth
iron steamer now building at London for the East
ern Steam Navigation Company. We have be-
fore given detailed description of this gigantic
vessel Suffice It to add. In tbs language of the
Herald that "her length is $50 feet; her draft of
water when loaded. % feet; her register $4,000
TONS and she 10 to be propelled by gigantic screw
% feet In diameter and by four paddles beside the
sails which she win carry, and for which she will
have seven masts. With this motive power Il Il
calculated that her average speed will be twenty
three knots IN hour. Besides . large number Of
life boats she 10 to carry eight small steam
ers, each 10 feet long. These will be employed
intaking on board and landing passengers and
cargo, A. II win be impossible for her to approach
near the shore, IN consequence of her great draft
Of water. Her accommodations viii be ample
enough for 600 first class passengers. 800 second
ciase, and 10000 troops, with all their field equip
msnis The estiu sted cost Of this levia,han
which we understand Is to be called the Great
Eastern" IL over one and half million dollars.
Popuiation and Wealth of the Countrv.
The n Herald publishes table of the non,.
iation and wealth Of the United States 4, 1ess
which puts down the total population At n III on
and the total wealth s5,625 .09a,l72 The ponul..
ton in 1850 was q. 1923 ia and the wealth "a ox
o66,6S6 The population Of the Western st.tes
increases nearly - rapidly as that Of California
whist that Of the Territories runs far ahead a.
.nai anrifsrous region. The southw esterr slaye
n0aoing States have increased ia population ana
Seaasn nearly twies - rapidly ~ the New Rur.
Ths rsiasys increase q wealth Ia avs ye.r. i.
double shei Of population. 2
The Asadis sugar pIan,suon ~ -. :. 80
Oueane, toW days sines for AVA ion -"