New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-03-24
MARINE AFFAIRS.
FOR EUROPE,

urday with 81 passengers and s5o,OVo In specie Al
the same time the steamer Barcelona sailed for
Havre with 90 passengers, and the Edinburgh for Gas
gov with 81 passengers on board
THE STEAMER c. VANDERBILT.
There was an error in the report Of the police which
we published on Saturday in reference to the number
of life boats on the steamer G. Vanderbilt of the BOs-
ton and StOnington Line Instead OF one Life boat,
one row boat one ordinary boat" she carries three
metallic hfsboats and two large quarter-b0ats making
FIVE eapsciOus boats
The United state propeller Dispatch 10 be sup
Piled with new wheel-one OF the fans OF The old one
being found broken. A. no new pattern could BE- OBJ
ta.ncd another Will have 70 be cast On account OF
this It expected her repairs will not be completed for
several days. She will therefore BE- TAX, GA, of the
Navy-yard dry dock and placed the sectional dry
dock thu New York side, TO give place to the new
stcam-frlglio Niagara. The Dispatch WI 20 out this
morning al AL early hour and the Niagara will be ad
united at or II It. to-day. The y. II expected
to occupy thr dock fr about * week. for while in
the situation She WI not only be- Copporcd, but the
pToptllT and The ait,g -hRl With the -ha bc4ring4
viii b" hN'd IN thor proper places. The pro
pel,r has n)' YET been brought 10 the yard but the
-hsN VIII the bcar,nr- and coupling and var,u.
other portion O.: her mach.n ~ are already w.hn
t,r
A. ri same hour ~ a. m. TODAY will BE- launched
nom 'h" DOT e. Thry-siG' street. North River,
peir - patent G1.ns-tauk' raising sunk,n vessel,
recently iuycnt,d by Captain Bel (TI,okcri. ami built
uId,r the -up,i cnd,ucc Of Nj. " = W n of thar
CIV. The. combined are d moot nov Il aud curious
aVparaus-lcing two separate water aud 0r-tight
tanks with straight tquaTc sides, each haVI y on
- outer -ido tie form OF acute auslr. While th'
un,r suria,. r,-'mhl,- am arch, which would be-,
compare " IA nt1ow breast hook timber Of vr.-c'.
They are louG i,,' ~ inches deep by FIVE foot "a
inches wilc-,h, Whole length bong III ,-s. icci,
with .Ir.y ii,, ct nom tho tpan oi th' arch to h'
ends snd eighteen feet VIDE 6eru-s the crotch. 4
bulk sd al-o water and ar.ugt Is plao a through
the crotch, dividing the tank into three separate
cAnnlb,rs. with valve under each t. admit aud let
out the wate.. 1hevsv,s are opened simultaneously
b. lever attached to them all and by letting go the
lever, az cl'scd 10y the pressure Of tie woicr The
tank. ar. 20 b. attached to tie bow and the other
TO the stern of n -unkcn vessel each receiving 40
much C.: the Nc,,,l within IT, orch. sufficient weight
is applied TO ~uLmerg" them when filled with water
and wlrnmadr fat to avessc or any sunkcn body the
water within them j. expelled by the force of VI on
Is surGcc, which i- to be applied 10y means Of a
| pump, and which will then give 10 the tanks then
| Lining power They ne constructed in the most sub
stSnt.M manner, ba' y1g heavy tnbcrs with thick
| psukng inside and out. and fastened with two hun
dred and on .nch bolts from five to seven feet
| long over and down the -idc- and four two-ands
| qusrtcr-inch boils eghtcen feet long nthwar thu
crotch. They ar calculated TO raise under water
barge or other vessel obtaining four hundred uns OF
CArgt,