New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-21
MARINE AFFAIRS.
x,s,xsoss AND SUSPICIOUS 'FsSsh'

Inc quie' io,o a high state o eAci1e'
yesterday 'i'tnl INV" n the Bay Of q suspicious
me.' " 'No - sou,e fifteen or twenty 'u"' '''
looking VeSSei' '" W, and well calculated Tor sea-
oen'Iy Io' $50. Uose authorities boarded hcr'
service INC. ine rep .Engrh and lrsh) In her. soc
ana 'ouho '''l ohars. nor cabin furnitEe ana MA
had DO oo"P~ -',,.on. two days before making land.
been out =. of one Of the men is an officer in
Inc! Sy - At Bermuda, and that the boat b.
VOC - him. ard they took her and o''ne 70 the
I satos for employ ment. The vessel Is IN
,".h,rdI, stolen from the Government Dock Yard al
psrnuds. and IL moot probably An hospital boat, as
,ha words Jane, Hospital Boat. Bermuda Duck
y.,s arc p.inod on the sail; and on another sai Is
,h.o.ne Clara" The men arc doubtless either
,,yy deserters escaped convicts The oihceis oi
the Custom House purpose OBTAINING her until 'he
matter can be examined into. Li9hrHoVsh.
srsrEoTEp sLAvBR
CenespooAenes cf Ths n 7. Triouna
N.yroRr, X l., Friday, July ls, 1856.
The whaling schr R,hard, Of Provnceto~n, ar
rived a. this port Tuesdsy p. N, having in 'ow schr
Nillism Iewia, Of Bucksport. TAe Richard has been
f.t to the wreck thirteen days. When found every
.l exoex, nsnssil was set, and vessel on her beam
spds-to right her the mssts we're cut away. Capt.
Young. of the Richard, finding her coppered vessel
;udred that she probably had valaaole oar6O, and
therefore held 10 her. THIS morning, upon pumping
he, free nothing but casks Of water could DO found IN
her hold and large quantity OF berth boards 10 her
cabin nearly ore Dbl. Of medicines, in bottes save,
&c was found Her name and place Of hail are
nrely scrsped painted out and with great difficulty
,oy nav trace VIM. lie wis, Of Bucasport. The barn.
scles ard walls on her bottom are very large and
many persons that have examined them pronounce
them az prevalent in the waters of the Coast OF Ana
The District Attorney will this day make proper eI
ampstions. The Collector Geo Turner esq, is using
every effort to dpcever something IN relation to the
mysterious craft The best bower anchor and chain
are not on board the vessel This would hook though
abe must have dragged from her anchorage Ripped
in the haste of putting to As yet not trace of
nen or clothing can be discovered. We arc aolug for
the Captain the premises, and shall libel the wreck
hs day for salvage. 1t is fortunate thing for the
Underwriters that vessel buoyed by casks is out Of
the track Of vessels in our Ocean.
F. S.-Since writing the above q complete berth
deck has beer found which most certainly indicates
that she must have been o SLAYER. Some fly blank
etc. box Of large percussion Caps and upon the lar
boNd SIDE of the vessel in tne foreoaste sugnr
and bar found, and upon further exa.pios-
ton two holes were discovered bored through 10 the
water This fact we judge, solves the mystery Upon
the sa OF the vessel two cat in fine style
as any person possibly could do it. Upon the sarboard
sail " Ferret" and uptn the arboard, Else"
J.&I.C
TIE STEAMSHIP c. vAyDBRBILT.
On Saturday afternoon this immense steamship went
on her engineers trisltrip. As she IA not quite fin
she'd the pubic generally not invited to be pres
er and the only persons on board were the reporters
Of the press snd the mechanics who have been eiD-
ployed upon her She went down to the Lower Bay,
and came back and anchored in the North River. In
cons quence Of her great length when she lets her
dock she anchored in the middle OF the nver, and
swung around with the tid before she could procted
She passed through the East River very iosly,
oevng the sautes Of steamboats, and their passengers
at every turn Her upper deck is so hign out Of the
that the tunnels the great Steamship they
sded by, did reach up to it; aud she omed as
much larger than the biggest packet ships u abAe
8 greater than dolphin. AS this was tie first TRIP
her machinery not tested as to speed bu. il few
days she Will make excursion to sea, @hea her
speed will be thoroughly tested. The Vanderbilt va,
launched last December from the yard Of her builder
Air Jeremiah SimOnson at Greenpont. A oriet de
scrption OF her will not prove uninteresting:
Her extreme length deck is 335 feet. aud the
epgth at the water line IN 32s feet the bIeadth OF
beam is 46 feet the oeph Of hold is 81 feet inehss
She is 8 100 sns burden, carpenters compataton or
about 900 tuns register aid brigriPged The water
hnes are Lesry straight, and the center OF displaee
uent smidshps; the center Of weight and the center
Of buoyaucy fall within distance of eight feet fore aid
Aft The main deck 10 o. great capscity,e ven in ooa
psiisoa 70 the size of the ship; this is OWING 10 the
fupess of her lines Her lower deck, Of which there
are two beside the boiler deck, Of the oaDs char
scter The decks composed entirely of sohd wh'te
oak nodded 81 inches, bOted together enGthSise Of
the ship with ch bolts feet long; co nns of thess
bolts d. The frame timbors which principally
Of white oak placed unusually close ether, and
are strapped dagonaly by $50 wrought-iron straps,
each 40 feet long, iLcnes WIDE and Of inch thick.
These straps are tssttned with Ocn bolts ia every
timber. The second and third futtocks OF white
osk the tith futtock and top tnbes are Of hse oak
and locust in nearly equal proportions. Tho tiubos.
ROOM from ceuter 10 center 81 inches, an s,aed II
rnchto. She has G 70 of white oak koboOs extend
ing her ebte length. The bilge kesons aud ce,lisg,
are Of yellow pine, commencing at the bASe, IA inches
thick, and continuing 70 the upper de5k where
Il cm,nishes to inches. Sac is Idsnked
outside with white oak, fS,eoed ~ith
copper bolts aud locust treDais'n the most sutstaB
hsl manner. There five decks, three Of rhioh
teLo through the ships. The hold ID divided into six-
teen water tight compartments, by doube disgouai
plabksg, six inches thick Hanged a, top and bottHn
IN thick dia rubber packing These oompartmsu uts
communicate with each other by shdpg d,oxs, which
are securely bo!ted after the cargo s slowed. The
bulkheads are set sgAus. heavy stancbcons. bohed
through the upper and lover decks With heavy iros
bolts On putting TO sea the haschway coverings are
boiied down, ana the ell csalked water. tight