The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-27

yBE LArs MIR. 6EosaE srHses.
Tho meinshoIy accident which resuI.st in shs uutmeiy
deah OF Mr.. George Steers annoaacet papsr OF
yesterday, hss cast gloom the community snch
~ the death o. sew meo IN mcs. wocld BE- able 30
produce. As sb,pbuilder Mr.. steers Iadoubtsty
stsod orsmost "a this country. no. IN tina world HIS
genus ia tbis resYeci have been original and
stont,oeous, and the rst exMcte of II may be sa.i to
have marked out IA naval architecture. Al
though but thirty six pears oltat the OF his caath,
he had already g@sned world vida reputation; ant
imons American mechanics especially he was the idol
and the pet and his death la, creaksd VOID which will
not 5000 b, filled
hr Steers wa born in wasalngeon D. g., aai %
chs CITY when oay fur years OH. HIS fasase was
shipboilder, also his three brothers. James
(Aiderman OF the Eleventh ward) Pal.p ani Heary, the
hrst two OF whom survive him. Before budiag the
ysshs America, which won the prize al the Wor.t',
FAIR ia 1861, aad drst made hls narns known % the
world, he bad coastruosea several yachts sch,oners
pilot boats &c; among them the Uua Mary Taylor.
kaohAtsan, Saint Mary, cGsea Of the West (steanar,
&C., &c. The fame acquired BY tne America has
bee1 extended by the construction of the ship anay
SOUTH sonooaer Pride OF ts Sea- the yachts Julia Haze
add Wirgeoo the pilot boats Anthony B. Nelson AMI
George Steers the propeller Virgo, ani last bis
grsatest efforts the steam Niagara the Coirs
steamer Adritc Neither of these two yet been %
sea- Consequently he has not lived ths triumph OF
what he considered his greatest achievement But he
has ist behiui hi mafes the future study OF M.
ehancs, which Is To be hoped may result IN lasting
beaeht 70 our marine architecture
When Mr Steers returned f,or, E,x!aai after the sig.
nal triumph Of ths yacht America, the fall Of 1851 he
va houorsd With testimonial AMI the presentation OF
silver cup and goblet at ths Metropolitan Hotel, large
number Of our first merchants a1d sapbulders were
present CD tno occasoa and speeches we're male by
''eorys law, Simeon Draper, Theo f.. romnson AMI
Others We extract from report Of ths procesiug,
oa that occasion the remarks o. Mr. Tomlinson whica
from their narration Of incidents in the early life
oi Mr. Steers and showing the enthusiasm felt in HI.
behalf by his couarymsn hs ss grea, success may
prove interesting to our readers
Mr. Steers, when oaly -four years of age, cam, thus
ctythe centre o the Western world ana wh,cn /, aes-
tined 70 be the commercial centre Of the world HIS
ther WA shpwrisht, his brothers wers shlpwrghts
80 that his success not the atrbut able
chance. We neei not look for rts in >ccidept
fortune Or patronayea sprcag ,ronn labor. He studied
go down 20 the When itseo years age he asked
bis fatber If he ul'ght plan boat Hs father gave hin
his eop ,snt ana be planned boat aud its
Martin Van 3ursn and II outtrppei all ~ compeCtors
Again be Planned row boat and as hs viry in
her over the waters, he came near ths yacht Of j. G.
sts yeas who hailed and asked the o his boat Hs
gave the name. ana Mr. Stevens presented him with
coors, and that sow boat won the prize &c built tn
Sanhattsn and the Una which Ia all its bet
scn the prize he built tue wagstad anf the Moses II.
rlnne ana the greatest tribute to these boats is tha
they worthy ol names His was tbs corneli,
and the 81 Nary which old much service IN the Mexican
war 70 the state His too the aary Taylor and whca
he built her gentleman o III, old him. In aiscorr
agemeLt that he would be Afraid 10 20 70 ia
br, this child Of ibor worked the craft sen,
her Out ana she fear aad fright behad her aud daacei
10 trlcmph over the sea- aud the Nary Taylor cia
srges ;he world 10 compete with for the mastery
he Ecntioi these ID show tbs accom ysh
meets Of the nan ard p reee. agaln ,aA, no, IKE
cnance, that y not accsu, which gives him place In
the ssou's es,m ,ton AID wish for him aad through
hun - speak !, tie yourg mechas.c d sas a1d ava tsl
n'1 % work out rs own ses'tay - accomplish his
n'sson TOR hts destiny is IN his owa hands and ne
the architect D hi, own fortune Is this not true in u
moral IS ia the natural world The taa stoue-th.
sssis hail stons-uay break the shelter extended over
ihe srgle plant and the blast Of the wind nay chill 1t
death but the tree which grows the bare soil IA
bl Ak mountain top will stre,ch out ON racing arn
20 wrestie with the storms. let pass I, another
scene. England. We, Great Britain whom sometilnes
see through Ireisnds wrongs through Eastern oppres
ssou and whom sometimes member by the bloody track
y my father sicet IN Evolutionary simes-Engsnt say
WIN unerrng sngacy seeing the destiny Of the day. pro
posed % build eryst palace to labor ani invited the
nations ol tie earth 10 send ipra their wor 10 rival
ry with hers. Was Datursl-very natural, that tho
peops II the aired states believing themselves equal -
all the people the lace of ths earth should enieayor
10 bold up emuaton with that naiion which claims the
trient o the seas TO this young mechanic, this lite
rate boy, the power and the pride Of the nation applied
THIS gentle man on my right asked him he could build
boat OF i5o tons which could beat anything In the
wOrl1 And he remembered the Una aud the Mary Tay lor
and the St Mary aad sac he thought he could lie
then isksd Il he could build boat that would beat any
vessel oi the soop rig land you sill remember, gentle
thai the s!oop ggei vessel has from i've
g ut the advantage oi such craft the ,rca snd h.
said he could. lie was then asked be could beat with
q crsit Of l5o tons sny boat whlca would be
st 70 sail N the English seas. ani with the
pItcs oi native American he said he could
Thea the strongest shipwrlghtS and shpownsrs our
city came to him, and said "n5elte vors-io the work -
lmag the agony o this unstterei boy who like the
great An sso hell empire n his BRAN when called
upon 70 build boat to beat the world. out Of the void
ae created somcthtag uakuowu to beat all things known
to beat the andsnen and the salors aud the captains
and the admlrss ot the earth II glorious yacht
q m ghiy achievement The boat Il iaunched-shs has
gone town 10 the She goes 70 Hsyre. and there
m, ets our American captainsGot bless them m-they
~ and worthy to uphold the lag which floats them
They said 10 him Steers, have much credit at
thus great fair for Gods sake Keep her strong and
her rzht for We beaten entirely lost Well
she gees 10 Cowss there she meets seventy eighty
yachts. the pide II European LABOR and the ornaments
oi Hnslish nrstocracy, but as glanced a, them with
the Of mechanic and the Of the strength
u August, 1884, the cup Of All naiiors offered ~
for By every species q craft IN the world lou viii
remember that this the ssnal Of the great con,es,
between America aud Great Britain. They gone.
God speed the gallant barsthe prayers the hopes and
the pride OF the great nation concentrated In the
noble raft Better that she sh)uld 70 down tc the
depths " the sea than bring shame defeat the
uoa The Ambassador from our country was board q
eamer-the Qugen % England the sente Queen, was a,
the SeeJes-h is nght-then comes up sail see her
xaking-ycs, walking in :he waters Ike thing oi
rom the iant-reemen man her-the victory Is won
the nsmc Of the victorious craft America. and her
builder (pcuiiDg 10 Mr. steers st,ais here.