Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-23
The March of the Times.

f Wedo not know whenwc have met with
q more focible illus stration Of the industrial
progress OF the times, than is embraced in
simple description of the great steamship Of
the world (and her capacity now being
built IN England. We mean when consid
cred in connection with the history Of the
Navigation of the ocean by steam--a prac-
tice which dates buck to SO reeenta period
MS that every man of forty well remembers
when tht'then mostdeservedly dis inguish
-ed'scienti6c man,of England = DR. Dyonys-
lus rbardner-- gravely lectured in this coun-
try To proveslhe almost utter inpOssihility
of crossing the. Atlantic in a steamship. =
Thedescription 10 which we refer is as fol
lows: k A,s s*,yi "a.
. =" Among the passions which belong to
I'bun1annai,Ire, observes the London Times,
we may recognize what may be called n
passion Tor size, and whoever wants TO feel
thio natural pnS,ion in eptin,i,ivo " . v, must
visit the banks of the Thames at Millwall.
But before he goes, unhSs he is we'll versed
inthe book of Genesis, he e.Should turn to
the Gth chnpterand refresh his memory MS
10 the dimensions OF Noah's ark and the
fashion of its making 'Fhe leng h of the
ark shall be 800 cubits,. the breadth of it
so cubils and the heighth of it 80 cubits.''
So reckoning the oubits nj foot and a half
we have ship $50 feet long, 75 feet
broad and 45 feet high. While collecting
data as to ships sacred and profane he may
turn out marlborough" in the Navy List,
and there he will see that the largest line of
hattie shipin tho British navy is of exactly
doO0tons burden. And now let him pet
on board n Greenwich steamer and be
steamed through the picturesque pool to
Miilw"il just opposite Demp,ford I've will
be aware of something pre- Adamatic, wal
lowing in the mud of the Isle of Dogs14a
stranded sauran'ship 10 which even Roah's
arkmust yield precedence. An iron hull
of the burthen of23 600 tons, nearly 700
feet long and 60 feet high, will meet bis eve,
the hull of Mr.. Scott RussplPs Great Eas
tern steamship The ship will accommo-
date 1900 passengers, 800 Of whom are
first clags. On an emergency she could
carry 10000 troops. She will contain 10
boilers and 100 furnaces The cylinder of
every engine will be six feet in diameter and
viii weigh five times as much as the great
bell of St. Pauls. The screw propeller will
be "a feet in diameter, and the diameter Of
the paddle wheels will be SO feet or consid-
eraby larger than tie circus at Astley's. -
The principal suite of saloons will be 400
feet tpllcnglh and promenade round the
deck wilaffo,d a walk of more than a quar-
! ter of. mile, This monster ship will com
bine steam powerin both shapes, screw and
paddle, with sailing power. She will carry
1000 tons Of coal, will be lighted with gas
made on board, and carry an electric light
at her mast head. She will spread $500
feet of canvass, and her speed is estimated
al miles an hour.
r. A FAMINE, +Great distress is spif to pre-.
vail in all parts. of Russell and adjoining
cohuties in Kentucky, owing to the scarcity
and high price of provisions. There is but
very little grain or meat in that section 70
he purchased at any price; and while many
famiesare nadeSritute condition as regards
food, mnnv are actually in stale borderine
onstarvation. A public meeting was held
atrJamesto town h'tweek ia devise some plan
/ by which the necessitirs of the sufferers
could be, relieved, and liberal, donations
Were made. wilhthe view, of sending ia
Nashville for provisions. ~. ,,"l.,l
7 f' - 90 -
INTERviEw or THg BRrrsH MINfsTEs
wIrH TaE PREsIpENr---The Washington
correspondent of the philadelphia American
| whites - 49, ~
! Lord Napier had a formal ipteryiew. with
the President on, Wednesday,, which lasted
nearly two hours.in refer?pc to the Dalay
! r!a:yaf!"n treaty He read Lord Claren
don'S dispatch to him on the subject. That
dispatch sets forth that heixcinsive eroand
for rjecIing;the trea,y,bp the British gov.
.ernnent is thc;non. confirmation of d he con
yeplion. between Honduras and Great, Brit
ain. All the other amendments made, by
the Senate, exceptstIlat qualifying the arti,
Gle 10 regard to Honduras, were acce pied in
their enireaty and wilhOut reservation hy
1.-The British. Cabinet. There is therefore, no
misunderstanding as to the alleged or real
point Of difficulty. "-filsq u.
iiord Napier endeavored, v ith,msulfear.
nesiness, to.ilnpress he-Presideneswilh the
belief that no other0th friendly feelings
hwere enlertainedtowardsihp administration
or the country bv the ministry aud cited
Eexpressiops from Lord Clarendon's dispatch
! asj jostifyiug thislanguagd. In concIusiop,
he proposed TO i0stirute q newnegotiasion.
founded iupbu the conditional aoouiescence
Eof Honduras. drhisF Fucges,ion was proper
| iy}and promptly declined blythe President,
fand there Tie matter rests for the present.
.HARnIsBuHGeMny H.--Tke Hon. Wi.
liam III. Wels;l. the able Stale Senator from
! York county, Penp,, made minority report
To-. day sustaininp the decision of The IInitad