The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-08-20

the screw propeller. -Four engines, the cylir
gers OF which are feet in diameter, and weigh
ing eacn So tons, the whole Of a nominal hors
power l,ooO horses, but capable working L
tnree times this, or nearly 5000 horses, are con
nected to the horizontal shaft, to the outer emf
OF winch the propeller blades are attached
Ihis SHAFT merely for the transmission of tn,
power, Is l60 feet long, and weighs 60 tons, th,
| diameter OF the screw itself being "a feet, ant
capable OF propeling the vessel alone at the ratt
of Is knots per hour, or across the Atlantic II
eight days. -
Some most interesting statistics have bser
published of other portions of this tr;toy
amongst the minnows, but l fear / am firing
your patience with these particulars. / would
therefore merely add, that not only have all he,
dimensions and details been arranged on the
most scientific principles, combined, as far as
possible, with the practical experience of twenty
years OF ocean steaming, but the little points
OF comfort and ease have not been forgotten,
and everything has been arranged to make
ocean travelling as pleasurable and popular az
our lake and river steaming has lately become.
Not only will her large size and freedom from
pitching and rolling motion, so distressing 70
most passengers, almost if not quite do awav
with sea-sickness, but the poked up little dens
that have been diguifed by the name of state.
rooms will be exchanged for apartments second
IN SIZE, convenience, and refinement, to nothing
that we are accustomed to on land. The bed
rooms are feet inches high, and the princi.
pal soloons, OF which there are ten, are 20 feet
long, and from II to Ia feet high. For exer.
else and amusement, the level floor of the up.
per deck affords the ample space of an acre and
half for every variety of amusement Morn.
ing calls can scarcely be exchanged without a
considerable draw upon the time and locomo.
i've powers OF the ladies, whilst the gentlemen
Will have the various distractions of watering.
place amusements, and ample scope for every
variety OF athletic and social occupation. In
Inc evening, the necessary space for the most
extensive country.dance amongst the 3, 900 for.
ward passengers; will not interfere with the
quadrllle or promenade of the aristocratic re.
mainder and after supper, four turns round the
vessel will give rather over the necessary dis
lance OF mile, to settle the digestion of that
very pleasant but abused repast.
HE FALLING OFF AT WATERING PLACES
The first of August is close upon us. when
Saratoga and Cape May were wont to be over.
crowded; yet from there in common with all
the other fashionable watering. places, comes I'D
cry of desertion and despair. In vain have
landlords raised the prices; in vain has the
science OF extortion in little things been devel.
oped to perfection; in vain do obsea uious wait.
ers rub their hands, in expectation of the guests
they will either fleece or starve. Few visiters
arrive, fewer stay still fewer launch into the ex.
travagances of former years. The bellies declare
there are no beaux, and fit back, in chagrin,
to their city boudoirs. Maneuvring mammas
wonder what has become of all the single men
ut tOrtnna Soro 20 H..
Newport sits weeping among her
fogs. Cape May bewails her former glories.
Long Branch, like deserted and envious old
dowager, thanks her stars hypocritically. that
this year no rabble are about. Even Niagara
Is plqued at neglect, and rolls grander than
ever, but in vain.
The explanation of all this, we are told. is that
the season has been cold and wet. But this.
we submit, is not the only reason. We donbt
indeed, if it is the principal one. The truth is
that high prices and Indifferent accommoda.
lions are the chief causes of this desertion of
mt ,nC'I-nloo IT, 80 L.. -
struck down insolent landlords and supercilious
clerks. The public will bear much, but not
1t put up with small rooms and
wretched food, first at ten dollars week, then |
1t twelve, and finally at fourteen, grumbling at
each successive step in extorton, it is true, but
submitting to it nevertheless, till finally the |
browning advance to seventeen and twenty dol |
airs has produced a silent though wide spread |
revolt. 1t is the old story, forever being re- |
peated, OF the last ounce that breaks the cam
ELS back. 1t is the time renowned absurdity |
'e-enacted again, of killing the goose that lays |
The golden egg.
We hear some conceited simpleton reply to |
his, by saying that the dearest hotels are doing
he lQrOpot hu aipaoo Rut The g. Il -.
not deny, corroborates our view. For the great |
majority of those who visit fashionable watering
places will go where the highest price is ask. |
ed, on the silly notion that there the best socie.
y is to be found, and that, by being in it's CON-
pany, they become exclusive too. Mrs. Poti- |
phar, if she cannot figure with the first circles,
prefers to stay at home. With what she calls |
= the mob" who sensibly resort to cheaper no. !
els, she will not stoop to associate. The few, |
who really can afford it, are still enough to fill |
one or two establishments, and hence about a |
third of the most popular are crowded. The |
of these mammoth adopts in extor-
ion sit glowering, like the disabled giant in |
The allegory, waiting in vain for victims to pass
hat way.
Yet there are almost as many people out of
own as ever. But they have gone to country
seats of their own, or they are travelling among
he grand old mountains which everywhere in
Dur land lift their proud heads to heaven. A
healthy reaction has come over the American
public. The mass of those who have time and
means, have gone to Europe. Others, for the
reasons we have given, eschew as a rule extor-
ion watering places. The popular verdict has
zone forth, that twenty dollars week "is," to
quote the words of Franklin, "paying too dear
or the whistle" People will still 20 out of
own, the sea shore will still be visited, but it
will be under a different regime from that of
he few last years. If Cape May and Saratoga,
Newport and Nahant, Long Branch and Sba-
on Springs, are ever to recover their old as
tendency, it must be by substituting the maxi
mum of accommodations and the minimum of
rice, for the poor fare and enormous charges
hat now prevail.-PhilGdeiphi Ledger.
The FUNERAL OF BERANGER.-The funeral
f the national poet of France was attended by
ONE 100000 persons, who gathered on the
Boulevard in the vicinity of his house, but
7ere not allowed to join the procession. The
Government feared popular outbreak, and
My officials and persons who had received
ards of invitation were present at the religious
ceremonies, which took place in the church of
It. Elizabeth du Temple, and formed part of
he cortege to Pere la Chaise. Beranger, who
ad always been opposed to the Government,
'as buried surrounded by its bayonets A let.
Pr from Paris gives the following account of
he military preparations of the funeral:
"About fifteen thousand soldiers were called
ut on Friday morning, armed with ball car
ridge, aud distributed over the route, or near
, over which the procession would have to
ass two thousand were on the Boulevard in
he neighborhood of the Chateau d'Eau, four
nousand at the cemetery of Pere la Chaise,
light thousand at the Place de la Bastille, and
be rest conducting the funeral cortege, hold
ng the cordons around the neighborhood of the
Tue Vendome, or distributed along the streets :