Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-05-20

IaE GREAT EAsTERN.-This is the h..
yet that has been built to navigate u biggest Graf
pitching 81 as since Noah's ark Ao,tos ioIng and
bigger than Noah's ark, as SAYS the w., Nay, ii,
who advises the visitor of the "Gro.t ~ Tines
fore he goes, unless he is very we'll EASTERN BE-
Book Of Genesis, to turn to the 9Th ch .elSed maa
fresh his memory as to the dimens;onIp 'er and re-
ark. and the "fashion" of its making 20 Oh NOa,
Of the ark shall be 3rO cubits the bro, Inc Length
cubts, and the height Of it 80 cubi,s" Sa Of ito
ing the cutits at foot and half wo b. ", fe'kop
40 feet long. Is feet broad, and Al e fave ship
Wh'e the visitor IN collecting data as to sh ash~
cred and profane, he may turn ont "Mo'n Snps g.
in the Navy List, and there he will 600 IlooOushr
gest line ofbattle ship in the British N.n at theh
" OF 1000 tons burden. And now IL. lazy exact
board Greenwich steamer and he stoa. ~ nh getOD
the picturesque pool to Miwall Jm1, through
Deptford he will he aware of some,b;n"' OPPOSITE
itic wallowing in the mud of the J slas mee.Adau
stranded saurian ship, to which cvon '" VI iosss-a
must yield precedence, and to which d, Aoahs ark
boroughs, and Wellingtons and Merr;m.o ule Mar
agaras in the world are mere cock .bo.,a andN
hui! OF the burden of twentv.three ,bon..:A,n iron
nearly seven hundred feet long, and sytv tons
will meet his eye-the hull Of Mr. Scot. 1 d high
Great Eastern steamship. We must give s %lsses
figures, for every figure is a monsier lew more
80 az SeF One Is figure 49,
OO0-the number of the iron nIatos '"t OF 20.
pose the enormous erection, each wcip;r mnsf Com.
OF ton. and each fastened by 100 rvets ,re hind
will accommodate 1000 passengers son 1t ssneAp
are first class. On an emergency she con,, "n'n
10000 troops. She will contain 10 bo,or. carry
furnaces The cylinder of every engine wi; nnH lO
feet in diameter, and will weigh five tme sn @sy
as the great bell of ST. Pauls in Iona, as mn'h
screw propeller will be "a feet in dameto1" H The
diameter of the padd!e-whees will be e. ' e The
considerably larger than the circus at Aser,' ~H or
principal suite of saloons will be 400 fec. !. The
and promenade round the deck will ag,rd ,tns'n
OF more than quarter Of mile. This NAVAL wax
ship will combine steam power in both shan" munster
and paddle with sailing power. She will Ser'T
600 tons of COAL she will he lighted bv c,s MY H.
board and the electric light will flicker lila S ~
mos fire at night from her masthead Sh w. n
spread $500 yards ofcanvass, and her snoed Will
pnted at 10 knots or l8 miles an hour r,,omi. a
Will perform the voyage to India bv tbe C.,o .'
to Australia in little more than a month w Nv"
would not wish to to be the captain of this o,n %
shin? WIS s'''a3
The Times chuckles over the thonpbt that l..
mammoth steamer. with its wonirons snaod- h
giant dromedary of the decp-will bring the 1DEs
empire of Great Britain home '"u"i
"The result Of this great experiment in sbiDh u7
ui"s, u IL ais"erS, Oh winch there is little or m
doubt, will he consolidation of the British emrrs
such as we have not vet seen. Half Of the spars
which separates the varions sections of # fran fl.
mother country and from each other will be ,n,1;
lated. Our colonists will be brought comrar,ivelr
close to U.S. and, what is almost of as much mn,.
lance as to the actual vicinity gained they will Ia
more than twice as near to in Imagination The
difference between a months VOYAGE and tvoo
three months is all the difference to the imagination
We think of place as within reach. and within
home distance, if it is only ga month off," IT,
whole empire is thus brought into home commas
and we obtain the addition Of strength which somA
greater union gives We shall find ourselves rav
ing visits to and receiving visits from India and Aus
tralia. Our friends will come over for the summer
with return tickets, and the British Empire will BE-
come in virtual compass provi 'ce."
Hon. BURTON CRAIGE.-We are glad to see that
this distinguished gentleman is again canddatefr
re election to seat in the next Congress North.
Carolina could not well dispense with the services
of Mr. Craige at this time. When fanatirsm
seeking to overturn the government and TO trampe
upon the constitution we need such able hold and
fearless defenders as he has proven himself to he
Possessed Of all those high qualifications that go 10
make useful and efficient member together with,
weight Of character that must ever give him com.
manding position in the House, and wide spread
influence in his social intercourse with its members
his loss would be seriously regretted by the connry
and particularly BY the State he has honored BY
his course. So far. Mr. Craige has no oppostion;
should he have however, there can be no doubt d
his triumphant election. Dem. Pioneer
TIE WAY OF THE WoRLD.-First boy-"Say Bill,
then you're getting dollar week now"
Second boy Well. you might knew that, BY