The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-04-30

vessel. In this emergency Mrs. Patterns rare quail
ties developed themselves. She assumed command of
the vessel herself, and the nautical observations she
once made in sport and for a past-time she now I'M
dertoOk as a daily duty. Her time was spent between
the bedside of her delirious husband and the writing
desk, working up the intricate calculations incident
to nautical observations, making entries in the log
book IN her own delicate penmanship, and tracing out
with accuracy the position of the ship from the charts
in the cabin.
At the same time she consulted all the medical
authorities at hand as to the treatment of her hus-
bands case, and applied herself in every way to
restore him to health. The mate, meantime, sought
to excite a mutIny among the crew, and desired to
carry the ship into Valparaiso, but in this he was
fOiled. Mrs. Patten assembled the sailors upon the
quarterback and explained to them the helpless con-
dltlon OF her husband, at the same time appealing to
tnem 10 stand by her and the second mate. To this
appeal each man responded by a promise to obey her
IN every command. The mate lost his power over
the crew from that hour, and Mrs. P, without a rival,
directed every movement Oh board. The men mani
tested their sympathy by the greatest alacrity in
obeying her orders, as well as those of the second
mate, who superintendent the working of the ship,
until she arrived at San Francisco on the 18th of
November.
Capt. Patten now lies very i'll, and is not expected
to survive. He has lost his eyesight and is quite deaf.
The case having been brought to the attention of the
Board of Underwriters, the matter was on Tuesday
referred to a Committee, who reported in favor of
paying Mrs. Z. 81 900 as a temporary relief. Her
discretion and heroism have saved a very large sum
to the insurers, which would have been lost had the
cOunsels of the mate prevailed, and the ship been
carried into Valparaiso. 1t is understood that further
appropriations will be made, and that the owners of
the ship, and the merchants of New York, propose to
take some further notice of the case-.N Y. Oh
SerUer.
CLIPPER SHIP GREAT REPUBLIC.-The magnificent,
world-renOwned clipper ship Great Republic, now
lying at Greenwich and Lombard Docks, has attracted
a large share of public attention, ever since she has
been IN port. Her performances at sea-, since she
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bic, and have challenged the admiration of our English
and French friends, as well as the attention of the
good people of all the ports she has visited. 1t will
be recollected the Great Republic was built by Dom
aid Mckay, at East Boston; and, after having been
taken to New York, and loaded with a full cargo of
breadstufs, &C., for England, she was accidentally
burned almost to the waters edge, whilst lying at
her dock. She was subsequently rebuilt by Messrs.
Sneaden & Co., of New York, on the old lines, but
with one deck less than when first launched. She is,
strictly speaking, an extreme clipper.
The first voyage of the Republic was to Liverpool,
making an exceedingly short run from New York
across the Atlantic. She was subsequently chartered
by the French Government to carry troops, horses,
and ammunition, from Marseilles to the Crimea. 1t
was on q voyage of this kind, with a heavy and valu-
able cargo, and a large number of soldiers, that she
was ordered to be taken in tow by a steamer; but, q
breeze springing up, Captain Limeburner loosed his
topsails, and tOp-gallant sails, and ran completely
away from the steamship, putting her hull down in
o. few hours. After several successful voyages in the
Mediterranean Sea, she returned to New York, and
loaded for this port.
To give our readers an idea of the mammoth pro-
portions Of this ship, we give her measurement, which
is-extreme length, 325 feet; breath of beam, So feet;
depth of hold, 81 feet; register, 1857 tons, with a
carrying capacity of 800 tons assorted cargo.
Her mainmast is 900 feet long, from the kelson to
the truck; her main yard about 100 feet in length,
with the other lower spars in proportion. She carries
four masts, the fore, main, and mizzen masts, being
ship rugged, and the fourth mast, or, as it is called,
the g spanker mast, - being schooner rugged. Her
anchors and chains are larger and heavier than are
usual on the largest American men-of-war. To stand
on the decks of this noble vessel, and survey her
magnificent proportions, is the only way to appreciate
her immense size. Her model and lines are so perfect,
that she does not seem so large, from a broadside or
angular view.
She left New York for this port at 8 o'clock, P. NJ,
'Esea time,' of Dec. 7th, and ran down to the Line in
fifteen days and nineteen hours, being the shortest
time ever made by several hours. From the Line to
the Horn she was ~forty-six days, and to the Equator.
in the Pacific, seventy-two days. When within five
hundred miles of the Heads, or about two days sail.
she was bafled with light airs, Gains and fogs, and
was five days getting in, making the whole voyage in
81 days from port to port, which time has only been
equalled by the St0ord Fish, and exceeded by the
Flying Cloud some twenty-siX hours. The Republic
has made as high as 413 miles in twenty-four hours:
and on this voyage, in the North atlantic, ran the
great distance of $50 miles in nineteen hours, which
was at the rate of nineteen miles an hour, or 45f
miles in twenty-four hours-.AHG Californian