The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-28

seemed rather dark coming right out of the golden bsse
of odsys sunlight THIS the spa deck and = inc
are the centre Of attraction The windows hook out on
each side OF rudder and the entire accommodation,
feet the principal saloon or cabin being rs by 2s the
others are the library and two sleeping rooms AL are
painted in white with gilt moudings me furniture rs Of
cases. &c all Of which were made ct the Navy Yard
Mr. Reed takes with him no less than SIX bookcases
filed with works doubt selected with classic as wei
as legal eye and with their help image that the
Injuries Of homo might resgnedy be dispensed with under
the circnm' tances.
The Minnesota being three decker the visitors descend
TO still darker deck, where one feels as the beams
overhead were coming down upon him Al the DOW, on
this deck the sick bay divided on by wooden bars
Curious gances within this space and one hopes
the "sck list" will be small on the beautiful Minnesota
From this deck You descend 70 the engine room, an
shafts, Wheels which surround you Ike the work or
giants The engines are two in number, eight hundred
horse power There four Of Martins tabular boilers
and the power applied TO two bladed screw means
of immense shaft running from about the MIDDLE OF the
ship to The stern This screw packed a. tue stern s Sss
of composition Of brass and znc and weighs 20 tons
II II feet in diane ter with 20 feet pitch, and can be
lifted Of he when the vessel ~ under canvass,
as the with the Of the Wabash, built vt our
Navy Yard.
knots per hour; but she is Of half clipper build, with
opgaants and fair wind tis expected that, under
alone, she will average fourteen Knots per hour
Her dimensions, published in the Bulletin some time
SINCE Length PAL feet the spar Deck width, 81
feet inches. She built at the Washington Navy
Yard. where her machinery also made. The number
OF persons board when she leaves our shores will be
nearly 700.
There s another lieutenant, and also chaplain, NO
ceeary TO complete the list Of officers They will join tho
shin Norfolk. Who they NOT yet known on board
The midshipmen eth remain TO be shipped Their number
will depend circumstances, they are 70 be drafted
from the Naval School at Annapolis, the examination Of
which anspres the LIST Of June The successful ones
will be Immediately ora cred 70 the hnneso a.
There three surgeons on board in consequence Of
the nsapbrty Of the country 30 which she is to be sent
rhe crew well selected and Ia considered remarkably
fine one Over hundred landsmeu, shipped from
this city, which may account for the number Of Susans
who among the visitors to-day The crew have, so
far, behaved remarkably veil, although discipline Is me-
cesssrily Lax while the vessel 10 of the yard.
Captain Du Pont assumed co nmand q day or two ago,
when he made the speech, which was a model Of
brevty and condensation The other officers not all
board yet but will shortly be at their poets II will
probably be several days yet before abe can sail
The visitors scattered over the various parts OF
tho ship that could not form very correct estmae
but should suppose that from ten to eleven O'Clock this
morning. there were fully FIVE hundred In addition 70 the
immense number Of the crew on board