The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-29

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b. wes "Ts:sr rough" and there were the
= Mai would nos hare been rvssed 10 nave sons~
err so During the whoIs two days lasted abe ne'
hiypsd sss ana We y easy IN al her move sss
on crest Of gigantic wave hey ceia,r VA thrown
out Of the water, and having yoh1ng b act upen some
.pprehessions were ZEN as the sh n would be seriously
ives ind similar crcuv that the steamship At
Antc WAS disabled SON. years ago. by the breaking Of
engines had perform ed his work well that act
well the splen' ID qualities Of the ship herself
are not little vdebed for coming out OF the gale as well
chanc, Of whose genius and skin she Is perhaps the
nObtest creation, been alive and with Us to have
With snanly pride. His friends, however, may resi-
assured that she win sustain his reputation and that wha
she has already done only proves her ability 70 accom-
Of portion and pehaps Of the WHOLE OF the rigging was
defective In the very height Of the gale il became
painfully evident that made in the poorest manner
and Of the worst description Of iron Here were five
hundred lives dependent TO inccnsiderabe extent,
upon the strength of the rigging but when most required
Il found 10 be defective that broke Tn several
places. This the with the trysa gait and the
chain part Of the shrouds which gave way under the
parting Of the chain, two men who were starding
close by the mainmast narrowly escaped with their
lives haa struck mem on the mead Sctn would nave
which parted right In the CENTRE has been preserved az
specimen of the workmanship and certainly deserves
place among the cnrosities in the Navy Department at
Washington The broken portions show that It not
hall welded and that the metal itself of very inferior
account Of the ooseness with which the rigging bad been
put up, and at one time fears were felt that would go
overheard To prevent scrious catastrophe the men
and by din Of hard labor while the gale was strongest
they succeeded in securing the mast more firmly In its
place.
The gale lasted from ~ O'Clock Saturday, the ID
inst, till about O'Clock on Monday morning, but the sea
continued "rathcr rough" for four or dve DAYS aer
There times that did not make more than two
miles hour against the wind and waves and the great
est speed we reached was ten miles In the ,ame time
During the twenty -four hours preceding IL O'Clock of the
4th inst, only l0S miles and those made 10
the northwest As we could mot keep our course,
than thirty six miles nearer to London
had been by twelve O'Clock Of the day before
the 9TH however les ened the distance by seventy six
mies the 9th by 1c6 the It'll by &C. and the 9Th
by 26k the shortest had made towards des-
uns,ion any day since departure. After this
We improved considerably, and although on the 10th
the distance accomplished was less than two hundred
miles
In looking this statement ii may appear somewhat
strange that should not have made the passage In less
time, but this not the main object In vew and Capt.
Hudson doubtless did not consider himself just
fed in pressing tho vessel too much for the attain
ment Of what WAS after all q matter Of secondary
importance compared with the great pu, poses Of
The mission on which she was bound The power Of
had been tested to his satsacon and the fact that she
had accomplished run Of over 800 miles In day, with
fair breeze, II is true, but moderate also, sum
cen to prove that she could do much better under
favorable circumstances The parting OF Of the iron
OF rendered
exceedingly doubtful whether she could carry all her
sail without accident OF some kind. With her fourteen
thousand yards Of canvass spread to good stiff wind is
sixteen, and even as high as seventeen miles
hour. Her capability Of carrying san has,
pos BE- surpassed by any other vessel She has proved
herself when running before strong wind 70 bear steady
~ other ships under moderate breeze, and TO make use
OF nautical EXPRESSION ssshe is stiff . church"
We had several opportunities Of testing her speed
pared with that Of other ships which going the
hours and times less after they nrs, from
the deck On way up the English Chsnnel during the
Of which endeavored for halt an hour or so 70 keep up
with but she finally the contest and her rights
soon lost in the increasing distance Tuesday After
noon, tie l2th instant, We took channel pilot on
board, or Starts Point about hundred miles west
OF the Isle OF Wight and the folio sins day, about
O'Clock arrived of Dungenness, where engaged
The of another pilot for the Thames Ear up
Gravesend. AT the same. time we received salute
from Dutch frgate which was returned and soon after
were in the Downs, and that evening (lSh instantly We
anchored of the mouth Of the Thames. The following
proceeded up 10 Gravesend about thirty miles from Lon
dom and here we are at present lying until such time as
the mandatory where We are TO receive the Atlantic
submarine telegraph cable.
LOG OF THR TRIAL TRIP.
Arm 22-M4 p. NJ hove up the port anchor, secured
the boas and made all ready New York
bay, and at 40 NJ cleared Narrows under steam
Al $50 took departure from the outer buoy Of Ged
q
Arm IN Al ~ N The st ,nce from New York nv the
loo " ma II0 mcs Iat "a 40 lng m "a Carried ax.v
he nzep ion yaran mas, bnt voa The wreck on deck
Appu IA ~ M. lat 40 az long 700 Run for the
last ia crty four hours lsek mIles Al APP M land re
o. rtsd in sight and Al p stpped the engines near the
isbt boat oti sandy Hook Dscbarged the nalo AID nut
Mr. Martin engineer i'm chief Mr. Murphy the builder of
the with his men ON board the steam tug
Al $50 started the engines No Ain and AZ l03o the gh
boat xas on, OF sight NIP under bah stsam and nil
80 80. - $1,000. -.
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L. o. 80 ass - Wv " ~ yong ~ %, Instance run
ss, ,ha na,n 80 a. y, ~ .upiu VIZ ens,ncs ano
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ard s,,I. d,.,an,e ,,, o,- 4, s Us u , ss
90 n m,es ,sr bo,r ~ "'''e' sf"'" '"'"s "o"
ss,n o. 40 At Ia, An % ,a,u an 10 ,,.
run M miles. weather mia ana hroeycs 49, ,sa
r,,n - 10y w "s
Ap,u os-Ial a, q long az a, wipt r,ossr.,s and
weather mir, distance nm Soo mI,she aaicls" ,,n Nv
enc bonr vas ,sn miles Wv ~ "
Arm 90 rat ai,bb lon, oi1o xoo,hor mil, nm,
smooth Sen, Winds i,boash ivb, a,orasIe. and uns",
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