New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-22
MARINE AFFAIRS.

from, che day on which her keel was iaio' "orc
o"' 400 IL and gentlemen were on her decks at
- and the whsrves and shipping IN the viclni-
a.. ,.,d were crowded full Of people. PROBABLY
-. 1., N 200 spectators assembled 10 see her
NO' Tbe launch was SET down Tor 80 clock,
N,> -. h;,b water till half an hour later. About
e,.,e,,L ,te blows Of the workmen who were engaged
s0l;n, owsv the shores ceased moment Of sns-
-. followed. the Last prop was removed, ana she
81. ,ss.ea down the ways, the huge tinbers in
- he YVES Graded snapped aud cracked with Il
,hst WAS felt al over the ship. She entered the
-, amid the booming Of cannon, the music of the
- and ten thousand ringing cheers from the throng
.,,de on deck and on shore. In n moment she
,le,r Of the Ways aud rose with beautiful swan
IT, ,o.,oo from the plunge, leaving a wilderness of
- so,.inv IN her wake. By some misapprehen
a.. man stationed at the shore hawser, instead Of
Ianc that 90 released both anchors, bringing her up
- ,br,e hundred feet Of the dock. II SPLEEN
TSI.r,cb however but unfortunately not wholly un-
s,,.,.ed with accident lady and her child fell into
,A hold lust before the launch and seriously hurt.
An hour was occupied in heayng the anchors, and
eventually the ship had to be brought in to the wharf
st the foot Of Fifth street, Of her anchors having
fouIed with The launching tackle The irgate will be
flowed TO the Novelty Works where she will receive
her machinery.
Among the gentlemen on board at the launch were
the Russian officers Collector Schel, Peter Cooper,
Wilson G. Hunt Chas II. Haswell, Capt. Comstock,
and other prominent citizens.
The General Admiral is the largest, and no doubt,
one Of the strongest wooden ships afoat. No expense
yrs spared to make her as stanch and durable pos
sbb Her cost was about 81 $50 900. She will carry
~ guns, viz: 80 S-inch shell guns go pounders) on
the main deck, % long 80 Founders and Dahl.
gren's s-inch guns on the spar deck. The dimen-
ons of her hull are 800 feet long % feet wide and 81
feet deep. She has about two-ffths more stowage
room than the Vanderbilt, Persia, Great Republic,
aud one-third more than the Adratic. Her hull s
sharp at the ends, full at the bilge, with ronnd
stern and fat floor. White and live oak, teak and
mahogany, have been avishly used, where COM
moner and less expensive timber is usually bestowed,
and of the metallic fastenings, copper and brass
largely predominant. Her frame is Of live and white
oak, diagonaly strapped with iron bands inches
broad and thick. rivetted to each other and to the
frame, and fastened at the upper end to an iron
belt inches wide. and II thick, which girdles the
ship at the spar deck waterways. She is planked
and ceed with white oak, the panks and timbers
being copper-fastenod through the sides and edges.
The stanchions are locust, bolted through with iron
and rveted.
Her engines are now being built at the Novelty
Works. they are 20 BIO 8iinch cylinders with 45-inch
stroke, giving maximum speed Of 20 revolutions of
the propeller per minute. The propeller is two-baded,
Of brass 10 feet in diameter and weighing % TINS.
There are horizontal tubular boilers with 80 furnaces,
the smoke from which passes of through large tee-
scopc chimney. The ship is ventilated by means OF
metallic tubes, through which donkey engine forces
fresh air between the inside and outside panking Of the
hull and all through the ship 1t expected that the
General Admiral will make IA knots an hour under
canvas and IL knots under steam.
FOR CALIFORNIA.
The steamship Star of the West sailed on Monday
for Aspinwan, with GOO passengers and the California
mails Gen. Harvey, Col Pleasanton and Lieut..
Jessup went in her on their way TO join the army in
Oregon against the Indians. Gen. Harvey will COM
msnd the forces Father De Smet goes out with them
as Chaplain TO the army.
CRUISE OF the ScHsoyER EMELISE &. J HSsos,
AND DEATH or HER CAPrAIS.-The Il. e. johnson,
Capt. Samuel Osborn, sailed hence, July 4, for the
Island of AYES Bird Island where she took in cargo
of guano, and surveyed the island Thence she sailed
TO Swan Island which was explored, and samples OF
guano taken. At AYES, Aug. ?, che spoke the
British ship Salse. of London, Capt. Swinton, last
from Trinidad where she had taken load Of coolies,
third of whom had died the passage. At the
Island Of Retonda, July % spoke brig Humboldt lot
Boston, looking among the islands for cargo Of guano
On the homeward passage from Swan Island, IN the
morning of Sept. T. off the Torugas, the captain, Sanl
Osborn fell to the deck and after being taken below
died in a few minutes. He was New-Yorker, well
known in the city, and in tie Liverpool trade He
was in fine health snd spirits Il few moments before
the attack and the probable cause of his death was
congestion of the BRAIN supernduced by exposure to
tropical sun. lie was buried at Key West Sept. B. the
vessel sailing thence for this port on the 'th.
NAVAL.
The sloop-oi-war Cyane sailed from Norfolk for the
Pacific station Tues lay morning Appended is the
list of her officers:
Captain, Samuel ockwOod Frs, Lieutenant Jas H. spS,t.
rs; Fourth do Lambert; Firth do Jane. S,iilwel sixth
Marines: a n BSei ;''. Surgeon 1; L. s Williams. As,:
ant sargeon, Charles L; Living. PsrseI; James D.
Charles v Float, Acting Bostswan, john Buste 1anner
wilc,t, CARPENTER whhsm knight, SailmskeI; Samuel
Grave '"""''
The C6urt-Martiol convened to try Lieut.. Payne
has transmitted TO Washington the result of its inve
legations. Capt. Doughty was to leave Norfolk for
New-York to-day. The crew and armament for the
steamer Fulton which vessel went in commission at
Washington on Saturday, were all in readiness at the
-Go-por Navy-Yard, to be put on board when she
arrives Her officers had reported for duty, and the
Marine Guard, in charge OF Sergeant BoSe, was by
her.
The Fulton's officers are;
Lieu. Commanding J. J. Amy; Lisus NJ r. warrington,
Robert r. Stewart, Robert Seldom Marshall e. Csinpoe!
Pusef Robert H. Clara Surgeon Msyo, ,ewe
ID Assistant Sureeon John A Grer, Sd do Wi!Ani r. naf
rows, }. B. Houston and De Cruft