, 1858-11-19
The New Steamship.

Z The New Steamship.
We find the0folowing in the Oregon
Tines of the 3Oth. ult, which we take
pleasure in transferring to our columns.
Among the enterprises Of great pith and nom nj
we observed in our poregrnatioas around the Sound
the steamship In process Of building at Port
Ludlow, attracted the most Of our attention. She Is
designed expressly for the Sound trade and Is being
built by the mail contractors Messrs. Hunt Scran.
ton a mail steamer. Those who assume to be con
versant with such matters, represent her iashiopcd
after the finest model and Of strength and spfed
She will he hundred and fifty feet in length twenty
Of three hundred TONS Her machinery will consist Of a
beam engine ten feet stroke, and thrtysx inch cyn-
der, Of the best eastern manufacture and with all
the latest improvements. Her owners design her to
be the most perfect, finished and fastest steamer on
this coast. In compliment (nobly deserved say we y
TO Mr. A. " Brown, our present able and popular
General, the steamer will he named after
him. and beg 10 suggest IN him the little fact that
as she is destined to run into her maestys dominions
a foreign port-shc will require British as well as
American colors.
It Is something Of note and interest to the people of
Washington Territory that they number among
themselves gentlemen possessed OF the enterprise and
public spirit for which Messrs. Hunt & Scranton
are 80 we'll and lavorbly known. The untring euer-
" and perseverance of Hunt Scranton In securing
b the Sound country the establishment of this i'm
portant mail route Is worthy Of the paudits OF public
anprobation which awaits the complete success Of the
enterprise. Washington contains among her popula-
ton many gentlemen who have contributed vastly to
the development OF the wealth and resources OF the
couniry but this Puget Sound mail route is the giant
success OF her history until now, and we give honor
TO whom honor Is due, when we assert that in this
great enterprise Messrs. Hunt Scranton deserve a
public estimation second to none other; and unless
tested worth and true merit be wholly ignored and
dsregarded they will live to reap the bright and fat
terng reward Of their abors Success say We to the
lie spirit which promted her building. In the spring.
when she Is launched into the keeping Of the briny
deep, and consigned to tho guardianship Of Old Nep
tune may be the spring which preeedes the glorious
summer and the yellowleaved autumn and harvest Of
fortune to her proprietors.
Whilst We cheerfully endorse oil that is
said in the above, in praise Of Messrs. HuST
and SCRANTON for the energy and persever,
ance displayed by them in securing mail
contract for Puget Sound, and keeping a
steamer naoat upon our waters under the
most discouraging circumstances, yet the
fact should not be lost sight of that at the
time the contract was awarded to them,
this territory had delegate in Congress,
to whom, it is supposed, at least respect
able per centage Of the credit of the enter
prise justly belongs.
Aud again, it is not alone to the original
mail contractors to whom the people Of
this territory are to be ihtcbted for the con-
struction of the new steamer under consid-
Grafton. 1t is true that they are the orr
ginators, and took the initiative in the
work, and that all their energies are being
directed towards its successful and early
completion. But there are other parties to
whom, at least, an equal amount Of credit
is due for the furtheranee and prosecution
Of the work upon it and we are of opinion
that, when completed, the present joint pro-
prietors Of the C0nstitHtiOn-Capt Cow
and Purser MoLTHRoP will b, equally
worthy Of the plandits of public approba-
ton which awaits the complete success of
the enterprise.p
We have in our saactum model of the
steamer A. v Bropn-that is to be-and
should judge that all her appointments
will be excellent, and that she will really
be such craft as the people of Puget
Sound may well be proud Of. We learn
that the work upon her is rapidly progress
sing-that she will be pushed steadily along
to complition, and that it is expected to
have her in readiness to launch by the mid
die of April next.
One of the original contractors-Mr
JOHN II. SCRANTON left for Washington
city, on the steamer Panama, on Monday
evening. Oar best wishes go with him for
pleasant voyage, and success in all bis
undertakings. His absence, we understand
will be Of short duration.