New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-27

TIE Catlcat propele steamboat Niagara pro-
ooed'd Yesterday her voyage to Buffalo where che
will tai IL cargo Of our and grain ard then return
10 New-York. The steamboat has on board one hun
dred aud twelve trus Of iron, twelve tuns Of coal and
the weight Of her machinery is eight tun-. Her reel-
lar register il about go turs. Her machinery OF
io-lorse power. Her engines were built by Mr. }. >
Cnderhill Of the Dry DOCK Iron Works. She draws
four feet water forward and five aft The boat steamed
ont NJ O'Clock aud wa saluted by various vessels as
she pu--ed and weLt dowa the bay at the rate OF io
knots sD hour under thirty pound OF steam and against
strolg ebb tide. The invention Of Capt Cathcs7
las been tested and pIoyes ha. these boats VIII run
three tyiu- for two of the ordinary horse boats while
tie expense is less By one.'bird. The Niagara wi 70
turn IN about five dsys. The propeller OF thl' vessel
/. hung in the dde Of the rudder, and s connected
with the driving shaft by universal joint, betweea
The stern post and the ruddcr so that when the rudder
moves the propeller ia moved laferay With it, thereby
avoiding the resistance made by the back-wa'er
spait si the rudder the case of stationary prope
ler. and thus giyiog more speed 10 tho vessel with
perfect steeTsge.
fyon TIE Schenectady Erening S'ar.
BY invitation witnessed, yesterday, the operat'n
of mode Of prOpeing boats, the design oi "hich
i. 10 eecuie speed 60, nOnze po"er, and avoid such
disturbance of the water ~ might prove injurious I"
tie banks ui the cgua. The simplicity OF the nven-
s;op l. opch that is surprised that 1t shou1 not
have been suggested To his OSn nd; the cost o con-
structiop is light, and It can he attached 10 any
canal boat with such case, that sbonii II prove
as succe sfn' on arl scale as in the experiment Just
made the time is undoubtedly near ~ mana "hen
steam will entirely supersede horsepower IN canal
navipa,iop The boat is propelled by wheel placed
under the stern il horizontal position incosed IN
box having an Inlet and outlet Tor the water the
powor is communicated from shaft connected with
The engine without the Intervention Oi puieys ana
hands the box which contains the wheel i uhder the
control Of the seersap. by whom the position oi the
oler ngs be changed so direct the course oi
tie boat with the greatest exactness A. can De rotu
round On liz center made t. stand still, to run back
ward or forward without the sOppage or reversal OF
the ensiDo The speed attained Oh the experimental
trip quite satisfactory, seven miles an honr with
an engine of three horse capacity, being considered
Lie rate by all present. The Invention Is called the
S"yigstion. and is introduced by John Eaton Il Co:
of Brooklyn, Mr. Eaton being the inventor. The tnal
Yesterday proved in every respect successful onci
the surface Of the water not disturbed by the mo-
ton of the wheel we're any discoveries made 10
throw doubts on the perfect adaptation Of the iuyen-
tion in every respect TO steam navigation on the
cdnas.
ALMOST RAILROAD SIZED.
The feet and fayorte steamer Armenia made qulck
run from New-York on Friday, and reached her doch
in Albany at eight minutes past three O'Clock. Shc
lef. New-York precisely at o'clock. and reached
P,uohkeepsie In three hours and ifty-tive minutes,
making five landings. She run hundred miles, ~
Guiding her usual iandingsten in al-to Rhinebeck,
in four hours and f'rty-sx minutes New-Daiumorel
which is only twelve miles from Albany, sue passei
al ,ght minutes 10 two clock. Taking toto conslt-
GRAFTON the time lost in making many landings 1t is
the best time on record. No extra eXertions were
made until after they had left West Point, when they
LET her out Poughkeepsie Press, 18th.