The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-01-08
CIR ON Curnrr.
LAUNCHING THE LEvIATHAN.

On the mnrnins IL the 2s,l, ult., a third
attempt Was made u launch tie L''iathan'
and DUNG tlle day lilo VA gradually Liver
t-l down tie ways nearly % itet.
TIE cau-. vt previous fa'lnr'. was 70
gre,t extent the uar.hy nature VI the ground
snd A c .n-a.ient yleLilng oi the pile,
ux,i,.sr watch the h,draul'o mach'rs ret
ej Since q Cay Of the recO,'i attempt n
l,r,. 4, ,s OF wurkmen had heen construct
in. "A s.rics OF I.arierous uu,'cr networks.
iorn.ed NJ .oi pil,- 40 ivet long ANA IL
i.ch,. squar-. miyrr into the Sroand
drpth vi from 80 To IS feet. Zach rV~ cor-
,..sd oi ulou, IL 81 th--e tiub~rs, and there
w.,. nv, aud ,ix r,,~-. ute bsti"d another.
%, intervals 81 ~ ieet distance. B'twe~'
thee. nn ., level with the gnn,"j, wire
= r,,. al ,,s,s al iinl-r al the same size,
L,.,. ,.,I urIz,inIaIl,, a~i the iarU- a'S''
grUuuI wcrr .uI I-TI'd iy ae"'r'e'" s>'t"
81 I-.,,us 'I,ss,.'s ar"i :" cn',-'".' So VI"
IL Iros.r Me- di,u''n.i'd "rr d" "'
u.v,.-s s.rl.,r AID rra',h d asah II ~ e''il
Is,Int. lie ~liuh' MAJ Mes 'crc"ei "s'
i.it.I together. and hsl'ini tile lat OF ede',
q, t!m r,u 81 ll,r was cr'~drda mas :"
i.m aIl,sl ". cI,rnlOU- " lsht. 49, ~ h'
-, al, al, ,,,,I the IIm -t-, hut cmri'ss
,l,,,..,.,, a., nd tnrm F. ~ OF ,n'sc ~
,,,,,l,, .,,lcr, ~rre ~ e,.sI. rw-e mar,
ILs,N n. c,u,,I im irr 70 uI' o.
~ tlsnx IL, 49, fdhay, ."i- r>'i'h'h ta-
L.I. a. ..u,ml" At tic i": a"' tie q.
.a.. ,-,nn Sr iIH ~. %" o't"rl's =
10 =, rpa.N liz. ismI- ~ ~ s'ar'"' y" :"
m.,,,,,.. A 49, auIHuUUr,-i tat =" ~
u,n,,iy Inc;.,, drsn the Ifwsr' l'n'r
49,, ,.,d llL,t L.. s..,n la'i tea" &" inc -
al, Ii,,. ..IDT nas, Ma Ii"' 500 !" 49,
.I,rl ~ aTl, Isishi "I"m T." ~'IS d.'"
uIri D.. i...mIIrS 49, 'u"'"'"' ""
A, n.,., ,r.sns ,Ihsl.Ial al Incir f. u'ii'u.r.
4. a L.inu,,s Il. Si'o ls'd In-i'~>d III
iri. i,nwald aim y n'chrs at, "nd AL ""
EuIuE 80, a. S,a,-,ti'N as c''nd hc w'>l"'
~n-I, l,ud sioUls i,uIn tie rtrn a'i'o,u,''
AT tie l.si oI tile dSs.aI'I n,u 'ri,'s chat"
"a unu,s,r.u- Idle, wI,h INK aiil'o', I"
thick is "a usIn slIm-hLd jared. ihs'
was I,,, immediate rrn,lA at hand ior ~
r\II, 40 thu STRAIN irJn that quarter hail L.
n, Jl.c,,uliiued IuT,hsi IL. Almost at III
si,. q Instant uue al tie iwo '''o'rins cha'"
wLicI, hatch, Il up.,u Ter bOws ,umc IN -
p,Jly ~, Ia be uscls-s, Willie the sev''l"
u,s,..r wLicl, hrld the u Ter cham on u"
U,,HsIte sid,. Oi Il.c river als',sgan iodr's
= eh mIshals Occ1ITIng at the SAME 10"
niriI u,rl.. IUlird "a slight d,la, hnt the -I''p
ls,yu Wa Ui,IS teml Or,ry ,aid h\ III clOcA
iis iurwaid cradle had gO''e down l''c "a.s
81 INCHES, aud ia alIrImuSt IL Incl,es -
Prom TIN TIM, Un her pr2r~s cUn'in"'''
slow, hut sur, averaging about "'e ine''
ear, 20 seconds. Her pngrces ""s no''c
l..s 80 lhe s,r,ct,~t sn,e oi Ihr word. All
tie, uuvs, strals j u,I,uuon mlling To dc.'c
by T. r,g,nL that tuere wa- any molI' gOin-
E,ruatd, mach Iees that ala ir'n s"bdib 80
suci, mnI,S. Iuus pr'lOriths Ma ming i"lc
al Iuiunrd Intu the waier. by marking
ala. hallway Ineial- over which thu cridI
sid. hvI e,,cl yrOsre-s cOuli be tel an"
tIm,tl, la, wIIhuul such "A quito Tor the eye
w.s Yer, d,ih,.ult u perceive that s''c w,'
making AL, way ut ala. Cmlcr such car
cuulstai.,S :, uurc,n earl y Imagine how sO'i.
10, uhiIc OUTSIDE tie Naid, cNlo>''d "a
hoIs..tuIS To au Casivrly wind, list h1"io-'
ia Il,. wI,ule Iruc,Nding, AMI nnd' rMeit ["
cnnrlr,c rrirtLh. They abandoned then
o sy.ld l.,,IIin IN disgust, m'iiina,ins pref
I, rI..inl, that 80 ll. launch WITS likely to
Let ,One n.onll,., they prVpoe,d coming I"
3 IL again when tile warm weather hau 49,
ia next yrur.
Atloc.ock the men wen, To dinner anu
the vessel Ms al,Os,d to brd herself % u'
d.rth OF all incl, ar 80. by the c'mp.eSSlur
OI the tiu,lNIs, and wiIei necs-sitdtel u ur
" twice, the uu,uInt ~ lrrSnrr required ."
move her. a. start her again. An boar "Ss
. .,ut in Stating l,,r. aud twO out oi ihs
for mUuring ~ AIMS wrrv broken III the at
t,nlt. Ia. d,hy shows! the mcc>,iiA at
wm sirg um SUnd,y. Mr. Brunei and lbs
n.s.sLuu >, Lvp,wr, c,u u nnt endure th'
i.,Isuc ui lalOInS tLr"uSh the night col
A,ur,laN. and ,td.ik tic Nyesel " SullOWC.
toslur purinE tho hIg' I tIr M rinS e'''''''
wrr. r,r.,r. Il. And Otto at thy stem sc''r
L. q hlvcE al sIuI,e weighing hitcn tutN,
AID huiH,I > v,ni,s'' ~ The ,1r,i. u" SIT.
Il ~, r.uns ,yuy xiFi'rn' ~aS u'h T.
n,N,'tu ,y-sI = 'l'li'nlc m m
sriiml, r,tI tie be.n.s iiS' rc:S, "s'in
W.lch I,y I,s~d. Two oi Ih' n"sIi :
,t,,I,sW,,, hT,.ru. auL ice hii','n Iuh hl'"h
oi N .i.,,c v..s aTaw, sI,,r Ugt ut 'i'u c.i''.,
Tt.n,, xt.Inl,i,aur,n.s 'aiteruis'riilis ~ l.
,i,u,,I. ,,.,,. a,f.,d v, 80 Ia ~ a"i 'iIN y
~ 80 I.p.IgIu1s ;uiCr 49, IS uerr 'ltc ~"
rI ,t src~ t.tks la,, c.'.li 'rt'i, = &c
iv..Ilrr MsI, psd Ia "i' iihh -
iu.r,N r. ,,L,...n u !" AZ IT, Hrf, e
LET. Ls> uan iWn i,,.is iJr acInd IhNu q
The Shul rT.gr - 81 ~" H.! No. ""ly II"
inr,cs. g., Maud y all r"sc lurc'S M'''
c.nnhim,i ~ TO wIl-ci. aud SIZE gui in,"
u.o,r,n -, dr h,,s ~ rNsr "s.s'"t a'"''
Au,i,cI,,.T, ~, gli,i>. TIA Iir liidi - q, g.
ls.ii tun. h.r du,ucI. iuc ',",r IL - hh
a -. - A.
st,riIui l.r uhrn s.c sibI We ai lI'st'nt h''
irvrv, IuiNspi ami "IuU mc'' all. Tut
',rk and sud,irn urInsr tS d nr With S'','''
suIriN that Iva tl,c "a umi Z" star her Tia
.,Iim. r ui uIic ui TIC 10 nch hydr "llc
nm huIsl ir ,m iuI, 10 'U,Inn. rnu T. Ick
t,,,. uI TIE cNI,mirr VA, | = iu lbs. aud
Nk.,Ld .,nI, unLr thu siuI-ud,',s pressure
OF l2,ItO IouIiLs Ia tie sqaaru InclI. /. :
fnlsn,d VI ,n,i,S's wurk and sas 'xctc INK.
IA ie-r,ltd. - tie mirdSsrS nd screwed
tncIr cuurug,. up Iu hiSht work. Tie t"'
stcc,s,lirg ,i..NS Nvrv vvcupiCi IA ", Jana
thus witch have resulted I" huVin: TAR
suulr fifteen lec. mUrc, - We a'e miOrin,d
b. Telegraph.
vast amount uf Labor has h,scn wast~i
~ tie preparations iur launch'ng tn L,,ia.
t'r,u Nh. lirunul, iu calculating tile slnI e
VI his inclIpc. 's,sed ~ ,VInl'd'aIIo''s on the
lricI,on l,r wrll sre rcd Nod. which u nu'
u,,r, than un,- 18th or t!Hlt iur the east ir''
..riac,s an which ,cs~"l Is sliting. liz
cnurnnr.S aud cs>Ily cheek utrklc II th"rr
lure cnllrely usch -, Thc vv's n'''g having
n.,y,d. wen whrn U',c1 siari,d undrr u
pr,-su,o oi las than Go tons Gnat dvL,,
l,. uls, hVs.u cc,sIO v'i hy the uss at "ld
M, O.Ing chains which have lS.n ra>t ng h'r
h,y ,",rs, aud ~ Incompetent m'Or'n.
TIE s.un h..id nature ui Ils yard 10 ~hicl
the s~ n luilJ, u hiug all Iuaie Land
c,.s not : ym IT, have hyn L,k,n int, H.
ac,,,un, b, Mr.. Brurri, wi.sn leo huilt tile
foundation Tor ~, b, drsui,e ram, ard ,h,.
Who'll bu mes ot the launch was lint laid
out ul, s,,cl, an ,conolnIc,l plan that q, has