The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-09-28
NEWS By TELEGRAPH,

G1I8QNE York, Sept. 27--x =
The steamer CITY Of, baltimore arrived
here this morning. Her adyices have been
anticipated. .TorE-EUas
The HeraHs reporter had an interview
yesterday with Capt. Comstock, late of the
Collins steamer, Baific, who came hume as
a passenger IN the Vanderbilt. lie went
| out in the Russian frigate General Adprdi,
on a voyage from New lbrk to Constadt.-
He has taken a great interest i'm the steamer
| Great Eastern, aud has visited her every
few months while in course of constiu ction,
and, on Invitation of Capt Harrison, her
COMMANDER, aud the Board OF Directors Of
the Great Ship Company, he accompanied
her on her recent trip, and happened to be
on deck at the time of the fatal steam ex-
plosion on the evening of the 9th Instant
Capt. Comstock is highly pleased with the
| steamer, and pronounces her perfect sue
cess, so far as navigation is concerned, and
is even enthusiastic on the subject of her
| performances Many persons have the i'm
preston that the late trip was trial trip
| for speed, but this Is an entire mistake; the
trip was made simply for the purpose of re-
moving the ship from her position in the
Thames to spot where she can be coaled
and put in proper trim for a trial trip. y
The Great Eastern is to be prepared for
her trial trip as soon as the repairs necesi-
tated by The explosion can be completed
Her trial trip will be from Portland to
Hoilyhead, and according to present ar
fragments, she will sail from Hollyhead for
Portland on the 10th of October. Ii has
been fully determined by the board of Di-
sh.st d.. lsLz
shall come on en- excursion trip to New York
by way of Sandy Hook This is positively
settled, and was determined before the ship
left the Thames. Capt. Comstock aud Capt
| Harrison were both examined on the subject
before The board of Directors, and both con-
cur in the opinion that the ship can enter
the harbor at Sandy Hook drawing "a and
IA half ieet of water with perfect safety.
fhe famous clipper ship Great Republic
, crossed the bar with safety, drawing more
inches over % feet. Ii was then arranged
at Portland, that the Great Eastern shall be
lightened TO the required draught and then
proceed on her excursion to this city, via
Sandy Hook. Capt. Comstock is of opinion
that the Great Eastern cannot cross the bar
safely, except at the evening tides, which
occur once a fortnight and that even then
she cannot bring much, if any cargo. II
would hardly pay to run her regularly to
this point. The Hellgate channel is imprac-
ticable, not for want of water, but because
the channel ia too crooked for vessel OF
her immense length. Under very extraor-
binary circumstances the passage through
Hellgate might be affected. Capt Com.
stock thinks that as passenger ship the
Great Eastern might be run between New
York and some European port with profit
because she would not necessarily draw toe
much water to enter the harbor, if she car.
ried little or no freight as depot might be
formed for her the other side of Hellgats
which after all will be as near New York
as many ships approach to the harbor Of
London. A large number of the stockhold
ers are directly interested in the Grand
Trunk Railroad, and of course would prefe
to have the ship run to Portland. The
India merchants, desire, if she should prove
commercially as we'll az practically success
full, to make her one of the regular line O
packets to India.
They contemplate building FIVE NOR
steamers of similar monster proportions 70
the India trade, but of course that will de
pend upOn the success of this first great ex
pertinent. On the whole il is probable tina
) the ship will be run regularly to this port.