The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-07-11

She carries twenty large boats on DECK,
and in addition to these she carries suspend.
ed aft OF her paddle boxes and swung on
dayits, two screw steamers one hundred ieet
long and between sixty and seventy tons
burthen These steamers are at all times
ready for sea, and fitted with every requisite
for embarking and landing passengers and
luggage on the wharf or pier. They are
raised and lowered as occasion requires, BY
the engines fixed on board Tor pumping,
hosting sails and weighing anchor or an.
chors, we should say, for she is provided
with ten, which with their stocks weigh So
tons, and require 500 fathoms OF cham
cable. weighing 9S tons; her capstan and
warp weighing 100 tons, making IN all 25S
tons u appliances for making her last. !.
/ That the Great Eastern will avail herself
of wind as we'll as steam, the masts with
the exception of the mizen mast, are made
Eof hollow wrought iron, the standing rigging
Of iron wire rope, and the large shrouds OF
this material are eight aud half inches IN
circumference. The ordinary dead eyes and
Ianyards, or right aud left screw lapyards,
have been dispensed with, and in their stead
an ingenious contrivance has been substitu-
ted, By which in Case OF emergency, the
shrouds can be let 80 simultaneously. Two
Of the masts are square rugged with iron
spars, with the exception OF the upper top
sail yards. On the mlzen mast, which as
we have said is not made Of iron, a staging
is erected eighty.iour feet from the deck,
on which the compasses are placed to re-
move them from the disturbing influence
Of the tcrruginous mass below. Gas can
be manufactured on board aud conveyed to
every part of the ship.
As the vessel came up the bay she present
ed a fine appearance. A large British ensign
hoated at her mizzen gaft-the only flag Al
vet displayed upon her six masts. As the
steam tug came within hailing distance
Capt. Sturgis called for three cheers for The
Great Eastern, which were given with will
and twice repeated. The compliment was
Immediately returned from OH board ths
Great Eastern, by the passengers and crew
The Yankee made circuit OF the great ship
in order to give the visitors full view o
Iher graceful lines. The mark % feet upor
the stetn-pOst was observed TO be about q
feet above water, indicating that her dral
was 25! feet. She was evidently trlmme.
by the stern, as the forward marks showel
j only ab,Ne 10 feet draft. Her light colorec
bout top was at least six feet above the watei
. line. and her paddles, hot being more thar
two-thirds immersed, gave the impression
that she was very light. A heavy coating o
J grass near the water line suggested bottom
J too foul for attaining great speed. Alter III
: exchange Of further mutual SITUATIONS, thu
blowing Of steam whistles, and music from
. band on board Of the Great Eastern, III,
7 tug came 10 the starboard gangwsy, and th'
!, party were soon upon the deck Of the Grea
( Eastern. Here they we're introduced 4
: Capt. Hall and his officers, and were theI
( left at liberty TO inspect the ship.
The ship was now dressed out fore -and.ai
!, with flags, an American ensign OF the larges
!. size being set at the fore. Steamers hlle'
5 with passengers already began to appear u
r sight, cheering and waving in the most en-
. thusiastic manner, TO which the band re
/ sponded by repetition Of Hail Golumbla,
o and .sYankee Doodle The steamer Roam
: oke, on her passage to the South, p,sse'
!, under the stern, and fired gun. the Grea
3 Eastern displaying her ensign IN reply I
5 The compliment.
!. And now, Messrs. Editors, | hope you vii
t not be so old iogyIsh as not to come to Ne'
. York and see the big ship yourself. III
: sight will amply repay tile expense. 0a
i longest clipper ships and ocean steamer
+ sink into insigniiicance compared 10 heI
e Imagine bpat as long a. from lie CarOlin
i Hotel in Wilmington to the Market JoeS
I, and YOU have an idea Of the size Of th
e floating village.
!. Yours. MANHATTAN.