The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-28
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,urRsoAY MORNING. JUNE sograM.
THE GREAT EAsTElsN.
-. vu ship nsasly kxpssted.. The Alter
athens In Mer, &c.. &c.
II. New fork pilot. Who 10 to bring tAe
80, Eastern into Anerteau waters. wrote
,'., southampton on the 18Th, that che would
r,.i,,ve,y sail from sAsre IN ~ 18th iass, IT
r. M. The Europa. which arrived at Hait.
=, rursdsy. and which sailed ON the morn.
=, ~ the 18Th, brings the announcement that
a. was to sail on that evening. 1t IL likely,
MN ,hs, the "bix ship'' 10 now on the way to
nj, roun.ry On her last tyiai trip. her speed
~s. never more than i2A knots an hour, in
.,,.couence of her bottom being very FOUL
rhe London Times says:
Nv s,sady ariug the amount OF steam was
x-sduaity increased And the revolutions OF
.ns saddles rose nom to Iox, and the screw
from, =, to %, but beyond this rate, II seemed
,mnossible yesterday, to get them. On the
l..s ran round from Holy Head % S0uthamp-
End the paddles At II, and for ashors time al
-. Al which time the vessel ran clear rs
sna,s an hour. Yesterday, however, partly
Wing we suppose. 70 the increased depth Of
.onai,ion of the bottom. nothing approaching
his res alt could be obtained. Neither screw
o- nAddie ever went NJ greater rate than the
-,voiu,ions We have mentioned, and he
~-ss.sst speed never exceeded l2k knots an
s,ur. An average OF I2x knots, however,
ness. the only annoyance arising from the
Inning Of the forward pair of boilers. There
ssssmed also, some difiic ulty In getting full
.mouut of steam, OF which it was said the en-
rne. required .. least Two ponnds more pres
sur. ,han could be given TO them, even With
4-T 4Tae huge. black, CONN like hull has now it,
.oohre uaassiveuese relieved BY = broad streak
- white, which, making an easy curve from
snn 10 stern, gives ngntnees 10 her appear.
rrtectiou The row Of black chimneys, which
.so disflxured her, have been painted cream
ralor, and these changes. with Others As 10 the
e,or of her yards, make her look light and
ysca,-like. and more after the style Of ohf
wit, sea. going packets than Mt first it seemed
pcssible to produce in vessel Of such coios.
al proportions. In more substantial i'm
movements the change 10 even greater and
more marked. The unsightiy deck, which
prmeYly leaked at every seam, and which,
s,,h In regard TO Attine and material, was
worse than is seen evea In small coasters, has
ben made tolernbly good. II is not in the
power Of shipwTight ever TO make this o
really good deck. but IL has certainly beeE in.
aaitrly improved. 1t 10 now at least perfectly
waieI Tight we'll caulked, reduced to = fail
kvel, And when scrAped aud varnished viii
.ass museog we'll enough. The wheel-house
xhieh . 6poikt the look Of the stern Of thu
vessel. has Len removed, and the steering
rear entirely RECONSTRUCTED On . new pyin
oiple. {st.~... ,ss.a.s....s
:wo men can be employed, in case Of neceo63,
", IN very stormy weather. Eight men, how
ever, have as yet been 1ound ample 70 steel
with the greatest ease.s A tilier has also beer
fitted 10 the lower deck four very 6he addi
uopal life. boats have been added TO those al
rpsdy carried, and all the boats forward o.
,he paddle boxes have, in compliance with thu
wish of the Board Of Trade officers, been hnni
.abosrd, so as TO be out of danger in case O.
layy seas striking the bows. The India rub.
rr packing has been removed from between
hsiowest fianges Of the iron masts, and re.
pisred with wedges OF hornbeam. and irou
rrstines have been fixed over the ekylights o.
he saloons. With regard to the engines, thf
eA..rs have been made sell. feeding by the use
dGifard's injector, though the paddle boh.
scan also be fed from the donkey engines
I'D, in addition, the new feed -pumps attached
ahe screw engines furnish enough water tC
Epply all the boilers in the ship. The piston
| Ids OF the paddle engines have been strength.
easd by lengthening the stufiing boxes, and
.hs dangerous vibration in the air-pump rods
|. was also intended TO strengthen them still
farther with a sliding truss; but this has not
been DONE and thus either at starting or stop.
ping the paddle engines, both rods stiil vibrate
:, timss with a rapidity that lie dangerous.
Galleries Of com munication have been cut
through the iron bulkheads, and fitted with
water tight doors the coal bunkers have beer
hrr ventilated, and fitted with tubes FOL
testing the temperature of the fuel At al
times. Additional fire-pumps have been place.
a.. nrxF rkanf rn<als
enlarged TO give a better draught OF air. keel
the saloons cool, and the wood free from any
Danger of ignition. A screw tunnel along th'
screw shaft has also heen made OF iron, rIyet
Ted like one piece to the iron bulkheads ant
dsck.beams OF the ship. and thie, with longl
/ .adinal Ia nds Of wrought iron, and extr1
orders Of immense strength and thickness
under the clrgo deck, has made the whole b al
Of the vessel as strong as 1t can ever be mad
/ with iron.
As regards the fittings of the saloons below
1 Ea greater improvements have been made
1 The drenry expanse of whitewashed iron
1 work, which. instead OF mnking feature @
1 he Construction, made 1t disagreement, ha
1 G.sappeared, and the dining saloons have bee
/ painied TO resemble bird's-eye maple, and th
1 arched cross.ribs Of the ceiling marked wit
/ lines of blue and gold. In fact, all the in
1 provements which were eugges ted by u
Board of Trade, or which the experience OF u
trial trips made last year showed to be wan
i lag. have been carefully effected, and wha
ever shortcomings now remain are only mel
defects OF construction, and ores which Al
4 never likely to be removed. These defect
however, it must be understood, relate only
The size aud want of light Of some of the love
deck cabins, and to the whole ship for Its si,
beng under.powered in her steam machiner.
In all that concerns the comfort or safety
Passengers, every Thing that could b done b,
teen done, and the Great Eastern ought TO
Iow as good and well found D passenger shi
xever Quilted the United Kingdom. &as
CARS IN tn. Dksxnr-Mr. Russell, Il
|. vsll.known Crimean reporter of the L ,nde
lines. gives q most interesting sketch of
,un through q portion of the Arabian desc
By the new railway route. We suhjoin an e.
/ !act: q....sss g
Bianched bones Of camels lie in dull whit
less on the sands. Not a bird fans the b
aient air. Stones and sand, and sand ~
4 zones, are all and every whore stretched O.
y asad and hard nder the blue sky Aaa the =
4 su,lses sun. The Tah which conveys
I trough this des0lattOn, II single. aad the y!
= ssaid, by. English engineers, 70 Be very bad
aade, as the French engineers who laid 1t OF
n aok Ii over ridge 1,iO0 feet high, Instead
n blowing a low level near the river whif
q vpufd have greatly diniEished expcnse a
Is. Of working The water and coal for u
sasines are 70 De carYied by tho trains out
h. CO. fhaV n ra