The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-06-30

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l The paddle engines worked 90 nuiatIv that with
@ @ie eye smut one would be unconscious of a power
ing ing III operation which, in its resistess force
tha deod inferior to those which operate in
c Cie ao uleao convusions of nature. Though really
M lar more powerful than the paddle engines the
eis mes 40 not convey to the mind the same
itb tha ., calm matured strength. They wrestle
WIN tbe ponderous screw shaft So busv az to niva
the idea OF making great efforts IN accopnIib IT,
task. " "o0oin Plsn Ineir
| These engines the largest ever mado for
marine purposes and their performances in every
particular are worthy of the firm established by
the father of the steam engine-James Watt.
long westerly swell this morning, which caused
the ship to roll more than she has ever done vet
weather thick and foggy, putting one in mind of
the Banks of Newfoundland. Toward noon cleared
up sufficiently to get the usual observations, which
4etermlned our position to be lat 46 deg. l6 min.
N, lon 80 deg. min. W.. distance run 304 miles.
SIXTH DAY, FRIDAY, JUNE %.
u " e nave not been fortunate respects wind
nas prevailed from the westward ever since
tS 'llSsometmes veering sufficiently to induce
tue oihcer OF the watch to make sail but then
hauling ahead so as to render the canvas of little
service. Inc experience of the effect of the sails
on on the shlps way, up to the present seems to in
! dlcate that with good breeze they will add one
Knot an hour to the speed, besides easing the en-
! glnes Lat, by observation, A deg 80 min. N;
lon, 36 deg. IA min. w. Distance run 276 miles
| Sandy Hook bore 81 deg. 80 min W: distant
,664 miles Average revolutions of the paddles
10 OF the screw, Sc, with 20 pounds of steam
| Consumption of coal, 266 TONS
SEVENTH DAY, SATURDAY, JUNE %.
Commenced with cloudy weather and light wind
| from the n. w. At o'clock shifted to south
ward and eastward, but too light to be servicea-
pie; 6le;;c Atnoon, cloudy and calm. Ship ran into the
, Gul1 Stream this morning, having steered well
| south to avoid meeting ice the Banks. Too
! cloudy for observations. Latitude BY reduction
| to the meridian AZ deg so min, n; longitude, az
| deg. l6 min., W. Distance run 3Oi miles Pad-
| die engines have averaged l0% revolutions and
the screw 3513 per minute Steam guage mark
| ing ~ pounds, and consumption OF fuel 265 tons
| Set fore sail and foretop sail; wind too light to
| make them draw well, and toward evening again
| hauled ahead and blew freshly from the westward
all night. With this pressure and number of re-
volutions the ship run by the log Ia and 141 knots
EIGHTH DAY, MONDAY, JUNE "a.
Strong breezes from the n. w. veerinp to the
north. Set fore and aft canvas. At 6 A. NJ ex-
changed colors with an American liner bound east
tall in the temperature of the air this morning
due no doubt to the presence of ice to the north
ward. Ship headed more to the north to clear the
Gulf Stream. Divine service performed in the
dining room by the Rev. Thos. Castle Southey, one
OF @ the passengers. Passed British brig and
| American schooner bound east. Latitude at
| miles.
The force of the current is set down in charts at
two kn is an hour in this part of the Gulf Stream
the ship must, therefore, have lost considerably in
the distance run during the last "a hours The
distance run by the ship makes New York 8. 3.25O
miles from Southampton. According to Lieut.
Maury the distance by the true course is only
2,98O miles, consequently have lost in the way
270 miles. Add to this the loss in the Gulf Stream
and we have the voyage heightened at least one
day from these The engineers report
showed that for the day, from noon to noon the
paddles had averaged Ill revolutions, and the
screw 365 per minute and that the consumntion of
coal had been 283 tons.
NINTH DAY, MONDAY, JUNE 25.
Light preezes and fine, warm weather, passed
patches of gulf weed and saw flying fish. At noon
the latitude 40 deg. So min n, longitude Sc deg.
10 min. W. Distance run 325 miles Passed sew
eral ships bound to the eastward calm, clear
weather all day; toward night a breeze sprung up
from the southwark and eastward; fore and aft
canvas set at p. NJ; the revolutions of the pad
dies reached ll75, and of the screw 355, with a
consumption of coal of 269 tons; average pressure
of steam 20 pounds; ship made l319 and ia knots,
by the log, during the whole day.
TENTH DAY-TUEsDAY, JUNE &c.
Commenced with light breezes from the south
ward, veering toward the west; foggv all times
forming banks to eeward, very closely resembling
the land. At 10 A. NJ wind hauled again to the
westward; in all sail cleared the Gulf stream; lat.
at noon 40 deg. So min. N. Ion. 90 deg. 81 min.
w; distance 1888 miles; Sandy Hook bare S. sc
deg. 10 min. W., distant AIT miles; paddles aver
aged l2H revolutions, the 361%; average
pressure of steam 2l pounds; consumption of coal
298 tons. At $50 p. NJ. heavy, dense fog came
on, which obliged US to keep the whistles going;
engine eased, ship going at half speed all night;
stopped to sound. no bottom at 100 feet.
ELEVENTH DAY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 81
Commenced with less fog; engines going easy till
dayhght; toward noon fog lifted; pilot boat No
hove in sight, run down nearly alongside, fired a
gun to windward and dipped her ensign; ships col
ors hOlsted and dipped in acknowledgment. At
noon the lat. was 40 deg. 13 min. N, Ion. 6s deg
Sc min. W; distance run, 254 miles; Sandy Hook
bore S. 10 deg. 80 min w, distant 234 miles
TWELFTH DAY, THURSDAY, JUNE %.
nun under easy steam all night, and at 1925 A. NJ,
shlp,s time, this morning reached the light ship at
Sandy Hook.
Thus the great ship made the run, in spite of the
long route taken, the loss of time by encountering
the Gulf stream, and the delay from fog in IL days
I hours lDclud1nu bp Of he lie
tance run by the ship was ,342 miles. Deducting
the loss OF time from fog, this gives speed OF about
Is knots-proving that with clean bottom and
full pressure of steam, she would over-run BrunePs
estimate OF Az knots an hour for long run.
Though the passage was, all things considered de-
cdedly fine, it was still sufficiently checkered to
settle the important point of the Great Eastern be-
ing the most comfortable passenger ship in the
world. Her movements in sea way are so long,
slight and easy that no Inconvenience is produced.
Sea sickness may be considered as annhated and
all the attendant dlscOmfOrts of a passage re-
duced to a minimum.
The powers of the vessel have been but very i'm
perfectly developed as yet. She may be considered
as lnaugurating new in steam navigation,
traught with the most beneficial consequences to
civilization and commercial progress.
THE AMERICAN TELEGRAPH CompAxY.-A special
meeting of the stockholders Of the American TeIe-
graph Company was held at the Company's rooms
No Wall street, New York, on Thursday:
The meeting called upon a reuuisition stoned
bv four out of the twelve directors "to consider
the relations of the Company with the newspaper
press, and the alterations of the tariff which have
been made, and the policy which has been adopted
in reference thereto"
The alterations referred to are in respect to the
tolls on dispatches from Washington to the news
papers Of New York, and in relation to the arrange
ment with the Boston press from messages from
New York Formerly, each despatch from Wash.
ington to New York newspaper was counted and
charged separately, but by an arrangement made
in January last all dispatches sent in one dav were
Isnl, L Il.
scale of tolls, slight reduction in the cost. In
respect to the Boston press, the former arrange
ment was BY contract, the press of that city paying
$3.50 per month for its New York news, without
in April last, and the Boston press placed in
respect to its from New York upon the pre-
else footing of the New York press in regard to its
news from Boston. The directors maintain that
this change will prove of advantage to the Com
pany, while it is manilestly just and impartial, as
regards the press of the two cities.
As the hour of twelve had arrived, the
meeting was called to order by the President, Mr..
Barnum, the Secretary, Mr.. RUSSELL officiating
officer.
A gentleman, representing a large amount of
English stock, made point of order that the meet
ng not duly organized. He was answ cred by
statement that the President and Secretary of the
Board of Directors had signed the call for special
Meeting.
Mr.. Livingston moved an adjournment forthwith.
ID. ID. Field, Esq, stated the reasons why spe-
1ia meeting was necessary.
Ile W as intel lIupIeu ny pOlnI Oh OTuef mdue Dy
the Secretary, that motion to adjourn not de-
oateable.
The Chair sustained the Secretary.
The question about being taken ad-
ournment, when, upon urgent solicitation, Mr. Liv-
ngstOn withdrew his motion, and the meeting ad-
ourned till yesterday at the Astor House.
Mr. Livingston urged, in favor OF his motion, hat
debate would expose the affairs of the Company.
MARRIED LIFE Misunderstanding to the New
Ork Times, conjugal manners must be in pleas
ngly primitive state in Havana. As lady of
minent responsibility was circulating through the
treets of that Cuban city, man rushed up and
lismantled her person of watch and diamond jew
.ry, crying in angry and reproachful tones:
Here you are, decked out in all the iewelry
lave worked so hard to give you; paving visits l
suppose, to your lovers; but give me the iewelry
md go your way; | will have nothing more to do
With you" Several young men stood near and
7iewed the transaction complacently. On being
approached by the lady for permitting her to be
'obbed in their presence, they replied that from
lis language and manner they thought the man to
De her husband. Marital manners in Havana must
De in deplorable condition, indeed to have
'anted such supposition. Missionaries from.s'ou
irst society,"" with few hand-books Of eti-
luette, might work a delightful change in Cuban
society.
On the 18th inst, the ancient Abbey and domain
IF Newstead, in the county of Notting lam, ndisso
ubly associated in the public mind with the early
ife ofLord Byron, whose patrmony they const-
uted were put up for sale The largest offer was