The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-12

sail were drawing well at dark, and The
wind, which now struck US almos
astern, was whistling through our cord
age with great noise.
Nothing could be more beautiful thar
to stand upon the elevated grating il
her bow, and see her stern lit maiesti
cally against the sky, as we dropped
into some yielding wave before us; Or
to behold her rising sideways to hel
equilibrium, like some troIicking beau
ty, lifting her shoulder in her downy
bed. | could hardly realize, as Viewed
her bUoyant step upon the deep, that
10000 plates of iron, representing u,
coo tons of inert metal, clamped by
100000 rivets, and bearing within,
besides her ponderons engines, 5000
tons Of coal, could career thus, cork
like, upon the bosom of the thin and
shifting element below. Yet there she
rode, ship-like and sweet, a thing OF
beauty and of joy forever.
The Great Eastern has been pro
nounced failure by some, because the
voyage across the Atlantic was not
within so short space as had been
claimed, by the projectors of the ship.
On this point it is remarked:
Though the first transatlantic voyage
of the Great Eastern, may be regarded
as a failure in the way of speed, it will
be perceived upon reflection that there
were interests at stake which transcend
ed that consideration, andwhich do'btless
with all prudent minds will justify the
commander in the unusual care he took
TO keep the great ship safe. Capt. Vine
Hall is one of the most experienced ma
yigators of the English East India
/ trade, but in addition to the caution
which he naturally felt incumbent on
him, from the fact that he had never
crossed the Atlantic before, he was
doubles deeply impressed with the
paramount Importance, not only to his
employers and the cause Of science, but
TO England and the whole world, of
giving a substantial proof, that ships OF
the size of the Great Eastern could
safely cross the deep. 1t was therefore
properly matter Of secondary conse-
quence to him whether the enthusiasm
OF his passengers, or the ardor of his
engineers or officers should chafe at his
dlvergences or extra care he accom-
pllshed the great point that was requir-
ed, and we who left England with him
but ten days before, are here to approve
his action. When he returns to England
IN September, he will give the leviathan
its head, and she will then prove for
herself that speed is one of her attri-
butes as well as safety. In fact, she
has proven it already by the manner in
which she has accomplished this voy-
age and there is not passenger who
crossed in her but views her as beyond
all comparison the most superior pas
senger ship that ever foated. The ex-
ira distance which she ran on this trip
is certainly equal to more than a days
travel, and, when we add to this the
tact that "a hours margin is always
allowed to new ships first VOYAGE,
and take into consideration, also, that
not an officer on board had ever made
a voyage in her, that the men were all
raw recruits, fresh levied, within three
days Of starting, and that even the
stokers did not know how to spread coal
to advantage on the fires, we cannot
help re Garding even the time she made
as a great triumph. AS to her comfort
and convenience as passenger ship, it
is badly possible to say too much in
praise Of her she meets all the res
quirements Of the most luxurio hotel,
and, when the weather drives her inha-
bitants below, they can promenade
through her cabins upon long walks, or
lounge about upon superb divans, list
ening to music that would not discredit
the most pretentiOus concert. BY her
continued steadiness sea sickness is en-
tirely ignored, and, in the way of
strength, no iron structure that ever has
been made can at all compare with her.
This was impressed upon us by every
sway of the sea, and the idea which she
continually enforces on the mind, above
all others, is her absolute safety from
all the ordinary dangers of the ocean.
Against the risks resulting from contact
with a solid body, she is beyond all
calculation stronger than anything
watch has yet been seen afoat. The
manner in which her vast weight stood
poised upon two single rests in the
builders yard for weeks before her
launch and the laundering against her
sides Of the huge battering rams that
smote her inch by inch toward the
water, give evidence OF what she can
endure. No shoal or beach could break
her before all her passengers could es-
cape; for g her scales are her pride,
shut up together as with a seal. They
are joined ore to another, they stick
together that they cannot be sundered."
Above all ether ships she should be
chosen by the timid, and it reals is a
puzzle to me, how so many intelligent
men who had read the history OF the
construction, and who were about cross
ing to New York at the date of her
departure could be induced to choose
any other vessel She is certainly
exempt from all the ordinary dangers of
the sea, and any one who will 90 into
her bow and look at the fourteen feet
Of deep matted iron in that welded
break, will credit her with sufficient
power and impulse to split and push
aside any ordinary iceberg.
Short Sermon to Young Hen.
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