New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-02
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cd I33 knots Der hour.

Average speed, loi knots per hour. =. -. I.
pounds Susre inch In % inches sysss
q s:.s g s.a A:
.pesd ,htO.sa w,sI s mot; Pc, hssr & psSs Ioss
Of paAd iscs inches paddles Immersed = ss
M. inpo. Ia. two o.eisns engines each ss inches As
e,er and feet strobe bolt Q, the Allatie works
Going out the ship oontended against strong breeze
ahead and returning she met the full force o. COG uoo
and freehs;-e combined current running three kpo1
or more per hour the whole way back.
These performances, in the then state Of wind and
tide are unparalleled and clearly show The suPeroy
Of the Feaherng heat or paddle over the n1ed paaae
The water left tho psddles without. wave, and the
wake of the ship smoother than that Of North River
steamboat, while ut tho time abe going ct
greater speed. y lL.s |, IOtu5 } 1li % 80
The principle of the Featherng float or eccentric
paddle Is not new II has been tried IN the old world
FOR over twenty year, and In the world moro re-
Gently but the mode Of getting u mp has been eomph-
Gated cumbersome and costly, insomucb thai these,
drawbacks than otiset te conceded advantages.
It remained for an American mechanic, MIR. Dtnsnore
of Albany to overcome these difficulties, which, by
rare combination of mechanical sk and perseverance,,
he has fully succeeded m doing. I..i! 1901
Noshing can be more simple than the Illinois pad
dee 10 weight they do not exceed the old paddles,
while In the strength and efficiency, noseles action,
and entire freedom from arring, their supersorafy
The Illinois, Throughout huIl and cabins, has been
flied In the most thorough manner, has ros esAsd3s
gnes and boilers and nsurng safety in the highsst de-
gree Her boilers, which new, uncommoniy strong
and powerful, were built by she Anairs Works, who
have alo oyerhauled and replaced her epginse IN the
most perfect condition. Her upper staterocm
saloon AFT is beautiful cabin, rplete with every com
fort and con- enisnoe des red ocean voyage.
The Illinois takes her place In the European hn9
as one Of the steet most serviceabs and elegant o.
ocean steamships. She will sail on saturday Dext,
April g. for Souhamion and Havre, under command o.
Capt. p. Z. Terry, an able and experienced ssamAn,
Ioag and fayorably known In the Eurvpssn lima. iAs
5000. Loss OF TIE WIN. PENN. ~. osla 81
The ship VIM Penn, of Baltimore, Capt McStocker,
sailed from Baltimore for Liverpool with cargo ogain
and aour. She left Cape Henry March 7. On The 9Th
inst when In latitude so 90, longitude $50 81 expe
renced hurricane from 8. 8. E., during which shs
sprang aleak The vessel lsbore& very heavily loss
her ruddsr. Endesvored to steer her BY hswsss and
chain, but found her manageable Threw over part
of her cargo but the leak gained rapidly, and the men
being worn out at the pumps having been constantly
at them from the 9th to the l4lh and finding Is npos
sibe TO keep her mach lous- -. .~d'
brig Nantucket from Boston for Sc. Thomas, raw B
run down to our assistance concluded 70 abandon her
We were taken board that brig the came day IN ls-
tude go 2S, longitude go, were transferred 10 the
Italian bark Stella from Genoa for Nsw-York, she
being crippled and with 100 passengers on beard Tho
VIM. Penn was Eve years old, built in Baltimore and
owned BY Hooper and others Of that port -,
Loss OF TIE BRITISH BARx xASsANro.
Capt. Larkins reports that he sailed from Cardm
Feb. l for City Point with cargo Of railroad Ron
coo tuns-March 22d in Lat. 81 II, Long u, sxPe-
rienced hurricane from w.E.W., during whica
shipped a soa that carried away bowtpnt torssAs''
manmast- bead stove all three boats. and sprung S,eaA'
March 2ssh fell in with brig Yankee Blade, rom ass-
alma for Nsw-York, who kindly took us OIL Inc NAN
sanito was bui in ST. John, N. B., vas hye yeafs od
AZ tuns burden. and was owned BY the Capta'n ana
others at ST. John, n b. n f.ity slocf,,s,,
- '7''D t''' LApscH. -'-'" '-'nND'l'.A
To be launched from the yard Of Jeremish Sisenscn,
Greeppont, on Tuesday, April O. at II o'clock m, the
s,,an,sbIp Santiago de CubsTo This shp b bdlsfor
Me.-r,. yaIent g. Co. of 81. Jago do Cabs, undss
contract with the Neptune Iron Works, foot 81 Eighth
street. East River a. which dock she viii Be taken 70
receive her machinery and completed for sea. Tho
ship is intepGsd - the pioneer Of line Of steamers
between this port and s. Jago. Length of heel als
feet; on deck, 23s; depth Of bold n Tea. 6bs hes
three decks, and q about $50 tuna burden. 'Eaehss
Marine Beam; 66 inches diameter d sylndss, u hst
stroke. It is intended that The sAip shall - b ~
passed In strength and in al her srangsmsus, hyauy
ship afoat.
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