The New York herald., 1863-09-03

generally us0fal We nunbor with the roat the man Ga
gno by means Of which thts ereas mass - material A
made 10 obey tho least impulse of her captains w ana
70 become tractape As sraniel-sngnos by means o.
which the great ship Il made manageable a. ah'lo
yacht"
Within the ship several hotels beve been huiit. AZ
which tho prices Of beard vary suit ne public purse
In all tho accommodations arc excellent good bedrooms,
large parors, and the best Attendance Bosdcs thcs
hotels there two thfec private houses r the ac
COMMUNICATION Of families. with nice sai-s Of rooms,
dining rooms, sitting and bedchanbets In every
respect complete. Recently the cspisin explored snuo
hitherto undiscovered districts Ia the sEip and erected
there excellent baths, and passengers can be 40
commodaisi with silt ffeah baths, hot or cold,
at any hour. There yet remain extensive wasta
districts 10 the ship which wall be explored surveyed
and settled In due me and bc made eonduoa TO tho
comfort OF passengers @s improvements suggest
tiemselvos Ono might cross che Atlantic this ship
and hardly know that he wins at sea- 40 compots are
tho arrangements for the comfort OF passengera and
easy the ships movements
How much the Groat Fastcrn holds don't know,
and unlike the gentlemen from the southern states No
ono hundred sad fiy thousand bushels %
wheat, aud when went through we had some
trouble to nnd H. All those oriental merchantmen whose
"shipboards made of tho DIR trees o senir" nigt
be slowed away md bc az hard ind as the wheat
and the ships OF Tarshsh omphatcaliy required 10
showln might do IL down below and be heard IA
the captains cabin. We have the impression that the
auberransan regions o the ship close relation 70
tho mammoth cave OF kentucky. la Short nothing no
immense ever foated away piece since those un
comfortable and chaotic days when the world Was not yes
set Ia ordcrwhon.thc continents not yet located,
and had TO be towed from place place keep tho
subunhry balance.
Previous 1854 there was problem steam naviga-
ton that puzzled the British ON the passage 70 Austria
liza hardly Rbio N hold ts against the
cent invention OF sails ia the ancient ships and the clip
per ships beat the steamers all TO peces and tho cAson
that steamer could her oosl TOT such voy
age and cargo Steamers carried only enough coal
take them fraction OF the distance and while they
stopped 70 take In coal nj tho various stages they lost
time than made up the difference In speed between
steam and sails.
For tho solution Of this problem the Grcas Eastenwas
prooctod-A ship large that her sxo should bear somo
relation 70 the distance sho 70 travel and, IN fact.
her tonnage equal 70 ono ton for every milo of that
voyage. But when shc finished thu trade IN that
Inevitably fell by kind OF commercial avitaiion, Into
the intercourse between Europe and the United
states which she has mado eight successful voy
ages somo accidents have happened 70 hcr but each Of
| est, when she dashcd Oh tho rocks Moniank
and had such holes mado In her bottom AZ would
have sunk Instantly any other ship sfoa Yct many of
tho passengers then the ship did not know that scc
dent had happened All into port safely, and not
| package OF tho cargo had received spot.
Such circumstances must eventually commend nam
moth ships the only ut ones TO cross the ocean with
passengers.
The Great Eastern ts at present commanded BY Captain
Paion under whom she In her sixth voyage 20 this
port and under whom also she brought safely through
tho accident 10 which have referred above All who
him accomplished gentleman OF most agreeable man.
ners and pleasant conversation.
the Great Eastern sails from hcr mo0rngs, near Flush
ing, on Tuesday next. September s.