The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-22

tAuscn o. IHg SArASssB dUHBoAT rUsnvAxI.
Tbs hrst Of lot Of aunboats for the Japanese navy
building this country launched yesterday mcra-
log from The westerven shpyard a. the fool Of fIous
ton street Fast river, nine O'Clock. Tits vessel viii
rats ~ sloop otwar ia tie Japanese navy, and viii
carry battery OF twenty guns The fellow ing her
prlnc'pai dimensions Length over all 20, feel; on ths
load ee. 1877 feet inches beam % eet; depth Of hold
Is feet, la every respect abe nrs, vesss,--in
fact she has superior aoa She hss boon built under
the superotcudsuos Captain Joseph j. Comstock asd
engines the supervision OF Chief Engineer Cay
rue contract Tor this vessel was obained by Mr. Pruyn
eur Minister to japan. and Mr. fhuriow Weed
Her engines ny James Murphy Co.. u the Fulton
Iron Works. and two direct acting with forty inch
cylinders and twenty esh, inches OF They
beautiful specimens o. workmanship, any
CINE bu'idcr might BE- proud TO put ns Her
engines with "a sbandsn,e o. siosm With socn
. hull and engines cannot why the Fassyami, a.
she called may nat % the tastes. var vessel aaoss
racter; and 10 go through her when naishod win be
that neither Japanese gold silver been spared
10 make her worthy OF the admiration Of all who may
see Der.
Launch or THE STEAMSHIP COLORADO.
sThs Colorado one Of tho nine stssmers for the
Pacific Mall Steamship Company, wss launched ycstsr.
day morn,ns a. the yard Of W. H. webb. the preseocs
Of large ccncourss Of spectators. Although an
early hour, much larger Asssmblass present than
wac Anticipated tho launch passed. OF bsau,,isliy
vs.ss during the ceremony OF launching, and per.
formed his pact, as usual IN the hest possible manner
Ths colorado Is beautiful sdevhee steamer OF about
500 tous and ia Of The following dimensions Lcsgtn,
s4o fcet beam Is feet depth 81 fest inches. The
siues are By the Novelty iron works. she has oos cyn
der ios inches In diameter vita II feet stroke Of PTS
ton chs Is splendid vessel aud when comps,sd she
vii have capacity tor passengers ADD freight ascInaued
BY aoy other vessel a. her In this ooustry
roma Of he Az FL
actor She, or any vessels II her stamp vii mrks the
distance 90 cne third Oft coal consumed by
sets u their Where Of chs big shs
frcn sLs,y 10 tue bundrsd tons &c coal yet Gay those
new stcsns-vs bum cnls abcu, thirty hye tons
dbs tonsfliuucn, GoAeu Cisy snd Sacrament, bsioss
S H. $,b ,sa s:s s ssS q II ,s 81
Ss "s S MI ssssS Ia %s ~ % '"''s
Too e ~ the svi0c side 10 ~ 10 supplied with
these new vessels, while the Atlantic aide the
osbos viii 30 assd that may soon expect weekly
uo 70 California 70 accommodate the freigh,ers Tho
company are bafdng number OF screw Steamers witch
will also carrv limited number Of pas3epgsrs Thu,
ntted with superior Tue PArlac Mall Stesm
ship Company promise give the public Increased fso
ties for Qsck oertsn aud abbreviated communl cso1
with The Pacific ooast. s.t
Exppssos BpLxs rus pousLs EsDss fsul
rus--Tnfot assioo received in ths city ycs,st.
day thai che boiler for the new double eydsr
sunbcss isaapss, hsx exploited while being sdb.
n Sslsr wss bsW = Nsssprg. n. T., as1 We DO
ilsvs II \ ths 80 ssllss ~ sEuasasd ~ wht@
ssew &C., gsssssA n NE 49, "a vssss -