The New York herald., 1864-02-21
THE RE DITALxA.

Three-Quar Kssts with Ease
what American sAfpbuis6ers Oar
De-Thse Cold weather at sca-some o,
ehs HtDlisn Sailors 1rostbfscen-Inci.
dents OF the Trip, &C., sc.
ON BOARD RE D'IsAraA, Feb, IT, 1854
Amio the snow and storm Of the day We embarked on
oesfd Of this noble ship for trial trip from New Yort
naroor 70 Hampton Roads and rosurn The weather Il
rsessey cold the thermometer sapdng at zero on deck
owh& 70 avariesy OF causes were unabeto get out
over tho bar TO dAy. and at abst four O'Clock this
afternoon we came to anchor st tho Upper Qua.
ransne toawait another day. wshsve on board COM
mission sent by the Navy Department. CONSISTING Of
Commodorc Goden and Chief Eaxseer j. B. Kimball.
formerly OF the hagshp Hartford ono on the mart OF
navy consisting Of Captain Isoa Captain Del
Santo, Captain Imbcrt, CHIEF Ensiuoer Fucco and Mr.
Racha. the efficient Executive Oficor OF the Re d'rtaa
Captain Comstock, Mr. Everett and pilot Callahan arc
here 10 their various capacities Er Webb, ths builder
Of ship is also Of the party After anchorng every
one sought the shelter OF tho cabins below anthe
alone peoped by whose duty It was to look out
for the safety Of the vessel The cold was intense and
the wind blew fresh gale strong at an early
hour In the evening the cable was veerod out 70 about
party enjoyed themselves until late hour when they
retired The night clear and beautiful and uoupht
ocoued 20 dssturb a0y ono during the quiet hours OF
TsuRspAv, Feb 10. 1884
The ornng broks IN upon cold and clear the ther
mometer being trine abovezero The bay was full Of
floating ice and the shores manted over with alph
covering Of snow. Tho anchored ships near us were
iced around and the cear shining upon their frosted
SIDES gave shema quaint asd pretty Appearance Our
own ronside was whitcned and che looked as some
Arctic painter had been al work while We slept Tbe
crew crew, VINO slept sone too warm during ths night
were reused early by the brazen notes or the burle
and summoned to their daily toll general clappiuc
OF hands and stamping of feet that they felt the
nipping morning frost This cold weather is hard on
these poor sailors, majority whom have never seen
se OF SHOW Seven OF the men have been frostoitten
this morning.
At about ten O'Clock preparations were madc to Get
under way aud steam up 10 the CITY, TO pass away the
time uati tho bar could be crossed When Off the city
tug was procured and party shore with orders
To return atone O'Clock Our time was now spent in run
nlng tae ship up aud dowa the bay At about
10 ner maximum speed The ground to bo gone over
was from Fort Hamilton Castle William on Governors
is'sndi a fraction over six miles. At 1853 r NJ Fort
HAMILTON was aboam and az 2.24 Castle william was
abeam, the distance. having been Accomplished in
tnirty.one minutes. the average pressure Of steam
oens eientecn poands vacuum twent,rfour and half
inchoSs and the Dunber OF revolutions being
forty ye and three tenths per This result was
satisfactory, tho ship going her full
After taking on board our stores from the tug we
started snead, passing CasHo William at l0k and Fort
Hamilton at 3;43 Owing 10 food tide. wfIch ran az
he rate or onoAnd half knots tho cHtance must be
soss'os'ea srs seues and haf miles Tho average pres
sure o steam was twenty three pouads
Tour and one half inches the average turns of tie
screw wore orty sevea. m both, instsnoes she
cutting OIL az hve sxtcenths. Only boilers
10 Duse These two testB showed the Re dItalia 70
complete success as far speed, and the
Itailan oncers willingly acknowledged the tact am
satisfied if asst class renen seen at the
ter ste I'm cend have been csrricl the snip driven up
to- thirteen knots with aSd times she actually
attained that speed These plain fasi and are stated
DOT Tor buhcombs Tho ak inches thick
around bar the which .st have u,peded
h~ progress somewhat The vsud WAS about weesscutn
wees ana olsw q. fne wno,e ssn bgeeze but I,have
msoe ne ailOwanc. Tor is. and consider IT, hardly
lYnrkw mt kNof Far
any quessae, arising on the ssbest ~.
AZ io1r p. n We wore bouua out 70 saa, and
whose icy ssies showed that the intesse' cold had
reached Ian Qua "a sea. AZ a. fcw minutes, past i've
tho attention oS goag T. Fortress Monroe. but upon
consultations beag held osthc subcct tho lasn officers
aecacdn"t 70 60 theron but 70 return 70 New York to-
morrow, being entirely satisfied with the ship. Fairly
clear oi danger dinner was announced a sat down
70 splendid repas, lrepareG by Petro ossiu late OF
tie Mason Doree Htor pastaklng OF tho solids TO the
surprise Of nearly ALL toass propo9ed and Capta
soa President Of thu coma,sson toassoa. Mr Webb in
We most complimentary language Mr. Webb replied in
very Few words tha.kjng thecaptain and tho
and stated that he musS leave his ship to speak COR
him roasts we're durnk 10 Mr. Everett, Of the Novelty
Iron Works, victF Emnnuca President Lincoln. Count
Cavs1r, the navy thepsoss the ladies' sc In net
ve.y pleasant two hours wcrc speni 10 enjoyment at
Ate. dinner. COMPANY with CaIos Engineer Kimball.
o. me United Ssles navy, wished tho engine depart.
sos OF sne shp no~ IN charge % Messrs. Robert ana
Henry Robertson long connected with the COLLINS ipe
snd who win 60 oss 20 Italy u the ship FOR Mr WeSS
type. with Amorcss improv being bark actiss
with two eylinders OF eghtyfodr inches 10 diameter
ordinary slide valve. with the Independent aide cut-cT.
ss arranged on the engines ef tho Hartford WABASH
BE- srooslyI snd screw frga,s General Admiral hsilt by
MI WesA Tor tho Russian Aayy, and other large
ships VI our own navy These engines are capable of
makg sixty revolutions o. the screw Of the shin
ueing properly manned with fremen who keen the
steam up The consumptiou Of coal uocessary 10 drive
the ship up TO full speed will be seventy tons psr
DAY but she can mako good time forty tons She has
her hnn
saonn none, Inc engines arc fitted with Seargeant's
aud SIXTY six aremen and coal pssssr. Asses
going around tho engines we paid a visit 10
the shat, alley, through which pass about one hun.
ored icet OF line shafng connecting tho engine with the
screw u Is held in its place by Ave large bearings and
SO smoothly does II turn that blindfoded he
oouM not tell that II was IN motion.
We next paid visit to the Hrcroom. On each side are
placed three horizontal tubular boers each having six
auxiliary boiler with two furnaces The six boilers were
IN Iai opeIation manned by about twenty-five meu,
Sn,gran,s Sn an,eeYo, @ whom 6y the way were used to
poor fellows This room is about eighty nve feet in
length by nins feet six inches wide Overhead is rail-
way by which buckets OF coal and ashes are tr
throughout the entire length II was about ten clock
when we were there, and the scene was not by apy
means inviting The 6remen were disput,nc in loud
tones matter great interest to them and the fur
mace doors were open, allowing intense heat To pene
uate our overcoas and warm us mp to temperature be.
yond nj least my endurance. So quit these
warm regions, prefcrrng temperature somewhere in
the ne'ehborhood Of sixty -four degrees in the cabin
Parnegat light the was northwest and moderate
ust above the horizon could be the bright light
AZ the lighthouse II was a lovely night and
going along al the Of knots with forty turns or
the screw-wbich, by the wny Is bladed nineraen
feet IN diameter and mean pitch OF thirty feet Nothing
OF interest occurred during the night.
FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 1864.
Jhis morning, M three O'Clock, some ten miles
10 the eastward OF the lightboaro Cape May Here we
turned around and started for New York. While run.
ming along the Jersey coast, allow me 70 say that
the Re ditaa is perfect success and without doubt is
the finest and fsses iron clad vessel In the world FIRST
cer lines are fautess second her speed exceeds her
contract rate She has on this trip gone at the OF
Twelve and three quarters kuots, not mics " caicu.
lated 10 miles It would bo fourteen and six teuhs stau
miles This Is grcat ipeed for ship Of over six thou
sand TONS drawing twenty -four ieet six inches water
ner maximum draft Her steering qualities unequsllcd
she can be and has been turned around half dozen
lines wta oelerty and Certainty In the North river an
ga VIVID shipping 10 fact she minds her helm with the
most perect ease The pilo Mr.. Callahan has lust told
me be would be willing 70 turn her IN the East rivcr