The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-01-12

as to be OF no service. ssWe were sent off in hurry
to cruise for the Tacony and all other pirates.r 81
swear to the ship making IL 3-f knots with 35
pounds of steam, and that she made - IA knots with
10 pounds of steam" ''Tbe greatest number of rev
olutions made BY the screw was 6s 1-2n "The log
line was measureda number of times, and Mr. Mich
OILS (our Master informs that the speed chip and
Massey's log agree within few tenths.n "The en-
gines worked very we'll indeed, nothing occurring
detrimental to them"
Extracts from Report dated May "a, 1853, by
Chief Engineer Thomas J. Jones, of the Tcon-
deroga, one of the Navy sloops, of the perfor-
nance of the vessel from Fortress Monroe to
Philadelphia
II am pleased to inform you of the success of this
vessel.s .'What men (iiremen) have are generally
very Inferior there being but two who have the first
idea in regard to their dutiesr al have mechan-
les at all.n 81 did the b4t with the men had and
natural draught. Running for eight hours (con-
seeutive) burning 1924 pounds of coal per hour, we
averaged 59.2 revolutions per minute with steam
pressure of 2j l-2 pounds. The highest number of
revolutions we made were 65. During the eight
hours referred TO, we run 100 1statutel miles equal
TO l3.G miles per hour us knots while at sea the
chiplog often gave usI IA, II l2 and II 81 knots"
Extract from report made to the Navy De-
partment, dated New York, May %, 1862 by
Fleet Engineer, Theodore Zeller, Of tine perform
ancc of the Ticonderoga, on her trial trip, made
under his personal supervision, from New York
to Fortress Monroe:
al herewith report the perfect success Of the trial
of the engines OF the new steam-soop Ticonderoga,
Which isf this Port for lorsess Monroe on Monday
with about 36 pounds of steam. l should unques
tonably have been able 10 record higher rate had
not the majority Of the fremen been, from sick
and inexperence, entirely uait to perform the
duties required "From the hour of departure to
that of arrival at Hampton Roads, Va. not single
journal required to be re-adjusted {" :" A final ex-
animation was made of the interior surface Of the
steam cylinders and main -ysl,e faces and their
seats. They were found to be in excellent order and
finely polished"
F~,.a., f.o,n n iat,ar 10 Elao, Tn ,;naor a. rx;n
by Chief Engineer Thomas J. Jones, of the IL
conderoga:
al am happy TO say the Ticonderoga is a success
and credit to all concerned The engines worked
beautifully and, had good men, believe we would
get Is IL out of her We did get l3, though it was
logged l2 H."
Extract from letter from Chief Engineer Al
exander Auchenleck to Mr. Bartol, of Merrick &
Sons establishment, the builders Of the ma
chinery of the Monongahela, one of the navy
sloops:
Allow me to congratulate you on having built
the only propeller now ahoat. l have the best evil
dence ofthe fact. The U. s. steamer Monongahela
and this ship (the Tennessee, of which Mr.. Aucbn-
leck was chief Engineer started from Baton Rogue.
and the result was that the Monongahela came out
ahead. The to New OrIeans.1 ! worked
the engines to the utmost Y on must also under
stand that this ship is considered the fastest in the
Gulf"
Extracts ifrom report made on the speed of
the Sacramento, by Capt. Boggs, dated Hamp-
ton Roads. February II, 1865:
The following may give you some idea OF her
speed, during calm, with rough following sea,
ship rolling heavily
Is revolutions gave knots.
81 - Z" knots, short
81 aknots, large
% 4" 9 l-2 knots.
Steam from twenty to twenty five pounds"
With light head wind and smooth sea-
5oreyolutions gave knots, large
80 II 1-2 knots,
e2 a II "a knots
eJ II 1-2 knots.
Steam thirty pounds,
1.-The greatest number OF revolutions obtained,
sixty-nine with blowers in full blast
The whole animuso Of Dickersons speech is yindictve
hatred of Mr.. sherwood whom he considers 10 have
crossed his path, injured his interest, and mortified
his vanity. He availed himselfof his opportunity
attorney assaii in his speech to the jury his
agonist in every possible way and he could make
impression the evidence, addressed himself to
unqualfedly untrue In every particular those in
relation to the speed of Naval steamers being easily
proven from official documents His statements
in regard to Messrs. Hilbert and Magee have been
Indignantly denied by those gentlemen in cards to
the "New York Herald
His whole object is the qualification of his private
revenge and the fnrheranee of his pecuuiary inter-
indirectly Of all the attacks Mr.. Isherwood, ma
val steamers and the Navy Department. which have
from time time appeared in the New York papers
during the last year. and in them he has exhausted
all that malice could invent and ero 1fery press. He
seems TO believe that falsehood sufficiently often
repeated will be accepted as truth and to act on that
doctrine.