, 1865-09-21

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THE ALGONQUIN AND xsISo0sKI.
Mfr. Dickcrson is the George Francis Train
Of steam engine ring, and the New Tosk
newspapers are Ill: organs. We lave never
secn anything more disrgpu:aD1e III the
American newspaper prcss thau the treatment
of TIC Navy Department by tbs leading jour
mails Of New York III connection with the trial
OF thc Algonquin and N'inoosli, unless It BE-
thc treatment awarded TO the War Depart
ncEt by tic same journals in connection with
1.cClclian's laundering On The Peninsula
Nj. Paul S. Forbes, q merchant Trading wi.h
China, happened 10 get couple Of engines
OF Nr. Dickerson's make, suitable for light
diaf sidc-H1,cel steamers, adapted TO the
Chinese waters, after he Nickcrsou) had
ruined Que Of Tic fiEc.t vessels in tho Navy,
mud Ind nude q moriifying iailurc In
lli= s,t,t1apt 10 furnish n decent engine
for lie Dct1 oit pumping works. Thsse
Chinese steamers, the "Hu Quang" md
sloh Ilcn" 50 charmed Mr.. Forbes
flat he incont'neIt1y sought a contract With
t!c Nary Department: for SIDE wheel double
cider (Ec Algonquin, and a 1rst-class s1oop
elwar uLe IdaLo} 10 be provided with Dick
crsor's n,aclla@.y. aud cnsus:ed that II this
machinery did lot develop as much power.
ard coEzs5nc rs l.:.,c coal in developing sucn
lswt-, r. the :'.'::1.:cs 10 use 1y The Navy Dc
rai:tnt1t. cGm11ca1y called lsherwood's en-
GiEs:, on 6 careful trial By such persons as
lay Il directed Gy the Secretary of tho
Ea,y,> nc (Tu:b.s) would lake out the
E'es,css.n cngiaas end replace them
will others at his own cost.
Nr. rorhes' contract stipulated only
ias ~: es.-eI:y Of power and ccoao1ay
Hi;h tl,e Navy Department. engines, but DicE-
trss L, III lis vo!u1liuous aud boallastic Con-
tr!Hu:iors 10 the newspapers, casaeed to per
fa:m number If astonishing miracles with
lis er:;lics, with were prudentiy omitted
i:cln Tt pcrc;r,cnt whicl, Mr.. Forbes signed
cs>>a t.r:::::c' cd 10 tle Scct1:ary Of the Navy.
!. II It rs.:In::hcred that during the ln=t
&c zion Ct Congress Mr. Forbes MES before
ti:at body as.ztn< for s22:ln ,ooo to help linn 10
1r..il tis CONTRACTS, md that SUN was voted 10
LIN ha an advance
Sca,cely lat the Algonquin been compile.
led, wien the inevitable Dickerseu anpcare
in the newspapers proposing 10 run q race
viii my vessel Of tic iIary. and to substitute
tl!is rrcc for TIC trial OF power stipulated LII
tic Forbes CONTRACT The lmpudence Of this
proposition would be noteworthy In any other
person than Dickcrson. In the 1rst place, the
eesavy Dcrastnmt hnd no contract with him,
c7d did ROT know him in tho premises. In the
second place, IL is well known that a race can
G,tctm:ac nothing Ms to mower of engines.
cxcem iu.c.cut!ally, because the selling
ounljf3cs mny be derived from the
n,td,l @: the ycssel or the Dimensions of her
yheels AS well us from the excellence of her
uachf.crr. The Secretary Of the Nnr-y as-
catt,3rr2r detailed number Of officers to
: t:,, nr .,,c .,.r,,s... ,,,n v;,h III. MAYA,
,.,,,o, NJnoos1,i IN tar usua1 n,e.hod Of
,n,,;,,.r H. -,.1oI;,o v,,rcr o,d cconoynr
.cn,.r;,,.' ..s.,,os -, (asten;,c 1,,en N nm
,;,,1. Irn,id;rT t,,oz, Win rhccls of thc
so,nn a;rocn,ions. veicl,ip- the coal notin.
IT, nowcr i7cyc1onea II mcans of thc q indi.
49,, :. o.nt.;v,,.a 1n,.ortod ~ 1oro.a
~ VI, .,r th,. rc,,. nnrnose md usc, l,r fin
We ''i sn17 'as p"rss o ,s.s ~ s.s
Tic number Of revolutions made per minute In
t,,e1 Of ninety-tix consecutive hours. Great
vas Tic indignation Of Ijclcrson At Til.
trace at Tic doc..," and 1ond.y did the sapicn!
o1yt na1n-s Of ,;cw York fnrcisa asainst It.
Tn, inr scc,e,my Of thc Nayy had something
solid 10 steady himself with, In the form Of a
ccptract calling fur certain specified things,
with enc hundred thousand dollars dc
1,nnt!sr ,.rou its pcr5cr1aance. So the pYc.
nnr,,,on far The rial nroccedcd. Finding that
1lfs mar unon wnrds. fstraee al tf,e doch. ny
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