The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-31
not very fast; but since her alteration her speed is i'm
proved, and she is quite fast

very FAST but since her alteration her speed is in
proved, aud she Is now quite fast.
CAPTAIN LorEe's NEW YACHT JOSEPHINE.
The Magic Qate Madsiel formerly owned by Cap
yacht built called the Josephine which is modelled after
the Aigc with the exception II her lines being longer
drawn out She Is expected 70 prove very fast siler
THE NEW STEAM YAcHT ocrAvIA
The ard beautiful steam yacht octayil-named
after the owners ady-has been nttiRg Aisons yard
Jersey City, Tor ocean as wen as coast and sound service
Mr. Allison is finishing her cabins With cufed maple
rosewood holly siinwood and other hard woods capable
OF taking polish. The mirrors ana upholstery work
generally will be III the highest possible taste and excel
ence The 0ctava built at Cleveland, Ohio FOR Mr.
kannard superintendent Of the Atlantic and Great West
Railroad Company by Messrs. Peck & Masters. She
Is schooner rugged and constructed the most sub
stantia manner, entirely of American wood, pr'nc.-
paly white oak, with cornbngs and hnishinss OF hard
pine, cherry, curled maple, black walnut &C., an OF
which were transported the Atlantic ind Great west
ern road She Is Of 40 tons burd lac feet length %
feet BREADTH IA feet depth, with $50 nominal and 100
actual horse She is calculated 20 consume al the
rate OF one and quarter pounds Of co horse power
per hour, and with two hundred tons OF coal on
board can make the circuit Of the globe. Her
propeller n nine feet six inches Ia diameter, with
four feet six inches pitch. Her engines arc con
struCted upon improved pan--the Invention OF Mr.
Kcnnsrd. They are combination Of both the low aud
high pressure stylega union Of the locomotive and
rine notwithstanding the vessel with her estimated
rate Of speed OF fourteen eight en- knots SOFT OF loco
motive on water The cngaes have surface condenser
calculated TO use steam AZ the rate Of seventy I'VE
pressure, eighteen by eighteen inches; low pressure
thirty six by eighteen inches The cylinders con
neced and move on beam. The steam irss goes into
the small cylinder, nd after having pei!ormed rs func
tons there goes into the larger and thence into the
surface condenser where II s returned 70 the ooder u
temperature of about hundred and twenty iye de-
grees The boilers are of the ordinary marine tubular
kind, with abou, two thousand feet heating surface All
the machinery manufactured ut the works of the
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Company, Jersey
City The Ocavia has two cabins-thc state cabin for
ward officers cabin aft The s,aeroo,ns and saloons are
al r
with chdrcns nursery, that supplied with ali Candy
convenences She can handsomely accommodate about
twenty guests without interfering with the quarters q
the officers Her complement OF crow will be fifteen men
Although purely American notion being constructed
entirely of American material. and her sealed
with some purely American hernec solution she VIII
sail under British colors. Mr. kennard however before
going 70 Europe, Intends her TO pass the coming
IN American waters where she will doubtless prove
an attractive and Agreeable feature In forthcoming
regattas and Watching crusa The octavia is estimated
TO be worth $4,000.
THE OCEAN YACHT GTPsEy
In this city BY Van Deusen Brothers, for Mr. L. Spencer
OF the New York Yacht CLUB Al ENGLISH account states
that 'shc had beaten the celebrated Marta in breeze,
and according to the rating Of her quaihca in the
club considered to be lfteen per ster than the
America She left New York the 81 July, 1868. FOR
Europe her then owner, Mr. Morse, OF this city cross
Ing the Atlantic In her II expected She would Join IN
for Conmodores cup OF the ROYAL Victoria
Yacht Club which came on between Rvie and cher.
boury, France. on the 18th Of August 1855 but 10 con-
sequence OF some accident to her h.od gear
on the passage and perhaps from other causea she did
not enter the lists Tho Gipsey reached Cowes ON the
23d Of July, making the passage in twenty days,
including a stoppace Of five days at Queenstown.
Shortly after her arrival in England her owner 10
the resolution of dspong of the yacht and stores she
was accordingly placed in the hands Of the So Rotary u
the Royal Yacht Squadron advertised for sale, and pur
chased by Mr. baher, of Newcastle on-Tyne member
Of the Il. W. Yacht Club, Of Ireland for the Of
GO, 500. She what il termed foIetopssi schooner
but aftor her arrival In England her square yards
dismantled aud che sails Under fore and Aft only
II will b. remembered n ere were some suspicious among
tiifeO nj