The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-09-19
The Recent Trip Of the Little Ship
EsRed, White and Blue"

affair of not inconsiderable importance.
It may fairly and eontrastively compile
'ment the passages of the Great Eastern.
One is so large as to have been at first
esteemed unmanageable; the other is so
small as to have been from the start de-
ciared not to be able to live in any rough
sea. Success has dispelled the escepticism
and apprehension that each gave rise to.
The first is massivity made nautically
available; the second isdwarfsh symmetry
rendered demonstratedly seaworthy. The
one depends upon power and bignesS, the
other on stanch minuteness and agility.
The one is propelled by five monstrous
engines and thirty-two sails of extraor-
binary extent; the latter flies by the
wind, has no steam, and stretches out
but sixteen airy, tiny wings, that MOO
the breezeS, and are the whole motive
power.
RED, WHITE AND BLUE -25 tonnage :;
% feet length 81 breadth /; Il depth;
length of principal saloon, 81 feet; sto-
rage capacity, 1850 lbs; power of pro-
pulsion, 2 small children; diameter of
masts, d inches; draft of water, Is
inches; ordinary accommodations, 2 men
Tor woman) and small dog; greatest
accommodations, men ~ women) and
moderate dog highest rate of speed,
10 knots :. first passage, 80 days; crew,
9 men and / dog; total cost, $1,000;
height of saloon, Is inches; width of
cable. 4inch weight of anchor, 25 lbs. -
In the recent fair of the American In
stitute in New York geld medal was
awarded to O. R. IngersoIl, Esq, for his
improved metallic life-boat, now in such
p, general use. The boat that took that
prize passed up the Thames two daysago
amid the wonder and cheers of Thousands
of John Bulls, who, when they sent US
over their big ship, never thought we
would send them in return the smallest
craft that ever lived in sea. Early last
spring, Mr. Ingersoll was waited on by
little, natty sort Of man, Eve feet two
in his boots, with light sandy hair, red
whiskers, open features, and an eye that
looked right straight ahead from it's
depths of deep blue. He said 81 want
to rig that boat into full three-masted
ship, go over in her to Europe, and enter
her for the Paris Exposition. If fail, I
fail if I don't, I'll make my fortune. |
know what I'm about, so does another
man I'll take with me. We've been
wrecked three times, and don't believe
we were born to be drowned. Besides
a life-boat isn't a life-boat, that can't
cross the ocean. Will you let me have
her ?'' "Yes" sealed the bargain. The
boat, already air and water tight, was
furnished with three masts, sixteen feet
high; full set of sails, amounting to
sixtY-6ve yards of canvas in all; was
cargoed with enough for two men for
eighty days, including the rations of a
poodle dog, that was to be taken for
company, and to be used as mop now
and then to clean decks. The bold men,
whom although fools, and whom success
has shown as skillful as adventurous, are
Captain John N. Hudson and Captain
Francis Edward Fitch, both of whom
"'ran away to sea- in youth, and were
cuffed up from cabin boys to commanders
by rapid progression, the one being 40,
the other % years Of age. We described
in The World their departure on July 9,
and can never forget the anguish with
which friends and kin bade them good
bye, as they cheerily cut loose from US
beyond the light ship. Till the log of
that memorable voyage is published it
will be difficult to know the vicissitudes
and the adventures through which they
passed in their thirty-eight days of soli-
fairness. Alone; thousands of miles
from land, the por: of destination thou
sands of miles yet distant, in the midst
of the ocean, that might suddenly break
over them in mountainous fury, in what
was scarcely larger than, and exactly the
shape of tray, the like of which had
never ventured to sea before stigmatized
as fools by all who mourned what they
believed to be their certain Self-destruc-
ton their life bound up in their boat ;
given barely any sleep, and compelled to
constant watching; these two men have
finally safely reached the other side, and
are beginning to receive the acknowledg'
ments of their courage, of their seaman
ship, as well as Of their tireless VigiIs and
unequalled nautical intrepidity. How
well they must have come to know each
other! How peril and hope must have