The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-18
TRIAL TAP OF THE GREAT REPuBLlc.

China and the New w erId BrouGht Together.
In oiden tunes On the North Pacific therc was
story often told among the carly settlers Of Oregon
washington Territory and vsncouver's Islxnd, tina
some nncvihzsd Indian aborgines Of Washington Ts
rtory had padded their way coastwiss In canoe
Portland in Oregon, up through the ugly Colum
ba river and that in their progress forward they met
with Of the banks OF the river, partially embed
ded in the mud, the somewhat broken remains Of .
Chinese junk. The spectacle astonishcd the In
dams, who regarded themselves the sole lords
Of creation while afterwards excited the curiosity and
spirit Of inquiry Of such few white then
those distant and comparatively unknown regions Of the
earth. The finding Of this Chinese junk lie si matter
OF tradition among the Indian tribes who inhabt these
regions, and freely spoken Of By the American and
European population, and the conclusion come to 10
that al far on period Of the worlds the
Chinese always snterprsing peops) expedi-
storms that are often be in the Column
bia river. Certain ~ at all events that the Junk
70 conclude that Il cams from China The
world since those days has advanced FAR tho march Of
canoes ana small sail craft have now with the aid
Of science and engineering skill a--Greai Republic
To The s. ~ and The
length between psrpsnalculArs Is 800 feet, sss
%cude breadth. including QUITE, 9sam p,ns0s re-. 20
feet 10 iuches depth Of hold, 81 feet inchea
she has three complete decks and oriop deck has
four water tight bulk heads fore aft her floors are
OF white oak rs by Is inches and at head IA inches
being solid; she d iron strapped on the inside
Of frame and outside Of inner course OF pIankinr:
she 10 double plsnksd from her keel tho wales and
edgewise boited In the most thorough manner; the
deck plank ID four inches thick; she 10 bark rered
having fore and mainsa and topeas and ton
gallant sails; she has one beam engine los
inches In diameter, cylinder twelve feet stroke ana
hes Aliens cutoff and surface condenser: has four
tubular boilers, horizontal tubes twentyour fuvuaces
and Independent circulating pumps driven by two ia.
vered engines 10 isch cylinder and IS inch stroke has
Andrews centrifugal pump has is inch Delamsters
suction valves 70 take water OF the snip when leak
iaG, besides two 10 inch bilgs pumps driven BY ths
main engine, one II inch bgs Infection has three
No. donkey pumpe with two independent boIlera
The pumps can Be used for pumping ship or FOR
purposee she has twenty streams OF water which
I'll be used necessary has steam pipes 70 pat out
ARE in every pas Of the lower hold the boilers srs en-
tirely cncassd with iron. The air passes through
The entire ship and discharges itself through p,pss
She he's accommodation for I'VE hundred nrsi and
SECOND cabin passengers and eight hundred IN the seeraxs
She has thousand Ave hundred life pressers twelve
metallic life boas, and two NE rata ene 10 three
thousand eight hundred sud eehysx tons government
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES measurement s. 600 tons Her
hull hes BEEN built BY ,hss veil known chi pbui,def
Henry steers o. 6recnroist. VINO has established .
world vide reputation ass shider nrss In The facs