The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-27
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The ], P. Webb arrived from Wabash
last night wltha big trip. Her manifest /
WILDE found below .....-.The sam. Orr left
last night for Eastport,@ loaded 10 her.
guards. The Louisville arrived from Cfn-
cinnati last night, with a fine trip; and.
Notwithstanding the Great Republic had
made pretty clean sweep she. added
fifteen hundred sacks Of corn to her cargdI
Captain Ross and Mr. Brrice.B herr ex-.i
cellent CLERKS were in fine featirer...--li
The Louisviue hal good passengertrtpa
$500 Capt. Charley Draye, we omitted to
say. is acting Chief Clerk OF The Grsats Rs-g
public, and won manyEfi lends here yester-
day by his, affability and courtesy to pas
sengers,,..v.v.Nextw week we expect a. sight
at that other great Triumph In steam boat
archftecture, the Richmond. She Is .ex-
pected to leave Louisville next w ednesdsy.
...-..Capt. Henry Mitchell arrived here last
lcvenfng. with his beautiful propeller MINI
young, nom the wabash, where he has had,
we ategiad 10 learn, a very successfui ex-
'psrience fdfthe past six weeks NogertIe-
man Is more deserving of good fortune ~. ~ =
"A page of nanus cript having been mad
out of our OBSERVATIONS on
the Great! Republic. we reprint them ON I
This pageeorrectedss The great JJs1ros.et yes-s
terday was lifelong expected Great Repube
lie, and notwit hssandin g our expectations
We're high. this great steamer surpassed
our expectations. We aY her glide grace-i
fully and UNNECESSARILY upon the water, nre-
senting a grand side view, and a. she
rounded to, we had a fair front view, and
could at a. glace take. in, her vast proporl-
tions. Standing on the roofof ppnkerson.
& Co.'s Mammoth warf- boat, we watched
her land-so easily and gently that She
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squatty appearance conju ed up b. some
OF the papers around the falls, hut we
couldn't IT. 1t Is trte that the space
between her boiler and hurricane deck is
low in comparison to that between her
lower and boiler decks, but stu it
is higher than ordinary. while her
lofty sskyligbt, texas, and pilot house
tower high i'm the air. 1t is ~ feet
from her pilot house to the water--high-
ser than any four story building IN the city,
Some newspapers have called her squatty.a
Her pilot house, 16 feet square. has, also
beent cab ed; small. She is not built for q
clipper Ship. though we belieyeCshe will be
fast; but has q huh beneath her, rcapa-
BILE OF bearing up 5000 tons, nearly equal
to the capacity Of the two largest boats on
the Western Writer'S. Her exterior design
is new, and it takes time TO fdliy compre.
bend 1t, but prejudice alone could conceive
apythlng clumsy or fnelegant about 1t.
But the cabin and machinery are the
CHIEF al ourres of this grand triumph Of
architectural and mechanical skill The
labratory of human ingenuity mas BEEN
exhausted in her design. and the acme of
! human mechanical skill mas been
achieved in her construction. We do not
propose to attempt q description of either
Her massive cylinders, her ponderous wa
ter-wheels, her mammoth proportions, all
entitle her to- the name she bears-the
Great Republic. Her cabin Is finished as
well as designed, with more than oriental
grandeur and beauty She must
be seen to be appreciated. Her designer
her builders, those that ornamented and
fitted her out, aud hose. " no own her and
command her, may well be proud or her.
| a carping .hypereritic might find faults,
but the candid admireriof real beauty will:
! only note her perfections. Capt. Donald !
1 son and hisuuexperiepceds assistants. and
subordinates. are eainentlys qualified to
] command her and VIII render her as popu-
lar as she is magnificent. The crowd of peo-
pie who's yisitedr her w h lie. here was inn
mense- men, women and children, Hooked
| in countless thousands, wading through
the mud and bearing the pelting rain and
she was crowded as long as she lay here.
1 Some there were who seemed inclined to
take up their abode upon her, and crowd
ing down near her cabin, stood there for
hours. gazing and wondering. Her mas
| sive chandeliers, that looked like bur-
nished gold, were objects of universal add
niration. Among her passengers, we were
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