The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-12

l., ~s.n mn No ls,rae, anai i5azraaJt s-gae asasts
b "Btsmtuahf ships from Tnarsis ana the isles
have an0vo nm the language OF King David, coupled
with thas OF Artemus Ward, ana foreign nag noats
over our waterAe iIaod oli 70 9ptlt - +ii'A a'f
In; . sheltered cosy little land-locked bay just
above Hoboken ana "Ofr" the Elysian Fields, nautt
caily speaking, where yachts most do congregate
and where the sanity Maria Of aquatic memory
whilom has anchored, dapper little English craft
lay yesterday morning snugly sheltered nom the
ocean winds and river breezes and calmly reposng on
the placid bosom OF the "lordiy Hudson" She Is
new coner-the little pirate-a sprightiy phantom
wtthal for Sultana albeit her "lines' are not SO
| fine az those to which the yachting public Of the
Empire City are generally accustomed, aud her hull
Is certainly more in keeping with the dimensions OF
the priced beauties Of the Bosphorus but she looks
edsh and sturdy and defiant, and, with her tapering
spars and snowy canvass, appears 80 very English
that the white ensign Of st. George to be seen float
Ing over her stern, seems hardly necessary to en-
dorse her Britannia origin. Yesterday morning she
came up the bay ana cast anchor, where she now
rides gracefully 'Tike thing Of iife." The Sultana
Is she-one Of the honored members Of the Royal
Yacht Club Of Cowes, and owned by Mr.. Ashworth,
her captain OF that ilk-a vessel which may be said
to have crcumnavigated the Gulf Stream and added
another page to the historic annals already
80 amply filed by the yachting fraternity
of the day. She has "saled the seas
over and crossed the wild ocean, some three thou
sand and odd miles from Albion to the Western
World via the Southern passage, and has now cast
anchor or our shores "a worthy mitator OF the gal
liant craft in which those sturdy American yachtsmen
perilled the dangers of the Atlantic little more than
q twelvemonth since. -
On the 23d Of last October the SuItana, with
crew offifteen hands including "captain, cook and
cabin boy" weighed anchor or Cowes and set sail
for long cruise OF some months duration. The boat
itself was in every way qualified for her voyage. She
is schoonerrgged is nihetynve feet in length over
ALL has good breadth Of beam-more than seventeen
feet-and is seventy-nine tons capacity by register
and one hundred and thirty by builders measure.
ment. She was amply equipped for her cruise, with
regular outfit extra suits of Sails good stock OF
make her taut and staunch before starting With
light southward and westerly winds the yacht set
sail for Madeira towards the latter part Of October
just when the English fogs were coming into season.
ana all on board must have been glad to quit AL
bons shores at that disagreeable period of the year.
rapid run was made across the Bay OF Bscay, but
owing TO the winds first falling light and dead calm
coming on In the course OF which the little boat lay
scribed by the ancient Mariner rather slow pas
sage was made. The Sultana at length arrived or
Madeira, and here again, gale sprans
hirbor until the 10th Of November. After q
short cruise on shore and O liberal patronage OF
those donkey boys and orange vendors who haunt
that tropical and isle, the captain
directed his vessel towards Tenarflre, whence as
e wSo
she sighted on the morning OF the 26h Of November.
The vessel here underwent second oyerhauling;
and everything being again satisfactory the Sultaa
bid farewell to the East ON the 2St Of the month and
putting her head directly across the Atlantic made
isles. The weather\iuring the entire voyage across
the ocean was propitious In the extreme and the
wind favorable as the yacht managed to get directly
into he trades with steady although light easterly
and northeastery winds from first to last
Not q stick nor yard OF canvass was car
very high rate OF speed was certainty not attained
the boat made very respectable Roadway The Cape
dc Verde islands were eft on the 18th November and
morning Of the 12tn December, having been about
fourteen days on the trip. The first days run saw.
100 and fourth 81, while the remaining days reeled
on 49, 49, 12s 1so 1871 1876, 49, III and 1871 knots
respectively. These distances being calculated by
dead reckoning, it was found on the arrival Of the
Sutana that she had Overrun the distance between
the two ports by $50 miles, which, being added to the
la miles. The highest rate Of speed per hour that
she made was eleven knots. The crew Of the Sultana
and some Of the crew had the pleasure of attending
dignity ball, while Mr.. Ashworth, the captain and
owner, and his friend the Honorable Colonel ID.
Finch, who accompanied him In the yacht, accepted
the hospitality oered by the Governor OF the island
From Barbadoes the sultana next directed her way
ut most Of the Leeward islands down to the Gulf OF
Parta. She touched at Trinidad on the I'D of
December ;e and at the the Island Of St. Vincent,
Loa did 50 recently in the Sandwich Islands.
She arrived at Martinique on the 18th Of
January in the present year. and after short stay at
Fort Royal and ST. Pierre started for Dominica Qua
daloupe and Antigua. On the 18th OF February the
Sultana arrived at Laguayra, and during her visit
her captain went up to Caracas to see the progress
Of the insnrrectiOnary movement there witch was
NJ fhn
next port locked at, and then jamaica the vessel ar
irving at Kingston on the LIST of March, From Kings
on o slip and had her bottom thoroughly scraped.
The barnacles and oyster shells covering every
spot below her water line and her sheathing, said
one OF the tars on board, looked more like
thrum nest than anything else, for you could scrape
them OF with rake. The yacht subsequently,
left Cuba for Havana, from which port she arrived
at Washington on the 18th Of April getting pilot
or Cape Henry on the 16th Here the men had a
GOO run on shore ana were given an opportunity
the officers mentioned that he liked Mr. Evars' arg
ment very much but thought Bingham's not only
prOsy but without point. The Sultana left washing
ton on the 9Th instant and being favored with fine
wind came up In good style. She was hailed by
evening about seven O'Clock and hove to within the
bar couple Of hours later. Yesterday morning she
came mp the harbor without pilot and with the tide
and IL now to be seen OF the Elysian Fields In all
The yacht is very fair specimen Of the shipbuild
she must not be judged by the modern Standard
She Is first rate sea boat and being built more for
comfort than speed has capital accommodations on
board, possessing fine sleeping cabins q cosy cuddy
pantry and cooks galley, good "fokesan"
closets and storeroons-in fact, every atom Of space
has been economical and utilized. II Is said that
and has been since heightened. In her former ca
pacity some twenty years ago, she belonged to Mr..
Naylor, licensed victuaer, who, Il may be recol.
lected, won the Derby with Maccaroni, beating all
his aristocratic competitors In 1863, and this pur-
chaser sailed her round the coast Of ireland
q wager Of f5Oo against full-rigged merchant bark
in q stiff gale.
The SuItans has had splendid cruise, and one
would think that the account Of her voyages amid
those golden slets Of the West whose tropic beauties
are beyond the painters pencil or poets pen to
portray, would be equally II not moro interesting
than Lord DufYerln's well known Letters from High
Latitudes" which Is the best extant story of yacht
craft and yacht travels. II IL pity that she will
not stay long enough to have contest with Of
the fleet winged squadron of the American Yacht
Club In the coming summers but her owner at present
intends to.et back home before the Yachting season