The New York herald., 1872-02-16
PALACES OF THE DEEP.

Arrival of the New Steamship Republic
Appearance Of the NIammoth-A PeriIous
VOyaae-Splcndid Behavior of the Vessel,
Another magnificent ocean steamship has made Its
appearance III this narbOr, under the popular ap-
pellation Of "The Republic" She resembles almost
in every feature her consorts Of the White Star ne
which have created such general admiration. Like
the Oceanic, Atlantic, Baltic aud Others she Is of
5000 tons burden, and Is fitted with engines work.
Ing up to 5000 horse power. Her model possesses
beautiful llnes denotlng much speed-which, BY
the way, she has shown already, having made
her first voyage in an hour or so over
twelve days, under circumstances OF an extremely
adverse character The dimensions OF the new
steamer are:-Lengtn on deck, 432 feet; breadth Of
beam Al 1eet; depth OF hold 80 feet; load draught
"a feet. Her frames are OF angle iron, and double
riveting Is noticeable throughout the vessel. There
are three decks Of iron the height between each Is
eight feet and these covered with wood. She Is
fitted with four masts. three OF which are ship
rugged. The masts are iron cylinders with wooden
poles for the coors the height OF truck above wafer
being $50 feet. Six massive iron bulkheads reach
from the keel to the main deck, thus dividing the
ship into seven perfectly water.tight and dreproor
COMMITMENTS. There Is really very little dicer
ence between the construction OF The Republic and
the other vessels Of the line, which have previously
been described at length. The new vessel has OF
course all
THE ATTRACTIVE FEATURES
which have rendered the Oceanic, Atlantic and
Baltic so popular In the way OF passenger accom-.
modati0ns, lncuding separate promenade decks.
smoking room main saloon aud elegant state rooms.
The interior fittings and arrangements are lux.
urlous and tasteful, nothing peing omitted that
could IN the SMALLEST degree contribute 10 the
pleasure and comfort OF the passengers. And
while there has been every attention iavlshed on
relatively worthy OF commentator, being well yen-
iilated, spacious and cneertu. The Republic
named in honor Of the United States, was built at
Belfast, Ireland, by Hariand Il Wolf, and was
LAUNCHED ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
last In all respects sno Is vessel calculated to
win host or admirers, and will wOrthly divide the
honors with her sister vessels Sne left Liverpool
In command OF Captain Digby Murray, Commodore
OF the feet, and proved herself splendid sea boat
Inc most sanguine anucipati0ns formed OF ner
ability were luy realized, and from nrst last she
and rolling with comparatively gente motion.
In TACT, the voyage was perilOus one ana the log
shows that the vessel encountered succession OF
HEAVY GALES AND FRIGHTFUL SEAS.
The Republic however, behaved excellentIy
throughout. 1t appears that on the thIrd day out
the SHIP Was leading the sea. "At times" says the
log, at blew perfect hurricane. strong north
storm became so violent aud and the sea rose to sucn
height tnat all the ships boats except one were
washed away and considerable damage was zone
to the upper part OF the vessel. the gale tnen
moderated somewhat but again increased, aud con-
tinued until The Republic sighted SANDY nook;
Although she was necessarily not going iuI speeu
In such weather, sne made on one occasion . ,ne n
highest terms OF Commander Murray anu n ,me
officers OF The Republic, and the DenaVior VI .io
vessel In the most trying moments IL M eo,u M,u'ay y
praised The Republic lay ooct oct snory .s alter one
o,clock. when sue was Inspected W large con-
course Of visitors