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The Raising of Commodore Perry's Flagship.
" After the Lawrence had been disabled in the
battle of Lake Erie, it will be remembered that
Pen; left her daring the engagement and made
the Niagara hii flagship until the olose of the
flght. The Lawrence, with great difficulty, was
gotten into the port of Erie (the port at which
she wa? built), and after roanding the penin
aula, floated up Misery bay unmanageable. The
nextyear, 1814, she was refitted and sent against
the forts at Mackinac. Proving nnseaworthy
from the terrible drubbing of the Euglish the
year previous, he was brought baok to Erie
and sunk in Msery bay, and has lain there
ever since, doing duty as a bouse for the num
berless black bass which could be always
canght among the timbers, and a point of
interest to be visited by curiosity hunters.
.Enough Flagship Lawrence canes have been
sold to build four such vessels, besides the real
canes, etc., that have been out from her tim
bers. Tbe vessel was built by Daniel Dobbins,
whose widow now lives, or did live a few years
ago, in Erie, and who, while her husband was
cutting out timbers, etc, boarded Commodore
Perry and his staff. When the writer o( this
saw per last in 1871, she was a smart old lady
ninety-four Years old, and bids fair to live to a
hundred. We quote from the Erie Dispatch,
which we' are sorry to say does not give as full
details as desirable, beoau.e all would like to
know the names of tbe proprietors, etc., of the
hull; an 1 in this connection we suggest that
our Historical society secure some portion of
the Lawrence as relics. The Dispatch says:
" Tbe glory of one of one of tbe chief points
of interest in the harbor of Erie that which
hung around the place hallowed by the remnants
of Perry's victorious flagship, the Lawrence
has departed. Her remains have been lified
from their quiet resting-place under the waters
of Misery bay, and carried shoreward to the
edfje of the peninsula, bringing to view the his
toric relic."
The removal is looked upon with disfavor by
the majority of our citizens, and it is not to be
wondered at, as the Lawrence has been lying
there bo long that she was accounted public
Sroperty, and in the summer time was visited
y hosts of strangers the framewoik on one
side being visible to whom, as well as to our
citizens, it was an object of greater interest.
The remains are a queer looking mass. The
port side has been out down nearly to the keel,
planking having been torn off, and rib sawed
off by those who thought it no harm to steal a
fiece of wood off the Lawrence, and this ha9
een kept up until at least a third of her bottom
has gone. The Lawrence lay on her starboard
aide, and that side is tolerably whole to the
deck beams (upper works all gone years ago),
and the timber is, in general, sound andin good
condition, but is a purple black the result of
the aotion of the water.
Of the twenty-seven killed in that naval en
gagement twenty-two were killed in the Law
rence, on board of which was the intrepid
Perry, whose monument ornaments our publio
square. The Lawrence was 100 feet long,
twenty-eight feet beam, and nine feet depth of
hold. In her time she was a model war vessel,
but in these days of ironclads, monitor rams
and heavy armament she would not last as long
in an engagement as a yawl boat in ahurrioane.
She fulfilled her mission, however, and gave
her English cousins cause to remember her
oontemporary with Perry's famous victory.
Cleveland Plaindealer.
Government Survey of Lake Ontorio.
The following are some of the particulars in
regard to the United States survey of Lake
Ontario:
The survey party in charge of the work con
sisted of five distinct corps, each numbaring
about twenty men. Each party takes a seotion
of ten miles making a survey of ooast line of
fifty miles at one time. They have just com
pleted the survey of the whole shore of Lake
Ontario, topography of the shore and sound
ings being clearly marked. The party at the
mouth of the Niagara river are just finishing
the survey of the river, from Lewiston to Navy
island. The soundings at these points have not
been so satisfactory as at other points of the
river. At the new suspension bridge good re
sults were obtained, the lead under the bridge
showing a depth of 192 feet, while a little be
low the depth varied from 162 to 165 feet. The
night of the American falls is 158 feet an ac
curate measurement, as by the assistance of a
guide the lead was placed at the baBe of the
falls near the "Shadow of the Bock." It will
be observed that the above measurement of
the American falls is the same as former sur
veys give of the Horse Shoe or Canadian falls,
viz., 158 feet, while the previous measurements
of the American falls is stated at 161 feet in
perpendicular bight. Tbe line of the American
tails, usually stated as 200 feet in length, is so
ragged that It is difficult to obtiinany exact
measurement. The survey party intend to
overcome this difficulty by the use of mirrors,
by throwing a light from one aide to any de
sired point on the other shore. It is believed
that the disputed question whether the line of
the falls ta extending up the river will be set
tled, though doubts are entertained whether
the survey of 1812 can be relied upon as a oor
reot basis of calculation. The result will be
watched with interest, as will also the survey
of the Horse Shoe falls.
The Steering of Screw Steamers.
In a paper read before the mechanical seo
tion of the British Association, Professor Os
borne Reynolds, says: 1. That when the screw
is going ahead, the steamer will turn as if she
were going ahead, although she may have stern
way on. 2. That when the screw is going re
versed, the rudder will act as if tbe vessel were
'going astern, although she may be moving
ahead. 3. That the more rapidly the boat is
moving in the opposite direction to that in
which the screw is aoting to drive it, the more
nearly will the two effects on tbe rudder neu
tralize each other, and the less powerful will be
its action. In reference to the effect of tbe
screw to turn boat independently of the rudder,
the author states the following law: 1. That,
when not breaking tbe surface, the screw has
no considerable tsndency to turn the ship as
long as the rudder is straight. On the subject
of racing, the author stated that his experi
ments had enabled him to establish the follow
ing laws; 5. That when the serew is frothing
the water, or only partially Immersed, it will
have a tendency to turn the stern in tbe oppo
site direction to that in which the tips of the
lower blades are moving. 6. That when the
boat is going ahead, its effects will be easily
counteracted by the rudder; but when .starting
suddenly either forward or backward, at first
tbe effect of the screw will be greater than that
of the rudder, and the ship will go accordingly.
7. That if, when the boat is going fast ahead,
the screw i revered, at first it almost destroys
the action of tbe rudder, what little effect it has
being in tbe reverse direction to thtt in which
it oiually acts. If then the screw draws air or
breaks the surface, it will exert a powerful in
fiuBBoe to torn the ship.
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New York to San Francisco, via Panama.
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Steamers leave New York every Saturday at 12 o'clock, Noon,
And Make the Trip to San -Francisco in Three Weeks.
This Route offers Special Inducements to EMIGRANTS, who will avoid the delays,
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favoring me with tbolr orders All powers hereafter manufactured can only be obtained of me or my agents.
In future tbey will be made under my directions and specifications, and nothing but a prime quality
Machinery Iron will be used In their manufacture,
I have greatly improved tbe application and bracing my Levers which will give tbem ample strength.
All powers fully warranted. For further information, Bend for Circulars snd Frlce List to
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