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Here are three thousand and four hundred tons to
be added to our already extensive mercantile marine
in the course of six months, and perhaps five thou
sand Two of these ships are to be regular packets
between this port and England, and the keel to be
laid is also for European packet. The others are
for transient business altogether, from this to
some southern port, thence to Europe and so on In
looking back, il is astonishing see the vast number
Of vessels annually built in this city, and no ship
builders in the whole world can compete with us in
point Of strength, beauty, durability and perfect sym
metry of model Baltimore built vessels have here.
tofore been renowned for speed, but the palm now
belongs to the New York packets. Witness the
speed of the England, Orpheus, Independence, Gar
rick-nay all the packets; nothing compets with
them-nothing can beat them. For beauty the Ro.
chester, lately launched far exceeds any thing OF the
kind we ever saw, andthe shipwrights up town seem
to improve with every vessel Where they will stop
it is i'm possible for US to tell.


There is one Improvement which is very impor-
tant and deserves particular notce-it is the wind
lass In every ship built anterior to the Rochester
the old fashioned windlass is used. BY them it
requires twenty strong men To weigh one anchor
but by the recent improvement adopted by Captain
Woodhouse, eight men can,with perfect ease, weigh
two large anchors. A boy alone turn IL easily
and half dozen small lads can, with the improve
ment, do as much as eight would with the old
fashioned windlass The invention is very simple
and in Of sickness among the crew or in gale of
wind, it will be found Of the highest importance.