Southern Christian Advocate

A Ship Larger than the Largest.—The Newburyport Herald, referring to the launch of the Great Republic, says: "Mr. McKay, we hear, will immediately commence the construction of a ship larger than this, which he is to build by contract. The theory has been started of building a ship so large, that she will pass through the ocean with comparatively little motion, ploughing directly through the waves without rising upon them, and so high above them that the rolling of the highest waves will always be below the decks. It is a daring thought, but in view of what has been accomplished already, who will venture to denounce it as absurd?"