The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-05-18
Do1nettic department.
Progress Of Agrifaltwe, the Arfs, Man@
waetures, fuiand Navisatou, sc.
MIssIssIpPI STEAM BOAT.


Er,rarr Of ict,er TO shs editors of the Natorat H
fedhgenesr, dated Pis'sbarg, .dpril Esd, 1914.
"Messrs GALns & SExroN-- 1hs morning thd
steam boat Nesuyius, intended q regular trader
between New-orleans and the falls Of Ohio, lef6
Pttsburg. considerable fresh in the river renders
Improbable, that notw outstanding the great size and
draft of the vessel she will pass the falls without
difficulty, after which she will meet with obstruc.
ton IN the rest of her passage. There Is now on tho
stocks here just ready be launched, boat adapts
cd to the navigation of the Ohio above the ialls,whciS
will be finished in time to meet the yesuvius on her
return from New Orleans at the falls The boats arc
built by Mr.. Fulton, under the agency Of Mcssrss
Livingston and Latrobe, for companies. who have
vested very large capitals in the establishment Tha
departure OF the vesuvius is very important evcnts
not only for this place but for the whole western part
OF the union, and its Influence will be felt the
whole United Sta'e- IN describing Il, it is not nea
cessary 20 use tss4hatcd language, which unfortuA
nately fer the cidit of trade, too often renders
real facts ncreable. at least lowers their imports
by the manner in which they pulled into
tice. II does not require the ornament OF metaphors
to impress upon the public mind the iucalcuahlc ai-
vantage Of intercourse by water, effected iii large
vessels, which move with certainty and rapidi,y
through an extent Of internal navigation embracing
q space almost as large as the whole continent of
Europe, and comprising in it, the productions Of all
most every climate. This intercourse, though now.
only in its infancy, must in few years, become of
immense magnitude ,.About three years gro steam
boat Of ab,lt 400 is burthen was built here, and
now navigfees the mississippi between New.Orlcann
aud Natchez. S51he Vesuvus, which, with another
boat Of the same siz@ and construction bnidigs
is intended TO form he second link in this chain OF
navigation is Of A6f tons borthen. carpenters
surement. She has 100 feet keel, 2S feet inches
beam, and will when loaded draw from s TO fees
of water The whole Of her hold below deck. CHA
ceptiny neat cabin for ladies', and the space occus
pied by her machinery, is appropriated 10 the cargcs
On her deck 10 built what in ship would be called
a round house, extending nearly half her lcngth,snd
elegantly fitted up as cabin, having twehtyciglit
double births on each side. Previously 10 her dcs
parture she had been several times tried in going rtS
and down the Monongehela and Ohio for Hor milcsS
and performed very satisfactorily. This morning
every thing being in perfect order, she passed at 10
o'clock up the Monongehela in front OF the town ID
its eastern limits, and returning down the opposite
shore went down the Ohio, firing salute. Most of
the citizens were assembled on the bank as she pas.
sed. In order to witness and ascertain her speed,
crossed the Allegheny, and mounting very capital
horse, endeavored to keep pace with her along thd
road which skirts the river. But she moved SO ratA
idly, that after riding three miles and ahaf in hinsS
teen minutes, gave up the attempt. In one hour
and thirty seconds, she was at Middlctown, twclva
miles below Pittsburg where several gentlemen WIN
had proceeded in her 90 far came ashore. II therc~
fore the current in the Ohio be rated At four rc
hour ID present fresh, she has gone the rate Ok
eight miles an hour 10 still water. IN coming up tho
rapid Of the Ohio below this town on Monday lasts
she passed the shore at the rate Of four miles in All
hour, n speed which would exactly agree with her
descent this morning. The extent OF the growing.
commerce Of this town u.s., believe very inadcquatcs
" understood TO the eastward Of the mountains. I
am informed by OF the most respectable rhers
chants Of this place, that the amount Of the cisht
cniy of his consignments TO and from Ncw-Oreanss
and the states below Pennsylvania will be this year
S600O0--and every day adds TO the extent and tho
facilities Of the business carried on through Pitts
burg The great difficulty which has rendered tho
transportation by sea in time Of peace from New. Orr
leans to Philadelphia and Baltimore, and thence by
land to the immense country west OF the mountains
preferable to the voyage up the Mississippi and y.
bio, has bean in the slowDess Of the keel boats and
barges necessarily employed in the trade. The nAyi.
cation by steam boats puts end to that enly OBJ.
lection TO this OF the trade, a course whch
in few years will become the principal. If not The
only one. Situated as am at present, on the spot
where the advantages which the public will reap
from the introduction Of steam navigation, will bs
very seDsibly felt il is difficult to rcpress the express
sion Of feelings which towards the person 10
whom we owe it, that this mode OF navigation, 50
often before attempted and laid aside in despair has
become practical, and its principles reduced TO ma
themacal certainty. But it is unnecessary 10 give
| them vent. The obligation which the nation, bad
almost said the world, owes TO him, will be freely
and fully acknowledged by history when the envy
! and cupdi,y Of his detractors will be remembrance
only with disgust and rcprsbation. Il is worthy OF
your attention ~ washington ana ucorgctcWn, 10
| consider that between New-OrIeans and Washinga
| ton there will be- when the road from Cumberland
TO Brownsville is completed, ony serenity sriies II
land carriage and that over capital turnpike road.
When the late Chancellor Livingston applied fcr his
grant for the exclusive navigation hystrsm on tho
North River to the Legislature of Nelsyork, for 30
years, on condition that he should fctuslly accom-.
plish IL, very sensible member Of the Legislature
| told me, that he could have easily had e. ant
Of any further extent, as the navigation by steam
was thought be mach footing ss,o practicsbi.
ty with the navigation by the rein deer in tae Chan-
| ccllor's park. The case is altered since then, for
many people have fosnd out that IL is old nven.
ton, open TO every body who can read Sir fultons
! specification, or look al his boats"
VEGETABLE OIL.
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