The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-07-19

De tnoNeH through oar sSters by power s1hsising
Sithn neti. and capable oil overcoming. adverse cur
rsnts both az ~ and water. Regardless OF wind or tide.
asteSn vessel q var may proceed ~ her des-
tined work, Whenever her steam is raised TO pro-
yer temperature, sSd her boiler duly prepared by the
FIRE below
About o'clock in the morning. she cast off her
mornings Ut Coriesrs Hook aud shot into the Eat ii.
yer. The ebb tide from He'll Gate toward the VIII
iS1o"s was taen moTisg ut t rate OF four or FIVE
kno's AN hour. She s,einined til. stream for some
tune. n''l even made hesd-wsy against it. She then
crossed tlc current tusard the iushwi,k shore of
Long ;sian and proceeded Afterwards TOW ard the ns
w y'rd ut brockiyn She steereti to hdnir1vtion-S
e5ptnn w mte. the pilot, conduoted her among the
'Ssc'S ~ a: chor ia the tsnn,r that be would
nave carried ship OF Tie best construction, with a
leading breeze.
She then surveyed the whole east sr,c of the city
Sau,ng the batteries as she went along, with her hea-
w canicn Having passed these, she entered the
North riverf and encountered its opposing waters
WIN perfect ease she passed the ground where the
trefch trlsste lay at anchor, hsling xnd ssu,ny as
she vent by. She the" chsnged her direction, and
pioctlded down the bay between Governors Island
snd Oyster Island passe the quarantine station ut
staten Island, and at the arrows exchanged guns of
sautsli0n w,ih Fort IompknS Then passing Fort
Diamonds she uaversed Rariion bsy and went b-yond
sandy Hook lar enough TO feel the swell of the ocean
Alter manG1sering abreat oil the Iis house. and ,x
c"@hgig salutes withthe Tort She re-entered the ha-
cor, snd returned nearly upon her track her moor
Ing at Cor!e Hook. before six O'clock in the alter.
o. ~
The distance she performed was st least thirty mile,
OUT ana as many back again; making sixty miles in
tne "noie- ohe eSpeaded a part Of her time IN
stemming ana crossing current in firing her ssiutes
ana resolving visits and in heavin,s to on the outsie
oil the lighthouse, TO take board Mr.. Ogden, the
piot, from a brig just putting to Sea.
Yet notwithstanding all ue Sc occurrences and de-
lays, the was NOT more chan eight hours and Quar-
ter between her departure f,mher birth at the wharf
10 her return there again Or this time it may be
ta'rly computed she Occupied not more dian three
hours and eight minutes in her passage from the south-
west battery to Sandy Hook. and three hours and ff
teen minutes III her passage back that pnt; being
2p OF greater speed and shorter duration thsn could
nave been executed by any other than a steam vcs-
sell
'Ihe commissioners were favored with the COM
psny OF distinguished gentlemen from various walks of
Ne; mere were anunibsr OF Experienced navigstors
on oeara men accustomed to the merchant service
ana TO the discipline OF the navy Several citizens dis
un5nshed Tor their scientific attainments were pre-
sent persons well acquainted with the chymical and
mechanical par tot experimental physics. There was
an assenblsge Of military characters; gallant spirits
VINO mad distinguished themselves in the field. Aud
pSsNes uiese there were on board magistrates and
respectable sentietnen of different stations.
mere was rut Gre sentiment among all these gem
Yemen. They agreed that she NOR. than equallsd
the hopes formed other; and even s,.1svcssed every
ratoaa estimate other powers. The da was as fne
~ eo'ii0 De wsaed Tie engine and machinery acted
IN me fnost easy aud well adapted style. Not sim
gle disaster occurred durRg the day. The prospects
We're as me perhaps as any in the world And afer a
treat Of most interesting Dature both to the eye aud
tne fninu, the party separated under solemn
uon that Their most sansne expectations had fallen
Innch short OFT the reality.
Amongst the curious incidents attending OF srccee-
ding the return Of Napoleon to France, were these
contrasts.
Nspoeoa landing at Cantiese. had bot sbosi, 600
men LOUIS had at the time in Paris, 900 of
his OWE mobiles.
The further Napoleon travelled, the more followers
he collected and the smaller became the number of
LOUIS mobiles. .--t >
Napoleon entered Paris in the afternoon--Louis had
aed from it the night befnre
= LOUIS and his allies declared Napoleon outlawed-
faFoleoa took Looiss brother prisoner and gave him
liberty.
Louis and Lady Wellington ran away withthe Jew
els OF Erance-Napoleop rdered the baggage O. Lou
ISIS family und friends to be respected
NaPoieon's lctters and dispatches were seized and
published by the allies Napoleon fo-biis the opening
frontiers.
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