Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-08-08

The Burden Bodt.-The trial of Mr. RurIs,,s n,
iuven'su steam boat was made on the North River on
niolsS, th Mt anu was TO great extent successful,
The N. Y Euening Star one Of the Editors of which
wdsa passenger describes the experiment Innu,ely and
says ""'
% MT Burden, accompanied only BY Me or six friends
whom ho lad invited aud OF HON we were one
tne number, left the Dry Dock in his new steam boaI
neien, al SIX minutes before a. ~ reached tbs North
hver opposite the loot oil Barclay see AZ 20 minutes
pasi T. The Erie said 10 be The fastest boat on The RI
YER had left The dock 20 minutes before and ,. IL
~ sight SIX miles ahead. The boats proceeded ON in
gallant style, Attracting persons along the
wiarves to witness the One remarkable iea,nre
III The movement OF Burdens boat, which struck every
one ON board as improvement of most in,nor an,
and highly novel character, was the s,noo,Iuss Gil
when her sharp pointed cylinders glded over rather
ma through The wafer, Ike tie sliding mo ion of loco
move Oh railroad causing not he ss est
ana only mere triple. There vas nothing wLaievcr ri
tha ping up oil the water The bows and corresno,d
ing gs on The stern; OF that uctuaon or swelling
on The river, which all other steamboats, cause and ic
iPerceph6y seen as well felt by the Grail in h,r vi
cniy, and even by those along the docks and bsnts
"ousn 'ney may De mile distant. We passed the hand
some and swift little steamboat Champion after tough
contest, at Dobb's Ferry at 46 minutes past a. We lad mol
heh attained more than 10 or Is revolutions of our wheel
per minutes the Giirly en- or 22 revolnors
procured, till we neared POughkeepse which we resc
ed at % minutes past I2 This is so mil,s or Ln H.
distance from New York TO Albany. We were row 90
al The rate OF mile in three minutes or 20 niles an
hour, and had come within three miles of The Eric
nen we nod every certainly Of thus passing her in
very snort ume the gear OF the OFT valve suddenly
gave way, at bali past y. NJ. between Pousbkeensie
aHd Lower ked Hook Landing, which mme,Ia,stv p. ,
dueed our revolutions 10 is, H. and H.
AT 10 minutes before p. NJ, finding our sns ed fI.
unnaPpiy retarded by unforeseen accident we law foo
ana repaired, aud got under weight gain al 81 minutes
past But in too minutes broke again and t,us yitt
every EFFORT and che OF the boilers leaking as il had done
The whole distance from New York we found II ,te
impossb!e to obtain than is and sometimes is
lhons Nevertheless resouiely pushed on in spi,e of
every dIhlculiy We passed the SHALLOW water from
huoson ards aud the 0UeTSiaugh with the same
anu acihiy we had The deepest channels This - sye,c
euaDied 10 DO from The lew inches Of what e draw fact
winch OF iiseli speaks volumes and il IN
The history OF other steamboats, on this river
And thus, notwithstanding the mos, n(,yorab s,.,;a
we had TO contend against and IL may be said t,vo snd =
hai hours detention, taking The retsrdeJ operations o b
engine INTO the account, reached Albany AT q - NJ
suou' HTfe quarters Of an hour only after lie Erie
nis hodt was prepared beforehand for the sntirin,
yea race ana had The advantage Of her highly poi.h-
ca machinery ny long use, snd ia the mosI pcrerl or
osT' ana size burned, we understand, large ou,nntes
OF hpentine and tar 10 accelrraie the eeuerston NJ mo
heat Our machinery had never been pa f,irly 10 ,ri
otioe and therefore tie reHeeing part Of the conm1ni
" may Judge oil The iBimense friction which neg en-.
gne uvS' create to say uoibng Of tie leakage aud ie
scc1em ne Helen therefore performed her first trim
70 Albsny 10 hours! VIII she not, in annie order s,
Mhen ihese dhcu'iies are removed and snbdosd make
s'se ID ohours, il moi less? We believe she viii
The experiment. therefore, cannot be deemed concn
All along the fivf crowds manifested the deem nt,re,,
ibey eli ia orr behalf. by cheeripg waving a,gs &C.
Spd al Cstkil Coeymsns and New London cannon were
h'ea nom ne DOCKS ~ honor Of vessel.
there lsLoi 70 be deducted more dian 10 or rs oioo
hOln me hfeStime Tor ihe few stops size made We vii
messed ourselves that al or places She not detained
minutes At each.