Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1835-01-22
STEAMBOAT RELIEF

The performances u the ice boat dsriar ia.
pa veek have not oaiy bees oompieiely success
bad beeo formed Of her efRcioney Our r.,.-r,
inends. whose harbors have all been blocked an
BY ice, wi se.reeiJ credit us shen ve tell The =,
that &c have steamboat which has not eea..d
oPeratioos for single day siaee the late cold
se-tner go "a bat has foreed passage through
The 'oe-thiek snd hard - n has been-uith o,,.
OF more vessels IN tov. The Relief vas built by
gentlemen OF our city, Of great prsctieaI expert
ehee, Tor The exprrss purpose Of keepinx ots-n .
passage into add cot Of the hzrbor in the sin,rr
season. and 10 no fa,at praise TO s.y that they
have planned boat which has fully aasw.r-,i,h I.
Object, and whose operations have been st,~r.i..d
vtsh saeeess which has never vet been attaio.d
elsewhere. fBah Pa is,I -.
HE most remarkable performance Of the
Relief Was on Friday last, after We had ha
week Of the most intensely cold vea,h.,
experienced here for many years. About
noon. she started from the harbor with the
brig Falcon 10 tow, and 70 the astooishme M
OF All who witnessed il, made her way thro'
ice foot thick add Of ainiy hardness.-
Every inch OF her progress was thus impe-
oed until she had traVersed the whole lenSth
Of the Psispseo, and reached the broad en- !.
Panse OF the Chesspeake Bay. HAvin1
placed the Falcon in . position clear OF iee
IRON whenoe she could 20 to sea without
asmeulty, the Relief proceeded 10 AnHapoI,.
Unere Der entrance into the latter hsrhor
vas attended BY obstacles Of the sane ehar-
Aeter, that had been surmounted In LEAVING
Baltimore. Her Appearance there, we learn.
excited no little astonishment, as il vas suo.
posed that the hsrbor WAS too firmly locked
~ ice TO BE- opened BY any human device
Do The following day, Saturday. The Relief
started from Annapolis, making . passage
a. she came cut for the steamboat CoIum-
bus, bound 70 NoTfolk,-and reached BaIti-
more on The same night Yesterday morning
shs started again for Annapolis. tskins ,e
TOW the brig Ids, for Boston, brig Soiou. and
sehoooers EaDivs and OthsIio, for New York
We may we'll say, therefore, that after the
exPer'eoee Of the past week there can be no
ooaot Of the ability TO keep open the barbor
OF BalumoFs 10 the ssverest Siators, aud that
vessels nay eater OF depart without the hin
france sxpeFsenced daring the winter sea.
500 IN more northern ports. The achievement
OF this triumph y Of much Importance To the
trade Of our port, and gives 20 our Rail Road
which - alec Independent Of the seasoo,'
great additsoaal value.
Yer The Information Of persons Il a dis
lance, Who nay b curious on the subject.
ss viii state that the Relief is . stsAnboaI
TIE @odei Of whose boz has close ressm-
olanes to the bowl Of tablespoon. when
- - PYPNNoa toENefu, TIC see 10 not
throvn before her. - Il would b by an ordi-
cary vessel, but passes under her bows and
= broken. Her paddle ubeels are of VOID
End IRON, sHd some idsa Of their strength sod
adaptation 70 tbs peculiar service nav b.
formed vhsn us stats that each Wheel has
"a q siE tons Of iron.
But besides q veil modelled and construct.
Cd boat, there - = third essnlial. without
uh'ch The two hrst would rot be Of much se-
count. We mean the pFessnes Of q con.
mander. Who u eoupetsnt 90 the dischasrs
Of the sFduous duty connected With = service
% The character. IN this particuiss, too, The
proPfietors of the Relief have not been lee,
loFiunats thaa 10 The others, and u y IN The
hsPPy eombinsti0a q these several esssa.
Tails hat Ne have witnessed the sarprisiar
results vhieh Ne have 90 briafy msatioasd
Csptaia THoHAs 3. WEGzs merits the high
ssi praise foE ths nsasss 10 shieh be kas
conducted himssf 10 q service iavolvine
great sHPosuse v TIE weather, asa FsqHiFiar
perseverance,, nerve, snd great jadsnsni
l-aasTtcsa.