The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-05-17

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| GENTLEMEN:-Please inform E mo
through the columns Of your valuable
paper, whether it was an American or
an English steamer that first crossed
the Atlantic Ocean, and what was the
name OF such steamer, and oblige, by
SO doing. IL ~. '7':. .,'.#
Yours very respectfu1ly,
New York, April god, 1858 IS. X.
This question has been rcpeatedSey-
cry year or two for the; last decades
and replied to in the fullest manner:
but as there may be othels III the con. On.
d'tlon OF our correspondent, we have
drawn from our files the following ir.s
formation. II = "a ( I.
The American Steamship Savan.
nah "was the first ship Of this con-
struction that undertook to. make the
voyage across the A Atlantic" These ara
the words of Marwade's s(Liverpool)
Commercial Report, Which chronicied
the arrival of this vessel in Liverpool. z
Inc same writer adds that her Sap-.
proach to port unaided with a sin
gle sail. displayed the power and ad.
vantage of the application ofsteam to
vessels OF the largest size. s;ls5i
"Ihe Savannah" was built at Cor.
l@rs Hook, in this city, by Crockerand
fickett, tor number of gentlemen.
who designed selling her to the En-.
peror of Nussia. 3
q She measured $50 tons, was ship
rugged, and provided with a. hori-
zontal engine. She sailed Efroon,
the city of.sayannah, in Georgia, $yon
the 26tfl May lSI 8, thirty. four wears
irlSsses a,,il sa,t,i reached h5t- destinatfo sai
ter voyage of twenty five DAYS, (ac-
eording to Marwade's Com. Report.A
eighteen Of which she was under steam.
Another account, furnished us from
the recollection Of one of her. officers
who went out in her, gives the time oc-
cup'ed 10y the voyage as eighteen days
seven which she was under steam.
When partially across the Atlantic, her
wheels were taken off, on account of;
fuel, SO ms not to impede her progress
when under canvass, but replaced up
on nearing the English coast, SO as
to enable her to finish the voyage as
1t had been commenced-under steam.
AS 1t IS now nearly three years
since we alluded to these facts, the fol-
lowing incident, then mentioned, NAV
bear repeating: The sight of SO novel
craft, described by the English pa
pers as Of ''bcautiful model,'' en-
terIng tho harbor without the as
sistance Of y single sail,' createds
not only qualification" but; aas-
tonishment." As she was 90
ing up st. Georges channel, tie COM
mander of the British feet lying there.
was utterly at loss to account for
her remarkable appearance, enveloped
as she was, in heavy clouds ofsmoke,
and moving without the aid of can
vass. lie naturally conjectured she
must be on fire and in distress, and
sent OIL two cutters to her relief; but
finding his assistance was not wanted,
he brought her to with shot, and sat-
ished himself by examination that
all was right, when she was permitted
TO proceed. She was received ut the
docks by large crowds that had as
scmblcd, with cheers and congratula-
tons. In after years, the Royal Will
liam and Sirius followed, and 1885, tho.
Great Western (all British.
The first British steamer that crossed
the Atlantic was the Sirius. from Cork,
which entered this harbor on the morn
ing of the 23d April, 1888. She was
followed four hours after by the Brit
ish steamer Great Western from Bris-
tol. The voyage of the Sirius was
made in eighteen days; that Of the,
Great Western in fifteen. The Sri.
us was consequently the first British
steamship that arrived in the United
States direct from England, and
the first that arrived from any quarter
as regular trader.
The facts contained in the annexed
communication, which we chance to
lind in Georgia paper just come to-
hand, have chiefly appeared in our
columns; but VIC copy it in connection
with the information sought by oar,
own correspondent: :.
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