Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-04-18
A VALUABLE GEOGRAPHICAL WORK.

IA VALUABLE BIOGRAPHICAL WORK.
SHOULD rwsEp
EVERY YOUNG MAN ~ THE LANDl
LtFE Or rHg CELEBgATgD
INVENTOR OF STEAMBOATS,,
"FaIher Of steam Mitigation"
ONE OF PENNsYLvANlAs MOST rATRIoTIc
AND GIFTED SONS
RO B L x L + u l. T O N,
One volume octave. Illustrated with twenty FIVE
supetby c"iorod aud iinted ensralnps, executed in
ile best msnnrr rom MIR. Fnltuhs original druwngs
rcprescnig his numerous inventions in Steam Navi-
CATION Submarine Navigatnn Foriihcaions, kc. &c,
together with copies OF his cury drawings when an
Arts, miniature p9inerl ~ Phladclphi, by Frank.
iiu Reilglt Esq Author of " United states huiogra-
ply" The Inventors aud Plleniees' Guilc, &C &C.
Cloth binding, 81 so
| RopyRr FuLroS Perhaps thcrc s mnn in all tho
fright GALAXY of distinguished Americans, who have
more ,trnGy HssociacG WITH her plrr, and h,r pros
perty inan he whose namc NC have nincrd at ththtnd
of Lancaster, Ia which was also the birth place OF
| cuiton, has been ateli published. II has evidently
uilnu ed task, with fidelity aud completeness that do
honor to his head ond 10 ms heart I, is ths
only reliable or satisfactory lie oa Robert Fulton and
takes its place nm0ag American biog raphies, without
the slightest possibility of diipu'r.
mighty Mississippi should be among tho earliest mud
tive mos, promp in welcome The appearance cf
dnrriy indebted for The means Of so r hIy dc v.iorins
the u6ouudius oftbcir sociioE tr county
,rss Ly and put inlo succ,S sl' practioG
his claim TO he considered among The clief pnclse
been admitted To hr unassailablc Thai the possibility
Of this had stuck other minds aud had been argued
Theoretically, but without any prdc'icHi demonstration
the tact, docs not initiate against his right be
considered the father Of steam navigation The pms
sage ia lsO7 Of the Cl.ERMoNr, from New York
Albany, the 'eai of his little 10 this dist motion.
aud it is aud hls for been disputed and
will forever rtmaln indispuiallc. -
} From the carly soyhooi Fulton the germ Of his
future fame was recognized by az who knc" him and
who watched tue development Of his mind and OF his
character, plant OF strong and vigorous gr iwih
promising rich and pregnant maturity The afsi %
MIR Reigatis interesting illuS:rR'irns shnws him
boy o fourteen years of age, making successful erpe
riment OF propeI ingu snl! SKIN by paddle wheels Of
HI own construction, ON the Conestoga THIS was in
l7i9 twenty eight years thereger he satisfied all
dnuhters that vessel Of large could be propelled
by paddle wheels with steam as the moive power
Between those of his life his genus was de.
veopng itself IN many varied ways. lie n
dEushrman of Ro ordinary merit, and printed with
great skill. lie supported himself with HIS pencil for
many years, dcrivisg emolument from painting nor.
traits and landscapes, aud making drawings OF machi
merry These he nut tn good and useful purpose
when he became as he soon did civil engineer and
Il maclinist
In the book before have colorcd nihograptio
plates of several Of faons Illustrations of Joel Bar
gnaty conception of design aud facility tf
y execution.
. 1t is not our purpose to give synopsis OF ,ho
interesting events Of the rknbly active and usefu
of Fulton sliio much icssto into elaborate
essay upon his genius, and the wonderful results that
= have flowed from his great invention. Thc-s ,wc
re- tasks have becn very credahy performed by the
" purpose principally to call atte ntiof that Ri
The % is one incident which il especially becqm.s
us, however call To the notice OF our Immediate tcI
- low citizens. During the war Of lSl2-i5, Robert Fu
ton was OF great service to his country a contra Il
was made with him. by the Unite States Cove rnmcnt
in December 1914 for the purpose Of employing his
seaniboais Vesuvius, I,na New Orleans aud Natehca
the Mississippi river ~ Transporting troops nnd
munitions of war. and the Du Balo on tbe.Ohio. The
celebrated battle OF New Orleans ioHk plate about
week aitcf the arrival Of the Vesuvius our aters
u and ii upon her, (s1ys our bioranher) that tha
y commanding general relied, Hillary, in his nn
ticpatNns at safety o the city. mud The arcompis
ment Of br liant victory. John Quincy Adams and
Andrew Jlc ksou both coTer 10 Compress the valuable
y services Of Fulton at this 'fyinr pei0d.
BESIDES putting into successful operation steam
sells all the country plans of defence ngansi ma
time and of sub aquatic igatiOn
his thoughts, aud little oi his lime
= tai activity Aud out of suggestions and drInnmrtra
tinns made by him have sprung many of the most
tul and effective instrun6 nts oil naval warfare h
le class the world now knows
rs was the opinion of Cadwalader D. Golden Of New
ar York, expressed in his memoir brfo the Phi
" death of ltOn-andit opinion inwhch all
" kin will agree" that there cannot be inunr
m the records o departed worth the of ne rsn Il
whose ndiv iduai GNerlOus mankind more iudrbjt
than they to Robert Fulton The combined effort
Of philosophers and statesmen have improved the con
ditinn Of man hut no individual has conferred NOR
important benefits on his species than he has cone -
.Neto Orleans Picayuus, Nov. Z, 1856.
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