Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-05-16
A VALUABLE GEOGRAPHICAL WORK.

INVENTOR OF STEAMBOATS,,
THE
"Father of Steam Nayiga.iOn."
ONE OF pENNsYLvANIAs MOST PATRIOTIC
AND GIFTED SONS,
RO B E r T f U TON.
One volume octave illustrated with twenty i've
tie hest manner from Mr.. Fnlton IS or,gna drawings
representing his nume:ous inventions in Steam Navl
together copies OF his early drawings when an
Artist miniature painter IN Phi laar phia by Frank
lin Reitart Esq. Author of United States Autorrn
pIy -" The Inventors and Patenlees Guide" &c &c
Cloth binding, 80 so
RopERT FuLroE Perhaps there ia no man in all the
fright GALAXY of distinguished Americans, who have
adorned the history ol the Republic whose career
more strkng assoc lated with her g~ry and her pros.
periy, than he whose nane have placed bead
of this article. HisIe, written by Frank Reipart
Of Lancaster Pa which was also the birth. pIace OF
rulton, has been alely published. II has evidently
been labor OF love the w,irr having performed his
allotted task with ie lity aud completeness that do
honor TO his head and to his heart. is the
only re liable satisfactory life of Robert Fulton and
takes its place among American bi0g raphes without
Ihc slightest pu ssibiIIty OF d spnte.
The people who dwell in the bread valley Of the
mighty Mississippi, should be among earliest and
the prompt TO welcome the appearance Of an au.
b n;ic record OF The man to whose genius hev are So
deeply indebted for the means Of rthly developing
the abDunding resources nfthcir section country
The rst 10 dcmons rate the praccahily Of Tonei,Sg
yessrls by steam and 10 put IL into succcsfll practice
tors ony of hIs country bui Of his ,are bns i
been admitted to be unassaiabc. That the possibiy
Of this had struck other minds and had been argued
theoretically, but without any practical demonstration
the fact, does not initiate against his right 10 be
| cOtsidcrcd the father of steam navigation. The pas.
sage in 1867 OF the CLERMuNT, from New York to
Albany, the sea Of his little 10 this distinction
and is now, and has for years undisputed and
viii forever r, mann indspualIe.
From the early kDvh Ood Fulton, The germ nf HE
future fame was recognized by all who knew him. and
who watched the development Of his nlnd OF his
character, as plant OF strong aud vigorous gruwth
promising ,ch and pregnant maturity The first of
Mr. Iciglt is interesting illustrations shows him a
] l.,,..si if.,tr Fgnfstr Iitr
rimcnt OF propel ing small skin by paddle wheels of
hi construction on the COnrstoga. This was in
l'7l twenty eight years thereafter he satisfied all
d0uhters that vessel of large could be propeeI
by padd c.w wheels with steam the motive power -
Between those two eras of his life, his genius was de.
! veloping itself IN many varied ways. lie was
dr1uehl, OF no ordinary merit and printed with
great skill He supported himself with ~ penciI Tor
many years, deriylsg emOlumenl from painting nor
TRAITS and landscapes and making drawings of inchi-
merry. These arts he pui To good and gseiu purpose
when ne became, as he soon did civil engineer and
machnst
In the hook before we have colored liihorrnpbic
plates ol several OF Fulons Illustrations OF Joel Bar
low famous " COLUMBIAD " which show preat ori
gnalty conception aptnrss of design aud facility Of
Itis not our purpose to give synopsis of the
interesting eVtnir o tue reinar rhnby active and useful
career of much less to 60 an elaborate
essay upon his genius and the wonderful results thnt
nave h1w"I rom ms great invention. These Two
tasks h'vc been very creitnby performed hy the au
thor OF he volume TO which we have a ded our
Thee is one incident which il especially become .
us however to call to the notice Of our mmedi feI
low Ciiz us during the war of lSl2-l5 Robe ri Ful.
ton Of great service to his country A coDtrnt,
was made with him, by the United States Government,
in DGc'mb'r lolt for the purpose Of employing hi !
steamboats, Ncsuvius, Ktna New Orleans n nd Nntchez
on the Mississippi river, IN Transporting troops and
munitions OF war, and the Bufaln on the Ohio The
| celebrated battle of New Orleans lolk place about n
week RtcI the arrival OF the Vesuyius 10 Ou aieys
and ii was upon her, Says our hogranher) Thai the
commanding general reicd, as an auxiliary in mis- au
ucipatnms ni safety TO the ely. and the arcomplisb.
mcnt Of brilliant victory. John Quincy Adams and
Andraa Jackson both certified Compress Inc yaIuabje
! services OF Fulton at this iAing period.
BESIDES putting into successful operation gtpam yes
sells all the country plans OF defence agaInst mn
thine INVASION, and Of sub aquatic navigation occunio,
his thoughts and no lii e oi his time aud eypeTImen
tai ACTIVITY. hnd out of Suggestions and drmonstra
tinns made by him have sprung nlRny Of tbe mosi nee
iul and etrctve instruments OF naval Warfare nj th
= class the word now knows. " ~"
II was the opinion al oCCadwaadcr =. Golden Of NJ a
YORK as cNpt' ssed in his memor, Jefoe tbe Phi
'osophiral soriety oi that Sate 1857 soon ofte IN
death OF FultOnanditis opinion in hch nil m n
Kin will now agrre-' that there cannot he fonnd ri
the records Of departed worth the name Of person
whose individual cNerlions mankind are more pdeb,s
than they are to Robert Fulton. The Combined sfFor,
OF philosophers and sairsU have Improved The con
dillon OF man hnt no indiV iual has confer, ed NOR
mporan nj benefits on his species than he ha done -"
Nc1 Orleans PcayRHs Nov :, 1856 '
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