Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-04-11


.uperbiy ccored and tinted engrayinrs, executed
the best from MIR. Fulton's original drnw ngs
reprsentiug his numc:Ons Inventions in Steam Nav.
cation, Submarine Navigatinn ,Fortfcations, &C. &C.
together with copies oi his nary drawings when on
Artist minia'ure pnn,erl IL Philadelphia by J. Frank
lin Rsenrt, Esq Author Of " United States Autogra.
phy ~" The Inventors and Patentees' Guide, &c &C.
Cloth binding, So 50
RoBERr Fulton Perhaps there is no man in all TIC
bright galaxy Of dstinru ishcd Americans who have
adorned the history Of the Republic, whose career 10
more stnkngly associated with her glrry and he pros
f Gns he 1vf at ss % I'D
of Lancaster Pa which was also the birth. place Of
sutton, has been ately published, II has evidently
been q labor Of love, the writer having per 'ormed his
allo,l ed task with ide ty and completeness that do
honor to his head and TO his heart II is the
on nly reliable satisfactory lie of Robert Fulton and
takes place among American biog rnphies, without
the slightest possibility Of d spue.
The people who dwell in the brebd valley of ths
mighty Mississippi should be among the earliest and
the mos, prompt 10 welcome the appearance cf
hniic record Of the man. 10 whose genius they are 30
dee pIy indebted for the OF richly devr
the a6oundng their section Of the counrs
The rst to demonst rate the pructicnhiIiy Of ptopeIne
vessels By steam, and put il into prat
his claim be considered us among The chief bcneao
tors not only of his country but of his race has long
been admitted n he uuassaable That the possibility
Of this had struck otrr minds and had been argued
theoretically but without practical demonstratiop
the fact, does not initiate against his right TO bo
considered the father Of steam navigation The pns.
sage in 1907 of the CLERMoN'r, from New York to
Albany, was the seat nf his title 10 this distinction,
and il is now and has for been sputed mud
| will forever re man ndisputHbe.
From the early h0yh OOd or Fulton the germ of his
future fame was recognized by all who knew him, and
who watched the development Of his mind and OF hs
character AS plant oil strong and vigorous eraw'h.
sing a rich and pregnant maturity The 6rst of
Mr. Reigai rs interesting illustrations shows bin
boy CT fourteen years OF age, making successful Pxpc
riment OF propcl ing small skf by paddle wheels of
hi. construction, on the Cunestoga. This Ia
l579. Twenty yeigh years thereafter b" sutished all
doubieTs that vessel Of large could be propelled
by pudd e wheels with steam as the motive power
Between those two Of his life, his genius de-
vclopiug itself IN many vaned ways. lie was n
| drlugntsman II,
great skill. lie supported himself with hrs pencil fol-
many years, deriving emolument from painting nor.
traits and landscapes, and making drawings Of achi.
merry. These he nut to good and useful purpnss
when he became, as he soon did, civil engineer and
machin mist.
In the book before us We have colored Iiihcgraphie
plates OF several Of fuon,s Illustrations of Joel bar
J low g famous - COLUMBlAD," which show great OF
gnaty of conception aptness Of design and facility u
| execution. '., '"
Interesting Of the remarkably active aud useful
of Fuons life much less to into elaborate
essay upon his genius and the wonderful results that
have flowed from his great invention. These two
tasks hpve been very credtaby performed by the
thor Of The volume to which we have a u uted. nOuT
purpose principally to call att nton to thh work
The g is incident which il especially becoi .
us however to call to the notice of our immediate tel
low citizens. During the war Of lel2l5, Rober, Full
! ton of croa, service to his country. contact
was made with him by the United States Government.
steamboat Vesuvins, Rtna, New Orleans and hatcher
on the Mississippi river. Transporting troops and
munitions of war, aud the Bufao on the Ohio. The
celebrated battle pf New Orleans iouk place bhout
week Rftct the arrival Of the Vesuvius ia our waiern
and il upon her, (says our bIographer,) th,t the
commanding general relied, an auxiliary in his
ucipaons Of safety TO the city. and the accomplish
mcnt OF a bu liant victory. John Quincy Admins and
Andrew cksOn both rtihed Congress the valuabls
| services Of Fulton at this trying peri0d.
Besides putting into successful operation steam
sells all 0yr the country, plans oi defence HsaIust ma
time INVASION aud Of sub aquatic navIgaiOn occupied
his thoughts and little OF his lime amt xperimca
tai activity ID out of suggestions and drmonstra
tinus made hy him have sprung many OF the
tul and effective instruments OF naval warfare of thl'
class the world now knows,
Il was the opinion or rChdwander u, Golden. Of New
York, expressed in hs memoir rcnd befoe the Phi
losophicnl Snriey OF that state in 1857 after HI
death of Flu on-andtis an npInion in which all n
kin will now agree" that there cannot be found.
the records Of departed worth the name oi person
whose ndiv idual xeriions mankind indehie
than they are TO Robert Fulton, The combined effort
of philosophers and statesmen have improved the
dltion of man, but no individual has cunferi ed NOR
import benefits on his species than he has done. -
Ncio Orleans pirGyuRs, Nov z, 1856
IL The above work 10 for sulr by C G. HendcIto
& 20, corner OF 5th n1d rch, Phil :dcipia.
March Il, ls57-anI.