Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-05-02
A VALUABLE GEOGRAPHICAL WORN.
SHOULD owNED AND REhp
EVERY YOUNG MAN IN THE LA NDl
LIFE or THE oELeBRATED
INVENTOR OF STEAMBOATS,,
the
"FathCT OF Steam EaYigatiGn."

AND THE
"FathCT Of Steam Eayigati0n."
ONE or pENNsYLVANIAs MOST PATRIOTIC
AND GIFTED SONS
ROBE RI f u LTON,
One volume octave. Illustrated with twenty FIVE
superblv coIored aud tinted engrayiurs executed in
the bes manner from MIR. Fuhun's original drawings
reutesentng his numc .rus inventions in Steam Nav.
patiOn Submarine Navigation ,Fortcatinps &c, &C.,
together with copies OF his early drawings when
Sftist immature panerl in hiadephin by Frank.
lin Rcisart, Esq Author of United States Autogra.
my" The Inventors and PatenIees' Guide" &c &c.
Cloth binding, So so
RouERr FuLrox Perhaps there is no man in all The
bright GALAXY of distinguished Amerthns, who have
udorned the history OF the Republic whose career
more trlkingy associated with her glsry and pros
Of MS article IIislie written by franklin Reaarf.
of Lancaster, Pa which also The birth place Of
rUlion has been atcly published. II has evidently
been labor OF love- the w,iter havn performed his
aoit ed task. with ide lity Completeness that do
honor to his head anu 10 his heart 1t is the
On Is reliable Satisfactory life of Robert Fulton ana
takes it's place American Biographies wlthou.
the slightest possibility of dispute. ~
The people who dwell in the bread valley of the
mighty Mississippi should be among the earliest and
thpnc record Of the man. whose genius they are 80
deeply indebted for the means OF 50 rchy developing
the aboundiug resources of ter section of the country
The first demOnsl rate the practicabiliy ropeIy
sesses by steam and to put into successful ptactcs
tors only Of hts country, but Of his race has long
been admitted to be uuassailablO. That the possib Ity
of tbis had struck other minds and bad been nrnm5
Theoretically but without any practical dcmunstration
o ( the fact does not initiate against his rght TO be
considered the father Of steam navigation The pas
sage in 1907 Of the CLERMOKT, from New York TO
Albany, the sea Of his title 10 this Distinction
aud 1t is now, aud has for years been undrsputed and
! will forever remain ndisputable.
From the early koyhoodo or Fulton the germ Of his
future fame was recognized by all who krew him. and
who watched the development oi his miGd nd OF his
character, plant of strong and vigorous growth
promi rich and pregnant maturity. The first Of
MIR. Reigait is interesting illustrations shows him a
boy CT fourteen years age making successful exne
riment of propel ing small skf by paddle wheels of
hi construction on the COnestoga. Tins was in
lI79 Twenty eight years thereafter he satisfied ali
doubcTs that vessel of large could propelled
| by paddle wheels with steam the motive poyer -
Between ihosatwo eras of his life, his genius was de
veloping itself IN many varied ways lie was
drneLs.mHan Of NO ordinary merit and painted with
many years, deriyIHg emolumenl from painting nor
traits and anicaprs and mnkins drawings of mschi-
when he hccamc as he soon did, civil engineer and
In The book before us we have colored Ii,bce,.rhc
plates Of severa of Fultons illustrations Of JoeI Ra
low famous COLUMBIAD," ." which SHOW great oIi
onahty OF conception, apness ofdesign and facility Of
execution.
Itis not purpose to give even synopsis Of tho
career Of Fulton sie much less 60 INTO an elaborate
essay upcn his genius and the wonderful rest that
tlks hpya been very credtnb,y performed hy the pu
thor OF he volume to Whi-A we have alluded Cur
Purpnsc principally to cal! attention to thai wcrk
Thee is incident which il especially becoIie.
u.s. however to call TO the notice our Immediate nl.
tow citizens. During the war of lsl9-lj, Robert Full
was made with him by the United States Government
in December l5i4 for the purpose OF employing his
steamboats, Nesuvius Etna, New urltaus ana NatcEez
on the Mississippi river, transporting iroops and
| munitions of war and the HUfa 10 ON the Ohio Tho
celebrated battle OF New Orlrnns uLk uIatn uh0ut y
week uct the arrival Of the Ersuvus in onr a,ers
aud it upon her says Our biogsagIer tj,at n.
commanding general relied, as an auxiliary In his m
ucipatlons OF safety 10 the cry and the arcomplish
ment OF brilliant victory. John Quincy Adnms and
Andrew Jackson both rtied Congress The yarniIc
services Of Fulton at this trying period
Besides putting into successful operation stenm yrs
ses nj over Inc country, plans OF deteiue against ma
lume inv1son ana ufsub aquatic navigation occtpied
his thoughts and no little OF lis tiHIe and e1ner,nsn
tai activity. And out Of suggestions aud dcmongtrn
tons made hy him have sprung many uf the mos L, So
ini and effective instruments OF naval wurug of Ills
class the world now knows.
II was thi opinion Of Catwalader n Golden or Ne,s
York expressed in his memoir read before The Phi
OSuphCa Society Of that state in 1877 soon nfsr ths
death OF Futon-Gut:is an op.HioH in " hicb an man
kin will now agree that there cannot he IounT on
the records Of departed worth the name of pnrsnn n
whose Individual eNertious mankind are oor
than they are to Robert Fulton. The combined eGnr,
of philosophers and statesmen have improved inc con
diton of m7H, but no indivi ua has cnnfer ed NOR
important benefits on his species than he ba dane =,
Mao Orleans Picagune, Nov. :, 1856
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