Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-05

navigation Of the ocean 10y steam that part nf the
problem WINS Reserved Tor the other branch II the
Ahgio-saxon racc-thc branch situated in n re-
gion IN this western hemisphere whose territory
Is trayersed by Of the mobiles. rivers that belt
the surface OF the globe, and separated by the
Worldwide ocean from the eastern hen,ist,herr
1t il amazing Ia consider how, with the dawn of
the revolution. the though Of men turned Ia the
application III steam navigation Rnmscy Fitch
ati Evans made experiments. and those exberi-
mei'is attracted the notice Of one whom nathinc
escaped belonging u the welfare OF his country
! mean Washington. Cheers AMI We ia,e a
certificate expressing The satisation witt, which
hc had witnessed the experiment of .nnses -
The attempt proved rather ut., ucce>sful ! r4.h-
ar think IT II proiidrn'inl appointment ti...t the
ocean was not nav gated by steam III the re.elu-
tI"hary ~" THO enormous amount ui british
capital and skill. il the orcau La Lecn rayiratcd
hy steam, would have put in her possession ia.il.
tiles Tor blockading the ports. which might have
had disastrous effect in "A result of the Who'll.
contest Bu,, sir, the revolution pa, ed and indie.
pendence Was established; the hour had come and
the man wa. there (thecrs.l In the year l7ga
this system If steam na,i sntion now bernme ma
iured IN the Fulton, VIII" found Il liberal a;l ac-
tive coadlut"r III Chancellor Livingstone who in
that year ri l,9J, came 10 the lee s,-aiurc Of Nrw
York Tor an net Ut Incorporation. SIR. | am sorry
t" say that America at that first moment could
not boast Of much keencr perception If the nature
Chancellor Livingstone at last had a petition
drawn up of the act he desired passed. 1t was
drafted by the young .nen of the legislature who,
When tired OF the matters Of law, used To call up
the "steam bill, that they might hn,ea little
fun. Young America un that occasion did not
show himself much wiser than his seniors
laughter Sir, nothing daunted ut the GOODNESS
he received, nothing discouraged hv the impartial
success OF the first experiment. Chancellor Living
tt"h" perseyered. Twenty Years PASSED away be
fore steamers were found uuun our lakes and riv-
"rs. and ut that tina" such II system If steam bavi-
CATION was wholly unknown, exec pt lay hearsay in
Europe. This application 81 strau he M. IL Il pres
sing necessity in this country: but twenty Years
NOR" passed away before English capital was np-
pied Ia that part o the application To Which Eng
land way 30 much interested ns Giving her trcess
10 The commercial stores Of the Western World
But sir, could not. when the news of
the laying Of the Atlantic cable came |
could rot hut think what the emotions of Fulton
and Franklin would have been if they could have
stood upon the quarter deck of the Niagara as she
was launched ut the Agnncmnon ere the com
menecment of that electric communication which
is the .esult Of their discoveries a,al which now
Linds the Two worlds together. (ApIause.) Now
sir, Ia come back to the point from which | start
cd thus great drNclopcmcnt Of steam, this applca-
tlonoi the invention IT steam navigation has taken
place since had th" honor of meeting INV fellow
citizens in this iowa two and twenty wears ago.
lAppiansn.
There are some other points to which | would
like to allule if the tmc wer" not rapidly passing
away. There is the electric telegraph itself. that
Wa unknown but theory twenty-five years
ago; il now prryal rs not only every portion Of our
own country but Of tlc civilized world; and may
We not refer with satisfaction t. the part taken in
tins brightest and most wonderful application Of
the forces Of material natu," to the purposes Of
intellectual communication, TO the part taken by
.,s, IA Nm, NJ. Ei.,ll