Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-04-18

ishers, the wheels we're restored to the shafts,
all sails set, and she went into the Mersey
amidst the widest astonishment of all be-
holders.
The Savannah remained at Liverpool lit
tie over month, during which time she made
several excursions in the river, to the de-
light and astonishment ofthe inhabitants. A
journal of that city characterized those trips
as "the most striking exhibition of steam nav
igation which has yet been seen in our port." )"
July 23d, the Savannah sailed from Liver
pool for St. Petersburg, her original destina'
tion. She sped on her northern course, says
one account, awakening the echoes Of the dis
tant Scandinavian shores with sounds even
stronger than the shouts and battle songs of
the ancient Vikings. The approach of this
beautiful messenger from the young civiliza-
ton of the New World, to the still, halfsleep-
ing monarchies of the Elder Hemisphere, only
Just shaken in their slumber by the iron hand
of Napoleon, was an event in their history
full of instruction and prophecy.
At St. Petersburg, Capt. Rogers and his
strange craft were received with every demon
stration of respect and admiration. The Gar
himself went on board, complimented the cap
tain, his ship and his countrymen, and made
him present of two iron chairs, which, on his
return, Capt. R. devoted to the city Of Savan-
nah.
The Savannah remained at St. Petrsburgh
for several weeks, and on her return touched
at Copenhagen, Arundel and Norway. Many
wished to purchase her. The King Of Swe-
den offered Captain Rogers 100000 for her,
to be paid in hemp and iron delivered at New
York, Boston and Philadelphia, but the offer
was refused. Whether the Captain had no
power to sell, or preferred the cash, does not
fully appear. The bold little ship turned
her course westward and arrived in Savannah,
in ballast, November 30th, after voyage Of
fifty days from St. Petersburgh, including
stoppages, all we'll, and, to use Captain Rog'
ers' own language, "neither screw, bolt nor
rope-yarn parted, although she experienced
very rough weather"
In the month of December the Savannah
visited Washington city, where she astonished
the "collective wisdom" and from there went
to New York.
With this one trip across the Atlantic, ap-
pears to have closed her brightcareer. Why,
we cannot say. Perhaps the heavy cost Of
running her with only wood as fuel would not
admit Of successful competition with the sail
ers. Be this as it may, soon after her return
to New York, and giving to the worlda grand
step in the march Of civilization-glory
enough for one ship-the Savannah was di.
vested Of her steam apparatus and converted
into a packet ship of the same name, and ran
for some years between Savannah and New
York. Her engines and boilers were sold to
the proprietors Of the Allaire Works, in New
York, for the sum of $1,000. The engines
were put to other uses, and did good service
for very many years. The identical cylinder
of the Savannah was among the articles on
exhibition at the Crystal Palace show in New
York, some fifteen or twenty years ago, and
attracted no little attention.
The final fate of the Savannah was sad
one In one of her trips from this city to New
York she was driven ashore in storm, on
Long Island, and went to pieces.
Savannah Republican.