Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-04-21

] think was propelled 10y a steam wheel.
| If you are mind 10 correct the mat
| ter, you can do so. As Col. +. 5. Heis-
| kell and Dr. j. c. NJ. Ramsey are both
citizens of our county yet, it might be
! pleasing TO them in their old age, to
| read the toasts.
Yours respectfully, &c,
WIN. HIILsMAN.
The stray leaves referred to are four
pages from a publication headed
! Steamboat Navigation" and from
them we gather that Capt. Jackson
gave a sumptuous dinner on the occa-
sion of the arrival Of the first steam
boat, and the following are some Of the
toasts offered at the occasion:
BY Mr.. James Turner-The doubts
which have existed in the minds of
the people, as it RESPECTS the ascension
of the Muscle Shoals, and the naviga~
ton of the Tennessee and Holston
rivers, conquered by experiment, will
now subside.
BY Mai. Joseph Wiatt-May Com
merce aud Navigation flourish in East
Tennessee.
BY Mr.. Henry Paine-Knoxville
The flower Of East Tennessee.
BY Mr. VIM. b. McClain-May East
Tennessee be as famed for friendship
and the success of her enterprise, as
the citizens of Knoxville are for their
hospitality.
BY Or. J. G. NJ. Ramsey-The mem.
DRY of Robert Fulton: His genius has
erected for his country, Monument1tm
acre perenniUS.
BY Mai. II. A. NJ. White-Capt.
John Crozier, the worthy President of
tho Dav
BY Col. w. b. A. Ramsey-Maj.
Joseph WHAT: While we award due
praise. to the commanders ofthe steam
boat Atlas, let us not be unmindful of
what is due to her intrepid and skill
full pilot.
BY Maj. George Graves-The steam
boat Atlas has proved the practicable
ity of the navigation of the rivers
Tennessee and Holston.
: BY Mr.. Calvin Morgan-The Own
ers ana Crew of the steam boat Atlas
May the encouragement they may re-
, ceve from the navigation of the Ten
I uessee river amply reward them fol
, their enterprise.
z BY Nm. Swan, Esq. The flag pre-
! scented by Capt. Conner TO the Mayor
. of our town, now waves in the atmos'
phere of Knoxville, eyinciug the
genius and philanthropy Of j. a
Dewoody, OF Cottonport, Alabama
l and the contamination of a grand en-.
terprise 10y the Atlas, OF Cincinnati
] its crew and commanders.
I BY Mr.. Barnes Crawford. The arri-
! val of the steam boat Atlas in the
e waters of East Tennessee, we trus
- Will be a handspring to her interna
y improvement.
] nF | y Strnnp-AIQV Inc A uTi.
y culture, Commerce, Navigation and
y Manufactures, 'of East Tennessee, soOr
. he propelled TO more active and lu
y crative motion by the power of steam
y BY Capt. James ampbell-Improve
y ment in Navigation: History says
Sir Francis Drake sailed round the
y world, but Capt. Conner, to shorter
. the trip, has run the Atlas through.
. BY Mr.James Hair-East Tennessee
u in soil in minerals, and in waite
-, privileges-may her citizens be pre-
II emiuently great in agriculture, domes
: tic manufactures and enterprise.
BY Mr.. +. S. Heskell-Messrs. Con
nor, Rider, Turner Watt, and the
Crew of the steam boat Atlas: BY thei
successful adventure, they hav
= silenced the clamOrs of the skepti
i and confirmed the faith of the true be
! levers in steam boats. Their ascen
over the Muscle Shoals, and up tn,
e; Tennessee and Holston rivers, entitle
them to the good wishes and cordia
q hospitality of our citizens.
By Mr.. H. b. Transformation ant
) Conner: By the ingenuity of the on
and the enterprise of the other Eas
; Tennessee will be enabled soon to sur
mount the obstacles in her march t
u wealth and prosperity.
The thanks of the company were pre-
f; scented to Capt. Jackson for the sumpt
uous and elegant dinner prepared OF
> the occasian; and the company sepa
rated at an early hour, well please
/ with the proceedings of the day.
Capt. Conner, one of the owners c
l. the steam boat Atlas has favored u
with the following particulars
3 1.-THE Atlas was fourteen minutes as
cending the Boiling Pot and min
l. minutes ascending the Suck On
warp was laid for safety. There wa
> no other difficulty from Browns Fer
to Knoxville; and if the reports {
le those who are called Pilots, and, {
course, should be acquainted with tn
stream, are to be relied upon, the rive
,e can be run from the head of the shOal
'e to Knoxville, by steam boat of ligh
III draught of water, nine months in tn
y year.
a First shippers of goods by steam, i
the Tennessee river, above the shoals
j. & j. Johnson-three tons, from Di
to's Landing to Blair's Ferry.
70 First donor, Gen. Crabbe, at Graf
" be's Ferry three miles below Triani
= Alabama, one hundred and fifty do
lars"
MiIIers! MiIlers!!
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