The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-03
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Sergeant Signal Service. y. s. A.
Alvin, Col. A. r. Kouns.
Departures.
sa Al u A mar,hda Henry Tee H. E. Lee Err"
To Arrive.
Era No, 10, Blue Wing No o, upper coast Iaa-
bel Martha. Eva, Alvin, lower coast; Gov. Allen,
Bayou Sara: Bertha Opelousas; Bastrop, Qua,
ehia; John II. Hanna,, Baton Rouge; Frank
Pargoud -. arko nna T. Behan Red river
Weather windy and cloudy, with light show
After The departure OF the 10 a. m. coast pack
herself day, until the Col. Koups put in
IN appearance later in the day. The upper
landing presented q more lively appearance.
Capt. John m. Gilham. whose arrival on the
Dawn we reported through error, came down
on the konns.
The Bastrop will be ut the landing this morn
ing with n full load Of cotton.
Capt. Lee starts the Seminole out nextWednes-
On account Of freight engagements the y. p
SchenGk laid over. She llaves to-day positively
The Rastrop, leaving day for the Ouaehita,
| gives through bills lading to Monroe and Tren-
The John H. Hanna leaves Friday for Baton
| Rouge James I. McElroy In command.
The Blue Wing No. g. leaving this 10 q, m is
the only departure to-day for the upper coast
~ far as Donaldsonvlle and the Ashland plan
The Big Sunhowcr, from Atchafalaya, will
arrive to leave Saturday, her regular day.
The @. II. Durfee, in place Of the Bart Able,
leaves Saturday for Alexandria and Grand
MI. N. NJ Jones, Of the extensive coal firm Of
Brown Jones, arrived in this city yesterday.
The fast Ouachita Belle leaves Saturday for
the coast and Bayou Sara. See advertisement.
The steamer Col. A. ?. Kouns, from Shrege-
port arrived last even ing with u fair trip. con
SlstDg Of 49a bales cotton 100 sacks cotton seed,
The superb Katie. the packet that makes rail
probably leave Monday next for Vicksburg and
the Bends
The W, J, Behan, due to arrive, leaves satur-
;, The n. |. daily limo packet Mary Ida, J. A.
Ruiz in command, is receiving tn leave to-m NOR
row for theu pper coast to Ben Tunneaud.
IT has been taken down from between the
Danube's Ghimneys and put In cage made for
it by Geo. Dtton.
The Susie Silver ran over lump ut Glass
cocks and knocked the smithereens out Of her
stat board wheel On account Of the repairs to
IT. rot being finished she laia oyer until day
Wen sns spt pr ,enI ysr ior o. LOUIS For rafs
B. Woods & Co.. agents,
Don't forget the Bertha to. day
From the st. Louis TimesJ
Joseph Wangler is making the boilers for
in number As inches In diameter by % feet long
having flues The new steamer has not yet
been named; She will DC completed and leave
here for the South about October goth.
The John Sendder leaves for New Orleans
on the 18th Of October to enter the Memphis
trade. She will be u beauty when the carpen-
ters and painters get through with her.
Capt P. I. Manion's steamer st. Joseph will
probably leave for the South the last of this
q view Of putting her IN the Ouacha or Red
river trade. She is q No. boat and has always
made money.
A sketch Of Robert Fulton.
Robert Fulton was born In Lancaster county
PeDnsylyania, 1865, Mr.. Calder. his biographer
says that his peculiar genius manifested itself
at an early age, and that his leisurs hours in
childhood we're spent in mechanical shops. or
devoted to the pencil; the latter employment
seems at this time to have possessed the greater
attraction. for from The age OF 4 to q he painted
soon after this left for England. and placed him
self under the tuition OF the celebr ated Ben
jamin West. and became himself 2 painter Of
some celebrity. He remained with West several
years, and be"ame acquainted dur ng this time
with the Earl Of staAhope. This nobleman was
and %as at 81 Zine
scheme OF steam navigation, by a propeller
modelled after the foot OF water fowl. Fulton
some Of the views he afterwards reduced to
practice on the Hudson.
In 1897 ne took up his residence in Paris. At
this time he invented the submarine boat af-
towards styled nautilus. connected with which
were machines called submarine bombs. after
commissioner appointed to witness the expert
ment Of the submarine boat says: Mr.. Fulton
remained who'll hour under the water with
his three com panions and kept the boat parallel
to the horizon, that the com pass point ID as cor
rectly under wa'er as ON the surface. The gov
nment on account of internal troubles. old
not ccept he invention. He shortly after this
went to England and offered his invention to
that government. In October. 1885, he was per
mitted to MAKE an EXPERIMENT upon brig Of
200 tons. with case contai ming 40 pounds pow
der. In fifteen minutDs from the time Of the ap-
psication Of the case tine explosion took place
the brig, according to Fultons account, making
no more resistance than bag OF feathers, and
going to pieces like shattered egg shell Not
withs anding this success Fulton was disap-
pointed by the government and returned TO this
country.
In 1906 he arrived at New York, and i'm
mediately devoted himself to the deyel-
opment and Introduction of his plan
of steam navigation. In 1896 he had adj
dressed letter to Earl Stanhope. proposing
to communicate to him the principal OF an in.
vention to move ships by steam. While In
Paris ne formed the aeausin.ance of Chancellor
France. Livingston hal previously been CON
| nected with Roosevelt In steamboat experiments