The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-03

and offered TO-, provide the necessary funds.
| Late In 1900 Fulton constructed " WORKING
model of bis boat and al the same time COM
feet p wide. When finished. il did not run with
| the speed expected.
In the same year he sent 9 n order 70 Watt q
| Boutop Scotland for ~ steam engine to prpp0
qssehs9 q s,sf sri in @ Ms hs
hssa esa hat T ss gn1 tS sst
he utility Of the invention Established that tie
privilege five years Tor every additional boat.
provided the term did not exesed thirty yeats.
St sss bh p2s o on s e , YES s ne
tanned o latent for aaag,lng paddl -whssls to
the axle o. the crank # Watts englne. Fultc11
fetryboat for Long Island. ..,..
In 1911 he constructed his first boat at Pitts
burg; In isl4 Congress authorized the Presi-
batteries for cost defense, and Fulton was
charged with the wark. He built and launched
l,gas, name changed afterwards to Fulton tho
two and half miles an hour, but as tho pioneer
%nd most snsne
Tense. The war having ended before Der cont
Yard and used as receiving ship. In June.
1929, she was accidentally blown up In 1915.
Fulton was attending as o witness before tho
Livingston TO procure repeal OF the retaliatory
act Of that State leyelled at steamboat monopoiy
hours to the ineiemency Of the weather while
crossing the. Hudson IN on open boot. and con-
tracted an illness which proved fatal His deatlr
vas married in 1906 to relative of Chancellor
Livingston. IN 1886 Congress passed an act ape
the United states for inventing floating steam
batteries. superintending the construction OF
the steam tts fflgsts Fulton and for the great
provements in the application OF steam f1avlga~
tNorg--The above sketch Is taken from CAL
der's Life Of Fulton; Renwiek same. tho
A Al Encyclopaedia and Niles Register
The repairs to the Thompson Dean viii 30
finished the coming week. by which time the
day OF departure and destinatica In the Bend
trade will be announced. Capt, Pepper, who Ia
Q progressive man in every sense Of the word,
Is preparing the Dean for business with q law
iish hand, and, IL possible. is making her finer
Says tie, st. Louis Republican:
said ld the REes asked f9r the James How
boatmen have been negotiating for her during
the past two or three days, with view of put
ting her in the Memphis and New Orleans
sell ~ '''-''i7 '''0 ''' ''0 '0''7' ''''A'o''' =
The Ashland was e, come ip. early, las. night
with barges. Crazy Horse. alias John A. Wiz
| New Orleans trade. SO far this has been Crazy
H Irf most saee &C. season fer long ims
Ernest Reinhardt clerks. leaves to-day at hi
9. m. for the lower coast through to Port
| Eads.
The Blue Wing No. 3, J. A. Comstock master.
leaves, this 10 a. m. for Bon Tnrpaud's. Donald
sonyille and the Ashland plantation. Ascension
| parish. Messrs. Wood and Dean clerks
The steamer Bastrop lin place Of the John iii.
HANNAH leaves o-day at D. m. for the Ouaehita.
| through to Ouaehita City, carrying the United
| States mail. Il. A. Blanks commands, Ben
| Cornweil clerk.
The fine and regular steamer Bertha. II. III.
Broad master, Tbeo. John clerk, leaves to-day
| at D. m for the AtChafalaya, through to Wash
ington.
| The New Orleans and Red River TRANSPORTS
| ton Company's steamer Col. A. Z, K0uns Mart
| Kouns master, leaves to-day at %, nj. for
Shreveport aud Jefferson
The Martha will arrive this evening, and
! leave to-morr, for the lower coast at Ia m.
She has excellent passenger accommodations,
and runs on schedule time.
The Alvin will also arrive this D. m. from the
lower coast, and return tomorrow at 1880 d. I'd.
punetualiy.
The trf-weekly coast. DonaIdsonviI1e and
Lafourehe packet Henry Tete win arrive this b.
| fns and return TOMORROW. as usual. at IL m.
| Frank Pargond, j. H. White master, Curt
Holmes clerk. j. receiving tn Leave to morrow al
8 p. IN. for Vieksburg. Greenville, ArkoDolis and
all mail landings.
The new and fast freight steamer u. r.
Schenek. J. Lawrence Carter master. Dick
Burns clerk, leaves to-day az .. M, for Mem
| phis. Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati
| by Telegraph
BATON ROUGE. Oct. 2.-To Capt. Gus Hodges
Will arriye mt 4 D.. m. Leave Wednesday, as
| usual. Through bills to MourOe and Trenton.
II, A. BLANKS.
Catafn steamer BastTOp.