The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-01

the middle of the river. and accompanied
oy the rumblirg and grooming of the hard
laDorlhg machinery, was well calculated to
s.riKe terror into the hearts of sailors on
Scoops ana other craft coming down with
gram anu general farm produce, who had
never heard OF any motive power for vessels
except wind, and who, withal, were ex-
tremely suporstitious.
MY father and Others told me" says
mr.. Freeman, that whole crews pros
trated themselves upon their knees and be-
sought Divine Providence to protect them
from the horrible monster that was march
ing on the tides and lighting up its pathway
by its fires
When the members of the Freeman family
vent aboard the C~lerlnont, upon its arrival
ut Albany, Mrs. freeman observed a work
man emerging from the engine room-a
place very suggestive to her of the Internal
regions-carrying in his hand q ladle filled
with molten lead. With this he proceeded
to stop up holes whose presence here and
there in the rude machinery was indicated
py escaping steam. Capt. Freeman then
learned that the workman had been busily
employed doing the same thing ever since
the Clermont had left New York. The
people OF Albany had been appraised Of the
arrival in advance, and the whole town
turned out to receive Fulton and his steam
boat, giving them an enthusiastic recep-
ton. Hatat
After a short stay the Clermont~ returned
to New York, making the trip in thirty-four
hours. Fulton's achievements excited uni
versal admiration, and from that time
steamboats, rapidly multiplied on American
waters. Speaking of the advancement of
physical and moral science, Mr.. Freeman
places the present state Of things in com
parison with the time of his boyhood, when
the only college west of the Hudson was
the Union. in Schenectady, and when he
never had an opportunity of seeing q
Sunday-school until he was twenty-one
years old. Here's something" he said.
relative to the opening Of the Erie canal.
which l have not seen on record. 1 was
in Worcester, Otsego County, New York,
the place of my birth, at the time, and /
recollect all the particulars Of the opening,
which occurred in the fall Of 1926. The
canal ran from Buffalo to Albany, establish
ing water communication between the
cities Of Erie and New York.
PERRY's GUNS TELLING GOOD NEWS.
"At intervals of ten miles all along the
route from tho ...u.cr to the latter city
were placed cannon that had been captured
" AchAJ Ii thc buttlt ol Lake Etc On
the opening day, Just us the gaily-decorated
packet-boat containing the party Of guests,
including De Witt Clinton, governor Of New
York, started from Erie on a trip to New
York the cannon Mt the former city was
fred. the shot being followed in regular
and quick succession by the discharge of
all the other cannon, until the last report
sounded from the Manhattan gun. Iheard
the firing when it was passing Albany, and
1t suggested the brick rattlesnakes' of my
childhood. The excursion boat carried a
banner with the legend: This day the
trophies of Perry's victory bear glad tidings
from the lakes to the ocean."
Mr.. Freeman has been a pioneer preacher
in the West for over forty nine years-
in Ohio and almost as long in
Illinois-and has seen those States grow up
from a lonely wilderness. In 184S, joining
in The movement which had grown out Of
n general burst of Indignation throughout
the land against slavery, he attended the
in Buffalo whereat was formed
the organization which subsequently merged
into the Republican party-the Freesoil. 1t
was during the sessions Of that convention
that Congress passed n resolution recogniz-
ing California as a free State. Two years
ago Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman celebrated their
golden Wedding Philadelphia Times.