Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-15

United States. James Monroe, ana suite
came on board OF the ship az "a. no. 20
go 20 Tyhce lighthouse. No q. Oh. COY
tho steam up and started with steam!
az 1850 o.. m. anchored no lyuer, az ~
r.. M. got under way Win steam iot
town ng1ln ut 8 n M held 90 tho
wharf and made fast" This must have
been n gala day FOR Capt koFeta ana
bis crow. since the pleasure OF inc og-
clHion was heightened hy prnpltlous
weather. President Monroe was o. INIT
time making tour OF the Auhnue
States. Inspecting arHonnls, tnruilch-
lions and public works lie was im-
pressed with the Importance Of osian-
fishing q transatlantic HieumF MP Inc
between Savannah and Liverpool by an
American company and The success ni
| the trial trip 90 Tyben llght and return
must 20 MIN have boon gratifying ln
the extreme.
Under date Of Saturday May % 1919.
| Sailing Master Rogers writes AT
| 20. m. Hot steam 49, winlei ship, and
hoyQ up tho anchor and nt @ %. m.
HiirNd with the steam from hlvau-
] nah" Feeling satisfied with what the
! chip had accomplished during nine
/ dlys voyage along the shore. Capt
l Moses huEHfa was willing 90 rick Dts
! own fortunes ana the Interest NJ Die
] employers boz muklug the crucial trHt OF
I tho vessels ability TO cross the ocean.
Tho following Dr. un extract from tho
/ Georgian, Thursday June -. 1879
! capt Livingston. % the schooner Con-
! tract who arrived at Sew buryport ON
! the 9TH inst. sighted on the 29th of
/ May latitude 1880 longitude 70. vcs-
] aoi ahead 90 eastward. from which be
| Hlw VOLUMES NJ Hnok issuing judging
! II Co boz vessel 90 fire. stood Tor her
ln order 90 AFFORD relief, but tohaervca
! Capt Livingston, found she went
/ nrier with IRE and smoke than We
/ possibly could with nil sails Hct' II
/ was then discovered that what we SUPP
| ruHcd "a vessel on nfr was nothing less
/ than steamboat crossing the western
/ ocean. laying her course. ua We Judged,
| Tor Europe. proud monument of
! Yankee akill and enterprise. Success to
! hor.'
June ~. nt noon. tho Savannah wa.
| ovOrhHulnd ANA boarded on thu coast OF
Ireland by tho Kings cutter Kite,
whose crew. seeing tho smoke rising
thought the vDsrol was anre. Tho Lon
don Times % Juno 30. 1919. nlludlng to
this event Hnyus
Tho Savannah. n steam vessel re-
c'uuy arrived NJ Liverpool from Amer
l lCl-th0 nrHt vessel uf the Kind which
! ever crossed the Atilntlc-wuH chased
tho whole day on the coast VI ireland
| hy the Kite, revenue cruiser. on the
! Cork station, which mistouk her for a
ship on flua,"
Under date Or June Is the log states!
AZ 4 9. no. Cork bore wost e. o
leagues distant" A. "2 n. M. calm.
nu cole o. yet M steam This must
have been u great disappointment 10
| CAPT. Rogers, who doubtless wished 20
run up the EngliHh Channel under
steam. Under inc ciigumutancca, how
ever, We nnd that with an sails set Co
the best advantage" nt q. M. tsun-
day, June 90. 1870, the Savannah "h0vo
~ on tho bar for the tide 90 RISE" ~
20 p. "a. SHIPPED tho wheels, nrld the
sails, ana running 10 the River Mercer
nt 2 .. NJ came 10 anchor on Liver
pool with the small bower anch0r;"
Twenty-Five days, eleven hours from
savannah. during which time the veH-
gel had run under steam eighty hours.
The American minister at london
Richard Rush, made mention Of the Sn,
vnnnnh's arrival In the following lottci
90 Hon. John quincy Adams the Eecre,
tnry of state:
London. July 2. iSiA-sir: on n,
goth 81 last month there arrived n
! Liverpool from the United States N,
steamer Savannah. Capt Rogers, boluf
the FIRST vessel OF this description tina
has ever crossed the seas. and havini
excited equal admiration and astonlsh
mcnt nH she entered tho port undo
power M her steam, She ls fine ship
. | Of 800 tons burden, ana exhibits in hi
, construction no lees than she has dom
. IN her navigation across the Atlantic
signal triumph ~ American cnterpflH
I ana san upon the ocean,
Nineteen years after this event ns3s
and when regular Transatlantic steam
; ships were established. Sailing Maate
{ stevens Rogers, who still survived, con
TO trlhulrd 90 the New London Conn.
3 Gazette the following graphic nccoun
, N The snvnunnha arrival IA England:
, 'Nho was seen from tho TELEGRAPH
, station az Cape Clear, on the southern
r coast Of ireland and reported as ahi
ON flfe. The admiral. who lay ln IN
/ cove ~ Cork. dispatched one OF IA
. Kings cutters 20 her relief Hut grca
7 wns their wonder at their Inability
% with on sail IN a fast vessel. 10 com
up with n ship under bare poles. Ate
% several shots were fred from the cutie
- the engine was stopped, and tho sur
10 prise or her crew az the mistake the
A had made. nH wen as their curiosity 4
see tho singular Yankee craft. can b
, easily imagined They asked permits
% sion 90 30 on board. ana were nue.
4 Eratlnod by the inspection Of this nnvu
81 novelty. on approaching Iivcrpot
y hundreds ot people came OF In boats Z
SEQ hor. She was cOmuollUd 10 lay ont
2, side the bar til the tide should sery
b Tor her 20 go iu, During this time Hh
/, had her colors an nNnF when a bon
% from British rloop-of-wur cam
r nl0ngHidc and hailed. The sailing mas
Tor whs ON deck ut the time and an
Hwofud. The officer Of the boat nske
him, where 90 your mustorT 20 whiCl
~ gave tho laconl0 reply 4 have n
master. SIR 'WheroH your captain
hcnT Hes below; do YOU wish 10 81
hlmT Il DO. alr' The captain, VIII
was then below. on being called nskc
a what he wanted 10 which DEE answered
b. why do you wear that ueuuant, girl
% because my country allows mo 20 FIr
% My commander thinks it WAS done {
2 Insult him, and " you don't take
{ down he win send n force that win a
90 H. Captain Rogers then exclaimed Z
Do tho engineer Get the hot-wnicr cnWln
% ready Although there was no sue
y machine ON board the yeFHel. u had N
r desired eject nnd John liull was gla
\ 10 paddle Of lH fast uH possible, o
k approaching the city the shipping pier
ID and roofs OF houses wcro throngod wit
"a persons cheering the adventurous craft
n Several naval officers. nohl0mcn. AM
b. merchants from London came down q
3, visit hor. and were very curious TO as
s. certain her speed. destination, etc, A
n lt was soon uftor Jerome bounpprtn hu
e offered n large reward Go any one VIII
3, would succeed ln taking hlF br0thc
70 from g. Helena, n was suspected tina
n that was tho object Of the savannah
% After remaining twenty-five days 10
% Liverpool. during which time Hho wa
% visited hy thousands Of people nj C
M rank and her officers were treated wit
G marked attention she left for DOpnn
rs hagen. at which place fhc arrived u
safety, whore she excited similar curios