Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-16

up the burden Of bearing it to the
numerous post Offices in Charles
county, and it may be that these
stages carried the mail into st. Mary's
county. but 1t is likely that for dis
tribution through the southernmost
put ashore by steamboats, further
down the Potomac than Glymont.
The first of the Washington BAL
timore steamboats, which the Rambler
has heard OF was called the Freder-
icksburg. She was running before the
Columbia, which was built in 1880.
The Columbia began running on the
Baltimore Washington route between
that date and 1897. in which year
nouncements of her. The Osceola.
which the Rambler has already men,
toned as NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. boat
in 1914, was also Washington-B BAL
timore boat in the early 40's and her
place on that route seems to have
been taken by the Express. which
many Washingtonians remember. The
Express continued running between
Washington and Baltimore until she
was wrecked and lost in gale in the
Chesapeake Bay off Hoopers straits
early in the morning of Wednesday.
In the matter of the steamboat
Fredericksburg, the first advertise
ment which the Rambler has found is
the following. published in the Ma
tional Intelligencer in December,
1890:
The steam packet Fredericksburg. Capt.
r. J. jenkins will leave Commerce Wharf.
Baltimore for the District of Columbia on
Wednesday the 9Th of December and every
succeeding Wednesday during the remainder
Of the present season at O'Clock In the
afternoon instead Of on Saturday. as hereto
fore, and preparatory thereto she will leave
Kennedy's Wharf in Washington on Tuesday
the It'll at O'Clock in the morning and there
after every Sunday morning at the same hour.
stopping at Alexandra rs usual.
Here follows an advertisement of
the steamboat osceola; running be,
taken from the National lntelligencer
Of July rs. 1857
For Piney Point. Old Point Comfort and
Norfolk: The steamer Osceola leaves Wash
fngton for Norfolk every Wednesday and
Saturday at O'Clock .. m Return. ng. leaves
o'clock p. m.
Point. Old Point, Cone River and the usus.
to " Horfolk II s. Old Point Comfort a. Old Point
and return. 81, Piney Point 81. James Mitchell
Captain.
In 1850 the steamboat st. Nicholas.
Capt. Jacob Kfrwan, was making
regular trips between Baltimore and
Washington, stopping at all the then
She left Riley's wharf every Saturday
morning at 6 o'clock.
Here follows an advertisement re-
lating to the Columbia, which the
Rambler read in Washington and Bal
timore papers Of March, 1874:
The safe and commodious steamboat CO.
lumbia. Capt. George Guyther. commanding.
Commercial street wharf. Baltimore for the
District Of Columbia Saturday next At 4
O'Clock p.m.. aud every Saturday afternoon
will leave Rilsy's wharf, washington every
Wednesday morning At o'clock and Alex
andria at O'Clock. taking on and landing
passengers and light freight at all the usual
landings on the Potomac. The freight on
goods will be as low as by any other line
and no wharfage charged thereon at Baltimore
W. Gunston, Cor Gunton) president.
The Rambler forgot to insert in its
proper place in this story reference
to the steamboat Cygnet. which he
found in the National 1ntelligenoer of
commanded by Capt. James Guy and
was running to Potomac creek, con-
Meeting there with a stage line to
Fredericksburg. The advertisement
follows:
Cheapest and most expeditions route from
Washington to Richmond. Va. Daily at II
o'clock. Fare reduced to $s75. The new and
elegant steamboat Cygnet has been placed on
this route and passengers will be conveyed
with as much speed and comfort as on any
route in the United States. Passengers leaving
Washington at noon will arrive the same day
at Fredericksburg and at Richmond the next
day at IL o'clock. only twentyfour hours.
The mail stage leaves Richmond daily at
o'clock am, and arrives at Potomac Creek
at 8 pm. Passengers step on board the boat
and arrive in Washington next morning at 8
O'Clock. James Guy. captain"
Next Sunday the Rambler will tell
Of the steamboat Mattano-"the little
Mattie''-will tell the time Of building
of all the old Potomac boats that men
can now remember, and will quote
from an interview with Capt. Bob"
Walters which was published on Oct.
20. 1888. The recollections Of Capt.
Bob" went back to 1885. when he
came to the Potomac river from Som
erset county, Md, at the age of sixteen