ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

376
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 2289 - 2295
SHIPPING & SHIPS {Cont'd)
"Seriously, we perceive our neighbors at Erie are at their old
game again, as last year when they gave notice of their Harbor being
clear of ice some four or five weeks before a boat was enabled to leave
that pott, so this year they advertise their boats to leave on the 28th
of March, while at the time the Lake was covered with a complete sheet
of ice as far as the eye could reach for some 75 miles above that place."
(2)
2289 - H&G Mar. 31; ed:2/3 - Among the steamboats arriving here today
was the THOMAS JEFFERSON from Erie. We learn the JEFFERSON found
the ice extending into the lake some four or five mi les most of the distance
between this city and Erie, outside of which the boat met with
no obstructions.
"The unusual mildness of the season, the preva iii ng ca 1 m weather,
places Erie only a week behind, this season, and the favorable circumstances
will, no doubt, be sufficiently printed abroad, by the Erie
papers. " (4)
2290 - H&G Mar. 31; adv: 2/5 - C. Deming and Company, forwarding and
commission merchants; dealers in salt, produce, &c., Cleveland, O.
Agents for Lake and River line - Erie and Oswego canals; Swiftsure
line - Ohio canal. (5)
2291 - H&G Apr. 4: 2/4 - There are about 40 steamboats at present employed
on Lake Erie. Many of the boats are equal in point of strength,
speed, and accommodations for passengers to any in the world. Without
disparagement of others, we boast of the CLEVELAND for beauty, speed,
and luxury of furnishings. More competent judges than we are say she
will not be surpassed at present. (2)
2292 -H&G Apr. 5:2/3 - The steamboat PENNSYLVANIA, Captain Cotton,
arrived today from Buffalo with about 200 passengers. The captain reports
some ice about the ports below, but not enough to be any serious
impediment to navigation. All the· ports of the lake may now be said
to be open. The present is an extraordinary season. (verbatim) (1)
2293 - H&G Apr. 6; adv:2/4 - The steamboat Cleveland, Capt. A. E. Hart,
will leave Buffalo for Detroit on Apr. 16. Griffith and Standart, agents.
(I)
2294 -H&G Apr. 10; ed: 2/3 - The CITY OF KINGSTON is not the first
steam vessel that crossed the Atlantic. An American steam vessel, the
SAVANNAH, crossed from Savannah to Liverpool, and from thence to St.
Petersburg, and returned to Savannah in the year 1819.
"So much credit as belongs to a successful effort of the kind is due
to American skill and enterprise." (2)
2295 - H&G Apr. 14; ed: 2/3 - The steamboat CLEVELAND came out for the
first time this season yesterday. making an excursion of a few miles
into the lake previous to her departure for Buffalo, which took place
this morning.