ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
Abstracts 2401 - 2407
SHIPPING 8: SHIPS (Cont'd)
2401 - H8:G Oct. 13; ed: 2/3 • The winds and waters have been boisterous
for some days. This forenoon the BUFFALO came up, the first arrival
since the evening of Oct. 10. A number of boats are due.
The failure of "steam" keeps back eastern news, our latest New York
dates being a week old. (I)
2402 - H8:G Oct. 16; ed: 2/3 - The steamboat owners and captains in
Cincinnati at a recent meeting disapproved of the late law of Congress
regulating steamboats, and express their intention of disregarding some
of the provisions of that law.
Public safety demands the rigid enforcement of this law in the rivers
of the union, as frequent disasters have proved. Have our lake steamboat
owners complied with its provisions? (2)
2403 - H8:G Oct. 17:2/4 - The ROYAL WILLIAM brought out 60 passengers
and had a boisterous time. She ran short of fuel, and plank and spars
were consumed to bring her to port. The passengers were put on a short
allowance of water for a day or two. (1)
2404 - H8:G Oct. 20; ed: 2/3 - The successful experiment of operating a
steamship between Natchez and New York has set the people of St. Louis
moving on the subject of connecting that city with New York by direct
steam communication. Meetings on the subject have been held.
The go ahead propensities of the west are such that we would not be
surprised to read in a St. Louis paper in 1839 an announcement I ike the,
following: "Cleared from this port the steam ship ST. LOUIS, for New
York," or "Arrived steam ship Sf. LOUIS from New York, 12 days out."
2405 - H&G Oct. 23; ed: 2/2 - "The lower end of the Lake was swept by a
severe gale on Friday (Oct. 19) doing considerable damage."
The schooner CITIZEN with a full cargo of wheat was beached a short
distance below Buffalo lighthouse and her cargo damaged.
The brig MANHATTAN, the noblest craft on western waters, with a
valuable cargo for Chicago, was driven ashore at Port Albino and the
cargo damaged. (3)
2406 - H8:G Oct. 23; ed:2/2 - "The great danger in navigating Lake
Michigan from the want of good harbors, renders boat owners rather shy
of trusting their crafts on that Lake.
"The people of Chicago have therefore taken hold of boat building
themselves, and the result is, that two new, snug boats, tbe JA.MES
ALLEN and the GEORGE W. DOLE are now plying from that port; tbe
ALLEN to St. Joseph, acd the DOLE to Michigan City and Milwaukee." (3)
2407 - H8:G Oct. 24; ed:2/3 . The OHIO TRANSCRIPT says that according
to the custom house books there have been cleared at this port (Cuyaboga)
the present season, 1,762,000 staves •
. ' "Merely substituting Cleveland for 'Cuyaboga' connects the above
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(3)