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" Captain Rodgers, the commander of the Savannah, 

 died a few years ago on the Pee Dee river, North 

 Carolina. He is believed to be the first man that 

 ran a steamboat either to Philadelphia or Baltimore. 

 The mate was named Stephen Rodgers, and now 

 resides at New London, Connecticut." 



It is but about half a century since Robert Fulton 

 first applied the wonderful agency of steam to the 

 propelling of boats. Now it is stated that the entire 

 European capital in steamboats is $140,000,000. 

 Of the English 1,300 boats, not fewer than TOO are 

 sea boats. It is less than thirty years since the first 

 steamer navigated a German river. The steam 

 navigation of the Rhine did not begin till 1827, nor 

 that of the Upper Elbe till 1837. How significantly 

 does the progress of society in the arts, and the 

 means of intercommunication, foreshadow the coming 

 of the day when " many shall run to and fro, and 

 knowledge shall be increased." Ours are times full of 

 the seeds of future wonders. How thoughtfully 

 should the influence which we may exert after we are 

 dead be put forth at such a time. 



The "Old Thirteen" United States, with Ver- 

 mont, contained 371,124 square miles. The thirty 

 States, now in the Union, include a territory of 



