630 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



with shouts during her progress hefore the city. She was also saluted hy a discharge 

 from the reveuue-cutter Dallas. Her appearance inspires instant coufidence in her 

 security. It is evident that her wheels can he unshipped in a few minutes, so as to 

 place her precisely in the condition of any other vessel in case of a storm and rough 

 sea. Our city will be indebted to the enterprise of her owners for the honor of first 

 crossing the Atlantic Ocean iu a vessel propelled by steam. 



II. — In the harbor op Savannah and a round trip to Charleston. 



After the vessel was tied to the wharf at Savaunah, April 6, nothing 

 important seems to have transpired on board, " all hands being em- 

 ployed in ship's duty," until Wednesday, the 14th, when the wheels 

 were put on, and "at 10 a. m. got the steam up and started from Sa- 

 vannah for Charleston ; at 1 p. m., blowing fresh, come to anchor off 

 Tybee Light." There the vessel remained until 7 o'clock next morning, 

 when she weighed anchor, "got steam on," and came to anchor at 8 p. m. 

 four leagues from Charleston Light, aud "let the steam off." At 6 o'clock 

 next morning, after the pilot came aboard, they " got steam on," and 

 "at 11 a. in. hold to the wharf at Charleston and made fast." This 

 trip was made with the hope that the President of the United States, 

 who was visiting Charleston, might be persuaded to proceed to Savan- 

 nah with the ship on the return trip. Here the vessel remained until 

 the 30th, when, at 10 a. m., she got under way, with steam, arriving at 

 the wharf at Savannah, 1 o'clock the next afternoon, twenty-seven hours 

 out. 



With the exception of "taking in cole" on May 7 and 8, nothing 

 important seems to have occurred while iu port until Tuesday, the 

 11th, when "President of the United States, James Munroe and suit, 

 came on board of the ship at 8 a. m. to go to Tybee light-house ; at 8 

 a. m. got the steam up and started with the steam ; at half past 10 a. 

 m. anchored at Tybee; at 11 a. in. got under way with steam for town 

 again at 8 a. in., held to the wharf aud made fast." 



This must have been a gala day for Captain Rogers and his crew, 

 since the pleasure of the occasion was heightened by propitious weath- 

 er, the faithful chronicler recording in the log book that the day began 

 with " light breezes at N. W. and clear." President Monroe was at 

 that time making a tour of the Atlautic States, inspecting arsenals, 

 fortifications, and public works. A writer describing this tour states: 

 " In every point of view the journey was auspicious. Party lines seemed 

 about to disappear and the country to return to its long past state of 

 union. The President was not backward in his assurance of strong 

 desire on his part that such should be the case." 



That his wishes were gratified* in this respect may be inferred from 

 the fact that in 1820 his reelection was practically unanimous, as he re- 

 ceived 231 out of the 232 electoral votes cast. His famous message of 

 December 2, 1823, in which he advocated the policy of not interfering 



* In 1819 Spain ceded East aud West Florida and the adjacent islands to the United 



States. 



