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sbip Savannah, from Savannah, laden with cotton and passengers. She put in for 

 supplies, would remaiu for a day or two, and then proceed for Liverpool. Previous 

 to her putting in she was chased by a cutter under the impression that she was a 

 ship on fire. No further particulars are stated. 



IV. — In the port of Liverpool. 



Daring the twenty-five days that the Savannah remained in the port 

 of Liverpool, she was visited by officers of the navy and army and many 

 persons of rank and influence. The crew was engaged in scraping and 

 painting the vessel; "all hauds employed in sundry jobs of ship's 

 duty" being the usual daily entry in the log book. On the 16th of 

 July a supply of coal was put aboard, and on Sunday, the 18th, the engi- 

 neer " got steam up and started the wheels." On Monday, the 19th, 

 Captain Rogers appears to have had some difficulty in getting his crew 

 on board the ship, having to send an officer ashore after "James Bruce 

 and John Smith to get them on board; they would not come; the 

 watchman put them in the boat; John Smith tried to knock Mr. Black- 

 man overboard," and was finally put in irons. On July 21 the Savannah 

 weighed anchor and dropped down the Mersey, bound for St. Peters- 

 burg. 



V. — Liverpool to St. Petersburg. 



On the 23d of July the vessel got under way with a full head of 

 steam ; she appears to have had a pleasant passage, arriving at Elsi- 

 nore on the 9th of August. Here she remained in quarantine until 

 August 14, when she sailed for Stockholm, reaching that city on the 

 22d. On the 28th, six days after her arrival, it is recorded in the log that 

 at noon " His Royal Highness Prince of Sweden and Norway visited 

 the ship." On the 1st of September an excursion in the adjacent wa- 

 ters was arranged by Captain Rogers and Mr. Hughes, the American 

 minister, whose wife and many foreign ministers to the Swedish court, 

 nobles, and prominent citizens were included iu the party. 



Seaman John Smith does not seem to have profited by his expe- 

 rience, in spending the last two days in irons that the ship was in Liver- 

 pool harbor, for we find that on the 3d of September while at Stock- 

 holm " John Smith and Henry Wanripe took the ship's boat and went 

 ashore without liberty and got drunk." What punishment was meted 

 to them for this offense is not stated. 



On the 5th of September the Savannah left Stockholm, arriving at 

 Oronstadt on the 9th and at St. Petersburg on the 13th. On three days, 

 September 18, 21, and 22, the Savannah was maneuvered under steam 

 in the harbor of St. Petersburg, having on board many of the royal 

 family, Russian nobles, officers, and foreign ministers. 



From Liverpool to St. Petersburg steam was used more continuously 

 than on any former voyage, as will be seen in the table below. 



