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MARINE Old Time Ships. LISTS OF SIDE-WHEELERS AND SAILING VESSELS ON LAKE ERIE, 1835 TO 1840--NAMES OF MEN WHO WERE IN CHARGE OF THEM, The venerable Capt. Barton Atkins of Butfalo takes considerable pride in records of early navigation on Lake Erie, which he has been collecting for a great many years past. Previous to 1842 there were few if any propellers on the lakes. Steam vessels were all of the side- wheel kind. Capt. Atkins has favored the Review with several lists of these steamers, noting in most cases the names of their officers. These names, both of vessels and officers, will be especially interesting to the older class of vessel men: MASTERS aND MATES OF SIDE-WHEEL STEAMERS OPERATING ON LAKE ERIE IN 1840. STEAMERS. |. TONS. MASTERS. MATES, | 4 Buithal Opes cee tates oer [Gites sD Epona AMING In deceo soGsu0che Fred S$, Miller % /.., e Chesapeake rs concer AOA | elROwW Cvarccessss seen: ....|Blisha Boyington -- Chalitaug wasnt secs... IMG IE | Syiaa eros) JBORGsocconasanbor Hugh Jones Cleveland ies cis. ..c. 580. <A oH Par ts.2.cnt dye. seaeles pepe eres LOE aint Constellation.... ..... A482 |Archtfe Allen.............. Peter Smith Constitution.............. Rese ti 3| WI BELOW Ir, csscetcal ne oreeere seer mice rotates Se Cincinwatie..... eecoeuese 204 |Peter Shainholdts...-2:|7..:5.:-+...a57- BOB SSe lke PTI Grameseatcoscdsersoneeeee: AQTe =| Weal bittSeessece soe ese: Dennis MeBride Dewitt Clinton.......... ATQy a | Aveble SOUIeK ores. Serprre Sam Vary (second) Bunker Ball csc scence A572 |r NiCkersomecns.c: John Maxfield Commodore Perry......| 362 |David Wilkinson....... William Watts' | Great Western........... 780 |Augustus Walket....... Wm. Caverly-. ;.- James Madison.......... 633 |John McFadden......... Wm. Davenportt Milwaukee................ 401 |Morris Hazard..___-_-- Tawes N. Lundy Thomas Jefferson...... 428 |Thos. Richards......... Wm. Hinton SiG FG) ro socndcoeqnceny B77 1GeOMWi Hoy Gin ss6. Fred. S. Wheeler New England............ 416 |Charles Burnett......... W. Kennedy Rochester: )...c-s-0-15 «0 Age) = |G. eet dO wreeeaeeconees Chauncey Stillman IESSOUT pecs. cteeber ide dae 769 |Thos. Wilkins........... Ben. Wilkins Wisconsin...............+ 490 |Henry Randall.......... Wim, Pincheon........... AIG DORE ce caristccs: neces 259\. |OLSOM, OWE MEL Gres anes ces [eure «te ene oesme meee tae eet General Wayne......... B90 | Amos Pratiteisc..seceoeeed|astecnare nsec eee meseente General Scott........... BAO: alta DAVAS 5. G04. Sdnssetene costs tae odeecemn iar: Beaen General Macomb....... MG fei SIS IN MOL016 ba romgandcos|looas6n -og060008 05060 cSddon 00d General Harrison...... DOO, | S2 AL WOOU eateries: vor leeeecacesesete sh neem enter teer . United States............ 366" |GymlanrCasen. . fas e...ce0|Sekeseen anew teeter 204. ene Wert tOny ere nee: BO Se eal MO 1a S HO OMe crenata aor | ereie erste elie renee tetera SEAG Sites cnccnsetcerees 138 |Clifford Belden, .........]..05.. sessesssereeseeeesceeees Robert Fulton........... ZOO Re eLant ces euacaneceniea|stoese seaoetai ence re tree Redijacket. %..i5.5.5.o 148 |Wm. Caswell ............ John Huff Rhode Island............ Its) NEWNESS WYO S AOS ss 5on5 h00n|| acacanting anc ogaccorcoasadconges Tin O1S:cSeecs.cceseew scene 755 |Chelsey Blake............ Robert Wagstaff Lexington....... peas Bearer Es NE) OMes sens ster e: vena |Meemascoettcer seer get aes Michi gattiss: scence) stems 472 |Walter Norton........... Giles T. Baker julia Palnter. ec ccee: 209, |. Hu Freeman. ics -poc eenieaseree Catceeaee tere *Part of season in steamer Gen. Macomb and part in steamer Gen. Harrison. yLuther Chamberlain second mate ENGINEERS, CLERKS AND STEWARDS ENGAGED ON SIDE-WHEEL STEAMERS OPERATING ON LAKE ERIE IN 1840. STEAMERS. ENGINMKERS. CLERKS. STEWAKDS. SAEs Uttee] Ofscicacieess av tac cessn sud sieves JON NEMCONATAS. eagle teeter eee Patrick Healy Chesapeake.............. Tae Albert Harris L. A. Ke!sey M. Cozzens Chautauqua..................;Lra Holden Ralph Courter Geo. Blanchard Cleveland. ............. Sern A dats ek OPN VAe) Kav thse cll eater qnsscoscasoa see: usec aconoden. "docsnandhs sa0scR dont Constellation... ..... ta eee rien cat sees oo aeons \Phos. Mellen COTS UTEIGLOM Ge tery cette nesecertar satan seco steers : Amasa. Kingman |Wm. Alden Oh GL Dat eee wer teae sees cesone gates ces aeee, Hide ball GNnbGC Kei. slectarettte teceecreetmerees WHO Edgar Clemens Lloyd Gelston IM. Joles Dewitt Clinton................. |Frank Peugeot James Gibson 'A. H Gardner Bunker Hill .....................;Charles Williams Richard Winslow |W. G. Corbett Commodore Perry............ James Moore...........,/E. O. Hill 'Harrison Chase Greate Wiestenne. -- nce cae creer eee aes [Te ater renee eee George Ayers James Madison... ..|Richard Williams {John Moore pectenceeees sensnceneree.terees Milwaukee ............. .../ Alfred Harris M. W. Dayton Jerome Chase Thomas Jefferson... .(R Hosford (Second)|L. L. Gibson J... cease eee eee eee Sandushk yin con cee |Asa Whittemore Chas. B. Rice Chas Baylis New, Enelanditicn. \Charles Radcliff H. K. Bruce Rochester.... ..|Ethan Rogers B. Chatlin-- Missouri..... Dal eeeeatty, Seneca ceeree John Fleming Lexington .. saa Wee Bis 2B BON tities |irc.scqeaseeokset caves seestecrtva|| trot sveoseanepeaapsnenga poe! MICH aN eee ee eateteeee sere Timothy Battell Hiram Baker Sidney Mozier _ Capt. Atkins had not been sailing long himself when the officers referred to above were in charge of steamers on Lake Erie. He was an assistant engineer on the Chesapeake during 1842 and part of 1843, and he gives the following as members of the crew of that steamer, other than those noted above: Second mate, Thomas Lester; second engi- neer, Wm. Fletcher; clerk, L. A. Kelsey; wheelmen, Henry Watts and James Hathaway; porter, William Patrick; other attendants, Andrew Lytle, Moses Dennison and Fred Low. Steamers out of commission during 1840 were: Columbus, Henry Clay, James Monroe, Daniel Webster, North America, Pennsylvania, Chas. Townsend, Sheldon Thompson, New York, General Vance, General »Gratiot, Lady of the Lake, and General Porter. Going back to earier days Capt. Atkins gives the following list of the principal steamers in commission on Lake Erie in 1835: Michigan, Capt. Chesley Blake; Thomas Jefferson, Capt. James Wilkins; San- - usky, Capt. T. J. Titus; Daniel Webster, Capt. Morris Tyler; General Porter, Capt. Walter Norton; United States, Capt. A. E. Hart; Charles Townsend, Capt. Simeon Fox; Pennsylvania, Capt. Levi Allen; Monroe, Capt, Harry Whitaker; Commodore Perry, Capt. David Wilkeson; Oliver Newberry, Capt. A. Edwards; William Penn, Capt. D. Wight; William Peacock, Capt. E. W. Pratt; North America, Capt. Gilman Appleby; Ohio, Capt. Charles Burnett; De- troit, Capt. R. Gillett; Delaware, Capt. C. Cobb; Victory, Capt. John Hebard; Caroline, Capt. --; Thames (British), Capt. Van Allen; Governor Marcy, Capt. Saul Chase; Oswego, Capt. James Homans. . John Leonard was engineer of the Jefferson; Hor- ace Hungerford of the Webster; Wm. Bridgeman of the Victory; Geo. Beatty of the General Porter; Benj. Dorret of the Goy. Marcy; Al. Forbes of the Wm. Penn, and heteen Hall of the Charles Town- send. Wm. Hinton was ee mate and Luther Chamberlin second mate of the Thomas Jefferson; F. W. Clarke, mate of the Daniel Webster; Edmond Quirk, mate of the General Porter; Matthew Sco- ville, first mate and Bernard Lyman, second mate of the Charles Townsend; Fred §. Miller, mate of the Ohio. Some of the stewards were: Steamer Thornas Jefferson, John Fleming; Sandusky, Loomis Lyman; Daniel Webster, D. Butterfield: General ee Pat- rick Healy; Monroe, T. R. Wales Ohio, C. B Ries In 1836 the following were among the ounciral Lake Erie stoarhiows in commission: Superior, Capt. Pease; Ohio, Capt. Hart; Daniel Webster, Capt. Tyler; Sheldon Thompson, Capt. Walker; Enterprise, Capt. Niles; William Penn, Capt. Wight; Wm. Peacock, Capt. Wil- kins; Niagara No. 1, Capt. Stanard; General Porter, Capt. Norton. The sailing fleet of Lake Hrie in 1835-1836 comprised the follow- ing: Brigs--Illinois, Capt. Robert Wagstaff, Mate Thomas Dingley, Second Mate Thomas Doyle; Indiana, Capt. Gust McKinstry, Mate William Baldy; North Carolina, Capt. Aaron Root. Schooners-- Bolivar, Capt. C. H. Ludlow; Queen Charlotte, Capt. L. H. Cotton; Michigan, Capt. Wm. Dickson, Mate Orange Allen; Nucleus, Capt. Thomas P. Folger, Mate Edward Longley; Buffalo, Capt. Robert Hart; Telegraph, Capt. Peter Smith; Warren, Capt. George Mon- tieth; Henry Norton, Capt. Jeremiah Oliver; Naney Dousman, Capt. James Shook, Mate Charles Merrick: Marie Antoinette, Edward Macey; Huron, Capt. ---------, Mate Charles Marsh; Panama, Capt. Richard Meeks, Mate Addison Pratt; Thomas Hart, Capt. Thomas Mellville; Daniel Webster, Capt. J. D. Moon; John Grant, Capt. John Nelson; Globe, Capt. Zepp. Perkins, Mate Erastus How- ard; Florida, Capt. N. K. Randall; Young Amaranth, Capt. J. W. Ransom; Hiram, Capt. Ezra Rathbun; John Adams, Capt. J. A. Barker; Alabama, Capt. Abner Smith, Mate Almond Robinson; Com- merce, Capt. Reuben Smith; Cincinnatti, Capt. Wm. Dorret; Post Boy, Capt. Morgan Edgecomb; John Richards, Capt. R. Ferguson ; L. Jenkins, Capt. Daniel Fuller; Ware, Capt. John Garnsey; Comet, Capt. Seth Green, Mate Henry Saulley; Marshal Ney, Capt. Lyman Harvey; LaPorte, Capt. Benjamin Owen; Constitution, Capt..A, H. Squire; Columbus, Capt. David Clark, Mate Thad Meran; Dewit Clinton, Capt. Wm. Christian; John Adams, Capt. Wm. Cash; Ben Franklin, Capt. Saml. Blackley; United States, Capt. Edward Burke; Eclipse, Capt. John Berg; Hercules, Capt. Benjamin Boomer; Wyan- dotte, Capt. B. Black; Alert, Capt. Walter Atwell; Farmer, Capt. Hugh Soper, Mate Peter Larson; President, Capt. Ben Sweet; Navigator, Capt. James Thorpe, Mate Wm.» Saltsman; Enterprise, Capt. W. S. Thorp, Mate Joe Sweetland; Benjamin Rusk, Capt. Agustus Todd; J. C. Spencer, Capt. Stephen Walker; Lewis Goler, Capt. John Warren, Mate Austin Kelley; Thos. Hart, Capt. David White, Mate Thos. Mellville; Col. Crockett, Capt. John Whitney; Phillips, Capt. Charles Howe; New Connecticut, Capt. Wm. Ken- nedy; Agnes Barton, Capt. J. G. Ludlow; Duke of Wellington, Capt. John Medler, Mate Wm. Johnson; New York, Capt. ------, Mate John Nelson. At the annual meeting of the Brotherton Iron Co., held in Mil- waukee a few days ago, the old officers with the exception of Mr, J. B. Stubbs of Cleveland were 're-elected as follows: President, Joseph Sellwood of Duluth; vice-president, H. Niedecken of Milwaukee; secretary, Edward Niedecken of Milwaukee; treasurer, M. J. Luther, Streator, Ill.; directors, Joseph Sellwood, H, E. Niedecken, M. J. Luther, J. H. Jones of Racine; Richard Bawden, Bessemer; Authog Pugh, Racine. It is expected that the mine will be opened up again about April 1.