sand dollars and the farm on which she now lives, with all my stock in horses or cattle, implements of husbandry, and furniture, and everything belonging to me thereon, during her life: at her death, the farm, and all my property thereon, shall be sold, and the proceeds be equally divided among her children.

To my sister, Isabella Cooke, I leave two thousand dollars; and to each child of my deceased sister, Mary Morris, I leave five hundred dollars, which sums to be paid within one year after my death, and after the legacies to my said wife and children shall have been fixed and secured; and to my said brother and sisters, I relinquish all sums of money which I have at different times lent them or paid on their account.

All my other property shall accumulate, the interest of each year be added to the capital, until the eldest of my children arrive at the age of twenty-one years; and it is my will that a son or daughter of mine shall not be considered of age until he or she shall have the age of twenty-one years. On the eldest arriving at that age, the accumulated property shall be divided into as many portions as there shall be children, and the eldest shall receive his or her portion, and then each one's portion shall accumulate until he or she

attains the age of twenty-one years, to receive it. In case of the death of any child of mine before of age, or before marriage, his or her portion shall be divided among my surviving children, in equal portions; but if married before of age, his or her portion shall be disposed of as hereafter stated. A son may will his portion as he shall think proper, but a girl must be guarded against the misfortune or imprudence of a husband. It is, therefore, my will that whatever sum shall by this will become the portion of a daughter, she shall have only the interest of it during her life: at her death, threefourths of the capital shall be divided among her children, as she may determine, in such portions as they may respectively merit. But the said threefourths shall be divided among them, and the other fourth she may dispose of as she shall think proper: should she not have a child, she may will the whole capital as may please her, to be disposed of after her death.

Should the whole of my children die before my said wife, half of all my property not hereby otherwise disposed of, shall go to the promotion of an academy of FINE ARTS, for HISTORICAL and SCIENTIFIC PAINTINGS, which academy shall be established at the seat of the Government of the United States; and, in such case, the other half

of my property may be disposed of as my said wife shall think proper.

Having paid about five thousand dollars for the engravings, printing of plates and letterpress, of the POEM called the "COLUMBIAD," written by my late friend, Joel Barlow, and which gave me a property in the publication of that work, I hereby leave the whole copies of that work to his widow, Mrs. Ruth Barlow, except fifty of the proof and embellished copies in quarto, printed at Philadelphia; for all others, I relinquish every claim on the estate or property of the heirs of said Barlow; and I also will that all sums of money due to me from the said Joel Barlow's estate, in amount about seven thousand dollars, shall not be demanded from his widow during her lifetime, but shall be left to her option to pay at any time during her life: at her death, the principal, with interest, will be the legal right of my heirs, to be paid to or recovered by them.

And I hereby appoint my said wife and her brother-in-law, William Cutting, trustees to manage my estate, to fulfil the terms and conditions of this my will, and to be guardians to my children.

ROBERT FULTON, [L.S.]

Signed in the presence of witnesses:

CORNELIA LIVINGSTON.

SARAH LIVINGSTON.

L. A. RIGAIL.

Afterwards proved and entered of record, Feb

ruary 27th, 1815, in the surrogate's office, city of New York.

CHAPTER XII.

THE AMERICAN STEAMSHIP "SAVANNAH," THE FIRST OCEAN STEAMER-EXTRACT FROM "THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL."

ON nearing Liverpool, the more effectually to "astonish the natives," the wheels were restored, and, at the completion of her voyage, the "SAVANNAH" was divested of her steam apparatus, and used as a packet between Savannah and New York. She subsequently went ashore on Long Island, and broke up.

Although Captain Rogers was offered $100,000 for her by the King of Sweden, to be paid in hemp and iron, delivered at New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, the offer was not accepted, the cash being wanted.

It was currently reported at the time, that upwards of $50,000 was sunk in this transaction.

In those days, coal had not been introduced into steamers. The fuel used on the "SAVANNAH" consisted of pine wood. This accounts for the great smoke from her pipe, and also shows the reason