Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger

STEAM BOAT FRIGATE LAUNCH.

This morning at a quarter before 9 o'clock, the Steam Frigate "FULTON THE FIRST," was launched from the ship yards of Adam and Noah Brown, at Corlaers Hook, amidst the roar of cannon and the shouts and acclamations of upwards of twenty thousand people, who had assembled to witness the event. The ground adjacent was crowded, as was also the wharves and house tops, and the river covered with gun boats and water craft of every description. She took leave of her bed a quarter of an hour earlier than was intended, owing to the jarring produced by the discharge of a 32 pounder on deck, to give warning to the spectators, and gently and beautifully glided into her destined element. She measures 145 feet on deck, and 55 feet breadth of beam-draws only 8 feet of water, and is to mount thirty 32 pound carronades and two Columbiads, the latter to carry each a 100 pound red hot ball. She is to be commanded by Commodore Porter, and from appearances she bids fair to become a formidable weapon in harbor warfare.