Show american steamboats on the amazon river eiver A letter addressed to the boston bostone Bosto nl traveller dated para south america december 22 1853 gives ives an account of the trial trip of dv DL Whit mores moreR new naw steamers designed a to navigate the river amazon some time tim e ago he took a contract from the peruvian government to furnish two OT or more steamboats sit Hable table for the navigation of the amazon a treaty having been made with brazil with this end in view dr whitmore came to new york contracted i for the boats and machinery super I 1 intended their construction had them taken to pieces and packed in a sailing calling vessel and shipped for the month of the amazon all at it his is own hazard he then secured a sufficient clen t number of competent mechanics to go out with hi him m to put the steamers together 1 and set act up their machinery and on the day of the date of the letter the enterprise had I 1 been so eo far crowned with success that the first of these little river boats had made it its s t trip rip an and d a appeared off pars para some seventy miles from the mouth of the amazon it was a gala day the city was astir with joyful anticipations and the little steamer was received with every demonstration of satisfaction she 86 was decked with flags among among which the stars and stripes were conspicuous ind and bore a gladsome company some two hundred persons |