Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-08-12
WESTERN STEAMBOATS,

send You the following eX ract Of } letter
from one who has l''eiv been travelling in The
western s.a'es. 10 his fiend in This civ. II
contains informa: ion. rar'icul.rlv that respect.
ing ste,r,boa's on m. Mississippi, whirh will
probably BE- new to most Of your readers, as il
was 10 me.
"N-w Orleans is vrrv thriving, and tn. Lee
wee preSsrts at all t,mPs the >ipht OF u"et or
s'eamhoais and up country hat boats Among
he former elegance md conf - for passer gers
is Combined with quick and safe transtor'o-
ton Of freight; the latter is 'h" nincipal object
with them. as'th Y carno' take more than from
forty 20 fftv cabin prssenrers: there every CAB
in passsuger has comfor able birth and many
Of he s,esmboa,s have state rooms. ike the
nackats which sail from New York fo- Liver
pool, Ssc hu' with all his he passage up or
down rhr Nissssinpi is irksom", On account
OF he almost uninterrupted monn'ony of its
banks, and which are after passing the mouth
of the Y goo, almost entirely uncultiva'ed.
Besides the cabin passengers, the hoa's take
prcK rassengers who board them elves, ard
f.d heir own he'd clothes; they also have To
csrrv he wood aboard The boa, url.ss they nay
10 he excused. from New Orleans ~ Louisville.
tLcy nav one dollar for this rxrmpiion and for
shorter distances ,rnpur'i,nahlv less. Or the
deck passengers they generally have from 100
to 800. and sometimes more Thev arc con.
.idered N be the MIST prof a,'- kind OF n seen
gers. and in fact he most prof able kind #
freight; il is difficult 20 Get along without them
in f~c', on account of the 'pe quantities Of
wood which is consumed daily on board 'hese
bo,'s. many of them being as much a. 500 tons
urthen having two engines; and consume from
SIS tn as cords of wood per 'av-- With no deck
passengers it would require twice The time 20
49, -. IL IL -.
OF pas age
Cabin, from New Orleans to Louisville. (falls
Of OhioNI pail S4o-on some bra's il can be
had for $50 The cabin passenger is lodged
and Boarded as in our hotels, hu, for all wines
and liquors got al the bar he paws ezra. The
table is much like the tables at our first hotels
From Louisville to Cincinnati Sc
From Cine innai TO Piusbure IS
The deck passengers paw Ss from New Or.
leans to Louisville, and 81 from Louisville to
Pr,sburg.
Ircmained few hours at Louisville, which
is zine town Of about ten thousand population.
! should think, and very thriving; it is situated
Immediately above the TAILS Of the Ohio. The
canal abont the falls is progressing rapidly, and
ought to be completed this season
remained a, Cincinnati Two days; this is
a handsome citynf more Than twenty 'bou and
population has fi"e surrounding scenery, back.
ed by one Of tie finest countries in the world,
with which II has communication by mean. Of
the MIAMI CANAL, besides several communities
lions by ,olerable good roads. Here are many
fine buildings, and in every direction new ones
rising; various kinds Of manufactures are car
rird on prosperously here and the town has
more OF the appearance of highly thriving
maratimc town than what one would suppose
should br the appearance Of town situated
1900 miles from the ocean, bv wafer. From
Cincinnati | assembled the Ohio 10 Wheel
ing, thriving manufacturing place, wi a
population Of about 5000 Inhabitants with ex-
,ensive coal mines in The en,irons. From
Wheel & crossed to Washington, bv The
Cumberland road. .4k6anv Daiiv .4dp.