Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-07-10

EyRopE AND NEw-O ELEA.s.--In thu
Bee Of the I'd inst, VIC find an ample his
tory Of the steam packet company, te
whose means and enterprise the people Of
the South and West will be indebted 70,
the first regular steam navigation between
this section Of the Union and Europe. We
make the following extracts:
The capital Of the company is fl,500,.
900 in $4,000 shares Of Elo0 each. The
present contract extends to a period of ten
years from the time OF starting, and the
remuneration is E240,0 900 per annum dur.
ing peace, to be increased IS per cent.
should war arise.
The steamers appropriated for this gigan-
TIC service are Ia in number, about $50
horse powe: and 1900 tons brythen each.
Of these, twelve will be constantly in &C.
tive service with n spare steamer in Eng.
land and enc in this quarter Of the world.
They are chiefly to carry passengers. Each
cabin passenger viii have q separate berth,
SIX feet and a half in length, by 7 and s
feet in height and neatly fitted up and
furnished. There will be a separate state
room and cabin for ladies', and the bertbs
are so constructed that two can be thrown
into one for the convenience of families.
Each vessel will contain about one hun.
dred such berths.
In the transmission Of the mails no more
time is occupied at any place than is sufi-
cit nj to exchange mails and pasaengers.-
The course outwards from Europe to this
port, Is by MADEIRA, probably also Corun.
na,) Barbados, st. Thomas, Porto Rico,
ana Havana. The time calculated to NC.
compllsh it, including ~stoppages, il 25l
days. The course to England is by Harana,
Nassau ana Fayal. The time from New.
Orleans to London will be 20 days; but
should the steamers perform their work at
the average rates of Cunard's line, the
time between New Orleans and London,
both edwards and inwards, will be nearly
two days less either way. 1t Nassau the
great line is connected with North Ameri.
ca with the whole of the West Indies, in
GLIDING the coast of South America and
the Cuff OF Mexico. A sailing vessel
connects Madeira with Fayal From New
Orleans to New-York, by Havana and
Nassau, will occupy from 8 to 8 DAYS each
way. From New-Orieans to St. Thomas
will require s days; from St. Thomas to
Newt Orleans, Z days from Newt rlean MS
to Barbados, 10 days, and from Barba-
does to New-Oteans, 9 TO o. days: from
New Orleans to Laguayra, the same period,
and SO on, IN equal proportions. through
out the wide extended combination.
The course Of the steamers throughout
the different lines is so timed that answers
to Letters can be received with perfect regu-
larity, and with the utmost possible de,
spatch. On the arrival of the European
steamer at Havana, all the mails which
had come up from North America are there
received. Two steamers immediately
start from the Havana one proceeds to
New-O Orleans with the outward mail
Thence she goes to Tampico and Veta
Cruz and taking in the return mails, pro.
ceeds back to Havana. The other leaves
Havana for Vera Cruz and Tampieo with
the outward mails, ard from the latter
place to New.C Orleans where she takes up
all the return mails, and carries them to
Havana where she arrives at the same
wi h the other steamer, and where d
steamer is ready to start to bear the whole
the connecting point of Nassau, when
fha mails nrecaad Nrrfb ,u,-d 70 Nor.b
America, Eastward to Europe, Southwark
to the West Indies: 1t will be readily per-
that by this arrangement abundance
time is afforded in every place for re.
plies to letters.
BY general agreement, these vessels will
be regarded IS government property. and
Consequently exempted from eustomhouse
expenses. 1t is said these vessels will
Commence running in October or Novem-
Der next.
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