Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-02-06
- steam Marine II the Unite., States.

Steam Marine 81 INC Ohitca states. E
Register. under forreepndea,t of the Albany State
to that journal the iow"n .,a,; ",
esting and important 49, '' '"'S inter-
o,t;on renuested the Sepgress the Scnatc by res Is
ascertain and report the offGaFy OF inc treasury
marine external and internal IA OF inc steam
nation as would exhibit to the c. SoU 'Iner Intor'
liable details and aggregates OF cyera " dxtr re-
and Professor E D. Mansfield, were c6ner' Esq. +
to obtain the desired information ProfeSg9iSsioned
field was assigned to the Atlantic and Politicians
and the Gulf of McxicO--the external steam lnaS'S
and Mr.. Gallagher to the lakes and rrcrS-te
inland steam marine.
The Secretary of the Treasury has today rno
ted this valuable information to Congress a.. :
have cleaned thcrefrom the following aggregate
suits and facts. And first as to the
the limited States on the Atlantic coast from PassQ
maouoddv Bay to Cape Sable. consists of 46 ocean
steamers 274 ordinary steamers % pf"peIierS and
| 80 ferry boats, having tonnage OF Jo42IO tons.
| The steam marine of the Gulf of Mexico, from
Cape Sable to the Rio Grande, consists of - ocean
steamers, 95 ordinary steamers, 2pFopellerS with
tonnage of %. PA tons.
And the steam marine on the Pacific coast consists
of 81 ocean steamers, II ordinary steamers having
34,9 $50 tonnage.
On the Atlantic coast there are lie high pressure
| and 342 low-pressurc boats; number of officers and
crews 6 349 number of passengers during the Year
ending July l, 1851 IS, ia. lo2 the average num-
Der of miles travelled s. 118,997.
! On the Gulf of Mexico there are % high and9 low
pressure boats 3447 officers and crews l4o: 700pas
sengers during the year. and the average number Of
miles travelled 36l:3SO.
i On the Pacific coast there are high and Al low
measure boats 1418 officers and crews, and the
number of passengers during the year was ~, 2o'
The AGGREGATES are, ocean steamers 96, ordinary
steamers 382 propellers 67, ferry boats oO--total
625 boats Total tonnage 21350O hgh-pressuro
boats 2l3 low.pressure boats Az number I OF oGers
and crew IL no. passengers during the year enulns
july l. 1851, 33342s46.
The shipwrecks on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
and the Gulf of Mexico during the year were 81
ships, SO briggs, 100 schooners. y Scoops ana ~
steamerstotal 32S; of which 27S were lost by tenn
nest IA by fire. Is by collisions IS snagged and 2by
explosions The number of lives lost was 31o
The human movements by steamboats, on the
principal tidewater lines during the year, were as
y '0''0"' Passengers
. On Long Island sound, 2 ooz 1oo
On Hudson river, 9'o'l00
Between New York and Philadelphia, by ooo
steamboats,, -, '0'0
On inc ro bo1, ''"0 ''''''' 400, 100
;. On the Gulf of Mexico lO9,ZyS
p On the Pacific coast, =, '''Ao'
In 26 districts on the Atlantic coast, there were
d 100 vessels lost valued at 81 55917l on which IN
surance was paid to the amount of S96o Soo: 20,
In New York marine insurance palo' soOo6oee eTf
y In Philadelphia do 90 40 80 0fs
In Boston do 90 40 .,h ~;
pr And the total amount of marine (not inlandl IN
surance paid the last year. ending July lSt lool'
of estimated at SG,227 900.
THE INLAND STEAM MARINE.-Ihis comprise
d. three grand divisions-the northern frontier tn
,g Ohio BASIN and the Mississippi valley ana us "
j, nitude exceeds the most extravagant estimates
clean from Mr. Gallaghers exhibit the following oil
Nd '0''A "s7' Northern Ohio Mississippi
~ frontier basin. river
Nv c4rs l64 348 353
*, Tonnage, o9'doo o'1oo eTi
ng Crews 1922 c o'0S9 ooo fa9
Passengers, 1,513,39O 3:464967 oS2.?95
N. Making the grand total of inland steam marine
o consist of 765 steamers with 204613 tonnage mann
cd nv ~ COY officers and crew, which carried dunn
the wear ending July l, 1851, fire millions eng
bundled and sirty thousand eight hundred and U
an passengers.
zen denendences is stated 184 steamers, with to-
IN mace of l42 $50 TONS while the aggregate OF the
ernal and internal steam marine of the United Stat
is consists of 1890 steamers with tonnage OF ~ ~
the tons-showing that either the internal or extern
steam marine of the United States exceeds the who
seam marine of the Great Britannia and her Deepen
vas encies by tens of thousands of tonnage
ea The losses the lakes and rivers during the ye
de- ending July l, 1851, IS boats by tempest,
ant bv fire Is by collision 80 by snags. Lives lost
or the lakes ST. and on the rivers 628. Total, 695
ow The steamboat tonnage Of the upper lakes \
ich more than qnadruped in eight years, and doubi
vas in the Mississippi valley in nine years .o
sand From the introduction of steamboats, to 1915
ard disasters on the Mississippi river and its tbutar
ent have been, fires 104, by collision As, by snags ~
- Total 6lS The original cost was 81 ,S99, 40 l
was nreciaton in value S5176757. Final losses S4,1
vey Dol The loss in 1S49 is stated at no less than
| Oh millions.
liner The avera ge tonnage of steamers on Lake Ere
437 tons in the Ohio basin 207 tons, and IN the
sissippi valley 273 tons
gu . MEMPHIS Jan. %, 1852.-Thlrty siX bodies n
been recovered from the wreck OF the steamer De v
III Clinton which sunk few miles below this place.
- Monday
ion The ABoL1T1oNIsTs AND KossUTH. BOSTON jan
ould The anti slavery Convention which assembled
re- tn day passed resolutions declaring kossuh unca
nave for slight of anti slavery principles, and his EMO
ment of the Mexican war, and yielding TO the IN
itv ence of the slave power fatal to his pretehs'
the and treason against human rights
his Important Decision.
ield Nrw YoRK jan 3l.-In the Superior Court tot
ence Judoe Roosevelt declared that railroad company
and no RIGHT 10 subscribe the stock OF another ran
re- company without the consent OF all the s'ockhol'
STEAM PACKET BETWEEN THE CAPE OF GOOD
erior AND CALcUrrA.-The English Admiralty have ad
the Used for proposaIs for monthly mail packet 6e'V
the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta l0ucnln
Mauri,us and Ceylon. The vessels are 10 De pro
ed on the screw principle, at an average rate o.
less than eight knots an hour. This line VIII ma
continuous line of steamers between England ana
49,. ord CoyIon via the Cane and open rout