Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-12-15

Steamboat $50 Disasters
Western Waters.

TNHE undersigr.e ed have in course of preparation,
l. anew Steamboat Directory, which will be
issped in October next; the book will contain
over two hundred pages, illustrated in the best
! style, and neatly bound in a durable manner. 1t
will be one of the most interesting books ever
published, and will be a book that will be inter-
esting to all classes of people. The Steamboat
Directory will a complete list and description OF
all the SIea"boats now atloat in the Western and
Southern Waters. The length, model, speed, pow
er, and tonnage bleach boat, where and by whom
built, the lame Of the boat. with the trade she is
in. Also, names of Captains and officers, their age,
&c, &c. The Directory will contain a History
of Steamboats, and Steamboating on the Western
Waters, since the application of steam; also a
sketch OF the first boat built for the Ohio River,
with the name of the builder, commander and
owner.
The River Directory will containea list and
description of all the Steamboat Disasters that
have occurred on the western and southern Wa
tiers, beautifully illustrated, with a list of all those
who have persisted by their burning, sinking and
The Directory wi Maps of the Ohio,
Red, Ouachita, Piher Riversavith the
| Towns and CitieSv IN, with correct dis
t~ances; also, many River and Commercial
Items Of inteIesita people at large. The book
Bill contain thetafUs of the various q. s. Mail
boats, with the trade they are in, &c, Il. The
Directory will also contain a complete list of all
the responsible Steamboat Licensed Officers, their
places Of residence, &C, e.; the new Steamboat
Law, its requirements, with comments, showing.
wherein II benefits the incompetent officer, and iayures
the competent Gtfesy, &c, &c, and all the import
ant u S. Supreme Court Steamboat Decisions up
to date; the Rates and important Commercial
Privileges, Bills, OF Ladfhg, important Decisions of
the various u. S. Courts in regarIto Freights Lost
and Damaged; &c, &c, with many other things o.
interest.
The Directory will be illustrated in the best style
and printed in the best manner. The author has
for six years been gathering together all the facts
aud items in regard to the numerous disasters on
the Western and Southern waters, and now in
tends publishing them in book form. The price
of the work will be put at the low sum Of One
Dollar. Ten thousand copies will be issued for
the boatmen; all others DESTROYS of subscribing.
will have to do so at once, as none will be printed
unless ordered in advance. The work is de4inedJ
to have a circulation of over thirty thousand cop:
les, as The publishers are receiving large numbers
Of subscribers, per mai, from all parts ofthe coun
try, daily. Some of the Oldest Boatmen, as we'll
as most scientific men ofthe Times, are contribus
to the Steamboat Directory.
Pilots and Engineers, whom we may be unable
10 see, will please forward name, occupation, and
residence, so as to have their names registered.
Steamboat officers wishing to contribute for the
york, must have their articles ready before the
5,h October, which, when used, will be duly
Agents at st Louis, New Orleans. Cincinnati,
Pittsburgh and Wheeling, Nashville, Vicksburgh.
Memphis, and Louisville, will wait upon the
Steamboat Captains and Officers.
The Directory will be issued in October, from
l. N ~r,o1l l-nvr. -. ll:zl-.~ e yY..-La-E- -,
Cincinnati. and will be an ornament to the parlor
IS well as steamboat.
All communications and letters should be ad-
to
JAMES T. LLOYD & CO,
jv2l-tf ost-Ofice Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.