Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-10-06
MISCELLANEOUS,
Steamboat EaI[.:sn Disasters
Western Waters.

TNHE undersigned have in course of preparation,
L new Steamboat Directory, which will be
issued IN October next; the book will contain
over two hundred pages, illustrated in the best
style, and neatly bound in a durable manner. 1t
VIII De one OF the most interesting books ever
published, and will be a book that will be inter-
estlng to all classes of people. The Steamboat
Directory will a complete list and description Of
all the STEAMBOATS, now a1oat in the Western and
Southern Waters. The length, model, speed, pow
er, and tonnage of each boat, where and by whom
built, the name 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 Steamboatins 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. 3
The River Directory will contain a list and
description of all the Steamboat Disasters that
have occurred on the western and southern wa
iers, beautifully ILLUSTRATED, with a list of all those
who have persisted by their turning, sinking and
exploding, on the Western and Southern waters,
The Directory will contain YJps of the Ohio,
Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas. White,
Red, Ouachita. Yazoo, and Other Rivers, with the
Towns and Cities laid dowa with correct dis
tances; also, many other RVef and Commercial
items of interest to the peope(t large. The book
Bill contain the cards Of IL sarious q. S. Mail
boats, with the trade they asa in, &c, &. The
the responsible Steamboat licensed Officers, their
places Of residence, &c, B.; the new Steamboat
Law, its requirements, with comments, showing
wherein 1t benefits the iaoonpaent officer. and iyxres
the competent officer, &c, &c, and all the import.
ant U. s. Supreme Court Steamboat Decisions IN
to date; the Rates and important Commercial
Privileges, Bib, Of Ladipsg, important Decisions of
the various U. $. Courtsin regardt to Freights Lost
and Damaged: &C., &c,with many other things of
The Directory will be illustratedint the best STYLE
and printed in the best manner. The author has
tor SIX years been gathering together all the facts
eno Items IN regard = the NUMEROUS disasters on
the Western and Southern WI krs, and now in
tends publishing them in booE 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 90 at once, Is none will be printed
to have a circulation Of over thirty thousand COP
les, as rhe publishers are receiving large numbers
OF subscribers, per mail, from ell parts ofthe coun-
try, daily. Some ofthe Oldest Boatmen, as well
a. most scientific men ofthe Times, are contribu-
tors to the Steamboat Directory, =
Pilots and Engineers, whom we may Be unable
to see, whfplease forward name, occupation, and
residences so as to have their names registered.
Steamboat officers wishing to contribute for tho
ssork, must have their articles ready before the
credited.
Agents at st. Louis, New Orleans, Cincinnati.
Pittsburghand Wheeling, Nashville, vicksburgh.
Memphis, and Louisville, will wait upon the
Steamboat Captains and Officers.
The Directory will Be issued in October, from
the well know establishment Of Wrighsson & Co,
Cincinnati, and will be an ornament TO the parlor
rs well as steamboat. s
All communications and ff(e1t lkoulh b. d.
dressed to "
JAMES T. LLOYD q CO.,
jv2l-n Post-Ohes Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.