Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-07-10
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STEAMBOAT DISASTERS ON THE
ESTERN WATERS, AND
STEAMBOAT DIRECTORY.

rUNHE undersigned have now In course
il of preparation NEW STEAMBOAT d.
RECTORY, which will be issued in October next;
the book will contain two hundred pages, Illus
trated in the best STYLE and neatly bound IN durable
manner II will be Of the most interesting books
ever published, and will be book that will be inter
estng to all classes ofpeople The Steamboat Drec.
tory will contain complete list and description OF al
the steamboats, aaoat the Western and South
ern waters. The length, model speed, power, and
tonnage of each boat, where and by whom built the
name of the boat, with the trade she is in, Also,
the names of Captains and officers, her age, &c &C.
The Directory will contain history OF Steamboats,
and Steamboating on the Western waters, since tbs
application Of steam; Also sketch Of the first boat
built for the Ohio river with the Of the builder,
commander, and owner.
The River Directory will contain list and descrip-
ton of all the Steamboat Disasters that have occur
red the Western and Southern waters, beautifully
illustrated with list of all those who have persisted
by their burning, sinking and exploding, on the
Western and Southern waters.
The Directory will contain Maps of the Ohio, Mis-
sissippi Missouri Illinois, Arkansas, White, Red,
0uachita, Yazoo, and other rivers, with the towns,
and cities laid down, with correct distances; also,
many other river and commercial items OF interest 10
the people at large The book will contain the cards
of the various United States mail boats, with the
trade they are in, DC, &c. The Directory will also
contain complete list of all the responsible Steam
boat Licensed Officers their places Of residence, De-
&c.; the new Steamboat Law, its requirements, with
comments, showing wherein 1t benefits the incompe-
tent officer and INJURIES the competent officer, dcr &C.
and all the important United States Supreme Court
Steamboat Decisions up TO date; the Rates and inn
porant Commercial Privileges, Bills OF Lading, i'm
porant Decisions fthe various United States courts,
in regard to Freights lost and damaged, DC, DC;
with many other things of interest.
The Directory will Be illustrated in the best style
and printed in the best manner Tho author has for
six years been gathering together oil the facts and
items in regard to the numerous steamboat disasters
on the Western aud Southern waters, and now in
tends publishing them in book form. The price OF
the work will be put al the low sum OF One Dollar
leu thousand copies will be issued for the boatmen
all others DESTROYS of subscribing will have TO do so
at once, will be printed unless ordered In ad-
vance
This work is destined to have circulation OF over
eighty thousand copies the publishers are recsiy,
ing large numbers Of subscribers, per mail from all
parts Of the country daily. Some Of the Oldest boat
men, as well as most scientific men Of the times, ans
contributors 10 the Steamboat Directory.
The Directory win be issued in October, and viii
be an ornament to the parlor us well as steamboat
BY RENTING One Dollar (post paid)you wilreceiv
a copy of the above work.
sB- All communications and letters should be ad-
dressed TO
JAMES T. LLOYD a CO.,
Post Office Building,
~ 6--tf Cincinnati, Ohio