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WESTERN WATERS, AND STEAMBOAT DlREO-
TORY.-Thc undersigned have now in course OF prepa
fntion n new ST MB0AT DIRECTORY which will
b. issued in October The book will cont in
two hundred pnges, illustrated in the best style and
neatly bound in n durable manner. IL will be one of
the interesting books ever published, and will be II
hook that will he interesting to all classes OF people,.
The STEAMBOAT DIRECTORY will contain IA
tlste list and description Of all the STEAMBOATS,
h1oat in the and Southern waters, The length,
lnnd speed power and tonnage of boat whore aud ty
whom built the Of the bont. with the trade she is
in Also the names Of CaPtons and officers her age,
Sc., &c The Directory viii! contain history of Steam
beats and stenmbontng the Western waters, since
the implication of also, sketch of the first boat
tuilt for tho Ohio River, with the name OF the builder,
rdel and owner.
Tho RIVER DIRECTORY will contain a list and de.
srrippn of all the Steamboat disasters that have
CURED on the Wescrn and Southern waters beautifully
illustrated. with a list Of ali those who have persisted
y their burning. sinking and exploding, the Western
md Southern The Directory will corain Maps
+, the Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri Illinois, Arkansas.
White, Red, Ouechita, Zazoo, and other Rivers. with
the Towns and Cities laid down, with correct distances;
tso many other River and Commercial items nf inter-
the PEG pie Mt large. The book will contain the
cards of The various u. T. Mail Boats with the u ade
lhcy are in &c &c. The Directory will also contain
complete list Of all the responsible Steamboat Licensed
Officers, their plnces OF resi- ence, &c, &c the
Steamboat Law, lis requreme .ts with comments, show
ures the competent officer, &c;, &c all the impor
ant u s. Supreme Court Steamboat Decisions up to
date the r and important Commercial Privileges
Bills of Lnding important Decisions of the various U.
! Courts in rcead freghts Lost AID Damaged, &c .
&c with many other things of interest
The Directory will he illustrated in the best style, and
iuted in the best manner The author has for six
gathering together all the facts and in regard
the numerous Steamboat disasters the Western and
.pnthcrn waters AMI now intends publishing them in
ook form. The price of the work will be put at the
" sum of One Dollar. Ten thousand copies will be
sued for the boatmen all others DESTROYS Of subscribing
III have To do so at once wilt be printed unless
5dered in advance. The work is destined have "A
regulation of over $4,000 copies tho publishers
g receiving large numbers of subscribers, per mail.
ON all parts of the country, daily. Some of the old
i boAtmen, well most scientific of the tines
re contributors to the Steamboat Directory.
The Dis ecory will be issued in October, and will be
t, the parlor well us steamboat. BY
tting One Dollar (pos; paid YOU will copy
the above work.
All communications and letters should be addressed
JAMES 4. LLOYD g. CO..
Post Office Building. Cincinnati, Ohio.
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