Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-12-29

Steamboat kI@@ Disasters
m KE~ the
Western Waters.

! TIME Undersigned have in course OF preparation
/ i new Steamboat Directory, which will be
! issued in October next; the book VIII contain
| over two hundred pages, illustrated III the best
s1vle, and neatly bound in a durable manner, Ii
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 ol
all the Steamboats, now ailoat in the Western and
| Southern Waters. The length. model, speed, poE
| err. 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 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 contain a list and
description of all the Steamboat Disasters that
have occurred on the western and southern wa
lers, beautifully ILLUSTRATED, with a 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,
Mississippi. Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas. White,
Red. Ouachi;a. Yazoo, and other Rivers, wlthihe
Towns and Cities laid down, with correct DIS
lances: also. many other River and Commercial
items OF Interest TO the people at large. The book
Bill! contain the cards OF the various Z. S. Mail
boats. with the trade they are in, &c, ". The
Directory vii. also contain a complete list of all
the responsible Steamboat Licensed Officers. their
places of residence. &C. Il: the new Steamboat
Law. its requirements. with comments. showing
wherein II deagi's The incompetent officer. and iryMres
the competent eG5rsr. &c, &c. and all the import
ant U. S. Supreme Court Steamboat Decisions up
10 date; the Rates and important Commercial
Privileges. Bills, Of Ladlns. important Decisions OF
the various 4. S. Courts in regarito FreightsLost
and Damaged. &c, &c, with many other things o.
interest. 49,
The Directory will be illustratedin 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 10 the numerous disasters on
the Western and Southern waters, and how 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 destined
to have circulation of over thirty thousand cop
les, as the publishers are receiving large numbers
ofsubscribers per mail, from all parts cfthe coun
try, daily. Some OF the Oldest Boatmen. as well
as most scientific men ofthe Times, are con,ribu-
tors to the Steamboat Directory.
Pilots and Engineers. whom we may be unable
to see. will please forward name, occupation, and
residence, so as to have their names registered.
Steamboat officers wishing TO contribute ior the
work. must have their articles ready before the
18th October, which, when used, will be duly
credited. r~'
Agents at St Louis. New Orleans. Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh ard 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 WrisAtson Il Co.
Cincinnati, and will be an ornament to the parlor
as well as steamboat.
All COMMUNICATION and letters should be ad-
dressed TO '=t
JAMES T. LLOYD & co.
jv2l-tf Post Dffce Building, Cincinnati. Ohio