The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-18

INTERESTING TO INQUIsITIvE TRAVEL
LERs.-The following notice, which is said
to be posted in one of the Ohio River steam
ers, will be found of interest to all travel
lers who like to gather promiscuous infor-
nation Of matters and things by the way !;
Notice.-Any person or persons DESTROYS
of obtaining information in regard to the
distances to the various points along the
river; the probable time of reaching them;
the length Of time the boat will remain !;
why she will not remain longer; if the
passengers would have time to 60 to the
post-ofice; the depth Of the water the
geological, chronological, or agricultural
statistics of the country population, wealth,
crops, land, or prominent characteristics of
the inhabitants; their origin, average
height, complexion, color of hair, eyes and
eyebrows; nature of disposition rate Of in
crease or decrease; number Of births, mar
riages, deaths, or serious attacks Of illness !;
relative proportion of male and female proge-
ny, and probable reasons therefor; causes Of
decline in prosperity, and different ways in
which such disasters might have been, and
NOulu Idfc Decl, dNoluSo iio
they been known at the time ; relative pro-
portion of mules, horses, sheep, hogs, or
negroes number of bushels of corn to the
acre; quantity of cotton; average size Of
watermelons; breadth of beam of all steam
ers on or near the river and the Gulf Of
Mexico; how many times the boat stops
between any point and any other point,
and why; exact distance from Catfish Bend
to Skipwith, and thence to point where
the willows project into the river between
Suckers Point and Skinny Kidink; length
of time the boat will remain at Vicksburg !;
amount of cholera and measles prevalent,
and why; medicine used for different local
complaints, proportion Of different ingredl-
ents thereof, and the reason for adopting
such proportion amount of freight and pro
duce carried each trip, the points to which
it is carried, the price, and whether the boat
is always paid promptly; how many passen
gers are aboard their names, history, and
destination their probable business and
their qualifications for attending to the
same; whether married or not, and II
not, why not and, in general, all details
of information as to their future hopes and
prospects; whether the gentlemen playing
cards are professional gamblers; if 50, how
much has been lost if not, how much has
been won; whether the pilot is temperate
man or not the probable danger OF fire,
explosion of boilers, being sunk, or any
other accident; whether the clock is ex-
actly right or not whether the duties OF a
steamboat clerk are not extremely ardu-
GUS; how long each clerk has been en-
ployed whether he has ever been blown
up, sunk, or burned up, and why; and, in
general, all information of o geological,
natural, legal, medical, theological, meta
physical, biographical, historical, anatomi-
cal, statistical, astronomical, arithmetical,
grammatical, ethical, or intellectual charac-
ter, can be accommodated by calling upon
any Of the courteous and gentlemanly clerks
connected with the boat; or, in their ab.
sence, any information will be furnished
by the pilot, engineer, mate, or deck hands,