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To Pratte's landing in Perry county, [Mo. ] is 8 miles. Here resides one of the proprietors of the celebrated lead mine la Motte, situated in Madison county, about 35 miles west : but to the mines in this county, the distance is only from 10 to 20 : to St. Mary's college, 12. Here is a store, and large quantities of pig lead are piled up along the landing, and much business is transacted, the county being populous, and contains a great number of saw, flouring and other mills. This is the nearest point on the river to the Iron Mountain.
To Ste. Genevieve, the capital of the county of the same name, is 11 miles. It has a handsome appearance, on approaching it from below, when seen from a distance, but its decayed walls and falling-in roofs soon dissipate every thing beautiful on a near approach. The popula- toin is about 800 ; mostly French, some of whom are far advanced in years. Mons. Valle and his son, who are
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other owners of mine la Motte, reside here, the senior approaching ninety, and yet mounts his horse without difficulty. The only public building in the place is a courthouse, and a Catholic church in progress. A build- ing for a boarding school or seminary of some kind, was commenced some years ago and nearly finished, but in consequence of reports put into circulation unfavorable to it, or its location, (on an elevated hill) nothing farther has been done to it. The lead mines, which are situated from SO to 40 miles W. and S. W. from this village are its chief support as a place of business. It contains 5 stores, one of which is at the mouth of the creek, on which the village, half a mile up, is located-and the quantity of lead brought in last year, from the different mines, was something like 1,500,000 pounds. It com- mands here 54 cts. per lb. ; is brought from the mines in small carts constructed for the purpose, about 1500 to 2000 lbs. constitutes a load, and piled up along the bank of the river " for sale or freight." Mine la Motte con- tains 28,000 arpens, (about 24,000 acres of land,) which, for the purpose of making a division among the heirs, Messrs. Valle's, Pratte, and Beauvis, is to be sold at public auction, in April, 1838.
The mineral counties of this part of Missouri, lying on, or not remote from, the Mississippi, are seven, viz. Cape Girardeau, Perry, Madison, Washington, St. Fran- cis, Ste. Genevieve, and Jefferson. Their productions are, lead, iron, copper, zinc, potters' clay, fullers' earth, coal, red and white chalk, cobalt, manganese, nickel, bismuth, chaledony, cornelion, common salt, porphyry, nitre, jasper, antimony, various kinds of flints, buhr- stones, marble, free stone, &c. The Iron Mountain
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(owned by a company,) is in Washington county, 40 miles S. W. from Ste. Genevieve, and covers an area of about 450 acres-in height probably 400 feet. The ore is very productive, yielding something like 80 per cent. and of so malleable a texture, that a knife, made from it last fall, ornamented with a metal approaching silver in appear- ance, found in the neighborhood, and sustaining a bright polish, was sent to the then president elect of the United States. This information was communicated to me by the principal owner of the mountain. The same compa- ny own the Pilot Knob, another mountain of the like mineral properties, covering the like space, but somewhat higher in altitude, situated in Madison county. This mountain is about 6 miles S. of the other.
To the S. of Ste. Genevieve, and bordering on the bank of the river, is the " common field" originally of 7000 arpens belonging to the inhabitants of the village, who were bound to keep a fence around it. Its proceeds were divided in proportion to the property held by them in the village. The land was all alluvial, very fertile, and producing corn most luxuriantly. But the agent which deposited, is removing it again-every month or two a slip disappears-and it will not be many years, probably, before the good people of Ste. Genevieve, so far from having stock in the " common field," will find themselves, in that respect, bankrupt.
The computed distance from the mouth of the Ohio to Ste. Genevieve, is 116 miles ; and thence to St. Louis, 60-total, 176.
To Fort Chartres, in Illinois, is 11 miles.
There are several islands above Ste. Genevieve, form- ed, and in progress of formation, from the peering of
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some just above the water, to those more firmly establish- ed with the cotton-wood suckers, about the size of bul- rushes, upon them ; and so on to others, more elevated, having saplings-to the last, with trees ! This is a sin- gular feature, in these island formations, but will be found true,-that in proportion to the alluvial formations above the ordinary level of the water, so in proportion will be the size of the maiden growth. The margin of the river is skirted frequently below with cane, but that growth is not to be found, I understand, as high up as this.
A few miles above Ste. Genevieve the high limestone bluffs commence ; in some places they are 100 to 200 feet high. I strolled to the top of one, and with a good spy-glass, surveyed the country around. The most singular object that presented itself, was a line of bluffs, corresponding in every respect with the one which I oc- cupied, over the tops of the forest of trees that clothed: the American Bottom; about 10 miles distant. Their summits were as barren as those about me, for here were only a few schrubby oaks of the black jack species, and persimmon bushes.
To Selma, in Jefferson county, (Mo.) is 14 miles .- Here are several handsome stone buildings, among them a large store. It is a great deposit of lead, brought about 30 miles from some of the mines. The appearance of the place is much in its favor. Along the river, both above and below Selma, for a number of miles, are seve- ral shot towers, or factories, erected for the manufacture of shot. Small frame houses are put up and secured on the summits of those bluff's, whose fronts, next the river, are perpendicular or overhanging; furnaces are construc !.
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ed within them, and the molten lead is dropt, from a height of 200 feet or upwards, into a cistern below, where the same process is afterwards used to prepare the shot for market, as is in factories in other places.
To Herculaneum is 5 miles. This village contains about 150 inhabitants. The mouth of Merrimack river is 12 miles farther. This navigable stream extends by a devious course, some distance into the interior of the state, some of its branches heading among the waters of the Gasconade. Ancient works of various kinds, mounds, pottery, arrow heads, &c. are found on it. Mas- sie's iron works, celebrated for the superior quality of its iron, are on a branch of this river, in Crawford county.
To Fort Jefferson, located on a gently sloping declivi- ty, in St. Louis county, is 7 miles : to Carondelet, (nom de nique, l'ide Poche,) small village, is 6 ; back of which, on high commanding ground, about 3 miles from St. Louis, is the United States Arsenal : to St. Louis is 5 miles-total, 176.
While here, permit me to correct an error in the finan- cial statistics of St. Louis: it is the item of $650,000, the amount of sales of real estate, made by Messrs. Sav- age & Austin, which I think cannot be introduced as properly partaking of a statistical character. It is not locomotive, and whether it belongs to A or B, the city is indifferent. It escaped my notice until after the impres- sion was printed. [See page 404.]
There are five roads, including those not finished, which diverge from St. Louis, but in general, at this sea- son of the year especially, are in wretched condition for travel : One leads south, parallel with the river; another Southwest to the mineral region ; a third to Jefferson
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city, on the bank of the Missouri, 9 miles above the mouth of the Osage, in Cole county, the capital of the state -- containing a state house, penitentiary, governor's house, and hotel-168 miles from St. Louis ; a fourth to St. Charles-and a fifth across the river to Illinois-town, thence to Cahoika, &c. The bluffs, on the farther side of the American Bottom, opposite this city, abound with inexhaustible bituminous coal. The following places, are distant from St. Louis,
Up the Mississippi, to Alton, is 18 miles; mouth of Missouri river, 20; mouth of Illinois,* S8 ; to Quincy, 140 ; Fort Armstrong, on Rock Island, 290 ; Galena, on Fever river, 405 ; Dubuques, 419.
Up the Illinois, to Macoupin creek, 55 ; to Naples, 103 ; to Beardstown, 127 ; to Pekin, 192; to Peoria, 200; to Chicago, S10. To Santa Fé, via Independence, 1193 miles.
Several Rail Roads are in contemplation, also, from St. Louis, charters for some of which having been grant- ed at the last session of the legislature of the state : one to Marion city, via the Missouri river in Howard county -this road has already been commenced at Marion, and the intention is to extend it to Fayette county, with the view of ultimatety continuing it in that direction as far as the exigences of trade may require : another to the Merrimac iron-works, in Crawford county-and another to the valley of Bellevue, for the purpose of reaching the Iron Mountain, in St. Francis or Washington county .- The condition of the charter of this last road is, that " the
*This word, originally illini, according to Indian etymology, sig- nified a full grown man.
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company, denominated the " Missouri Iron Company," in consequence of the privilege granted, authorising them to employ a capital of $5,000,000 in the manufacture of iron and steel, in Washington county, the said company undertake to endow a college, and appropriate to its use, from 50 to 75,000 dollars annually, for fifty years, and a large tract of land. The institution of learning to be located at the foot of the Iron Mountain, in the new city of Missouri, in Washington county."-One word about this " new city of Missouri." Some of the lots were of- fered at public sale, on the 23d Feb. and bid in at $58 each, or no bid was had-and the opinions of individuals varied with reference to the success of the enterprise .- This " iron mountain" is not a new geological feature- it is not like " Jonah's gourd"-and a college at its base will not flourish any the better, than if located on the skirts of a sylvan retreat. From whence is to be deriv- ed the 5.000,000? The company, (which is little more than an individual, ) will find the task arduous, however well calculated for it the agent may be who travels to sell the stock. Stock in an iron mountain, in the interior, without facilities for smelting ! In a conversation with the gentleman, he observed, that they "had not yet found any coal, but there were strong indications"-and this iron ore is in a county, where the article is so plenty, that Mr. John S. Brickey, an intelligent gentleman, of the same county, in responding to questions put to him, says "iron ore, any where in this country, is of no more value than water on the banks of the Mississippi."- [Sce Missouri Gazetteer.]
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LETTER XXIII.
Ohio river continucd-Western Steam Boat Statistics, &c .- Expense of travelling-Alphabetical list of Steam Boats on the western wa- ters.
OHIO RIVER, March, 1837.
I have taken very particular pains to procure the names of steam boats, at present in operation on the western waters, and such other statistical facts with reference to them, as may appear likely to afford interest. Capt. R. De Hart, port warden of Louisville, and agent for the In- surance offices, generally, in the western ports, has con. tributed mainly to effect this object-I feel sensibly the obligation I owe him : to John Clark, Esq. Surveyor of the port of Pittsburgh, I am also under obligations, for his politeness, in similarly promoting my views.
The steam boats on the western waters are all what is termed " high pressure, " and are constructed very dif- ferent from those on the Atlantic waters. The cylinders are generally in a horizontal position. The lower deck, on which is the engine and machinery, all open, is appro . priated for some freight, fuel, and deck passengers-but the bulk of the freight is carried in the hold. On the upper deck, extending nearly the whole length of the boat, except a small portion forward, is the upper or din- ing cabin, and berths ; a transverse passage dividing them from what is termed the hall, the latter corres- ponding in character with a forward cabin.
The life of a steam boat is not of long duration ; in three or four years they are generally " used ap." But they are industrious while afloat, running on an average about 180 days in a year. Their consumption of fuel 43
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varies somewhat in proportion to their tonnage, because some boats of the same number of tons consume more than others ; for this reason, they have more boilers. I am informed, however, that, averaging the number of boilers, a data may be assumed that will be found tole- rably correct, viz : a boat of 100 tons will consume about 18 cords of wood in 24 hours-and that 7 bushels of coal are equal to a cord of wood. The price of wood on the Ohio is $2.50 a cord ; there is very little difficulty in meeting with it-on the Mississippi, SS-these are the minimum prices, and they have a tendency to advance. The number of steamboats, as the following list shows, is $58-their total amount of tonnage by custom- house measurement, can be estimated-(many persons, who have never taken the trouble to inform themselves, are of the opinion, that as many tons of merchandize as a boat can carry, that number constitutes her burthen ! Hence we sometimes see " 800 tons"-" upwards of a thousand tons burthen," &c. in the papers-here they mistake)-with this data can be ascertained the number of cords used in 24 hours-and that sum again mul- tiplied by 180, the running days in a year, the re- sult is the quantity of wood annually consumed : again; extend this, by the multiplicater 2.75, the average price of a cord of wood on the Ohio and Mississippi, and the expence of wood consumed annually is presented.
The monthly wages which a captain of a steam boat on the Ohio and upper Mississippi, generally receives, is $150; the pilot, 140; engineer, 125; clerk, 50 ; fire- man, 25. The engineer employs an assistant if he thinks proper, probably one of the firemen, but out of his own funds. On the Ohio and lower Mississippi, the wages
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are considerably higher, and the pilots are paid $200 per month-frequently $8 per day.
Important and improved changes have taken place in the municipal government of steamboats, within the last year, by arrangement between owners and captains, the principal of which is, that gambling is strictly prohibited. A black-leg is in " hockly" who is found at " pokey," or any other game, on board the boats, these times :- and it is immediately signified to him, by the captain or clerk, that he must debark at the first landing-place ; otherwise, he is put ashore. In consequence of this pe- nalty, which all officers of boats are bound to carry into effect, travellers glide over the water quietly, without risk from any quarter, and undisturbed at night, except when annoyed by some one fleeing from justice, or whose mind troubles him so seriously, at the recollection of some unpardonable deed, as to prevent him from sleeping, and to kill time, he talks, if he can meet with a person to converse with him, incessant!v.
Since the building of the first steam boat on the wes- tern waters, there have probably a thousand succeeded it-many are worn out-many lost, and numbers are in southern waters, tributaries of the lower Mississippi, and of the gulph of Mexico. Many of those which remain are formed into lines of packets, and ply daily between certain cities, touching at intermediate places ; a person, therefore, desirous of embarking, has rarely to wait a day, in steam boat season, without meeting with a boat, bound both up and down. The price of voyaging is high- er by at least 25 per cent. than last year, in consequence, say the parties interested, of the advance of wages and the " high price of provisions"-and when their tables
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do not present as plentiful a supply and as great a varie- ty, the same reason is assigned, " the high price of provi- sions will not permit it." The rates for a passage this year, are, from Pittsburgh to Beaver, 50 cts. This is an exception from the general rule, for with boats bound on long passages, no sum less than a dollar is received: between Pittsburgh and Steubenville, S2-or between the latter and Wheeling, S1 -- or the first and last, S3. From Pittsburgh to Cincinnati $14 ; to Louisville, 15 ; to St. Louis, SO. The price from Wheeling to either of those lower named cities, is $2 less than the above .- From Pittsburgh or Wheeling to New Orleans, $60 ; from Louisville to ditto $50. From St. Louis to Alton, $2, nearly 10 cents a mile ; to Beardstown or Naples, 4 ; to Peoria, 8 -- Here is a great disparity in price for the like distance, when compared with that on the upper Ohio. The fact is, that the fare on the Ohio, for a dis- tance over 50 miles, may be estimated at about S cents a mile ; on the upper Mississippi, from 4 to 5. Stage. fare is generally about 6 cents a mile. The speed of boats vary, of course ; their average passage down the Ohio is probably 10 to 12 miles an hour -- up, perhaps 6. Deck passengers find their own provisions, and assist in wooding ; paying about a fourth of a cabin passage. A galley or large cooking stove, is provided on the lower deck for their comfort and use.
The following list comprises nearly all the boats on these waters. The exceptions are those which have gone south. The " Insurance value" is graduated by the cost of the engine of the vessel, but the present value of the boat can be approached sufficiently near, to come at the whole wealth of this species of property, by adding one- third to the insured amount.
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF STEAMBOATS ON THE WESTERN WATERS.
Names of Steam. Boats.
No. of
Where built.
value. whe E |Insurance built
tuns
Adriatic,
332 Cincinnati. (O ) -
1835
$30,000
Algonquin,
221 Pittsburgh, (Pa.)
1835 20,000
Arabian,
100 ditto,
1834 8,000
Argo,
85 Jeffersonville, (Ind.)
1833 5,000
Adventure, -
75 Pittsburgh, -
1835
4,000
Alert,
103 ditto,
1835
7,500
Aid,
83 ditto,
1834
3,500
Alice Maria,
72 Cincinnati,
1835
6,009
Alpha,
51 Rising Sun, (Ind.)
1835
1,000
Augusta, -
290 Cincinnati,
1535
22,000
Alton, -
350 Pittsburgh, -
1836
23,000
American,
118 Jeffersonville,
1335
8,000
Atalanta,
200 Cincinnati, -
IS36
17,000
Amity,
25 Brownsville, (Pa.)
1835
2.000
Alabamian,
175 Cincinnati, -
1836|
16,000
Ambassador,
440 ditto,
1836
40.000
A. M. Phillips,
207 Wheeling, (Va.)
1S36
18,000
Asia,
261 Pittsburgh,
1836
16,000
Amitc,
35 ditto,
1936
Boonsville, -
114
ditto,
1836
9,000
Ben Franklin,
130 Cincinnati,
1834
9,000
Baltic,
407 Pittsburgh, -
1832 16.000
Black Hawk,
137 Cincinnati,
1832
6,000
Boons Lick,
295 Pittsburgh,.
1533
12,000
Bonnets o' Blue,
177 Cumberland river, - 1832
1533
17,000
Bunker Hill,
391 New Albany, (Ind.)
1534 16,000
Ben Sherrod,
393
ditto,
835
35,000
Ben. Franklin,*
194 Cincinnati,
1836
15,000
Bec,
105 Pittsburgh, -
1536
6,500
Ben. I. Gilman,
S5|Cincinnati,
1-36
8,000
Baton Rouge,
260 New Albany,
1536
20,000)
Brighton,
91 Pittsburgh,,
1530
9,000
Boguehoma,
105 ditto,
1-36
5.000
Brian Boroihme,
157 Louisville, (Ken.) -
1536
17,000
Bolivar,
77 Near Nashville, (Ten.)
1-32
3,000
Baltimore,
112 Pittsburgh,
1531
6,000
Big Black,
SI Pittsburgh ,
1535
Constitution,
262 Cincinnati, .
1-24 7,000
Caledonia,
122 Ripley, ((.)
1533
7.000
Clyde,
193 Cincinnati, -
1536
16,000.
"Mell boat. between Circunati aud Loulaville.
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6,500
Bayou Sara,
275 Cincinnati, -
Boston,
14 > Beaver, ( Pa.)
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Names of Steam Boats.
Where built.
when built.
Insurauce value.
Chief Justice Marshall,
196 Wheeling,
1832
$12,000
Commerce of Attakapas
125 New Albany,
1836
10,000
Chattahooche
Cincinnati,
1832
6,000
Caroline,
New Albany,
1832
8,000
Caspian,
of Cincinnati,
1832
12,000
Cavalier, Casket,
ditto,
1836
8,000
Champion,
'#1 Brownsville,
1835
9,000
Citizen,
New Richmond, (O.)
1833
5,000
Chester,
:11 Pittsburgh, -
1132
8,000
Chickasaw,
I'll Cincinnati,
1835
12,000
Chancellor,
123 Pittsburgh, -
1832
25,000
Compromise,
132 Louisville,
1834
6,000
Ceres, -
3. Brownsville,
1833
2,500
Claiborne,
32; Pittsburgh,
1S33
20,000
Cuba, -
>2 Cincinnati, - ditto,
1831
3,500
Canton,
03
1836
8,000
Commerce,
170 Pittsburgh,
1831
9,000
Camanche,
ditto,
1834
9,030
Commerce,
. Cincinnati, 4);)
1835
7,000
Concord,
1835
3,000
Clinton,
[9] Jeffersonville,
1135
12,000
Columbia,
100 Cincinnati,
1835
12,009
Columbian,
125 Pittsburgh, -
1836
9,000
Cahawba,
120 Cincinnati,
1836
Columbus,
131 ditto,
1836
17,000
Cumberland,
119 Wheeling,
1835
14,000
Comet, -
les Pittsburgh, -
1835
10,000
Columbus, -
1835
26,000
Crusader,
7 Gallipolis, () ) -
1836
14,000
Condor,
11 Salisbury, (O.)
1836
10,000
Chamois, -
IS36
12,000
Corco, -
To New Albany,
1936
7,000
Charles L. Bass,
10,3 Pittsburgh, -
1836
9,000
Contractor, -
69 St. Louis, ( Mo.)
1835
3,000
Camden, -
101 Pittsburgh, -
1836
9,000
Corinthian, -
113 Pittsburgh, -
1835
8,000
Cayuga,
200 New Albany,
1833
12,000
Dover,
200 Cumberland river, 1933
9,000
Dover, .
79 Pittsburgh, -
1835
8,000
Delta. -
80 Covington, (Ken.) -
1834
6,000
Despatch,
105|Pittsburgh,
1835
8,000
Dubuque,
71
1835
6,000
Detroit, -
137 |Pittsburgh,
1835
8,000
Denmark, .
GO Wheeling,
1834
4,000
Dayton, -
111 Pittsburgh,,
1835
9,000
.
1836
Chariton, -
1 ditto, -
1833
Daniel O'Connell,
1834
6,500
Cygnet,
1836
16,000
Coquette,
Bhi Near Portsmouth,
125 Pitt -burgh, -
1832
6,500
110 Ripley,
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No of
Where built.
when built.
Insurance value.
Delaware,
10€ 12€
Pittsburgh,
1836
$9,000
Dart,
ditto,
1835
9,000
Dolphin,
1835
1,500
Davy Crockett,
Cincinnati, .
1836
11,000
De Kalb,
12:
1836
8,500
Danl. Webster,
400 Jeffersonville,
1535
30,000
Dove, .
100 Pittsburgh,
1831
Diana,
120|Jeffersonville,
1834
Ellen Douglass, .
65
1835
Emigrant,
85 Cincinnati,
1832
3,500
Echo,
155/Salisbury,
1536
14,000
Emerald,
Pittsburgh,
1836
12,000
Eutaw,
52
ditto, .
1336
4,000
Emblem,
120 Cincinnati,
1536
9,000
Envoy,
91 ditto, ditto,
1832
2,000
Erin, .
100
18.35
Ellen,
90 Jeffersonville,
1831
8,000
Farmer,
277 Cincinnati,
1832
10,000
Fame,
132
Pittsburgh, .
1832
4,000
Friendship,
101 Cincinnati,
1833
4,000
Fox,
100
1834 6,000
Flora, .
ils Pittsburgh;
1835
9,000
Far West,
150 Missouri river,
1835
6,000
Fort Adams,
180 Cincinnati,
1835
16,000
Frontier, .
68 ditto,
1836
6,000
Floridian,
1936
9,000
Florida,
1836
8,000
Fancy,
250,Cincinnati,
1836
22,000
Free Trader,
1832
Gazelle,
ditto, .
1832
4,000
Galenian,
183-4
6,500
Gladiator,
1834 8,000
Guide,
1834 6,000
Gen. Pike,*
1835
10,000
Gov. Clark,
1835
9,000
Geo. Collier,
1535
25,000
Geo. Washington,
1835 30,000
Gen. Sumpter,
1835
12,000
Gen. Gaines,
194|Jeffersonville,
1836
20,000
Gen. Wayne,
1.5.Pittsburgh,
1536
20,000
Gen. Brown,
195 Jeffersonville,
1536
20,000
Gipsey,
79 Pittsburgh,
1336
7,000
Ganges,
200, Cincinnati, .
1836
18,000
Girard,
130 Marietta, (O.)
1536
12,000
Grand Gulph, .
79 Pittsburgh, .
1536
9,000
Gallipolis,
ST Gallipolis,
1532
Geo. A Bayard,
141 Pittsburgh, .
1836
Georgia,
339 Pittsburgh, .
1.529
10,000
Hawk Eye, .
.
116 Cincinnati,
1525
3,000
.
" Xall boat.
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99
ditto,
109 Pittsburgh, .
100 Pittsburgh, .
130 ditto,
99 Cincinnati,
96 Pittsburgh, .
151 Cincinnati,
146 Louisville,
150 Pittsburgh,
107| ditto,
!(A) Cincinnati,
1835
14,000
Exchange,
123
270 New Albany,
·
Huntsville,
Names of Steam Boats.
464
Western Address Directory.
Names of Steam Boats.
af
Where built.
when built.
Insurance value.
tuits
Henry Clay,
Pittsburgh, .
1832
$22,000
Homer,
New Albany.
1832
25,000
Harry Hill,
161 Cumberland river,
1S32
4,500
Herorine,
140
New Albany,
1832
5,600
Ileroinc,
96
Bridgeport, (Pa.)
1832
3,000
Hunter,
10.
1834
8,000
Huntress, Hero,
89
1831
4,000
Hail Columbia,
275
Louisville, .
1S35
20,000
Hyperion,
10
Jeffersonville,
1835
8,000
Havana,
13-
Pittsburgh, .
1536
13,000
Howard,
123
ditto,
1S36
12,000
Hudson,
:45 Marietta,
1836
12,000
Hope, .
85 Kanawha, (Va.)
1835
3,000
Hark-Away,
Pittsburgh, .
1836
12,000
Hind,
13: Cincinnati,
1836
12,000
Home,
to Portsmouth,
1836
6,000
Harp, .
105 New Albany,
1836
5,000
Halcyon,
12: Brownsville,
1832
Iowa,
142 |Pittsburgh,
1S33
7,500
Iberia,
13 .. Cincinnati, .
1831
9,000
Illinoian,
75 Illinois river,
1835
1,500
Indian,
5/Cincinnati, .
1S34
6,000
Ione,
200 New Albany,
1835
16,000
Invincible,
259 Gallipolis,
1836
24,000
Independence,
273 Cincinnati,
1836
30,000
Irwinton, .
105 Madison, (Ind.)
1536
10,000
Ivanhoe,
197 Pittsburgh,
1834
Juniata,
110/Shousetown, (Pa.)
1832
4,000
John Nelson,
150, Pittsburgh,
1833
6,000
John Jay,
150 Marietta,
1836
12,000
John Linton,
307 Cincinnati,
1836
25,000
John Randolph,
450 New Albany,
1836
35,000
Jefferson,
351 Louisville,
1836
25,000
Kentuckian,
331|>housetown,
1832
8,000
Kentucky,
90 Pittsburgh,
1836
8,000
Kansas,
112 ditto,
1S36
14,000
Louisiana,
3 Ju Cincinnati,
1S30
12,000
Lady Jackson,
120: Nashville,
1832
3,500
Lady Marshall,
99 Cincinnati,
1531
8,000
Lady Scott,
5 Maysville, (Ken.)
183.1
3,000
Lewis Cass,
13> Cincinnati,
1835
10,000
Levant,
270 ditto,
1835
18,000
Lexington, .
230
ditto, .
1836
22.000
Lamplighter,
1-0 Louisville,
1835
8.000
Le Roy,
53 Brownsville,
1836
9,000
Lily,
52;Pittsburgh, .
1836
9,000
Loyal Hannah,
76 ditto, .
1536
9,000*
Livingston,
175 Madison, 160 Pittsburgh,
1936
15,000
London,
1836
14,000
Louisville,.
320 ditto,
1836
40,000
97
Pittsburgh, ditto,
1S34
8.000
9i
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Names of Steam Boats.
Where built.
when Insurance built. value.
tons
Leonidas.
110
1834
Logan,
80
1834
Le Flore,
115
1834
Mississippi,
273 New Albany,
1835
$30,000
Mediterranean,
600 Pittsburgh,
1832 25,000
Mohawk,
500 ditto,
IS32 18,000
Michigan,
333 ditto.
1831 15,000
Memphis,
355' Nashville,
1831
8,000
Mountaineer,
162 Brownsville,
1833
9,000
Missourian,
245 Pittsburgh, .
1832 12,000
Miner, .
57| ditto,
1833
3,000
Motto,
82 Cincinnati, .
1836
6,000
Manchester,
112| ditto,
1835
7,000
Majestic, .
323 Pittsburgh, .
1834 18,000
Mogul .
414| ditto,
1835
25,000
Mazeppa,
150 Cincinnati, .
1835 10,000
Medora,
210 Louisville,
1835
12,000
Monroe,
SS Wheeling, .
IS35
7,500
Meridian,
300 New Albany,
1835 16,000
Miss Fulton,
1.0 Cincinnati, .
IS36
10,000
Moravian,
324 Pittsburgh,
1835 23,000
Mediator, .
225 Cincinnati, .
1836
18,000
Mobile,
230 Pittsburgh,
1536
20,000
Monmouth,
135 Marietta,
1536
12,000
Mariner,
9% Wheeling,
1836 8,000
Massillon,
95 l'ittsburgh,
1836
7,000
Madison,
ditto,
1835
25,000
Mississippian,
1835
14,000
Marshal Ney,
1335
Mohican,
350 Pittsburgh, . ·
1830
Missouri Belle,
164 Elizabethtown, (Pa.)
1334
311 Cincinnati, .
1832
16,000
Neptune,
133 Jeffersonville,
1832 6,000
Native,
5> Bridgeport,
1931 3,000
Neosho,
SS Cincinnati, .
IS34 6 000
Nashville,
1835
8,000
New York, .
105 Cincinnati, .
1835
8,000
North America,
415; ditto,
1835
30,000
Nick Biddle,
153)
12,000
Newark, .
ditto, .
336
9,000
New Beaver,
1536
Niagara, .
125 Brownsville,
1836
10,000
Navigator,
55 Bridg port, .
1934
New Companion,
134[ ditto,
1831
New Emigrant, . New Lisbon,
51 Pittsburgh,
1536
Orion, .
si Marietta,
1932
Orleans,
326 New Albany,
1.30 10,000
Ohioan,
101 Shousetown,
1:33
Ohio,
273 Pittsburgh,
1332 8,000
.
·
1.17 Gallipolis,
1332 6,000
130 Jeffersonville,
139 Pittsburgh, .
.
2til clitto,
90 Cincinnati, .
1832
North Alabama, . Navarino,
3221 19%|
250
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Names of Steam Boats.
No. of tons
Where built.
when built
Insurance value.
Ophelia,
113 Cincinnati, .
1332
$8,000
Olive Branch,
76| Elizabethtown,
1833
3,500
Ouachitta,
162 cincinnati, .
1832
6,000
Oceana,
235 Pittsburgh,
1834
18,000
Oswego,
117 Marietta,
1835
8,500
Otsego,
95 Evansville, (Ind.)
1835
6,000
Ontario,
133 Pittsburgh, .
1836
9,000
Occola,
105 ditto,
1836
9,000
Privateer,
1 16
ditto,
1833
7,000
Paul Jones,
140
Cincinnati,
1834
12,000
Potosi,
121,Pittsburgh, .
1334
8,000
Pontchartrain,
115
New Albany,
1834
10.000
Plough Boy,
SI Pittsburgh, .
1834
8,000
Princeton,
125 Rockville, (O.)
1834
8,000
Philadelphia,
115 Marietta,
1835
8,500
Patrick Henry,
115 'inciunati,
1335
8,500
Pioneer,
140
Pittsburgh, .
1835
10,000
Passenger,
'unberland river,
1835
8,000
Pawnce,
193|Pittsburgh, .
1835
20.000
Persian,
43 , Cincinnati,
1535
30,000
Pioneer,
115
1835
7,500
Pittsburgh,
144 | Pittsburgh,
1535
8,500
Pennsylvanian,
321 ditto,
1835
25,000
Palmyra,
101 Freedom, (Pa.)
1336
7,500
Pilot, .
12- Elizabethtown,
1936
10,000
Post Boy,
130
1336
13,000
Pavillion,
$3 Pittsburgh, .
1336
9,000
Prairie,
236 ditto,
1836
24,000
Paris, .
131 ditto,
1836
14,000
Quincy,
117
ditto,
1836
12,000
Rocky Mountain,
Cumberland river,
1835
9,000
Robert Morris,
123
Pittsburgh,
1336
10,000
Robert Emmet,
105 Wheeling,
1935
6,500
Reporter,
13. ditto,
1336
9,000
Romco,
115 New Albany,
1331
5,000
Roanoke,
( Jeffersonville,
1834
7,000
Rob Roy,
Os Marietta, .
1835
7,500
Roanoke,
120 Wheeling, .
1835
8,000
Rover,
56 Pittsburgh,
1835
4,500
Rochester,
ditto,
1835
9,000
Rienzi,
1731 ditto.
1336
16,000
Rodolph,
150 Jeffersonville,
1836
14,000
Richmond,
49 New Richmond,
1333
Reliance,
Brownsville,
1533
Revenue,
130 Louisville,
1833
Reindeer,
101 Brownsville,
1834
Selma,
355 Pittsburgh,
1330
25,000
Signal,
110 Cincinnati, .
1832
6,000
Splendid,
1832
16,000
Superior,
351 ditto, . ditto, 215
1332
8,000
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ditto,
1831
14,000
Rufus Putnam,
Cincinnati,
466 Western Address Directory.
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Steam Boats on the Western Waters. 467
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Names of Steam Boats.
Where built.
built. when Insurance value.
:ons
Science,
50 Fredericktown,
1834
$4,000
Shoal Water,
99 Cincinnati, .
1834 5,000
Siam,
127 Pittsburgh,
1834
8,000
Swan, .
220 Jeffersonville,
IS35 15,000
St. Lawrence, .
111
1835
9,000
Semaphore,
200 Negroville,
1834
8,000
Southron,
149|Steubenville, (O.)
1834
Swiftsurc,
95 Cincinnati, ditto.
1835
10,000
Shakespeare,
227 New Albany,
1835
18,000
South Alabama,
165 Pittsburgh,
1835 15,000
Southerner,
293|Cincinnati,
1835
25,000
Salem,
106 Pittsburgh,
1535
8,000
Sandusky,
111 ditto.
1836
7,500
Savannah,
137 ditto.
1836
12,000
St. Peters,
119
ditto.
1336
12,000
Sun Flower,
74 Cincinnatti,
1836
9,000
Swan, .
112 Rockville,
183G
12,000
Sultana,*
440, Cincinnati, .
1836
45,000
Steubenville Packet,
45 Pittsburgh,
1536
Shylock,
200'Cumberland river,
1836
18,000
St. Louis,
571 Pittsburgh,
1S36
50,000
Shelby,
1836
20,000
Teche,
142 Cincinnati,
1835
9,000
'Tchula,
79|New Albany,
1835
4,000
Tempest,
105 Pittsburgh,
1335
9.000
Tuscumbia,
82 Marietta,
1835
5,000
Tuscarora, .
236 Cincinnati, .
¡1333
10,000
Tennessee,
86 Bridgeport,
1836
9.000
Troy,
120 Freedom,
1836
10,000
Troubadour,
113 Portsmouth,
1535
8,000
Tobasco,
3.17 Cincinnati,
183G
30,000
Tuskina,
256 Pittsburgh, .
1535
16,000
Tropic,
150 Cincinnati,
1835
9,000
Tecumsch,
96 Jeffersonville,
1835
7,000
Tremont,
112 Pittsburgh,
1336
9,000
Tuckahoe,
80, Manchester, (O.)
1836
7,500
Tiskilwa,
100
1536
6,000
United States,
120 Pittsburgh, .
183G
30,000
Veteran,
56 Maysville,
1853
2,000
Velocipide, Visiter,
100 Brownsville,
1835
7,000
Vandalia,
250 Pittsburgh, ditto,
1536
10,000
Vicksburgh,
300 Jeffersonville,
1836
25,000
Warrior,
100 Pittsburgh,
1835
3,000
Warsaw,
118; Wheeling, .
1532
5,000
Washington,
139 Bridgeport,
1834
8,000
Warren,
290 Cincinnati, .
1535 22.000
Waterloo,
90'Jeffersonville,
1533 3,500
William Penn,
84| Beaver,
1533
2,000
·
·
.
.
.
123 Cincinnati, .
1835
9,000
Vermont,
1836
18,000
rSee note In letter XIX.
.
1835
7,000
Swiss Boy,
121
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Names of Steam Boats.
No. of tons
Where built.
value. when Insurance built.
Wacousta,
98 Steubenville,
1834
$7,500
Wave,
75;Cincinnati, .
3335
7,000
Wheeling,
93
1835
6,500
Wabash, .
41
Pittsburgh, .
1836
5,000
Warren,
80
ditto,
1836
5,000
Wm. Wirt,
110
ditto,
1836
9,000
W. L. Robertson,
533 Cincinnati,
1835
35,000
Wisconsin,
87
1834
7,000
Wm. Hurlbert,
107 Pittsburgh,
1836
Yazoo,
1:30;
1931
8,000
Yallo Busha,
80, Cincinnati,
1835
6,000
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