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the aggregate value of the vessels employed in this 

 commerce at $18,661,500. 



A monster steamer, four hundred feet in length, 

 has been contracted for at Cincinnati, to run as a reg- 

 ular ten-day packet between Louisville and New Or- 

 leans. She will cost $240,000, and will be the most 

 splendid craft afloat at the West. 



The following interesting account of the first steam_ 

 ship that ever crossed the Atlantic is taken from the 

 " New York Journal of Commerce.'' 



" To the American steamship Savannah, built by 

 Crocker & Fickitt, at Corlear's Hook, in this city, is 

 universally conceded the honor of being the first 

 steam propelled vessel that ever crossed the Atlantic 

 Ocean. From the memory of one of those who 

 formed her crew, (Mr. A. Thomas, then fireman,) 

 and believed to be, with one exception, the only sur- 

 vivor, we are enabled to give a succinct narrative of 

 her voyage. According to his understanding of the 

 facts, she was built by a company of gentlemen with 

 a view of selling her to the Emperor of Russia. This 

 company was organized through the agency of Capt. 

 Moses Rogers, afterwards her commander. The Sa- 

 vannah was a vessel of 380 tons, ship rigged, and was 



