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other rivers and bayous too numerous to j mention. Then, she had two regular, lines of i ocean steamers; now, there are seven, em- • ploying from three to nine steamers each. Yesterday, (I choose at random,) nineteen steam vessels cleared from her wharves, two of them being ocean steamers. Besides these, there was a large number of sailing vessels, j and many others, both steam and sailing, from !