Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-07-01

leaving Louisville, and that we were now
within hail, produced belief in the
minds Of all that we could beat her, and
made us disposed to try.
i'il :" PASS AT WARSAW.
The boats kept about the same dis
tance from each other for the next thirty
miles, to Warsaw, where the Franklin
was compelled to touch to deliver the
mail. The Philips shot ahead, and OBJ
tanned five or six lengths, when the
Franklin was off again, under high
head Of steam. She gained upon the
Philips "Mightily." Then the conta-
gion spread through every soul on board.
$50 ahead captain--keep her in the
wake-huzza for the Philips p was in
every mouth. Nothing could exceed
the spirit of the fremen and deck hands.
The matches were thrown open; pine
knots covered the deck, and two or three
axes kept going in splitting and break
| ing them; deck passengers we've hud-
died into the bow, to give the boat more
dip; the chain wagons were hauled from
one side to the other, as she careened ;;
volumes of Iurid fame issued from the
tops of the chimneys, while dense clouds
of black smoke filled the atmosphere
over us. 1t was plain that no less ex-
citement prevailed on board the Frank
lin. Thus far she had been queen of
the waters. Would she see herself
eclipsed without mighty effortl The
way that both boats went "was eau
tion."
| RISING SUN.
The relative distance between the two
boats was but little altered for twelve or
fifteen miles from Warsaw. The
Franklin would sometimes leave our
wake by putting her head to the right or
left, and attempting to get in line with
us. After repeated failures she at last
succeeded few miles below Rising Sun.
This is twenty miles from Warsaw.
From its high banks fine view is had
Of the river below. The citizens saw
the boats approaching, and lined the
banks as we passed them. In passing,
the two boats were neck and neck" and
we were saluted with loud and contin-
ued cheers. No response was sent
back from either boat not a sound was
heard save the sonorous breathings Of the
scape pipes and the whirl Of the water
wheels. The right to respond belonged
only to the victor, and that distinction
was yet to be won. = ~ asa 'a1 s.5
| ALARM OF THE LADIES.
| A few miles above Rising Sun, the
boats which till now had been abreast,
and from ten to fifty feet apart, struck
each other with slight concussion.-
The ladies, of whom there was twelve
or fifteen on board the Philips, became
alarmed, and besought their husbands to
interfere. While this CONSERVATION pre-
vailed in the ladies' cabin and state
rooms, different scene was witnessed
without, the two boats seemed 10 be
lashed together, the officers Of each sha-
king hands across the ratings, and the
fremen and crew looking defiance. As
the passengers stepped out on the guards
on either side, they were promptly Or
dered back, that the boats might be kept
in trim, the Philips especially, being so
light that the weight Of four or five men
would careen her over like canoe.
The highest excitement prevailed. The
Franklin no longer regarded the delivery
of the mail, and had Mr.. KendalI's PEN
atty been tenfold greater, it would not
have weighed a feather. The river in
front Of the boats, from the light Of the
furnaces, seemed a sheet of fire, while
the sky continued over clouded with the
dense volumes of smoke which poured
forth from the chimneys. Sometimes
the Franklin would shoot ahead. Our
very breaths were held in suspense.
Then would the Philips recover her
ground, and pass her adversary an equal
distance. The cheers which had been
sent forth minute before were now re-
turned with hearty goodwill, and de-
termination to triumph. naked with ma
ny horrid imprecations, was belched
forth by the crews OF both vessels. In
passing Petersburg, the boats again
struck with a more violent conclusion
than before the alarm of the ladies in
creased, the Captain Of the Philips was
besought to desist, and assured that the
ladies in question, from their constitu-
tional nervousness, could not survive the
excitement. Capt McClaIn yielded 10
their opportunities, and, in passing the
point above the town just named, bore
away and left the channel TO the Frank
lin, while hearty cheer. followed by a
gum resounded from the latter. On
board the Franklin it is said the ladies
were even more alarmed. Camphor,
ammonia, and all the restoratives ON