Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-10-13

ac2 hov j, .his ! ,hs Oak sndsat sring 70
- IL pesosi AasinR The day, when 4hs Oak
seahe,d sll ~ time 1.-The Potcsi. was en-
Sror,pr % - The Oak. md did 3ass her
- tise 81 n 81 tho 99eh. Is thef4was any
3S;Ssi,ion manifested ~ ssihss be- 20 race,
nmust haye been 81 ~ Potosi; fos no man
| aEld haye supposed tkas he Oak. With her
80 il TOW. eoul1 run with the Poissi With
o3. any ding in tow. only notice this TO
~ she abssrd conirsdicsion Of Ibis part o.
/ ~ etatsmsnt
| Aiiss Ire Posoai. had pssssd she Oak. We
1Is6s4Du up TO Rock 1s1oa11 whsrs No found
do Potopi 1ended. A6or 1ce6g ny heotuess
Il kcek1 1sIsnd, / crossed oves = Davenport.
-snd. WI there, The Potosi eadse over, and
landed XII her stesn sgsins my barge. We
both laid frrnighs q Davenport: The pass
engers, with that gemarksble Accuracy which
characteTizes the whole Of their statemeas. say
that both bcats lay all night at Stephenson
Both boats were prepared to start from la
venport u daylight; bat concluding that sne
Potosi would be able to run faster than the
Oak, (thouglBsthe PStosi had taken light HAT
10 tow) and knowing the danger Of one boat
passing another on the Rspids. ] concluded
not 10 start the Oak until the Poiosi might get
go far ahead that her swell would not hide the
breaks ofthe rocks Both boats arrived - the
head Of the Rapids at about the same time. I
found the General Brooke 1t the head. and she
reported rise above, and scarclty OF lead
10 Galens. therefore determined 10 take tue
freight from my barge, put Il in the boat, and
leave Is At the Rapids. came up with the
l'otosi again at Albany. and Landed under her
stern, The Potosi sold some whiskey there;
but she was In so much Of hurry. as Mr.. Nc
Ilvaine, Of that place. told me, that she would
not stop to collect pay for it, but showed oil as
quickly as possible. After wooding at Alba
ny, turned my boat out; the P"tosi being
then aboat three miles ahead, and we did not
ovestake her until we reached Savanna. where
the Potosi rang Der bell TO stop. Al the same
tiins Mr.. Jerks hailed INC TO take passenger
on board. hut The P+tnei prevented my landing
Al the proper place, hn' forced me 10 round 70.
with my bow dawn stream. and the instant
squched the bank, ! was blown hard upon the
shore.
The Potosi only landed 10 take weod fiat
in tow, which she Immediately started of with
leaving us 10 get .cnt of the position she had
forced us into the bes, way We could. After
getting out which took us ahtHlt az h"ur. We
started M. concluding that We should see no
tlore of the PO,osi until we Should reach ia.
lena. Bnl after coming ont 1T the slsnCh abnve
Sayanna. I discovered the PCtesi about ,iuee
miles ahead under the buff IN the Iowa side.
We coa'in,,ed AZ our leisure until we reach
I'd tt,r l,luT wheEi saw the light Of the Po.o-
81 on the ilIinols shore. i then observed that
] thougis, sine was ctipplsd. or had landed
We then l.ade our cYos~inc. and when we
wefe within Que hundred aud fifty yards Of her.
she was either running very stow or had stop
ped / was still under the impression that
she was crippled. and 1,old my pilot 10 stop
the engine. and see whether she would hail
ns. He did go. and immediately discovered the
wood fla, dropP'"g as,efn oisAhe Potosi. and
Ghat che had started ahead.
] then pnt my boa. under way. and very
4pnn came up with her, when the difficulty took
eiace. il was quite dark and the Pofosia W.
struggling TO keep ahead She had sham
mel and We were rUn,iny close on barH One
ef4he pilots on the PD,osi was head to tell the
other 10 run Tie Oak on the bar. In pffsuinE
our course we soon found our head even Or
past the stern Of the Po,osi; aud sEhen the 1
bow ofmy boat was abou, even "a III her name
or the wheel house Of the Po,Q4. discovered
that she was wearing ,owyfds us. When our
wheel house was about 4breast Of her boilers,
| saw the Po.osi runpikg directly into US. She
s.rnck at the steps o64ahe starboard side, and
with such force e6ap she broke The fender,
ground an oak staudk On into spIinters. drove
IN another oak starncheon, and carrying the
whole bulk head IL o,ether.
expecte6s VERY moment 10 see the wheel
and all drop. This deliberate, preneditased
and unprovoked attempt to run down the Oak
or rua her on the bar, is represented in the
staleu1eSt Of the passengers 80 as TO make Il
app6ns that the Oak ran inio tie fot0si.-
Could those gentlemen have known what they
we're signing when they placed their names to
that paper?
After the Potosi had thus run into %, she
soon stopped her engine. then called to my
Pilot 10 stop her engine. not to gather great
er press of steam as the statement says, but
az told the Pilot at the time, to prevent their
running into us again; the wind at this time
was blowing fresh from larboard quarter. and
the Potosi was on our STAFFORD side, with her
head two feet iato my eiding, and making sv-
cry thisg trernble. nv Pilot, Nj. Holiday,
then held the wheel hard down, in order to
keep clear Of the bar which the Potosi was
running vs. on, and also to bring our guard
apd chock against the guard and chock Of the
'Fotosi. Then the Poiosi [as they eay1 put
her head hard up for the shore. which natar-
ally brought my head ia contact with her
sheel.house. The Oak stopping her engine,
AID the Potosi going head on hers, nsces-
afily separated us for q short distance. Mr..
Holiday then went a-hesd on his engine. l
At once perceived that the boat had taken
sheer, and would strike the Potcsi, and in.
stanaly called ont to my Pilot, 'stop her, stop
her, OF you will ron into herr He STOPPED
his engine Immediately. but not until the boa,