New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-13
FROM TIE LAKES.
Bad state Of Things with the STEAMBOATS,.
Correspondence OF The Tribune


CEsTER a. LAKE HicWCAs Tlarsdsy, jones'.
The way businefs is done on these Upper axes
which means al the Lakes except Ontario-is a
nuisance. so fer as know or have heard in past
years and present, no punc.uslity is observed in
the departure Of loats and no confidence il 20 be
placed in the statements or promises either print
ed or ora. II the Captains or ether officers in any
csse where by the remotest possibility to tell the
truth would peril the price Of single passage,
even though that passage might be only from Baf
ia,0 10 Erie. Tire officers Of the st. Louis are said
20 be Unbelievable specimens, and think Justly
they bad advertised 70 leave Buffalo last Saturday
night ct o'clock They assured me AMI others
thof they would DO e.. They STATED Sunday
morning at 10. The Lake had been calm and tae
weaiheT iuc tie while. Tais delay, it vas klown
81 tic time 90 ihem but not % tho passengers
would mako another OF twelve hours unavoidable.
We arrived st Cleveland, Monday morning a. day
light Were officially told that we should cave in
two hours. Several on board who had never seen
the place, took advantage Of the tina to catch q
hssv view Of it. At the end Of two hours all
were on boerd again, and stayed on board in 4
cloud OF dust arising from two contiguous coal boats
unloading while the old St. Louis thumped her sides
against the wharf until within half an hour of sun
set. Every hour we were told that in another hour,
or in hall hour, we should be Off the consequence
whereof was, that those who woodland they
wero about aD-could not 20 on shore out Of sight
Of the pipes.
We were coolly told afterward that the delay
was inevitable, in consequence Of having laid over
at Buffalo to have started sooner wonld have COM
PEELED US 10 lie somewhere in Detroit River until
daylight, because we could not cross the fats in
the night. At Msckina9 the hour which we were
TO stop was shortened to IS minutes, causing
rather violent exercise to some, your servant in.
Guided The st. Louis is very fine old boat the
officers very gentlemanly, the board excellent, aud
the weather, on this trip, has been very fne il
board and Gather had been reversed, or weather
only, there probably would have been some loud
grumblng. Last night, sun an hour high We
started out Of the little harbor Of Mackinaw, and
as the lUminary was dipping his disk in Lake
Michigan we passed those straits at which my
wondering boyhood gszed go ncredulous on the
map. This is a beautiful country, this West;
these are magnificent waters. This is Jotunheim,
Giant Lend Who would wish to live Ia the Old
sleepy Cast, after having been here Not |.
We broke our engine last night, and at this
writing, NJ. Thursday, rolling about drifting,
helpless. mid-lake the Manitou Islands hard on our
left and delay ofiour days before az. The engine
cannot be meDied Says the en- gineer) until we ar
rive in port, " hich will be when another steamer
comes along, takes in tow, end brings us there,
which, as we are away off the track, on the wrong
side of the Manitous, is not likely to occur too
soon. The Captain says ratiOns ere long; passen-
gers say patience is admirable, most OF them
amusing themselves at cards. whither-to whist
this individual is also now going.