The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-05-25
WEDNESDAY MORNING,::::::MAY 2;
The GreaI Race.

Still the excitement continues. Inc queS-
is not vet settled. Below we give state
ment from the Louisville Courier, which ex.
hibits so much impartiality, as to cite sur
prise those who had read the remarkable ar
ticles in late numbers of the Courier on the
Eclipse. But it makes up for this in another
article, in which the editor proves by those
same old Strother x Brother dispatches, and
Other matters. entirely to his own satisiac-
ton, that the Eclipse beat The Shotwel re-
spectively 30 and 30 minutes This is by
taking for granted that the Shotwell left 81
minutes before 10 O'Clock, and the Eclipse 8
minutes after 10 O'Clock, and the latter ar
rived II Louisville three minutes in advance
of the Shotwel. The Eclipse hackers APP
pear confident. As an evid snce we give the
following paragraph from the Courier:
THE STEAMERS ECLIPSE AND A. l.. SHOT
wELL.-By way of settling a II dispute in re-
gard to the time of the Eclipse and Shotwell
we are authorized to offer a wager Of oaE
THOUSAND DOLLARS that the Eclipse made the
trip from landing to landing in less time than
thC qutetiOh W IcltITtu ~
three gentlemen who shall hold the money,
take evidence outside of that of the officers
of either boat, and decide the bet. AS a
great many bets have been mad. upon this
result, and a great deal of excitement exists
we think, W. ether this wager be accepted or
no., that The suggestion made to settle the
difficulty by reference to a board of gentle
men, is good one, and we would suggest
IL n NJ
kinley, Esq's, as a most proDer committee.
But we now present the first article alluded
TO. The friends of both boats might IS well
keep quiet till some definite decision:
The GREATEST RACE ON Reconnaissance
ORDINARY Run OF THE A. l.. SHorwELL-
During the past week the greatest excite
ment h S prevailed among steamboatmen as
~ the probable result of the trial run of the
steamer A. l.. Shotwell, Capt. b. l.. Elliott,
from New Orleans to this city. Her friends
we sangune that she could beat the time
Of the famous J. NJ. White, and that she
would come to Louisville in less than four
and a halt days, and most nobly has she res
Ponded to the call Of her hackers and ow n
ers.
BY comp airing the record of her runs, as
be seen that she has beaten the ]. Nj. White
most signallv, and made the bes. time 10
Cairo, the mouth of the Ohio, on record-a
feat that week ago was considered impos-
sible; but now the Shotwell stands the VIC
tor, and the run OF the ]. NJ. White is thrown
far, far in the shade.
The Shotwell was prepared for the race,
and if the instructions of one of her chief
owners had been fully carried out to the let
ter she would have considerably shortened
the time. As il is her run stands as an un-
precedented feat. She had the recent runs
of the great Eclipse as landmarks, and
most CALAMITY did she contend for the honor
of the first place. She was only two min
utes behind at Natchez, and came in three
minutes ahead at Vicksburg. From that
point to Memphis, distance of $50 miles
it was closely contested, the Eclipse beng
the winner by five minutes. The Shotwel
landed at f.. p. Johnson's in A mesican Bend
and took on boar 29 passengers, which was
a loss of considerable time.