Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-05-01

OorsCl1 Rluyrs, ApEil Is, 1861

E&&SkoyS nA4se-~SxS& --zbA J01 1Fa
make . "Trip On the Missouri Rissg, 70 i
from ST. Louis. Presaming that you d
i aad thai youx experiences has been - miE
: In some instances, without Eannh pleasas
0 to yourself, | therefore feel ID . duty
eve TO you, as well ~ tho public genaFal
! ly, to discover 10 you, the secret Of saf
/ and agreeable traFel on this dificult rives
I But If you hear me, it must be told in "a
! own way. u.
II Security from danger coznposss uss al
fsEorably influences eur snioyment, par
ticularly whsn on . Steamboat, which
may At any moment, If not gaidsd right
have . hole knockad throush har bottom
and 20 down; or, IL sseam and water IN
the boiler be nos gaaged CorTecsIy, col
lapas aaa and blow 90 ups But this ID
mot all our Surroundings hare their fafa'
eneas for Or againskour eonafoEt. A tidy
sabin--stats rooms Kept in meat order, q
well spread board, attentive servants, and
genslenanly and o6aiging clerks, arg In
elnded In the regulates to make mp a
harmonious whole. For where these things
in connection with Steamboat are hsr-
aonioualy coabined, you may know their
author il gantlenaaaly and experienced
Captain, or kosoiag him to be 50, that they
win follow Is . consequence, and that
skill and experience, have the eapaeity
and will to aelscs and place good men at
the wheel and engine, and TO choose In
like manner his assistant, the Mate.
Like begsss like, and this combination
attracts and secures the bess class passen-
gers, who, in their turn, being congsnial,
add to each Others pleasure.
The Spread Eagle, on which came up,
Was not lacking ia any of these essentials.
At the end of my trip, rejoiOed that /
had waited ten days for the privilege of
coming on her. 1t paid we'll Her Cap
tain Ii the prince of Captains. Indeed we
may say that Captain John B. La Barge,
ID the great hing Captain Of ali the steam
boasmen Of the Missouri river. Who can
oiaim the title If he eannos2 Has any
othar man run this river for twenty years
wishoat singls serious accident ocSur-
ring to hiB boss? Has any Captain but
hsns, for twenty consecutive years made
one or more trips to or into the Rocky
Mountains by steamboat on the Missouri
river, successfully navigating the sreaeh-
aEous ehannel, where none had ever been
bsfors7 If thers has let hin claim the
title.
If you have not already discovered the
secret Of safe and agreeable travel on the
Missouri river, which propose TO com
municase in the outset, will tell you in
plain language:
Always 60 On Captain La Barge's boat.
As commander and pilot, he has no equal
As gentleman, we acknowledge no su-
perior.
In ls46, Captain La Barge, at lowest
stage Of water, with the steamboat Mar
tha, asoended the river as high as Fort
Union, &s the Mouth of the Yellow Stone,
which bad hitherto been thought imposai-
bic, thus saving aaeHs, and annually there
after, thousands Of dollars to the AmeFi-
can Eur Company for whom he was act-
ing. He afterwards extended his trips As |
far up as Milk river, and in 1859 Go Fort
Benton, in the Mountains, 800 miles above
the mouth Of Yellow Stone, $500 above |
St. Louis, and only Is miles below the
great falls Of the Missouri-again saving
his thousands for the Company.
This last part Of the river Abounds In
rapids the most difdoals Of which are Dor
phans and Burds--against these, he was
warned BY the old Keel Boasnen Of the
Company, who had found great difficulty
in navigating these rapids with their small |
crafts, and did not hesitate, from their |
long experience, to pronounce steam
boat passage over them impossible.
Nothing daunted, be hunted out an un-
known and better channel, throngh which, |
to their great assonishmeut, he made the
ascent, demonstrating TO the world nav
igahle capacity Of this great river, which
bat for him, would thia dag, have remain-
ed unknown. .... s:.- .......--
The public owe Captain La Barge libe-
raj patronage. He should receive from
The Insurance Companies who have tax |
On risks on the boats he has commanded, |
very literal testimonial Of appreciated |
services. And I cannot see how the
American Fur Company, Tor il i. Ia no
more, then the old members, can excuse
themselves with present to the Captain, |
less in value, than frss class Missouri |
river stsambeat, for the extraordinary |
success Which has crowned his skiltul Ia |
bora. s.es.s..a..
We left st, Louis about shutdown 81 the |
Sd uls., with coed freight and passenger |
list, amidst the booming Of cannon. and
continued rejoicing over the late eity cleo
sion and arrived at Council Bluffs on the |
evening of the 14sh.
The wheat aelas through Missouri, - |
viewed from the boat, never, as this sea- |
son Of the year, presented q fairer appear