The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-04-11

% EVuk0 outllne OF worm fence, you might
get . tolerable idea Of the real Yazoo Pass ~
But you may get : tolsrabls idea from our pro
gress through You will remember that the
first expedition made but three or four miles
per day, but they had fallen timber to remove
out Of the channel, trees and limbs 70 cut away,
and various other little pioneer Offices to per-
form of which We are released, Of course our
progress is much more rapid. I found that
the rapidly Of the current after leaving Noon
Lake was greatly exaggerated BY the correspor.
dent Of the Tribune. We did. indeed back VI.
ter much of the distance, but not from the rapid.
ity OF the current It was rendered necessary
in order to bring the boat around the short
curves, as ws no where could run over one or
Two hundred yards in straight line. To get an
accurate idea of the difficulties Of navigation
you must remember that by the cutting of the
Aevee Of the Mississippi the whole country is del.
ugud, with here and there dry spot with an
old log cabin aspiring above the univer sal food
ibis low county is not An open one, but is
heavly tmbered with massive forests. The
1azoo Pass is little zigzag aperture ne where
exceeding perhaps Is to 100 feet in width, and
usually much less than thati All the bends are
very short right angles or ctneiforms The lat.
ter noticed in but one or two places, right az
giles were frequent.
= We started into the Pass this morning. The
W. W. Crawford, Belle Creole, Armada, White
Rose and Jesse T. Bell. believe the Tecumseh,
Lady franklin and Laselle belong to the feet,
but have not come up with US yet. How far We
nave progressed We cannot tell, or even guess,
our stopages during the day have been so fire.
quent. From IL o'clock, q. m. to 2 p. M, 1
think We did not make over one mile. We
were never aground. The time was simply oc>
cupied in waiting upon one another, and making
the various turns, which often had to be done
by running backward and forward half dozen
times before We could get in range. As nearly
as can guess, We are some eight miles in, and
ESQ, about four miles from Cold Water. The
Bell csreened over one of her smoke stacksf
making perfect elbow on the top of it. One
ours barely escaped with huge dent in ore
side and one Of the rods drawn very near
through. The wood work has not been 80 for
tunate, but has been pretty savsgely ''raked
down." Nothing serious, however, has happen
ed thus far. Wepassed the wreck of the Jenny
Lind about noon. happened to be at dinner,
and did not see it. The little steam ferry
boat, Laella, loaded with commissary stores,
lies total wreck just above US to night. Her
stern lies out considerably in the channel
Commissary stores are floating promiscuously
about the channel and through the woods. Our
boys made good thing of it as we went along
iu fishing out barrel of Dried Apples: Thus
ends the irst day in Yazoo Pass.
SECOND DAY IN THE PASS.
Wednesday, March 25.-Last night supposed
We should be by this time in the Cold W ater, but
it is said by denizen on shore that we are still
sac miles from that interesting stream. Indeed,
we are scarcely out of sight of the point We lett
this morning. To give you an idea Of our pre-
gress to-day, conceive Of plantation containing
abou. two square sections, with stream of wa,
ter running the entire length Of the north line,
then making Alright angle and running about
one. half the distance of the east line. At ten
o'clock, this morning, We were at the northeast
corner of this plantation-tonight we tie up at
the point above indicated on the east line. This
is about literal truth, and you can calculate
our progress to-day without much difficulty
The Belle Creole, in advance of US, capsized one
of her smoke stacks, which caused delay at one
-, 80 al
day was made by running our cables from angle
to angle and warping through. presume that
this was what the Tribune correspondent alluded
to, when he informed the readers OF that paper
backing water they had to get out lines and case
them down, to keep them from. dashing to piecesi
It is pity to take the romance out of this by
informing you that through the greater part Of
this Pass the current israther sluggish-at times
hardly percept;5s. As have already limited,
this appliance of backing water and warpipg, 10
wholly an essential in getting around the sharp
corners. The Ir;5uns's correspondent has q
fertile Imagination. All our boats have suffered
more to-day in the smashing in of the light upper
wood works than on any previous day. This 10
in consequence of the very numerous and abrupt
turnings, which have exceeded any thirg We
have yet seen. Should Tomorrow prove as this
day, and the distance to the end as reported,
We shall be full three days in getting through.
The same man who says we have still six miles
to go, says we have come ten from Moon Lake.
This would make the distance sixteen, instead of
twelve miles.
MARCH 26th, lS6S.-Still in this Minotaurian
Labyrinth, and still following our slender thread
as we fondly hope to the outlet, though but lit
tie nearer than last night. This is the third day
since we left Moon Lake, each day growing worse
and worse. To-day we have made no more pro-
gress than yesterday, and with vastly more dam.
age to our boat. If Rebellion, in this benighted
region does not feel a little proud of such dis.
tinguished visitation, they are either incorrigibly
strnid or hopelessly migrate To us il seems