Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-03
CHARLES GOODWIN,


NEW ORLEANS, July Z-Dsparted:
Mary Houston, for Louisville; Mary
Alice and barges; Great Republic for st.
Louis; Vicksburg. Down: Boaz and
barges; Atslia and barges at u NJ, Henry
Ames at 3, Psrgoud at 8 p m River sta
tionary. Weather cloudy and warm.
CINCINNATI, July The river has s
feet in the channel. Arrived: Jennie
Howell, from New Orleans. Departed
LOrens and Robert Burns, Tor Memphis
The weather is cloudy; Thermometer So
at o heavy rain last night
LOUISVILLE, July 2-Departed: Viz
ginia, for New Orleans. Thu river is sta
Lionary, with 4 feet 8 inches in the canal,
and 2 feet 6 inehes in the chute. Weather
cloudy and warm; thermometer 50 10 So.
ST. LOUIS, July Arrived: COntinen-
tai. from New Orleans; Lock Wood, nom
Shreveport. Departed: Olive Branch, for
New Orleans: ST. Joseph, for Memphis
Rubicon, for Nicksbarg; Nick Wall, for
Shreveport. The river is falling slowly
The weather is several degrees cooler and
cloudy, but no rain.
CAIRO, July Belle st. Louis, Mem
phis to st. Louis. 2 am; Champion, Gin
cinnati to st. Louis. 4 am; Belle Mem
phis, st. Louis 10 Memphis, 5 pm. River
fell ten inches. Weather cloudyi mer-
curry 20 degrees.
The Race--Tremeadoas Exciiemsnt-Fast
Time--Ths r. {. Lee Ahead 63 sinuses
at This POrt--A Multitude Of People.
Nothing was thought Of to-day
except the great race between the T..
Z. Lee and the Natchez, and business of
all kinds was almost suspended. What
is the latest news? was asked by every
one you met. The first news after the
two rival packets left Nicksburg was the
following dispatch 10 the ArPEAL, re-
ceived early in the morning:
YICKsBURG, July 2, 1916 Am.
EdftoTs Appeal. The Robert F.. Lee
passed foot Of Crawford street at 5;S5, last
evening, and the hatcher at 5:53. Both
steamers TOO two barges OF coal st this
point. Captain Cannon says the Lee Il
sixteen minutes ahead-but Captain
feathers says she is but fourteen minutes
ahead. At a point opposite Nieksburg
the Lee was thirty minutes ahead. The
Natchez landed az Grand Gulf, but the
Lee did not. There is great excitement
here, and large amounts Of money
changeO hands NICkSBURG.
Then followed some hours Of anxiety,
when the dispatch which follows wa re-
ceived:
yICKsBURG, July 2, 2p.m.
The Pargoud brings the EeWs hat the
Lee was IS minutes ahead at Lake Wash
ington, 100 mites above this city. The
Hatchez passed the same point, moving
very fast. FLIPPIN.
In a few minutes Messrs. Brown &
Jones, who had contracted TO coal both
vessels ON their arrival here, received the
following telegram:
VICKsBURG, 2 pm.
Brown & Jones, Memphis:
Have coal flats ready Cor Lee at :
O'Clock. Don't want any camel coal.
j. W TOBIN,
Steamer Frank Pargoud.
Dill -, - I'LL -s-A- #E-A H--r-s-
John Christy, for many years engineer
with Captain Leathers, arrived in the city
yesterday morning to have coal flats pre-
pared for the Natcbez. He stated that
the hatcher would have to land a. Green
Vile and other points to put of Issseu-
gers. The PargOud supplied the Lee with
pine knots loo miles above V~icksburg,
while the Natchez had no ConsOrt to SUP
ply her, as has been previously stated.
No further news was received from the
boats for several hours. A large crowd
assembled around the telegraph Office at
at two pm. and all were anxious to hear
from Helena. A dispatch purporting to
be a special to the EDeatHg Ls4Ger, dated
ESQ I'm. stating that smoke was seen
below, supposed to be that of the Lee,
turned out to be a myth, az a dispatch
from Helena dated an hOurlatsr, reported
no smoke in sight. At this time (S.3O PM
the excitement was at fever heat, when
upon the bulletin board a notice appeared
saying that b line was nOt working to
Helena. This was anything but agree
able news to those in waiting. Many de-
clsred it to be a fraud, while some said
the friends of the Lee bad tempered with
the wires, and others were equally san
guine that the partissns of the Natchez
had cut the electric current. About six
pm the following, however, was re-
csived:
uUTr1 T,Iv0 1870 rba Il -
passed up at 4:30 and Natehez al SEA.
The Natchez claims to have broke a
pump last night and had to Law up 81
minutes in consequence.
This was the last news received by tel
egraph and the whole city prepared 10
visit the Bluff to witness he arrival of
the two great champions. As early as s
O'Clock living tide commenced moving
toward the landing, and BY 10 pm. at
least 1900 persons had cOngregated upon
the bluffs, the galleries and house tops
fronting upon h river.
AT about twenty minutes past 10 O'Clock
the cry arose, "There she CONTEST and
amid the roar of cannon and blaze Of
bOEfires the Thompson Dean came sailing
into port. The disappointment, however,
was of short duration, for a few minutes
before IL O'Clock the Lee rounded the
point below the city, and landsd at the st.
Louis what boat at II 10 amid cheers and
he widest excitement. She lost one
minute at b landing, and probably two
more in making her barges fast in mid
stream. The Nstchez rounded the Ar
kansas point fully an -FOUR AFTER the de-
parture of the Lee, and touched her coal
dats at 1913, being then one hour and
three minutes behind the Lee. b lost
several minutes sfter making her barges
fast.
The time made by the Lee and Natchez
from New Orleans 10 Memphis is as fol-
one