, 1870-07-08

TIE Leo passed the foot Of Walnut street,
| {st, LOUSY ut 11:2s15 by 1accards time =
long strip Of canvas On her upper guard
| showed hex time thus;
An. o. to St. Louis, Sd. 1sh. lam"
On board the Lee the scene was one the
like Of which is seldom witnessed. Although
the pol co placed On the steps leading to the
cabin were active and determined, such crowds
| anything could be heard for the noise arising
from the confused movements.
Soon Captain Cannon succeeded in extrics-
ting himeeK from the center Of the crowd, and
After some wr,gg1ng and wEithing through
the dense 1nass, finally reached the wharf
boat. Here Captain Nat Green took charge OF
him, and led him to the Office OF Captain John
Carroll, where ho enjoyed comparative peace;
| He does not seem exhausted
tic task he pertorned, Captain Bart Abie
brought along. J. 3. Eads, the we1-known
! bridge man, and introduced him- He Was very
glad to be acquainted with the man who had
tho honor to command such a boat as the Lee
! spoke OF the J. II. White, Oh which he (Eads)
had run, end Of how badly her wheels were
| broken when ehe had run a few hundred miles
On her fast trip.
Captain Eads, who is at home in mechanical
matters, would readily bet thousand dollars
that, il the Leo had m iron hull under her,
she would come up faster by Ave hou-s thar
she has done. He also said she would be one
foot higher with an iron hull, and asked Cap
tain Cannon Ills opinion as to how much faster
| bo could make the trip, drawing one foot less
! water, to which an answer was about to be
/ given, when another visitor was introduced to
the hero OF the hour.
Captain Symmes asked him several ques>
tions-one about the stage OF water he would
prefey to make his fastest t1ip IN. Danl,
full Of water-1 want it bank full, always, 70,
| my fast trip
| Captain..Csnnon is particularly proud Of the
machinery Of the Lee he calls it - the best
! in the world, being in as good condition nov
| as when she left New Orleans, and no accident
to it on the way. beyond the loosening Of =
bolt OF tivet in the steam drums Some one
Oil bosrd of the Lee was in favor Of laying hel
up. Int the Captain persisted IN running slow
and in few moments the fog Fas left be
hind.
4 THE SATcHEz.
| The Eaichez reached the wharf At St. Louis
at minutes before G o'clock, hours and IS
| minutes after the Lee. Many will learn with
surprise that the katchez does not consider
herself leaten, but claims that, with allow
aEces for stoppage, ehc has made az good run
ming time from New Orleans to ST. Louis as
| the Lee has DONE
| It win to yory well to hear what the grand
old bostman, Tom LeatLcrs, whom the New
travel With, has to say. For this purpose ou1
reporter interviewed him in I few minutes
conversation, yesterday, on board the Natchez,
with the Thermometer at about los degrees.
Reporter. Captain are sou prepared 10 nd
NIT that the Lee IL faster than the Natchez
Leatlers. No, the Leo is not faster, by a
long sight. No, siz-
Eeporter. ANY objection to tell me some-
thing about your trip:
Leathers. No. We went to New Orleans,
ard there were over ninety peoples names on
the register for the Natchez, and We wero to
| nj r1nG al ViIkahnryr f3rnpDSiIlA and
Memphis. We had forty deck and cabin pas-
senSers for Cairo, whom re pnt on boats OF
tugs, ard wo brought through to st. Louis
about seventy cabin paaseDsers-
Reporter. How about the Lee2
Leathera. She did not land alongside any
wharf boat on the river. We lost thisty-sis
minutes at Buckhorn, in 3lilliken Bend, and
put out twenty passengers at Memphis.
Reporter. We're you aa thoroughly stripped
as the Lee7
Leathe5e. We did no stripping except of the
extra cattle dunrage, and my boat is in per,
feet order in every particular.
Reporter. What is tie fastest trip you c1E
! make from New Orleans TO ST Louis?
Leathezs. can como in 3days and Il hours
but am sure not to Try it in shoal wntef.
think the Natchez has the capacity to DO it
But for two Of my stoppages, I would have
beaten the Lee to st. I.ouis.
Reporter. Wherein was the Lees greatest
advantage in this contest?
Leathers. She received 100 cords pine woot
OF the Pargoud: that was her great aid ant
advantage, and then lost six hours IN the fog
and the thirty-sG minutes hare montionet
before But for these We would have beatel
the Lees time to St. Louis somo tEenty odt
minutes. Ny losing landings were At Bucl
Horn ard Deril's Landing.
Reporter. Then as to your preparations To-
race, Captain?
Leathers. I mado none. took fuel at the y
uEual places and had assistance from nobody
No fuel but Pittsburgh coal.
Reporter. Your passenger receipts mus' Vt
considerable.
Leatherp. We had $1,000 or e, 900 passengel
receipts. Iwasn't prepared to seA op ~
boat, but to catIy passengers J., o. .,,
Reporter. How did you e1Pec' To Be' a4ont
Iesthers expected to sloin as her e9,9 out ~ !,
this river At caps assasada asssad hatta only Gne
having missed The channel twice. We merel!
bumped, and inatsnhy backed on.
Here the interview erded, the reporter In
forming Captain LeathcE8 that ha suppose,
/ the Natahez would beat the Lees tins within