Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-05
RIVER AND WEATHER.


The river was swelling slowly at this
point yesterday with 81 feet Oh the shoals.
Weather clear and warm. ~
The Lawrence, from Cincinnati, and
Taiisman, from Cairo, arrived and de.
parted.
The time of the Lawrence from Cincin-
matt to Nashville, business trip, was days,
Is hours, so minutes and 50 seconds.
Linah NJ. Cobb, the genial EddyviIlian,
is in the city, the guest of his friend G. Fl.
Arthur.
Lord Palmerston, of this city, and Jeeaas
Hendrick, Of McCracken, won, each, $500
on the boat race e., to say, these ma
rine gentlemen we're enthusiastic Natchez
men, and would have lost that amount if
they had not been inpecuuious.
The Talisman's season is ended, and she
will this trip go into summer quarters.
| Capt W. P. Halliday, Of Cairo, present
ed Capt. Cannon, Of the Lee, massive
silver pitcher, appropriately engraved.
UP to this time Of writing we have not
received the full particulars of the race be-
tween the Lee and the Natchez. The Lee
arrived at Cairo at G. on Sunday evening,
and departed for st. Louis at 6. IL. The
Natchez arrived LOO minutes behind the
Lee at Cairo. The following dispatches
were received yesterday:
'"The Lee passed Grand Tower, Ill, at
1:5O this A. N. The Natchez was not there
at $40 NJ
The Lee passed Sulphur Springs at
9:15 A NJ. Heavy fog on the river last
night. The Natchez passed Sulphur Springs
| at 3:45 P. NJ"
This point is about 25 miles
below st. Louis, and without accident ut
is reasonable to suppose that the Lee
| touched the wharf at st. Louis by IL
o'clock, which would be eight hours ahead
of the j. NJ. Whites time, and the fastest
| ever made.
The GREAT STEAMBOAT RAcE.-As every
thing touching the great steamboat race
between the Lee and Natchez will be of IN
terest, we copy from the Menphis AUa-
IdncAe, of Sunday, the following:
| The Robert Z. Lee arrived at the wharf
last night st lilo P. NJ, making the dis
lance from Helena in hours and 40 min
utes. This is not good time, but some de-
lay, perhaps. half an hour. was made by
| cleaning her boilers. The time from New
Orleans to Memphis by the Lee is 2 DAYS,
6 hours and II minutes, the best time ever
| AAoAC- LAO ShAhC OOCUpAou III COdll1G al
the wharf here was 5 minutes. The
Natchez arrived at 1873 and left at 1921
losing Is minutes In coaling and landing.
That Is, the Natehez came in 50 minutes
behind the Lee, and lost 10 minutes more
at the landing in putting Of her passen-
gers.
TIE RIVAL STEAMERS AT MEMPHIS.
The Lee was in sight 30 minutes from
the time she fist appeared below the city
until she passed from view above, and the
Natchez 40 minutes. Each boat had two
coal barges awaiting them in the middle OF
the river, held up in the stream by tua
boats, the latter OF which cut loose as soon
as the barges were made fast Each coal
barge contained 500 barrels Of coal, making
1000 barrels for both steamers. The coal
merchants had loaded the boats exactly
alike and with the same quality of coal on
each. The Natchez lost IS minutes at the
landing-10 more than the Lee. Capt.
John Christy, chief engineer of the Natchez
of former days, all of which were noted in
their time for speed, beauty and comfort,
arrived here yesterday evening by rail from
New Orleans, and at once busted himself
about the interests of his taYorite. He had
the barges carefully pumped out, properly
trimmed, and everything done that could
possibly be of aid to the Natchez. He
stated to Us that the Natchez had left New
Orleans with large number of passengers
for various points, and had to land at Grand
Gulf, Nstchez, Vicksburg, Greenville and
other places. 1t Is no doubt due to this
fact that see has fallen SO far to the rear.
The r. E. Lee arrived at lilo; lost
eight minutes in landing and taking Goa
barges in tow. Time from Helena to this
point, six hours and forty minutes; from
New Orleans to this point, two days, sil
hours and twelve minutes. She left here
at Ills, got under full Roadway at 11:2O.
A comical mistake was made by thu
crowd on the bluff, in taking the Thomp
son Dean for one OF the racers. The Dear
came in sight below the city, shortly aftel
ten o'clock. She fred her gun, blew bel
whistle, and was responded to by loud
cheers, firing of cannon and lighted bon.
fires. The chagrin of the crowd upon
finding they were deceived was great
The Lee left here In good style and, with
two barges in two, made good time around
the point. She will beat her former run
between here and Cairo, which was sixteen
hours and thirty-six minutes. The cause
of her slow time from Helena was owing
to her cleaning out and preparing to make
a good run between here and Cairo. We
have got few ducats left to say that she
viii beat her former run to Cairo and beat
the Natchez one hour to Cairo.
The Natchez arrived at 1900, and left al
1927; lost eighteen minutes in getting Goa
fats alongside and landing. Lee ahead,
one hour and ten minutes. The Natchez
was saluted by many friends on the whar
with cannon, and was loudly cheered
The hackers of the Natchez were sick las
night Several thought she had given up
the race, on account of the hardness Of
backing dht.
THE BLUFF LAST NIGHT
presented an animated picture. After SUM-