The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-27


IN letting the Kate Henderson or the
NYeys 80 Middleport- Monday, one on ne
| fI1e1Sas gay9 way, nearly. breaking her ia
7 nsr OUT aud STRENGTHENING her M sbe
came on again next day an right
..t. ~ hate PUTNAM, q Cincinnati craft that
Asth44 Sss W lower her cOlOrs 10 half mast
while lying at The port OF New Orieans- iri
respect TO thememory or the lac and IA
81 ms men ~ Lee, wiz arrive
we pelleye the Kate Putnam Is Pitts.
burg steamboat.
ST. LOUIS. - The Democrat or Monday
saysi
captain King aud Al. CroxaI. havg
s grs5e 70 pay the price asked for the p W,
sSedaqteE' put desire easier terms for pav-
inehts. Negotiations are stilI pending.
The Democrat or Tuesday SAYS;
weather warm. The river has risen affo-
gether eight inches ,und was srfiI eon1Ine M
last evening. Business was anf6ated 014i
the wharf, and there was "a Iively offrnri-
ance OF DOatmen on Change N . TllfrCie
Is stationary, and the upper MISSISSIPPI Isl
Iallngs cOnseQ uently the swell mere inuet
have come from the Missouri. We use M g
word animated in regard TO the buEinegg.
on the wharf, hut there is almost always "a
heavier trade at this season Of the Year.
Tonnage Engaged in the Missouri is light.
WINE low water and canal improvements
nave cut on our river communications
with the ohio. The Texas quarantine "a
are resumed.
non announces mis- intention % retake tbe
Princess horns, and Judging from me
great run OF the Lee, under the present
circumstances, we think 1t PROBABLE that
Captain feathers will have TO make an
other contest for their retention.
NEW ORLEANs.-The Bulletin OF satur-
day says:
The New Orleans BULLETIN Of SATURDAY,.
IN regard 20 the late fast run of the r.. 10.
Lee; AT sos An. Wednesday, the r.. IL.
LIE passed the foot Of Jula Street on her
race against time o NRchez. a dense fog
prevented an easy start, and gave thous-
ands an opportunity 10 witness the depqrf.
ure. Several steamers la port saIuted the
noble steamer with bells. guns. etc, and
amidst the waving OF hats and handler
chiefs she started on her way. As viii be
seen from the annexed table OF time. She
tied the Natchez to CarrOlltou, and gained
steadily from that point TO Bayou sara, at
which point she was II minutes ahead OF
the fastest time ever made, aud where, in
consequence OF having o take a coal boat Ia
tow (belng nearly out of fuel size LOST
ten TO fifteen minutes. At GotteHe Point
sixty miles above the city, she encoun-
tered q heavy wind, which struck on the
larboard quarter, and increased with each
succeeding minnie until IL settled into "a
perfect gale, making the white caps %
dance around her, and. as a matter OF
course, setting her back m speed. Ia seven
hours forty minutes and fifteen seconds
she reached Baton Rouge, setting the peg
ahead nine and n quarter minutes At
every town and landing along the river
excepting Naichez) the entire population
thusiastic reception. Every steamer she
met on her way gave the river, with one
exception, that or the Cincinnati packet
Kate Putnam, Capt, Ed. Evans.
At NatcheS, the excitement was so great
and In charity, we attribute this as the
cause of the bad feeling displayed la jeer.
ing and hOoting nc a defeate1 party, as, on
reaching that point, the ex-elampio was
seven minutes and forty five seconds bee
hind the last run OF the present champion
of the South-the celebrated Matches. On
landing alongside the wharf-boat, Captain
Cannon and a number of his friends went
on board the NatchOz and formally pre-
scented TO her two pair OF horns, one or
them those OF the.Princess, that for many
years adorned the whaTf-bout at that
place. In presenting the horns, Captain
Cannon asked his rival 10 take good care
of them. as he expected TO call on him ere
many days TO return them TO the Lee, and
Captain feathers, laying his hands on the
branching antleIs, reInarkeds THE Inc
dian is out of the woods with two pair of
horns; they have been gone a long time,
but are now safe &C home"
The following VIII show the Official time
of hOlh boats from this plfV To MFfphnVs