The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-06


newer, boat By some three years, .was1 built
last year at Cincinnati, ,'andis 307feet inches
long, yASfeet BEAM and 382 feet fi9er,i and
lGfeethold { She has eight high pressure boil
efs, making all the steam she can possibly
work. Shells pr6rels By two high, pressure
cylinders, thirty stddr. inches diameter, BIZ ten
feet tstroke. and Retks 8 Watar+wheel Of iorty-
two feet and eleven Inches i'm diameter, with
fifteen, ,feethseven andra half inches rlsngth,6
I. ket,isWhtChc are tWenty.SfX inches wide?
she,isi acfbeantifal model, and ili;eyery re-
spe6t atHnpert0f craft ST. @ = -, : ny -
Tbs Robert "a; Zee has beef klsptiln snchi
thorough repair that She may be said to be as
by6ortg tg.six etlbeamand thirty ty-six floor, and
nine aiiia half feet: depth OF. hold! 4 She has
eight Yerglafge boilers, Hes cylinders, the
lafEest h1gh- pressure ever built in the West,
are T. 5y ahches. In diameter with ten fee.
stroke, turning . water-wsee!s CT O. .irly-eight
teet In diameter, with sixteen, feet nine inches
.etgth OF buckets, twenty-six inches wide.
Thus itI Will be; aeenss that the sNatchez is
seyar feet longer than the Lee-has three feet
less beam and two and 2 half more floor. She
has 1--WE, feet eleven inches more, diameter OF
wheel than the Lee, witt, fifteen inches less of
bucket swIich> are Elm both boats the same,
width. She has the same length Of stroke as
the Lee, with six inches less diameter OF cy
Under, and carries about the same freight.
Neither boat carries, we believe, any more
than their Gust stom1olse measurement, which,
inthe Zee, is 1907 tons. The Natchez, ii is
claimed, carries 1900 tonssa aos
IL "a. it.s. TIE. START. = =, =
The departure Of the gallant steamers from
New Orleans Thursdsy evening was Witnessed
by. thousands Of people, and the excitement
ranbigh. Both boats backed out at -FOUR min
utes before Eve O'Clock; and when they got
underway the Lee vas three minutes ahead.
The Lee, up to the Inst advices. had gained
etsadiIy but SLOWLY. Baton Rouge, one hun:
drsd Ind thirty miles ebove New Orleans, was
paesed by, the. Lee at 1:28 A. NJ, and by the
Nutchez'at 1888 A, n, Al Bayou Sara, 165
miles. from New Orleans. the Lee passed at
1856 and The Natohez ~ 3.4, the former hsipg
Rinutesebead, 9 gain Of minutes in time.
THIS makes the time OF the Lee to Bayou Sara
10 hours and 865mr rutes,< and that Of the
3Nstehez iG41. Z Natche1, 26o miles, was:passed,
byttiecJ Se at 1904 AZ ID. yesterday, and, by
the Nntche1 1at 18:18 making the time Of the.
Les to That point II hours and IL minutes and
Of the Natchez II hours aud 19 minutes, The
Lee. il In SAID lost minutes taking tual from
boat, and the. .Natche1 minutes in landing.
The best time heretofore made 10 that point
was bHthe Princess in 1856 N II hours and 80
minuteap GRAND Gulf was passed by the Lee
twenty-five minutes ahead Of the Natchez. and
the Lee left VIcksburg, SS5 miles from New
Orlsans, at 5:S5. and the Natchez at SIS. Q
loss Of minutes to the Lee from Grand Cult
this making the time OF the LIE q hours
and 80 minutes and the Natchez "a hours and
D minutes 70 Ncksburg. The best tune evor
made before. was BY the Natchez, in 26 hours.
THE ARRIVAL AT vIcKsBURa.
The yicksburg Herald of Saturday says:
Th. great race TO this place of the steamers
Lss aud NatchyZ. has come off, and such e1-
cltementf our citizens. doubtless, have never
boforeexperiepced. Never has steamboat
race ensrossed 30 much OF their attention, sn6,
probably, never will the like occur again. Just
before the arriyir Of these boats at this pi ce,
hundreds 9isited the landing to ,et q view T
them as they hove in the stretch bel)w tbe
city; aud it was grand sight TO witness their
majestic appearance. The Lee being the first
to hesye IN sight was the OCCASION OF m1ch
site the lower limits of the CITY, the greatest
EXCITEMENT prevailed. 1t W.. then that the
time WAS called for, a hou1a aud 50 minutes
to this port, which was re tdilv put upon can
yass In large letters and e s,ires and stretched
in front Of the pronellue vel forward. On,
the hurricane deck was Capain Johu Cannon,
commander, who stood Alongside OF the
horns o. the steamer Princess. snlch his noble (
boat had tuat won for making the quickest
time on record from New Orleans to Natchez
receiving the huzZas of his friends. She came
afoi1grIdyuf the upper aharf-boat and remained
long epough to put of q few passengers. when
she started of, picking up couple Of coal fats
ont in the streSIn. 1t ls presumed She lost
about eight mlnutes at this place. She towed
tho fats atput three miles, and took on about
three hundred, boxes Of coal. She had scarcely
left the wharf when the Natchez made her ap-
rearan:e at the point below. IChat steamer