The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-05

the Sabbath hours, and DOUBTLESS Will only
end with the race. This will terminate, in
all probability between nine and eleven
o'clock this forenoon, within which hours
the Lee will doubtless reach our wharf.
Her continued precedence we scarcely dare
nfrm, but the relative time of each of the
boats MS far as learned since the date of
fhc dispatches we gave Sunday, will be
ound below.
CAIRO, Ut, July Sowing to the fact
that neither the Lee nor Natchcz landed
here, your correspondent was so engaged
making arrangements to get on board and
get ashore again, that no regular river re-
port can be sent you. Dropping on board
the Lee in midriver as though
SHOT FROM A CANNON
managed to obtain the following items
during u two miles ride The Lees Off
GERS report having left New Orleans ut
1853 p. m. june 30th. She arrived here at
500 this evening. Now Orleans tlme)
making only three days and one hour out
between the two cities. The Natchez was
precisely one hour and twelve minutes be-
hind the Lee at Cairo. The following Is
the
TINE or LEE,
As kept by her pilots and clerk, who all
| agree From New Orleans to Carrollton,
2s minutes; to Harry Hills, hour and 80
seconds; Red Church, hour and 80 min
utcs College Point, hours, so minutes
and 80 seconds; Convent, 1863; Donaldson
willie, i59 Plaquemine, 1905; Baton Rouge
1926; foot Of Tunica Island, 1855; Red
River 1886; Natchez, l7:ll; Rodney,
2G45; st. Joseph, 81 hours; Grand Gulf
22:04; Warrenton, 2E04; Vicksburg, day
and 80 minutes; head of Paw Paw Island,
| day 2 hours, 10 minutes; Napoleon,
| day, IL hours and 90 minutes; White river,
l day, IL hours and SO minutes; Helena,
| day, 20 hours and 20 minutes; st. Francis
river, 2 days and 2 minutes Memphis, 2
days, hours and Q minutes; New Madrid,
days, 10 hours and so minutes Hickman,
2 days, 20 hours and 25 minutes; Column
bus, 2 day, % hours and 81 minutes; Up
per Towhead, above Columbus, 2 days,
Cairo. days and hour.
THIS is TuE FASTEST TINE
ever made to any place named. except the
Lees time from Memphis to Cairo, in
1867, which was sixteen hours and thirty
seven minutes. The Lee ran under the
disadvantage Of broken supply pump
from poin, thirty miles above New
men constantly at work:sto keep the leak
from becoming too large to allow full
supply Of water 10 the boilers The leak
in the pipe is so great that bilge-pumps
are compelled 10 be run 10
FREE the Hull FROM WATER.
She also lost some time on the way by
the rive, in the steam drum leaking badly,
and was compelled TO allow steam TO 90
down 20 30 pounds, in order TO repair.
The Natchez lost considerable lime also
with pump, but could not obtain no def.
mite information Of how much.
The Lees progress from New Orleans
was
osE LONG, CONTINUED OVATION.
Cannons were fred a, many points, in.
Vulnerable rockets sent up, and every day
the banks Of the grea, river showed groups
waving handkerchief. At y atcncs md
| famous horns Of the Princes, whose time
has not been beaten for fourteen years.
were taken down, and are now
oS BOARD TuE RoBT. L. LEE.
They were fairly and honorably won.
The citizens Of Cairo fred cannon many
times while the Lee was passing, snd the
whole population turned out en- mass.
while over one thousand persons. from
Louisville, -. Louis, Evansville, Paducah
aud other places, were here or on board the
steamers. The Odd Fellow, Idlewild.
Armada, Rgblcon and others went down
the river several miles 20 see the wonder
ful racer
PASS UNDER FULL HEADwAY.
The swift steamer Idlcwild, the crack
boat Of the Lower Ohio river, wen, along
side of the Ice 20 obtain passengers. and
although the Illcwild was nj her greatest
.pccd the Lee Was passing her SO rapidly
n, 20 render ii impossible o. make a rope
fast to the IdIewild, until the Lee stopped
her engines
Daring the greater part Of the race the
competitors have been ia sight Of each
other adding greatly TO the exciting char
ac,er Of the race. Some Southern paper
said that the Leo ran into chute and Wa.
compelled to back out.
MIR pilots CONTRADICT rus.
About eigh, miles above Cairo the Lee
seemed 10 touch bottom, and for some
minutes she was turned cross-ways Of the
river, In full sigh, Of the city. The
Natchcz ran the Same course, aud did
PRECISELY IN. SAME THISG.
Each boat lost about four minutes. The
reporters for tho 81. Louis Democrat and
Republican went on board the Lee off
Cairo Both boats los, about one hour prob
ably more, last night, by fog and darkness.
GRAND TOWER,
GRAND Tower, LII, July i.-The moot
intense excitement has prevailed here for
the past twenty-four hours, over the con-
test between the steamers Lee and Nat
chez. Nothing on the river has
EVER PRODUCED sUcH INTEREST
among our citizens and river men as tina
present, Speculation has been rife as 20 |
which boat would win, but the majority |
sided with the Lee. Bets were freely OF. |
fered two TO one Oh her. Have not heard |
of any being taken. Dispatches from |
Nicksburg, Memphis, Columbus and Cairo, |
encouraged those with whom the Le. was |
the iavoritei yet, notwithstanding adyices
from these points, the friends Of the Nat
chez think there is still
CHANCE FOR HER TO WIN
between here and ST. Louis. The la,epess
Of the hour has tended 10 thin out the
ranks that have lined the river banks ali |
the evening, but goodly number remain.
cd to See the famous boats pass. Great
bont-es are burning in