, 1870-07-06

cese, whose time 1sa not been beaten for four
teen yea1e. were taxi en- down and ara now On
board the Robert E. Lee, fairly and honorably
wop. ....
The citizens OF Caip fred cannon many
times while tho Lee A7as passing, and the
whole population turned out en- nasse. while
over one thousand pe1son7 from Louisville, st.
Louis, Evansville, paducaL', and other places
were hero on board the stesi ners Odd fel!oW,
Idiewild, Armada, Rubicon, and others, winch
went down the river several Jules 70 see tne
wonderful racers pass under Il III headWay.
The swift steamer ldlewid, IL 0 crack boat OF
the Lower Ohio River, went ala ngsIde q the t,l
Lee to obtain passengers, and, althongh me
1dlewila. a.Was at her greatest sped, the Lee
was passing her 80 rapidly as to N axe it in,
possible 10 make rope fast to tha 1dlewald
until the Lee stopped her engines.
During the greater part Of tho race the COM
petitots have been in sight Of each other,
adding greatly to the exciting character Of the
race
Some Southern paper said tho Lee Ez.1 into
a chute and vas compelled to back out Her
pilots contradict this.
About eight miles above Cairo the Iee
seemed to touch bottom, and for some min
utcs she was turned crossways OF the river in
full sight Of the city. The Natchez ran tiu'
same course, and did precisely the came thing
Each boat lost about four minutes there.
Additional reporters for the st. Louis Re-
publican vent on board the Lee, on Cairo.
Both boats lost ono honr, probably mo-e,
Aast HIGHT, W Log anu naehpeeo'
THE SCENE AT CAIRO.
CAlao, H., July SIT Ia now 6 p. H. and the
Leg is in full sight and near enough to show
that it is the Leo, the first aud foremost racer
OIL Western waters, leading her gallant but uIl~
successful antagonist W about ono hour and
ten minutes, ostwenty miles. She sits low in
tho water like waterfowl, differing in tllis re-
spect from her adversary, whose great attitude
made apparently creator by her narroyness OF
beam, is q characteristic that enables ler to be
distinguished ~ far as sbe can be geen.
The Lee llas nothing special to distinguish
her at q distance cxcopt tile acanthus 1oaves
and rim that crown ler tall cIimuBrs. There
il no gill ball, star or eagle between hor CHM
ncyH, and no conHpicuons ornament on her
p,luk house. Her exterior rs eeen at distance
il simple and transformations. Like the great
raco horse Flying Chille1s. who never revealed
death. wIen on open,pr lis chest Il was Found
that lie had heart twice the usual size, the
outside OF tho Lee tells little Of the story Of
The leyee here swarms with people come
from far aud near to witness this historical
race, Not only hsa the whole population OF
Cairo, men, women, children, the infirm, and
the aged, without regard to race, color, sex or
previous condition OF scryitudc, turned out,
but strangers from St. Louis, from Cincinnati,
Io,isyiiie' and The Ohio River fowns.- and
from tho railroad towns in Illinois. arc hore,
Too. staniiug at tho came tirne on the banks
of the Mississippi and Ohio, watching with in-
tense vision The HoiseIces but rand spnroach
of tia chamEion steamboat.
sEcosp DESPATCH.
II is precisely G:IO .. m. and the steamer
Leo I,cs INIT passet1 a noint opnoeito Cairo.
and turned her bow into tia Mirsirsipni. hound
fnr st. To,,;s. n" has no lima to nv liar re-
spects to Cairo in return for tho prolonged
shouts mon shonta that the multitutln threw
across tiIe water toward her m as aI,o nassod.
The avenrcr IN on hnr trnck :. and though
she ia ahead of III, Whita'a Zinc. and ahond 81
tho Natchez' time. and ahead Of everything in
| tie world excent herself nhe has no 1eisnra
\ for coIrteeics ana romnlimonts.
tic race il conside virtually ended, with
ont an accident between here and ST. Louis
to delay tbo Lee til the Natchez can ororhauI
| her. .
Dut ahe isinot content with simple victory,