The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-04
River Dispatches.
THE GREAT RACE
Special to the Journal


CAIRO, June 3.-R. Z. Lee passed Cairo at
5: 80 p. NJ, 8 days and half hour from New
Orleans. Idlewild laid along side OF her
at head of No. 1, and took her people.
Idlewild had over three hundred people
on board. The Armada. crowded with
people, was close by, and the multitude
rent the air with shouts. The Lee made
four stops. Eatchez arrived at 8:45, both
proceeding TO st. Louis. Idlewild left
Cairo at7;SO, With two hundred and seY.
enty-hve passengers. s1LvERrHoRE.
PTrrsHURG, June s-Weather clear and
pleasant. MOnongahela four feet and ris-
Ing. Allegheny six feet six inches and ris-
ing. It is reported to be i've feet and ris-
ing at OIL City.
CINCINNATI, July 2.-River has fallen r
inches. There is feet inches In the
channel. Weather cloudy. Thermometer
7So. Heavy rain last night.
CISCINEATI, July 2-River 8 feet in chan
mel and falling. Arrived-Jennie Howell
from New Orleans. Departed-SpraY for
Kanawha; Bermuda for Evansville; Lo.
rena for New Orleans; Robert Burns for
Memphis; Emma Floyd for Nashville.
James Fisk, Jr-, for Portsmouth.
CIEcISEATI, July 8;-Arrived-Wauan-
from st. Louis; Major Anderson, from
Wheeling. Departed--AlIeghe Belle. TO
st. Louis. The river is feet inches and
stu rising
LOUISVILLE, July 2.-Arrived- Anna.
Louis. Departed-Anna, ID st. Louis:
Kate Putnam, 70 Pittsburg; Virginia, to
with four feet six inches In the canal, and
two feet six inches In the chute. Weather
cloudy and warm; thermometer so to So !.
LOUTsvILLE, July B. Arrived: Emma
II nd ~, p
Cincinnati: Leopidas and barges, and
Nick Longworth. from New Orleans De-
parted; Emma Floyd, to Nashville: Rob't
Burns, 70 Memphis; Bermuda, 20 Evans
VILE; Leonidas and bargeg, to Cincinnati.
River stationary, with feet inches IN
the canal, and 2 feet 6 inches in the chute
weather clear and pleasant. Thermome-
ter 74o. The city is greatly excited over
the race between the Lee and Natchez.
The people are generally jubilant over the
anticipated result.
CAIRO, July 2.-PortTlist-BelIe st. Louis,
Memphis to st. Louis An: Cham pfon,
Cincinnati 70 st. Louis 4; Grand Lake.
Hickman to Cairo 10; Mary Davage, ST.
Louis to Plttsburg, PM; Belle Memphis,
to st, Leuis, 5: City Of Evansville. Evans.
Vile packet, 5; Glendale, Pittsburg to st.
Louis, z. River fell 10 inches. Mercury zee.
CAIRO, July 2.-Port List-A1asks, New
Orleans to Cincinnati, g: Idlewtid. Evans
vile packet, noon: Altoona, st. Louis to
Cincinnati, 1 PM RubicOn, st. Louis
to Vlcksburg. 81 W. II. Brown. Cairo to
st. Louis, 5; Robert E. Lee. New Orleans
to st. Louis, 6; Nick Wall. ST. Louis to
Red River, g; Natchez, New Orleans TO
st. Louis, 8: Grand Tower, Mem ptis to ST.
Louis, Z River fell 10 Inches. Weather
clear. Mercury 70.
There was a general turn out to-day TO
witness CO e arrival of the Lee and Match
e. Neither landed here, the Lee passing
Cairo ats :O8 PM, and the Natchez 1 hour
and II minutes later. The Lee made the
ran to Cairo In The unprecedented time OF
8 days and hour. Pilots Epoch King an q
Jesse Jamfson take the Lee to st. Louls.
It is said there is only s feet of water. and
the trip above Will be necessarily slow.
ST. LOUIS, July 2.-Arrived-R0b Roy,
from keOEuks Utah, from Fort Smith
Lake Superior, from St, Paul: Contipen-
tai, from New Orleans; Lockwood, from
Shreveport De aarted Rob Roy, to Keo-
Kuk; Olive BrE uch, to New Orleans: A be-
ona, to CinciE aatl; Cornelia, 20 Omaha;
Vicksburg; North Western. 90 St. Paul
John Quincy and Nick Wall. to Shreve-
port. River falling slowly. Weather sew
eral degrees cooler, and cloudy, but no
rain
st. LOUIS, July 2.-Dispatchss from Hele-
ma. Arkansas, says the Lee passed there at
4:30; the NatcbeZ at 5:24. The Eatchez
claims to have broken a pump last night,
and laid up thtrty-siX minutes The
Natchez says her time here Is one hour
and q half faster than her last trip.
ST.. LOUIS. July 3.-Arrived-St Luke
Miami; David Wa Is. Tennessee River
MoIlie McPike, st. Paul; Belle st. Louis,
aud barges, New Orleans; Champion. Gin
cinnatt. Departed: Shark and bRrges. New
Orleans. River fallen inches. Weather
clear and very warm again.
NASHVILLE, July 2.-Rfver falling, with
5 feet on Harpeth Shoals. w ather warm
and clear.
NASHVILLE, July s.-The river falling
with fest large on the shoals. Weather
hot and CLOUDY. Arrived-Lawrence FROM
Cincinnati; Talisman, from Cairo.
MEMPHIS, July 2-As neither the Lee
nor Natehez make any landings ft Is i'm
possible to learn any details or the race.
Business here is almost entirely suspend
eot. Accounts from below state that the
people are Hooking to the banks Of the
river to witness the race. Tho following
dispatches from Helena give a report or
their relative positions as they passed
there. The Lee passed at $3.50; the NatC2ez
at SEA. The Eatchez claims TO have
broken her pumps, and laid up thirty-six
ur@nutes.
MEMPHIS, July 2.--Last night was cloudy
and warm. River declining slowly. Up
Grand Tower and Silver Noon. Down
MolIie Able and Colorado.
MEMPHIS, July 2-The excitement il re.
gard TO the lace increases hourly, and
the betting is very heavy, with little odds
In favor OF either boat: Experienced
a great advantage in the river hence to
Cairo. AS there is no telegraph office be
tween here and Ntcksburg4 except at Hell
ena, and they will probably not reach
there before four o'clock, nothing can be
learned. Several boats viii leave here at
four O'Clock with excursion parties TO
meet them.
Ample Arrangements have been made
here for coating. TUGS will be stationed
IN the middle of the river at 8 O'Clock with
barges to supply them without having to
stop.
VICKsBURG, July 2-Down. Bosz and
naTges, Stella and bagges. u n: Fl. Ames,
9 P. NJ: Pargoud, p. II, Weather cloudy
and warm.
NEW ORLEANS. July 2-Deparied. Mary
Houston, for Louisyille; Mary Alice and
baTges, and Great Republic, for st. Louis.