, 1870-07-03

h sirbt they wave us adieu. The Inhabitants
.li appear to live out Of doors, or arc crowded
in the windows or on the house-tops as we
s,nToach. The most Isely interest Is d.
picted on every countenance, aud Il nttereli III
a. Eaton Rouge, which No reached about
o'clock this morning, there were still pe"ris
the wharf but silence haa ne. nesfy ~ teen e. r r.
nirht nothing was to be noted but tie still,
Ne rssched S,amps Landing several minutes
ahead Of the time Of the Princess. "hlch Is thu
: YlcEsEru.1. Miss, July I've lost firr min
utes at Natchex in taking fuel Tho Sstchsz
WAS in sight, but Captain Cannon Wad bE no
means uneasy, Our time Nas II hours anu IL
minutes, which IL about twenty minutes ahead
OF the Princess time, atid wins many shutisa,d
dollars On the f1st bis point, Great eroa..s
On tho wharf, and when we lett TIC wiairst
shouts went up. Every heart OIL board wlA
touched with excitement. The tension Of tha
nerves is continual, aud almost PAINFUL at
,itues. Truly il the Lee thing OF life.
rEuM THE STEAMER .SArs4Ez.
T1cKsnrRG, July 1.-The run to Pfalueuaine,
in hours and II minutes, was without further
incident than the genesA excitement GIL boas1-
There WAS not much conversation Captain
leathers remained bat short time on the
root and tLen sat On tho boiler deck absorbed
in thought. The engineers watched carefully
every 1nos sement, the hzeZnen worked ike fza-
jAIs, and looked like demons in the rcd glare
Of the furnaces.
making Daton IiouGe eight hou3s AMI thirty
one minutes. Bayou Sara in ten hours alrl
th11tv-eiEht minutes, And tho mouth VI 1:.1
liver Ill Thirteen hours
Heavy swells from tho Lee are still striking
the shores, and, to confess 1t, impeding our
progress. But the Satcilez still piuws Uli Ler
wav, putting white clouds aud streaming L
,nssial Of sparks FROM ler chiu,uess. 4 wi!e
b1eatlth of the river il lighted up i'll front u
the Loaf.
S,au,s Landing WAS passed at o;r,ock,
about fourteen luurs out. which is the exact
timu Of the Princess. III two hours anI THU
ty-eeyen minutes Afterwards Ne giided by ASK
Ley. and the next point is Nateha.. where wa
land Tor Iurs. suue ten uinutea btAis,i tha
| Lee. Thus both boxta beat tile fasteet time
| ever before made. Aud, il tha time has buen
correctly kept. the Lee has gained en Us lour
minutes tince leaving New Orleans.
In efTecting a landing We lost some eight
minutes At Satchez:
| crowds aud hear the shouting cAnnot bc po1-
tr2sed. At THIS hour We arc approaching
| Sicksl urS. the Lee Icing still Considerably
aLead. But We are surely. though Slowly
iessenlng the dissance.
SOMETIMES in loug stretch Of clear river
the is plainly in sight, then . bend
shuts her out all but her smoke, which
hapss away OF uoeihward like . dense
| cloud; tlen an island or sudden
projection Of woodland hides all traces OF our
lively rival from onr view- We feel safe, bn,
Keep wonderfully busF, hecause We know sf.a
is there. going like lightning. There il iifa
ard waketulness and speed ansl dete1minati,,
III the sri lilly following vessel Which will ,ivs
| III the victory before We arc duno With ller-
| Thete occasional Elimpses Of the Lee s"em tu
| to her ye1T best.
FROM rL1Srs AsllnRr,
| SATtNEz. Miss. July 1--1ho levee vas
throneed Ill the morning by immense snsi rss-
| tl.usia=tic crowds of all colors and conditions.
| waiting for the passing OF the Lee nnf Nit
| chez On the way up. The Lee reached hero iu
| seventeen honrs and eleven minutes from
| Ncw Orleans, beating tho time n,sde hv the
Princess in la3ti nineteen minutes. and ieinE
l,ca.e wero loudly chepre1l =. they rasersl M.
and betting Immediately fell to zcru, cvcrY~
body wanting o.hla on tho Satchcx-
| New Orleans papers cousain tho following
ca1d from Captain Leathers:
A CARD 70 TIE rCHtIc.
| "1'ring satisfied that tbs steamer S:ithez has
reputation of being iasi take thts Hacthod OF
rr shf IN ris t ns.s n ausay gs ss & III t.
| tended r1ctng u not true. Al! passengers AMI
saIrs~rs ran rest assurrs, thas the hatcher viii
| same .Iar with her.
All l,usintss entrusted to my carr eIIher In
freight or passengers, will bare the hsss atteu~
"Master s,<atsl, : Na>cncz.~
GnAsp GrLF, Miss, July I.-Tremenduu8
e1citt meut prevails here tonight. The 1-es
t,a.sed thi1 point Just twenty minutes ahead
IL tile Satchez, and wns hailed with 1o1laing
cheers.
yIeksBcEa, July 1.-Tbe excitement here il
increasing steadily The Lee rearhe,a this
pcil,t at thittx-nne minutes past this even
ing, Icing twenty-four hu1se and thirty-eisil:
minutes from New Orleans, aud fourteen min
nttn ahead OF the Natchcx.
MkArAIs, July 1.-The city is wild Tonight
With excitement With regarl to the race l,s-
tween the Lee and Satcaez. Bets Arc freely
made. Partieaei!er largely on the Lac TO thus
point, and on the Sa.chex to st. LOUIS The
! bulletin Goarda arc watched By eager crowds,
ard the leyce il lined ly disputants, who arc
debating the chances aud Offering all sottA of
Nage.s on time. etc.
C1S.1sSsT1. July 1.-Orer two hundred
thousand dollars Lave feen stakel Lere to-
day on the result Of the race between the Leo
and tue Natc1.ex. Such excitement las never
been eeen here on any Ike occaslun-
| IN Tue rITY.
The gradually increasing interest i'll the gseas
tEial Of speed hetNeen two ponderous stsau-
hoats, reached point OF positive e1cstesne at
deep interest was not confined alone to steam
lo4tnen. but secuatd to have reached all
classcA Of cur citizens- The dcspstches pub
shetl III tile Ae7a!5ftcan announced that the
| race had legun. The boats we're both coming
ntss and anxiety to obtain the very Latest ia
| tell,Gence By telegraph WIS m.utfested. So
gr. at was the public thiEss for the Latest news
from the rival boats that tie most wsi6i,ty
j I niattcts OF business could not he con4lercsl,
aud the al1no-t universal inquiry was, % What
about the race :" 'lIaye you lal any uewn
from The Lee and tho Satehez:" About
l,':SU O'Clock u despatch from Natehcz was
!, passed up ut 1C:oa o'clock, and the Satchez had
left that tort at ID miEutes past 10 o'clock
, The excitement in the city w2A ycry great
Nerchante t'irsled away from euatomerr :" III
luire about the race. SteaHboatmen forgot
: t., inquire afA,ut fzel:hts- Commission mar
chants fcFgot the orders Of their patrons. At
: the Union Merchants Exchange the dispatches
, were POSTED on tito balletin tmar.1s. business
! TRANSACTIONS en- Change were veE small
Groups Of mcn gathered al.out On the 1oor os
) the haM int not to talk about corn, oats,
hay, -four and bacon. These we're subject.
| ignored. No one seemed to care whethe1
, tiu re wtro demands TO be supplied Or wlet.,ez
) | the stocks on hand Were Light ur heavy.
I among the betting class of our citizons
/ | much excitement prevailed. Tie Lee seemed
0 | to l,e tie fasnrite with the largest number
but the friends Of the Natcllez we're neither
: lew nor cautious in Offering to back up thei,
t votite packet BetH we're freely made daring
+; the morning with odds against the Satchcx. Il
y the rate CT @1eQ to SIS. 4 prominent Char,
;. street miller, On Change. oflere1ito cover sny
e 1 rake VI E4A,uOO GFbu QQ oEA1A OK LLt
+ Satehez, lut up to late hour in the evening
he had found no takers. II il believed thai
u slGa, 900 will change hands on the result
= NE the levee bNslnesH waa almost entirely
suspended. The Sstchex and Lee, the rae
i, te probabilities Of Tie cue or the other gaining
The victo-y. according to the bias or opinion O
r. the dlIere ut individuals who discussed tie mat
a ter, vas the universal topic Of conversation
Is SEcculatons and ccniectures. reasons, FRO AIT
ID ron. nh! tAs or that boat would win At las
II were freely given. each ono offering To bac!
u;.hin Judgment by small oriasgc '4s, accorf
It ihg 10 the depth Of conviction Of tie e'rlect
Il | ne.s of Lis opinions. Main and Second stree
merchants, called t. any acquaintance O
N fr:erd who night be yaasine to inquire. Wha
Is II the tace: "lIave you hear: ol 11yth.ns
Ia Liter from the Lee auj the Saa:s.cz Tow
> uats at yick-burg wan intense. Tho newspa
r ! ,er of;re. we're tceieyea by u numerop
- .l,ronr. anx:u,,.l, ,nlu:1aE. ''Thats the ncu1
ao / from the Ike mad Natcilez At FIcksburg !?
~ The ghxr5.fcss+, ntcAnaboat agents Offices, ho
40 teIs. club rpnus, and other Places Of resort b
y tt.suiost1nen. were thronged By people re-;
~ ~ rs.tEtipe ali ciasseb Of citzeas. There IL d
l4 | war Of acrcunong for the universal cxclteucc
- | pe1vaii1g tEIs community III consequence OF
~, trial Ut tIctt between two steamboats, unle.,
- Ne acrept the fact that larger proportion q
in t,:r citizens are Interested II the naviv;xio
;e Of o'ir rvtxs than in any other city on thecor
Il t1ncns.
70 Tie s,sn went doan, the shadows ok uicI
D. gathered thick and dirk but far into tie uigt
II :he Newspaper Offices aud other ceat.es {
news 7ere Eislsed by many desirora II know
jnE how the race Progressed. And the sti,
h ness OF the midnight hour Was brnxeu bv II
II elick OF the telegraph conveying iusellgenee
- tie great race.
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