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LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

THE RECORD OF SOME FAMOUS TRIPS,

{From Commodore Rollinypm's Almanack.')

FAST TIME ON THE WESTERN "WATERS.

PROM NEW ORLEANS TO NATCHEZ— 268 MILES. |

D. H. M.

H. M.

1814. Orleans made the run in
6 6 40
1S44. S\il tana made the run in
19 45

1814. Comet „ „
5 10
1851. Magnolia „
19 50

1815. Enterprise „ „
4 11 20
18 >3. A. L. Shotwell „
19 49

1817. Washington „
4
1833. Southern Belie „ „
20 3

1817. Shelby „
3 20
IS .13. Princess (3o. 4) „
20 26

1819. Paragon „
3 8
1853. Eclipse „
19 47

1828. Tecumseh „
3 1 20
18.V>. Princess (New) „
18 53

1834. Tusearora „
1 21
l«.->o. Natchez (New) „
17 3U

1838. Natchez „
1 17
18.16 Princess (New) „
17 30

1840. Ed. Shippeu „
1 8
1*7'>. Natchez „ .,
17 17

1842. Belle of the West „
1 18 1870. R. E. Lee „ „
17 11

FROM NEW ORLEANS TO CAIRO— 1,024 MILES.

ID. H. M.

D. H. M.

1844. J. M. White made the run in
3 6 44
1869. Dexter made the run in
3 6 20

1852. Reindeer „ „
3 12 45
1870. Natchez „ „
3 4 34

1863. Eclipse „ „
344
1870. R. E. Lee „
3 1

1853. A- L. coot well „ „
3 3 40

FROM NEW ORLEANS TO LOUIS VI LLE— 1,440 MILES.

D. H. M.
D. H. M.

1815, Enterprise made the run In 1817 "Washington „
25 2 40 25
1840. Ed. Shippen made the run in 1842. Belle of the West
5 14 6 14

1817. Shelby
20 4 20
1843. Duke of Orleans
5 23

1819. Paragon „
18 10
1844. Sultana
5 12

1828. Tecumseh „
8 4
1849. Bos ton a
5 8

1834. Tuscarora „
7 16
1851. Belle Key
4 23

1837. Gen. Brown
6 22
185->. Reindeer
4 20 45

1837. Randolph
6 22
1852. Eclipse
4 19

1837. Empress „
6 17
1853. A. L. Shotwell
4 10 20

1837. Sultana „
6 15
1853. Eclipse
4 9 30

FROM 1TEW ORLEANS TO DONALDSYILLE— 78 MILES.

H. M.

H. M.

1852. A. L. Shotwell made the ruu
in 5 42
1860. Atlantic made the run in
5 11

1852. Eclipse „
5 42
1860. Q-en. Qnitman „ „
5 6

1854. Snltana „ „
5 12
1865. Ruth „ „
4 43

1856. Princess „ „
4 51
1870. R. E. Lee „
4 59