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Mr. Hart was born in Kentucky, in 1810, in Clark county. His school life was but three months long; but his desire to learn was not easily limited, and of evenings he pored over books by the light of a wood fire. He earned his subsistence by rough stone-work, particularly in building chimneys and a few fences. In 1830, or by one account as late as 1835, he removed to Lexington, and in a marble-yard made his first essay at engraving letters on a tombstone. This was one advance towards imparting shape and expression to marble. Little by little, as if working out an unknown problem, Hart seemed to gain upon that undeveloped idea that was moving him onward. Just then he met with Shobal Vail Clevenger, of Cincinnati, a stonecutter like himself, whose first essay at sculpture was in carving an angel upon a tombstone. Although two years younger than Hart, he had seen more of art, and was fast developing the quiet genius that even before his early death at sea in 1843, when only 32, gave him name and fame and promise of fortune. He let a flood of light in upon the hopeful mind of young Hart, who thus saw the world with new eyes, as it had not appeared to him before. He was no longer a mere stone-mason, but had bounded into the highest sphere of the mason's art; he was a sculptor. He studied anatomy at the old Medical College in Lexington, as indispensable to statuary exactness.
His first effort in the line of his new profession was a bust of a young man of his own age, then fast rising into prominence, Cassius M. Clay. This was true to life, and followed by busts of Andrew Jackson, John J. Crittenden, and Henry Clay, which gave him popular appreciation at once. The "Ladies' Clay Association," of Richmond, Va., in 1846, commissioned him to execute a statue of Henry Clay. Upon the model of this he spent three years, studying from life ; he knew it would bring him fame, and he admired the noble man. He went to Florence, Italy, in the fall of 1849, to transfer his work to marble; for a year, waited for his model, only to learn that it had been shipwrecked in the Bay of Biscay. A duplicate model at home was sent for. Other delays occurred. Years rolled on, and the great work- great in execution and in character-had its last touches. It was shipped on Aug 29, 1859, and set up in the capitol grounds at Richmond. The city of 1 ... 40
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ART AND ARTISTS.
New Orleans ordered a colossal bronze statue of Mr. Clay ; and the beautiful marble statue of him which adorns the inner-rotunda of the court-house at Louisville was inaugurated May 30, 1867.
During these years, Mr. Hart was not idle. The teeming imagery of his brain brought life and beauty from the chisel and cold marble. The marble ceased to be cold, and glowed with warmth and feeling and intelligence. He has executed many portrait-busts-among them those of Gen. Zachary Taylor, Col. Gregory, Robert Wickliffe, and duplicates of his previous busts -some of them remarkable for a look of flesh, truthful in expression, and seemingly almost inssinct with life.
But it is his ideal pieces which are most appreciated in the art world, and excite the most thrilling emotions of the beautiful. His " Angelina" and "Il Penseroso" cause bursts of enthusiasm at the very sight. Another, is a figure of a child examining a flower, while she holds, in her other hand, her apron full of flowers. But poetry and sentiment and skill have combined in a master-piece that will live and be known, as only one modern piece is known-the "Greek Slave " of his celebrated compeer, Hiram Powers, who had no petty jealousy to restrain him from saying that "Hart is the best sculptor in the world." In 1866, this piece was called " Woman Triumphant," but since has been better known as " The Triumph of Chastity." It is de- scribed, by a Kentuckian who saw it in 1871, as "a group of two figures only-a perfect woman and a charming cupid. Love, in the shape of a be- witching cupid, has assailed the fair one-has shot arrow after arrow, all of which are broken, and have fallen at her feet. His quiver is exhausted, the last shaft has failed of the mark, and this splendid woman has caught the barbed arrow, and with her left hand has raised it above her head out of reach of the villainous little tempter, who struggles hopelessly on tiptoe to regain it.
" The composition tells its own story. Virtue is assailed-reason is brought to bear, and all attacks are harmless. It is, indeed, woman's triumph-the triumph of chastity. Believing that his own countrywomen are unsurpassed for loveliness and power, he has endeavored, and successfully, to produce the highest, purest, and most captivating type of the American woman.
" The art correspondent at Florence of the London Athencum-a paper of recognized authority in art matters-said, in 1871, that he considered it the finest work in existence; and that in 1868 he had begged Mr. Hart to finish it at once, but he would not; each year it grew more beautiful, and he now feared to urge its completion against the artist's better judgment. Other art correspondents of London journals years ago pronounced it the work of modern times, and other writers all agree as to its perfection."
An art enthusiast has offered $15,000 for it, when completed in marble (it is now only in pure clay) ; but the old Kentucky sculptor thought, in 1874, he could yet add to its beauty, although for nineteen long years he had toned and tempered and modeled it. When chided by an admiring friend for spending so many years upon one group, he said, with an exalted faith in his art, " The Almighty does not see fit to make a perfect woman in less than eighteen years, and can I hope to make a perfect model in less ?"
When he returned from Italy in 1860, for a year, the city of Lexington re- ceived him with becoming respect and honor, and other places showed him marked consideration. When the legislature of Kentucky, on Jan. 23, 1860, appropriated $10,000 toward the completion of the Henry Clay monument at Lexington, it was understood that the statue was to be the handiwork of Mr. Hart. But part of the appropriation was used to pay debts, and a stranger executed the statue. The legislature, on Feb. 5, 1874, appropriated $1,700 to purchase, from Mr. Hart's agent, busts of Henry Clay and Andrew Jack- son, for the state-house at Frankfort. It would redound to the good taste and honor of the State, if she would invite the now aged sculptor to execute busts or statues of Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, George Rogers Clark, and Isaac Shelby, for four niches in the rotunda of the state-house.
For some notice of Mr. Hart as a poet, see page 587.
TABLES OF DISTANCES ON
RIVER, RAILROAD, AND OTHER ROUTES OF TRAVEL IN KENTUCKY,
OHIO RIVER.
Col. Wm. E. Merrill, Major of Engineers, in charge of the U. S. engineer office at Cincinnati, on Sept. 10, 1873, prepared the following circular of in- formation about the bridges over the Ohio river, the width of the channel spans, the highest and lowest stages of water, and the several water gauges :
WIDTH OF CHANNEL SPAN.
NAME OF BRIDGE.
LOCALITY.
HEIGHT ABOVE LOW WATER.
HEIGHT ABOVE HIGH IN LOW WATER. WATER.
IN HIGH WATER.
FT. IN.
FT. IN. FT. IN.
FT. IN.
Pan-Handle Railroad Bridge.
Pittsburgh
56' 6"
21'
196'
249'
Smithfield Street Bridge ...
Pittsburgh ..
36' 6"
1'
138'
177'
Pan-Handle Railroad Bridge.
Steubenville
90'
45'
303' 3"
307'
Suspension Bridge.
Wheeling.
91'
"ל '47
680'
870'
B. and O. R. R. Bridge (east channel) ..
Bellaire ..
90'
40'
322'
328' 8''
B. and O. R. R. Bridge ( west channel) ..
Bellaire.
90'
40'
320'
326' S"
B. and O. R. R. Bridge (east channel ) ..
Parkersburg ....
90'
40'
326' 6"
330' 6'
B. and O. R. R. Bridge ( west channel) ..
Parkersburg.
90'
40'
326' 6''
330' 6''
Newport and Cincinnati R. R. Bridge ..
Cincinnati,
98' 6
36'
400' 3''
406' 5''
Covington and Cincinnati Suspension Bridge.
Cincinnati.
101' 6" 39'
885'
1,020'
Railroad Bridge ( Indiana channel).
Louisville
96' 6''
45' 6"
380'
384' 3"
(middle channel).
Louisville.
90'
45' 6" 352' 3''
356'
(draw over canal).
Louisville.
43' 5''
3' 9''
98'
98'
Elm-Tree Garden Bridge over canal.
Louisville
45' 9"
6' 1"
86' 6"
86' 6"
Draw-head at head of the new Loeks ..
Louisville ..
43' 2''
3' 6"
80'
80'
-
The width of the channel in high water is always from four to six feet greater than in low water, on account of the slope of the sides of the piers. Wherever greater dif- ferences are indicated in the above columns they are due to the shore extending into the low-water channel.
WATER GAUGES.
The gauge cut in the river face of the foundation wall of the Newport Water-works is intended to show the space under the Newport and Cincinnati Bridge. An allow- ance of a foot should be made for variations in slope of river between these water-works and the bridge. By subtracting these readings from 100, the same stage of water will be found as is shown by the Cincinnati gauge.
The gauge painted on the North channel pier of the Newport and Cincinnati Bridge gives the same readings as the gauge of the Cincinnati Water-works. Subtract the readings of this gauge from 100, and you obtain the space under the bridge. High water of 1832 reads 64' on the Cincinnati gauge, and low water reads l' 6". The greatest oscillation of the water surface is, therefore, sixty-two and a half feet.
The upper gauge of the Louisville and Portland Canal is eut on the upper wall of the guard-lock at the head of the canal, and is repeated above the lower guard gates. The space under the bridges over the canal can be obtained by subtracting the reading of the gauge from the following numbers :
For space under railroad draw-bridge subtract gauge reading from 44' 6".
For space under Elin Tree Garden Bridge subtract gauge reading from 46' 10".
For space under draw-bridge at head of locks subtract gauge reading from 44' 3".
High water of 1832 reads 40' 9" on the upper Louisville gauge, and low water of 1856 reads 1' 1". This low water reading will probably never oceur again, on account of the dains recently built. The oscillation at the head of the falls is, therefore, 39' 8".
The lower Louisville gauge is on the tail-wall below the locks, on the wall above the locks and below the draw-bridge. On this gauge, high water of 1832 reads 67' 6"; low water of 1856 reads 1'. The range between low and high water is thus 6612 feet.
The Cairo gauge is at the freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad. Low water of December 24, 1871, was I foot below 0 of the gauge, or, in other words, it reads on the gauge -l'. High water of 1867 reads 51' on the gauge. The greatest oscillation is, therefore, 52 feet.
Bacon Rock, in the mouth of the Ohio, makes its appearance when the Cairo
(627)
7
17
628
TABLES OF
gauge reads 2 feet. Grand Tower Rock is 670 feet north by west from Bacon Rock, and has about 6 inches more water on it. Weston Rock is 450 feet east northwest from Bacon Rock, and has 112 feet of water on it when the gauge reading is 0. To get the depth on these three rocks-
For Bacon Rock, subtract two feet from the gauge reading.
For Grand Tower Rock, subtract one and one-half feet from the gauge reading. For Weston Rock, add one and one-half feet to the gauge reading. DISTANCES ALONG THE OHIO RIVER.
From official surveys made by the U. S. government, between 1838 and 1868. The distances are given to the nearest half or quarter of a mile.
Miles
from
Miles
between.
Miles
from
Miles
Miles
from
Pittsburgh.
Milos * between.
Pittsburgh
0
Sardis, Ohio ........ 13014 314 Whitton's House, 0134 334
Works, O .. .318 316
Cork's run. 216 1
Sistersville, Va .... 136 2 Ashland, Ky. .. 32014 21/4
Chartiers creek ....
314
3/4 Matamoras, Ohio .. 14114 514
434 Ironton, O .. .325
Jack's run ..
412
515 1
714 134 Saint Mary's, Va.15412 316
Petticoat bar .. 14612 514 Hanging Rock, 0.32712 212 Rea's run, Va ...... 151 41% Union Landing, 0.32912 2 Greenupsburg, Ky33316 4 Burke's Point, O .. 341 71%
Merriman's ripple
91/2 11/2
Cow creek, Va ..... 16034
Pine creek, O ...... 34414 314 Sciotoville, O ...... 34612 214
White's ripple .....
11
112 Carpenter's bar .... 166
Deadman's Island 14
3 Marietta, Ohio ..... 171 5
Tiger creek, Ky ... 351 416
Floherty's run ..... 15
1 Briscoe run, Va ... 177 6 Portsmouth, O ..... 35312 212 1 Turkey creek, 0 .. 359 512
Big Sewickley erk 16 Lit. Sewickley crk 17
Cole Island, middle181 4
Quincy, Ky. .... 364
5.
Logstown bar ..... 1812 112
1 Lit. Kanawha rv Parkersburg, Va S
18312 212
Rockport, Ky ...... 36814 414
Baden, Pa ... 2034 214
Wing-dam, foot of
Buena Vista, O .... 371 214
Freedom, Pa 2414 3%
Rockville, O. .372 1
Lacock's bar. 25
3/4
Blannerhasset's I. 18834 514 Hockhocking riv ... 19034 2 Newberry bar ...... 193 21/4
Rome, O ... .38034 534
Vanport, Pa .... 2734 2
Big Hockhocking
Brush creek, O .. .3843/4 Concord, Ky .. 387 214
Raccoon bar, Pa ... 29
114 1
river, Ohio ....... 19712 412 Bellville Island ... 202 Murraysville, Va .. 207 Portland, O. .214
412 5 Manchester, O ..... 394 7 414 Cabin creek, Ky ... 400 6
Shippenport, Pa ... 3434 216 Potts run, Pa .... 3634 2 Lit. Beaver river. 40 Penn. and Ohio )
314
Letart's Falls ...... 234 Graham's Station.239 5
6
Aberdeen, O ..... 40516 314 Charleston bar ..... 41116 6 Ripley, O. 414 314
Boundary Line. Liverpool, Ohio ... 44
4034 3/4 314 Pomeroy, O ........ .. 24834
4 Eight Mile Island255 Campaign cr., O ... 26014 514 Pt. Pleasant, V. ] Big Kanawhariv 26312 314
4 Gallipolis, Ohio ... 267 312 Utopia, 0 42634 234
134
Steubenville, Ohio 6716 312
2 Chilo. O. 431 3
Wellsburg, Va ..... 7334 614
Chambersburg, 0.27712 412 Neville, O. 435 Foster, Ky 4 Moscow, O. 11% 439
4
Warrenton, Ohio .. 81 Pike's Island ...... 83 2
316
Little Guyandotte
Point Pleasant, 0.44116 21%
Burlington, Ohio .. 86
3 river, Va ......... 285 2
New Richmond, 0.446 416
Martinsville, Ohio 881%
216 11%
Green Bottom rip.290 Millersport 293
3
bar, Ohio. ... Kate's Rock, Va .. 97
94
4
Federal crk,. O. Haskellville, O .... 295
2
Lit. Grave creek
3 Dogham bar ........ 299 BigGuyandotteriv30234
bar, middle ...... 100 3 Symmes creek, 0 .. 30614 312 1 Buffalo creek bar.30814 2 73/4 Burlington, O .. .311
234 1
Fish creek, Va .... 113
414 |Ceredo, Va .......... 312
4 Big Sandy river
414 Ky. State Line, 31412 21%
534|Catlettsburg, Ky
I between.
Sheridan Coal
Horsetail ripple ... Lowric's ripple .... Duff's bar .....
8
3/4
Newport, Ohio .. .1551/2 1 514 51/3
Vanceburg, Ky .... 375 3
Big Beaver river. 2534
3/4
Wrightville, O .. .. 38834 13%
Montgomery Isl'd 32
2
Safe Harbor, Pa ... 3214
14
Ravenswood, Va .. 21834 434
Goose Island ....... 228
914
Brooks' bar ......... 40214 214 Maysville, Ky ..
Wellsville, Ohio 48
Yellow creek, O ... 5014 134
Tumbleson's run. 53 234
614 Dover, Ky. 41614 212 Straight creek, 0.41814 134 Higginsport, O .... 42112 314 Augusta, Ky .. .. 424 214
New Cumberland. 5614 314 King's creek, Ohio 6014 Cable's eddy .. 64
Beach Bottom bar 7712 334
Bladensburg, O .... 279 Eighteen Mile cr .. 283 4
5
Wheeling (cr), Va. 90 McMahon's creek
Palestine. O ........ 45014 334 Buzzard's Roost, 0.454 33/ Lit. Miami riv. 0.45934 534 Dayton, Ky .. 464 Suspen'n Bridge )
4 334 Cincinnati, O .... 4667% 212 Covington, Ky .. Baldface creek, 470 314
Moundsville, Va .. 101 Captina creek, O ... 10834
Sunfish creek, O ... 117 Proctor's run, Va.12114 Fishing creek, Va.127
Sedamsville, O. ) McCullum's bar ... 47116 216 Anderson's Ferry.47316 2 Rapid Run, O ..... 47634 314 Taylorsville, Ky .. 478
Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh.
Saw Mill run 112 112
Raccoon creek, Pa 30
Hartford City, Va.244 5 434 Levana, O.
334 Carrion ripple ...... 271 Raccoon Island .... 273
4 Bull creek, O. 428
i
629
DISTANCES.
Miles from
Pittsburgh.
between.
Milos
between.
Miles from
Pittsburgh.
Miles between.
Muddy creek, O ... 480 2
Works ...
595 12 3
Louisville City
Point Isabel ........ 758 216
Indian creek, O ... 482
16 Landing .. 59812 3
French Island .760
2
Gen. Harrison's
grave, O .......... 48234 3/4 New Albany, Ind.603 2
Big Miami river (
414
Lawrenceburg In.489 2
Petersburg land'g491 2
Aurora, Ind .... .49234 134
Loughrey's creek.495 214
Kirby's rock.
.. 49572
1/ Salt river 624
5
Loughrey's Isl'd .. 498 213 4 Otter creek 631
Rising Sun, Ind .. 502
Arnold's creek, I .. 50434 234
Gunpowder creek.50912 Big Bone crk, Ky51216 3 Goose creek, Ind .. 514 1%
434
Tobacco landing .. 635 Brandenburg, Ky.640 Mauckport, Ind ... 6421/2 Amsterdam ..... .. 650 Upper Blue River
7 12
Slim Island foot ... 826 334 Louisiana Rocks .. 831 5 Uniontown, Ky ... 83212 11/2 Lower Highland
Rocks ... .834
1% Wabash IsI'd head836 2 Wabash river, 838 2 Ill. &Ind. bound.
Florence, Ind .. .. 5241/2 1
Craig's creek, Ky.525% 1 Stevens creek ...... 527 115 Loglick creek, Ind52812 112 Vevay Island .... .53112 3 Vevay, Ind., .533
Ghent, Ky.,
Indian creek, In .. 53512 212
Reno, Ind .. ........ 677
4
Bank 859 21/
Caseyville, Ky ..... 860%
Tradewater river .. 862
115
Weston.
86412 212
1
Ford's Ferry
866
1%
Cave-in-Rock town 869 3
Locust creek, Ky.54412
12 Derby .686 12 1
312 Big Hurricane Yellow Bank crk .. 690 Chenault's Reach Island head. 8734 434
East st., 55234 Ship Yard M'd'n554 12
134
Bear creek ..
.697
Holt's bar.
.698
1 Golconda, Ill. .890
816
Hanover land'g ... 557 12 2 Reed's landing, {
Gregory's, Ky ... .. 703 Cloverport, Ky .... 705 Faucett's creek. ... 706 Millstone creek ... 71012 Rock Island. 713
1
Bay City, III ...... 899 3
Stewart's I'd head901 2
Dog Island head.906 5 Smithland, Ky .... 908
Corn creek, Ky .... 56612 134 Bethlehem, Ind ... 570 31%
Hawesville. 717
1
Tell City, Ind .720 3 Pulltight, or West
4 Liberty .. 90912 115
7
Paducah, Ky
920
1016
Brooklyn ...
923
3
Honey creek ..
73314
234
Metropolis, Ill ...
929
6
Hillerman's ..
.939
10
Caledonia
951
12
Mound City, III ... 959 8
Owensboro ... .749
Bonharbor ..
.752
3 Mouth Ohio riv. --
967
S
LICKING RIVER.
Locality. County.
Miles.| Lower Blue Licks,
Nicholas 98
Gill's Mill
Beaver creek,
19214
Falmouth, Pendleton 5114
Sherburn, 12714
McClure's Mill,
225
Panther creek, 9112 Mouth of Slate, Bath 145
Iles' Mill
Bath 16314
66
182
Mouth, at Covington,
Kenton 0 Fleming ck., Fleming 107
Black water creek, 212 Claysville, Harrison 7734 | Ringo's Mill, 14012
Herculaneum, Ind58012 Fourteen Mile ck. 585 12 5 Charleston land'g.58612 Twelve Mile IsI'd.58812 2 Utica, Ind. .5911/2 Six Mile Island ... 59212 1 Louisville Water
21% Grandview .73516 41%
2
Elizabethtown ..
877
314
3
Roseclair, Ill.
87934 234
2
Carrsville
SS116 134
5 Prior Island .. .. 893 3
2 Sisters IsI'd head.896 3
Plowhandle Pt. S 56114 334
1%
2 Wolf creek 671 Little Blue river .. 67212 112 Alton, Ind. .673
1
Shawneetown, Ill.84716 414 Coal Banks .. .84934 214 Saline river, III ... 85634 7 Shotwell's Coal
Craig's bar
537
1%
Hatfield's House .. 679 2
2
Mouth Ky. riv.
4 Concordia, Ky ..... 681 Davis land'g, Ind.682 Jas. Elsby, Pilot .. 683
1
Notch Lick creek. 54316 21% Capt. Armstrong's 544
11% Oil creek .. 685 12 212
Indian Ky. riv. I.54512 1 Eagle Hollow, I .. 550 12 5 Lonesome Hollow.55114 3/4 foot. .692
4
Island head ...... 654 Leavenworth, In.658 3 4 Fredonia .. 661 Schooner Point ... 664 Hawkins' landing668 4 Wabash I'd foot .. 84016 212 3 Raleigh 234
212
Patriot, Ind ........ 51416 Sugar creek, Ky .. 51812 4 Bryant's creek, I.52212 4 Warsaw, Ky ........ 52316 1
15
Christopher's Crossing. 617 Dean's Wood Yard.619
5
2
Henderson, Ind ... 796 1% West Franklin ..... 807121112 Diamond Island
New Boston. .628 4 foot ... 81116 4
3
Mt. Vernon, Ind.81816 7 Slim Island head.82214 334
4
5
Pigeon creek, In .. 766 6 Cypress creek, In. 76734 134 Newburg .. ..... 76916 134
Middle creek .. 608 5
Hughes' bar .. .609 Knob creek .. .. 612 3 1 Green river, Ky ... 775 516 Evansville, Ind ... 783 8
Henderson, Ky .... 7941/211}%
O.& In. bound'y 487
Silver creek .. 601 212
Enterprise ...
.. 75516 31%
Chamberlain's, Ky4811% 11%
Miles
Miles from
Pittsburgh.
New London, In .. 56212 114 Big Solady creek.56434 21/4
216
Westport, Ky ...... 57512 21/2 Troy. .724 Eighteen Mile I'd578 216 Lewisport. 731
11% |Stephensport .. .. 695
Clifty creek, Ind .. 55512 1
Peckenpaw's bar head 669
Carrollton, 541
Rockport, Ind .. .. 74012 214 Upp'r Yellow Bank Island head. .... 745 412 4 Cairo, Ill.,
West Liberty, Morgan 231
630
DISTANCES.
KENTUCKY RIVER.
¡Paradise 104
1| Mouth of White river ... 419
Rochester, Skybville.113 Cromwell 135
9 Napoleon, Ark.
2 Mouth of Ark. river .. 429
Logansport. 139
4
Columbia, Ark
489
Clark's ferry 151 12 Greenville, Miss. 500
Morgantown 153
Mouth of Ky. river ... 0
0
Worthville. 9
9
Lane's landing. 14
5
Marion ..
17
3
Ball's landing. 19
2
Graham's landing. .193
4
Springport .. 20
1
Drennon creek 21
1
Clay Lick and Gratz .. 28
7
Lockport. 31
3
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. North ward,
Pot riffle 33
2
Savine .. 37
4 6
Cairo to St. Paul, Minn. Cairo, Ill.
0
Donaldsonville, La 934
Burns' landing. 43
3 Price's, Mo
Pollsgrove .. 51 5 Commerce, Mo. 34
Elkhorn creek 5-4
Frankfort 66 12
Cape Girardeau, Mo ..... 50
Woodford landing. 80 14 Birmingham, Ill .. 77
Utterback's 85
Shryock's
86
Wilson's 90
Wilhoit's
94
1 Kaskaskia, Ill 132
Oregon .. 99
4
St. Genevieve, Mo 137
Munday's landing. 111
4 Harrisonville, Ill. 170
5 Sulphur Springs, Mo 178
Hickman bridge .140
20 Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 190 ST. LOUIS, MO 200
Sugar creek 146 6
4 Alton, Ill. 225
3 Cap au Gris, Mo .. 265 Dunlap's,
7
Tate's creek
161
8| Louisiana, Mo 314
Kelly's, 8
9
Clay's ferry 175 14
Quincy, Ill.
364
Beattyville,
255 80
Proctor.
GREEN RIVER.
Miles from
Miles between.
Mouth of Green river 0
0
8 La Crosse, Wis 811
Hosford's,
Marshall's,
Lyon. ..
34
Mason's landing. 16
Burk's Mill 22
Calhoun's ferry 26 4
Hastings, Minn.
959
Bradshaw's,
66
38
Harreldson's landing. 36 7
40
4
St. Anthony, Minn .1005
Catlett's,
42
Steamport.
47
7
Cairo to New Orleans.
Boyd's,
43
5 Cairo, Ill.
0
Petty's, Wilcox's,
66
44
Payne's landing, J
Hickman, Ky.(Mills Pt.)
38 Kelly's Forge,
50
Ashleysburg 58
5 | New Madrid, Mo. 73 Eddyville, 55
Rumsey,
68 10
Gayoso, Mo.
114
Watkins',
59
Livermore. 76
8 Fulton, Tenn
169 Gray's,
60
Point Pleasant 79
3 Randolph, Tenn
179| Evans',
61
South Carrollton. 88
9
Memphis, Tenn ..
239 Hillman's Rolling Mill" ..
62
Lewisburg 90
Ceralvo
96
6 Yazoo Pass, Miss. 335
Airdrie works 103 7 Friar's Point, Miss 341 | Rockcastle,
CUMBERLAND RIVER.
The following are the reported distances to the usual land- ings. The U. S. government survey makes the distance to Nashville 9 miles less and to Point Burnside 20 miles less, and other points cor- respondingly less.
Landing. County. Miles.
0 Smithland, Livingston ... Fowler's,
4
Doomer's, 5
Silver creek
153
Hannibal, Mo
344| Nine Mile ferry, 12
Sandy creek, 66 15
Shelby's,
Pinckneyville, 16
18
Burlington, Iowa. 455
Cobb's Furnace,
20
Muscatine, Iowa.
517 Couch's, Crittenden ... 21
Dycusburg, יו 22
Livingston creek, “ 23
Frazier's, 66
25
Lyons, Iowa,
Jacobs', 26
Dubuque, Iowa
670
Dunleith, Ill.,
Peterson's,
29
Prairie du Chien, Wis ... 736
Ross', Livingston ...
32
8 Winona, Minn 845
6| Lake City, Minn 908
White's,
=
35 37
Cardsville 29 3
St. Paul, Minn 971
Dyker's, 40
39
Wrightsburg 52 Whitesburg, 53
1
Columbus, Ky
21
Point Pleasant, Mo 83 Mammoth Furn., 66
57
Calhoor,
Miles from Ohio River.
Miles
between.
2 Lake Providence, La 554
Woodbury. 158 5 Vicksburg, Miss 629
Clark's landing 163 5 Warrenton, Miss 639 Grand Gulf, Miss 679
Warrenton,
Bowlinggreen 189 15 Rodney, Miss.
700
Natchez, Miss .. 749 Mouth of Red river 806 Bayou Sara, La 849 Port Hudson, La. 861 Baton Rouge, La .. 879 Plaquemine, La. 900
25 New Orleans, La 1009 Fort Jackson, La .. 1079
Mouth of Mississippi .. .1110
3 Thebes, Ill. 40
5 Grand Tower, Ill. 80
1 New Liberty, Mo. 107
4 Chester, Ill. 117
4 St. Mary's, Mo 127
12 Selma 159
Cogar's
115
Shaker's ferry 120
Paint Lick.
150
Canton, Mo ..
384
Keokuk, Iowa.
408
Fort Madison, Iowa
432
Clay Lick creek, 66
Burlington, Iowa } 547
Rock Island, Ill.,
Fulton, Ill.,
592
Harmon's ferry,'
27
30
Spottsville .. 8
66
Red Wing, Minn. 926
Hinson's,
47
2 Helena, Ark .. 329 Fulton Furnace, Empire Furnace, Trigg .. : 6-4
63
Bottom's landing ......
Ohio River. ?
Middle Fork )
MfcConn's 95
Sand riffle 46
Greencastle, 174 11
St. Joseph, La 695
2
DISTANCES.
631
.
Little river,
Trigg ... 67| Hale's, Cheatham, Tenn.175| Wolf creek, Russell, Ky.552
Canton skiff shop, 66 63| Sherrin's,
Shoemaker's,
= 69| Demaconber's
177 | Monticello lan'g
Canton,
71 Bee's, Davidson, Tenn, 178 Mill Springs, 592
Hobson's,
72 Dozier's,
179| Waitsboro, or
Pulaski.607
Carson's, 75 |Twenty-fiveMileferry," 182
Abernathey's,
76| Adelaide Mills, 77 Bell's Mill,
183
187 Burnside Pt.,
Holland,
78 Hillsboro Furnace,
" 189
or New river,
" 196 Smith's shoal, foot " 617
Lineport,
83
Page's ferry,
" 198
Shadowen's shoal, h'd," 626
Vinson's, Stewart, Tenn ... 84
NASHVILLE,
" 201
Rockcastle river, Pulaski.646
Tobaccoport,
66
85 Crab Island,
" 219 Laurel river, Laurel ... 650
Saline creek,
86
Stone river,
" 221 " 226 Cumberland falls, Whitley 660 Williamsburg, or ~
Nolen's,
91 |Drake's creek, Sumner .. 231
Whitley C. H.,
Iron Mount. Furnace,
92 Gallatin landing,
251
Jackson's,
94 Cole's ferry,
66
Landing. County. Miles Paducah, McCracken ... 0
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