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QUICK. - The Pitlsburg Gazette says
that the J. NJ. White, Capt. Jos. VI. Con
vers, MASTER has made trip from New
Orleans 10 St. Louis, l,lsO miles, against
a tremendous current, in days 90 hours
and 9 minutesl This is at the rate Of 4
minutes, so seconds, and 1850 of SC.
cond 10 The mllc-about ~ and liz miles
an hour, including all stoppages This is
the quickest trip ever made, and the ]. M.
White is a Pittsburg boat. But this passage
IS no test Of her actual speed against time;
to ascertain that, we must take some runs
she has made without stopping a wheel -
She has made the run from New Orleans
to Donadsonvile, 50 measured miles, in
hours and 30 minutes, being at the rate
of mile in 3 minutes, 81 seconds and
l36Olh of second, or Is miles an hour
against the current of the Mississippi -
Pitisburg against the world.