to the enjoyment of the passing hour, while her competitors were bracing every nerve and straining every muscle, not only to surpass her in the race for supremacy, but to disable and destroy her. She has at last awakened to a sense of her position, her lethargy is at last thrown off, and now the struggle begins in earnest. If it be continued in earnest it is easy to see that she can rapidly regain her place, and easily bear off the palm. Let us look for a moment at the geographical position of Louisville, and her facilities of intercourse with other portions of the country. The following table of distances, time, conveyance and cost will readily show this: +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ |From Louisville to|Dist'ce.| Time. | Conveyance. | Cost. | |------------------|--------|-----------|---------------------|-------| |Pittsburg | 608| 60 Hours.| Steamboat. | $7 50 | |Cincinnati | 150| 14 " | " | 2 50 | |Memphis | 643| 60 " | " | 8 00 | |New Orleans | 1365| 240 " | " | 20 00 | |St. Louis | 535| 40 " | " | 8 00 | |Nashville | 176| 33 " | Stage. | 12 00 | |New York | 1080| 60 " |Steamboat & Railroad.| 22 00 | |Boston | 1135| 62 " | " " | 25 00 | |Philadelphia | 793| 54 " | " " | 20 00 | |Washington | 736| 52 " | " " | 19 00 | |Baltimore | 696| 50 " | " " | 17 50 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+